Around the League - 2023/24

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

My thoughts as well lol. He has such a "wtf" look on his face.

His look says he's struggling to stop himself from throwing hands.

Why take a pic of the guy?

 

[Mighty Makar]

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[dahrougem2]

Pauly Walnuts couldn't sucker one final GM for an overpriced contract eh.

 

[The Kingslayer]

17 yr career. Damn I remember when he was drafted and being hyped for his first game. That rookie season was memorable. Remember when he wore #62 until classy JML gave him his #26? Wolski - Statsny - Svatos. Fun times. I feel older now.

 

[sethro109]

17 yr career. Damn I remember when he was drafted and being hyped for his first game. That rookie season was memorable. Remember when he wore #62 until classy JML gave him his #26? Wolski - Statsny - Svatos. Fun times. I feel older now.

He also had that assist record.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

He also had that assist record.

NHL Rookie record 20 game point streak

 

[LazRNN]

He also scored 2 goals in the National Championship game to help DU win the title in 2005

 

[Avs_19]

Damn! That’s harsh.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Quinn Hughes might run away with the Norris this season. Brother Jack gets MVP, Quinn gets Norris and Luke gets ROY. If Makar gets Stanley Cup all is forgiven.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Another assist for Quinn Hughes

 

[Gigantor The Goalie]

Vancouver has a 1.074 PDO. That regression is going to hit so hard when it comes around. Teams don't keep anywhere close to that high of a PDO over the course of an 82-game season. Not even the 13/14 Avs had one that high, they were a 1.018 PDO team. Good luck Vancouver when your hot streak comes to an end.

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

This is Quinn Hughes league now.

 

[PAZ]

Ducks defense is going to be stacked again in another few years with Drysdale, Zellweger, Mintyukov, LaCombe, and Luneau.

I doubt all of them pan out, but that's loads of potential and I wouldn't be surprised if 4/5 of those names combine to make a very solid top 4. They also still have Helleson, Hinds and Vaakanainen who i'm not as sold on, but still decent prospects.

 

[UncleRisto]

This is Quinn Hughes league now.

The H in NHL stands for Hughes.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Ducks defense is going to be stacked again in another few years with Drysdale, Zellweger, Mintyukov, LaCombe, and Luneau.

I doubt all of them pan out, but that's loads of potential and I wouldn't be surprised if 4/5 of those names combine to make a very solid top 4. They also still have Helleson, Hinds and Vaakanainen who i'm not as sold on, but still decent prospects.

Bolded is the real gem of that group.

He looks unbelievably good for them this year and he's still only 19 years old. He's also a fantasy superstar already lmao. Averaging 1.5 Shots, 2.5 hits, and 1.5 blocks per game to go along with 6 points.

Dude has future #1 all situations guy written all over him IMO.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Ducks defense is going to be stacked again in another few years with Drysdale, Zellweger, Mintyukov, LaCombe, and Luneau.

I doubt all of them pan out, but that's loads of potential and I wouldn't be surprised if 4/5 of those names combine to make a very solid top 4. They also still have Helleson, Hinds and Vaakanainen who i'm not as sold on, but still decent prospects.

Mintyukov is the one. Hes been phenomenal for them and hes only 19.

 

[Alienblood]

Quinn Hughes might run away with the Norris this season. Brother Jack gets MVP, Quinn gets Norris and Luke gets ROY. If Makar gets Stanley Cup all is forgiven.

Makar will be sidelined recovering from hip surgery he should have had this summer

He could very likely never be the same except for the occasional good day

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Damn! That’s harsh.

He wasn't even good for Finnish League yet, but they had to put him in the NHL. Huge mistake.

They need to let him play and learn. Without massive pressure. They ***"" up huge, because now their hands are tied.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[Pokecheque]

Ah, Paulie. One of my favorites. Really loved watching him play. Epitome of scrappy. My favorite thing about Milan Hejduk was how he went from a speedy, open ice cycle game with Sakic and (slightly slower with) Forsberg to a dig-pucks-out, battle-in-the-slot type of game with Stastny and didn’t miss a beat.

Oh and f*** every one of y’all who called him “Casper.” He was never the problem and the contract he signed with Giguere was worth every penny, no matter how many times Dater bitched and moaned about it.

I found it interesting that he didn’t go for longer term on any of his deals post-Avs. He certainly got his $$$ but he was fine sacrificing a bit of that security to get it.

As for some of his political leanings and actions, for once I’ll just shut up and leave things be for now. I still admire the player, even though I admire the person a lot less these days.

Someone needs to post a still of that time EJ and Landy came up behind him during a postgame interview.

tl;dr: Thanks for the good times, Paulie, both at DU and Colorado. Just please, no more donations to stupid people.

 

[UncleRisto]

As for some of his political leanings and actions, for once I’ll just shut up and leave things be for now. I still admire the player, even though I admire the person a lot less these days.

You didn't. You brought it up out of nowhere.

I'm not looking to discuss this. In fact, I don't know or care about this, but I'll just point that out.

 

[Pokecheque]

I'm not looking to discuss this. In fact, I don't know or care about this, but I'll just point that out.

Fine by me.

 

[UncleRisto]

Fine by me.

Sure, it is by me, too.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Makes sense. Good for Caps too. They can strengthen their team.