Ongoing NHL thread - Part III

[tducey]

Once again cancer is a rotten illness. My aunt died from it in July. My step aunt is finishing up treatments for it (Though she's doing remarkably well and apparently from what the doctors have said she's clear of it). As a Sens fan and indeed a human being my thoughts are with the Andersons at this time. Some things trump hockey, this is one of them.

 

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The artist formerly known as PK...

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Well done, Anderson

/Now don't go making a habit of it please.

 

[Puck082]

Lolanders.

How dare you post that after the beating the LOLeafs took last night!!!!

In all seriousness, the three goalie system is stupid. They should have traded Halak in the off season the first time there were complaints about this.

Walsh is an idiot though, keep that crap behind closed doors. Especially when you client looked like a sieve against the Pens the other night.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

How dare you post that after the beating the LOLeafs took last night!!!!

In all seriousness, the three goalie system is stupid. They should have traded Halak in the off season the first time there were complaints about this.

Walsh is an idiot though, keep that crap behind closed doors. Especially when you client looked like a sieve against the Pens the other night.

Posted it beforehand

Isles aren't going to run into teams playing as badly as the Leafs did last night on a regular basis, though (also, the Barclays Center ice is slush and that doesn't make for many happy skilled youngsters).

As for the goalies, nobody has cap space for a Halak, or a Pavelec, or one of Dallas' sieves. So teams are either going to eat salary (fat chance), trade for cheap insurance or stick with what they have. With Halak having a year beyond this season still on his deal it's an even harder sell.

 

[Puck082]

Posted it beforehand

Isles aren't going to run into teams playing as badly as the Leafs did last night on a regular basis, though (also, the Barclays Center ice is slush and that doesn't make for many happy skilled youngsters).

As for the goalies, nobody has cap space for a Halak, or a Pavelec, or one of Dallas' sieves. So teams are either going to eat salary (fat chance), trade for cheap insurance or stick with what they have. With Halak having a year beyond this season still on his deal it's an even harder sell.

That ice is pathetic. I don't want to get too much into this but I bet that new owner is exploring every possibility to opt out of that lease. Because if this continues....someone's going to throw a dildo on the ice.

Maybe LA can part with Jeff Carter...I hear he can play wing

 

[Puck082]

Posted it beforehand

Isles aren't going to run into teams playing as badly as the Leafs did last night on a regular basis, though (also, the Barclays Center ice is slush and that doesn't make for many happy skilled youngsters).

As for the goalies, nobody has cap space for a Halak, or a Pavelec, or one of Dallas' sieves. So teams are either going to eat salary (fat chance), trade for cheap insurance or stick with what they have. With Halak having a year beyond this season still on his deal it's an even harder sell.

Also, can you believe that dipshit Grabner had a hatty last night!?!?! WTF!?

 

[Darkstone42]

That ice is pathetic. I don't want to get too much into this but I bet that new owner is exploring every possibility to opt out of that lease. Because if this continues....someone's going to throw a dildo on the ice.

Maybe LA can part with Jeff Carter...I hear he can play wing

Probably someone from Tampa Bay, I'd guess.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Also, can you believe that dipshit Grabner had a hatty last night!?!?! WTF!?

Didn't get to 5 goals until December 27th last season.

/I'm sure his 29.7% shooting will hold up lol

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Entry-level contract decisions looming for a number of NHL teams

TL;DR summary of Bob's expectations:

Staying - McDavid (lol), Konecny, Provorov, Chychrun, Strome, Tkachuk, Zacha, Beauvillier, Marner, Matthews, Laine

Back to Junior - Sergachev (already returned), Barzal, Chabot

Unsure - Crouse

That's a lot of rookies sticking around to 40 games.

 

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Are you telling me Buston Matthews won't be sent to the Marlies?

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Are you telling me Buston Matthews won't be sent to the Marlies?

Trade him for futures. 0 pts in 3 games. Bust.

 

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[Darkstone42]

Phil Kessel likes this.

 

[forty_three]

Trade him for futures. 0 pts in 3 games. Bust.

He must not be used to weather getting colder.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

He must not be used to weather getting colder.

And here I thought Switzerland had winters!

 

[Puck082]

Entry-level contract decisions looming for a number of NHL teams

TL;DR summary of Bob's expectations:

Staying - McDavid (lol), Konecny, Provorov, Chychrun, Strome, Tkachuk, Zacha, Beauvillier, Marner, Matthews, Laine

Back to Junior - Sergachev (already returned), Barzal, Chabot

Unsure - Crouse

That's a lot of rookies sticking around to 40 games.

Yep - based on what I've seen/heard from Isles, Beauvillier is staying and Barzal headed back. Beauv was getting some first line minutes last game. Really speaks to our depth.....barf.

 

[forty_three]

And here I thought Switzerland had winters!

Hmmmmm. Good point. He must not be used to the first 20 rows being filled with people tapping away on their smartphones and ignoring the game, then.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Hmmmmm. Good point. He must not be used to the first 20 rows being filled with people tapping away on their smartphones and ignoring the game, then.

Still more noise than a game in Glendale.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Yep - based on what I've seen/heard from Isles, Beauvillier is staying and Barzal headed back. Beauv was getting some first line minutes last game. Really speaks to our depth.....barf.

Kyle Okposo has 7 pts in 7 games. Andrew Ladd has 1 in 9.

It's really sad that the Isles will probably watch JT walk without ever seeing success with him. What a bloody waste of an era.