General NHL Talk 2022-2023

[gotbeer]

4 hours ago, nando714 said:

Max Domi to Dallas 

Chicago full tank mode for Bedard 

nhl will make it happen 

Make it happen? It was already a certainty. Only teams to have a chance are Montreal, st Louis, and Philly. 

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[arch stanton]

Worst record still has a 74.5% chance to miss out that pick. As long as you have ping pong balls you're good

[arch stanton]

My prediction for the Avalanche: Get Henrique for this stretch run then in the summer they let Compher walk and trade Girard to make room to trade for Nick Schmaltz

[nando714]

 

[gotbeer]

Which NHL teams had the best and worst trade deadlines? Scores for all 32

 

Way too generous a ranking for the Ducks.  They were 1 or 2 out of 10 at best.  And it wasn't just three potential free agents.  They didn't include Grant and Beaulieu.  Also RFA's Comtois.  To the lesser extent Stolarz.  And with contracts, Silfverberg, Rico, Gibswim, Vatrano, Carrick.  Even to lesser extents, Megna, Leason, Whte.  

There was a lot that should have moved on this team.  And only 2 did.

[gotbeer]

Not that he had much choice in the matter.  And normally this would be a death sentence team to get traded to.  But looks like he's happy to be traded there.

Chychrun prepared for 'cool' homecoming in front of family with Senators

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Originally from Boca Raton, Florida, where his family settled following his father Jeff's eight seasons in the NHL, Chychrun's second home is in Ottawa. He spent summers at a family cottage in White Lake, an hour west of the city, when he played for the Coyotes during his first seven NHL seasons. His father is from Ottawa, and his grandfather, John, and sister, Taylor, live there.

 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

On 3/4/2023 at 9:53 AM, gotbeer said:

Which NHL teams had the best and worst trade deadlines? Scores for all 32

 

Way too generous a ranking for the Ducks.  They were 1 or 2 out of 10 at best.  And it wasn't just three potential free agents.  They didn't include Grant and Beaulieu.  Also RFA's Comtois.  To the lesser extent Stolarz.  And with contracts, Silfverberg, Rico, Gibswim, Vatrano, Carrick.  Even to lesser extents, Megna, Leason, Whte.  

There was a lot that should have moved on this team.  And only 2 did.

Every time I try to read an article from The Athletic, I am hit with a paywall.

[gotbeer]

9 minutes ago, Vegas Halo Fan said:

Every time I try to read an article from The Athletic, I am hit with a paywall.

Yeah, they are a paid subscription service.  but their hockey stuff, at least for the Ducks is top notch.  Don't know if they have a beat writer for Vegas though.  But for the $20 I pay for the year, it's well worth it.

[arch stanton]

9 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

Yeah, they are a paid subscription service.  but their hockey stuff, at least for the Ducks is top notch.  Don't know if they have a beat writer for Vegas though.  But for the $20 I pay for the year, it's well worth it.

They do have a beat writer for Vegas and he's a good one. Shows up on a lot ofd their podcasts as well

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Maybe it would be worth it to take out an annual subscription. Thanks for the input, GB and Arch.

[deepdrive]

3 hours ago, Vegas Halo Fan said:

Maybe it would be worth it to take out an annual subscription. Thanks for the input, GB and Arch.

Just watch them and be sure to cancel before the subscription ends. If they auto resubscribe you, they will charge you at least 3x that much.

[gotbeer]

8 hours ago, deepdrive said:

Just watch them and be sure to cancel before the subscription ends. If they auto resubscribe you, they will charge you at least 3x that much.

Yeah, no doubt.  I just looked at my sub, and they will charge me $71.99 if I don't cancel beforehand.  

[Vegas Halo Fan]

19 hours ago, deepdrive said:

Just watch them and be sure to cancel before the subscription ends. If they auto resubscribe you, they will charge you at least 3x that much.

Same drill that I go through with SiriusXM every year. They want to double or triple my cost, I threaten to cancel, and they give me back my original price.

[arch stanton]

Avs rested, Sharks on back-to-back and coming from Canada. Shots on goal 25-2 score 5-0, 5 minutes into the 2nd. They should have a mercy rule for this

[gotbeer]

33 minutes ago, arch stanton said:

Avs rested, Sharks on back-to-back and coming from Canada. Shots on goal 25-2 score 5-0, 5 minutes into the 2nd. They should have a mercy rule for this

One of those games, where you want to play the fourth line, 30 minutes, and your top lines 10.  

[gotbeer]

Calgary, Minnesotta.  0-0 after OT.  

[gotbeer]

39 minutes ago, arch stanton said:

Avs rested, Sharks on back-to-back and coming from Canada. Shots on goal 25-2 score 5-0, 5 minutes into the 2nd. They should have a mercy rule for this

Also it's pretty sad, that a team spent like drunk sailors mortgaging their future may get rewarded with a guy like Bedard.  

[deepdrive]

11 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Also it's pretty sad, that a team spent like drunk sailors mortgaging their future may get rewarded with a guy like Bedard.  

Well, their just reward will be that only one team gets him. And, if it's Chicago, Arizona, San Jose or maybe (probably) Columbus it won't help them. When you sleaze yourself out to the extent these organizations have, one player can't save you. Bedard is no McDavid. Especially at this stage of their careers. Has the sleazy Edmonton organization been able to make things happen even having Draisaitl (and a lot of other wasted talent). Nope.

Bedard going to any of the above organizations is a waste of his talent and probably career. The NHL is heavily draft influenced. Setting up the draft to encourage failure is just causing more failure and worse cases of it. The lottery is good, but it still doesn't go far enough.

[gotbeer]

4 hours ago, deepdrive said:

Well, their just reward will be that only one team gets him. And, if it's Chicago, Arizona, San Jose or maybe (probably) Columbus it won't help them. When you sleaze yourself out to the extent these organizations have, one player can't save you. Bedard is no McDavid. Especially at this stage of their careers. Has the sleazy Edmonton organization been able to make things happen even having Draisaitl (and a lot of other wasted talent). Nope.

Bedard going to any of the above organizations is a waste of his talent and probably career. The NHL is heavily draft influenced. Setting up the draft to encourage failure is just causing more failure and worse cases of it. The lottery is good, but it still doesn't go far enough.

Chicago is probably where he will succeed the most.  Chicago can still get the FA's to surround him with, but really Chicago is just starting a rebuild.  Star players can't do it alone.  Bedard alone won't help.  At least Columbus will have Laine and Gaudreau.  Arizona or San Jose have jack shit and will need multiple years of high picks to have a chance at Bedard achieving his potential.  On the Ducks, he'd instantly make the team and himself better, just because we have the core of Z, Terry, and McTavish already.  Really, outside of Michkov since he's stuck in the USSR for a few more years, any of the top picks would thrive and possibly put up the best numbers if they were on the Ducks next season.  

[deepdrive]

The probability is we get one of the first 5-6 picks. There will probably be someone really good available even if we miss on the top 3-4. It's just at that point you have to know your stuff to find the right guy. We have a decent scouting system . We'll see.

[gotbeer]

NHL’S SENATORS SALE DRAWS 9 BIDS, SOME TOPPING $900 MILLION

 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

A former coworker who is now retired in Florida is at the Knights-Lightning game tonight in Tampa. I was texting with her earlier today, and she said that she and her husband would be seated with two friends near where the players enter the ice. I jokingly said "Maybe I will see you on TV." I didn't have to wait long. First minute of the game, Kolesar's goal. Their group is at the 0:17 point of the video. My coworker is the lady with the short blonde hair and glasses on the right of the group of four people shown right after the goal. She retired from the Nevada Department of Corrections as a dentist after being an instructor at the UNLV School of Dentistry, and her husband is retired from the Nevada Board of Dental Examiners. They were STH here but they aren't in Tampa. Their daughter is part of the crew that comes out on the ice during breaks in play and shovels up loose shavings at Colorado Avalanche games.

https://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=35823734

Edited March 10, 2023 by Vegas Halo Fan

[deepdrive]

That's cool. I know someone who was on the kiss cam at Honda center. The closest I'd ever get to being on TV would be if I stood behind the Studio 93 set up in the Honda Center entrance. I've seen how foolish most people look doing that. So, I think I'll keep my Witness Protection Identity safe and not go there.

[arch stanton]

I’ve become an admirer of that core group in Arizona. Keller, Hayton, Fischer, Crouse, Schmaltz, etc. They’re playing their asses off every night and giving a big FU to the most pathetic ownership group in professional sports 

[deepdrive]

More pathetic than Chicago? I don't know about that. I guess it's what you're looking at.