2024/2025 Around the League

[the_fan]

Rangers are morons. They finally get Chytil back who’s been injured forever, playing him in both their preseason games and he just got hurt again and it didn’t look good

 

[dahrougem2]

Chytil needs to hang em up soon, too. Health is too important.

 

[the_fan]

Chytil needs to hang em up soon, too. Health is too important.

I know injuries can happen any time, but why are they playing him in 2 preseason games in a row? He played in their 1st one and looked good, there is no reason to play him again in the 2nd game

 

[AvsCOL]

Evander Kane out a “minimum of 5-6 months.”

How much do we want to bet he’s healthy by the first game of the playoffs? It’s becoming an alarming trend.

 

[dahrougem2]

Evander Kane out a “minimum of 5-6 months.”

How much do we want to bet he’s healthy by the first game of the playoffs? It’s becoming an alarming trend.

To be fair, Kane has had a nagging hernia issue since last year and actually looked horrible. His skating looked painful.

This is just strategic timing on their part for the surgery.

 

[Foppa2118]

The problem is the Avs put themselves at a disadvantage by not intentionally exploiting the LTIR loophole, because so many other teams do, and the ones that need to are contenders up against the cap they're competing with.

Teams like Vegas and now Edmonton don't care if everyone knows they're intentionally timing these things so they miss the whole regular season, so the Avs shouldn't either.

They should just have Val tell a doctor his back hurts or something, so when he's cleared to return, he can just go on LITR until the playoffs.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Evander Kane out a “minimum of 5-6 months.”

How much do we want to bet he’s healthy by the first game of the playoffs? It’s becoming an alarming trend.

Was wild... The Oilers could've LTIR'd him in like December last year, gotten him back by playoffs, and used his cap space to add players for their cup run. But didn't and watched him play absolutely horribly all year long and let him play through a hernia for some reason.

 

[Foppa2118]

Was wild... The Oilers could've LTIR'd him in like December last year, gotten him back by playoffs, and used his cap space to add players for their cup run. But didn't and watched him play absolutely horribly all year long and let him play through a hernia for some reason.

Given they've known about the problem for so long, they also could have scheduled the surgery in late June/early July, and let him come back three months sooner during the regular season.

But then they wouldn't be able to get the full season's LTIR savings, with him to miss 5-6 months, and likely the entire regular season by doing the surgery in late September.

 

[UncleRisto]

Yes he is from the same family as all the other Kapanen's

Niko Kapanen erasure.

 

[RECKLESS]

Niko Kapanen erasure.

Adam & Eve then all the Kapanen bros.

 

[Pokecheque]

Oh shit, Chytil got hurt again!?

Y'know it's really sad during their whole "rebuild," he is far and away the best center they drafted and developed (picking Lias Andersson has gone down as one of the all-time stupidest moves for a franchise famous for them), but up until Lafreniere finally starting figuring it out last season, he was pretty much their best forward in that category as well.

 

[henchman21]

Chytil's skating with no regard to self preservation and half the time with his head down is bound to be injured. Maybe playing 2 games in a row here wasn't smart... but the way he plays is going to lead to injuries.

 

[GoNordiquesGo]

https://sports.yahoo.com/rangers-filip-chytil-leaves-preseason-233418133.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJ7KUO6nFEVZHM1IXGNnLyF-7iDGB83LM3GwHvs1A0giZZwQ6f4O4c7mEu0Ac8nYBggHyDfZ7PLR2xEfUJpJSV0EXiAMJrzHXscbGshgcJACRoHRoD57y8mIDp6fEseuSQk4QCUx2Zb2_XHQ5WXdPe3kU8c0J12TFj7-1lVSEykg

Apparently he's OK

 

[Pokecheque]

Apparently he's OK

For now...

 

[Pokecheque]

The one about the Canes cracked me up

 

[Balthazar]

Read people here talking about McDavid a couple of days ago but I didn't know what they were talking about until now.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1838316028318605639

 

[The Abusement Park]

Read people here talking about McDavid a couple of days ago but I didn't know what they were talking about until now.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1838316028318605639

Imagine how good he’d be if he cared about winning.

 

[Avs_19]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1838938061092126731

My favourite “story” of the day. A rumour about 2026 free agency sending people into a frenzy. Hope Wild fans have to deal this for the next few years.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1839129188722172065

 

[Balthazar]

My favourite “story” of the day. A rumour about 2026 free agency sending people into a frenzy. Hope Wild fans have to deal this for the next few years.

It was obvious after he signed a 5 year deal out of his ELC that he'd not stay in Minny past that contract.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

It was obvious after he signed a 5 year deal out of his ELC that he'd not stay in Minny past that contract.

Something, something Austin Matthews in Arizona.

 

[McMetal]

The one about the Canes cracked me up

Of course Binner likes the racist ass Hawks logo.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1839291587966493074

 

[LOFIN]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1839359051400159302

 

[S E P H]

I am trying not to judge too much on a preseason, but Vegas had like 4 shots at home at the halfway point against the Kings last night. Not all NHLers were playing, but many were. When you factor in how Vegas finished last year, how many players they lost in the offseason, and their injury history, I would not be shocked if they were one of the "surprise" teams that fell hard. But knowing Vegas' luck, they would probably finish in the top 5 and win the lottery to grab Hagens. Their division is probably too crap for that to happen, but they are on my radar for a potential collapse.