But dont really draft those tough players that much unless theyre just highly talented which is pretty rare. The shea weber types are hard to come by. The swallow the whistles junk that tends to happen in the playoffs doesnt happen in the 82 game regular season and you cant fill your roster with a bunch of lumbering useless pylons. Gotta have balance and size for the sake of size just gets us schennI suppose it depends on the NHL model and what they are going to allow in terms of rules enforcement to some extent. Maybe there was a hunch that things were trending towards allowing more room for smaller good-skating defenseman that could move the puck and transition well... and all the new superstars like Hughes and Makar leading the way with your Fox and Josi types is all well and good if they're THAT good at the top of your lineup... but... I wonder how much of that is going to work as you move your way down the pairings?
If Myers and Zadorov types are going to be given free rein to manhandle opponents in the defensive zone, and the rulebook still isn't going to be enforced in the playoffs... well, that would hardly be any break from tradition nor should it come as any great surprise or shock. It has usually been that way, hence the historic tendencies for NHL GMs to value big tough D at the draft or in trades/FA markets. Maybe things aren't actually going to change as much as had been projected/hoped for at one point? In which case... indeed our D (present and forthcoming) may have some issues. Our better D prospects are on the smaller side, and the few bigger guys we have (Prokop, Matier, Livingstone) don't really play all that tough and may be longshots to make the NHL?
We should just keep 2 rosters of players. Swap them in and out with LTIR.
Seems like the NHL Refs cracked down on a lot during the Reg season but for the playoffs, anything almost goes!I suppose it depends on the NHL model and what they are going to allow in terms of rules enforcement to some extent. Maybe there was a hunch that things were trending towards allowing more room for smaller good-skating defenseman that could move the puck and transition well... and all the new superstars like Hughes and Makar leading the way with your Fox and Josi types is all well and good if they're THAT good at the top of your lineup... but... I wonder how much of that is going to work as you move your way down the pairings?
If Myers and Zadorov types are going to be given free rein to manhandle opponents in the defensive zone, and the rulebook still isn't going to be enforced in the playoffs... well, that would hardly be any break from tradition nor should it come as any great surprise or shock. It has usually been that way, hence the historic tendencies for NHL GMs to value big tough D at the draft or in trades/FA markets. Maybe things aren't actually going to change as much as had been projected/hoped for at one point? In which case... indeed our D (present and forthcoming) may have some issues. Our better D prospects are on the smaller side, and the few bigger guys we have (Prokop, Matier, Livingstone) don't really play all that tough and may be longshots to make the NHL?
It really does feel like 2 different games. I can't think of any other sport like this.
Myers and Zadorov are the #2 and #4 Cap hits on the Vancouver D, so they aren't priced as lumbering useless pylons anyway. Heck, they couldn't even give Myers away at one point in the offseason. (To us!) But then they'll both be UFAs again, and I'm sure they'll Get Paid.
Myers was seen as a capdump that took incentive for a team to take on just last summer. Zadorov is actually a useful player... i just find it hard to believe that a player that has a net -1.15 penalties/60 in the regular season managed to keep his nose clean in game 1. It's only 1 game though and his career playoff stats are in line with his regular season stats.Myers and Zadorov are the #2 and #4 Cap hits on the Vancouver D, so they aren't priced as lumbering useless pylons anyway. Heck, they couldn't even give Myers away at one point in the offseason. (To us!) But then they'll both be UFAs again, and I'm sure they'll Get Paid.
Even Schenn, the way Trotz talked about him when he signed him, I can see glimpses of that idea now - albeit admittedly it's still just 1 game - that weren't evident for most of the first part of the regular season.
We'll see... maybe it is too much hand-wringing over just 1 game, though. Hopefully this all swings back in a different direction with another game.
Well that would certainly change the series dramatically. Pretty huge dropoff from Demko to DeSmith.
100%. A bad goal on Saros and a defensive breakdown away from being up 1-0. And while Vancouver had the better of the play, Demko also made some key saves that kept us at 2. I am not confident, and being the lesser team in the regular season that's fine, but the lack of respect the guys are getting even among our own fans is a bit sad.
When I looked before we knew we played Vancouver, it was like $120 (fees included) for the seat I was looking at. After the schedule was set it jumped about $50-60.
If they are treating these tickets like the "Gold" games the broker that is selling the tickets will probably meet you at the arena to get the tickets on to your phone. I have to sell a lot of my tickets, the company I use has someone there to get you logged into my ticket account, get the tickets into your "wallet" then log you back out of my account. I'd guess it's something like this.
I don't think that is the case in my situation. There is no one for me to meet.
