Around the League Part 8: Welcome to the league Vegas, and Duchene discussion

[Boom Boom Apathy]

WTF are they doing over there, I don`t understand some of their moves at all

I'm guessing they are tanking. Can't say I blame them. Look how the fortunes of 2 teams (Toronto and Edmonton) were immediately turned around when getting lucky in the draft. Same goes for Pittsburgh (Crosby/Malkin) and Washington (Ovi) and Chicago (Kane). If Vegas wanted to be a lower end / middle of the road team, they'd be like the Canes have been, mired in mediocrity for ever. They need to be picking 1-3 for a few years.

 

[Breakdowns]

I'm guessing they are tanking. Can't say I blame them. Look how the fortunes of 2 teams (Toronto and Edmonton) were immediately turned around when getting lucky in the draft. Same goes for Pittsburgh (Crosby/Malkin) and Washington (Ovi) and Chicago (Kane). If Vegas wanted to be a lower end / middle of the road team, they'd be like the Canes have been, mired in mediocrity for ever. They need to be picking 1-3 for a few years.

It`s understandable that they are trying to tank, and I get that they need top3 picks, but I think there is better way to do it, some of his moves are very interesting, to say the least.
For example I think they could trade Pickard instead of putting him on waivers, IMO he was pretty okey with such a shit team, and some teams could use him. There is chance he is walking away for free, not even a draft pick, so I think this was not the best decision. But who knows, maybe there were no offers for him

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

They have to tank at some point. If they wanted to compete now, they would have to move heaven and earth to assemble a mediocre-at-best team now, and watch it fall apart as the mediocre-at-best players leave or decline and aren't replaced because of their zero organizational depth. At which point they'll be "tanking" anyway. I mean, the best, best case scenario of that was they overpay their mediocre-at-best guys to stay, and they end up as the 2009-20015 Hurricanes, maybe some years they'll sneak into the playoffs but at the cost of a bunch of overpayed and rusting spare parts.

Or they tank right now.

That said, I wouldn't have thought McPhee to be so obvious about it.

 

[AD Skinner]

Now's the time to tank- they're brand new and will have goodwill from the community just based on the novelty. A few years of being lovable losers with a few high picks to show for it should keep people's interest and they can improve in little steps over a few years. That'll build a bigger and probably more excited fanbase than showing up and being decent and then disappointing people when you eventually have to bottom out.

 

[HisIceness]

Looking forward to seeing the debut of Little Caesars Arena tonight. I'm sure in 25 years it will be time to implode it and start over.

 

[HisIceness]

Hasn't Vegas sold out every game so far? I would tank too if I was in their position. Stockpile on draft picks, hope to get a next generational type player, or at least someone to build around by year 5, build around him, profit. In that market with so much going on year-round? Absolutely don't make this more than it needs to be.

Building up false hope that the Knights are a playoff team from the get-go isn't going to go over well in year 5 when the team still can't win and can't sell out.

 

[My Special Purpose]

DUCHENE

 

[A Star is Burns]

DUCHENE

I've maintained for some time now that he's far from done, but that still doesn't make trading Hanifin for him a good idea.

 

[HisIceness]

For a moment there I thought Colorado would be doing us a favor tonight. LOL

 

[Novacane]

Oops

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Dubnyk with an early save of the year submission

 

[Novacane]

Niemi will be a storyline this season if he remotely keeps this up

 

[HisIceness]

Dubnyk with an early save of the year submission

That was incredible.

 

[VAcaniac]

Niemi will be a storyline this season if he remotely keeps this up

He is garbage. Not surprised at all

 

[HisIceness]

Well damn, Colorado actually won.

 

[SaskCanesFan]

Well, Ovie is good still

 

[geehaad]

That's 10 now that CHI has hung on PIT. Niemi might suck, but Murray is 25/31 for .806 SV.

Or something like that. As I'm typing this, that stat now shows he's 25/28, but clearly he's allowed 6 goals.

 

[HisIceness]

Damn what a beatdown in Chicago.

 

[Novacane]

10 goals and not a single PPG, for anyone else following that stat for the hat trick challenge. Meanwhile Pittsburgh’s only goal is...

 

[VAcaniac]

Has forslund called a game w the Kings color guy before? I dont remember such a situation. Their lack of chemistry sounds awkward

 

[Joe McGrath]

Well, Ovie is good still

Rumors of his demise were greatly exaggerated.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

i guess chicago was tired of all the memes from the nashville series last year

 

[Lempo]

Vegas needs to amp up their tank game then. There's serious contention from the get-go.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

So apparently Jake Voracek made a tweet in response to an HF Boards poster making a negative post about him in their post game thread on the Flyers HF forum. So apparently players really do read this board. With that, I can only say to Ryan Murphy and Cam Ward that I am sorry for all of my posts the last few years. When I should have been building you up, I was tearing you down.

 

[Stickpucker]

10 goals and not a single PPG, for anyone else following that stat for the hat trick challenge. Meanwhile Pittsburgh’s only goal is...

Time to trade for Fleury back. Wardo 2.0