Around the League 14: PLAY GLORIA!

[Cardiac Jerks]

Excellent hire, smartest move Botts has ever made. People in Edmonton all say their management were idiots for getting rid of him. But the big thing is this: his former players absolutely LOVE the guy. His rep among players is so great that guys are going to want to come here to play for him. One of those former players of his is Jeff Skinner, and now it is all but certain he is staying.

How is Skinner a former player of his? Krueger has only ever coached in the nhl for Edmonton and the one international tournament he worked for team Canada didn’t feature Skinner. Their respective careers didn’t overlap in carolina and Krueger was only a scout here anyway. What am I missing?

 

[A Star is Burns]

How is Skinner a former player of his? Krueger has only ever coached in the nhl for Edmonton and the one international tournament he worked for team Canada didn’t feature Skinner. Their respective careers didn’t overlap in carolina and Krueger was only a scout here anyway. What am I missing?

You don't remember Skinner's stint with Southampton?

 

[sabremike]

How is Skinner a former player of his? Krueger has only ever coached in the nhl for Edmonton and the one international tournament he worked for team Canada didn’t feature Skinner. Their respective careers didn’t overlap in carolina and Krueger was only a scout here anyway. What am I missing?

Clarification: while he was a scout he was still very liked by guys, and it has been reported that Jeff is a big fan of his.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

You don't remember Skinner's stint with Southampton?

That would explain some of the flopping.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Clarification: while he was a scout he was still very liked by guys, and it has been reported that Jeff is a big fan of his.

I wonder when he would have met him. Their careers didn’t overlap in Carolina. The year Jeffrey entered the league was when Krueger started with Edmonton.

 

[Lempo]

I keep reading Rise of the Chaos Squid, and have horrid nautical images in my head.

 

[sabremike]

I keep reading Rise of the Chaos Squid, and have horrid nautical images in my head.

Chaos Squid soooooo needs to be a new Kaiju Big Battle character.

 

[sabremike]

You don't remember Skinner's stint with Southampton?

We are actually sending them Tage on loan so he can becomr the next Peter Crouch.

 

[cptjeff]

I keep reading Rise of the Chaos Squid, and have horrid nautical images in my head.

I thought the Chaos Squid was slated to be the new Seattle mascot. Are you trying to tell us something?

 

[Lempo]

I thought the Chaos Squid was slated to be the new Seattle mascot. Are you trying to tell us something?

I tell you man we need to sacrifice one of our own when the Chaos Squid shall rise to appease it!

 

[HisIceness]

I tell you man we need to sacrifice one of our own when the Chaos Squid shall rise to appease it!

I nominate we sacrifice @HisIceness

 

[Lempo]

I nominate we sacrifice @HisIceness

Well I kind of was alluding to a player signed for 2021-22 with more than two years of professional experience. Buuuut...

 

[NotOpie]

Clearly, whatever critter we sacrificed wasn't up to snuff.

 

[DaveG]

I tell you man we need to sacrifice one of our own when the Chaos Squid shall rise to appease it!

I thought that was the plan with Haydn Fleury?

 

[Chrispy]

I thought that was the plan with Haydn Fleury?

We thought we could get away with only sacrificing the "e".

 

[Lempo]

We thought we could get away with only sacrificing the "e".

Fat chance, with us flaunting Jaccob's extra "c" at the same time.

We never learn the lesson of not having correct amount of C's.

 

[HisIceness]

Wild Card Chaos Squad

Born: April 16th, 2019
Died: May 16th, 2019

RIP

 

[AD Skinner]

The word squad almost always makes me think of this

 

[sabremike]

 

[The Faulker 27]

 

[FreshSeabass]

Yikes! Further making Turbo's contract look like a steal. EDIT never mind i though he was RFA as well.

 

[The Jerk Store]

Yikes! Further making Turbo's contract look like a steal.

He deserves a pat on the head.

 

[MinJaBen]

Yikes! Further making Turbo's contract look like a steal.

I was hoping we'd get a chance to talk to him about being our 2c. But I don't think we were paying him 6x6, so congrats to him. Now let's see if they can get a deal done for Lee and Lehner.

 

[bleedgreen]

That’s market value guys.

 

[A Star is Burns]

That’s market value guys.

Maybe. But having his best year in his walk year after 35 points the year before and pretty consistently living in the mid to low 40's, it'd be just barely. He's a free agent off a good year, so it's not an insane contract, but I'd rather find a more consistent performer than that personally. Maybe that's the guy he'll be in his role post-Tavares. We'll see.