Around The NHL #8 - A Skate On The Lake

[Jakey53]

Oh I agree they should bring in a younger goalie. But Tipp can't quit Schmitty.


Avs outshooting Blues 25-10. Flashbacks to last summer.

Smith outplayed all of our goalies this year. Smith was the whipping boy here, same as OEL now.

 

[Jakey53]

Edmonton isn't going to squander another McDrai year by hanging their hopes on Smith and Koskinen. Nobody is that wasteful. It's an insult the the game of hockey. Not saying Kuemper will be their solution. But they're going to make a change. 100%

They will probably make a change, but Smitty has played great this year, better than all of our goalies.

 

[Jakey53]

Smart move. Oh wait, JD is 68, near retirement. Dumb move.
Good hockey people are good hockey people regardless of age. This is exactly what the Yote's should have done. We had inexperience, and look what it got us.

 

[Jakey53]

Hall continues to impress. Funny how good players look better on a good team.

Same will hold true with OEL when he is traded.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Smith outplayed all of our goalies this year. Smith was the whipping boy here, same as OEL now.

Smith is a career mid-level goalie with a penchant for Greg Louganis impersonations and it forever flummoxes me how desperately people around here want to defend him, just because of 2012.

 

[Neighborhood Coyote]

The only way I think Kadri avoids making contact with the head is if he doesn't deliver the hit at all. Faulk's head is down, but he's shooting the puck and that's just where your head goes when you lean into one. Kadri doesn't jump, but so what, clearly looks like the principal point of contact is Faulk's noggin. Player history also means a suspension is likely coming.

Definitely a suspension, imo. These kind of Savard (hit by Cooke) blind side hits were outlawed for a reason. If you come from a players side in open ice and make head contact... you made a really bad hit. Short story... the blindside rule will be used here and Kadri should be sitting for a while I'd hope.

 

[MIGs Dog]

Thru 2 periods the TBL have scored 5. If scratching Yandle was to improve the D, perhaps it's not working.

 

[RemoAZ]

Thru 2 periods the TBL have scored 5. If scratching Yandle was to improve the D, perhaps it's not working.

He made two huge WTF's at the end of the last game. I can see why they scratched him but like you said, it isn't helping. Maybe he was trying to do too much? The GM hates him so maybe a 50% discount on a trade is coming.

 

[MIGs Dog]

He made two huge WTF's at the end of the last game. I can see why they scratched him but like you said, it isn't helping. Maybe he was trying to do too much? The GM hates him so maybe a 50% discount on a trade is coming.

I'll pass on 35 yo Keith Yandle.

 

[RemoAZ]

Damn

 

[Mosby]

OEL for Yandle+? Would Oliver waive for Florida now that they don’t suck?

 

[RemoAZ]

OEL for Yandle+? Would Oliver waive for Florida now that they don’t suck?

Better be a huge plus and retention on Yandle.

 

[RemoAZ]

 

[Mosby]

Better be a huge plus and retention on Yandle.

Owen Tippett?

Florida already has so much money locked up on D. They’re prob not even interested unfortunately.

 

[BlazingBlueAnt]

Hard to imagine Verhaeghe was in the ECHL a few years ago. Dude's sick

 

[BigJCaRoach]

I’d rather complain about Yandle next season than at least half of this year’s roster...

Cats win it. It’s a series

 

[RemoAZ]

Hell of a night of playoff hockey so far. Too many good games on at once.

 

[RemoAZ]

Another photo finish in this Toronto/Montreal game. Great SH goal by Montreal just put them up 1 with 6 min to go.

 

[Dirty Old Man]

Hell of a night of playoff hockey so far. Too many good games on at once.

Tell me about it. I was driving on I10 between Phoenix and LA, furiously flipping stations on Xm radio.

 

[Grimes]

One of the best first rounds in years.

 

[Jakey53]

OEL for Yandle+? Would Oliver waive for Florida now that they don’t suck?

NO way I do that. Stop with this Yandle BS guys. Yandle is not the Yandle when he was here. Stop living in the past.

 

[rt]

One of the best first rounds in years.

It’s like a starving person watching the Food Network.

It’s really been driving home how crappy our team is and how lousy they play. So, so glad Tocchet is gone. Now we just need a bunch of new players. Lol.

 

[Jakey53]

It’s like a starving person watching the Food Network.

It’s really been driving home how crappy our team is and how lousy they play. So, so glad Tocchet is gone. Now we just need a bunch of new players. Lol.

Stepan and RT are both gone. Two of the biggest problems with this team in my eyes. We will have probably five or six new faces this year on the starting roster. Let's hope like hell that BA knows what the hell he is doing.

 

[Mosby]

It’s like a starving person watching the Food Network.

It’s really been driving home how crappy our team is and how lousy they play. So, so glad Tocchet is gone. Now we just need a bunch of new players. Lol.

Montreal executes the Housley power play. Mind boggling.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

I’d rather complain about Yandle next season than at least half of this year’s roster...

Why, though, would you ever contemplate doing both?