Miscellaneous NHL Talk XXXVIII

[Curufinwe]

Tough times for Middlingstadt.

Value of: - Casey Mittelstadt

He needs to be in the AHL. He's just not ready for this level yet. Shies away from contact. Makes poor decisions with the puck. Weak on his skates. Rarely wins 1-on-1 board battles. Gets lost defensively.

Every Sabres fan knows this. Wish our GM could figure it out.

Hextall's Moves

You're kidding on Frost right? Tolvenen had some of the best pure hands in the entire draft and is putting the KHL through the shredder - on par with, or eclipsing what Tarasenko, Kucherov, Kuznetsov did at the same point. He's breaking games open himself. Same with Mittlestadt, who in the summer, a coach was quoted as saying, "I've never in my life seen an American HS kid toy with Canadian Junior kids like this..."

 

[Curufinwe]

I have no ****ing clue how Maurice is still around. I still think he's a pretty awful coach. The Jets very much have a Hexy/Hak situation where the coach and GM are pretty buddy buddy.

Maurice could get coach of the year for what he's done without Buff and a defense that looks like trash on paper.

 

[Striiker]

Therrien getting canned would almost certainly be a massive improvement to this team.

I have a hard time believing we could find a less intelligent assistant coach than the guy who can't even figure out how to set up a PP with Giroux (best PP player of this decade), Voracek (9th highest scoring PP forward since coming to Philly), and Ghost (arguably the best PP defensemen since entering the league) properly. The fact that this single thing is so hard for them to figure out is enough to doubt the competence of both Therrien and AV.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Where was this Armageddon when Hak was coach?

 

[TCTC]

Stars had a terrible start, but they've been on fire lately. Has to be off-ice related.

 

[Chinatown88]

Wonder what he did.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Stars had a terrible start, but they've been on fire lately. Has to be off-ice related.

Well yeah...

Statement from Dallas Stars General Manager Jim Nill:

"The Dallas Stars expect all of our employees to act with integrity and exhibit professional behavior while working for and representing our organization. This decision was made due to unprofessional conduct inconsistent with the core values and beliefs of the Dallas Stars and the National Hockey League."

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Where was this Armageddon when Hak was coach?

Ol' Ronny boy woulda taken the bullet for him.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

What's the situation then...

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Wonder what he did.

We're just going to keep getting vague hints while everyone pretends they know, but don't. Give it an hour or two.

 

[FatTugboatFlahr]

What's the situation then...

What the f*** does that even mean?

 

[Chinatown88]

Jim Montgomery is the Zodiac Killer.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Jim Montgomery is the Zodiac Killer.

This is the only thing I can find. Hoo boy.



The way they announced it means they have to have something pretty concrete or there's a major lawsuit coming.

*Edit*

Yeah...this sounds like it's going to be ugly.

 

[Curufinwe]

You can fire a coach for any reason, though. You just to have pay them what they're owed on their contract.

 

[Deadpool8812]

You can fire a coach for any reason, though. You just to have pay them what they're owed on their contract.

Babcock is loving life right now. Gets his $6.5m a season to do nothing

 

[Chinatown88]

This is the only thing I can find. Hoo boy.



The way they announced it means they have to have something pretty concrete or there's a major lawsuit coming.

*Edit*

Yeah...this sounds like it's going to be ugly.

*AlexJonesTinfoilhat.gif*

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Babcock is loving life right now. Gets his $6.5m a season to do nothing

Nah, that sociopath is dreading every day waking up knowing that he can't mess with people.

 

[Curufinwe]

Nah, that sociopath is dreading every day waking up knowing that he can't mess with people.

And he dearly misses his in depth hockey discussions with Hak.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

f***ing odd.

 

[David St Hubbins]

****ing odd.

I think he had something to do with the death of Harvey Dent.

 

[tucson83]

This is the only thing I can find. Hoo boy.



The way they announced it means they have to have something pretty concrete or there's a major lawsuit coming.

*Edit*

Yeah...this sounds like it's going to be ugly.

sounds like he did something illegal.

 

[Deadpool8812]

What does Rtrd mean?

 

[Chinatown88]

What does Rtrd mean?

I think they meant "RT'd" for retweeted.

 

[GKJ]

sounds like he did something illegal.

That’s what it seems to be trending toward, it is outside of hockey

 

[JojoTheWhale]

FWIW there's a contingent of college hockey followers who don't seem surprised at all...