Toggle sidebar

Around the League 2019-20

  • Work is still on-going to rebuild the site styling and features. Please report any issues you may experience so we can look into it. Click Here for Updates
Status
Not open for further replies.
KingsFan7824 said:
Barkov is so similar to Kopitar that home town fan criticism in both cities involves the same aspects of their games.
Click to expand...

You're Anze Kopitar. You play for the LA Kings. My Dad has season tickets. He says you don't work hard enough on the power play. He says sometimes you just stand on the half-wall for the entire two minutes.

 
  • Like
Reactions: KingsFan7824, Ollie Weeks, Maynard and 1 other person
crassbonanza said:
They really are fun, I watch just about every one of their games and the growth through the season has been fantastic. I am really jealous of the Flyers 2015 draft, what a franchise changer that has turned out to be.
Click to expand...
I mean sure but all they had to do was burn through Richards, Carter, Giroux and Voracek to get there. Plus you’re talking about a draft from 5 years ago.
 
Bandit said:
I mean sure but all they had to do was burn through Richards, Carter, Giroux and Voracek to get there. Plus you’re talking about a draft from 5 years ago.
Click to expand...

I was just saying that getting a number 1 defenseman and a top line forward in one draft is pretty huge. It did take them a long time to get where they are(and 3 GM's), but they do look good right now.
 
crassbonanza said:
I was just saying that getting a number 1 defenseman and a top line forward in one draft is pretty huge. It did take them a long time to get where they are(and 3 GM's), but they do look good right now.
Click to expand...
Yeah sorry didn’t mean to seem like I was razzing you, just that they have eaten through a lot of talent to get where they are. They’ve got some good pieces now for sure though.
 
  • Like
Reactions: crassbonanza
Pretty sure most of us do not pay much attention to Minnesota. Kevin Fiala is having a real strong year over there.

The 23-year-old has at least a goal and an assist in each of his last five games including 1+1 and 7 SOG on Tuesday as the Wild knocked off his old squad. He’s averaging over four shots per game over that stretch. He has 44 points in his last 46 games.

Really liked that trade on deadline day last season for the Wild when Mikael Granlund went the other way who has been average, at best in Nashville. Fiala just never got it going in Music City and the change of scenery has served him well.
 
kovacro said:
Pretty sure most of us do not pay much attention to Minnesota. Kevin Fiala is having a real strong year over there.

The 23-year-old has at least a goal and an assist in each of his last five games including 1+1 and 7 SOG on Tuesday as the Wild knocked off his old squad. He’s averaging over four shots per game over that stretch. He has 44 points in his last 46 games.

Really liked that trade on deadline day last season for the Wild when Mikael Granlund went the other way who has been average, at best in Nashville. Fiala just never got it going in Music City and the change of scenery has served him well.
Click to expand...
You could almost say he's been reborn... ;)
 
  • Like
Reactions: JiricekSaveUs
kovacro said:
Pretty sure most of us do not pay much attention to Minnesota. Kevin Fiala is having a real strong year over there.

The 23-year-old has at least a goal and an assist in each of his last five games including 1+1 and 7 SOG on Tuesday as the Wild knocked off his old squad. He’s averaging over four shots per game over that stretch. He has 44 points in his last 46 games.

Really liked that trade on deadline day last season for the Wild when Mikael Granlund went the other way who has been average, at best in Nashville. Fiala just never got it going in Music City and the change of scenery has served him well.
Click to expand...
Fiala is a guy I thought we could have received in a package from Nashville for Carter around four years ago. Would have been a good deal for the Kings.
 
  • Like
Reactions: DoktorJeep
KINGS17 said:
Fiala is a guy I thought we could have received in a package from Nashville for Carter around four years ago. Would have been a good deal for the Kings.
Click to expand...

Reaper45 said:
3 or 4 years ago I suggested Carter for Pageau and a pick.
Click to expand...

giphy.gif
 
  • Like
Reactions: verbalkint47, KopitarGOAT420, Reaper45 and 2 others
Phi/Was should be good. While it likely won't be Bos/TB, the Ari/Van game tonight is also essentially a playoff game.
 
  • Like
Reactions: YP44
KingsFan7824 said:
giphy.gif
Click to expand...

Nashville was desperate for offense heading into the playoffs. I think it would have worked, because Fiala had only played around 50 games in the NHL.

At the time people around here were upset about giving up Carter when any trade involving him was mentioned. Now it's crazy to think the Kings could have landed a young unproven forward from a team that was continuously overpaying for lesser assets for a playoff push several years in a row?
 
KINGS17 said:
Nashville was desperate for offense heading into the playoffs. I think it would have worked, because Fiala had only played around 50 games in the NHL.

At the time people around here were upset about giving up Carter when any trade involving him was mentioned. Now it's crazy to think the Kings could have landed a young unproven forward from a team that was continuously overpaying for lesser assets for a playoff push several years in a row?
Click to expand...

How desperate were they? They didn't make any significant in season trades in 16-17.

2017 deadline, Carter was 32, with 5 years left. Yes, it's probably a little crazy to think they could've landed what was at the time a 20 year old less than 3 years removed from being the 11th overall pick. It would've been a great trade, if it existed to be made.
 
At least 1 of Calgary, Vancouver, or Arizona will make the playoffs. Vancouver might be real if they have their goalie. Calgary is surviving on their SO record. Arizona is barely still in it, and it's also because of their SO record, but it's not as good as Calgary's.

Really interested to see what the Canucks and Coyotes have to bring tonight. Will either team really want it? Does either have what it takes to want it?
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Latest posts

Ad

Upcoming events

Ad

Top Bottom