Around the NHL XVIII: The Stanley Cup is won, everyone's offseason begins!

[danishh]

Hmm... I'm going to blame spending the last 4 days on bottle feeding a kitten when not at work... but wasn't 10 minutes of 4on4 what we used to have?

I think international tourneys have 10min overtime.

Nhl has had 5 min ot since 2001 iirc.

Edit: 1983 was the move to introduce overtime in the regular season. It has always been five mintes.

In 2000, they added the rt point (aka loser point)

And in 2005 they introduced the shootout.

 

[Caeldan]

I think international tourneys have 10min overtime.

Nhl has had 5 min ot since 2001 iirc.

Edit: 1983 was the move to introduce overtime in the regular season. It has always been five mintes.

In 2000, they added the rt point (aka loser point)

And in 2005 they introduced the shootout.

Alright. So the 10 minute comment was totally in error then.

Maybe it was just what I wanted to see... 10 minute 4on4, followed by best of 5 shootout.

 

[Wallet Inspector]

Turris-Stone
Karlsson

Zibanejad-Ryan
Ceci

 

[Sun God Nika]

Turris-Stone
Karlsson

Zibanejad-Ryan
Ceci

Much rather have Hoffman play over Stone or Ryan in 3v3, you won't be able to shut him down with that much open ice.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

How about 10 minutes 3 on 3? Pretty much guaranteed no games will go to a shootout ever again.

 

[Six Assets]

Starting OT lineup:

Turris
Karlsson-Methot

 

[Senscore]

Much rather have Hoffman play over Stone or Ryan in 3v3, you won't be able to shut him down with that much open ice.

Stone is fine. Dude can strip pucks no problem.


Ryan though I agree.

 

[ChocolateLeclaire]

Yah...who would want this in OT with open space...?

 

[Othello*]

Hoffman would break the game wide open with his speed. I think he'll be a better option then Ryan but we'll have to wait and see

 

[benjiv1]

Karlsson-Mika-Stone

 

[Senscore]

Yah...who would want this in OT with open space...?

Ryan in shootouts is fine.

 

[Super Cake]

Bruce Garrioch ‏@SunGarrioch 1h1 hour ago
#Sens will open the season in Buffalo on Oct. 8

Bruce Garrioch ‏@SunGarrioch 2h2 hours ago
The #Sens will face the Montreal Canadiens in the home opener on Oct. 11 at Canadian Tire Centre.

 

[Super Cake]

Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie 7m7 minutes ago
Former OTT head coach Paul MacLean is on verge of taking an assistant coach position with ANA. Ducks had previously asked OTT for permission

 

[Sens Mile]

Paul Maclean Rejoins Ducks Organization As Assistant Coach

 

[playasRus]

Glad the man got a job. Any pick compensation?

 

[danishh]

doubt it. Sens probably still on the hook for some salary difference too.

 

[BonkTastic]

 

[DrunkUncleDenis]

That didn't take long.

 

[BonkTastic]

That didn't take long.

I'd heard he wanted something like $5mil/year with long term (5-8 years).


I'll be interested to see if Colorado ponies up on those demands, especially after trying with limited success to negotiate with RoR.

 

[BonkTastic]

Yet another halfway-decent UFA off the market. This year's UFA class are going to get some dumb-ass money from some dumb-ass GMs. Vermette is the only halfway decent available center as a UFA - great career position for him to be in.

 

[Rysto]

Am I the only one who thinks that $4.75-million per year for a third-line centre is crazy money?

 

[BonkTastic]

Am I the only one who thinks that $4.75-million per year for a third-line centre is crazy money?

You are certainly not the only one.

Makes Michalek's contract look pretty good, to be honest. That's UFA for you - very few bargains to be had, but plenty of bad deals out there for a GM who doesn't keep his head on straight and can't resist gambling on a dream.


Someone brought this up on the main boards though, and there's some truth to it - by signing Soderberg, the Avs are taking away from teams in need of a center the only realistic UFA alternative to trading for O'Reilly. They can control the market on RoR a lot more now with Soderberg out of the picture. It's worth pointing out, at the very least.

 

[Icelevel]

i have a feeling that soderberg contract will look bad in 2 years

(it looks bad to me already)

 

[BonkTastic]

 

[Lenny the Lynx]

Am I the only one who thinks that $4.75-million per year for a third-line centre is crazy money?

No you are not. Its buyout material.
Like if you are going to go spend this money on Soderberg as a replacement fro ROR why not just pony up 6-7 long term to ROR, which is a vastly superior player?