Speculation: Another year of this Bluc **** (The 2024-25 season thread)

[Telos]

Absolutely, cost determines everything though, a 1st and Ziemmer for Shesterkin, you do that every day, twice on Sundays though...

The price is fine obviously, but no one is going to want an $11M+ AAV 30+ year old goalie if he even declines in the slightest and having one right now doesn't make this team win anything. You pay that and acquire the goaltender to win, but the Kings aren't winning anything after making the deal and they certainly aren't recouping anything paid.

 

[AbsentMojo]

This is inline with how the org handles younger players if true...When Koala and Hiller walk their dogs, its been noted their paws barely touch the ground

https://x.com/i/web/status/1845968094541627696

 

[bland]

This is inline with how the org handles younger players if true...When Koala and Hiller walk their dogs, its been noted their paws barely touch the ground

https://x.com/i/web/status/1845968094541627696

The whole 4th line was sat, not just Turcotte. Lewis only had 2 more shifts than Turcotte in the game and those were on the PK. Jeannot only took 4 more shifts than the 4th line.

This isn't a thing.

 

[Trash Panda]

The whole 4th line was sat, not just Turcotte. Lewis only had 2 more shifts than Turcotte in the game and those were on the PK. Jeannot only took 4 more shifts than the 4th line.

This isn't a thing.

Other than shortening the bench in an early-season f***show.

 

[funky]

The whole 4th line was sat, not just Turcotte. Lewis only had 2 more shifts than Turcotte in the game and those were on the PK. Jeannot only took 4 more shifts than the 4th line.

This isn't a thing.

Kuemper’s night should have Ben over after that one. Turcotte has been one of our better players this year. If Fiala got sat for every screwup we would never see him.

 

[bland]

Other than shortening the bench in an early-season f***show.

Turcotte had 12 shifts today, just as he had 12 shifts on Saturday - and 11 shifts on Thursday.

Nobody was sat, its the same approach from game to game. The shifts length was shorter today, but that more on the chaotic nature of the penalties and uneven flow. Ottawa's 4th line played even a little less than the Kings' today.

There are a lot of things to be worried about with this organization - and some things to be angry as hell about. But, Lewis, Burroughs, the 4th lines ice time, Laferriere on the first line and PP1 are not among them - yet these are getting the lions share of the bitching around here and it's showing a lack of perspective. These things are just nothing to complain about.

There is a new system, a large amount of new players, a #7d getting full minutes due to losing the #1d, and most importantly, a shift in approach from passive hanging-on to an aggressive tone and not everybody is up to speed yet. This is going to be an important year for this organization as it transitions away from the past to the future. The beginning was always going to hurt, no matter how long it took for them to finally integrate the kids. Its perfectly fine to see Byfield and Clarke struggle to be responsible players in those roles.

 

[BaileyFan]

Reasonably pleased with how the first 3 games have gone.
As expected, the team is not good. Even more so without Doughty.
But they’re tougher and more entertaining than they have been in several years and the “kids” are finally getting significant minutes in key roles.
This season should’ve happened 2 years ago, and it’s happening too late to get 8 and 11 on the Cup a third time but better late than never.
The fear now is that Hiller moves Byfield back to wing and reimplements the 1-3-1 to chase a playoff spot. As long as that doesn’t happen I can live with the losses.

 

[lumbergh]

This is inline with how the org handles younger players if true...When Koala and Hiller walk their dogs, its been noted their paws barely touch the ground

https://x.com/i/web/status/1845968094541627696

Let's not forget he also had an egregious give-away in preseason that resulted in a goal against. Everyone is cheering for Turcotte to catch fire, but he's effectively a rookie making some rookie mistakes.

 

[Bandit]

Kinda weird that he's gonna basically be sitting on ass for a year, but I've really liked his calls. Seems like a great choice to replace Nick. Hopefully Jim goes too and they start over with all fresh blood.

 

[DoktorJeep]

March to Victory+: A Parent Media Company Starts From Scratch To Give Dallas Stars, Anaheim Ducks a New Broadcast Home

On Saturday, Oct. 12, Dallas Stars fans watched their favorite hockey team’s first home game, against the New York Islanders, on a new medium: the ...

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Behind the scenes look at how the Victory+ sports network got off the ground. Might be of some interest to any broadcast nerds out there.

The snippet that stood out to me as a fan was they talked about a 1080p or 4k stream. That would be a huge upgrade over the BSW stream for anyone watching on a large screen.