Miscellaneous NHL Talk XX

[Curufinwe]

I loved Roenick as a player so I do my best to avoid hearing him as an analyst so my memories of him aren't tainted.

 

[Danko]

Im not a JR Fan period. With that said, he is entitled to his own opinions. I disagree with almost everything he says, not just related to Mason but in general.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

JR makes Millbury look reasonable & good at his job. He's that bad.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Meltzer's take on JR's "lazy narrative."

Does he honestly consider Crawford an upper echelon goaltender? You do not need elite, series-stealing goaltending (though it certainly doesn't hurt). Solid goaltending behind a great team will do. Mason is perfectly capable of being a solid goaltender for a period of time lasting through a playoffs run.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Does he honestly consider Crawford an upper echelon goaltender? You do not need elite, series-stealing goaltending (though it certainly doesn't hurt). Solid goaltending behind a great team will do. Mason is perfectly capable of being a solid goaltender for a period of time lasting through a playoffs run.

Here comes BWC...

 

[Beef Invictus]

Here comes BWC...

When he gets here let's tell him Cutler sucks. Let's also start calling the Bears "The Sloths."

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Kulikov signed for quite a bit.

 

[zarley zelepukin]

No amount of dumb stuff that Roenick says as an analyst will make me stop appreciating what he was like as a player. I remain pretty skeptical of Mason, but I wouldn't go as far as to say he's absolutely not a guy we can win with, if the team in front of him improves.

 

[ILoveStephanieBrown]

Does he honestly consider Crawford an upper echelon goaltender? You do not need elite, series-stealing goaltending (though it certainly doesn't hurt). Solid goaltending behind a great team will do. Mason is perfectly capable of being a solid goaltender for a period of time lasting through a playoffs run.

Yep. Hell, Jonathan Quick was pretty average these past playoffs. He was nowhere as good as he was in 2012 and still got the job done.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Roenick is the type of guy that you enjoyed on the ice, but should have never been giving a broadcast position once he left the game. He's literally only there because he has a big mouth and only really talks to he can hear himself.

Well his personality has not changed as a player. Did anyone expect it to change? He ran his mouth and was a **** talker on the ice. like in his playing days his mouth is going to rub people the wrong way sometimes. I don't mind him at times. I think he has gotten worse tho since NBC hired him. He used to be pretty good when he was keeping Milbury in his place.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Does he honestly consider Crawford an upper echelon goaltender? You do not need elite, series-stealing goaltending (though it certainly doesn't hurt). Solid goaltending behind a great team will do. Mason is perfectly capable of being a solid goaltender for a period of time lasting through a playoffs run.

he probably considers Niemi a elite goalie. because you know he won a Cup. Not that who was in goal opposite of him had anything to do with him winning.

 

[The Rage Kage]

JR sounds foolish saying you need an upper echelon goaltender to win the cup, if we has better defence mason would do just fine, Chicago one with Niemi and Crawford, and they are by no means upper echelon.

Edit: Hell, now that I think about it, we were only 2 wins away from the cup with ******* Boucher and Leighton as goalies.

 

[lancer247]

I have a feeling Hextall will make a move with LA for one of their forwards (Nolan, King, Andreoff, Clifford) with all of the depth they have.

I can see Rinaldo being moved in a seperate deal to make room.

I would love to see Rinaldo moved and the Flyer s picking up Hayes and a Kings forward.

 

[Garbage Goal]

JR is worthless as far as opinion pieces go, but at least he had a great playing career and was well liked as a player. He also only sometimes says extremely stupid things.

Milbury says those things pretty constantly and comes off as even more abrasive and arrogant in the way he talks. He also is known as one of the worst GM's ever and his most famous moment as a player is invading the stands and beating a fan with his own shoe.

How a guy like that gets even any modicum of respect as far as hockey knowledge or character goes but also lands a national broadcasting gig for who knows how many years is beyond me. Also kind of a sad statement of humanity.

 

[The Rage Kage]

According to some people in the top ten players poll, giroux has had only one good season and it's because star players were injured, and backstrom and zetterberg and all other swedes are better than all Canadians. I'm trying not to freak out over there.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Here comes BWC...

Crawford isn't elite but he is a good goalie and gets far to much negative comments.

6M for 6 years is fine for what Crawford brings and provides Hawks stability they have wanted at #1 position. When a guy like Ryan Miller makes 6M and Mike Smith 5.7M the 6M cap hit for Crawford is more then fair

When he gets here let's tell him Cutler sucks. Let's also start calling the Bears "The Sloths."

Cutler is a very good QB

 

[RJ8812*]

According to some people in the top ten players poll, giroux has had only one good season and it's because star players were injured, and backstrom and zetterberg and all other swedes are better than all Canadians. I'm trying not to freak out over there.

Giroux's one "good" season that's been going on since 2010

Also, dont forget that Tavares is light years better than Giroux even though their careers have gone practically the same

 

[Striiker]

I can't tell you how much I'm enjoying those Swedish "NA bias" guys on those various threads in the polls section. During the boring summer months it's nice to have some comedy entertainment.

I can't even get annoyed at them because it's just so pathetic and ridiculous.

 

[kudymen]

According to some people in the top ten players poll, giroux has had only one good season and it's because star players were injured, and backstrom and zetterberg and all other swedes are better than all Canadians. I'm trying not to freak out over there.

I can't tell you how much I'm enjoying those Swedish "NA bias" guys on those various threads in the polls section. During the boring summer months it's nice to have some comedy entertainment.

I can't even get annoyed at them because it's just so pathetic and ridiculous.

Come on guys, how can you argue with a guy called "Lollipop." This name already suggests who gave up

 

[Beef Invictus]

Crawford isn't elite but he is a good goalie and gets far to much negative comments.

6M for 6 years is fine for what Crawford brings and provides Hawks stability they have wanted at #1 position. When a guy like Ryan Miller makes 6M and Mike Smith 5.7M the 6M cap hit for Crawford is more then fair



Cutler is a very good QB

Cutler is fine for a high school QB, but your Sloths might want to explore a superior option in the near future.


(hahahahaa I did it! I called them the Sloths! Burn!)

 

[KrazyKat]

I have a feeling Hextall will make a move with LA for one of their forwards (Nolan, King, Andreoff, Clifford) with all of the depth they have.

I can see Rinaldo being moved in a seperate deal to make room.

I would love to see Rinaldo moved and the Flyer s picking up Hayes and a Kings forward.

I like king or nolan. Hayes would be a dream.

Schenn/Giroux/Simmonds
Umberger/Lecavalier/Voracek
Akeson/Couts/Read
Hayes/Laughton/Raffl

In case of injury or someone sucking : King, Bellemare.

Good depth and an average offence. Of our defence has a good year! Would be a good team.
Then again a lot can go right and a lot could go wrong.

 

[Jray42]

Lollipop and his sidekick LarsVonTrier make me want to punch a wall.

 

[Striiker]

Lollipop and his sidekick LarsVonTrier make me want to punch a wall.

I'm loving it. It's just too easy.

 

[flyersfan018]

Lollipop and his sidekick LarsVonTrier make me want to punch a wall.

They can't be serious. They have to be trolling.

 

[Pablo Sanchez]

Giroux wasn't the best player at a tournament 6 years ago. Karlsson is way better