Around the NHL Discussion - Part IV

[Jori cant shoot]

The particular circumstances are. When the athlete bankrupts himself, it's usually his own doing, not his parents. Apparently his parents were notorious helicopter parents as well, which would have only gone further towards making this possible.

I meant the athletes bankrupting themselves.

 

[Vladys Gumption]

I meant the athletes bankrupting themselves.

Yeah but JJ didn't exactly bankrupt himself.

 

[Jori cant shoot]

Yeah but JJ didn't exactly bankrupt himself.

Yeah I know

 

[ManyIdeas]

lol that spezza contract

 

[bleedblue1223]

Stastny was cheaper lol. I do wonder what Spezza would've been like in our system. His better offense would be better to have, but he's still terrible defensively.

 

[ManyIdeas]

well jesus stas isnt doin too hot defensively so far :/

 

[Alklha]

Difficult to say anything since Stastny hasn't started playing yet! $7m until he is 32 is certainly preferable to $7.5m until Spezza is 35, particularly with his game already showing signs of decline.

Still, hopefully he is decent for Dallas. I don't think we'd have an issue with them in a playoff series, and I'd rather they were there than some other teams in our Division.

 

[Note Worthy]

We pretty much had to sign Stastny, though. We had to upgrade our center position and to do so without giving up assets would have to be either Spezza or Stastny and I still think Stastny is the better fit for this team.

Even if Stastny continues to play like he has for a while he was still a must sign. He's still better than Sobotka or Berglund who would have been the center in his spot.

 

[Alklha]

Dallas trades Brenden Dillon for Jason Demers and a 3rd?

Maybe I'm missing something, but that really doesn't look good for Dallas.

 

[bleedblue1223]

Not terrible for Dallas, but I wouldn't have done it if I was them, especially with Demers not putting up points. Demers is still a good puck-mover though.

 

[BlueDream]

Yeah I like Dillon's potential more, plus he's more of a physical presence.

 

[BlueDream]

Dalton Prout is awesome.

 

[Alklha]

Dalton Prout is awesome.

I can't believe how embarrassing Lucic was during that "fight". Equally surprised there are a few Bruins fans who feel he was somehow wronged by Prout

Glove punch to the back to the head, start mouthing off, continue skating towards Prout and then he was engaged with him for a few seconds before getting dropped. Lucic was begging for it.

 

[BlueDream]

I can't believe how embarrassing Lucic was during that "fight". Equally surprised there are a few Bruins fans who feel he was somehow wronged by Prout

Glove punch to the back to the head, start mouthing off, continue skating towards Prout and then he was engaged with him for a few seconds before getting dropped. Lucic was begging for it.

Yep, the way Lucic acted after the fight was a complete joke but certainly not surprising at all when it comes to him.

I really hate that guy. What he did in the handshake line against Montreal and everything else has shown what a complete loser he is.

There's having passion, and then there's just being a dumb oaf. He's the latter.

 

[KirkOut]

Lucic's general style of play should make him a likable player but he does so many stupid things that make him just an *******. The most notewortly being all the spearing and groin shots. Seriously, this is hockey for ****s sakes. There is no honor in those kinds of plays. I enjoyed watching him getting KO'd

 

[Thallis]

I can't believe how embarrassing Lucic was during that "fight". Equally surprised there are a few Bruins fans who feel he was somehow wronged by Prout

Glove punch to the back to the head, start mouthing off, continue skating towards Prout and then he was engaged with him for a few seconds before getting dropped. Lucic was begging for it.

In case you haven't noticed, there are Bruins fans who will loudly complain about absolutely anything bad that happens to their team.

 

[bleedblue1223]

Like that "horrific" no-goal.

 

[izzy]

Polak down.

 

[Celtic Note]

Devin Dubnyk is doing well now that he is off the terrible Edmonton club. I am not surprised. Those Oiler fans were off base about him.

 

[Vladys Gumption]

Devin Dubnyk is doing well now that he is off the terrible Edmonton club. I am not surprised. Those Oiler fans were off base about him.

I'm not surprised either. I've always thought he was a good goalie that got hung out to dry behind a terrible defense.

 

[Alklha]

I'm not surprised either. I've always thought he was a good goalie that got hung out to dry behind a terrible defense.

I thought that for a while too, but I'm not so sure. He did have a habit of letting in some soft goals at particularly bad times, and he was far from impressive with the Predators or in the AHL last season. He had a few seasons with a decent sv% in Edmonton, but it's difficult to read much into that. Nice start with Phoenix though.

Oilers are getting beat up again tonight. 2-0 down to Chicago, 10 minutes in. They are heading towards 0-10-1 against the West to start the season On the road to Dallas, Nashville and then St. Louis for them next.

 

[BlueDream]

Dubnyk isn't a good goalie, and 5 games doesn't change that.

Didn't do well on Nashville either.

 

[Vladys Gumption]

Dubnyk isn't a good goalie, and 5 games doesn't change that.

Didn't do well on Nashville either.

He only played ten games for Nashville's organization. That's a pretty small a sample size too. He's not a great goalie by any means, but he's not a terrible goalie either.

 

[Celtic Note]

He only played ten games for Nashville's organization. That's a pretty small a sample size too. He's not a great goalie by any means, but he's not a terrible goalie either.

That's basically all I was getting at.

 

[Vladys Gumption]

6-0 Chicago with 12 to go in the second. Ouch.