Out of town thread: Where the grass is ALWAYS greener!

[PaulD]

His results are, his skills aren't.

Thats what they said about guys like Daigle and Yakopuv

 

[NotProkofievian]

Am I the only one who thinks Eichel is vastly overrated?

His ability isn't overrated, IMO. What he's doing with it though leaves me wanting.

 

[PaulD]

Battle of the SC finals tonight between Smashville and the Pens. Preds take it in a SO 5-4. Kyle Turris 1st star of the night in his debut as a Pred!

Crosby is sick in the shootouts.

PK Subban doing what Weber can't... with the absolute bomb from the point on the PP.

lost a wheel and fell down on the 3 rd Pens goal.

 

[PaulD]

Damn Leafs 3-0 without Matthews.

 

[DAChampion]

lost a wheel and fell down on the 3 rd Pens goal.

He was up against the best offense in the NHL, it happens.

 

[PaulD]

The playoffs already started for the habs after going 2-7-1 or whatever it was to start the year. It's going to be an uphill climb all year. That's why every game counts now, and why it was so frustrating to not have drouin and Weber against Minnesota, because the points were there for the taking.

In a way, it's fun because games typically have not held much importance at this time of year, especially with the starts the habs have had in the last few years, but now, there is no buffer, and you can feel the increased meaning for games in November.

I mean, the Habs are only one bad stretch away from futility, and another good stretch away from being at that bubble. I'm intrigued to see which fork they end up going through. Based on what we have seen so far, it's a team of streaks.

They will have to finish top 3 in division because both wild cards will come from the other division.

Called in August the Habs would not make the play offs. Have seen nothing to make me think other wise.

 

[NotProkofievian]

I've been taking a big ol' dump on this organization for passing on Buchnevich, so I thought I'd check what was the strongest claim I made about Buchnevich at the time. The highest ranking that I placed him in was 55, where we drafted Lehkonen. The rest of my rankings were....embarrassing lol. I remember feeling that Dauphin was going to bust just by looking at him, but I still said I'd draft him where we picked de la Rose lololol. Work in progress, fo sho.

 

[PaulD]

He was up against the best offense in the NHL, it happens.

Yes it does.

 

[PaulD]

Looked like a hell of a game. Yes it does.

 

[Bryson]

Lol. I get the urge to cheer on your favourite player and roast the trade whenever you can, but pick a game when he doesn't do....something like that.

Subban was trying to polish the ice with his belly. He's so thoughtful!

To be fair I hadn't seen that until you posted it. I was busy watching this boring game called habs vs buffalo so only caught the ending of the pens/preds game + highlights.

I wasn't trying to roast the trade per say, but Weber was missing the net a ton last night and our PP hasn't been that hot. For a long time the defense in favor of Weber was that he scored more goals even though Subban had more points. Well Subban now has more goals in less games. Small sample size and all that...

 

[Frank Drebin]

Subban was trying to polish the ice with his belly. He's so thoughtful!

To be fair I hadn't seen that until you posted it. I was busy watching this boring game called habs vs buffalo so only caught the ending of the pens/preds game + highlights.

I wasn't trying to roast the trade per say, but Weber was missing the net a ton last night and our PP hasn't been that hot. For a long time the defense in favor of Weber was that he scored more goals even though Subban had more points. Well Subban now has more goals in less games. Small sample size and all that...

All good Bryson. Last year I spent too much time trying to find Subban low lights but this was too good to pass up lol. I can definitely empathize with the feelings of losing your favorite player, and the frustrations of how this team is currently built.

 

[Mrb1p]

Subban was trying to polish the ice with his belly. He's so thoughtful!

To be fair I hadn't seen that until you posted it. I was busy watching this boring game called habs vs buffalo so only caught the ending of the pens/preds game + highlights.

I wasn't trying to roast the trade per say, but Weber was missing the net a ton last night and our PP hasn't been that hot. For a long time the defense in favor of Weber was that he scored more goals even though Subban had more points. Well Subban now has more goals in less games. Small sample size and all that...

And people tried pumping up Subban because he had more points at ES and thats "what matters".

Well, now sample size and all, you know.

 

[Wats]

And people tried pumping up Subban because he had more points at ES and thats "what matters".

Well, now sample size and all, you know.

Ah yes, the old see player A made a mistake defensively therefore he's always making mistakes.

Rumour has it he blamed it on the trainer.

 

[Andrei79]

Here's a Shipachyov interview on his team with LV:

Vadim Shipachyov: "A negative experience helped me appreciate my time with SKA" - ХК СКА Санкт-Петербург.

Bush league management by Vegas.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Here's a Shipachyov interview on his team with LV:

Vadim Shipachyov: "A negative experience helped me appreciate my time with SKA" - ХК СКА Санкт-Петербург.

Bush league management by Vegas.

Maybe so, but in fairness LV is an expansion team in their first season in the league. Confusion and mistakes should be expected.

Ship certainly didn't appear to want to be in the NHL that bad anyways.

 

[groovejuice]

Shipachyov just signed a 1 year deal with SKA for, get this, $.5M. Don't miss the decimal point...

 

[sandviper]

Shipachyov just signed a 1 year deal with SKA for, get this, $.5M. Don't miss the decimal point...

Wow, that’s got to be humbling, lol.

 

[scrubadam]

So is his cap hit still on LV and do they have to pay him?

How many pages after pages were there about MB missing out on this guy? I don't know what kind of magic LV pulled to get out of his contract but 2 years at 4+ wouldn't be looking good if that was wasting away. Sure habs have the space this year but that is essentially Price's entire raise next year putting a cap crunch.

I guess most teams were smart to walk away from a 2 year commitment from him.

 

[Mrb1p]

Shipachyov just signed a 1 year deal with SKA for, get this, $.5M. Don't miss the decimal point...

Probably has a lot more to do with the deserter sentiment than actual playing ability. Maybe hes also a major cancer in the room, dunno.

 

[Mrb1p]

Ah yes, the old see player A made a mistake defensively therefore he's always making mistakes.

Rumour has it he blamed it on the trainer.

Misquoted ?

 

[groovejuice]

Probably has a lot more to do with the deserter sentiment than actual playing ability. Maybe hes also a major cancer in the room, dunno.

Hard to say, but it's pretty clear he's left burned bridges behind him.

 

[Mrb1p]

Hard to say, but it's pretty clear he's left burned bridges behind him.

On both sides of the atlantic lol

Well pacific i guess, or with air russia or wtv.

 

[ItzaGreat]

Member Martisen? Yes, Andreas Martinsen.

We traded Sven Andrigettho, who now has 12 points in 16 games, to acquire him.

He was useless on the ice and now is dead.

All the while Gettho is playing with Nathan McKinnon.

Edit: apparently Martinsen isn't dead

 

[Runner77]

Hard to say, but it's pretty clear he's left burned bridges behind him.

He was burning bridges as he was making his way through them. For the few months he was allowed to pretend he was a viable NHLer, the drama he produced is unparalleled. And since Bergevin was reportedly pursuing him at one point, we truly this time, dodged a bullet.

 

[the]

Great game between Chicago and New Jersey. The Devils came back down 4-1 to lead 6-5 going into the 3rd period.