Around the NHL 2022

[Kat Predator]

Protection did play a roll but he and Ellis both got moved for essentially the same reason, they weren't buying what the coach was selling. Remember we kept hearing at that time constantly " guys need to buy in to the team". You could tell neither was happy with the new direction.

Arvy was never going to see the looks he did with Lavi, two totally different schools of thought. It's why Fiala wouldn't have worked either.

Still blows my mind that as much as a guy like Lavi liked to push things that Fiala was the one constantly in his doghouse.

I don't see Fiala having a place on a Hynes team. He's a smaller skills guy. Those players have been shown the door under Hynes.

Lavi had a problem with the second line after a while. Turris ended very badly. Smith got demoted and dumped eventually. But Fiala did get himself in the doghouse with his inconsistency. The doghouse didn't seem to have any affect on Turris or Fiala's play at all. It was useless as a motivator. The front office was always clear they considered Fiala some sort of scoring machine, but he could run hot and cold. How much the expectations that he would drive that line affected him is debatable, but he did take a lot of shots. Even shots that weren't there, when passes were.

Scoring inconsistency for pure shooters has a name: Tolvanen. At least with Fiala they got something back when giving up on him.

 

[drwpreds]

I don't see Fiala having a place on a Hynes team. He's a smaller skills guy. Those players have been shown the door under Hynes.

If there isn't a place on this team for a dynamic 80-90 point forward, then it is the coach that needs to be shown the door.

 

[cool beans]

If there isn't a place on this team for a dynamic 80-90 point forward, then it is the coach that needs to be shown the door.

100% my thoughts exactly. In what world do you not build your team identity around your best players and their strengths.

Hynes seems to be going for the blues model of success at the cost of talent, which we still desperately need

 

[nine_inch_fang]

Wait, what does Hynes have to do with Fiala?

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Wait, what does Hynes have to do with Fiala?

Hynes absolutely loves Granlund. If we had never traded Fiala for Granlund, Hynes would have had nobody to play 22 minutes a night up front. He would have hated Fiala and so Poile would have waived Fiala and then admitted he might have made a mistake in doing so. We'd probably have Zach Sanford back up with the team instead. We would have sucked even more. Hynes would have been fired by now. Too bad we traded Fiala.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

Wait, what does Hynes have to do with Fiala?

Absolutely nothing, lol.

 

[cool beans]

Wait, what does Hynes have to do with Fiala?

Just riffing on pure hypotheticals to rip on Hynes as much as possible lol

 

[nine_inch_fang]

Just riffing on pure hypotheticals to rip on Hynes as much as possible lol

Fair enough

 

[ShagDaddy]

Can you imagine having this much coverage for the Preds at home? This is after an away team’s morning skate!!!

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Can you imagine having this much coverage for the Preds at home? This is after an away team’s morning skate!!!

There has to be a happy medium.

 

[Armourboy]

Probably the only Preds game most of those guys will watch all year

 

[ShagDaddy]

There has to be a happy medium.

Ok, I’ll settle for half that much media coverage

 

[Mass]

This Blackhawks-Kraken game is 6-1 with time left in the first of course Tolvanen has one.

 

[Kat Predator]

This Blackhawks-Kraken game is 6-1 with time left in the first of course Tolvanen has one.

He needs another point to get back to 1 PPG since joining Seattle.

 

[herzausstein]

I really wish there was a way for both Calgary and colorado to leave their game with zero points each.

 

[Adz]

I really wish there was a way for both Calgary and colorado to leave their game with zero points each.

Implosions don't work, they just reschedule now. Damn covid.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

I see some of the threads popping up on main board about Bally Sports going bankrupt. While owing $55bn to sports leagues for various rights. I’m sure the NHL would be just a tiny tiny fraction of that. But it’s still a chunk of the revenue stream that goes into setting the Salary Cap.

Presumably that doesn’t affect this year’s revenues, hence next year’s Cap? But could have some ramifications downstream…?

 

[ShagDaddy]

I see some of the threads popping up on main board about Bally Sports going bankrupt. While owing $55bn to sports leagues for various rights. I’m sure the NHL would be just a tiny tiny fraction of that. But it’s still a chunk of the revenue stream that goes into setting the Salary Cap.

Presumably that doesn’t affect this year’s revenues, hence next year’s Cap? But could have some ramifications downstream…?

If Bally goes bankrupt, does that mean we get a new broadcast crew?????

 

[Scoresberg]

If Bally goes bankrupt, does that mean we get a new broadcast crew?????

Don’t get my hopes up..

 

[Armourboy]

I really hope eventually it leads the NHL just moving everything to one platform so you don't need 3 or 4 different things just to see all the games.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

I really hope eventually it leads the NHL just moving everything to one platform so you don't need 3 or 4 different things just to see all the games.

While I hate the carrier they did it with, I'd like to see more sports do what MLS just did--basically the whole season is on Apple TV, there IS a separate fee for the league, but there are NO blackouts at all. Basically what Center Ice, NBA League Pass, etc... should have been all those years. I'm thrilled with ESPN+, since I had it already, but having to rely on (and pay for) other services for Kings/Ducks and some of the national games is something I'd vast prefer just having a single fee/provider for.

 

[Armourboy]

While I hate the carrier they did it with, I'd like to see more sports do what MLS just did--basically the whole season is on Apple TV, there IS a separate fee for the league, but there are NO blackouts at all. Basically what Center Ice, NBA League Pass, etc... should have been all those years. I'm thrilled with ESPN+, since I had it already, but having to rely on (and pay for) other services for Kings/Ducks and some of the national games is something I'd vast prefer just having a single fee/provider for.

Yeah I wouldn't mind that route, frankly would just be happy with them shoving it all on ESPN+ and calling it a day. I like the ESPN+ option because it covers a whole host of things other than just hockey.

 

[Flgatorguy87]

I'm glad Bally went under. What a piss poor job they have done. The app is over priced and terrible quality. I paid for the yearly package and I still have a handful of games I can't watch on any platform.

 

[drwpreds]

If Bally goes bankrupt, does that mean we get a new broadcast crew?????

I would just be thrilled with new on screen graphics/scorebug. Absolutely hate Bally's

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

I would just be thrilled with new on screen graphics/scorebug. Absolutely hate Bally's

and the damn ticker! I might be a minority on this, but as someone that watches numerous other games on delay, a constant ticker is the devil.