Around the NHL 2019-20

[Armourboy]

Oh come on, no need to spam this thread with Fiala clips, Nashville fans know pretty well what kind of player he is.
His skillset is amazing, everyone knew that, but his mentality / workrate or a combination of both just wouldn't totally click during his time in NSH.
Very happy for him that he found his way through!

He always did the risky, flashy plays, nothing new here. He plays with confidence now so most of them succeed but there will be other times for sure.

Btw, no chance that dribbling on Wilson was on purpose, you can clearly see his own delayed reaction.
Last year, that play would've lead to a giveaway, Wilson goal and Fiala being silent for the coming 10 game stretch. It's just a different situation now.


It was a high risk, high reward kind of trade because how it looked, Fiala was either going to get it and become a star or loses all the remaining confidence and heads to KHL in 2 years.
I'm pretty happy for Fiala, almost gave up on him too.
What a time for Swiss Hockey, having a future NHL Allstar Line with Meier-Hischier-Fiala!
And not to forget our one and only Captain Roman

Like I said let's see him do it long term. He basically did the same thing here for part of a season and then when it came time to back it up he just stunk it up.

I'm glad he is doing well for now, I just want to see him string a couple together before I stamp the amazing tag on him. Heck I wouldn't even consider Forsberg amazing.

 

[LCPreds]

If the players other than Granlund were performing decently right now we probably wouldn't even care. Granlund finally looks great offensively and is far and away better than Fiala defensively. So the trade in a vacuum has worked out in terms of short term value but it's going to be a complete waste if the collective group has an early playoff exit. (Assuming they even make the playoffs)

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

Switzerland is the new Finland apparently. Good grief.

 

[swissexpert]

Switzerland is the new Finland apparently. Good grief.

Because one guy posted 3 video links? Good grief.

 

[BigFatCat999]

Ducks missing top 4 defensemen and using Irwin 20+ mins....and he looks good. *jaw drop*

 

[101st_fan]

Ducks missing top 4 defensemen and using Irwin 20+ mins....and he looks good. *jaw drop*

Irwin has decent games and crap ones. Serviceable 3rd pair d-man for most teams, not the guy most fan bases want their team depending on.

 

[drwpreds]

Ducks missing top 4 defensemen and using Irwin 20+ mins....and he looks good. *jaw drop*

He had an assist and played almost 28 minutes (!), and even saw ice time in OT

 

[BigFatCat999]

He had an assist and played almost 28 minutes (!), and even saw ice time in OT

Well he WAS rested

 

[Soundgarden]

He did look decent when he first arrived here once upon a time. I remember Boston and SJ fans telling us he was the worst in the league and being pleasantly surprised when he held his own...for a while.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

He did look decent when he first arrived here once upon a time. I remember Boston and SJ fans telling us he was the worst in the league and being pleasantly surprised when he held his own...for a while.

Agreed. He was legitimately... "serviceable" that first year.

 

[GoldOnGold]

Agreed. He was legitimately... "serviceable" that first year.

Somewhere out there is a video of him shutting down McDavid three times in one shift from that season.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

That's my Kings! Wild going to be back behind us for at least one night.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

Damn it Ducks. You had one job to do!

 

[Armourboy]

Damn it Ducks. You had one job to do!

It's the Ducks, not surprising lol.

 

[PredsV82]

Damn it Ducks. You had one job to do!

Disappointing. But if the Jackets hold up their end of the bargain we will only be out of the WC spot via ROW tiebreaker

 

[101st_fan]

It's still five teams within 3 points of each other for the wild card spots .... all with 13-14 games to play. Of those four other teams, we play the Wild 2x, Yotes 1x, Jets 1x in our last 14 games.

The boys need to keep fighting because they still have a decent chance at making the post season.

 

[NoNecksCurse]

fiala scored twice in the wild's win.

 

[King Weber]

fiala scored twice in the wild's win.

yeah but """attitude issues"""

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

fiala scored twice in the wild's win.

Reverse Forsberg for Erat. Definitely not looking forward to the next 10 years of hearing about this trade every time Fifi does something.

 

[NoNecksCurse]

Reverse Forsberg for Erat. Definitely not looking forward to the next 10 years of hearing about this trade every time Fifi does something.

i am happy for the kid though. wouldn't be so painful if it was any team other than the wild.

 

[LCPreds]

I don't think it's the same as reverse FF9/Erat. Most thought the trade was terrible at the time. The Fifi/Granlund one is really only going to be terrible after Granlund walks.

Of course this also assumes Fifi would even be capable of producing in Nashville. No one is producing.

 

[Armourboy]

Eh it doesn't bother me that much. Frankly I think without the trade and him getting sat there as well he doesn't have the season he has had. One coach benched you you can blame the coach, when another one with a new organization does the same thing it's much harder to put it on the coaches.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

Eh it doesn't bother me that much. Frankly I think without the trade and him getting sat there as well he doesn't have the season he has had. One coach benched you you can blame the coach, when another one with a new organization does the same thing it's much harder to put it on the coaches.

I'm generally with you. Also playing for a team that didn't figure to even really be in the playoff picture and has a dearth of offensive talent, so there's not a ton of pressure and he's getting good usage. Good on him for "figuring it out." It will be interesting to see if he can keep at this level on a consistent basis.

 

[BigFatCat999]

Canadian dollar is crashing vs the dollar. I bet every NHL exec is crapping themselves. I would not be shocked to see a surprise reduction in the cap.

 

[jumb0]

The Athletic has an article today saying it's unlikely that the cap rises to even the low end estimate that came out last week, which was $84 million