The 2019-20 Around the League Thread, Pt. VI - Zamboni Goalie Edition

[rypper]

Sooooo yeah...

 

[Hansen]

Kirill Kaprizov finally signs with the Wild. Insane wait on that kid; going to be hilarious if he's a Gusev level secondary scorer

 

[Deeds26]

Sooooo yeah...

The quicker all the teams get to the HUB cities and quarantine for 2 weeks, the better. Will probably see more positives until then.

 

[deckercky]

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/leafs-auston-matthews-covid-19-1.5647671?cmp=FEED_PROG_sports

Matthews confirms he had COVID-19, confirms he was "mostly asymptomatic", otherwise known as "symptomatic".

 

[tantalum]

3 Habs players have tested positive in the last few days.

 

[timw33]

So this is how the NHL is going to handle this eh.

 

[tantalum]

So this is how the NHL is going to handle this eh.

seems like it. The problem with players testing positive is that it can take numerous weeks for virus to clear and get clean tests. With how contagious this seems to be you can have half a team “unfit to play” in no time.

 

[timw33]

seems like it. The problem with players testing positive is that it can take numerous weeks for virus to clear and get clean tests. With how contagious this seems to be you can have half a team “unfit to play” in no time.

This is where, should a Stanley Cup be awarded, there will be an insane amount of asterisks if you're beating on teams that have 5-6 players held out because they tested positive, even if they are asymptomatic.

 

[rypper]

I think this tweet is pretty relevant to the current situation with players being potentially unfit to play.

 

[Melvin]

Timothy Liljegren in Margaritaville

You're welcome.

 

[PG Canuck]

Are players in the bubble yet? I mean, not really surprised they are testing positive then.

NBA players are in their bubbles - been watching some players' youtube videos showing the whole process they've had to go through so far, their hotel rooms etc.

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Y'all worry too much.

Playoffs will proceed as normal and the Nucks will be lifting the Cup to top it all off. Then everyone will say it didn't count because it wasn't a "normal" cup victory.

 

[StreetHawk]

Troy Terry of Anaheim reportedly signs for 3 years at $1.45 mill per. Played half of his 2 years in the A and NHL. PPG in the A, bit NHL numbers have been disappointing so far based of NCAA and AHL numbers.

should be a floor as a comparable for Gaudette. Nothing lower than this.

 

[VanillaCoke]

Thats a good deal for Terry and Gaudette. With a flat cap and the bottom sixers likely to feel the financial squeeze, a guaranteed 4.5M is pretty solid.

 

[datboichoi]

Kirill Kaprizov finally signs with the Wild. Insane wait on that kid; going to be hilarious if he's a Gusev level secondary scorer

I’ll maintain this take, Gusev is a good player stuck in a bad situation.

 

[StreetHawk]

Thats a good deal for Terry and Gaudette. With a flat cap and the bottom sixers likely to feel the financial squeeze, a guaranteed 4.5M is pretty solid.

Well, given the escrow it’s not a guaranteed $4.5. But Gaudette has better NhL numbers than Terry. I’d say the Canucks have to go a touch higher. Or go 2 years to keep a similar cap hit.

 

[MS]

I’ll maintain this take, Gusev is a good player stuck in a bad situation.

After an iffy start for the first 20 with a coach who didn’t like him, Gusev lit it up after the coaching change and had 30 points in his last 37 games. He’s probably going to score 70+ points next year.

 

[PG Canuck]

I’ll maintain this take, Gusev is a good player stuck in a bad situation.

Absolutely agreed. Gusev's game really started to shine in the latter half of the season. Which makes sense, as it took some time to get adapted to the NHL game along with the fact he is in NJ.

He's a talented player.

 

[Hansen]

I’ll maintain this take, Gusev is a good player stuck in a bad situation.

Oh I agree, I like Gusev, but I think Kaprizov could be a real game changer

 

[BB06]

Put Gusev in the Canucks top 6 and 1st unit power play and he’s probably PPG.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

hm, so the league is now at 43 cases. that feels like a lot. i guess i don't know if that number is active cases, or positives that ever happened, or...? but at a certain point doesn't it make more sense to play the rest of the season on xbox live or twitch?

if we call up OJ we might even win the cup

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

wha?

 

[StreetHawk]

wha?

That should be clearly spelled out in the CBA of what you can and can't do with players once your season ends until training camp begins. Just like it is in the NFL.

 

[VanillaCoke]

Weird. Nothing was stopping the other teams from keeping their own facilities open.

 

[Hansen]

Weird. Nothing was stopping the other teams from keeping their own facilities open.

Please help us daddy Gary, we can't afford to pay the zamboni driver from June to August