Around the NHL 2013-2014

[WingedWheel1987]

Grabovski is a good hockey ****in hockey player

Unfortunately he isn't a real gud hockey player.

 

[RedWingsNow*]

Hossa....great player

 

[RedWingsNow*]

I'm hopeful Weiss and Alfredsson can breathe some life into tomorrow's stale lineup. We'll see.

 

[HTT3*]

Wow, neither of these teams play defense?

 

[Frk It]

Blackhawks have the 21 year-old 3rd round pick Joakim Nordstrom on their starting roster tonight. They have 23 year-old Jimmy Hayes starting. They have 20 year-old Brandon Saad starting. They won the Stanley Cup last year.

We don't have room for our 24 year-old top prospect.

**** this team.

Yeah I'm very jealous of their bottom 6, and how they let their young players play.

I put it somewhere before, but I think they have 4 players in their bottom 6 that were drafted the year Nyquist was drafted or sooner.

It's part of why they have such good team speed, and it's really nice to have energy lines with young legs in your bottom 6.

Also they said during the broadcast that Nordstrom is 6'1 and 160 or 165 lbs. Another reason why he wouldn't play for Babcock lol.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

I know it is just one night and still early in the season but so many goalies look to be off their angle compensating for these new pads. Think we are going to have a very high scoring season.

 

[Frk It]

I know it is just one night and still early in the season but so many goalies look to be off their angle compensating for these new pads. Think we are going to have a very high scoring season.

Wow, just got home.

Holy crap these are some high scoring final scores. You really think it's that slight pad difference, or a lot of these guys (goalies) are just rusty?

Looks like maybe there could be a few guys over 100 pts this year.

 

[Bench]

The five hole difference with the new pads is pretty significant. That shouldn't knock them off their angles, but change is hard to get used to.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Wow, just got home.

Holy crap these are some high scoring final scores. You really think it's that slight pad difference, or a lot of these guys (goalies) are just rusty?

Looks like maybe there could be a few guys over 100 pts this year.

The five hole difference with the new pads is pretty significant. That shouldn't knock them off their angles, but change is hard to get used to.

That difference is enough to throw off some angles, what I am seeing is guys not knowing when to cheat. They know they cannot flat out take away the bottom in a classic butterfly. You also have a bunch of guys breaking in new pads still with rebounds flying all over the place.

Some good news here, Jimmy lost a half inch or something pretty minimal as he was never a big cheater in this particular rule.

I think it is going to have some impact, especially since goalies really hate giving up five hole goals, so the fact there should be more might really play with some minds.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Does help that not a single star goalie was playing tonight, yeah I went there on Carey Price, he has been awful for a little while now.

 

[PullHard]

Forget Bogosian, forget Enstrom,

Trouba is the guy we need.

 

[silkyjohnson50]

Forget Bogosian, forget Enstrom,

Trouba is the guy we need.

Yeah he looked fantastic for a 19yr old. Michigan boy too. Played in key situations and just full of confidence.

 

[joe89]

That difference is enough to throw off some angles, what I am seeing is guys not knowing when to cheat. They know they cannot flat out take away the bottom in a classic butterfly. You also have a bunch of guys breaking in new pads still with rebounds flying all over the place.

Some good news here, Jimmy lost a half inch or something pretty minimal as he was never a big cheater in this particular rule.

I think it is going to have some impact, especially since goalies really hate giving up five hole goals, so the fact there should be more might really play with some minds.

I think the bigger five hole played some tricks last night. There were some rather soft goals going in elsewhere instead. But I think we're only talking about an adjustment period of one or two months. Scoring might increase anyway though, who knows.

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

Wow, just got home.

Holy crap these are some high scoring final scores. You really think it's that slight pad difference, or a lot of these guys (goalies) are just rusty?

Looks like maybe there could be a few guys over 100 pts this year.

the Toronto/Montreal game was like ******* pond hockey, so that contributed. The score doesn't even properly reflect how end to end that game was. Odd man rush after odd man rush, especially in the 2nd.

I predict a lot of traditional Eastern teams getting mad at Detroit for playing "boring" hockey.

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

I think the bigger five hole played some tricks last night. There were some rather soft goals going in elsewhere instead. But I think we're only talking about an adjustment period of one or two months. Scoring might increase anyway though, who knows.

I just went through the highlights for the games I didn't watch, and I think this is about right. A lot of goals went in last night that normally wouldn't have, especially harmless-looking wristers from medium to long range.

Not that they went five hole, I mean, but I think it has the goalies a little weirded out. Maybe paranoid about their pad positioning right now.

 

[InjuredChoker]

Forget Bogosian, forget Enstrom,

Trouba is the guy we need.

He's a stud. So impressive last night.

 

[InjuredChoker]

11. Brett Connolly, Max Domi, Jonathan Drouin, Bo Horvat and Hunter Shinkaruk are disappointed right now, but should listen to Stephen Weiss, who just signed in Detroit. After seeing how prepared the Red Wings' young players are for the NHL, Weiss said, "In Florida...a lot of times the young guys come up, they come to the big time right away and maybe they're not as ready. Maybe I wasn't as ready as I could've been at 19...You can see it [in Detroit] with these kids, they're big and strong and ready to be pros now."

15. Back to Weiss, on his biggest adjustment in Detroit: playing man-to-man defence after a lifetime of zone coverage. During an exhibition loss to Pittsburgh last week, he said he was "looking to play the zone and then thought, 'Wait a minute, I gotta find somebody here.'"

http://www.cbc.ca/sports-content/ho...-kessel-others-set-market-for-nhls-elite.html

 

[JmanWingsFan]

The Leafs could have kept Mikhail Grabovski... Instead they pay Tyler Bozak a crap ton of money to be an offensive inhibitor. HAH!

 

[PullHard]

The Leafs could have kept Mikhail Grabovski... Instead they pay Tyler Bozak a crap ton of money to be an offensive inhibitor. HAH!

They need Phil the thrill happy, sucks to be them

 

[InjuredChoker]

http://mirtle.blogspot.ca/2013/10/2013-14-nhl-teams-by-height-weight-and.html

nhl tems by height, weight, and age.

Wings aren't the oldest!

 

[Chance on Chance]

http://mirtle.blogspot.ca/2013/10/2013-14-nhl-teams-by-height-weight-and.html

nhl tems by height, weight, and age.

Wings aren't the oldest!

Elias, Jagr and Salvador really seems to bring the Devils age up.

 

[PullHard]

re: Leafs cap situation

$17,450,000 tied up between Kessel, Bozak, and Clarkson til '17-'18, just realized that. Wow.

 

[Chance on Chance]

re: Leafs cap situation

$17,450,000 tied up between Kessel, Bozak, and Clarkson til '17-'18, just realized that. Wow.[/Q

Next year add in Dion and it'll be even worse

 

[Laser Rayzor]

Next year add in Dion and it'll be even worse

Then the year after that Kadri will be coming off of his bridge contract and will be looking for a sizeable raise.

 

[PullHard]

I'm not convinced Dion will get a raise. I think he will take slightly less or the same. $6.5 is 1st pair money nowadays, and I don't think his play has caused anyone to believe he needs anything more than he is getting.

Kadri will likely be due for quite a raise, though.