Ongoing NHL thread - Part III

[tducey]

Yeah, Julien gets fired he'll have a job quickly. I'm hoping the Senators make him an offer if he does get fired.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Yeah, Julien gets fired he'll have a job quickly. I'm hoping the Senators make him an offer if he does get fired.

That's another possibility, but I think MTL will offer him more $$$ given that they can't hire a coach who doesn't speak English lest their xenophobic local fanbase lose their shit.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Both Pix and BT are right, though - I place far more of the B's situation on Chiarelli (sic) than I do Opera Claude. All that's happened since the Cup win is Boston has shipped out their better players for guys who weren't as good and assumed Chara would never age.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Honestly, if Marchand didn't have this coming out season, they're buried anyway.

Don't discount the effect Eriksson's return to form had.

Having said that, they'd be rather foolish to re-sign him. Here's hoping they do

 

[dash]

Hard to believe that a team in the Western Conference will make the playoffs with less than 90 points this season. Congrats to the Wild for backing into the playoffs.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Hard to believe that a team in the Western Conference will make the playoffs with less than 90 points this season. Congrats to the Wild for backing into the playoffs.

Better than the divelanche backing right out of the playoffs.



If I'm a bedroom door in the Roy house I'm getting pretty damn nervous these days.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Funny thing is get rid of the loser point and the Avs are in a playoff spot and the Wild aren't.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Funny thing is get rid of the loser point and the Avs are in a playoff spot and the Wild aren't.

If you have a shootout you have to have a loser point, IMO. No way should a team get nothing because of a skills competition.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

If you have a shootout you have to have a loser point, IMO. No way should a team get nothing because of a skills competition.

Bring back the tie and we're all good.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Bring back the tie and we're all good.

I'm in 100% agreement with you here.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

I'm in 100% agreement with you here.

Admit it, it feels dirty but it feels good.

 

[dare2be]

The odd thing is that Minn only had 3 SOW, and 2 SOL, so most of their loser points came from losing in OT.

 

[dash]

The odd thing is that Minn only had 3 SOW, and 2 SOL, so most of their loser points came from losing in OT.

So I guess you're saying that Minnesota isn't wild about 3-on-3 OT?

 

[KennyBanyeah]

So I guess you're saying that Minnesota isn't wild about 3-on-3 OT?

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

I think I'm gonna have a flutter on the Wild getting swept.

 

[forty_three]

Admit it, it feels dirty but it feels good.

Isn't that always the way?


/what were we talking about?

 

[DragonfromTO]

Isn't that always the way?


/what were we talking about?

Having a #1 center?

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

SNidiots talking about Edmonton or Toronto trading Matthews to Arizona and what it would take to get him and throwing out packages like Ekman-Larsson, Domi/Strome and their first for him.

I mean, AZ loses any deal like that does it not? Even if you think Domi is overrated and Strome is a borderline 1C (I don't on either count, but for arguments sake), they'd be trading a top defenceman and a future first liner (the 1st rounder) for a slightly better first liner.

 

[dash]

BBB, let me sum it up by saying there's a reason why Doug MacLean is a former NHL general manager.