Around the League 2016-2017 Part II

[The Midnight Burrito]

Things are happening in Florida. The Panthers trade Jason Demers (12,5% retained) for Jamie McGinn straight up. It wasn't a secret that FLA wanted to get rid of Demers, but his NTC probably forced them into doing something like this.

I no longer have any idea, what Florida is doing. They were relatively competitive, but were decimated by injuries, which led to a bad season. Instead of just getting healthy and trying again, they've now blown up a good chunk of their roster. To me, these look like tank moves, not something that a competitive team would ever consider...

On the flipside, ARI just got EVEN STRONGER. OEL/Hjalmarsson, Goligoski/Demers, Chychrun/Schenn is actually a very good defensive group, plus they didn't really need McGinn anyway. Chayka the front runner for GM of the year?

Let's see how they do before we start counting up points. Watched that franchise reliably suck for 25 years.

 

[Lord Flashheart]

I'd just like to point out that the only reason that Preds are 2nd on the list is because their opponents made them do it.

 

[Duck Off]

I can't believe that Sakic is okay with letting this Duchene saga continue. His face in that photo shoot was classic. I don't think I've ever seen a better "I don't want to be here" face in my entire life.

 

[snarktacular]

James Neal is such a boy scout, the Preds total was altered by a -2 when he joined. Now that he's gone it's back to +2.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

I'd just like to point out that the only reason that Preds are 2nd on the list is because their opponents made them do it.

This is such a Ducks picture. Opposing player grabbing his knee in pain, fights breaking out.

 

[kducks]

This is such a Ducks picture. Opposing player grabbing his knee in pain, fights breaking out.

Ducks fan on twitter post the best part of this picture...RikRak's face

 

[Kalv]

Ricky:''Ewww is that Jared Boll on my team???''
Perry:''Where is this dudes stick? (wants to steal it)''

Meanwhile the Preds player is having a good amount of Ketchup flowing on his foot (is this from Game 5? )

 

[Teemu Salami]

Mike Smith let in 4 goals on 13 shots in his Flames debut

 

[Vipers31]

Mike Smith let in 4 goals on 13 shots in his Flames debut

You can't see it, but I swear, I'm totally sporting my completely-and sincerely-shocked face right now.

 

[Ducks DVM]

There's always that one poster that makes any main boards thread on analytics an excuse to bash Fowler. Ugh.

 

[Paul4587]

There's always that one poster that makes any main boards thread on analytics an excuse to bash Fowler. Ugh.

Is it the same one that thinks peak Karlsson> peak Pronger because the stats say so?

 

[Ducks DVM]

Is it the same one that thinks peak Karlsson> peak Pronger because the stats say so?

Yeah, the guy who can't NOT say stats are the most important aspect of hockey.

 

[Paul4587]

Yeah, the guy who can't NOT say stats are the most important aspect of hockey.

Context means nothing. Raw stats are everything.

 

[crowi]

Good times with that guy.
He took almost 2 days longer (than before) to make another 31-Dmen poll when Fowler was winning the 23rd or 24th spot. Then when enough people had voted for Klefbom he made a versus thread between those two.
It's really amusing how far he will go to support his own delusions. He did have that green journalist name at one point here - I'm not surprised that ended quickly.

 

[Lord Flashheart]

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/rfa-josh-anderson-requests-trade-blue-jackets/

"But negotiations have been difficult. Anderson is a restricted free agent. On Tuesday, The Athletic’s Aaron Portzline reported the team and player were “as little as $150,000 per year (apart) on a three-year contract — but both sides are standing firm on principle.”"

 

[mightyquack]

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/rfa-josh-anderson-requests-trade-blue-jackets/

"But negotiations have been difficult. Anderson is a restricted free agent. On Tuesday, The Athletic’s Aaron Portzline reported the team and player were “as little as $150,000 per year (apart) on a three-year contract — but both sides are standing firm on principle.”"

Am I missing something here? 17 goals and 29 points last season and the guy is holding out? What a time to be alive.

 

[Paul4587]

Am I missing something here? 17 goals and 29 points last season and the guy is holding out? What a time to be alive.

Columbus are stingy as f*** though. I'm guessing they're low balling him big time.

 

[Dryish]

Am I missing something here? 17 goals and 29 points last season and the guy is holding out? What a time to be alive.

Same agent whose clients both Athanasiou and Bennett are. Guy's a real hardballing mook, apparently.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

17 goals in the current NHL is no joke, sadly.

 

[mightyquack]

Columbus are stingy as **** though. I'm guessing they're low balling him big time.

They are, but at the end of the day when you're coming out of your ELC and posted 1 ok NHL season you shouldn't really be holding out, it's a real bad look IMO. Just sign the bridge and prove you deserve bigger money when your next RFA contract is due.

17 goals in the current NHL is no joke, sadly.

For sure, but even then he was still only the 132rd highest goalscorer and 247nd points scorer in NHL last season. Figures that firmly put him in bottom 6 territory. Hell he was only 6th highest goalscorer on his team and 11th in points.

This whole situation seems bizarre to me, there has to be something else to it.

 

[Kalv]

I do think we have looked worrying this preseason cosidering we have mostly played against teams B squads, but this also needs to be taken into consideration (notice it`s the previous preseason)


(how can I embed a tweet in this version?)
* never mind just paste the full link and it shows up automatically. Note to others. This is pretty cool

 

[Ducks DVM]

I do think we have looked worrying this preseason cosidering we have mostly played against teams B squads, but this also needs to be taken into consideration (notice it`s the previous preseason)


(how can I embed a tweet in this version?)
* never mind just paste the full link and it shows up automatically. Note to others. This is pretty cool

You can also use the "media" button, which allows you to embed a host of media types, including NHL videos again.

 

[KelVarnsen]

Wasn’t Kasperi Kappenan supposed to be some off the charts prospect?

Back to the AHL

 

[Paul4587]

Wasn’t Kasperi Kappenan supposed to be some off the charts prospect?

Back to the AHL

I hate to say this but the Leafs are absolutely stacked up front. He's going to the AHL for the same reasons Theodore and Montour went to the minors last year. Connor Brown who scored 20 last year is on their 4th line.

I really hope we see some sophomore slumps from Leafs forwards and their D crap the bed because I don't want to see them in the playoffs again. Their fan base is insufferable right now.

 

[AngelDuck]

The days of Toronto and Edmonton missing the playoffs are over. Both teams have their cores intact now and those guys (McDavid, Draisaitl, Matthews, Nylander, Marner) are only getting better. Sure they'll have some cap problems to deal with but as long as none of those guys asks for a trade they'll be in the playoffs every year.

You suck as long as they did, inevitably you'll find the right few players at some point