(Official) Around the NHL 7.0

[Lunatik]

I have a feeling the Oilers are going to be more active in a good way in the near future after promoting Bob Nicholson today.

Yeah this worries me.

 

[George Lebay]

Greetings from Montreal. I saw this on a Laval (a Montreal suburb) highway the other day.



Good luck on your series vs the Canucks. Let's hope for a 89 rematch this year

 

[Ynnek]

Greetings from Montreal. I saw this on a Laval (a Montreal suburb) highway the other day.



Good luck on your series vs the Canucks. Let's hope for a 89 rematch this year

Sounds good to me. Lets hope for the same outcome and not 86.

 

[Anglesmith]

Greetings from Montreal. I saw this on a Laval (a Montreal suburb) highway the other day.



Good luck on your series vs the Canucks. Let's hope for a 89 rematch this year

Isn't Laval Quebec City?

 

[Pirate King Luffy]

Isn't Laval Quebec City?

That's probably farther from the truth, lol.

It's a suburb in Montreal. One of the largest ones in fact.

 

[Anglesmith]

That's probably farther from the truth, lol.

It's a suburb in Montreal. One of the largest ones in fact.

Oh, I was confused with Laval University. I stayed there a couple of years ago for a conference in Quebec City.

 

[Lunatik]

Isn't Laval a Quebec City?

Yes, yes it is

 

[Taranis]

 

[Skobel24]

Oh man, they need this.

 

[Anglesmith]

Chiarelli being the guy that traded Kessel and Seguin? Sounds like the right guy for the job, if the job involves trading Yakupov, Draisaitl or Eberle.

 

[Pirate King Luffy]

Craig MacTavish gone? or just moved elsewhere within the organization?

 

[Taranis]

Probably another Edmonton shuffle I would imagine.

 

[DCDM]

Peter Chiarelli, Next Captain of the Titanic.

 

[Unlimited Chequing]

I like Friedman, but doesn't anyone else find it kinda odd or funny that he has to credit himself with the breaking news?

 

[Anglesmith]

I like Friedman, but doesn't anyone else find it kinda odd or funny that he has to credit himself with the breaking news?

In this case, I think he wanted to give credit to Spector without discrediting himself. If he'd said "as Spector reports" or something like that, it makes it seem like he's just passing along Spector's scoop. If he doesn't say anything at the front of the tweet, it makes it seem like he's trying to scoop Spector.

 

[Pirate King Luffy]

From the main board.



http://www.theplayerstribune.com/nhl-daniel-carcillo-steve-montador-video/


This is must watch and read. He talks about his friend Steve Montador.

 

[CraigsList]

^ I watched it and even posted it on CP. Powerful stuff for sure.

 

[Calculon]

I have a feeling the Oilers are going to be more active in a good way in the near future after promoting Bob Nicholson today.

You mean in a bad way. Sounds like they're moving towards competency if they do indeed end up hiring Chiarelli/McLellan.

 

[Anglesmith]

Uggh. Before the McDavid lottery, GMs approached for the Edmonton job would've been all like

Now because of McDavid they're all of a sudden all like

 

[1989]

Kinda weirded out to learn, but I think of the Canucks as a retooling club (Kesler being moved although it was more of a necessary evil than anything else) and acquiring pieces like Vrbata and Baertschi…

and then I learned they only have 1 pick in the top 90 this year, whereas Calgary has five.

Very post-Sutter era of them. Trade all the picks for retools!

 

[Pirate King Luffy]

Kinda weirded out to learn, but I think of the Canucks as a retooling club (Kesler being moved although it was more of a necessary evil than anything else) and acquiring pieces like Vrbata and Baertschi…

and then I learned they only have 1 pick in the top 90 this year, whereas Calgary has five.

Very post-Sutter era of them. Trade all the picks for retools!

But they need players in the 21-25 range. Before this season the most notable player in that age group was probably Jensen for forwards. Yuck. At least now it looks somewhat better with Sven, Clendening, Vey etc.

I think they are doing alright,

 

[Taranis]

Not to mention McCann and Virtanen.

 

[Pirate King Luffy]

Not to mention McCann and Virtanen.

They aren't in the 21-25 range, but yes. They are solid prospects.

 

[DCDM]

You mean in a bad way. Sounds like they're moving towards competency if they do indeed end up hiring Chiarelli/McLellan.

Yeah lol, I meant in a bad way. As in they're getting good (well, better).

 

[Kipper933]

I think the Bruins made an atrocious decision by firing Chiarelli, the Bruins were awful for so long before Chiarelli. He took a lot of flack for dealing picks/Seguin and yet they have Hamilton, Smith, Krug, Spooner, Pastranak, many depth youth making impacts with their team with a very strong veteran core in place. The Bruins owners clearly forgot where they came from after 1 poor regular season.

The Oilers with McDavid + Chiarelli + the type of coach they could attract is a scary thought for my Oilers-hating self.