OT: Around the NHL: Free agency is upon us

[Shrimper]

That is a joke right?

The Ullmark contract is a bit high but they signed good depth players

 

[Al Smith]

It’s always been the rich white boy sport, but that’s changing a little bit for the better… still a long ways to go ie…

My daughter was telling me just the other day how the boys on her team were having a huge argument over who lived in the biggest house.

I rolled my eyes and mumbled something about dumb ass white ‘burb kids in their little bubbles.

So. . . do programs like Sid and the Pens donating equipment get meaningful numbers of non-rich kids involved in the game? Or is that just a PR thing?

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

So. . . do programs like Sid and the Pens donating equipment get meaningful numbers of non-rich kids involved in the game? Or is that just a PR thing?

I think it helps introduce children without means to the sport, but the issue is after the program is over, when kids get into ADM… the fees and cost of gear fall back on the parents again.

I think without even including gear, it was like 2k just for ADM.

My daughter plays travel now and it cost somewhere around 5k last season with league fees, tourney fees and hotels… which is honestly cheap.

She actually has the coach from Pens Elite girls always asking us to let her play for his team (which is one of the best girls programs in the country) but the cost is insane.

Most of the girls on that team are really good, but well to do.

 

[EightyOne]

Here in California an hour of sticktime is $10+

A rec league will run you about $35 per game in a season

One football costs $90 for real leather and will last years. And you can play in your neighborhood with the shoes on your feet. Not $300 worth of gear that wears out just in moving let alone games.

As a lower middle class white kid, I couldn't afford to play hockey out here.

 

[Turin]

Yo the Leafs fwd depth is trash now. They’ve almost entered Pittsburgh 2014 territory already haha

 

[Tacitus Kilgore]

Yo the Leafs fwd depth is trash now. They’ve almost entered Pittsburgh 2014 territory already haha

They've been bleeding depth every year since they signed JT. It's comical at this point

Someone on the mainboard said their best year in the playoffs was their first go against the caps where the Leafs were the underdogs and played with heart. I believe that was also before they signed Tavares. Always should've been Mathews team

 

[Turin]

They've been bleeding depth every year since they signed JT. It's comical at this point

Someone on the mainboard said their best year in the playoffs was their first go against the caps where the Leafs were the underdogs and played with heart. I believe that was also before they signed Tavares. Always should've been Mathews team

To be fair they probably should have beat Boston in 2019. But yea they’re thin already and their pipeline is not looking amazing. They still have a killer top six but those bottom lines..

 

[dogthateats]

 

[Turin]

The fact that he was made captain was ridiculous from the get go

 

[mpp9]

He’s a mega talent. But I know at least earlier in his career, he looked like he had zero purpose on the ice. Just kinda made skilled plays when he could and not much else.

 

[Don'tcry4mejanhrdina]

The fact that he was made captain was ridiculous from the get go

Not as ridiculous as when he was made GM.

 

[Gurglesons]

f***.

 

[dogthateats]

f***.

They should change their logo to this:

 

[mpp9]

Shitty but not surprising.

 

[Turin]

What is crazy to me is the extent these star players protected a VIDEO coach over one of their peers.

 

[Tacitus Kilgore]

I could see the caps trading Hagelin and a pick/prospect to Seattle for Tanev (possibly some retained). Because they do that kinda shit

 

[Gurglesons]

I could see the caps trading Hagelin and a pick/prospect to Seattle for Tanev (possibly some retained). Because they do that kinda shit

No chance Seattle trades Tanev. He’s one of the faces of their franchise. Lol

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Chicago is some kinda shitshow. Montreal and Carolina are vying to play Robin to Chicago's Batman though.

Great shit all around.

 

[Borgir]

Chicago is some kinda shitshow. Montreal and Carolina are vying to play Robin to Chicago's Batman though.

Great shit all around.

The whole world is a clown show, it's truly a great time to be alive.

 

[Gurglesons]

The Ullmark contract is a bit high but they signed good depth players

I’m not a Haula Famer fan. Foligino is toast. Forbort is mediocre as hell. I like Reilly and Nosek.

 

[Allie Kitsune]

Reaves to NYR?

Tom Wilson BROKE that franchise.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Kane being named as a person who knew....how shocking!!!

- Nobody

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

So we didn't have to drop like 30 spots in the draft and lose one of the best (if not the best) forward prospects in our system to have the privilege of playing Reaves 9 minutes a night to plod around the ice, do absolutely f*** all, and bark from the bench? Hmm.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

f***.

Crazy.

Things are just going to keep getting worse for that franchise as more and more of this comes to light.

And like someone said, over a VIDEO COACH. I'm not saying it's right in ANY situation, but it's so unbelievable that there'd be so much protection for a VIDEO COACH. Not the head coach, not the GM, not an owner or family member of the owner, but a VIDEO COACH.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Hopefully Mailloux ends up being a bigger bust than Yak or Daigle.

Perfect karma for drafting that f***ing loser.

If he does play in the league I hope every player he plays against let's him know how garbage he is and give him the roughest ride ever imaginable in the NHL.