2018-19 Regular Season Thread

[Tripod]

Protecting AMac from the booing at home again. Nice to see Couts get a well deserved letter.

 

[Ghosts Beer]

Good for Couturier. If his playoff performance didn't earn a letter, I don't know what more one needs to do.

 

[Tripod]

Good for Couturier. If his playoff performance didn't earn a letter, I don't know what more one needs to do.

Be a Hakstol love slave?

 

[Ghosts Beer]

Be a Hakstol love slave?

Hey, there's only room for two.

 

[Tripod]

Hey, there's only room for two.

His wife and AMac?

 

[johum7]

His wife and AMac?

Lehtera and his coke stash

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

What sort of losing streak do we need for Jeff to get sacked?

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

What sort of losing streak do we need for Jeff to get sacked?

We could go on a 15 game losing streak with a PK of 60% and they would still keep their jobs.

Hexy is the kind of f***ing GM that refuses to be wrong and it hurts everyone.

 

[Curufinwe]

What did you guys think about them switching to:

Hagg-Gudas
Sanheim-MacDonald

 

[Ruck Over]

What did you guys think about them switching to:

Hagg-Gudas
Sanheim-MacDonald

There were moments in the game that it actually worked, I mean, the score wasn't 13-2 at least.

f*** it, try whatever. On paper it shouldn't work, and in theory bumble bees shouldn't fly. Sanheim was the only player that made a pairing with AMac tolerable, since no one is advocating splitting up Provy - Ghost. Hagg - Gudas gives me bad sensations, but I think both of them are cognitive to stay in their lane.

Was very excited to see Sanheim on the PP. If he gets more "veteran tutelage" maybe he'll be allowed to play there more frequently. #Reasons

 

[Hurricane28]

What did you guys think about them switching to:

Hagg-Gudas
Sanheim-MacDonald

Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

 

[deadhead]

Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

Yep. Can't make real changes until Myers comes up, and then Morin.

 

[Appleyard]

Thought these were interesting... and it is about the regular season, albeit the last decade worth of them!





Should we sign UFA Upshall?

Though seriously... looking at his 2007-11 stats from age 24-27 the guy was a freaking insane playdriver who potted ~40 points per 82 games to boot with like 14 minutes a night. Ofc he is not that player anymore.

 

[renberg]

MacDonald is broken. Whether it's his ankle or an UBI, his play is off. He needs to sit until he's fixed. Maybe a few months in LV would straighten him out.

 

[deadhead]

Question - how does Gudas put up such good numbers but look so meh to the naked eye?

 

[Jtown]

Question - how does Gudas put up such good numbers but look so meh to the naked eye?

meh? Gudas is a turnover machine.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Credit another victim to Lappy’s PK.

3 GA Calvin Pickard. Welcome to the squad buddy!

 

[Magua]

Credit another victim to Lappy’s PK.

3 GA Calvin Pickard. Welcome to the squad buddy!

Hakstol in his presser just now (paraphrased): "1st one was a bad turnover that needs to be cleaned up......*doesn't mention 2nd goal*......I didn't see the 3rd one. I wasn't watching."

So, really it's just 1 PK goal against. And it was all Sanheim's fault. Improvement.

 

[FLYguy3911]

I heard it lol. I wonder what he was looking at on the 3rd one. Getting a head start on the film? There’s only so much you can do on the bench.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Hakstol in his presser just now (paraphrased): "1st one was a bad turnover that needs to be cleaned up......*doesn't mention 2nd goal*......I didn't see the 3rd one. I wasn't watching."

So, really it's just 1 PK goal against. And it was all Sanheim's fault. Improvement.

Strange for a guy who sees 50 times more than the spectators.

 

[Striiker]

Literally LITERALLY just hates any young/skilled player.

People used to say that half-jokingly, but it's literally factually the truth.

 

[flyersjim73]

Hakstol in his presser just now (paraphrased): "1st one was a bad turnover that needs to be cleaned up......*doesn't mention 2nd goal*......I didn't see the 3rd one. I wasn't watching."

So, really it's just 1 PK goal against. And it was all Sanheim's fault. Improvement.

I just cannot exaggerate how much I hate this POS.

Edit to add: Any chance he’s just trolling us at this point?

 

[Lindberg]

Question - how does Gudas put up such good numbers but look so meh to the naked eye?

I think its partially due to corsi being a rather poor stat/metric to use. Quality of shot is indefinitely more important than the number of shots. Gudas has a very "hulk smash" mentality with the puck, which is just fire away. As a coach I'd let a guy take a low percentage shot and not give up the middle of the ice. Heck I'd even give him a couple of attempts over giving him the middle of the ice for a prime scoring chance.

I don't get the obsession by some with these metrics, hockey isn't like baseball. There aren't a lot of independent events.

 

[kudymen]

Hakstol in his presser just now (paraphrased): "1st one was a bad turnover that needs to be cleaned up......*doesn't mention 2nd goal*......I didn't see the 3rd one. I wasn't watching."

So, really it's just 1 PK goal against. And it was all Sanheim's fault. Improvement.

Such a Dork Hickstool

 

[Appleyard]

Question - how does Gudas put up such good numbers but look so meh to the naked eye?

I think it depends on the eyes.

Before the last half of last season for example personally I always thought he looked good.

Physical, solid skater, decent outlet, good in NZ, good on the boards.