That Red Wings / Rangers game set hockey back 15 years today. Brutal.
That Red Wings / Rangers game set hockey back 15 years today. Brutal.
Pittsburgh starting to get hot. Two horse race down the stretch.
everytime we whine about the Caps not getting but marginally improved on a Presidents Trophy team we can look at the Lightning and hope for that.
Also, yes. The Lightning have a lot of injuries. Their roster is full of small players that wont hold up over the years and injury prone players that are breaking down.
The Caps health is a matter of team make up. Luck plays into it only so far as avoiding the freak accident. Even with that Neuvirth tripped coming onto the ice and missed 3 weeks. Varly is always missing games with a groin injury. Holtby is a horse.
This might also be a reason why the Caps don't want Hanzal among other players.
This is an important point.
Guys like Hotlby and Ovechkin have a track record of durability. Alzner just played 500 straight games and Carlson had a huge streak of his own prior to last years injury. Niskanen has missed 1 game in the last 4 years. Backstrom missed half a season due to that cheapshot but outside of that he's missed 12 games in 9 other years. Wilson is another and MJ is fairly durable too (10 games in last 3.5 seasons)
Varlamov and Neuvirth were infuriating at times.
Schoenfeld's Caps consistently had half their roster out at any given time in part due to the players they had and in part how Schoenfeld ran his team into the ground.
If you look at Eller's durability vs Hanzal its funny.
So today's fun to think about but probably won't happen:
NYI are 5 points behind Flyers/Bruins with 3/5 games in hand. Those are the 2 teams tied for the last WC as of this post. They are 3/2 points behind Panthers/Canes with 4/2 games in hand. Those are the next two team behind the Flyers/Canes.
Hell, Sabres are the same amount of points back with 1 less game in hand. Tampa is last in the conference and I would say they are the team that could get the hottest out of the non-wildcard teams. This could get very interesting outside of the Metro's top 4 and the Habs.
Varlamov done for the season. Some things never change.
Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov will undergo hip surgery in Vail Thursday morning, and his 2016-17 season is over.
The operation is an attempt to eliminate the troublesome groin muscle issues that periodically have plagued Varlamov in recent years and made him unavailable to the Avalanche for several stretches this season. Noted hip specialist Marc Philippon will perform the surgery, scheduled for 9:30 a.m. at the Steadman Clinic.
Periodically and recent? I thought he was healthier the last year or two but outsides of that it was constant going back to Hershey.Varlamov done for the season. Some things never change.
Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov will undergo hip surgery in Vail Thursday morning, and his 2016-17 season is over.
The operation is an attempt to eliminate the troublesome groin muscle issues that periodically have plagued Varlamov in recent years and made him unavailable to the Avalanche for several stretches this season. Noted hip specialist Marc Philippon will perform the surgery, scheduled for 9:30 a.m. at the Steadman Clinic.
McPhee's best trade? Hmmm....
Rare that 1 player is the fulcrum of the same GM's best and worst trade
Varly for Forsberg turned into
Forsberg for Erat
McPhee's best trade? Hmmm....
Rare that 1 player is the fulcrum of the same GM's best and worst trade
Varly for Forsberg turned into
Forsberg for Erat
McPhee's best trade? Hmmm....
Getting Carlson out from under the Flyers is the all time fleece. What the hell were the Flyers thinking?? The kid was local to them.