Bojack Horvatman
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For privacy's sake let's call him Mitch M. No that's too obvious. Let's say M Marner
Rod The Bod
My money is on Rod The Bod being done in Carolina once they get knocked out.
Wonder if the Leafs wait alittle to see if it happens.
Legit possibility. But, that's a massive move for him & family given he's been in the East since he was moved to Philly back in the 90's. He's from BC so his family may be close by.Pretty much he's a lock to be Seattle's coach. Francis is his old buddy.
Legit possibility. But, that's a massive move for him & family given he's been in the East since he was moved to Philly back in the 90's. He's from BC so his family may be close by.
Pretty much he's a lock to be Seattle's coach. Francis is his old buddy.
From the interviews I've seen, they don't actually appear to see eye-to-eye on hockey related matters. It still may work out this way but I don't think it's a lock.
It depends if this is all leverage for brindamour, as he has said numerous times he's super close to re-signing. I don't see him going to Toronto because he doesn't want meddling with assistant coaches.
Painkillers are not a performance-enhancing drug. If anything, they hinder performance.Laraque said the same thing. Boogaard reported failed many drug tests and was allowed to play. Pain killers are probably a bigger problem in the NHL but for AHL players? What would they do to get an NHL opportunity?
yeah, that was a stupid thing to say though it isn't untrue for the most part. the core four have been treated like/viewed as royalty for almost a decade. when they got Matthews, Stanley Cups were viewed as a when and how many, not a maybe. And in Marner's case, he's been Toronto hockey royalty for ~ half his life; getting drafted by Toronto was probably not good for him. that long in an echo chamber where all you hear is how great you are isn't going to keep your ego in check. Getting traded would probably be good for him. You can't help but wonder what he'd be like as a player if he'd been drafted by Boston and had Chara, Bergeron and Marchand to keep his ego in check.Marner has a professional immaturity issue.
The fact that he compared himself to a god is really massive warning sign to anyone looking to add him to their roster.
Thats the sign of an ego that is outta control and adding him to your locker room is not gonna result in anything good to happen that's for sure.
idk, if anything i think carolina being down 3-0 in ridiculously close games determined off of a bounce or two validates their approach, which is a version of the gillis perpetual window theory.
they added the best player available at the deadline for a reasonable price, and are about to get bounced a round earlier than last year. would adding lindholm or monahan or whoever have changed the course here? maybe. but hockey is an inherently random sport and sometimes the bounces just won't go, or you'll run into a ridiculously hot goalie, or the powerplay that clicked all season just suddenly goes cold... or in there case, all of the above. and that really doesn't have to do with their overall process of team building. sometimes this shit just happens.
now, don't get me wrong, i do think when there's an opportunity to go all-in, teams *should* be hyper aggressive because a 29th-32nd overall pick just isn't that big of a price to pay long term for a player that could be the difference in a playoff series. but they did that.
it'd be a mistake imo for them to walk away from rba or to significantly change their core vs trying to run it back and make some tweaks for next season. this isn't the leafs where you've had nearly a decade with no results and there appear to be real issues with the core construction of the roster.
Canes just need to keep cranking away at it until they break through, similar to the Washington Capitals who would win a round or two but couldn't get over the hump...until they did.
Canes just need to keep cranking away at it until they break through, similar to the Washington Capitals who would win a round or two but couldn't get over the hump...until they did.
canes are running a marathon not a sprint. they're setup to be competitive for as long as they keep being patient and smart
Their literal entire defense is UFA either this summer or next. They're going to have some big issues there.
Canes just need to keep cranking away at it until they break through, similar to the Washington Capitals who would win a round or two but couldn't get over the hump...until they did.
Yeah right now they are banking pretty hard on Scott Morrow and Alexander Nikishin being impact players over the next couple of years.
Wash had elite talent. But both had their Goalie play Elite in their run.Washington had some big-time X-factor players and a Vezina-winning goalie and those things came together. Carolina just doesn't have gamebreakers and never seem to have good goaltending.
Wash had elite talent. But both had their Goalie play Elite in their run.
Blues played a different style than Carolina, big and heavy like LA did when they won.
Carolina needs someone to play elite in the playoffs.
ngl it always felt like carolina was trying to "game" the analytics with the way they played... posting super high CF%/xG%/etc to try and trick other teams into taking their players. but then i realized they were serious about it.