GDT: 2023-24 Other Games Around The League

[hotcabbagesoup]

Blah blah blah, it's one game in the young season. Just getting their legs, it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things, Edmonton will still be in the playoffs by the end.

 

[Bizz]

Yeah, as others have said... if they collapse this year and are bottom 10, they keep 2024 but we get their 2025... and there's a high likelihood that 2 years from now, the Pens are even worse. So I am actually rooting for a 2024 collapse for them. We might get our Tim Stutzle in 2025.

So far they looked terrible in the preseason and Game 1, and this could very well be Malkin's last season.

 

[LadyStanley]

 

[SJSharksfan39]

That sucks regarding Demko. That's really disgusting about the mask. Hope he feels better.

 

[tiburon12]

If this board is melting down because edm got spanked in one game, imagine how their board is doing!

 

[OrrNumber4]

Karlsson will take some time to adjust, and will eventually explode.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Karlsson will take some time to adjust, and will eventually explode.

Well, didn't we figure it out on our boards that whenever he trains early for the season he does well from the get-go and if he doesn't he has a slow start? I recall he said he trained the earliest he ever had last year and voila...Norris!

So, do we know if he trained early this year?

 

[Alaskanice]

Karlsson will take some time to adjust, and will eventually explode.

He’s a notoriously slow starter.

 

[SjMilhouse]

Well, didn't we figure it out on our boards that whenever he trains early for the season he does well from the get-go and if he doesn't he has a slow start? I recall he said he trained the earliest he ever had last year and voila...Norris!

So, do we know if he trained early this year?

I remember hearing stuff like this in the past but never really knowing if it was true. Assuming it is, imagine being paid what he's paid and just not putting in the work in the off season that sets you up for a great year. Wild

 

[gaucholoco3]

I remember hearing stuff like this in the past but never really knowing if it was true. Assuming it is, imagine being paid what he's paid and just not putting in the work in the off season that sets you up for a great year. Wild

Well it’s not exactly like that. Many of his offseason’s he was recovering from an injury and unable to train properly.

 

[OrrNumber4]

Buffalo might be setting themselves to become a dynasty or a perpetually middling team. It's probably a very smart gamble.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Buffalo might be setting themselves to become a dynasty or a perpetually middling team. It's probably a very smart gamble.

What they need to put themselves over the top is a wily veteran who preserves himself during the regular season and absolutely explodes during the playoffs. A man with experience and clutchiness. A centerman who like Alex Tuch, absolutely adores Buffalo.

I'm talking about our very own Logan Couture!!! Buffalo needs to trade for him.

 

[Mattb124]

Karlsson has one meh game while adapting to a new team’s system and folks think it was due to his offseason training regiment. Egads.

 

[Mafoofoo]

What they need to put themselves over the top is a wily veteran who preserves himself during the regular season and absolutely explodes during the playoffs. A man with experience and clutchiness. A centerman who like Alex Tuch, absolutely adores Buffalo.

I'm talking about our very own Logan Couture!!! Buffalo needs to trade for him.

All they need is for Josh Allen to reach out to Couture and he’ll be demanding a trade to Buffalo within the week

 

[TheBeard]

What they need to put themselves over the top is a wily veteran who preserves himself during the regular season and absolutely explodes during the playoffs. A man with experience and clutchiness. A centerman who like Alex Tuch, absolutely adores Buffalo.

I'm talking about our very own Logan Couture!!! Buffalo needs to trade for him.

I thought you were going Mark Stone there.

 

[Barrie22]

I remember hearing stuff like this in the past but never really knowing if it was true. Assuming it is, imagine being paid what he's paid and just not putting in the work in the off season that sets you up for a great year. Wild

Tell me you know nothing about his last few seasons while he was part of this team without telling me, sheesh.

He was coming off surgery the season he was traded to us, and had no training camp, got injured late into the season and still played 3 rounds until he was eventually fully knocked out for the final game or games.

Second season, no offseason training and training camp again plays until covid shuts down the league.

3rd season was a covid season so very limited training while off and no real training camp. And got injured late into that season so no training.

4th season stayed relatively healthy for the entire season, went into the offseason with the ability to train properly.

5th season and final one goes back to normal self.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

I thought you were going Mark Stone there.

Isn't Mark Stone from Winnipeg? I don't think Stoner loves Buffalo the way Logan does.

 

[gaucholoco3]

Karlsson has one meh game while adapting to a new team’s system and folks think it was due to his offseason training regiment. Egads.

I do think that Pittsburgh will fall into the same trap as the Sharks did by trading for EK but failing to adjust the system to match his strengths. The Sharks thought he could be a #2 behind Burns and the Penguins have him as their #2 behind Letang. Luckily the Sharks will benefit with a higher draft pick.

 

[tiburon12]

Karlsson has one meh game while adapting to a new team’s system and folks think it was due to his offseason training regiment. Egads.

I wonder if guentzel had buried that backdoor 1-t from Karl's deft backhand pass people would be singing a different tune

 

[WTFetus]

I only watched the 3rd period of Vegas' first game, but did the stadium look fairly empty? I was seeing a lot of empty seats in the lower sections, which is odd considering it was their SC presentation.

On the other hand, having the Raiders in Vegas was a genius business move. With Vegas flight tickets so cheap and teams only playing there once a year (if even, sometimes once every few years), they should never have any issues filling that arena, even if 50% of it might be the opposing team's fans.

 

[LadyStanley]

I only watched the 3rd period of Vegas' first game, but did the stadium look fairly empty? I was seeing a lot of empty seats in the lower sections, which is odd considering it was their SC presentation.

Lots of folks leave after 2 periods if the game is "out of hand"

 

[Blackbear]

Karlsson will take some time to adjust, and will eventually explode.

Well, predictably, he is on pace for a -164 season. Do us proud Karl.

 

[DG93]

Buffalo might be setting themselves to become a dynasty or a perpetually middling team. It's probably a very smart gamble.

Seems like it's more likely to be the former. Thompson-Cozens is a great 1-2 punch up the middle and Dahlin and Power are anchoring the top 2 pairings. Quinn (at least pre-injury), Peterka, Benson, and Kulich seem like a very solid group of winger prospects with Savoie also on the way. It's kind of a ridiculous prospect pool...

 

[WTFetus]

Lots of folks leave after 2 periods if the game is "out of hand"

3-1 is out of hand? Cocky stuff

 

[LadyStanley]

3-1 is out of hand? Cocky stuff

They may also be hanging out at bars