2022/23 Roster Thread XVII: The Days are Getting Longer

[Magua]

On the bright side, everyone at each other’s throats wishing the other fails definitely sounds like collaboration is at an all time high.

 

[Beef Invictus]

If I had to guess, Clarke and Lombardi are desperate for Fletcher to stay while Holmgren probably wants him gone. Homer's face probably blistered watching Fletcher not get JG.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

If I had to guess, Clarke and Lombardi are desperate for Fletcher to stay while Holmgren probably wants him gone. Homer's face probably blistered watching Fletcher not get JG.

If I had to guess, anyone with half a brain wants Fletcher and Company fired and everyone with less than half a brain (Clarke, Lombardi, etc) want him to stay.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Too exhausted. I'll get a GDT up tomorrow

 

[freakydallas13]

On the bright side, everyone at each other’s throats wishing the other fails definitely sounds like collaboration is at an all time high.

#ChuckCulture

 

[TB87]

The Snow The Goalie guys think Owen Tippett is a “Core Piece” lol

 

[deadhead]

When people complain they stress fundamentals too much:

Jason Kelce said Nick Sirianni has shown the Eagles a particular Kobe Bryant video “a thousand times” over the last couple seasons. It’s about fundamentals.

The video is of motivational speaker Alan Stein Jr. explaining a moment where he woke up early to watch Bryant’s workout and was floored to see how much time Bryant spent on seemingly elementary drills and exercises.

When Stein finally asked Bryant why he spends so much time on such simple drills, Bryant responded, “Why do you think I’m the best player in the world? Because I never get bored with the basics.”

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Kobe was a dinosaur.

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

When people complain they stress fundamentals too much:
Kobe was a dinosaur.

Seriously, who are you aiming at here?

 

[GapToothedWonder]

I dislike him cause he is not a top 5 pick . I have been told on here that really good players only come from top picks , you know guys like Patrick .

Yes this is sarcasm . Bite me

Is that what you have been told? That really good players only come from top picks?

I have a sneaking suspicious you aren't being all that honest about what people are saying to you.

 

[Kelmitchell2]

When people were doubting whether he'd get along with Torts, I said Torts would love him.

But TK is an adventure, a bit like TDA, but less erratic.

He makes some head scratching plays, but he plays hard, has a high motor, is fiesty, has gotten much better on defense than his early years - he's gonna drive you crazy, then make you fall in love all over again.

I think Torts is trying to coach TDA up to be a defensive version of TK, you're gonna make mistakes playing aggressive, just make fewer mistakes than you make good plays. Take chances, but use some judgment and don't be sloppy with the puck.

I also think Torts is very consistent, he only demands a few things:
1) be responsible off the puck, you're gonna make mistakes, but skate as hard on the back check as you did when you sniffed a point
2) play hard all shift, if you're too tired to skate hard, head to the bench, if you can't play hard consistently, get in better condition
3) attack, attack, attack, Torts must be a Patton fan, always forward, north-south, don't get cute
4) wake up, use common sense, like when he got on Allison for sloppy horizontal passes, make mistakes of aggression, not careless mistakes where you're just being sloppy or lazy or asleep at the wheel

This is why I think a lot of young players thrive under him, he doesn't have them overthink the game, he wants them to use those young legs to make things happen. The players who get in his dog house tend to be ones with low motors, bad conditioning, lazy on defense or ignore repeated criticism from coaches.

Still trying ro defend the tda trade I see, at least you're sticking to your guns

 

[Larry44]

#ChuckCulture

equals #ClusterChuck

 

[deadhead]

Well, look at what Lavi was able to do with Gustaffson, who is a cut rate version of TDA.
playing 19:39 a night, 1.33 pp/60, CF 54.20%,CFrel +5.40%, xGF 54.05%, xGFrel +4.86.
He looked good under Q, regressed under Colliton, remained a mess in Philly and last year back in Chicago.

Certain players can make big jumps when they play on teams with structure and discipline.

One key to pro scouting is recognizing which players would benefit from your HC's scheme and coaching.
But that also requires you have some stability and continuity, which we've lacked the last four years.

 

[Larry44]

Still trying ro defend the tda trade I see, at least you're sticking to your guns

What? Someone is actually defending Chuckles throwing away picks and cap room for that lowlife, racist piece of garbage?

 

[deadhead]

What? Someone is actually defending Chuckles throwing away picks and cap room for that lowlife, racist piece of garbage?

To be fair, he's kept his nose clean for a couple years. Sometimes people grow up.
Has he been accused of sexual assault, beating his girlfriend, etc.?
There are worse people playing in the NHL right now.

 

[Beef Invictus]

To be fair, he's kept his nose clean for a couple years. Sometimes people grow up.
Has he been accused of sexual assault, beating his girlfriend, etc.?
There are worse people playing in the NHL right now.

Ignoring all that, Fletcher still overpaid for him. He buys high and sells low. You defend that practice for some reason.

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

Ignoring all that, Fletcher still overpaid for him. He buys high and sells low. You defend that practice for some reason.

Chuckleberry doesn't overpay. He just signs/trades for the wrong guys.

 

[Striiker]

“Why did you pay $1000 for a McDonalds cheeseburger?”

“Don’t worry, I didn’t overpay for the burger. I just spent the $1000 on the wrong thing.”

 

[Starat327]

“Why did you pay $1000 for a McDonalds cheeseburger?”

“Don’t worry, I didn’t overpay for the burger. I just spent the $1000 on the wrong thing.”

Well, he thought it was a A rated Wagyu burger, and it turned out to not be. That's not his fault

 

[BrindamoursNose]

Chuckleberry doesn't overpay. He just signs/trades for the wrong guys.

Chuck trying to defend his overpayments

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Therien said on Snow the Goalie that when he was on the broadcast that Hextall had a meeting with them to tell them to dial back the praise on guys like Gostisbehere & Provorov. Therien said it was probably more so directed at Jackson & Jones than him because he said you’d think you were watching Bobby Orr out there the way they would some times describe these guys.

 

[Striiker]

Therien said on Snow the Goalie that when he was on the broadcast that Hextall had a meeting with them to tell them to dial back the praise on guys like Gostisbehere & Provorov. Therien said it was probably more so directed Jackson & Jones than them because he said you’d think you were watching Bobby Orr out there the way they would some times describe these guys.

Weird that they only listened when it came to Ghost. To the point that they blamed him for shit he had nothing to do with.

They've polished the other turd no matter what.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Therien asked ASF on the recent podcast if they would trade Ristolainen at the deadline/soon. ASF said probably not because he thinks it would require salary retention to move Ristolainen out right now. He said Hayes is the only multi-year contract they would be willingly to retain on right now.

 

[Bruckuss]

Chucks not worried about retention though, bc he can just use the 2x 2nd rd picks he will get for provy to pay teams to take hayesey and jvr.

Problem solved

 

[BringBackHakstol]

Shame this team is winning, they are a losing streak away from real fireworks

 

[Beef Invictus]

Therien said on Snow the Goalie that when he was on the broadcast that Hextall had a meeting with them to tell them to dial back the praise on guys like Gostisbehere & Provorov. Therien said it was probably more so directed at Jackson & Jones than him because he said you’d think you were watching Bobby Orr out there the way they would some times describe these guys.

The team giving directions on who to praise and how is the least surprising revelation.