Around the NHL - Part II

[Canucks LB]

not gonna happen with jim benning

love how you're critical of the rangers while I'm the opposite and here we are. 90% of my posts is ****ting about Benning the other 10% is chytil


imagine Pettersson/Horvat/Boeser/Hughes/Ehlers/Tkachuk. Tanking in this golden era of young players is great as long as you have a COMPETENT GM that can build around them like Dubas/Shanny

I always find these posts kinda silly.
If we got tkachuk, we would not have been as bad for EP40.
If we got Ehlers or nylander, we would not be as bad for tkachuk.

You can't just pick and choose after drafts on which players were the picks, thats not realistic.
No gm in history bats 100%.

Jimbo sucks at a ton of things, but drafting is not one of them.

Also, Rangers are closer than people think, If they can find a #1 center in the future, they have a bright team.

 

[Thirty One]

I always find these posts kinda silly.
If we got tkachuk, we would not have been as bad for EP40.
If we got Ehlers or nylander, we would not be as bad for tkachuk.

You can't just pick and choose after drafts on which players were the picks, thats not realistic.
No gm in history bats 100%.

Jimbo sucks at a ton of things, but drafting is not one of them.

Also, Rangers are closer than people think, If they can find a #1 center in the future, they have a bright team.

William Nylander played 22 games in Tkachuk's draft eligible season. Ehlers didn't crack 40 points.

 

[Canucks LB]

William Nylander played 22 games in Tkachuk's draft eligible season. Ehlers didn't crack 40 points.

Every team is different, Who knows what nylander would have done on vancouver or ehlers, or tkachuk for that matter.

They could go on tears, or be worse.

I still think we would not draft in those spots if we had those players imo.

 

[Thirty One]

Every team is different, Who knows what nylander would have done on vancouver or ehlers, or tkachuk for that matter.

They could go on tears, or be worse.

I still think we would not draft in those spots if we had those players imo.

Maybe you climb 3 spots in the standings and your number gets pulled 2nd...

 

[FireGerardGallant]

buT CAn HE sKaTE

 

[Trxjw]

Always cool to see what kids can do once they're no longer under the pressure to save a franchise.

 

[Cassano]

Toews-Hughes-Strome and they'll probably sign Panarin too Lol.

 

[Edge]

Eh, Strome has been good offensively. Hasn’t been nearly as pretty with the puck.

I see a kid who still has some major holes in his game, but like his brother, he’s not with the team that took him with a high pick.

That changes things quite a bit.

 

[bl02]

kings and hawks stink it up yet again. At least the Canucks won

 

[aufheben]

Draisaitl. Backhand blue-to-blue cross-ice sauce. Ridiculous.

 

[Lion Hound]

kings and hawks stink it up yet again. At least the Canucks won

At about 30 or so games played, there's some interesting clubs at the bottoms of their respective division/conference.

West
LA i figured would have a tough go but not this bad. They are OLD! 9 members of that roster over 30. 2 More turning 30 this year.
Really thought Chicago was going to bounce back this year, but at this stage of the seasons they are dead last in the Western conf with a whopping 9 wins on the season.
St Louis i expected to be a much better club this year. Wheels haven't fell off the bus yet, but the tires are deflated and the engine light is on.

East
Jersey i really thought was going to climb out of the cellar. Was dead wrong, as of now they are dead last.
Philly with all the talk of this club becoming a big market team again just can't get out of their own way.

 

[Kaapo Cabana]

At about 30 or so games played, there's some interesting clubs at the bottoms of their respective division/conference.

West
LA i figured would have a tough go but not this bad. They are OLD! 9 members of that roster over 30. 2 More turning 30 this year.
Really thought Chicago was going to bounce back this year, but at this stage of the seasons they are dead last in the Western conf with a whopping 9 wins on the season.
St Louis i expected to be a much better club this year. Wheels haven't fell off the bus yet, but the tires are deflated and the engine light is on.

East
Jersey i really thought was going to climb out of the cellar. Was dead wrong, as of now they are dead last.
Philly with all the talk of this club becoming a big market team again just can't get out of their own way.

Philly is the real "purgatory" team.

They have been a bubble team for the better part of a decade now. Never good enough to really compete, never bad enough to amass elite talent. Even their cup run year in 2010, they were a bubble team that got hot.

Their best players are all around 30 years old. The time for them to win is now, and they aren't.

 

[Rongomania]

Philly is the real "purgatory" team.

They have been a bubble team for the better part of a decade now. Never good enough to really compete, never bad enough to amass elite talent. Even their cup run year in 2010, they were a bubble team that got hot.

Their best players are all around 30 years old. The time for them to win is now, and they aren't.

Beautifully stated. Makes me feel so much better about us never winning. They’ll be stuck until they get a goalie who can actually win a hockey game, let alone playoff series.

 

[Graves94]

https://www.tsn.ca/ex-flames-prospect-fox-eyes-nhl-asap-1.1225045
Wonder if Fox signs with the Canes after his NCAA season ends...

 

[Tob]

Let's go Hawks! Real winnable game.

 

[Zibanejbread]

Hawks win!

 

[Zibanejbread]

My goodness, Flyers are so bad. How does Hakstol still have a job?

 

[Synergy27]

Draisaitl. Backhand blue-to-blue cross-ice sauce. Ridiculous.

This is a play that will probably not turn too many heads, but for anyone that has played the game at a reasonable high level, the absurdity of this play should really stand out. That pass was ridiculous, and the speed at which the overall play occurred is just stupid. These players are so, so, so good.

 

[FireGerardGallant]

My goodness, Flyers are so bad. How does Hakstol still have a job?

They fired the wrong person

 

[Rongomania]

This is a play that will probably not turn too many heads, but for anyone that has played the game at a reasonable high level, the absurdity of this play should really stand out. That pass was ridiculous, and the speed at which the overall play occurred is just stupid. These players are so, so, so good.

Amazing play. Insane that they’re just kids.

 

[DutchShamrock]

They fired the wrong person

It's starting to look like they fired hextall for social and cultural reasons, not team construction. Holmgren wanted a reason to cut him loose and he used their record. Now they need to get a goalie, go on a run and then they can say, "see, we were right". If they fire hakstol now and then start winning, they fired the wrong guy. The guy that fixed the cap a drafted their future core. Then they fired the guy that didn't let them eat wings and wouldn't employ flyer alum that want to punch a face for wins.

 

[Edge]

And Klefbom is out again.

Really liked the kid in his draft year, but getting this kid to play more than 70 games a season feels like an uphill battle.

 

[aufheben]

This is a play that will probably not turn too many heads, but for anyone that has played the game at a reasonable high level, the absurdity of this play should really stand out. That pass was ridiculous, and the speed at which the overall play occurred is just stupid. These players are so, so, so good.

Draisaitl pass > Tony Hawk’s first 900.

One of the best I’ve seen all season.

 

[Lion Hound]

Toronto vs Tampa Bay would have been a really good game to air on NBCSN tonight. Instead...Ninja warrior.

 

[bl02]

Bad scoreboard night. Canes suck, Panthers suck, Kings really suck, Canucks losing in third and yes the Coyotes are still garbage