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Whatever happened to Mads Soogard ?
He was a good prospect . I have no clue where he is playing now .
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He was a good prospect . I have no clue where he is playing now .
The blue line is also when he lost Tavares taking the tough matchups. Probably a factor of all 3. He over performed his rookie year, he benefitted greatly from having Tavares protect him in the lineup, he benefited from Doug Weight’s system (even if it nearly killed the franchise overall), Trotz has held him back a bit. That said typically coaches like Trotz hold back production from defensemen not forwards as much.
He is probably close to the player he has been the last several years. He is still their best player (by far) but though and they had no choice but to pay that tax to lock him up.
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I would think the turnaround time would be the main thing. Most of the custom pads come from Brian's and they don't have as many NHL (or pro/NCAA) goalies compared to Bauer/Vaughn/True. Bauer has been doing some custom graphics since they've switched from a stitched graphic to a print one. Aaron Dell (Brian's guy) had some cool ones over the past couple of years:
Unfortunately goalies have almost become billboards for beer leaguers like me, so there might be mild pressure from the manufacturers that they stick the the predefined template. Craig Anderson recently joked with reporters that he let his son "design" his pads with Bauer's website.
Customize Your Hockey Gear | BAUER
Personalize your hockey experience with MyBauer. Customize sticks, skates, and more to match your style and performance needs with Bauer Hockey.www.bauer.com
Craig Anderson’s 11 year old son’s sense of design sucks and I will take it up with him.
Ok, I actually haven’t seen the pads.
First of all, what is up with the music playing with this clip. Not even sure what it’s trying to evoke.
Secondly, I’m assuming the ads aren’t actually going to be flipping every five seconds. They already have the dumb virtual ads over the goals that change, this is just the same thing on the board ads. This is just sample showing they can change.
I guess this means ads on the actual boards will only be seen by the people at the game so they will be very affordable for local businesses. Or won’t sell.
My guess is be like the LED ads you see on the side of the field on soccer broadcasts, they will change every few minutes (I think some of those are virtual as well). I’m meh on it, it is just taking up existing ad space.
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I'm not really familiar with him, although I have him in my database for last year, which means I have him down for goals stoppable (only 1), so he must have gotten some time.
They're probably trying to give him more time in the AHL, as he's not quite 22 and this will only be his third year of pro. And his first year of pro they only have him down for 7 AHL games and that was it. Apparently that was all he played in 20-21 and the only league he got any time in.
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“The system holds back this players offense” always brings back memories of Ranger fans thinking Gomez would score 100+ points for them.
The top guys get their points; most systems aren’t choking 10-20 points off their top offensive players.
I wonder how close the career of Gomez and Barzal look at this point. Their playing cards look pretty similar.
The top guys get their points; most systems aren’t choking 10-20 points off their top offensive players.
I wonder how close the career of Gomez and Barzal look at this point. Their playing cards look pretty similar.
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I'm a bit surprised Barzal went for that much term. 3 - 4 year deal would have gotten him another big paycheck. Not sure he gets that entering his age 34 contract.
He'll be the starter for Ottawa's AHL club. He's only got 42 AHL games under his belt, so they probably didn't want to throw him into the fire yet. Especially with them wanting to make a playoff push.
There might be additional pressure as they've been trying to figure out a new arena for years. Not sure if they're looking for public funds to help with the eventual construction. So there might be extra pressure to put a winning product on the ice.
Unrelated but I was just thinking about when the Chargers started Drew Brees in a meaningless Week 17 game in 2005. Brees suffered a nasty shoulder injury and the team opted not to re-sign him. They went 14-2 the next season with a young Philip Rivers but lost in the playoffs.
Years later, some of the vets lamented that the offense wasn't at its full potential since Rivers was basically a red shirt rookie. Maybe in a different world, Brees stays in San Diego and gets them further into the playoffs. Then the locals would have been more amenable to funding a new stadium. Rivers had a great career but the 2006 squad was probably the Chargers' best chance. [/coolstorybro]
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Barzal might have signed a cheaper long term deal in Jan 2021 when he signed his 3 year/7m bridge deal. Both sides wanted a longer deal but 7m was all the cap space Lou could muster and he dumped Toews to get that.
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This does guarantee the Islanders will have at least one player in their 20's for the next 5 seasons.
Some people probably had a faulty premise when Scott Niedermayer got 60+ points with Anaheim coming out of the lockout while ignoring the sheer amount of PPs in those years.
I think the unseasoned chicken wing deduction was that Niedermayer was a 40 point D because he was being held back. Rather than that he was relegated to PP2 for a few years and the Devils were typically at the bottom of the league in PP chances.
1998-99: 46 points (24 ES, 21 PP, 1 SH)
--------- Rafalski arrives
1999-00: 38 points (29 ES, 9 PP)
2000-01: 35 points (24 ES, 11 PP) -- missed 20+ games due to holdout
2001-02: 33 points (23 ES, 10 PP)
2002-03: 39 points (29 ES, 10 PP) -- Nieds back on PP1 but #30 ranked PP unit
2003-04: 54 points (26 ES, 25 PP, 3 SH)
---------- PPs for everybody
2005-06: 63 points (25 ES, 36 PP, 2 SH)
2006-07: 69 points (35 ES, 34 PP)
By the time Gomez left in 2007, the refs would begin to put away the whistles.
Kudos to Glass, hope he can stick. Paul Castron almost went out of his way to mention Glass after we won the lottery in 2017. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but I kinda read that as Glass would have been the pick had we stayed at #5. Or at the very least, our scouts spent a lot of time following him around.
Heard this piece on NHL Network radio and was hoping there'd be video of it as well.
Thanks for posting it!
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Thompson blew by a defender with ease starting at his own blue line for a nice goal.
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When the time comes, I will miss the flat cap. It made Hockey more entertaining. Most GM’s have become riverboat gamblers. Let’s take a peak at some examples:
The Avs let go of a Vezina Trophy finalist in Grubaur, got Kuemper who won the Cup, and then they let him walk, to take a chance on a career backup.
Kuemper went to the caps who gave up the two goalies that got them to the playoffs.
The Maple Leaves cleaned house to get the best goalies on the market,failed and had to trade for
Murray to save face.
Vegas had a top 5 goalie in MAF, but traded for a different goalie only to alienated their HOF goalie. Traded him to the Blackhawks who instead of rebuilding went all-in and lost everything.
The Wild liked Vegas’ formula so much they thought they would try it out. They acquired MAF, much to the dismay of Talbot. Talbot got the boot and was traded to the Sens, who traded Murray to the Leaves.
Wild.
The Avs let go of a Vezina Trophy finalist in Grubaur, got Kuemper who won the Cup, and then they let him walk, to take a chance on a career backup.
Kuemper went to the caps who gave up the two goalies that got them to the playoffs.
The Maple Leaves cleaned house to get the best goalies on the market,failed and had to trade for
Murray to save face.
Vegas had a top 5 goalie in MAF, but traded for a different goalie only to alienated their HOF goalie. Traded him to the Blackhawks who instead of rebuilding went all-in and lost everything.
The Wild liked Vegas’ formula so much they thought they would try it out. They acquired MAF, much to the dismay of Talbot. Talbot got the boot and was traded to the Sens, who traded Murray to the Leaves.
Wild.
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I’m thinking Dak Prescott is coming back and the Cowboys are just forcing the other Dallas franchises to acknowledge the greatness of Jerry Jones.
Can't believe we let a top line talent in Vesey walk away for nothing to our biggest rivals.
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Eggtimer
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That’s got to be pretty close to their regular lineup ? Who is missing of their big boys ?
Fox and ??
At least on forward, according to the CapFriendly roster: Reaves, Gauthier, Hunt & Carpenter.
Fox & Lindgren on D
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