Miscellaneous NHL Talk Part 12 - 2018/19 Regular Season

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Part 11: Miscellaneous NHL Talk Part 11 (not II) - 2018/19 Regular Season

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[Cootsfanclub]

Dubnyk blew a 4-1 lead and then fumbled the puck leading to a devil's OT winner

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[Curufinwe]

The Wild would have been better off doing Nino for Laughton. So would the Flyers.

 

[Rebels57]

Eberle for Strome
Strome for Spooner
Spooner for Gagner

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I was thinking it had to be a cap move but Edmonton actually took on a bit more cap in this one. So I’m not really seeing the point.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Remember Rob Schremp? He's back, in pog form!

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Rob Schremp is definitely a Patrick > Tavares guy.

 

[mja]

Eberle for Strome
Strome for Spooner
Spooner for Gagner

It's like that red paperclip for a house trade thing but in reverse.

 

[The Madrigal]

LMAO, I remember when Edmonton fans were claiming that Robbie Schremp was the next great young player.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

LMAO, I remember when Edmonton fans were claiming that Robbie Schremp was the next great young player.

Dude could dangle.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Its like a John Leclair change of scenery. Yes I know, small sample size

 

[baudib1]

Trotz is probably worth more than Tavares.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Its like a John Leclair change of scenery. Yes I know, small sample size

I mean Niederreiter has been pretty good for Minnesota over a large sample. They overreacted to a much smaller sample where his production dipped & predictably got burnt for it.

Now Niederreiter obviously isn’t going score at .75 goal clip but he’s been one of the better 5v5 producers in the league for a while now.

 

[Striiker]

Let’s see if the Islanders can keep this up in the future or if this is just a fluke year before we praise the coach as a god.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Let’s see if the Islanders can keep this up in the future or if this is just a fluke year before we praise the coach as a god.

I did the exact opposite of praise Hakstol because he’s the Devil.

Turns out I was correct.

Screw Jeff.

 

[Striiker]

I did the exact opposite of praise Hakstol because he’s the Devil.

Turns out I was correct.

Screw Jeff.

f***ing Jack Haksmox

 

[baudib1]

Let’s see if the Islanders can keep this up in the future or if this is just a fluke year before we praise the coach as a god.

The Islanders don't have to keep anything up, they just bank the extra 6 wins or so from this year and profit from the hire. That's more wins than the Flyers have gotten from their coaches in 6 years. Of course there's also a Stanley Cup championship that Washington doesn't have to give back either and Trotz's .677 winning % there over 4 years.

 

[deadhead]

Well, Tavares has some weird playoff numbers, 22 points in 24 games.
But 67.7% O-zone starts, and 10 block shots in 24 games.
It's almost like he's a one dimensional scorer.
Actually he hasn't played bad in the playoffs
1.90 PP/60, CF 52.88, CFrel, +5.81, xGF 53.14, xGFrel +6.43

And blaming him for the Islanders not winning? That's a stretch.
On the other hand, you can also make the case that the goalies, not JT, were the key to success:

2013-14, 79 points,
2014-15, 101 points, 2.99 gpg, Halak 38-17-4 .914, other goalies 9-11-3 .888
2015-16, 100 points, 2.77 gpg, Greiss/Halak 41-24-8 .922, other goalies 4-3-2 .904
2016-17, 94 points, 2.91 gpg, Greiss/Halak 38-27-10 .914, other goalies 3-2-2 .889
2017-18, 80 points, 3.18 gpg, Halak/Greiss 33-34-8 .902, other goalies 2-3-2 .908
Note: outscored opponents by 20 goals, but wide open game killed them
2018-19, 106 rate, 2.82 gpg, Greiss/Lehner 34-17-6 .929

So the major difference was Weight, team is basically playing the way they did before Weight, with Barzal replacing JT.

 

[Striiker]

The Islanders don't have to keep anything up, they just bank the extra 6 wins or so from this year and profit from the hire. That's more wins than the Flyers have gotten from their coaches in 6 years. Of course there's also a Stanley Cup championship that Washington doesn't have to give back either and Trotz's .677 winning % there over 4 years.

I think you’re missing my point.

 

[deadhead]

Trotz comes up short for two decades = choke artist
Trotz wins cup = genius.
Smartest thing Trotz did was get to coach the most talented team in the NHL.

He's a good regular season coach, but has a really erratic post-season record, given the quality of teams he's coached over the years.

And the Islanders weren't a bad team last year, they were a badly coached team, but they outscored the opposition by 20 goals last year, normally you'd expect them to have 96 or so points, not 80. Weight really screwed them up. So it's more Trotz returning them to their pre-Weight norm than some miracle coaching job.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Grapes losing it on the Hurricanes. “What are these guys? Jerks?”

 

[Rebels57]

I did the exact opposite of praise Hakstol because he’s the Devil.

Turns out I was correct.

Screw Jeff.

I was #2 on the Anti-Hakstol Train 2 years ago and im very proud of that.

 

[Philly Fanatik]

Grapes losing it on the Hurricanes. “What are these guys? Jerks?”

It is bush league...though!

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I think it’s kinda corny but it doesn’t bother me.