Around the NHL 2013-2014

[Christien]

Winnipeg also taking calls on Evander Kane, and Montreal taking calls on Max Pacioretty, but both players not being shopped.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Winnipeg also taking calls on Evander Kane, and Montreal taking calls on Max Pacioretty, but both players not being shopped.

Patches would probably be cheaper than Kane, have to think they would be dying to get their hands on Ouellet up there. Not that I would be thrilled to move him but Patches is a guy I could see fitting in with our dressing room beautifully. He gets dinged up a little too often, but you hear wonderful things about his work ethic and I really think he would fit in well.

 

[Christien]

Patches would probably be cheaper than Kane, have to think they would be dying to get their hands on Ouellet up there. Not that I would be thrilled to move him but Patches is a guy I could see fitting in with our dressing room beautifully. He gets dinged up a little too often, but you hear wonderful things about his work ethic and I really think he would fit in well.

Yeah, me too. I'd prefer having him here rather than Kane, but who am I kidding, Detroit will never make a trade like this.

 

[SoupNazi]

Patches would probably be cheaper than Kane, have to think they would be dying to get their hands on Ouellet up there. Not that I would be thrilled to move him but Patches is a guy I could see fitting in with our dressing room beautifully. He gets dinged up a little too often, but you hear wonderful things about his work ethic and I really think he would fit in well.

I agree, but it is worth noting that Montreal may want more from us as a division rival than they would from other teams.

 

[Frk It]

Since Yzerman took over, he's drafted Namestnikov and Vasilevskiy (with Detroit's pick in 2012) in the 1st round and Kucherov in the 2nd.

Nesterov and Gusev were drafted in the 5th round or later and let's see if they ever make the NHL.

So three Russians in the first two rounds. If they all bolt to the KHL, Tampa doesn't look great. Worse comes to worse Marchenko leaves for Russia in the future and we lose a 7th rounder.

As I mentioned earlier... it is a big time risk/reward methodology.

Honestly between Kucherov and Vasilevskiy, they have a good shot of one being a home run pick, which almost makes the others irrelevant. And Namestinkov was already playing in North America prior to the draft, so not sure he really fits in.

When you look at Washington and where they are able to grab their Russians, it's pretty darn impressive. Varlamov (25th), Kuznetsov (26th), and Orlov (55th) are very talented guys to get at that stage in the draft. Even Semin at 13th is great value, when you consider his skill level vs his draft position.

So you run the risk of losing the pick altogether, and the guy staying in Russia. Or you hit a home-run and get a early 1st round talent in the last 1st or 2nd round.

Me myself, I'm a bit of a gambler

 

[PullHard]

Klesla cleared... ? How?

 

[SoupNazi]

Klesla cleared... ? How?

I get that there is a lack of cap space on some of the teams that could use him, but yeah, this is pretty shocking to me.

 

[InjuredChoker]

James Mìrtle ‏@mirtle 2 min
Leafs say Lupul will miss two weeks with his groin injury. That's actually positive - there's chance it could have been much longer.

Klesla cleared... ? How?

it tells something about quincey's value imo.

or lack of it.

 

[PullHard]

it tells something about quincey's value imo.

or lack of it.

I saw someone post "you don't pay that much for your 6/7 dman" in the thread on TR&FA board

Had to resist making a Quincey reference

 

[Frk It]

I saw someone post "you don't pay that much for your 6/7 dman" in the thread on TR&FA board

Had to resist making a Quincey reference

You could also make the point that our present 4th line makes 9+ mil. Or 3mil/player on average

 

[Winger98]

Klesla cleared... ? How?

The teams that are willing to spend, can't. The teams that aren't willing to spend, won't.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Klesla has looked very poor coming off that injury. Is playing an extremely tentative game and really has lost almost all of his physicality since having his lights turned out. Fair to say scouts said since this is what made him a passable player in the first place to steer clear would be my guess.

 

[InjuredChoker]

Steve Lepore ‏@stevelepore 7 min
Damian Brunner is scratched. Technically, it's for Mattias Tedenby. But it's far more cruel and interesting if you say it's for Cam Janssen.

 

[Laser Rayzor]

Steve Lepore ‏@stevelepore 7 min
Damian Brunner is scratched. Technically, it's for Mattias Tedenby. But it's far more cruel and interesting if you say it's for Cam Janssen.

Ouch, I take it the nose isn't doing so well in NJ. Anyone know who he's been playing with primarily over there?

 

[InjuredChoker]

Ouch, I take it the nose isn't doing so well in NJ. Anyone know who he's been playing with primarily over there?

he's played with lots of guys. jumping around the line up.

 

[InjuredChoker]

George Malik ‏@georgemalik
Wait, so Mark Gandler's Dmitry Orlov's agent. Now I understand EVERYTHING. See also: Yashin and every other Russian who's asked for a trade.

malik showing great understanding of the situation again.

Jonas Siegel ‏@jonasTSN1050 11 h
Leafs go final 25 minutes without a shot. Fail to land one in OT after empty third.

 

[InjuredChoker]

James Mìrtle ‏@mirtle 5 min
The Sabres are on pace to score 132 goals. The NHL record for fewest is held by the 1953-54 Blackhawks, who had 133 in a 70-game season.

 

[GoAwayDanCleary]

Has Chara been this bad all year?

 

[InjuredChoker]

Has Chara been this bad all year?

i'm not watching the game but he has been pretty good this year. only thing keeping him out of norris talks are his point totals.

 

[Brick Top]

The B's/Rangers game was pretty fun this afternoon. A nice chippy affair to watch from the couch as the tryptophan from my turkey sandwich kicked in

Gotta love those intense rivalry games. Not like the "Rivalry Night" games that NBC hypes up which usually seem to be a random match up of teams, but a good game between 2 teams that genuinely don't like each other. Hoping the Wings develop that type of rivalry with one or two of their new division foes.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Scratch Robidas off the potential trade list, ugly injury tonight, really unfortunate for him, fractured leg or ankle.

Like the Stamkos one this comes with a disclaimer don't click on it if you don't want to watch this, it bothered me more than the Stamkos one for instance. I think it is broken before he goes into the boards, but the movement it makes there had me a little upset.

 

[jaster]

Scratch Robidas off the potential trade list, ugly injury tonight, really unfortunate for him, fractured leg or ankle.

Like the Stamkos one this comes with a disclaimer don't click on it if you don't want to watch this, it bothered me more than the Stamkos one for instance. I think it is broken before he goes into the boards, but the movement it makes there had me a little upset.

Pretty clear break there. His skate came down at a funny angle, perhaps because it caught part of the puck before it hit the ice, and something went snap.

 

[odin1981]

After watching the Toronto vs Montreal game tonight I have to say I will get great enjoyment out of the drw vs canadien series in the regular season this year. Think with the two teams as long as neither of the teams are slumping it will be a good series to catch.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

After watching the Toronto vs Montreal game tonight I have to say I will get great enjoyment out of the drw vs canadien series in the regular season this year. Think with the two teams as long as neither of the teams are slumping it will be a good series to catch.

I also am eager to see how our 2 teams matchup when we play each other, too bad we have to wait until late January for it to happen.

 

[odin1981]

I also am eager to see how our 2 teams matchup when we play each other, too bad we have to wait until late January for it to happen.

Yeah mate it sucks that two of the three season series I was most interested in our division this year start so late (montreal and toronto). Boston has been kinda anti climactic as well because we have played 3 of the 4 games with them before dec 1st as well. Oh well hope for next year's schedual to be better as far as the original six regular season series go .