News Around the League: 2017-2018 During and AFTER THE CUP

[Zippy316]

 

[HenriquesJawLine]

And the impending bloated and crappy contract is getting even bigger.

 

[NJDevils17]

I don’t want Rico @5.5 for 5 years scoring 45 points. He’s a secondary scorer who has value but will be overpaid for a litany of reasons.

 

[Zippy316]

Carlyle plays the anti-Corsi anti-"insert advanced stat here" system. Yet they still win games.

Henrique fits in perfectly there.

 

[Darkauron]

Still cant believe no coaches have been fired.

 

[Bleedred]

Still cant believe no coaches have been fired.

AV is most likely gone at the conclusion of the season.

I wonder if Bill Peters is now in trouble? Probably a couple more.

Barry Trotz isn't signed beyond this year and I think he's going away if they don't win a couple rounds this year.

You would think Tocchet is going bye bye too, but maybe the fact that they have officially passed the ''Worst team of the century'' in points (last year's Avalanche) that he might be back another year. Maybe the Guy goes as well? If Melnyk feels like paying him to go away.

 

[tr83]

LOL...this is easy to do in basketball. There are only 7 players to really worry about. Players 8-13 usually warm the bench. Very few players picked outside of the top 10 make an impact in the NBA.

He'll probably end up more like Al Davis.

 

[Billdo]

Hot take... we catch Philly and Mrazek blows down the stretch.

 

[Bleedred]

Hot take... we catch Philly and Mrazek blows down the stretch.

Ain’t gonna happen bro.

Mrazek’s real good. Didn’t you see his shutout against us in January?

 

[Billdo]

Ain’t gonna happen bro.

Mrazek’s real good. Didn’t you see his shutout against us in January?

I think Mrazek is ok, I wouldn’t say it’s impossible though.

 

[Bleedred]

I think Mrazek is ok, I wouldn’t say it’s impossible though.

Philly is very streaky and they’re due for some losing streaks. They’re currently on a 4 game losing streak right now.

 

[Billdo]

Philly is very streaky and they’re due for some losing streaks. They’re currently on a 4 game losing streak right now.

Their schedule isn’t a cake walk either. They’re definitely catchable as long as we take care of business. The California trip concerns me but I don’t think we can’t beat any of those teams if we get hot. Seems we follow up these little losing streaks with a solid stretch of games so hopefully that trend continues.

 

[Call Me Al]

we've already beaten LA and Anaheim, we've beaten tampa twice and pittsburgh twice. There's no reason we can't beat top teams if we're playing well

 

[Azathoth]

Philly is also the city where goaltenders go to die, so there is always a good chance they falter a bit down the stretch.

 

[AfroThunder396]

I liked Mrazek a lot when he came into the league but he's really struggled the past few years

 

[New Jersey]

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[SpeakingOfTheDevils]

Philly is very streaky and they’re due for some losing streaks. They’re currently on a 4 game losing streak right now.

I was at their game last night, and they looked horrible. Their powerplay looked even worse than ours has.

It's so bizarre to me how Giroux and Voracek are either scoring 4 points a night, or unable to make a simple pass... last night, it was the latter...

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

I was at their game last night, and they looked horrible. Their powerplay looked even worse than ours has.

It's so bizarre to me how Giroux and Voracek are either scoring 4 points a night, or unable to make a simple pass... last night, it was the latter...

our PP has like 7 or 8 goals in the past 5 games and is ranked 9th in the league FYI

 

[New Jersey]

we win tonight and philly loses in boston things get a lot more interesting.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

our PP has like 7 or 8 goals in the past 5 games and is ranked 9th in the league FYI

It was horrific for a long time, dropped from like top 5 to 20th and was one of the main reasons we were losing so many games. The PP has been either very hot or really really bad. There hasn't been much in between.

 

[SpeakingOfTheDevils]

our PP has like 7 or 8 goals in the past 5 games and is ranked 9th in the league FYI

Very much aware, thanks. I was also there Tuesday for the 3 PPG explosion.

When we're on, we're on. When we're off, sheeeeeesh. Flyers are the same way, and last night was a stinker and a half. That's all I was trying to convey.

 

[Billdo]

our PP has like 7 or 8 goals in the past 5 games and is ranked 9th in the league FYI

Yet every game people are whining about it

 

[mtnet]

I think the complaints probably stem from that stretch in particular where our pp was something like 3/20 (don't have the exact numbers). Seem to recall a game we lost where we had 7 power plays and failed to convert on any of them.

 

[Bleedred]

Wasn’t it down to like 18th in the league like a week ago? Did it really jump up half the spots in line 7-10 days? I know it’s on lately, but didn’t think it jumped up that much.

 

[Azathoth]

I think getting Maroon has helped the PP a bit too.