2018-2019 Around the league thread #5

[UncleRisto]

Are Hall's bags packed and ready to go?

By the door.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

How was Hughes?

Hall ain't gonna stay

Are Hall's bags packed and ready to go?

Hughes has talent but he’s way above his head. He’s a boy amongst men. To top it off, the men he’s amongst are awful hockey players so he can’t even expose his own talent.

Hall isn’t saying there lol. Dude is going to want to win at some point in his career.

That Mickey Mouse organization has taken our spot 1st overall in two separate drafts where we had the best odds. First one worked out. Let’s hope it works out again

 

[Ararana]

The New Jersey Devils are a train wreck of an organization. They just got booed off the ice by their fans

Welcome to the NHL Jack Hughes, just think you could have been in Colorado right now sheltered as all hell if Edmonton hadn't destroyed the draft lottery.

EDIT:Wait.. NJ is up 2-1. They got booed off the ice in a game they're currently winning?

EDIT EDIT: Nevermind, NHL app on my phone took waaay too long to refresh.

 

[Pokecheque]

How was Hughes?

 

[Avsboy]

Hughes lacks man strength

 

[Foppa Frossa]

That's what he gets for playing in a kiddie league *ducks*

 

[Gatorbait19]

0-6, have given up less than 4 goals in only one of those, a 3-0 loss to Boston

They did an excellent job surrounding Hall with enough talent to re-sign him this summer. Oh wait no they somehow got worse.

They better act quickly and trade Hall before he gets hurt, or they’ll be stuck in rebuild mode next 5 years.

 

[Gatorbait19]

Gonna be nice to not have to worry about Dallas at all this year.

If they don’t win 2 of next 3 on the road, I wouldn’t be surprised if they leave Jim Montgomery by the side of the road Gerard Gallant style.

 

[Pokecheque]

Jack will be fine. People have already pointed out that Steven Stamkos had an absolutely rotten start to his NHL career.

The Devils though...I dunno.

 

[Pokecheque]

Gonna be nice to not have to worry about Dallas at all this year.

If they don’t win 2 of next 3 on the road, I wouldn’t be surprised if they leave Jim Montgomery by the side of the road Gerard Gallant style.

I'm waiting for another Gagliardi meltdown.

 

[Ararana]

Things are going fine over on the Stars board

 

[Balthazar]

I’m shocked at how terrible PK Subban looks

Remember how much shit Bergevin took on HF for trading the much younger PK for old man Weber?

 

[Gatorbait19]

Remember how much **** Bergevin took on HF for trading the much younger PK for old man Weber?

Yet it probably paled in comparison to the Montreal media.

 

[Balthazar]

Yet it probably paled in comparison to the Montreal media.

A large majority of the French and English media was supporting that trade because journalists knew about the locker room issues even if they never officially made them public.

It's mostly fans that weren't happy with it because PK was a very popular guy.

 

[Metallo]

I don't even remember him leaving the game

Hey, I have always said that his big bomb was not useless! Bring on the heavy artillery EJ!

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

The fact that Rasmus Dahlin doesn't even turn 20 years old until AFTER this season is over is just ridiculous.


He would honestly be my vote for the Norris trophy this season if he were to continue at the level of play he's displayed so far. 19 Years old.


I'm sure I'm in a very, very small minority with this opinion... But it would not surprise me if Dahlin ends up right alongside Lidstrom/Orr and flirting with those 7/8 Norris trophy wins.

 

[ASmileyFace]

What. How did he not score there?

 

[Avsboy]

What. How did he not score there?

The angle doesn't show the whole story. He batted it out of the air and it hit the opposing post.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Wow, checked in on the Central division for the first time in a little while and holy smokes. I knew the Wild and Hawks were off to the a bad start but I did not realize how dirt the Stars have been. 1-5-1, just 3 points and 7 games played already.


That's nuts. We are 7 points ahead of them with 2 games in hand already.

 

[Ararana]

Wow, checked in on the Central division for the first time in a little while and holy smokes. I knew the Wild and Hawks were off to the a bad start but I did not realize how dirt the Stars have been. 1-5-1, just 3 points and 7 games played already.


That's nuts. We are 7 points ahead of them with 2 games in hand already.

With how much hype the Stars had during the summer, their start is hilarious.

 

[ItsFineImFine]

How are you guys following the rest of the league? I watch like half our games and occasionally some other teams (mainly Toronto), I listen to some podcasts, and I browse HF and reddit but other than that, I really struggle to follow the league beyond the headlines and some notable highlights. I thought I'd try watching NHL Tonight but it's kinda useless, doesn't really provide much in terms of analysis or telling you which individual players are doing good/bad, it has too much fluff and it doesn't cover any advanced stats at all.

Sportsnet has Ice Surfing on Twitter which is very useful but it's only on Tuesday nights.

 

[Mooserton]

How are you guys following the rest of the league? I watch like half our games and occasionally some other teams (mainly Toronto), I listen to some podcasts, and I browse HF and reddit but other than that, I really struggle to follow the league beyond the headlines and some notable highlights. I thought I'd try watching NHL Tonight but it's kinda useless, doesn't really provide much in terms of analysis or telling you which individual players are doing good/bad, it has too much fluff and it doesn't cover any advanced stats at all.

Sportsnet has Ice Surfing on Twitter which is very useful but it's only on Tuesday nights.

I really like watch McDavid so I've been tuning into the Oilers this year. I also channel surf between other games when there's intermissions for the Avs and whatnot.

 

[the_fan]

Oilers are such a one man team. Not even a one line team. Draisaitl is a very good player and all but he cant carry the team on his shoulders like McDavid does. Its basically all McDavid. If he's going they win, if not they have no chance.

 

[Balthazar]

Glad we didn't get suckered into signing Pavelski.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Glad we didn't get suckered into signing Pavelski.

For real. We should’ve been nowhere near signing a 34 year old to fit in our top 6.