2022-2023 Around the League Part Deux

[Balthazar]

So are we not going to talk about Seattle?

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Dude CANNOT stay healthy

 

[Chiarelli]

#Norrissey

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[The Merchant]

Not worth a claim

 

[John Mandalorian]

I'm betting they are just trying to get him some confidence in the NHL. He's going to have a LONG leash after the Thompson breakout.

Thompson was a winning lottery ticket.

 

[redacted]

Thompson was a winning lottery ticket.

Im just saying teams now have reasons to wait on their larger centers.

 

[John Mandalorian]

Im just saying teams now have reasons to wait on their larger centers.

Right. You're the realistic whose now espousing this.

Out in the ether, there's already a GM graveyard littered with tombstones captioned as "Could have been Tage Thompson."

 

[redacted]

Right. You're the realistic whose now espousing this.

Out in the ether, there's already a GM graveyard littered with tombstones captioned as "Could have been Tage Thompson."

I’m not sure any of them have the pedigree that Byfield has… really Byfield has a better one than Thompson by a long shot

 

[John Mandalorian]

I’m not sure any of them have the pedigree that Byfield has… really Byfield has a better one than Thompson by a long shot

That sounds like a prediction.

 

[redacted]

That sounds like a prediction.

Its not... Byfield at his best is unlikely to be at Thompson's level. Just saying Byfield was the best 6'4+" center prospect going into their draft since Lindros. It doesn't mean he will be the best.

 

[Chiarelli]

Its not... Byfield at his best is unlikely to be at Thompson's level. Just saying Byfield was the best 6'4+" center prospect going into their draft since Lindros. It doesn't mean he will be the best.

*checks height of Evgeni Malkin*

 

[redacted]

*checks height of Evgeni Malkin*

6’4” was more to fit Lindros

We are in the monster center range rather than just big center.

 

[John Mandalorian]

Its not... Byfield at his best is unlikely to be at Thompson's level. Just saying Byfield was the best 6'4+" center prospect going into their draft since Lindros. It doesn't mean he will be the best.

Most of the time you pretend to throw darts at balloons. Why are you now throwing balloons at darts?

 

[redacted]

Most of the time you pretend to throw darts at balloons. Why are you now throwing balloons at darts?

I hate balloons.

 

[The Merchant]

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

I wouldn't want this player on my team. Yikes. Disgusting to look at.

 

[The Merchant]

I wouldn't want this player on my team. Yikes. Disgusting to look at.

Luckily for Vancouver they're only stuck with him for 8 more years

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Luckily for Vancouver they're only stuck with him for 8 more years

Ouchie

 

[The Merchant]

So are we not going to talk about Seattle?

Blanked the B's in Boston

 

[S E P H]

Crazy how talented some of these athletes are, Cech was one of the best goalkeepers ever in EPL history and looks actually decent in an NHL practice. He's played the last couple of seasons in England's division II/III league and posted a .930 save percentage in 12 games as a 39-year-old playing a secondary sport. I am mindblown, but if I remember he did play hockey growing up as a kid. But still, he probably didn't touch the ice for the majority of the seasons he was playing football. He also speaks six languages and I am not talking about similar Slavic ones like Czech and Polish, but Portuguese, German, Italian, and Spanish.

 

[The Kingslayer]

#Norrissey

For my money hes been the best overall dman this season. EK65 is getting all the points but Morrissey has been good everywhere. Dahlin has also had a great season.

So are we not going to talk about Seattle?

My boy Beniers having himself a season. Should be a shoe in for ROY if Kochetkov is going to be shelved for Raanta and Andersen.

 

[redacted]

Crazy how talented some of these athletes are, Cech was one of the best goalkeepers ever in EPL history and looks actually decent in an NHL practice. He's played the last couple of seasons in England's division II/III league and posted a .930 save percentage in 12 games as a 39-year-old playing a secondary sport. I am mindblown, but if I remember he did play hockey growing up as a kid. But still, he probably didn't touch the ice for the majority of the seasons he was playing football. He also speaks six languages and I am not talking about similar Slavic ones like Czech and Polish, but Portuguese, German, Italian, and Spanish.

I mean Portuguese, Italian and Spanish are all very similar. I'm learning Portuguese (already know some Spanish), and I can recognize many things in Italian.

But yeah goes to say that if you are a great athlete with very well trained reflexes, you can be molded as a goalie to some extent.

My boy Beniers having himself a season. Should be a shoe in for ROY if Kochetkov is going to be shelved for Raanta and Andersen.

Kochetkov isn't giving that net back, but both at looking great this year. Running away from the others.

 

[The Kingslayer]

I mean Portuguese, Italian and Spanish are all very similar. I'm learning Portuguese (already know some Spanish), and I can recognize many things in Italian.

But yeah goes to say that if you are a great athlete with very well trained reflexes, you can be molded as a goalie to some extent.


Kochetkov isn't giving that net back, but both at looking great this year. Running away from the others.

What are they going to do with Raanta?

 

[redacted]

What are they going to do with Raanta?

They’ll likely just run 3 goalies