OT: Around the NHL - Good hocket is good

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ColePens

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The hivemind gets quite testy when someone points out all the Flyers young defensemen aren't as good as they've been hyped up to be.

I don't understand Flyer fans. The idea was to be good in 3-4 years. All those dmen will be right in good dmen prime years of like 24-26. They aren't good right now, especially as a group, but maybe they will be. It's about growth. Instead they want it all right now. It just ain't gonna happen.
 
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Honour Over Glory

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Yeah many of us were wrong on Harrington, especially vs Dumo.
A huge majority.

There was an overwhelming percentage on this board that saw Harrington the way we see Dumoulin now. The only difference is that Dumo has earned it. Harrington never will. I will admit, I was in on the thought of Joe Morrow and his aggressive play and offense, I was hoping for more of a Letang 2.0, but we got nothing but a kid that was almost too arrogant in his own abilities that got humbled the f*** out of in multiple moves around the league until he finally found a home in Winnipeg.
 

Tom Hanks

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Ah yes... I remember the "Joe Morrow is God" preseason thread like it was yesterday. To be fair, he was aces that preseason. And I really thought Harrington was a slam-dunk to be a solid regular.

He was a god. He brought us Jake Guentzel through a Shero trade/draft :)

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End of Line

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What was it about?

After being away for awhile, come back and apparently the Leafs won the cup already lol. Told them to cancel the parade after 2 games and their fans are more insufferable than Ohio State fans (Could be trolling, but, just wanted TML fans know how I felt :laugh:. Forgot that you can't post opinions on the main without upsetting someone lololol.
 

BHD

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It's not just their young defensemen. Patrick, Konecky, Lindblom, and Vorobyov up front. Yeah, they'll be a solid team down the road. For now, though, there's going to be bumps.
 

EightyOne

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I don't recall Sprong ever being hyped up to the degree the Flyers young defensemen have been the last 3 years.

I/others may or may not have been hoping he could replace Kessel.

Kessel. Lol! One of the most successful RWs in the game. Lol!!!!!

Are Flyers fans calling their guys like that?
 

Shockmaster

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I don't understand Flyer fans. The idea was to be good in 3-4 years. All those dmen will be right in good dmen prime years of like 24-26. They aren't good right now, especially as a group, but maybe they will be. It's about growth. Instead they want it all right now. It just ain't gonna happen.

Not to mention that it's likely some of them just won't pan out as expected. If every young defenseman panned out exactly as expected, the Penguins would still have Morrow and Harrington and they'd be playing big minutes.
 

ColePens

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Andy99

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Great start to this TOR, WPG game, lots of chances at both ends, goalies making some great saves....
 
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