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Around the NHL - Part 3 - It's the Final(s) Countdown
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His 60 games will be worth more to the Yotes than the 82 games they'd get from his replacement. There are not a lot of players like Hanzal available.
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Totally, and I think 3 years is a good deal because even if he gets worse health wise it's not enough money or term to sink us.
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AHL coach is prep for an NHL coaching gig, although he was a head coach in Sweden between the Coyotes and Rangers jobs so not sure what more he needs to do to prep.
Pathetic to see the Penguins up 2-0 and saved by the timeout in OT. Of course, what's more pathetic is listening to all of this "We're so proud of our team" remarks made in a region(Western PA) that gave up on the Penguins when the team faced the threat of relocation. Blow up the team and have the Pens face relocation again and then we'll see again how truly proud Western PA is of the Pens. Steelers will always be king there even during the worst of times.
I watched Game 1, and while it was okay, I felt the Sharks channelled the Coyotes (low number of shots) most of the game.
Seeing the score of Game 2, this may be one of the more "uneventful" Stanley Cup Final in some time. I guess I'll wait until Game 4 or Game 5 (if they make it that far) to tune into for my next game.
Seeing the score of Game 2, this may be one of the more "uneventful" Stanley Cup Final in some time. I guess I'll wait until Game 4 or Game 5 (if they make it that far) to tune into for my next game.
It goes to show that while defense is important, offense (and goaltending) is what wins the SCF.
- SJ has strong defense but limited offense
- Pitt has strong offense and decent defense
- SJ has decent goaltending
- Pitt has excellent depth in goaltending
Of course the Penguins will only lose Cullen, Sestito, Mouillierat, Porter, Lovejoy, and Zatkoff to free agency and only have two RFAs in Bennett and Schultz to re-sign, so they will essentially be the same team next season.
Of the UFAs, Cullen is the only major point scorer and his 32 points should be able to be replaced. Of the RFAs, only Bennett (12 points in 33 games--thus a possible 30 points if he had played closer to a full season) will probably want a significant raise, but Schultz (18 points in 63 games) could try to get a raise as well. I'm guessing Pittsburgh will trade Schultz and/or Bennett in the off-season rather than negotiate contracts with them (unless they try to move Hagelin's or Fehr's contract)
San Jose will lose Spaling, Haley, Zubrus, Polak, Tennyson, and Reimer to free agency. They have 3 RFAs in Hertl, Nieto, and Demelo that they would need to re-sign. So, they'll be roughly the same team as well, but only if they can re-sign Hertl and a decent backup goalie
Of the UFAs, only losing Reimer may affect them, but they could easily replace him with a backup since Jones seems to be their #1 (although they may end up trading Jones at some point if he doesn't get them any wins in the SCF). Now, with RFAs, SJ will need to re-sign Hertl (46 points in 81 games) who has earned a significant raise. Nieto (17 points in 67 games) will want somewhat of a raise, but will probably settle for not too much. Demelo may get a slight raise, but probably nothing too impressive.
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I'm not saying it's the best SCF ever, but you have a 1 goal game and an OT. On the scoreboard it's a very competitive series.
Sharks will win it...write it down.
Well, for some reason this series never really did it for me, and I think it'll take a couple more Sharks win to do so. This seems like one of those series that everybody outside of Shark & Pen fans will quickly forget.
Down 3-1, and at no point during the series have I honesty thought the Sharks played a better game than the Pens. I hate that the season is ending this year, and I may be wrong and the Sharks come back and make it interesting, but I just can't get into it.
Down 3-1, and at no point during the series have I honesty thought the Sharks played a better game than the Pens. I hate that the season is ending this year, and I may be wrong and the Sharks come back and make it interesting, but I just can't get into it.
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They're the 2012 kings all over again, everything gelled for them around playoff time.
I have only watched Games 1 and 4 and the Sharks have been outplayed. I'm wondering if Tippett slipped the Sharks his game strategies since they have played about as ugly as we did much of the season.
Perhaps Braun, Dillon, Wingels, or Karlsson will be available.
Braun would be a nice veteran addition to compete with Stone for the 2nd pairing.
Karlsson would be a welcomed RHS for 3rd/2nd line duties
Domi - Hanzal - Duclair
Rieder - Strome - Doan/Karlsson
Dvorak - Richardson - Karlsson/Doan
Martinook - Vermette - H. Samuelsson
OEL - Murphy
Demers - Braun/Stone
Connauton - Stone/Michalek
Rieder - Strome - Doan/Karlsson
Dvorak - Richardson - Karlsson/Doan
Martinook - Vermette - H. Samuelsson
OEL - Murphy
Demers - Braun/Stone
Connauton - Stone/Michalek
Of course I'm not sure what they'd want for both Braun and Karlsson
If Scott Stevens could instill some of his killer instinct on a team's blueliners I'd love to see him replace Playfair. It will be interesting to see how that coaching staff handles the egos in the room.
