Around the League 2017-18

[jetsforever]

Oilers down 3-0 to Carolina after the first, Jets have company in the stink department.

I always enjoy a good Oilers loss

 

[nobody important]

So, this is news to me:
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/schoenfeld-nhl-emergency-goalies-1.4353199

Anyone know who's up in the stands here ready to bench sit on a moment's notice? And can Mason take his seat?

 

[Aavco Cup]

Burmistrov scored tonight. He now has more goals than Wheeler

 

[Aavco Cup]

Also my Vegas wild card prediction doesn't seem so far fetched now does it?

 

[sipowicz]

Also my Vegas wild card prediction doesn't seem so far fetched now does it?

Lawless doing the colour commentary on the Golden Knights radio broadcast! LOL!

 

[jetsforever]

Stafford, Burmi and E. Kane all had multi-point nights tonight (including at least 1 goal each)

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

Stafford, Burmi and E. Kane all had multi-point nights tonight (including at least 1 goal each)

Kane is off to a big start. 5-5-10 in 7 games, leading the Sabres in scoring. Can he keep it up? Has our boy finally grown up or is it just what he does in a contract year?

 

[Heldig]

Worst fears realized...Toronto is looking fantastic. So is Carolina. And Columbus . And Philly. Pretty much ALL the young and talented teams are thriving. Oh yeah, except the Jets. **** me.

 

[nobody important]

Worst fears realized...Toronto is looking fantastic. So is Carolina. And Columbus . And Philly. Pretty much ALL the young and talented teams are thriving. Oh yeah, except the Jets. **** me.

Philly will be better through addition by subtraction. They got rid of their Pavelec.

 

[robertocarlos]

Kane has 10 points on a useless team. It must be a contract year.

 

[Aavco Cup]

Kane has 10 points on a useless team. It must be a contract year.

He'll likely be traded at the deadline

 

[robertocarlos]

Is that for cap reasons or other? To LV, and they win the division.

 

[Aavco Cup]

Is that for cap reasons or other?

He's UFA after this year

 

[robertocarlos]

The Sabres owner is rich and doesn't mind opening his wallet. They have cap space.

 

[Aavco Cup]

The Sabres owner is rich and doesn't mind opening his wallet. They have cap space.

Do they?

Next season cap hits

Eichel $10.0M
O'Rielly $7.5M
Okposo $6.0M
Moulson $5.0M
Risrolainen $5.4M
Bogo $5.1M
Scandella $4.0M

There is still a lot of people here in town that expect him to be a Canuck by next season.

 

[robertocarlos]

I didn't see that 900k to 10 million coming. They could still make it work by waiving Pominville and Moulson and paying some team to take them.

 

[Aavco Cup]

I didn't see that 900k to 10 million coming. They could still make it work by waiving Pominville and Moulson and paying some team to take them.

Word is Evander will want to test the market.

 

[cbcwpg]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/nhl-player-agent-arrested-winnipeg-jets-police-1.4360286

A 54-year-old Winnipeg man (Stacey McAlpine ) is charged with fraud, money laundering and theft. The man is accused of defrauding former NHL players Dany Heatley and Christopher Phillips of more than $12 million, Winnipeg police say.

 

[Aavco Cup]

Stuart and Slater on team USA?

 

[Aavco Cup]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/nhl-player-agent-arrested-winnipeg-jets-police-1.4360286

A 54-year-old Winnipeg man is charged with fraud, money laundering and theft. The man is accused of defrauding former NHL players Dany Heatley and Christopher Phillips of more than $12 million, Winnipeg police say.

I went to school with Stacey

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

Philly will be better through addition by subtraction. They got rid of their Pavelec.

Is that supposed to be a joke?

Mason had a .918 sv% over 231 games with the Flyers.
Pavelec had a .907 sv% over 379 games with the Jets/Thrashers.

 

[nobody important]

Is that supposed to be a joke?

Mason had a .918 sv% over 231 games with the Flyers.
Pavelec had a .907 sv% over 379 games with the Jets/Thrashers.

Those spirit killing easy goals at inopportune moments are very Pavelecian to me.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

Those spirit killing easy goals at inopportune moments are very Pavelecian to me.

Mason has really been hung out to dry in his 3 starts. Any goalie is eventually going to give up 'softies' in a game like that. They are (almost) human. They get rattled.

We could look at his record pre-Flaherty and post-Flaherty but lets give it a little bigger sample size.

 

[Aavco Cup]

Leafs score 4 goals on 5SOG

 

[ps241]

Word is Evander will want to test the market.

I expect him to get traded as a rental at the deadline.