Around the League 2019-20 Pt. 2

[Bandit]

Rauhauser just turned 25 this past weekend and is a left handed dman. Not sure where he'd fit, given the Kings just loaned Brickley to Manitoba. I figure they could give him an audition just as they did with Brickley. He could be another Drewiske, or Joe Piskula.

They did? We hardly knew ye...

 

[Bandit]

Same guy did make a video on our team, but it has more to do with our post-Cup decline.

Heh pretty apt. I'll give Blake some credit though. The bleak picture this dude paints near the end has been largely addressed. Muzzin, Forbort, Martinez all traded, Phaneuf's hit drops to barely 1 million, MR's cap hit goes down too. Kovalchuk's 6M is gone after next year. Not bad considering.

 

[The Tikkanen]

Heh pretty apt. I'll give Blake some credit though. The bleak picture this dude paints near the end has been largely addressed. Muzzin, Forbort, Martinez all traded, Phaneuf's hit drops to barely 1 million, MR's cap hit goes down too. Kovalchuk's 6M is gone after next year. Not bad considering.

I watched it once and the highlights move pretty fast but I'm pretty sure Iafallo was out there for 90% of the goals against.

 

[Herby]

Rauhauser just turned 25 this past weekend and is a left handed dman. Not sure where he'd fit, given the Kings just loaned Brickley to Manitoba. I figure they could give him an audition just as they did with Brickley. He could be another Drewiske, or Joe Piskula.

Ya, 25 is pretty ancient for a guy to be starting pro hockey. Another problem is you have to give these guys NHL contracts and alot of them just fizzle out completely or are AHL guys at best (like Piskula), so your wasting a roster spot for 3 years with no upside. But I don't know the Kings contract situation as far as actual guys under contract.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

 

[KingsFan7824]

The lack of higher end talent bites the Coyotes again. Now at 29 regulation losses. 30 is usually the cutoff before you have to start worrying about your season. Although the West being the West this year, who knows.

The Panthers keep themselves in striking distance of the Leafs, and maybe even the bottom half of the Metro that can seemingly no longer win, especially the Islanders. Poor old crazy Lou.

 

[Bandit]

How old was the person who died? Wonder what the NHL is gonna do about this? Have them play at their practice facility to no crowd?

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

How old was the person who died? Wonder what the NHL is gonna do about this? Have them play at their practice facility to no crowd?

They should go play at the Cow Palace.

 

[kilowatt]

How old was the person who died? Wonder what the NHL is gonna do about this? Have them play at their practice facility to no crowd?

Yeah, pretty crazy. This is all unprecedented territory. I can't think of any previous epidemics that caused this level of panic in the US. Has there been anything in recent memory that caused actual games to be cancelled?

 

[Stimpythecat]

9/11 caused NFL and MLB games to be cancelled. The Superbowl was played in February for I believe the first time.

 

[Stimpythecat]

Losing games should affect HRR. The cap is going to take a hit. These few shark games shouldn't affect the numbers that much but I don't think it will be limited to just northern CA.

 

[Steve Zissou]

Savage.

 

[Stimpythecat]

Link discusses an Athletic article.

According To NHL Player Agents, These Two Teams Most Often Appear On No Trade Lists.

 

[KINGS17]

So, some facts:

1. Over 1,000 Americans died from the swine flu in 2009 before a national emergency was declared.

2. No games were postponed or canceled in 2009.

3. There were no travel warnings in 2009.

4. There were no suggestions to work from home in 2009. People were told if you are sick, please do not come to work.

5. Possibly a major difference between swine flu and coronavirus: At least one in five people worldwide were infected with swine flu during the first year of the 2009-2010 H1N1 pandemic, an international research group said on Friday, but the death rate was just 0.02 percent (Overall the CDC estimated 22 million Americans were infected, resulting in 4,000 deaths).

Probably too soon to tell what the mortality rate is for coronavirus, because some people who are infected are not reported as having it. At the time I am posting this there have been 708 cases in the United States and 27 deaths. That is 3.8%, but again it is probably too high as it is likely not all cases have been reported and some may have already recovered after only experiencing mild symptoms.

The fact that there has been this much done after only 27 deaths occurring doesn't fit the narrative that the local and federal governments aren't all over this as it is being portrayed by some media outlets.

I understand games are being canceled out of an abundance of caution, but most of the deaths seem to be occurring among the elderly and those whose health is already compromised.

Here is a link for anyone interested in the stats:

Coronavirus Update (Live): 114,458 Cases and 4,027 Deaths from COVID-19 Wuhan China Virus Outbreak - Worldometer

There don't seem to be as many cases in countries near the equator, or in the southern hemisphere (it is still summer there), so coronavirus may be like most flus and the virus dies out when it is hotter outside.

One thing I noticed from looking at this is the country in which you are in when you become infected has an impact on the outcome. For example, Germany has only 2 deaths out of 1,224 case, while Italy has 463 deaths out of 9,172 cases. Not sure why this would be the case. One thing is for sure, if you have relatives over 70 years of age, do everything you can to help them isolate themselves until this blows over.

 

[Fishhead]

Glad to see Amart doing well in Vegas, it's a good fit for him. Anderson sure is filling his role nicely, however.

Also:

Doughty prior to 2/24

59gp - 29 pts, -21

Doughty since 2/24

6gp - 4 pts, +4

Drew looks way better without an anchor.

 

[YP44]

So, some facts:

1. Over 1,000 Americans died from the swine flu in 2009 before a national emergency was declared.

2. No games were postponed or canceled in 2009.

3. There were no travel warnings in 2009.

4. There were no suggestions to work from home in 2009. People were told if you are sick, please do not come to work.

5. Possibly a major difference between swine flu and coronavirus: At least one in five people worldwide were infected with swine flu during the first year of the 2009-2010 H1N1 pandemic, an international research group said on Friday, but the death rate was just 0.02 percent.

Probably too soon to tell what the mortality rate is for coronavirus, because some people who are infected are not reported as having it. At the time I am posting this there have been 708 cases in the United States and 27 deaths. That is 3.8%, but again it is probably too high as it is likely not all cases have been reported and some may have already recovered after only experiencing mild symptoms.

The fact that there has been this much done after only 27 deaths occurring doesn't fit the narrative that the local and federal governments aren't all over this as it is being portrayed by some media outlets.

I understand games are being canceled out of an abundance of caution, but most of the deaths seem to be occurring among the elderly and those whose health is already compromised.

Here is a link for anyone interested in the stats:

Coronavirus Update (Live): 114,458 Cases and 4,027 Deaths from COVID-19 Wuhan China Virus Outbreak - Worldometer

There don't seem to be as many cases in countries near the equator, or in the southern hemisphere (it is still summer there), so coronavirus may be like most flus and the virus dies out when it is hotter outside.

One thing I noticed from looking at this is the country in which you are in when you become infected has an impact on the outcome. For example, Germany has only 2 deaths out of 1,224 case, while Italy has 463 deaths out of 9,172 cases. Not sure why this would be the case. One thing is for sure, if you have relatives over 70 years of age, do everything you can to help them isolate themselves until this blows over.

Biggest thing to me is that social media is a bigger thing now. So fear spreads faster

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

So, some facts:

1. Over 1,000 Americans died from the swine flu in 2009 before a national emergency was declared.

2. No games were postponed or canceled in 2009.

3. There were no travel warnings in 2009.

4. There were no suggestions to work from home in 2009. People were told if you are sick, please do not come to work.

5. Possibly a major difference between swine flu and coronavirus: At least one in five people worldwide were infected with swine flu during the first year of the 2009-2010 H1N1 pandemic, an international research group said on Friday, but the death rate was just 0.02 percent (Overall the CDC estimated 22 million Americans were infected, resulting in 4,000 deaths).

Probably too soon to tell what the mortality rate is for coronavirus, because some people who are infected are not reported as having it. At the time I am posting this there have been 708 cases in the United States and 27 deaths. That is 3.8%, but again it is probably too high as it is likely not all cases have been reported and some may have already recovered after only experiencing mild symptoms.

The fact that there has been this much done after only 27 deaths occurring doesn't fit the narrative that the local and federal governments aren't all over this as it is being portrayed by some media outlets.

I understand games are being canceled out of an abundance of caution, but most of the deaths seem to be occurring among the elderly and those whose health is already compromised.

Here is a link for anyone interested in the stats:

Coronavirus Update (Live): 114,458 Cases and 4,027 Deaths from COVID-19 Wuhan China Virus Outbreak - Worldometer

There don't seem to be as many cases in countries near the equator, or in the southern hemisphere (it is still summer there), so coronavirus may be like most flus and the virus dies out when it is hotter outside.

One thing I noticed from looking at this is the country in which you are in when you become infected has an impact on the outcome. For example, Germany has only 2 deaths out of 1,224 case, while Italy has 463 deaths out of 9,172 cases. Not sure why this would be the case. One thing is for sure, if you have relatives over 70 years of age, do everything you can to help them isolate themselves until this blows over.

The numbers are a testing and reporting issue.

Heat is a factor--it does kill the virus. Go figure we have a whole week of rain coming up.

But as it pertains to public events, the reason for the precaution is that carriers can be asymptomatic for two weeks. Most other sicknesses you can tell damn near immediately and are isolated quickly because you're bedridden before you can spread it. Can you imagine traveling for work? If I had it at the end of February, at least 10 cities in 3 states have seen me since. That's problematic. Massive public gatherings mean possible massive transmission to new areas and rinse, repeat for the next two weeks before you know and that's if you're paying attention and/or care enough to know it may be coronavirus. It's a bummer but that's a big, strong preventative measure. There's a reason many Euro sports have been playing to empty arenas for weeks.

 

[KINGS17]

The numbers are a testing and reporting issue.

Heat is a factor--it does kill the virus. Go figure we have a whole week of rain coming up.

But as it pertains to public events, the reason for the precaution is that carriers can be asymptomatic for two weeks. Most other sicknesses you can tell damn near immediately and are isolated quickly because you're bedridden before you can spread it. Can you imagine traveling for work? If I had it at the end of February, at least 10 cities in 3 states have seen me since. That's problematic. Massive public gatherings mean possible massive transmission to new areas and rinse, repeat for the next two weeks before you know and that's if you're paying attention and/or care enough to know it may be coronavirus. It's a bummer but that's a big, strong preventative measure. There's a reason many Euro sports have been playing to empty arenas for weeks.

I think another valid reason is at this time we don't know exactly how virulent this particular virus might be if we don't take precautions. Have to think one of the top priorities at this time is keeping our health care workers and first responders as healthy as possible.

Eventually, whether it be this year or next I expect 30%-40% of the population to get the virus. Let's hope the heat of the summer gives the experts a chance to develop a vaccine and get it to the people who are most at risk.

 

[KINGS17]

I think another valid reason is at this time we don't know exactly how virulent this particular virus might be if we don't take precautions. Have to think one of the top priorities at this time is keeping our health care workers and first responders as healthy as possible.

Eventually, whether it be this year or next I expect 30%-40% of the population to get the virus. Let's hope the heat of the summer gives the experts a chance to develop a vaccine and get it to the people who are most at risk.

I too traveled quite a bit in late February / early March. Now one of the companies I work with in the bay area has asked me to continue working, but we are doing it remotely. I don't mind working from home!

Long term though it isn't a solution. You can't beat face-to-face meetings when you are discussing complex systems.

 

[fivehole32]

A friend of mine who is a doctor at a local hospital said they are getting weighed down in the ER with people in their 30s and 40s with a sore throat or sniffles freaking out and demanding to be check for the coronavirus. He said the media should be more responsible in reporting that only people with a history of breathing issues, smokers or people with immune deficiencies, or elderly should be checked. Otherwise if you get cold or flu symptoms just stay home. The only issue is the infectious nature of the virus due to not knowing if you are carrying it so I can see canceling events or playing games without fans to stem the tide of community transmission, but overall it doesn't appear to be the death sentence the media portrays if they weren't hunting for ratings.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Link discusses an Athletic article.

According To NHL Player Agents, These Two Teams Most Often Appear On No Trade Lists.

lol That list. "All the cold places."

 

[bouncesonly]

lol That list. "All the cold places."

More from the Athletic

“The easy answer is Winnipeg and Ottawa but some players making a lot of money know they don’t need to put Ottawa on the no-trade list because of their salary. Climate is a big thing. It’s the last thing a team has control over. … Some players don’t want to play in Canada. We’ve had players say I don’t want to play in Canada. I don’t think we’ve ever said, I don’t want to play in the U.S.”

 

[YP44]

completely understand the desire to not play in Canada if I were a NHL player. Just listen to Penner and Whitney talking about their times in Edmonton. You cannot escape the fans anywhere and what's worse is often their families cannot. Taking family home life into account I think there are several US markets I would rather go to.

 

[Stimpythecat]

it's a fishbowl.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

I wonder if this is it for Hickey, as he’s dealt with injuries throughout his career and hasn’t played much in the past two years.