GDT: Other Games Around The League 2015-16

Juxtaposer · Feb 16, 2016

Sideshow Raheem said:
I really don't think having Adam Larsson and Ryan Murray instead of RNH and Yakupov would make them one bit better...

Yeah, I agree. Edmonton's problem is that they can't get vets who the kids can look up to on AND off the ice. Andrew Ference is a great dude, but he sucked at hockey. Benoit Pouliot is good at hockey but doesn't seem the mentor type. Plus, they have zero ability to draft outside of first overall picks. And they refuse to fix their bottom six.

Gene Parmesan · Feb 16, 2016

Well would Hall or Eberle even give a ****? Doubtful. Got paid way too early.

BaileyMacTavish · Feb 17, 2016

I hope Edmonton sucks (again) for the next decade.

hohosaregood · Feb 17, 2016

Will be lulzy if McDavid gets to be like 27 and never once makes the playoffs.

Pinkfloyd · Feb 17, 2016

Inub0i said:
I hope Edmonton sucks (again) for the next decade.

I hope not because I'm tired of hearing the incessant *****ing about their acquiring of top picks. lol

BaileyMacTavish · Feb 17, 2016

hohosaregood said:
Will be lulzy if McDavid gets to be like 27 and never once makes the playoffs.

A dream I will never want to wake up from.

Coily · Feb 17, 2016

hohosaregood said:
Will be lulzy if McDavid gets to be like 27 and never once makes the playoffs.

Hall is almost there. 24.

JeremyTB · Feb 17, 2016

hohosaregood said:
Will be lulzy if McDavid gets to be like 27 and never once makes the playoffs.

Mcdavid will be demanding a trade long before then. He might leave the 1st time he hits free agency. If you watched his reaction when Edmonton won the lottery he wasn't all that pleased. There is no reason at all for him to sign any longterm deal with a losing team. He will pretty much have a pick of any team he wants to play for and that team will pay him whatever he wants.

Fresnel · Feb 17, 2016

Every summer we wonder if a GM will put out an offer sheet. No one ever does. McDavid hits RFA 29 offer sheets go out.

Pinkfloyd · Feb 17, 2016

Fresnel said:
Every summer we wonder if a GM will put out an offer sheet. No one ever does. McDavid hits RFA 29 offer sheets go out.

It's not necessarily that an offer sheet has or hasn't been put out. It's just that one is rarely signed. Often times, it's not in the player's best interest to sign an offer sheet from elsewhere.

rangerssharks414 · Feb 17, 2016

I just realized that Panarin isn't eligible for the Calder since he played in the KHL. I mean, I like that that is a rule since he already played in a major professional league, but I didn't know it was a rule until a few minutes ago.

Limekiller · Feb 17, 2016

rangerssharks414 said:
I just realized that Panarin isn't eligible for the Calder since he played in the KHL. I mean, I like that that is a rule since he already played in a major professional league, but I didn't know it was a rule until a few minutes ago.

I wonder if that rule is in anyway an outgrowth of the disgruntlement when Makarov won the Calder in 1991 at age 31? I vaguely remember there being some upset about it back then, but given it was 25 years ago now, my memory may not be the best.

slocal · Feb 17, 2016

rangerssharks414 said:
I just realized that Panarin isn't eligible for the Calder since he played in the KHL. I mean, I like that that is a rule since he already played in a major professional league, but I didn't know it was a rule until a few minutes ago.

Really? Weird. You'd think that rule would apply to the other professional leagues as well.

rangerssharks414 · Feb 17, 2016

Limekiller said:
I wonder if that rule is in anyway an outgrowth of the disgruntlement when Makarov won the Calder in 1991 at age 31? I vaguely remember there being some upset about it back then, but given it was 25 years ago now, my memory may not be the best.

I read on Wikipedia (not always the best source) that they set an age limit after Makarov won the Calder when he was 31.

slocal said:
Really? Weird. You'd think that rule would apply to the other professional leagues as well.

Cough, MLB, cough.

Juxtaposer · Feb 17, 2016

rangerssharks414 said:
I just realized that Panarin isn't eligible for the Calder since he played in the KHL. I mean, I like that that is a rule since he already played in a major professional league, but I didn't know it was a rule until a few minutes ago.

That can't be true, right? Loads of players play in foreign professional leagues before coming to the US. Malkin, off the top of my head, played in the KHL and won the Calder.

rangerssharks414 · Feb 17, 2016

TheJuxtaposer said:
That can't be true, right? Loads of players play in foreign professional leagues before coming to the US. Malkin, off the top of my head, played in the KHL and won the Calder.

I don't think the KHL existed when Malkin played. Maybe he played in a Russian junior league?

To be eligible for the award, a player cannot have played any more than 25 games previously in any single season, nor have played in more than six games in each of two separate preceding seasons in any major professional league.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calder_Memorial_Trophy

Episkey · Feb 17, 2016

Why do NHL.com articles have Panarin leading the Calder race if he's not even eligible?

rangerssharks414 · Feb 17, 2016

Episkey said:
Why do NHL.com articles have Panarin leading the Calder race if he's not even eligible?

Not sure... if I'm reading the Wikipedia snippet correctly, he shouldn't be eligible.

Pinkfloyd · Feb 17, 2016

I don't think it applies to the KHL. KHL is essentially the RSL and Ovechkin played more than the games needed to disqualify for the Calder yet obviously still won it.

Barrie22 · Feb 17, 2016

Khl isn't a major professional league according to the nhl. The only major professional league left is the nhl. The rule was written back when the whl was still in existence. Hence why gretzky is missing a rookie of the year award.

magic school bus · Feb 17, 2016

The blackhawks are the worst

Howe Elbows 9 · Feb 18, 2016

Barrie22 said:
Khl isn't a major professional league according to the nhl. The only major professional league left is the nhl. The rule was written back when the whl was still in existence.

You mean the WHA, right?

Also, John Klingberg played four seasons in SHL/Elitserien before coming to North America, and was still considered a rookie.

Barrie22 · Feb 18, 2016

Howe Elbows 9 said:
You mean the WHA, right?

Also, John Klingberg played four seasons in SHL/Elitserien before coming to North America, and was still considered a rookie.

Yeah sorry wha.

The khl to the nhl is like the ahl.

Barrie22 · Feb 18, 2016

Pinkfloyd said:
I don't think it applies to the KHL. KHL is essentially the RSL and Ovechkin played more than the games needed to disqualify for the Calder yet obviously still won it.

Think of the khl as a extension of the ahl. That is how the nhl thinks of it. The key word in the rules for the calder is major pro league. Ahl/khl and every other "paid" league (which constutes being a pro) is considered as semi pro to the nhl.

rangerssharks414 · Feb 18, 2016

"All-star" Leo Komarov will probably be suspended... he just elbowed McDonagh in the head. He got tossed from the game.

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