Miscellaneous NHL Talk XXXI - 2019 Offseason

[Beef Invictus]

I keep checking in periodically to see if TK or Provorov have been re-signed. I leave disappointed

At least your scrotum isn't swollen.

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

At least your scrotum isn't swollen.

Not yet at least

 

[ybnvs]

Hextall was the Charles I of GMing. Hakstol was the Carlos II Hapsburg of coaching.

Actually no, keeping Hakstol makes Hextall the Elagabalus of GMing.

Ok.

 

[Ruck Over]

Eugene Melnyk: "So the Players Association said we couldn't make the players buy their own equipment? Then I suppose we HAVE to get new jerseys. Ugh, how much for each? "

Flunkie: "The best price we could get, sir, is $99 for the jersey and an extra $5 per letter. That works out to $139 each."

Melnyk: "If we just write 'Sens', we would save $20 each."

Flunkie: "But sir, the official name..."

Melnyk: "Could we just put a capital S?"

Flunkie: "That won't work, sir!"

Melnyk: "Fine, fine. 'Sens' it is. But cut the $20 from each player's food allowance."

You got a gift.

 

[Ruck Over]

This fanbase is in a riot because he only made the playoffs twice while acknowledging he was rebuilding.

How do you think this place would be had he gone scorched earth and the team absolutely sucked for 5 years? Some of the ficklest fans in all of sports.

Tbf - Hexy only admitted rebuilding after he was fired.

He never made bold statements like Doug Armstrong, the Rags or Canucks brass.

 

[FlyerNutter]

Tbf - Hexy only admitted rebuilding after he was fired.

He never made bold statements like Doug Armstrong, the Rags or Canucks brass.

Mistake one.

Trying to trick the fans of the franchise bit him in the bass. Should have just come out and said what was going to happen, might have gone a bit better for him imo.

Rebuilding while competitive. Such horseshit.

 

[lancer247]

I don’t want to wait until the last moment to pick a theme song for the team’s playoff run and get stuck with something like Country Road or Gloria.

Suggestions?

Garth Brooks - Friends in low places

 

[Curufinwe]

Lockout talk: Why each side might (and might not) want to...

According to one source, the NHL’s hope is the new national U.S. television rights deal, which may well be split between multiple networks, could triple the take it currently receives from NBC Sports Group.

That 10-year deal – negotiated while late Philadelphia Flyers owner Ed Snider was chair of the company that owns the network – brings in an estimated $200 million each year. (Vlasic called the arrangement “a joke.”)

Boosting that number to $600-$700 million wouldn’t be transformational in the way the NBA’s new megabucks broadcast contract was, but it might goose revenues on the margin to a point where the need for escrow is alleviated, if not entirely obviated. (It would help if the Canadian dollar picked up steam at some point, too.)

 

[landsbergfan]

More shitty rankings...It did get me thinking that for building a team, John Gibson is the best value goalie in the league. He might even be the best skill wise, but his contract is fantastic. I'd take him over everyone

 

[wankstifier]

At least your scrotum isn't swollen.

What’s the story here?!

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

More ****ty rankings...It did get me thinking that for building a team, John Gibson is the best value goalie in the league. He might even be the best skill wise, but his contract is fantastic. I'd take him over everyone

Gibson, while he didn't have a great year last year, faces a f*** load of shots every f***ing year.

 

[Starat327]

Gibson, while he didn't have a great year last year, faces a **** load of shots every ****ing year.

Hes a top 5 goalie in the NHL, him being #10 is absolutely criminal. LOTS of people on that list living off of past performances.

 

[CapnZin]

Hes a top 5 goalie in the NHL, him being #10 is absolutely criminal. LOTS of people on that list living off of past performances.

If I were running a team of my own, I’d probably pick Gibson as my goalie over anyone else. May not be the most complete in comparison to Price or Vas, but he is one of the most underrated player in the game.

 

[FlyerNutter]

More ****ty rankings...It did get me thinking that for building a team, John Gibson is the best value goalie in the league. He might even be the best skill wise, but his contract is fantastic. I'd take him over everyone

Love Gibson.

 

[Beef Invictus]

If I were running a team of my own, I’d probably pick Gibson as my goalie over anyone else. May not be the most complete in comparison to Price or Vas, but he is one of the most underrated player in the game.

Gibson has a far lower cap hit than either of them which is a major factor too. Sinking a ton of cap into a goalie bites you by making it hard to build the team elsewhere, which is far more significant with a G because their position is so one dimensional.

Gibson is both good and easy to build around.

 

[ajgoal]

 

[CapnZin]

Gibson has a far lower cap hit than either of them which is a major factor too. Sinking a ton of cap into a goalie bites you by making it hard to build the team elsewhere, which is far more significant with a G because their position is so one dimensional.

Gibson is both good and easy to build around.

Since entering the league I think he’s faced the most shots for any goaltender and has top 2 stats for goalie metrics.

I can understand why Binnington is on the list, but at the same time is he truly better than Rinne, Gibson, or even Matt Murray... no

 

[Stizzle]

Another swing and a miss for our old pal, Pronman.


Pronman had Merkley top 10. Farabee at 27.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Guelph essentially gave him away in a go for it year. Team Canada seemingly wants nothing to do with him. Now Peterborough doesn’t want anything to do with him. Some NHL teams had him on their no draft list.

That’s not good.

 

[Magua]

Another swing and a miss for our old pal, Pronman.


Pronman had Merkley top 10. Farabee at 27.

And Dobson (and plenty of others) right there with Jo-El. Don't forget my favorite tidbit: Merkley was rated as having higher hockey IQ. Some things are so incomprehensible, even in a guess work industry, so as to be invalidating.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Guelph essentially gave him away in a go for it year. Team Canada seemingly wants nothing to do with him. Now Peterborough doesn’t want anything to do with him. Some NHL teams had him on their no draft list.

That’s not good.

Getting on this many pooplists makes me curious. Any word on what is wrong with the guy?

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Getting on this many pooplists makes me curious. Any word on what is wrong with the guy?

He’s basically the undersized offensive defensemen stereotype in a legitimate way. I think that’s essentially the root of the problem & leads to other issues between coaches & teammates.

 

[Rebels57]

Another swing and a miss for our old pal, Pronman.


Pronman had Merkley top 10. Farabee at 27.

One of the worst in the business, yet somehow the most well-known.

 

[Beef Invictus]

He’s basically the undersized offensive defensemen stereotype in a legitimate way. I think that’s essentially the root of the problem & leads to other issues between coaches & teammates.

And with teammates too? So yeah you aren't kidding when you say he is actually that stereotype

 

[Rebels57]

Getting on this many pooplists makes me curious. Any word on what is wrong with the guy?

Not only bad at defending, has no interest in defending.