Around the League 2017-18

[ocdaddy]

Really hope the Sabres don't win a lottery spot. Just sayin'.

 

[ocdaddy]

Laviolette just got thrown out of the game tonight, expect make up call against all night tomorrow

More calls against Preds? Why are they the same refs coming up? (Obviously I don't get it)

 

[bustamente]

More calls against Preds? Why are they the same refs coming up? (Obviously I don't get it)

Ready made excuse for when we find ourselves in the box tomorrow night

 

[Aavco Cup]

More calls against Preds? Why are they the same refs coming up? (Obviously I don't get it)

They most likely are not.

 

[10Ducky10]

Really hope the Sabres don't win a lottery spot. Just sayin'.

I hope they do...that franchise could use the help...I hope the Oilers don't.

 

[HannuJ]

looks like 5-8 in the West will go down to the wire.
still nuts that Stastny was traded by StL and they're vying for a playoff spot

 

[Romang67]

looks like 5-8 in the West will go down to the wire.
still nuts that Stastny was traded by StL and they're vying for a playoff spot

Especially considering the skid they went on around the deadline. On March 9th, they had lost 9 of their last 10 games, and looked to be out of the race. They have won 7 of their last 8 since.

 

[Aavco Cup]

Especially considering the skid they went on around the deadline. On March 9th, they had lost 9 of their last 10 games, and looked to be out of the race. They have won 7 of their last 8 since.

They have really just been goalieing the opposition lately. Where was this Allen all season?

 

[Romang67]

They have really just been goalieing the opposition lately. Where was this Allen all season?

Allen has never been a very consistent goaltender, IIRC. If he goes into the playoffs hot, I can see the Blues putting up a fight against the Preds, or beating the Golden Knights.

 

[HannuJ]

They have really just been goalieing the opposition lately. Where was this Allen all season?

is this your first time watching Allen (or any St Louis goalie over the past decade)? lol

 

[Aavco Cup]

Allen has never been a very consistent goaltender, IIRC. If he goes into the playoffs hot, I can see the Blues putting up a fight against the Preds, or beating the Golden Knights.

He was struggling mid season. The Blues played Carter Hutton a lot because of it.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

looks like 5-8 in the West will go down to the wire.
still nuts that Stastny was traded by StL and they're vying for a playoff spot

Obviously, it was Stastny who was holding them back. Probably a locker room cancer.

 

[untouchable21]

Obviously, it was Stastny who was holding them back. Probably a locker room cancer.

Reason he got traded was because their Captain fought him in practice and shot a puck at him.

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

Really hope the Sabres don't win a lottery spot. Just sayin'.

Meh, While they're not high on my list of favoured winners, I wouldn't be sour about it. Chicago or EDM, now that would be annoying.

I'd love to see Vancouver or Arizona win it this year. Even Ottawa wouldn't be too bad.

Actually the best scenario would be the Islanders with the Flames pick.

 

[Whileee]

Oilers were up 1 late in the 3rd and they just collapsed late in the 3rd, gave up a tying goal and then lost in OT. Their play late in the 3rd while up 1 was so bad it was almost comical. If they didn't have McDavid, they would be horrendous despite having the following picks other than McDavid since 2007.

#6
#22
#10
#1
#1
#1
#7
#3
#4


What a gong show!

 

[PhilJets]

Oilers were up 1 late in the 3rd and they just collapsed late in the 3rd, gave up a tying goal and then lost in OT. Their play late in the 3rd while up 1 was so bad it was almost comical. If they didn't have McDavid, they would be horrendous despite having the following picks other than McDavid since 2007.

#6
#22
#10
#1
#1
#1
#7
#3
#4


What a gong show!

Wonder who were the best picks on those spots now. Besides the MC David pick.

I bet those 9 players would form.a stack team. Though this will be a hindsight now.
But nice to know

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

Wonder who were the best picks on those spots now. Besides the MC David pick.

I bet those 9 players would form.a stack team. Though this will be a hindsight now.
But nice to know

To be fair, Hall (1) and Eberle (22) are two of those pics. Solid value.

They turned those two into Larsson and Strome. Yeesh.

 

[PhilJets]

McDavid and Hall

That would be a great combo now i think

 

[puck stoppa]

Oilers were up 1 late in the 3rd and they just collapsed late in the 3rd, gave up a tying goal and then lost in OT. Their play late in the 3rd while up 1 was so bad it was almost comical. If they didn't have McDavid, they would be horrendous despite having the following picks other than McDavid since 2007.

#6
#22
#10
#1
#1
#1
#7
#3
#4


What a gong show!

Still can't believe how little they got for Hall and Eberle. Rentals fetched better returns then the Eberle trade.

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

Still can't believe how little they got for Hall and Eberle. Rentals fetched better returns then the Eberle trade.

You can tell from the quotes that management released, that they thought they were getting outlier Strome, not regular Strome. Even then, like, WTF.

I kinda liked Hall for Larsson at the time, but they needed a solid plus on the other side of that one.

 

[mcpw]

2005 #2 Bobby Ryan
2006 #6 Derrick Brassard
2009 #3 Matt Duchene

2008 #3 Zach Bogosian
2009 #4 Evander Kane

2010 #3 Erik Gudbranson
2012 #8 Derrick Pouliot

2011 #4 Adam Larsson
2011 #5 Ryan Strome
2012 #4 Griffin Reinhart


theorem: if your team recently traded for multiple top10 picks, your team sucks and needs new management
corollary: the kyle turris and ryan johansen combination doesn't count because two top10 picks were going the other way. this is the only exception. also, turris was 28 years old.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

To be fair, Hall (1) and Eberle (22) are two of those pics. Solid value.

They turned those two into Larsson and Strome. Yeesh.

They've drafted poorly outside of their first picks too. But what is really startling is looking at the players they drafted who actually became NHL players.

In '13 they drafted Nurse. They have kept him and so far, all of their first picked players since. But before that going all the way back to '03, every single player who became an NHL regular has been traded away. Mostly they were traded for very little before they hit their stride. Actually, the pattern goes back much further but that is as far back as I looked in detail. Its incredible!

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

You can tell from the quotes that management released, that they thought they were getting outlier Strome, not regular Strome. Even then, like, WTF.

I kinda liked Hall for Larsson at the time, but they needed a solid plus on the other side of that one.

Agree about Hall-Larsson. The plus had to be more than a throw in 3rd. They needed a real add for the value.

The Eberle trade was pretty bad. Then there is Griff Reinhart. What made that one so bad was not that Griff was an expensive bust. That is going to happen sometimes. It is that the whole world - except Chia - knew for at least a year already at the time of the trade, that Reinhart was a bust.

 

[Gm0ney]

Agree about Hall-Larsson. The plus had to be more than a throw in 3rd. They needed a real add for the value.

The Eberle trade was pretty bad. Then there is Griff Reinhart. What made that one so bad was not that Griff was an expensive bust. That is going to happen sometimes. It is that the whole world - except Chia - knew for at least a year already at the time of the trade, that Reinhart was a bust.

That team's been terribly mismanaged for years. It's incredible. Long may it continue...

 

[Evil Little]

2005 #2 Bobby Ryan
2006 #6 Derrick Brassard
2009 #3 Matt Duchene

2008 #3 Zach Bogosian
2009 #4 Evander Kane

2010 #3 Erik Gudbranson
2012 #8 Derrick Pouliot

2011 #4 Adam Larsson
2011 #5 Ryan Strome
2012 #4 Griffin Reinhart


theorem: if your team recently traded for multiple top10 picks, your team sucks and needs new management
corollary: the kyle turris and ryan johansen combination doesn't count because two top10 picks were going the other way. this is the only exception. also, turris was 28 years old.

Ladd
Wheeler

?