Around The League 2019-20 VII

[MartyOwns]

when it comes to jerseys this league is a laughingstock

 

[Nubmer6]

Umm... Wow.

Can't un-see that.

 

[Davegarri]

These are the worst All-Star jerseys I have ever seen. What a joke

 

[NJDevs26]

These are the worst All-Star jerseys I have ever seen. What a joke

Those are bad enough for me to actively AVOID watching the ASG. Even if Nico makes it too.

 

[Davegarri]

Those are bad enough for me to actively AVOID watching the ASG. Even if Nico makes it too.

I only watch the skills comp anyway. The 3 on 3 is a joke

 

[Nubmer6]

I only watch the skills comp anyway. The 3 on 3 is a joke

I prefer the skills comp, but I watch the ASG almost exclusively for the introductions. Not sure I can do it with these jerseys this year though.

 

[Nick0930]

Looks like something that you would buy from a random Facebook sponsored ad based in Taiwan.

 

[tailfins]

Looks like something that you would buy from a random Facebook sponsored ad based in Taiwan.

That’s...awfully specific

 

[JrFischer54]

The entire idea of millionaires playing for a million dollars is bleh beyond belief. honestly the last time this event was interesting as an adult was when john scott was in it. i really think the game would benefit from something like that every year

 

[artemponomarev]

https://www.tsn.ca/russian-players-...ranking-of-nhl-affiliated-prospects-1.1424251

Another rankings of prospects
No Devils prospects in top 50, too sad
Sure, Hughes would be there if he didn’t play in the nhl

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

Shesterkin #1 in the entire league? Come on now.

 

[Bleedred]

I gotta wonder if Poile is on the hot seat if the Hynes hire doesn't work and turn their season around? Not that I think he'll be fired from there, but they ''Fire'' him via promotion like we did to Lou, where they allow him to ''Resign'' or like Detroit did with Ken Holland when they brought Yzerman in.

But just like Lou and Ken, Poile is a guy that will 100% be wanted by someone to be their GM still, if Nashville doesn't want him to be their GM anymore. Although, he's been a GM for 38 years nonstop in the league (except for the one year he was Nashville's GM but they hadn't begun play yet) with no real lapse in employment as a GM and his teams have no cups and he's only been to the finals once and the conference finals twice.

 

[Devils731]

https://www.tsn.ca/russian-players-...ranking-of-nhl-affiliated-prospects-1.1424251

Another rankings of prospects
No Devils prospects in top 50, too sad
Sure, Hughes would be there if he didn’t play in the nhl

Jack Dugan makes it but Ty Smith doesn’t. Nice list TSN. Might as well put Tyce Thompson on the list with Dugan since they’re the dangerous two-some at school.

 

[Devils731]

Shesterkin #1 in the entire league? Come on now.

Kravtsov went from 1 to 36 but they were able to find another Ranger to have at 1.

 

[billingtons ghost]

https://www.tsn.ca/russian-players-...ranking-of-nhl-affiliated-prospects-1.1424251

Another rankings of prospects
No Devils prospects in top 50, too sad
Sure, Hughes would be there if he didn’t play in the nhl

So... curious:
All of those players except for 3 were drafted by teams during Shero's time as GM. Almost all of them are 18-21.

Lou's fault?

 

[njdevils1982]

Shesterkin #1 in the entire league? Come on now.

shesterkinG

 

[Brodeur]

While I appreciate the free rankings, I always take these lists with a grain of salt since they tend to have a ton of WJC recency bias. Here's a short history of Button rankings from recent years.

2016: https://www.tsn.ca/tsn-hockey-s-top-50-nhl-affiliated-prospects-1.436669 - Riley Barber at #32 seemed a little out of left field.

2017: https://www.tsn.ca/who-are-the-best-players-not-skating-in-the-nhl-1.677389 - Danny O'Regan at #28 seemed a little weird even in the moment. Tyler Parsons clocked in at #12 fresh off a gold medal; My amateur scouting thought in the moment was that I wasn't entirely sure Parsons had better pro potential than say Eric Comrie despite the sterling junior career.

2018: https://www.tsn.ca/cupboard-is-stocked-for-up-and-coming-canucks-1.989909

2019: https://www.tsn.ca/russian-wingers-top-tsn-s-ranking-of-nhl-affiliated-prospects-1.1241872

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

So... curious:
All of those players except for 3 were drafted by teams during Shero's time as GM. Almost all of them are 18-21.

Lou's fault?

I mean, way to try and start shit. What does Lou have to do with anything?

 

[My3Sons]

Ranger related, but Larry David calling Don LaGreca a fraud is hilarious.

He could read the obituaries and I’d probably laugh. That was great and thanks for posting that!!!

Jerry it’s Frank. Steinbrenner’s here. GEORGE is dead. Call me back.

 

[My3Sons]

So... curious:
All of those players except for 3 were drafted by teams during Shero's time as GM. Almost all of them are 18-21.

Lou's fault?

Are you suggesting that is a flaw for Shero? If so, consider that NJ has Nico Hughes Boquist and Bratt all actually playing and having varying levels of success in the NHL. Most of these great prospects likely won’t pan out if past examples are any indication. Maybe no Ty Smith on the list is a criticism but I’m not sure a prospect list is a great way to debate Lou versus Shero on drafting.

 

[mtnet]

boston scored 4 shorthanded goals against him in his debut

I heard he saw some good things though

 

[Triumph]

So... curious:
All of those players except for 3 were drafted by teams during Shero's time as GM. Almost all of them are 18-21.

Lou's fault?

The Devils drafted #1 overall in 2019. Their next pick was at #60. I feel like I counted 20 players on that list who were drafted in between 2 and 60 at last year's draft. So yeah, maybe do one ounce of thinking about why the Devils might not be well-represented on a list like this.

Smith and Thompson would likely appear on a top 75. Boqvist would likely appear had he stayed in Sweden.

 

[billingtons ghost]

Are you suggesting that is a flaw for Shero? If so, consider that NJ has Nico Hughes Boquist and Bratt all actually playing and having varying levels of success in the NHL. Most of these great prospects likely won’t pan out if past examples are any indication. Maybe no Ty Smith on the list is a criticism but I’m not sure a prospect list is a great way to debate Lou versus Shero on drafting.

Naw - I was just starting shit as ZBC points out - should have used a sarcasm smiley.

I think it is telling the list is rife with Canadian team bias - Ott, Leafs, Vancouver etc. It is disappointing Ty Smith isn't on there - and that if he didn't make it, certainly none of our other prospects would have.

 

[billingtons ghost]

The Devils drafted #1 overall in 2019. Their next pick was at #60. I feel like I counted 20 players on that list who were drafted in between 2 and 60 at last year's draft. So yeah, maybe do one ounce of thinking about why the Devils might not be well-represented on a list like this.

Smith and Thompson would likely appear on a top 75. Boqvist would likely appear had he stayed in Sweden.

As I was saying - I was just starting shit... but your 1-60 draft pick thing is pretty weak considering Shero dealt our picks to trade down and get Subban. On paper, that's still beautiful so there's nothing to criticize there.

 

[johnny pierogi]

Shesterkin' My Gerkin