Around the League Part 8: Welcome to the league Vegas, and Duchene discussion

[Ole Gil]

That was murphys first goal in at least 65 games.

 

[CandyCanes]

That was murphys first goal in at least 65 games.

Murphy has more power play goals than Justin Faulk this season

 

[MinJaBen]

Murphy has more power play goals than Justin Faulk this season

Faulk + 1st for Murphy

 

[Stickpucker]

Ryan Murphy scored on a pass from Eric Staal then Eric Staal scored on a pass from Ryan Murphy.

There's a first and last time for everything.

 

[Unsustainable]

Ottawa blowing it up after blowing assets for Duchene.

Brassard of any interest for us?

 

[CandyCanes]

Ottawa blowing it up after blowing assets for Duchene.

Brassard of any interest for us?

He just seems like another guy on the Lindholm/TT teir, I think we want to shoot a little higher.

 

[GoldiFox]

Faulk + Skinner + Rask
for
Hoffman + Duchene + Ceci

 

[Bub]

Faulk + Skinner + Rask
for
Hoffman + Duchene + Ceci

Can we throw in Peters too?

 

[GoldiFox]

Can we throw in Peters too?

Send Peters and Rod to the ECHL. Call up Vellucci.

 

[AD Skinner]

Can we throw in Peters too?

I'd take Boucher in a heartbeat if we could trade coach for coach. He's who I really wanted them to target when they ended up with Peters. He has actually proven that he can take clubs without a ton of offensive talent to the next level, instead of just seeming like maybe he can.

 

[Bub]

Plus he's got that Bond-villain scar.

 

[Lempo]

Ottawa blowing it up after blowing assets for Duchene.

Brassard of any interest for us?

Yes. Mainly for off-game reasons, though.

 

[CandyCanes]

Wow.

Per Bob McKenzie: GM Ron Francis on the verge of making a big trade today. Sounds like he'll be sending Snorolax, Nidoqueen, & a holo Ditto for Charizard.

 

[Hulkacaniac]

 

[AD Skinner]

Do something, Topsy!

 

[Joe McGrath]

RIP Zarley Zalapski. Greatest name in franchise history. Possibly hockey history.

 

[bleedgreen]

I'm really struggling with Z bone being dead. Arguably our best offensive dman ever. His top two seasons were amazing, he was our all star for one of them. Scored 20 goals one year. The power play had the Cassels, Sanderson and Verbeek line with ZZ at the point. As I said in the ZZ thread our announcers would laugh at the low def replays they had back then, you couldn't see his slap shot even in slo mo. He couldn't hit the net enough, but if it was on net it was in. He could skate faster with the puck then anyone on the team other than maybe Sanderson could skate without it, and look effortless too. They could never take the zone on the pp, so he would get frustrated and take it from behind our net and cut through everyone end to end....just to skate behind their net and just leave it there and skate away. There you go boys. One of the best tool boxes I've ever seen a player blessed with, just didn't always think the game at the highest level and never really put it together anywhere else. Best player we got in the franchise dooming Francis trade. Saw and met him out after a game, he looked bored and walked out a little later. He seemed a little aloof but I didn't mind. I was a drunk kid. I'm really curious how he died, we're just not far enough apart in age.

 

[Joe McGrath]

There are 770 players who have played at least one NHL game this year. 569 of them have more even strength points than Justin Faulk.

513 have played 20+ games. 490 have more even strength points than the road captain.

 

[AD Skinner]

Wow.

Per Bob McKenzie: GM Ron Francis on the verge of making a big trade today. Sounds like he'll be sending Snorolax, Nidoqueen, & a holo Ditto for Charizard.

.... so I guess nothing ever came of this?

Y'all know what's crazy is we're still only 4 points out of a wild card spot. The games in hand have been mostly squandered but still. I thought we had totally fallen out of the race. It's a damn shame what they did to the playoff structure when they realigned, because every team in the metro has a chance to put up 90-some points or more this year and at least 3 of them will be sitting out no matter what.

 

[GoldiFox]

Faulk has been an unmitigated disaster this year.

ONE 5v5 point all year. In 528 minutes played. One f***ing point contributed in 528 minutes of 5v5 ice time. Over 1/3 of the season is done and Faulk has contributed to one scoring play during 5v5.

 

[JCLA]

Faulk has been an unmitigated disaster this year.

ONE 5v5 point all year. In 528 minutes played. One ****ing point contributed in 528 minutes of 5v5 ice time. Over 1/3 of the season is done and Faulk has contributed to one scoring play during 5v5.

Knew it was bad but when you put it like this.

 

[CandyCanes]

Faulk has been an unmitigated disaster this year.

ONE 5v5 point all year. In 528 minutes played. One ****ing point contributed in 528 minutes of 5v5 ice time. Over 1/3 of the season is done and Faulk has contributed to one scoring play during 5v5.

Dahlback > Faulk

 

[Lempo]

Wow.

Per Bob McKenzie: GM Ron Francis on the verge of making a big trade today. Sounds like he'll be sending Snorolax, Nidoqueen, & a holo Ditto for Charizard.

5'7" and 199.5...

 

[GoldiFox]

Hard to say it is a team issue as well.

5v5 scoring for Defensemen who have played > 400 minutes in the entire league:

Hanifin: #1 (1.54 P/60)
Faulk: #115 - dead last (0.11 P/60)

Strictly defensive D like Brodin (0.34 P/60), Alzner (0.35 P/60), Larsson (0.38 P/60), and Orpik (0.42 P/60) are putting up points at 3-4 times the rate of Faulk.

Take the damn C away at least. His play warrants an AHL demotion, not a f***ing spot in the Shootout. Bleh.

 

[geehaad]

Forgive this if someone already posted, but some of the Whalers fans among us might be interested to know that Zarley Zalapski died yesterday.