NHL Around the NHL 2018-19 III - Seattle will become 32nd NHL Franchise

[Fenway]

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[BMC]

What, no Gritty???

 

[Fenway]

What, no Gritty???

Blades ate him.

 

[Tmac37]

Atlantic shaping up to be a dog fight, time to bring in some reinforcements up front Don!

 

[Dr Hook]

The Athletic has the "Down Goes Brown" column now, recent entry is a joke piece about William Nylander trade destinations. This one was pretty good:

Boston:

Pro: They already have David Pastrnak and seem to be enjoying him, so they would probably love to have a guy who’s apparently over $1 million better.

Con: No way to know for sure, but may have had some scouts watching the Leafs in last year’s playoffs.

 

[BMC]

Blades ate him.

 

[Fopppa]

Blades ate him.

Definitely looks the meanest of the bunch. The only competition is that angry duck on the left, but it's probably just an act.

 

[Dr Hook]

Definitely looks the meanest of the bunch. The only competition is that angry duck on the left, but it's probably just an act.

The Predator has a cold stare about him too

 

[Dr Hook]

I guess it was a delayed reaction to the Marchand slash


https://www.tsn.ca/ice-chips-stars-g-bishop-day-to-day-1.1212819

 

[BruinsFanMike82]

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

They have to, right? Probably should let Chiarelli go as well.

 

[Chief Nine]

I guess it was a delayed reaction to the Marchand slash


https://www.tsn.ca/ice-chips-stars-g-bishop-day-to-day-1.1212819

For the money he's getting and his so-called "status" as a top goalie, he's one of the most overrated players in the league. He's just BIG. That's all he has going for him. He's not athletic, he flops like a dying fish on a pier and he's always hurt. Have fun with that contract Dallas for the next 6 years

 

[Terrier]

Welcome back Hitch, I guess.

https://www.tsn.ca/oilers-fire-mclellan-hire-hitchcock-as-new-head-coach-1.1212882

 

[Terrier]

What, no Gritty???

I believe that when one makes Youppi angry, he becomes Gritty, a la David Banner.

 

[KnightofBoston]

Bruins fans oughta celebrate when chia is inevitably fired

 

[Bruinaura]

Pretty much

 

[KrejciMVP]

Bruins fans oughta celebrate when chia is inevitably fired

Ya those years were really horrible with Chia. And he was also 1 won from another cup final in Edmonton. Let me know when someone in Boston gets remotely close to that

 

[BMC]

Welcome back Hitch, I guess.

https://www.tsn.ca/oilers-fire-mclellan-hire-hitchcock-as-new-head-coach-1.1212882

Oh boy now those kids will actually have to play defense...

 

[BMC]

Pretty much

It was like this for decades with Sinden in charge of the Bruins. There's nothing new under the sun.

 

[Fenway]

Oilers hire Ken Hitchcock as coach after firing Todd McLellan - Sportsnet.ca

This is Chia's last role of the dice - and if/when he gets fired in Edmonton he might never be a GM again.

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

Oilers hire Ken Hitchcock as coach after firing Todd McLellan - Sportsnet.ca

This is Chia's last role of the dice - and if/when he gets fired in Edmonton he might never be a GM again.

You have to think he will be active at the trade deadline and sweating bullets. He has to get this team to the playoffs.
THIS is a GM who is over the barrel and Sweeney could make some offers that would benefit us.

 

[GloryDaze4877]

Pretty much

Meh, every situation is different.

Bowman handed JQ a pretty f***ing stacked roster for a lot of years, and to his credit, he won a lot with it. In his case, I would say it might have just been time for CHI to move on from him (ala Francona) and go in a different direction.

LA was getting older and added a Kovalchuk and Stevens couldn't do anything with the roster provided. In fairness he was dealing with an injury to Quick.

McLelland had good results with a similar roster his first year and nobody was complaining then.

In STL, they loaded up in the offseason. ROR, Perron, Bozak...in this case, the Blues were underperforming under Yeo, and I don't blame Armstrong for canning him.

 

[JRull86]

Ya those years were really horrible with Chia. And he was also 1 won from another cup final in Edmonton. Let me know when someone in Boston gets remotely close to that

This is such revisionist thinking.

Yes Chiarelli was good building the Bruins back from a laughing stock into a cup winner, and cup finalist. But his inability to identify talent to keep and talent to let walk, closed their window way sooner than it should have. He did the exact same thing in EDM, obviously lucking into McDavid helped, but he's made some absolutely horrendous moves since that year they were in the WCF, and hurt his teams chances at taking the next step, just like he did at the end of his tenure in Boston.

Of course I'll always be thankful that he brought the Cup here, but he's a mediocre at best GM, and they are better off without him IMO.

Good guy to come in and rebuild with, not the guy you want to have continued success.

 

[KrejciMVP]

This is such revisionist thinking.

Yes Chiarelli was good building the Bruins back from a laughing stock into a cup winner, and cup finalist. But his inability to identify talent to keep and talent to let walk, closed their window way sooner than it should have. He did the exact same thing in EDM, obviously lucking into McDavid helped, but he's made some absolutely horrendous moves since that year they were in the WCF, and hurt his teams chances at taking the next step, just like he did at the end of his tenure in Boston.

Of course I'll always be thankful that he brought the Cup here, but he's a mediocre at best GM, and they are better off without him IMO.

Good guy to come in and rebuild with, not the guy you want to have continued success.

I obviously have a different opinion but thats ok. I have enormous respect for his tenure here and his last draft was amazing. I think Neely and Charlie ousted him at the end similar to what happened to Claude and I have little confidence of their leadership. It is what it is. I only hope Chia does well in his continued NHL career.

 

[Dr Hook]

I obviously have a different opinion but thats ok. I have enormous for his tenure here and his last draft was amazing. I think Neely and Charlie ousted him at the end similar to what happened to Claude and I have little confidence of their leadership. It is what it is. I only hope Chia does well in his continued NHL career.

Whether you like him or hate him, Chia is probably next on the chopping block if Hitchcock can't turn the Oilers around sufficiently enough