League News: NHL Talk - (News n' Scores n' Stuff) - 2022-23 season, Vol. 4, Off-season Edition

[CapitalsCupReality]

The decision being made by noted well-run organization The Vancouver Canucks

Recency bias ftw!

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

I would gladly take any of the Hughes brothers

 

[twabby]

Also even if Hughes probably won't get better it's fine to make him the C. He's signed long term and is very good.

Just having a little fun here in the doldrums of the offseason. Where are the trades BMac?

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Peak Staal brothers vs Hughes in a pond hockey game. Who you got??

 

[Hivemind]

Peak Staal brothers vs Hughes in a pond hockey game. Who you got??

Pond hockey? Easily the Hughes brothers.

 

[twabby]

The Mike Babcock era in Columbus is getting off to a great start!

 

[usiel]

The Mike Babcock era in Columbus is getting off to a great start!

Da hell?

 

[Capitals40]

The Mike Babcock era in Columbus is getting off to a great start!

Well, CBJ knew who they were getting. A freaking weirdo.

 

[HTFN]

what a f***ing lunatic, goddamn.

kind of proud of him for knowing how to do that, though.

 

[Calicaps]

The Mike Babcock era in Columbus is getting off to a great start!

tehfuq?

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Nobody has the spine to respectfully decline? Wtf is up with that guy?

 

[Hivemind]

I'm honestly disappointed that Spittin' Chiclets made a joke about seeing photos of players penises without tying that joke into Mike Babcock's name.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

I would not be shocked if the NHLPA gets in this now. That sounds like work place harassment

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Shitty person does shitty thing and proves he didn’t deserve the second chance that no one thought should have in the first place. More breaking news at 11:00.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Jackets' Babcock denies invading players' privacy

Columbus coach Mike Babcock and captain Boone Jenner are denying allegations that Babcock violated players' privacy by asking to see photos on their cellphones.

www.espn.com

 

[Calicaps]

Jackets' Babcock denies invading players' privacy

Columbus coach Mike Babcock and captain Boone Jenner are denying allegations that Babcock violated players' privacy by asking to see photos on their cellphones.

www.espn.com

Oh FFS. Imagine your Johnny Hockey right now and you left Calgary at least partly because Sutter was a tool. Now Sutter's gone and you've got this guy.

 

[YippieKaey]

CBJ with Babcock as HC, Quenneville as assistant and then the guy from that 70s show as a press guy. Also signing Jake Virtanen.

 

[Langway]

Sucks seeing St. Bedard in that jersey.

 

[g00n]

Goalies are going to be seeing that wrister in their sleep for a loooong time.

Sakic level deadly.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Sucks seeing St. Bedard in that jersey.

Definitely looking forward to seeing how he survives when NHL vets are up in his face, taking away space and punishing him to the body.

 

[Langway]

Definitely looking forward to seeing how he survives when NHL vets are up in his face, taking away space and punishing him to the body.

That and forcing him to defend will be challenges early on. But he's fairly advanced physically for his age, at least for what frame he does have. At times he'll try to do too much and turn pucks over so that'll be a process. But the will, the shark-like instincts to lurk in softer areas and the release are elite. I don't doubt he pots 40+ this year if he stays healthy.

 

[HecticGlow]

Theres a lot for him to learn and overcome - including how to sustain 82-game seasons where teams’ best shutdown defensemen will be assigned to him every single night - but there’s no denying he has a lot of skill.

I just think it’s unfair when fan bases make unrealistic assumptions or forecasts about a guy’s success level before he’s played a single NHL game, much less an entire year. If he had a 25G/60P season that would be hugely impressive for a rookie and very promising, but I suspect would be seen as some sort of ’bust’ by certain overenthusiastic Hawks fans (and rival fans).

And while there are always the Ovechkins, Crosbys, Matthews and McDavids who live up to (or exceed) their first overall expectations, people sometimes forget that guys who excel at junior/prospect levels don’t always go on to be the best players in the NHL. Taylor Hall, Bedard’s likely linemate, is a great example of that. Bedard will almost certainly have a terrific career, but I hope people are ready for the inevitable growing pains along the way and less-than-definite ceiling.

 

[Langway]

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Hahahahahaha…..guess he really was doing underhanded shit again. That should be the final nail in his career/coffin. Well done Biz…..

 

[895]

Can Booner Jenner (not a real name) even continue as captain after this?

Also can Jarmo still be the GM of the cbj after he puts out a statement saying he investigated and everything is fine and nothing bad happenned when something clearly did?