Around the League Thread: 2017 Season

[MJ65]

 

[hockeywiz542]

Watch as tempers flare after Jake Virtanen injures Alexei Emelin in a 7-1 game between the Nashville Predators and Vancouver Canucks.

 

[MJ65]

 

[hockeywiz542]

“We’re coming in to a critical period where we’ll make a decision whether we need to shake things up or not,” Rutherford told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Wednesday while watching his team practice at T-Mobile Arena.

Asked whether he would do something big to create a ripple effect and get his team’s attention, Rutherford simply replied, “Yes.”

At the beginning of this season, knowing how much hockey the Penguins have played over the past two seasons, Rutherford said he figured it might take until the halfway mark to get going.

Time is running out.

“We’re almost there,” Rutherford said. “We are at a point where we’re slipping in the wrong direction. We have to watch that real close.”

While declining to say which of his players would be untouchable, Rutherford did emphasize that the path of least resistance would be playing better and getting on a roll.

Rutherford said one of his biggest targets if he does make a move would be center depth.

The Penguins tried with Riley Sheahan, and he’s been a fine player. But he hasn’t given them three scoring lines — and forced the opposing team to make matchup decisions — the way Nick Bonino and Matt Cullen used to.

“We need more depth at our center ice position, to a point where we can get more production,” Rutherford said. “I’d like to see if we could get more balance, more production out of our forward lines. We’ve got some guys here who are capable of producing more. At this point, it hasn’t happened. That may be the area we look at.”

 

[Hockeyholic]

Should the Leafs claim Belesky?

 

[canadon]

Should the Leafs claim Belesky?

I don't think the Leafs really need him... and his contract.

 

[Menzinger]

I don't think the Leafs really need him... and his contract.

He’s lousy and grossly overpaid.

Like Clarkson he managed to get a stupid deal based on a lucky coupl season in terms of sh% then fell back down to earth

 

[ShaneFalco]

Jim meet Tyler Bozak

 

[Daisy Jane]

Jim meet Tyler Bozak

for what?

 

[ShaneFalco]

for what?

They need Bozak in Pitts

 

[Daisy Jane]

They need Bozak in Pitts

lol i know. what woud you trade him for

 

[ShaneFalco]

lol i know. what woud you trade him for

Actually not even sure they can trade him now without having seen Goat, Aaltonen, or Nylander given a look at C.

 

[hockeywiz542]

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[fahad203]

Vegas look so good as a team. Love their hustle and tenacity

 

[Warden of the North]

So if Ottawa finishes in the bottom 10 this year they keep their pick and it differs to Colorado in 2019...... where it is unprotected.

Think about the ramifications of that given their current and expected rosters

hahahahahahahahahaha

 

[leburn98]

 

[kyle n00bas]

So if Ottawa finishes in the bottom 10 this year they keep their pick and it differs to Colorado in 2019...... where it is unprotected.

Think about the ramifications of that given their current and expected rosters

hahahahahahahahahaha

Wow, I didn't even know about this. That has the potential to be 2009-10 Leafs horrible.

 

[MJ65]

 

[tokyoite]

if you are struggling at the gate, why don't Melnyk sell his team to Saudi or UAE billionaires ?

 

[MJ65]

 

[hockeywiz542]

 

[Mr Hockey]

1st ov picks still playing...

 

[Mr Hockey]

top undrafted guys

 

[hockeywiz542]

 

[Leaf of the Mind]

Apparently the Senators scouts aren't travelling much because they're not being reimbursed their expenses. If they plan on running a budget team in the future, at least spend on scouting.
And lol on Bettman trying to downplay this. He had no problem threatening Calgary moving when that deal fell through. He's probably laying the groundwork for a sweetheart deal at the expense of public money.