GDT: Game 48: Coyotes vs Toronto - 5pm - The Nobody Remembered To Make A GDT Edition

[Jamieh]

I still would have liked to see the Coyote's sign a couple of free agent centers each July to decent contracts and trade them at deadline, rinse and repeat while stocking the cupboards.

 

[Dirty Old Man]

Is this the right room for an argument?

"No it isn't..."

 

[Jamieh]

"No it isn't..."

Also hardly an argument.

 

[GiveAFlyingPuck]

Coyotes are 8-0-1 playing at Toronto since 2002. Hockey doesn't work in the desert (supposedly) but desert hockey works in Toronto.

 

[_Del_]

I don’t think there’s a market for Oesterle. Panik might fetch a mid-to-late-rounder if we retain salary.

Yeah, I guess all we can do is sit tight and hope that we 1) win the 1st overall lottery and 2) hope Jack Hughes is a hell of a lot more NHL-ready than he looked in Vancouver over the Holidays.

I actually had a dream last night that we won the lotto, and I was involved in the discussion on who to take. We turned down an offer to trade down to three (Burke was on the phone. I know he's not a GM today), and that was fine. Wasn't a particularly great offer. Then Chayka wanted Seider 1 ov and everyone in the room was uncomfortable, and trying to suggest other names. We finally got him to consider Kakko (he kept saying Ekko), but he wanted no part of Hughes. I felt sick to my stomach. So I help convince him to at least trade down to three, and then we have more time to talk him out of Seider and atleast get something to move down. And he's trying to get Burke back on the phone and we're all panicked because there is only 45 seconds left on the clock, and we've got to complete a trade.
And then I woke up literally sick to my stomach with angst.

No more late night pizza for me.

 

[Guest]

I still would have liked to see the Coyote's sign a couple of free agent centers each July to decent contracts and trade them at deadline, rinse and repeat while stocking the cupboards.

That is my biggest critique of what Chayka has done. If the season doesn't go as expected there are not many options to improve the team by recouping losses at the trade deadline. We have a guy or two that might return a little something at the deadline this year, but the Coyotes are hardly in a position to acquire assets unless they move some guys with term left. Especially this year when you could have said Strome was still on that line of whether he would be a full time NHLer, etc.

I prefer when rookies take jobs away from vets at camp, but some players were given unearned opportunities. You have to give just enough room that someone can come in and force you to alter your roster to fit them in.

 

[_Del_]

I wanted two of Nelson, Brodziak, Winnik, Calvert, Filppula, Rask, etc to swing between C/W and that was when I thought we'd have Strome and Dvo. We need more legitimate NHLers, and C's are always in demand if we end up needing to dump one eventually.

 

[MIGs Dog]

Coyotes are 8-0-1 playing at Toronto since 2002. Hockey doesn't work in the desert (supposedly) but desert hockey works in Toronto.

move GRA to Toronto!

 

[Dirty Old Man]

Also hardly an argument.

"Yes it is..."

 

[GiveAFlyingPuck]

move GRA to Toronto!

The east siders will still be whining about the drive.

 

[CBJ goalie]

They showed a guy in a Kachina about midway up the lower bowl (I think) is that you?

No, I was in a red late '00's jersey in the lower bowl, behind Kuemper in the first and third. About 26 rows up. Great view.

 

[CBJ goalie]

Fun game, some tense moments but the boys held on.
Wife said I was getting a lot of double looks, and 1 drunk guy was making fun of my jersey....lol, tears so salty.

 

[Dirty Old Man]

Fun game, some tense moments but the boys held on.
Wife said I was getting a lot of double looks, and 1 drunk guy was making fun of my jersey....lol, tears so salty.

I had popcorn thrown on me while I was at a urinal when I went in 2010. Guy said "this isn't Hamilton" yuk, yuk, yuk...

 

[Jagged Ice]

The east siders will still be whining about the drive.

No we won't. It's still the same distance.

 

[Murf]

I'm not sure that would help them much. He occasionally plays well defensively, but usually makes more mistakes than strong defensive plays

They already have 10x better version of Golikoski in Rielly, doubt that they would be interested in Goose.

Their need is top pairing RHD, we don't have that

It was a joke. Nobody wants that turnover machine. That’s why I put the

 

[Murf]

No we won't. It's still the same distance.

If you planned it right, you could get from the EV to a VGK game almost as fast as you could get to a weeknight game at GRA.

 

[Dirty Old Man]

If you planned it right, you could get from the EV to a VGK game almost as fast as you could get to a weeknight game at GRA.

that might be a stretch (is there a discount airline that flies from Gateway Airport to Vegas? - answer Yes, Allegiant), but from where I live I could almost get to a Roadrunners game as fast, although I'd have to hope for no cops on I-10 en route down there.

 

[Bondurant]

move GRA to Toronto!

That's one way to get Tim Hortons back at Coyotes games.

 

[Murf]

If you live by Mesa Gateway, just hop on that Allegient flight. 30 min in the airport. 1 hour 6 minutes to LAS. 15 minutes in an Uber to the game. Add 15 minutes for delays or walking or whatever - about 2 hours.

Queen Creek to GRA in rush hour - 1.5 hours? 2 hours if there is an accident?

Just messing around but it could happen. There are definitely parts of the EV that are closer to the Roadrunners. That will change with the south mountain bypass though.

 

[Ebb]

It was a joke. Nobody wants that turnover machine. That’s why I put the

Yeah yeah, me too (joking). I should have interspersed more smilies, but they are so passe. At present, any post I read that includes a smiley, I see as joking.