News & Notes XXIII: Brindy Beats the Team Into Shape

[Navin R Slavin]

Tweet is... gone?

 

[Svechhammer]

Tweet is... gone?

don't worry, the morons are still over on the BoH board if you want to read.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

don't worry, the morons are still over on the BoH board if you want to read.

Nah, I'm good.

 

[Unsustainable]

Tweet is... gone?

Yeah, it was older info though.

We currently have the highest paid D in the league at 27.1m, Pitt 2nd at 27.0m

 

[HisIceness]

In honor of this historic achievement

 

[Vagrant]

every time i see the tweets with darling working with the kids, it makes me wonder how awkward it must be when they ask him what it's like to be an nhl goaltender.

 

[Lempo]

every time i see the tweets with darling working with the kids, it makes me wonder how awkward it must be when they ask him what it's like to be an nhl goaltender.

Today's kids are harsh.

 

[geehaad]

Today's kids are harsh.

I dunno, that can't be all bad if they can appreciate ironical humor.

 

[Lempo]

I dunno, that can't be all bad if they can appreciate ironical humor.

You do not have to believe me, but a while back I imagined what Scott Darling would answer to them kids asking, and the result was: It's like rain on your wedding day...

A free ride, when you're already paid.

(Alanis had a gig at my whereabouts a week back, so there's that)

 

[geehaad]

(Alanis had a gig at my whereabouts a week back, so there's that)

Isn't It Ironic?

(no Alanis, it's not)

 

[DaveG]

But in a sense wasn't it meta-irony that a song about irony contained no irony?

 

[Svechhammer]

But in a sense wasn't it meta-irony that a song about irony contained no irony?

Maybe THAT'S the irony of the song

 

[geehaad]

NHL rebuild rankings: Which teams are closest to contending?

Speaking about Darling and Mrazek: "incredibly, that duo might be a downgrade from last season's awful .897 team save percentage nightmare."

 

[The Faulker 27]

Speaking about Darling and Mrazek: "incredibly, that duo might be a downgrade from last season's awful .897 team save percentage nightmare."

The reaction here after Darling's first softy of the season should be entertaining at least.

 

[Joe McGrath]

The reaction here after Darling's first softy of the season should be entertaining at least.

Honestly if it isn’t in the 1st game he plays we’ll be f***ing elated.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Smartass kid in the back: “What was it like to be an NHL goalie?”

 

[GoldiFox]

The reaction here after Darling's first softy of the season should be entertaining at least.

Dump in off the opening night face off, you say? Tsk tsk.

How’s the team holding up? To shreds, you say...

 

[The Faulker 27]

Smartass kid in the back: “What was it like to be an NHL goalie?”

Turns out it's Tripp in disguise.

 

[HisIceness]

Turns out it's Tripp in disguise.

Cannot wait to hear all about it during the 2nd period of the first game of the season.

 

[TheBigKahuna]

Speaking about Darling and Mrazek: "incredibly, that duo might be a downgrade from last season's awful .897 team save percentage nightmare."

Is that a challenge ?

Can they be worse? Really?

 

[MinJaBen]

Can they be worse? Really?

Can they be worse? Well, 0.897 is much closer to 1.000 than it is to 0.000, so I'd say it would be easier to be worse than it will to be better.

 

[DaveG]

Considering Darling's .888 from last year and Mrazek's .891 with the Flyers, the question isn't can they but how much worse can they, because the answer to can they is an obvious yes

 

[Unsustainable]

Considering Darling's .888 from last year and Mrazek's .891 with the Flyers, the question isn't can they but how much worse can they, because the answer to can they is an obvious yes

Or they bounce back, Mrazek was a .929 as a starter in Detroit, Darling could get .915? If they can get .915 / .920 each? We are looking good.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Or they bounce back, Mrazek was a .929 as a starter in Detroit, Darling could get .915? If they can get .915 / .920 each? We are looking good.

Anything is possible, but expecting something like that would be irrational at this point. It’s like saying Jiri Tlusty *could* give us 40 goals if we signed him again. Unless there’s something about these guys that we haven’t been told yet, their more recent performances are a better predictor of what they will do in the future.

Given Darling’s renewed approach and Mrazek’s fresh start, maybe we can give them an optimistic .010 bonus over their most recent performances. But that still leaves both of them among the worst starting goalies in the league.

 

[The Faulker 27]

Also, how long do you let them both flounder if it's not looking good, and what is plan C and D.

I mean, my plan C and D is to drink more.