DanishAvsfan
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New interview with Franzén aka the Mule. Stuff like this makes me angry that the Department of Player Safety is not doing more to protect the players: Johan Franzén: "My world can fall apart"
Did my Seattle team from Capfriendly...
Baertschi (VAN) - Stepan (ARI) - Kyrou (STL)
Paquette (TBL) - Soderberg (COL) - Bjork (BOS)
Hyman (TOR) - Lowry (WPG) - Hartman (NSH)
Helm (DET) - Bennett (CGY) - Ritchie (DAL)
Kahun (CHI)
Batherson (OTT)
Quenneville (NJ)
Brodin (MIN) - Montour (ANA)
Hickey (NYI) - Braun (SJS)
Oleksiak (PIT) - Pionk (NYR)
de Haan (CAR)
Scandella (BUF)
Forbort (LA)
Hagg (PHI)
Korpisalo (CBJ) - Samsonov (WSH)
Lindgren (MTL)
Honestly... i'd prefer if Mikko doesn't win the Art Ross this year.
New interview with Franzén aka the Mule. Stuff like this makes me angry that the Department of Player Safety is not doing more to protect the players: Johan Franzén: "My world can fall apart"
Did my Seattle team from Capfriendly...
Baertschi (VAN) - Stepan (ARI) - Kyrou (STL)
Paquette (TBL) - Soderberg (COL) - Bjork (BOS)
Hyman (TOR) - Lowry (WPG) - Hartman (NSH)
Helm (DET) - Bennett (CGY) - Ritchie (DAL)
Kahun (CHI)
Batherson (OTT)
Quenneville (NJ)
Brodin (MIN) - Montour (ANA)
Hickey (NYI) - Braun (SJS)
Oleksiak (PIT) - Pionk (NYR)
de Haan (CAR)
Scandella (BUF)
Forbort (LA)
Hagg (PHI)
Korpisalo (CBJ) - Samsonov (WSH)
Lindgren (MTL)
There were some teams who are going to lose some really good players like the Blues and Lightning (could have drafted McDonagh as I had them protecting Hedman, Foote, and Sergachev).Post that on the main board and watch an ultimate STL fans meltdown.
It truly is ridiculous.Someone on Twitter mentioned the weird disconnect hockey culture has when it comes to protection of players that simply doesn't exist in any other sport, anywhere. The NBA goes out of their way to protect their stars, it's no secret they get all the damned calls. The NFL has introduced absolutely ridiculous rules to protect quarterbacks after one superstar field general broke his collarbone on a routine sack play. The NHL? Nope. The stars just "gotta play through it." Not that I'm saying the league should adopt the insane standards other sports have, but come the **** on...trying to enforce fake parity to an absurd degree is awful to watch on most nights.
They could enforce obstruction and cheap shots properly if they really, really wanted to.
Good.In other news, Nikita Kucherov has 9 points in 2 games and now leads the league in scoring. He passed MacKinnon on Saturday, and passed Rantanen today.
Nice.It's at least warming my cold, dead heart to see the Wylde running aground and Devan Dubnyk close to full meltdown. Apparently Boudreau was so mad at him he wouldn't even look at him after he was pulled. Dubnyk made some very pointed remarks afterwards. Get me the popcorn!!!
Also, speaking of highly-touted forwards not meeting expectations, the Wylde also assigned Joel Eriksson Ek to Iowa.
“WTF”
That’s the text that Dallas Stars CEO Jim Lites says he gets five times per game from team owner Tom Gaglardi.
It happened again on Thursday night when he was watching the Stars’ 2-0 win against the Nashville Predators.
“He’s pissed,” Lites said on Friday afternoon. “And you know what it’s about.”
“They are f***ing horse-shit, I don’t know how else to put it,” Lites said. “The team was ok. But (Tyler) Seguin and (Jamie) Benn were terrible.”
The public frustration began during Thursday’s morning skate, when Stars coach Jim Montgomery told the team he was “f***ing embarrassed” with the team’s practice and where they were in the standings.
For those in the Stars offices, that starts with the captain and the player with more job security than anyone else in the franchise.
He has made some great moves but Dallas has been an absolute trainwreck at the draft under him. Being so poor in drafting is going to sink any GM at some point.I thought Nill was in trouble going into this season. I think he's doomed now.
It's a shame because I really, really liked the very unconventional approach he took upon his arrival in Dallas, but at some point he lost his way.
Oh **** YEAH! Fire up the Schadenfreude Bus because the Dallas Stars are on the tour as well!
Stars ownership, management goes on expletive-laden tirade...
I thought Nill was in trouble going into this season. I think he's doomed now.
It's a shame because I really, really liked the very unconventional approach he took upon his arrival in Dallas, but at some point he lost his way.
He has made some great moves but Dallas has been an absolute trainwreck at the draft under him. Being so poor in drafting is going to sink any GM at some point.
Oh **** YEAH! Fire up the Schadenfreude Bus because the Dallas Stars are on the tour as well!
Stars ownership, management goes on expletive-laden tirade...
I thought Nill was in trouble going into this season. I think he's doomed now.
It's a shame because I really, really liked the very unconventional approach he took upon his arrival in Dallas, but at some point he lost his way.
I'll tell you what, this scoring change in the NHL is going to be an adjustment period. The teams who are suffering right now are having melt downs. If your star isn't seeing a boost to scoring like the rest of the league it's nuclear time.
Look at how upside down the winning records are in the west right now. Avs & Nsh turning in 3-6-1 ten game stretches, Dallas 4-6, ANA 5-5, and all sitting in a playoff spot. Then you have CHI, EDM, LA, STL, turning in 5-3-2 type of stretches. Vancouver sits just outside the playoffs with a 7-2-1 last 10 lol. ****ing crazy town out West right now.
Lots of goals, and volatile goal-tending is going to make for a emotional roller coaster if this keeps up.
Woops