Around the League - 2022-23 Season Edition

[Fogelhund]

Leafs fans obsessions with their ex-players, prospects, coaches, GM's... is hilarious. The ghosts of Leafs past haunt some of you pretty bad.

 

[Burnie97]

Well then... damn



Also out a long time jeez. So early in the season.

Cross your fingers Leafs stay healthy now.

 

[1specter]

Added them. The Georgiev move is part genius, part lucky. Georgiev was just as much a gamble as any goalie, as while he showed some promise, he didn't look that great behind Shesterkin either. Goalies are such voodoo.

There's definitely some luck involved, but Sakic has built a pretty good track record now with capitalizing on underutilized players with high potential.

-Burakovsky was disappointing in Washington and seemed like he hit a ceiling as a 30-35 pt guy, and turned into a 60-70 pt guy with Colorado
-Nichushkin looked like he was headed for bust/disappointment territory, and is now a PPG physical winger for the Avs
-Kadri didn't have a great final year in Toronto and was being forced out by Dubas, and Sakic capitalized big time on that, as he turned into a PPG monster and was a huge part of their Cup run (and he didn't trade him after the suspension vs the Blues)
-He shored up the Avs goaltending by letting Varlamov go and making a move for Grubauer who was a solid #1 for them for a few years, and then managed to replace him with a risky but successful gamble by paying a first for Kuemper who was on an expiring deal
-The suave Devon Toews acquisition, he saw great potential in him and paid the picks and gave him the money that old man Lou wouldn't and now he's a top pairing stud D

He's also known when to cut bait and make adjustments when necessary. He didn't pay the money for Grubauer who is now struggling in Seattle, let Kuemper walk as well and replaced him with Georgiev as mentioned, let Kadri walk and repurposed the money to keep Nuke and MacK long-term, traded Duchene for a franchise-altering trade which got him Girard and Byram, etc.

All of his moves have required some luck but he's clearly a very good evaluator of talent and potential and capitalizing on underrated players.

 

[Mickey Marner]

Well then... damn



Also out a long time jeez. So early in the season.

Cross your fingers Leafs stay healthy now.

Not Werenski's first shoulder injury either.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Blue Jackets tank for Bedard is on

 

[Metroid]

Coyotes 6-6-1. How?

Keep it going!
I threw down 1 buck for the yotes to win the cup.
Gets me 1000 bucks if they win lol

 

[PromisedLand]

 

[ACC1224]

BOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Coyotes 6-6-1. How?

I hope they keep winning so there’s less chance Bedard ends up there. Talent like that deserves to be in a halfway decent market at least.

 

[ULF_55]

There's definitely some luck involved, but Sakic has built a pretty good track record now with capitalizing on underutilized players with high potential.

-Burakovsky was disappointing in Washington and seemed like he hit a ceiling as a 30-35 pt guy, and turned into a 60-70 pt guy with Colorado
-Nichushkin looked like he was headed for bust/disappointment territory, and is now a PPG physical winger for the Avs
-Kadri didn't have a great final year in Toronto and was being forced out by Dubas, and Sakic capitalized big time on that, as he turned into a PPG monster and was a huge part of their Cup run (and he didn't trade him after the suspension vs the Blues)
-He shored up the Avs goaltending by letting Varlamov go and making a move for Grubauer who was a solid #1 for them for a few years, and then managed to replace him with a risky but successful gamble by paying a first for Kuemper who was on an expiring deal
-The suave Devon Toews acquisition, he saw great potential in him and paid the picks and gave him the money that old man Lou wouldn't and now he's a top pairing stud D

He's also known when to cut bait and make adjustments when necessary. He didn't pay the money for Grubauer who is now struggling in Seattle, let Kuemper walk as well and replaced him with Georgiev as mentioned, let Kadri walk and repurposed the money to keep Nuke and MacK long-term, traded Duchene for a franchise-altering trade which got him Girard and Byram, etc.

All of his moves have required some luck but he's clearly a very good evaluator of talent and potential and capitalizing on underrated players.

I think we've looked at Sakic's growth over the years, and how he finally won as GM.

Good at moving out assets and bringing in lightning in bottle players. Kind of like Vegas did on their expansion draft.

Following the end of his playing career, Sakic continued with the Avalanche organization in a management capacity, first serving as executive advisor and alternate governor from 2011 to 2013. He was promoted to executive vice president of hockey operations on May 10, 2013, and named general manager the following year. After overseeing a team rebuild culminating in the franchise's third Stanley Cup victory in 2022, Sakic won the Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award. The team announced shortly thereafter that he was being promoted to president of hockey operations.[12]

On May 10, 2013, the Avalanche promoted Sakic to executive vice president of hockey operations. In this expanded role, Sakic had the final say on all matters regarding hockey personnel.[86] During Patrick Roy's time as head coach, they shared most of the duties normally held by a general manager. General Manager Greg Sherman remained in his post, but served mainly in an advisory role to Roy and Sakic. This de facto arrangement was formalized the following season, when Sakic was formally named general manager and Sherman was demoted to assistant general manager.[87]

Joe Sakic - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Is this true?

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[TD]Games[/TD]
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[TD]Assists[/TD]
[TD]Points[/TD]
[TD]PiMs[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]2013 Entry[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Nathan MacKinnon[/TD]
[TD]650[/TD]
[TD]245[/TD]
[TD]424[/TD]
[TD]669[/TD]
[TD]290[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2015 Entry[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Mikko Rantanen[/TD]
[TD]420[/TD]
[TD]174[/TD]
[TD]253[/TD]
[TD]427[/TD]
[TD]226[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2016 Entry[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Tyson Jost[/TD]
[TD]353[/TD]
[TD]47[/TD]
[TD]65[/TD]
[TD]112[/TD]
[TD]131[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2013 Entry[/TD]
[TD]123[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]Will Butcher[/TD]
[TD]275[/TD]
[TD]16[/TD]
[TD]98[/TD]
[TD]114[/TD]
[TD]34[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2017 Entry[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Cale Makar[/TD]
[TD]190[/TD]
[TD]49[/TD]
[TD]145[/TD]
[TD]194[/TD]
[TD]54[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2019 Entry[/TD]
[TD]16[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Alex Newhook[/TD]
[TD]89[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]24[/TD]
[TD]39[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2014 Entry[/TD]
[TD]144[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]Anton Lindholm[/TD]
[TD]66[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]16[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2019 Entry[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Bowen Byram[/TD]
[TD]59[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]24[/TD]
[TD]39[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2015 Entry[/TD]
[TD]39[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]A.J. Greer[/TD]
[TD]57[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]75[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2015 Entry[/TD]
[TD]40[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Nicolas Meloche[/TD]
[TD]57[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]39[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2013 Entry[/TD]
[TD]32[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Chris Bigras[/TD]
[TD]46[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2017 Entry[/TD]
[TD]32[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Conor Timmins[/TD]
[TD]41[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2018 Entry[/TD]
[TD]16[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Martin Kaut[/TD]
[TD]29[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2013 Entry[/TD]
[TD]93[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]Mason Geertsen[/TD]
[TD]25[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]77[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2015 Entry[/TD]
[TD]71[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Jean-Christophe Beaudin[/TD]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2020 Entry[/TD]
[TD]167[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]Nils Aman[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2013 Entry[/TD]
[TD]63[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Spencer Martin[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2018 Entry[/TD]
[TD]78[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Sampo Ranta[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2015 Entry[/TD]
[TD]101[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]Andrei Mironov[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2020 Entry[/TD]
[TD]25[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Justin Barron[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2018 Entry[/TD]
[TD]64[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Justus Annunen[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2016 Entry[/TD]
[TD]131[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]Adam Werner[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2014 Entry[/TD]
[TD]23[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Conner Bleackley[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2021 Entry[/TD]
[TD]28[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Oskar Olausson[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2016 Entry[/TD]
[TD]40[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Cameron Morrison[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2019 Entry[/TD]
[TD]47[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Drew Helleson[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2021 Entry[/TD]
[TD]61[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Sean Behrens[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2019 Entry[/TD]
[TD]63[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Matthew Stienburg[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2016 Entry[/TD]
[TD]71[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Josh Anderson[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2020 Entry[/TD]
[TD]75[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Jean-Luc Foudy[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2019 Entry[/TD]
[TD]78[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Alex Beaucage[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2014 Entry[/TD]
[TD]84[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Kyle Wood[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2021 Entry[/TD]
[TD]92[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Andrei Buyalsky[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2014 Entry[/TD]
[TD]93[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]Nick Magyar[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2017 Entry[/TD]
[TD]94[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]Nick Henry[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2018 Entry[/TD]
[TD]109[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]Tyler Weiss[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2014 Entry[/TD]
[TD]114[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]Alexis Pepin[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2017 Entry[/TD]
[TD]114[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]Petr Kvaca[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2020 Entry[/TD]
[TD]118[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]Colby Ambrosio[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2017 Entry[/TD]
[TD]125[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]Igor Shvyrev[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2020 Entry[/TD]
[TD]139[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]Ryder Rolston[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2018 Entry[/TD]
[TD]140[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]Brandon Saigeon[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2019 Entry[/TD]
[TD]140[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]Sasha Mutala[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2018 Entry[/TD]
[TD]146[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]Danil Zhuravlyov[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2013 Entry[/TD]
[TD]153[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]Ben Storm[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2017 Entry[/TD]
[TD]156[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]Denis Smirnov[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2015 Entry[/TD]
[TD]161[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]Sergei Boikov[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2016 Entry[/TD]
[TD]161[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]Nathan Clurman[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2018 Entry[/TD]
[TD]171[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]Nikolai Kovalenko[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2019 Entry[/TD]
[TD]171[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]Luka Burzan[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2014 Entry[/TD]
[TD]174[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]Maximilian Pajpach[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2013 Entry[/TD]
[TD]183[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]Wilhelm Westlund[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2017 Entry[/TD]
[TD]187[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]Nick Leivermann[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2015 Entry[/TD]
[TD]191[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]Gustav Olhaver[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2016 Entry[/TD]
[TD]191[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]Travis Barron[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2022 Entry[/TD]
[TD]193[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]Chris Romaine[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2018 Entry[/TD]
[TD]202[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]Shamil Shmakov[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2019 Entry[/TD]
[TD]202[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]Trent Miner[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2014 Entry[/TD]
[TD]204[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]Julien Nantel[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2021 Entry[/TD]
[TD]220[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]Taylor Makar[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2022 Entry[/TD]
[TD]225[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]Ivan Zhigalov[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]Year[/TD]
[TD]Pick[/TD]
[TD]Roundd[/TD]
[TD]Player[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
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[ULF_55]

Makes sense considering what's going on.

 

[TheTotalPackage]

Delay it forever,

 

[ULF_55]

I feel like letting Campbell go was take it or leave, happy to let him walk but status quo would have been an acceptable solution, but the real heat was the Murray trade since it was an even longer Hail Mary than Campbell was originally.

Longer pass, but less negative impact.

 

[deprw]

Like I said in summer Campbell was huge risk with that contract. It could have killed our cap and it seems like doing so for Oilers. Even if Murray fails here we got that pick and we can either LTIR him or buy him out. If we change guard after this season, there is enough room for at least some sort of retool, but add that 5 million anchor to our cap for 4 more years and you're really in big big trouble. Even Mrazek contract would sting.

We really missed a bullet here and I have nothing against Campbell. Seems to be great person, but I'm really glad he chose Edmonton.

 

[MCR74]

Like I said in summer Campbell was huge risk with that contract. It could have killed our cap and it seems like doing so for Oilers. Even if Murray fails here we got that pick and we can either LTIR him or buy him out. If we change guard after this season, there is enough room for at least some sort of retool, but add that 5 million anchor to our cap for 4 more years and you're really in big big trouble. Even Mrazek contract would sting.

We really missed a bullet here and I have nothing against Campbell. Seems to be great person, but I'm really glad he chose Edmonton.

So am I. Can you imagine if McDavid ever suffers a severe injury? The Oilers would be f*u*c*k*e*d. Their lack of depth is astounding.

 

[Nineteen67]

NAK about to get a suspension for a hit on Foote….

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

Will blunder by Toronto Maple Leafs deliver Jack Campbell to Edmonton Oilers?​

Will blunder by Toronto Maple Leafs deliver Jack Campbell to Edmonton Oilers?

This in from NHL insider Frank Seravalli of The Daily Faceoff on Unrestricted Free Agent goalie Jack Campbell, and how the Toronto Maple Leafs might have him slip t…

edmontonjournal.com

It’s amusing that almost every point in that article is a fail.

 

[justashadowof]

They permanently ruined the World Cup with fake national teams like Team North America and Team Europe. It broke the 4th wall.

 

[Apex Predator]

I don’t think the player will ever take the World Cup serious. This generation of players grew up watching the Olympics. They want to win the gold medals!

 

[Mickey Marner]

I don’t think the player will ever take the World Cup serious. This generation of players grew up watching the Olympics. They want to win the gold medals!

Fans didn't take it seriously either.

 

[Nineteen67]

AA Ron Ekblad is back already.

Fans didn't take it seriously either.

It was ESPN on which certainly didn’t help

 

[Mickey Marner]

AA Ron Ekblad is back already.


It was ESPN on which certainly didn’t help

 

[deprw]

NHL wants to include Russia and it's no go for Sweden, Finland, Czech and Switzerland. So no World Cup in near future. I understand it from business side, but would happily watch that tournament with top8 countries, since we lost the chance to see NHL players in Olympics.

 

[BallardEra]

Man. Props to Cernak and Sergachev for getting in the way of those bombs:

 

[3blizzard4]

Hyman playing really well for the Toronto Oilers today.