Around The NHL - The Craig Morgan Vacation Watch

[Jamieh]

We're talking about 16m commitment for Raanta. Smith's deal was a 34m commitment.

Reading that hurt a little bit. Smith's contract was premature and never good value.

 

[_Del_]

Because we waited until after the season to lock him up, and then were faced with the dilemma of meeting his terms or losing our season MVP for nothing right after our first playoff success ever...

Fortunately, we didn't make the playoffs and have Kuemper, so we're more likely to walk away than cave completely and repeat the mistake. Yay?

 

[Matias Maccete]

We're talking about 16m commitment for Raanta. Smith's deal was a 34m commitment.

Wrong thread? That's a good point, keeps it in perspective. I'm just scared of commitment after our previous marriage to a goalie ended poorly.

 

[Heldig]

Oh boy. On second thought I deleted my response. Rather than argue I opted the ignore feature.

 

[GiveAFlyingPuck]

Funny

 

[TheLegend]

Should see the exchange on Twitter between Biz and a bitter Winnipeg fan over Keller getting the rookie franchise record for points.

Can't repost it here due to the salty language but the fan got taken to the woodshed.

 

[Dirty Old Man]

Should see the exchange on Twitter between Biz and a bitter Winnipeg fan over Keller getting the rookie franchise record for points.

Can't repost it here due to the salty language but the fan got taken to the woodshed.

I'm on a self imposed exile from the BoH megathread but man, I hope someone drew attention to that twitter exchange in there. That was great.

 

[rt]

Should see the exchange on Twitter between Biz and a bitter Winnipeg fan over Keller getting the rookie franchise record for points.

Can't repost it here due to the salty language but the fan got taken to the woodshed.

Can’t find it. Got deleted?

 

[Prarievarg]

Can’t find it. Got deleted?

It's under the Dave Vest retweet, I think.

 

[Mosby]

They're still there. Biz is still hammering the guy. Screenshot:

 

[doaner]

Sucks you have to have Twitter now to even see what was said.

 

[TheLegend]

Should he stay or should he go? Weighing Joel Quenneville’s fate with Blackhawks

 

[rt]

Sucks you have to have Twitter now to even see what was said.

It read like an HF thread. Winnipeg guys were like, "hey if you aren't using our history can we have it back" and Biz kind of blew up like "who cares, stop crapping on this positive thing with your baggage" and it quickly devolved into "you lost your team for a reason" and "you'll lose yours soon" kind of stuff. It was basically HF.

 

[doaner]

It read like an HF thread. Winnipeg guys were like, "hey if you aren't using our history can we have it back" and Biz kind of blew up like "who cares, stop crapping on this positive thing with your baggage" and it quickly devolved into "you lost your team for a reason" and "you'll lose yours soon" kind of stuff. It was basically HF.

Yeah. Sounds about right! Haha

 

[TheLegend]

You know Chicago has hit rock bottom when they lose to Vancouver.

 

[doaner]

With losing another big defensemen, I can see us going into a slide into the end of the year.

 

[Heldig]

With losing another big defensemen, I can see us going into a slide into the end of the year.

What happened to Hjalmarrsson this Time?

 

[Daisy Ridley]

Should he stay or should he go? Weighing Joel Quenneville’s fate with Blackhawks

I think he is staying

 

[doaner]

What happened to Hjalmarrsson this Time?

Lower body injury

 

[rt]

Lower body injury

Too specific. Teams should just start saying due to "Medical Concern".

Anyone remember the days before day-to-day, week-to-week, and long-term? Before upper-body injury and lower-body injury?

It used to be, "...expected to be out next four games with strained MCL".

Does anyone know why teams stopped giving real time lines and stopped explaining the nature of injuries? It was some time in the last 10-15 years that we ended up in the realm of the vague and meaningless.

 

[MIGs Dog]

Too specific. Teams should just start saying due to "Medical Concern".

Anyone remember the days before day-to-day, week-to-week, and long-term? Before upper-body injury and lower-body injury?

It used to be, "...expected to be out next four games with strained MCL".

Does anyone know why teams stopped giving real time lines and stopped explaining the nature of injuries? It was some time in the last 10-15 years that we ended up in the realm of the vague and meaningless.

I can understand being vague about the injury to prevent opposing teams from targeting the afflicted area.

 

[rt]

I can understand being vague about the injury to prevent opposing teams from targeting the afflicted area.

That's pretty outlandish to me. Anyway, I assume the players know.

 

[Heldig]

Apparently the secrecy of injuries - at least according to Jets coach Paul Maurice - has to do with players' privacy. Not all teams abide by this.

 

[rt]

I thought it might have to do with HIPAA. Though I imagine "upper body injury" isn't better or worse than "pulled neck muscle" as far as privacy is concerned.

 

[Bonsai Tree]

I thought it might have to do with HIPAA. Though I imagine "upper body injury" isn't better or worse than "pulled neck muscle" as far as privacy is concerned.

HIPAA protection refers to medical personell and organizations. Those rights, like most, can be waived in a player's contract. Not sure what the Canadian equivalent is, but I am very familiar with HIPAA.

Remember, the hospital which took care of Jean Pierre Paul of the NYGiants when he lost his fingers was taken out to the woodshed over the unauthorized release of his records. The team released medical records without issue.