2018-2019 Around the league thread #3

[The Merchant]

Lots of help tonight. A win tomorrow puts us back in WC2 and within 1 point of WC1.

The weirdest season ever

 

[Raucherhusten]

+

 

[Balthazar]

He's back

 

[Ivan13]

Pretty nice seeing the Blues win 11 straight. It will make their trademark faceplant in the postseason all the better.

 

[Grackle Party]

Amazing after all that terrible hockey. The wild card is still just sitting right there to be taken.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Amazing after all that terrible hockey. The wild card is still just sitting right there to be taken.

Weird tanking season. We are tanking to playoffs.

 

[MarkT]

For what it's worth, we have the best goal differential among all the competitors for a wild card in the West. And it's worth noting that none of the top 6 teams in the west have a negative goal differential, and the entire rest of the west has a negative. We are -3, Dallas is -6, Minnesota is -16, and the rest are worse than that. Also, given Minny's 5 game losing streak and our game in hand, I think that final wild card spot is ours to lose. I also refuse to acknowledge that Chicago probably has the actual best chance.

 

[Avs_19]

How does one out-tank this?

 

[The Abusement Park]

How does one out-tank this?

Jesus that’s horrible.

 

[Foppa2118]

How does one out-tank this?

When that goon Lucic gets bored and takes out RNH and Draisaitl.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

How does one out-tank this?

If they sell and McJesus is hurt, they'll pass everyone else pretty fast, including Sens. They're only 5 points ahead of Sens for last right now.

 

[Tru]

When that goon Lucic gets bored and takes out RNH and Draisaitl.

Looocic is signed for 4 more years after this year!

Good god, what a terrible contract that is....

 

[Avsboy]

How does one out-tank this?

Tkachuk-White-Ryan
Smith-Pageau-Paajarvi
Boedker-Tierney-Balcers

That is how.

 

[Foppa2118]

Lots of help tonight. A win tomorrow puts us back in WC2 and within 1 point of WC1.

Doesn't even make sense. We have a game in hand on Minny too.

Bad news is we're tied with three other teams trying to do the same thing, and Anaheim's only two points behind us now too. Gonna be a crazy stretch run.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Tkachuk-White-Ryan
Smith-Pageau-Paajarvi
Boedker-Tierney-Balcers

That is how.

Give me that bottom 9 over the Oilers. RNH and Drai are the best there but the Sens depth pieces are actually pretty good.

 

[Ceremony]

Another of the green filth's great shitheaps from 2014 is on the move

Hopefully Coyle goes to a team where #3 is unavailable so he has to wear a forward's number

 

[dahrougem2]

Tkachuk-White-Ryan
Smith-Pageau-Paajarvi
Boedker-Tierney-Balcers

That is how.

Sens bottom-9 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oilers bottom-9.

Like, there are legit some AHL bottom-nine groups that I would rather have than the Oilers' group.

 

[Stelmacki]

Pretty nice seeing the Blues win 11 straight. It will make their trademark faceplant in the postseason all the better.

Wouldn’t really be a face plant if a month ago they were looking at a lottery pick.

 

[JLo217]

How does one out-tank this?

Some random mixture of Jost, Compher, Greer, Gorque, Dries (why is this guy on the team... Roy had Guenin and Bednar has Dries), Kerfoot, Nieto , Carl, Calvert, and Ghetto.

I’d argue the Avs players overall are worst.

 

[dahrougem2]

Some random mixture of Jost, Compher, Greer, Gorque, Dries (why is this guy on the team... Roy had Guenin and Bednar has Dries), Kerfoot, Nieto , Carl, Calvert, and Ghetto.

I’d argue the Avs players overall are worst.

Soderberg, Nieto, Calvert, and Compher are better than every single forward not named Draisaitl or Nugent-Hopkins

 

[CharlesPuck]

Why is Mark Stone so coveted? His numbers aren’t that great.

 

[cody275]

Why is Mark Stone so coveted? His numbers aren’t that great.

A point per game winger that is arguably the best defensive/two way winger in the league.

Even without the the playstyle (and his effectiveness), he's still currently 24th in league scoring this year. I don't think it's hard to see why every team in the league would like to have him on their rosters if they could make it work.

 

[dahrougem2]

Why is Mark Stone so coveted? His numbers aren’t that great.

A proven 60+ point winger who has played at a PPG pace over the last two seasons while being exceptional defensively and a takeaway monster, and is still 26 years old.

Why wouldn't you want that guy?

 

[Pokecheque]

Mark Stone is a superstar, dude's gonna get paid one way or another this offseason.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Why is Mark Stone so coveted? His numbers aren’t that great.

What numbers? He’s an elite player offensively and defensively.