Around the NHL XXXIII - looking forward to 2018 offseason edition

[maclean]

Gryba with two goals last night, how is there not already five pages of discussion about this?

 

[Viletho]

Turris wins it in shootout

#ducheneheat

If Turris could have scored one or two for us in the 6 or 7 shootout this year, it's 1 or 2 more victory.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Wound, meet salt.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Wound, meet salt.

I am happy for Turris.. On the other hand I do not automatically assume Turris would have had the same success here in that time span.

 

[Sensinitis]

Turris is in the situation we wish he was with us. He's the #2C...

He was obviously going to feast on his matchups and make Nashville's 2nd line loads better. Most people knew this.

None of this is surprising to me. He's a very good player put in the perfect situation to succeed relative to his strengths, he's playing with good talent and against lesser competition. Also instead of just Karlsson on the back-end, he has Subban/Ekholm/Josi/Ellis(soon)....

 

[Fandlauer]

So it looks like Seattle is getting a team. Not that it wasn't painfully obvious with the way the conferences were set up. Another expansion draft on the horizon.

 

[Upgrayedd]

So it looks like Seattle is getting a team. Not that it wasn't painfully obvious with the way the conferences were set up. Another expansion draft on the horizon.

Assume we will get the shaft by this one as well

 

[BondraTime]

Assume we will get the shaft by this one as well

Likely both Claesson and Harpur will need to be exposed.

Forwards will be the same as previous draft with Duchene in for Turris.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Likely both Claesson and Harpur will need to be exposed.

Forwards will be the same as previous draft with Duchene in for Turris.

Seeing Vegas' draft and massive amount of assets, I am wondering if we can apply to go through one in the future!

Seriously though, had the modern expansion rules existed during the Sens entrance to the league, would probably have a cup now.

 

[HSF]

Seeing Vegas' draft and massive amount of assets, I am wondering if we can apply to go through one in the future!

Seriously though, had the modern expansion rules existed during the Sens entrance to the league, would probably have a cup now.

meh, LV is going to find it hard to seriously improve without a number 1 pick in the entry draft imo

 

[albator71]

Do you agree that the winning formula in the NHL is: top goaltending + top powerplay = making the playoffs

 

[Fandlauer]

Turris crushing it again tonight lol

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

Good. Adding Seattle balances the conferences, and hopefully helps a bit with the travel in the West (for a few teams, anyway). Although, it does look like they'll have to overhaul the two western divisions a bit. One of the Pacific teams would have to move to the Central....but who? Arizona?

 

[SensFactor]

Turris another 2 assists tonight and he flying out there...douche can only hope to be half as good.

 

[albator71]

Hockey is a funny game eh? Detroit got crushed against the Habs 10-1 and then they beat the Jets 5-1.

 

[albator71]

Can we trade the Sens for Golden Knights?

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Wound, meet salt.

Must feel nice to win a big trade. Seems like the last we did that was when we got Turris 6 years ago.

 

[Fandlauer]

I get that they have a good coach and their players are working their arses off, but an expansion team doing this well makes the NHL look like a bit of a joke tbh. A little too much parity for my taste.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

I get that they have a good coach and their players are working their arses off, but an expansion team doing this well makes the NHL look like a bit of a joke tbh. A little too much parity for my taste.

What it shows is that the expansion draft process was perhaps a little too generous. This is not the same sort of crap teams our own expansion era spawned, that's for damn sure.

 

[albator71]

It shows that if you work hard and you play a speed game, today's game is all about speed, you have to be aggressive on the forecheck in all three zones.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

What it shows is that the expansion draft process was perhaps a little too generous. This is not the same sort of crap teams our own expansion era spawned, that's for damn sure.

Well they weren't getting nothing for 500 million.

 

[HavlatMach9]

What it shows is that the expansion draft process was perhaps a little too generous. This is not the same sort of crap teams our own expansion era spawned, that's for damn sure.

they haven't even reaped benefit from the free high draft picks yet

 

[albator71]

ducks came back its 3-2 now

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Turris with 2 more points tonight in another Preds win. :/

 

[Karl Prime]

A Preds/Jets WCF would be pretty awesome.