Around the NHL (Part XV): Dupuis out 6 months (At least) with blood clot

[No Fun Shogun]

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Previous topic ended with...

- Avs in dire goaltending straits thanks to injuries,
- Vancouver sellout streak ending,
- Oilers & Jackets potentialy discussing a Yakupov or Eberle trade,
- Reminisicing about first round losses.

.... and go!

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[hisgirlfriday]

No don't let Yak go to Lumbus. Hell just wind up in LA at the trade deadline.

 

[Kurtosis]

Don't forget about how 700k over 8 years isn't a lot of money.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

How are Avs fans feeling right now? Has anyone checked in on them?

 

[UsernameWasTaken]

Pittsburgh or Washington would seem better places for Yakupov than Columbus.

I'd like to see him far away from the Edmonton dumpster fire, though.

 

[x Tame Impala]

Don't forget about how 700k over 8 years isn't a lot of money.

Can we? That was a pretty asinine conversation in general

 

[Kurtosis]

Can we? That was a pretty asinine conversation in general

It was actually a great conversation when you get past that part of it. It was a good look into this board in a meta sort of way. It also gave us all a good understanding of how people should be acting when contracts are handed out in the future.

So overall I thought it was a fantastic dialogue.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Don't forget about how 700k over 8 years isn't a lot of money.

Also No Fun forgot to include how Pirri is being ruined by Q refusal to play him in Florida

 

[Kurtosis]

Also No Fun forgot to include how Pirri is being ruined by Q refusal to play him in Florida

The effects are long reaching and everlasting.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Florida's already Blackhawks South, so can't be too surprised to see that Q's machinations reach down there.

 

[Canadian Wampa]

The moustache has no boundries

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Skille with his 2nd goal of year puts Jackets up 1-0 on Flames

 

[hisgirlfriday]

Skille with his 2nd goal of year puts Jackets up 1-0 on Flames

So that was our problem last game. Lack of Skille.

 

[member 151739]

So that was our problem last game. Lack of Skille.

We were lacking finish, finish, finish. And I'm not talking about the country.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

God the Wild are so boring to watch sometimes.

 

[UsernameWasTaken]

Oilers lose. Worst start in franchise history.

 

[member 151739]

Oilers lose. Worst start in franchise history.

I feel bad for their fans.

 

[madgoat33]

I don't understand how anybody involved with that ****show is still employed. How many high picks and coaching changes can you blow through before you're held accountable?

 

[UsernameWasTaken]

I don't understand how anybody involved with that ****show is still employed. How many high picks and coaching changes can you blow through before you're held accountable?

Their owner is a rich guy - one of the wealthiest in Canada - who, I think, is more interested in be buddy-buddy with guys from the Oilers dynasty years than he is in winning a cup. The front office is fantasy camp for him.

Of course, front office moves don't necessarily mean much in the end. The various Leafs owners have been churning things forever and the results speak for themselves - although, at least they're sensitive enough to a cranky public that they'll make cosmetic changes to seem like they're 'trying'.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

I don't understand how anybody involved with that ****show is still employed. How many high picks and coaching changes can you blow through before you're held accountable?

80's man. Five Stanley Cups. Lowe is second only to Bowman.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Purcell and Fayne joined at him it seems

Bet Eakins blames Yak though despite him actually picking up his man coming to net

 

[hisgirlfriday]

The genesis of Q's Pirri hate?

Shaw wasn’t willing to elaborate on the worst shot he ever took. All he would say was former teammate Brandon Pirri shot it, it was a one-timer and “it hurt a long time.â€

http://www.csnchicago.com/blackhawks/how-shaws-street-hockey-upbringing-pays-blackhawks

 

[BobbyJet]

I wonder if Avs are considering Brodeur or Bryz as a patch?

They are off to a shaky start and seem destined for a letdown season.

 

[BobbyJet]

Oilers lose. Worst start in franchise history.

Yeah... and it's not a fluke. Oilers are a disorganized lot right now. So much for my prediction of them turning it around this season.

 

[UsernameWasTaken]

Fun fact: Dallas Eakins has coached 87 NHL games and won 29 of them (with 5 of those wins being in OT and 4 in the shootout).