Around the League 2017-18

[Aavco Cup]

Scheifele >> Horvat
Wheeler >>> any other Canuck

It's tough luck for the Canucks, but it's probably best for them to really tank this year in any case.

Was just comparing it that way because the three guys playing top line minutes are all injured now.

 

[ps241]

Yeah Boeser was probably a shoe in for a finalist and likely winner if he kept it up. But I agree they could definitely use another prospect. Pettersson and Horvat aren't a bad 1-2 punch down the middle neither of them look to have that franchise potential yet but one of them could surprise in their development, plus they have Dahlen. Juolevi has 2-3 D potential and Pouliot isn't a bad top 4 option. Boeser has franchise winger potential and Goldobin, Gaunce and Virtanen are decent long term bottom 9 guys. Plus Gadjovich and Lind have some decent potential as well. They have a wild card goalie in DiPietro as well.

Getting Dahlin or Svechnikov could go a long way to helping them rebuild without tearing things down which would be really lucky for them.

Yea the Nucks could sorely use a very high game breaker type asset. They are due for lottery luck and this is a great draft year to have the hockey gods shine on them.

 

[Daximus]

Yea the Nucks could sorely use a very high game breaker type asset. They are due for lottery luck and this is a great draft year to have the hockey gods shine on them.

Dahlin could really help turn them around. They wouldn't be a contender yet but they'd have the pieces in place to make a push towards being a playoff team. I just feel something stupid is going to happen and Pitts will miss the playoffs and win the 1st overall pick...

 

[Aavco Cup]

Leafs are playing an afternoon game tomorrow and it's not a holiday. Weird. Baseball like.

 

[DeepFrickinValue]

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Yea the Nucks could sorely use a very high game breaker type asset. They are due for lottery luck and this is a great draft year to have the hockey gods shine on them.

Not with sedins. Canucks will not pick first until the twins are gone. They were a blessing but now curse!

 

[nobody important]

Goalies, they're special!
(Finnish junior hockey)

See what happens when impressionable kids are allowed to watch Seinfeld?

 

[Aavco Cup]

OMG the Penguins D zone coverage is really really really really bad. Amazing keystone cop sequence after the Avs missed a 3 on 0 break

 

[Aavco Cup]

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

The PK for Weber trade has never looked good.

 

[nobody important]

Tweet doesn't load for me.

 

[Aavco Cup]

Tweet doesn't load for me.

He deleted it. It was about Torterella press conference

 

[bustamente]

Torterella may find himself walking down that long and lonely road if this keeps up.

 

[AlphaLackey]

With Colorado's win tonight, it is now over 40% of the way through the season and every team in the Central division is above .500; even the last place Avs are still a non-trivial ~20% to make the playoffs. And the bottom team three teams only have an aggregate -5(!) goal differential, or -1.7 average each.

Just imagine if all 7 teams were above .500 and above =0 goal differential this late in the season, while FIVE teams in the Titanic Division (pardon me, the Atlantic Division) are below .500 with a combined -110(!) goal differential, or -22 average each.

Absolutely unreal.

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

Torterella may find himself walking down that long and lonely road if this keeps up.

 

[Gm0ney]

With Colorado's win tonight, it is now over 40% of the way through the season and every team in the Central division is above .500; even the last place Avs are still a non-trivial ~20% to make the playoffs. And the bottom team three teams only have an aggregate -5(!) goal differential, or -1.7 average each.

Just imagine if all 7 teams were above .500 and above =0 goal differential this late in the season, while FIVE teams in the Titanic Division (pardon me, the Atlantic Division) are below .500 with a combined -110(!) goal differential, or -22 average each.

Absolutely unreal.

The Metropolitan might be even better - every team is above .500 and only 8 points separate first from last.

 

[Aavco Cup]

The Metropolitan might be even better - every team is above .500 and only 8 points separate first from last.

Metro GD +15
Central GD +71

 

[Aavco Cup]

Am I ever glad we didn't waste an asset to get Scott Darling. Not looking good

 

[Maukkis]

Who knew that giving 16.4 million dollars to a career backup goalie could possibly backfire?

Darling has been absolute dogshit in the first period. Not that the rest of the team has shone either, though.

 

[Aavco Cup]

Who knew that giving 16.4 million dollars to a career backup goalie could possibly backfire?

Darling has been absolute dog**** in the first period. Not that the rest of the team has shone either, though.

They also sent Chicago a third round pick

 

[Aavco Cup]

Rutherford is busy ahead of the Christmas roster freeze

 

[Maukkis]

They also sent Chicago a third round pick

It is expontentially worse to commit significant dollars to a bad goaltender for four years than to pay a mere third round pick. There is literally no way to get rid of an overpaid goaltender that does not include a buyout.

 

[Aavco Cup]

It is expontentially worse to commit significant dollars to a bad goaltender for four years than to pay a mere third round pick. There is literally no way to get rid of an overpaid goaltender that does not include a buyout.

I am glad the goalie we signed in the offseason was just a two year deal and I'm glad we did not throw away our third round pick in the process

 

[Maukkis]

I am glad the goalie we signed in the offseason was just a two year deal and I'm glad we did not throw away our third round pick in the process

Likewise.

 

[mondo3]

I was wrong...I had Darling as my favorite choice for the Jets

 

[Adam da bomb]

Chevy turned out to be wise with Mason who would have expected it.