Around the NHL 2014-15, Part II - Stanley Cup Playoffs Edition
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Actually the difference in distance isn't that much. At least Porland is in the eastern timezone with them.
You guys are aware that the Pirates play in Portland Maine, not Portland Oregon right?
Mister Ed
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Mike Green wants to stay with the Capitals : http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/green-wants-capital-day-die/
Barring a July 1st miracle, I guess he won't be signing with the Red Wings.
Barring a July 1st miracle, I guess he won't be signing with the Red Wings.
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Yeah assuming he only takes a slight raise to something like $6.5M or $6.75M a year, that still makes him their most expensive D man by about a million bucks, and he is on their 3rd pair. Doesn't make much sense to spend all that cap on a guy who isn't eating a ton of minutes for your team. Also guys like Orlov, Schmidt, and eventually Bowey will need more permanent spots on the team. Doesn't really make sense to me.
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I don't think the caps are going to want to sink big $$ in a guy they have playing on their 3rd pairing. My guess is he'd could probably get a 7x7 offer in free agency if there's a bidding war and I honestly don't think the Caps would want to spend more than 4 or 5 on him when they have Niskanen, Orpik, and Carlson locked up for awhile (and as ES metioned they have some youngins coming up too) So if he wants to take that home town discount he could potentially be leaving 14-21 million dollars on the table in what will almost definitely be his last big payday. IMO if he's a Capital next season someone has made a big mistake, either the GM for overpaying him or Green for leaving considerable money on the table.
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Barring career underpayment and/or organizational mayhem, most players who have spent their entire career in one place want to stay. Green isn't going to get some ungodly raise in free agency - he's gotten a pretty payday already. There also aren't any sure-fire Cup contenders anymore; he has plenty of reasons to believe Washington is on the upswing and has as good a chance as most. DC also has some great suburbs. I'm not at all shocked he wants to stay.
But does Washington want him? Niskanen and Orpik are locked in to fat contracts for the next several years and Carlson has bloomed offensively. Not sure what his contract status is but he's become a $5M+ player quite easily this year. I think Washington could very well look at Green as a luxury at this point and may put him on the back-burner to address more pressing issues upfront.
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Meh, most upcoming UFAs say something along those lines. Especially with the season still ongoing and the Caps seeing themselves as contenders, he wouldn’t say something that could cause a distraction.
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Talk about getting hot at the right time, amazing run they're on. Beating Boston last night says a lot.
What do RW fans think of St. Louis heading toward PO's? I've happened to see a few of their games this last month...vs. Tampa, the Leafs, and Calgary. Impressive wins. I am really liking their chances. Every year is supposedly "their year" but they look poised. The West seems difficult to pick a favorite but I'm putting the Blues up there.
Hard to say. Yet again they make a great impression during the regular season. But teams like the Hawks and the Kings just know when it's about time to start playing and how to strike back,
when it comes to the playoffs. Not really sure if the Blues developed any further to avoid another first round exist like last year.
That's up to the match-ups and how much they learnt from previous experiences I guess.
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I've liked them for a long time and keep thinking it's their year but they looked like they couldn't even hang with the Wild today
I know everyone has their off day though
Parity has made this league unknowable
Run the Jewels
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Just read the Rags are giving up 1 GAA since acquiring Yandle. He's been on the ice for 1 EVS goal against. So much for the experts talking about what a disaster he is in his own end. Good for them though, that team is looking fantastic right now.
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he also has only point.
either he transformed into shutdown D or 9 game sample is insufficient to draw conclusions like that.
quincey has had stretch like that this season and at least one similar stretch last season. same with jakub kindl.
Cyborg Yzerberg
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Last I checked, their possession numbers have improved substantially during this small sample size, though.
InjuredChoker
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i'd expect that, yandle can drive it.
edit. per war-on-ice, they have SA corsi of 50.6 % since march 1 (traded for yandle that day, played the next day) and normal corsi of 47.7%. they were 51.4% and 50.5% from start of the season till march 1st.
smallish sample though.
and yandle's individual numbers are legit.
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Run the Jewels
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Exactly right. So he's not the crappy defender he was made out to be and the Rangers possession numbers have been great. Listen, if he's been on the ice for 1 EVS goal against over a stretch that comprises more than 10% of an NHL season that's a pretty clear sign that playing on a ****** team hurt his overall performance. Same thing was true with Tyler Myers who is putting up a bunch of points for Winnipeg.
But nope, neither of these guys were worth trading for.
InjuredChoker
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Exactly right. So he's not the crappy defender he was made out to be and the Rangers possession numbers have been great. Listen, if he's been on the ice for 1 EVS goal against over a stretch that comprises more than 10% of an NHL season that's a pretty clear sign that playing on a ****** team hurt his overall performance. Same thing was true with Tyler Myers who is putting up a bunch of points for Winnipeg.
But nope, neither of these guys were worth trading for.
source on those great possession numbers for rangers? everyone knew he can drive possession well
myers has still pretty meh possession numbers when he's been in a jet. he's just produced like a top 6 F 5on5 (at least was while ago). which is mostly luck as even karlsson doesn't produce that well.
we would still have issues on this team even if had traded for those players and also significantly gut our future.
didn't you also want to trade 1st rounder (+?) for franson?
guess who has as good goal differential as yandle since TDL, 7 more points in one more game and way, way better possession numbers?
hint: kenny traded conditional 3rd rounder for him.
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