Yeah but the Blues this year are much like we were when we ended up with the 4OA and got Jones. A team that wasnt really that bad had a lot of devastating injuries and bottomed out completely. It wasnt a true tank because we were right back in the thick of things the next year
It was nice to see Colorado get their ass kicked tonight.
Also on the broadcast they were taking about Scotty Bowman and said he's 89 years old!
I knew he had to be up there, but didn't realize he was that far up there!
You realize each team has three first liners so him being 80th would be a low end first liner right? We definitely need more from him if we’re going to be contenders but you’re really struggling with the math on these comparisons lately.
Also when you take out dmen he's 74th in points. Hes 67th in points per game for forwards with > 40 games played and Duchene is 77th. We have a pair of 1st line wings. Not particularly high end but they are there. What we dont have is a true 1C. Glass has my attention and i hope he continues to develop but he isnt a 1C at this moment.
Losing is one thing. That BS against Vegas was inexcusable
Agreed, I didn't mean to directly connect the two games, fortunately I didn't see the Vegas game because we had practice but it was still a depressing loss even if you only watch the "highlights".
Honestly they could not have been more lethargic. 6 shots through 42 minutes
I would not necessarily be averse to using our "callup" on picking up a reclamation shot in the dark on Puljujarvi or Kravstov. If those two are to be dumped by their contending teams to make room for others, and are suitably cheap to acquire, anyway.
)Hadnt even thought bout that but id be fine with picking up poolparty for free. Could still do a callup and push jankowski and smith out the lineup. Poolparty is pretty decent defensively and would cover some of that in the bottom 6 and then tomasino or Evangalista for the top 6I would not necessarily be averse to using our "callup" on picking up a reclamation shot in the dark on Puljujarvi or Kravstov. If those two are to be dumped by their contending teams to make room for others, and are suitably cheap to acquire, anyway.
Puljujarvi is supposedly likely to be "free" on waivers. So in his case you just have the Cap, but we have like $5.8M in pro-rated Cap space now. Kravstov is just $875k, so always addable, although perhaps he is perceived as having not yet fully exhausted his potential, so may have some small sticker price attached as opposed to being on waivers.
Of course, I don't see Poile going for a "reclamation" dice roll when we're ostensibly in a playoff race. But it would certainly recoup some of the lost face on Tolvanen if we somehow did manage to turn one of them around. (Hynes is obviously just the coach to pull it off!
I know vejmelka is on a bad team but nothing bout his numbers really stick out. My guess is quick goes to arizona for cap purposes but i imagine the return for arizona will be massiveIf LA is going all in getting Chychrun and Vejmelka… wow, that’s gutsy for them!
But shoddy goaltending and D were exactly why I was thinking they might become a candidate to drop back and be a team we might try to overtake for a wildcard spot.
Silver lining: we play Arizona tomorrow.
I think Quick is an LA legend, so it would be Cal Peterson instead.
If peterson goes the otherway, itll cost a fortune. 5M x 2 years for a goalie banished to the ahl
.... Unless you are Arizona and want to win every draft lottery in perpetuity, plus need to meet the Cap Floor...
Maybe Vejjie has gotten a ton better, but he was sort of robotic in goal last year. Maybe the game has slowed down for him? I thought Ingram would take his job.
Well after the yotes game, i really do question how vejmelka could do on a good team.
Now that they are scratching Chychrun and Gostisbehere for trades, their D is: JJ Moser, Patrik Nemeth, Juuso Valimaki, Josh Brown, Troy Stecher, and Victor Soderstrom. Win a 1-0 game against Tampa with that D making a combined salary less than Josi alone.
