Around the league part 2

[DoktorJeep]

Will Cuyle vs Lias Anderson. There’s a fat swing and a miss.

 

[All The Kings Men]

The other problem was the rapid expansion of the 90's (plus several crappy draft classes). The only way certain teams could compete would be play the trap. Trap + lower skill is a rough watch.

"Tag up" offside was removed in 1996-97.

It was restored in 2005-06 after the lock out.

There's your "dead puck" era right there.

 

[Brodeur]

"Tag up" offside was removed in 1996-97.

It was restored in 2005-06 after the lock out.

There's your "dead puck" era right there.

And removing the two line pass. Definitely funny to watch 90's highlights and seeing a perfect breakout pass leading to a potential breakaway only to get whistled down.

I wish I could find which episode it was, but Bill Simmons will occasionally drop a Devils ruined hockey in the 90's mention. That episode in particular was amusing since I think it was in the context of The Last Dance and he was arguing that the early 90's Bulls were better than the late 90's version due to the overexpansion of the league. Meanwhile Simmons didn't realize that happened in the NHL as well.

Fall of the Iron Curtain was another secondary factor. The Russian/Czech prospect pipeline kinda broke in the 90's due to the political upheaval. And then for whatever reason Canada/US weren't producing high end offensive talent. In 1999 Canada only had four forwards crack the first round: Kris Beech, Taylor Pyatt, Jamie Lundmark, and Scott Kelman. Unfortunate timing to add four expansion teams.

 

[YP44]

They tried it, once for a full season, then a bunch of times last year. Vilardi just wasn't effective there as he was wing.

due to injuries it was not used a lot but Iafallo-QB-Vilardi looked sooooo good.

I would argue PLD has been given way more runway at center and done equally as poor as Vilardi if not worse.

 

[DoktorJeep]

The Kings could have Kempe, Vilardi, Byfield, Turcotte down the middle purely from draft picks. Three from Rob Blake.

But somehow there are still those who will defend Rob Blake going with Kopitar, Danault, Lizotte and Dubois as the better choice.

The desire to castrate yourself runs deeper in Kings fans than any population in the history of the human race.

 

[All The Kings Men]

And removing the two line pass. Definitely funny to watch 90's highlights and seeing a perfect breakout pass leading to a potential breakaway only to get whistled down.

I wish I could find which episode it was, but Bill Simmons will occasionally drop a Devils ruined hockey in the 90's mention. That episode in particular was amusing since I think it was in the context of The Last Dance and he was arguing that the early 90's Bulls were better than the late 90's version due to the overexpansion of the league. Meanwhile Simmons didn't realize that happened in the NHL as well.

Fall of the Iron Curtain was another secondary factor. The Russian/Czech prospect pipeline kinda broke in the 90's due to the political upheaval. And then for whatever reason Canada/US weren't producing high end offensive talent. In 1999 Canada only had four forwards crack the first round: Kris Beech, Taylor Pyatt, Jamie Lundmark, and Scott Kelman. Unfortunate timing to add four expansion teams.

Only one of those things directly correlates to the actual dip in scoring.

Tag up offside goes away... scoring starts to dip.

It comes back... so does scoring.

 

[Brodeur]

The sheer number of PPs awarded in 2005-06 certainly helped scoring as well.

 

[All The Kings Men]

The sheer number of PPs awarded in 2005-06 certainly helped scoring as well.

Sure and the offense didn't come back to pre tag-up offside right away but over the years it's returned.

Goals per game 1995-96
3.14

Goals per game 96-97
2.92

Goals per game 97-98
2.63

Didn't surpass 2.76 until 2005-06 when it came back at 3.08
Hasn't dipped below 2.9 since 2017.

 

[bland]

I will swear to my dying day that a heavily contested, physical, low-scoring game is immeasurably superior to the hockey we get nowadays.

 

[YP44]

I will swear to my dying day that a heavily contested, physical, low-scoring game is immeasurably superior to the hockey we get nowadays.

depends on the game. Physical, heavily contested high scoring games are fun too.

 

[tny760]

I will swear to my dying day that a heavily contested, physical, low-scoring game is immeasurably superior to the hockey we get nowadays.

"hard" hockey doesn't sell to dopamine-fried tiktok brain rotters the way highlight reels do. way of the world.

bedard's a lock for the calder while going -44 and moping around the ice dodging checks, faber who?

 

[Sol]

I will swear to my dying day that a heavily contested, physical, low-scoring game is immeasurably superior to the hockey we get nowadays.

Unfortunately at the peak of that era most of the games were just boring and low scoring with a few big hits. I think that style died just because of how taxing it was. That’s why I think the Kings of old had another gear in the playoffs. Now the current Kings team is the same shit in the playoffs as it is in the regular season. NHL got lazier. I’ve seen players avoid perfect momentum changing shifts because of the impact on their own body.

 

[kingsfan28]

The Kings could have Kempe, Vilardi, Byfield, Turcotte down the middle purely from draft picks. Three from Rob Blake.

But somehow there are still those who will defend Rob Blake going with Kopitar, Danault, Lizotte and Dubois as the better choice.

The desire to castrate yourself runs deeper in Kings fans than any population in the history of the human race.

l'm a little slow today with all the Nyquil, are you saying Kempe and Vilardi are better centers than Kopi and Danault? 2 of the 4 listed have chronic injury histories.

 

[Steve Zissou]

Holy shit save of the playoffs (and possibly the entire year) by Bobvrosky on Dumba.

 

[kingsfan28]

Will Cuyle vs Lias Anderson. There’s a fat swing and a miss.

What makes you think WC was on their draft board at spot 60? They used their 3rd second round pick in that draft on a guy drafted 7th overall. Worth the risk.

 

[Telos]

lol @ Avs fans complaining about Walker But man, Georgiev so deflating back there. The Avs have AK-47 offense and ice cream truck cap gun goaltending.

 

[Schrute farms]

sick pass by GV

 

[Steve Zissou]

Vilardi with a sick little pass to Scheifele for a tap in goal.

 

[Shellz]

Winnipeg is one loud building… I love it

 

[BaileyFan]

Jets are my adopted team this year. Gabe is still a joy to watch.

 

[AbsentMojo]

Jets are my adopted team this year. Gabe is still a joy to watch.

that was. perfect pass from lard on that goal

haha see plenty of others have posted that.. I guess we all still root for him

 

[johnjm22]

On the ESPN intermission report:

"How bout that pass by Vilardi? LA sure could use him right now."

 

[Shellz]

It’s actually so embarrassing that we have pl.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

That trade should get Rob Blake fired.

 

[Steve Zissou]

That trade should get Rob Blake fired.