GDT: 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs

[lightstorm]

More importantly, Hanifin choked on important games. Dude is the opposite of Sam Bennett. What he showed in the Oilers series was one of the all time embarrassment.

Treliving chose to go with guy like Hanifin and Lindholm instead of Tkachuk and Bennett is the reason he is no longer with the Flames

The org begged him to stay, they wanted to extend him. THAT is embarrassing, on top of Edwards nixing both the futures trade for Tkachuk and long-term deal for him post ELC.

It's a mess and tbh I dont see a way out.

Hope Benny wins the Cup and Conn Smythe. What a player. Hanifin and Lindholm can both f off.

 

[DFF]

The org begged him to stay, they wanted to extend him. THAT is embarrassing, on top of Edwards nixing both the futures trade for Tkachuk and long-term deal for him post ELC.

It's a mess and tbh I dont see a way out.

Hope Benny wins the Cup and Conn Smythe. What a player. Hanifin and Lindholm can both f off.

I know, Treliving is not a total idiot. He sees the writing on the wall. He painted himself into a corner. He is jumping ship from a mess he created.

 

[Boomstick]

Hard to believe it's Aiden Hill vs. Bobrovsky for the Stanley Cup.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Makar and Toews
Mcavoy and Lindholm
Fox and Trouba
Slavin, Burns/Pesce
Pietreangelo and Theodore
Hedman and Sergachev
Chabot Chychrun
Dahlin Power
Ekblad Montour

I can probably go on

More importantly, Hanifin choked on important games. Dude is the opposite of Sam Bennett. What he showed in the Oilers series was one of the all time embarrassment.

Treliving chose to go with guy like Hanifin and Lindholm instead of Tkachuk and Bennett is the reason he is no longer with the Flames

Montour had a single season better than Hanifin. Power isn't there yet. Lol at Trouba being better.

 

[DFF]

Montour had a single season better than Hanifin. Power isn't there yet. Lol at Trouba being better.

He asked for one, I gave a whole bunch

Some of the guys are debatable but I have to admit I don’t like Hanifin that much. He is not bad but not really great at anything and choked every time they need him. Just watch his last playoff series and you know what I mean.

 

[Kranix]

Hard to believe it's Aiden Hill vs. Bobrovsky for the Stanley Cup.

goes to show goalie performances are pure luck, can tank or save a season, and fans fussing over gms "finding a goaltender" is pointless.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Stanley Cup Final​

(1)West Champ vs East Champ(8)



Thinking Vegas in 6 but hoping for 7. Need my boy Jacky Eichs to have a big series. I will take some comfort that either him or Tkachuk will be lifting the Cup before McDouchebag.

 

[Boomstick]

Man, Tkachuk is such a great hockey player. In Calgary, and in Florida, but it's nonsense like the Muzzin puck flip, and what he did tonight is just stupid. Just play hockey, do what you do best.
Here's what I'm talking about in case you didn't see it. He ended up getting 14 PIM for this play.

 

[Anglesmith]

I want to criticize Tkachuk, but there is definitely method behind that. Generating offsetting penalties (if he was successful) would favour Florida in that situation.

Stajan did exactly that against the Ducks to set up Gaudreau's late tying goal in 2015.

 

[Mobiandi]

I’ve been consistently so unimpressed with Eastern conference teams for years now. Other than Tampa, when they’re firing on all cylinders, the rest of them just don’t have what it takes

Toronto, Boston, Carolina already need to take a strong look in the mirror. But if this ends in a sweep or in 5, some serious changes need to be made within their orgs

 

[herashak]

lucked out that the Coilers got schooled by the knights this might have been their best shot. Vegas LTI-ghts are gonna close it out

 

[Volica]

You look at Vegas, and you think what could have been for Calgary.
There's not a prospect or pick that I was against moving in an Eichel deal. Shame on Treliving and Co. for not pulling the trigger when they were so close. There's a real chance right now that the two guys who are in the running for playoff MVP for their respective teams could have been playing together for Calgary this year.

 

[lightstorm]

Are we going to ignore the fact Bennett was out there for Florida's most important shift in almost 30 years, kept the play alive before Tkachuk scored, and then assisted on OT winner after making a nice shifty play at the blueline?

This org buried him on the third line with AHLer Jankowski and the corpses of Troy Brouwer and James Neal. And people who were there for it all got promoted.

 

[Iggys Dome]

You look at Vegas, and you think what could have been for Calgary.
There's not a prospect or pick that I was against moving in an Eichel deal. Shame on Treliving and Co. for not pulling the trigger when they were so close. There's a real chance right now that the two guys who are in the running for playoff MVP for their respective teams could have been playing together for Calgary this year.

Wasn’t the asking price for Eichel Tkachuk+ though?

 

[Zirakzigil]

Wasn’t the asking price for Eichel Tkachuk+ though?

I thought that was the original ask by Buffalo, but the final offer was with Mang.

 

[Mobiandi]

Tkachuk should have been on the first plane to Buffalo for Eichel

 

[TheHudlinator]

Are we going to ignore the fact Bennett was out there for Florida's most important shift in almost 30 years, kept the play alive before Tkachuk scored, and then assisted on OT winner after making a nice shifty play at the blueline?

This org buried him on the third line with AHLer Jankowski and the corpses of Troy Brouwer and James Neal. And people who were there for it all got promoted.

The worst part is that isn't even the worst thing we did to him. After a pretty dominate playoff run where he had been buried in the lineup in the regular season, Bennett wanted to go back to center as he felt most comfortable there so our dumbass leadership said ok welcome to the 4th line.

 

[Anglesmith]

The problem isn't the Flames' treatment of Bennett, it's that Bennett wasn't what we needed him to be in the first place. We drafted him as our future #1 centre. We were meant to go Bennett Monahan Backlund down the middle. Now he's in his prime and Backlund is still the superior player. Everything else is crying over spilt milk.

We have Kadri occupying the spot Bennett would have if he was still here, and I'd love to hear arguments about what Bennett can do that Kadri can't do better.

Do you think Florida got where they are by crying over Marchessault and Smith succeeding in Vegas?

 

[Kranix]

Tkachuk should have been on the first plane to Buffalo for Eichel

Nah. But any of the other rumored assets should have been. I thought Tkachuk being part of it was false info fed to Weekes by someone in Buffalo to drive up the price

 

[Some Other Flame]

We have Kadri occupying the spot Bennett would have if he was still here, and I'd love to hear arguments about what Bennett can do that Kadri can't do better.

Be 6 years younger and make 2.6M less

 

[Kranix]

Be 6 years younger and make 2.6M less

Kadri is superior offensively. He's fine for now. BPA.

 

[Anglesmith]

Be 6 years younger and make 2.6M less

Making less money because he isn't as good. If everything had gone to plan Bennett would be making more than Kadri is right now.

 

[Mobiandi]

Do you think Florida got where they are by crying over Marchessault and Smith succeeding in Vegas?

They probably will shed some tears when Marchessault wins the Conn Smythe on Tuesday

 

[super6646]

The problem isn't the Flames' treatment of Bennett, it's that Bennett wasn't what we needed him to be in the first place. We drafted him as our future #1 centre. We were meant to go Bennett Monahan Backlund down the middle. Now he's in his prime and Backlund is still the superior player. Everything else is crying over spilt milk.

We have Kadri occupying the spot Bennett would have if he was still here, and I'd love to hear arguments about what Bennett can do that Kadri can't do better.

Do you think Florida got where they are by crying over Marchessault and Smith succeeding in Vegas?

Bennett wouldn’t be costing this team 7m dollars for the next 6 seasons. Even if he’s marginally worse, he’s much younger and would’ve cost this team less money.

Cap space we could desperately use.

 

[Anglesmith]

Bennett wouldn’t be costing this team 7m dollars for the next 6 seasons. Even if he’s marginally worse, he’s much younger and would’ve cost this team less money.

Cap space we could desperately use.

He would have cost that if he was the player we needed.

As it stands, Bennett didn't want to be our 3C, so short of him actually being better than Backlund or Lindholm there wasn't really a future here without intentionally making the team worse.