Around the League - 2023/24

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[henchman21]

The Jets are looking very sharp.

 

[henchman21]

Also if Boeser finally clicks… there’s a 45 goal guy for Vancouver.

 

[Balthazar]

Also if Boeser finally clicks… there’s a 45 goal guy for Vancouver.

Only 41 to go

 

[henchman21]

Only 41 to go

He’s prone to droughts and injuries… but he’d be one of the least surprising breakouts to that level. Had the shot, goes to dirty areas, will play with a center who could put up 100 points (either Miller or Petey).

 

[dahrougem2]

Lol the Oilers getting their shit pushed in. Tomorrow will be wonderful at work.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Please delete. Posted in wrong chat.

 

[JWK]

*Looks at the scoreboard from tonight*

Well, I'll see you guys in the morning, I'll be staying at Edmonton HFBoards for the night

 

[Cypher]

Things you love to see from the "Cup Favourites"

 

[S E P H]

Bedard is so easy to route for compared to others like Crosby, McDavid, and Matthews who are just turnoffs to me.

Also, EP40 was lit tonight, that pass on Garland's first goal was Sedin-esque. He's on a mission...a mission to max out his contract and get the h out of Vancouver lol.

 

[Sea Eagles]

2nd overall with a bullet !!

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[S E P H]

Okay. Goalies really are just worse nowadays.

I mentioned this on the main board but a lot of 14 YOs drew it up because of powerplays or witchcraft. I don't argue against the PP theory, but just look at the generation of goalers in 2013 compared to now. It is crazy the set of goalers that were in their prime around that year; Miller, Rask, Lundqvist, Bishop, Quick, Luongo, Rinne, and Crawford. Nowadays there are still top calibre, but very few and far between with Igor, Sorokin, Hellebuyck, Vasilevskiy, Saros, and Oettinger. Who's after that? Binnington (lol)? Georgiev? Ullmark? Bobrovsky? People had Frederik Andersen as a top 15 goaler for fantasy last year...

 

[S E P H]

I think goaltending has gone downhill some, but more of it is that talent has just jumped massive and players can pinpoint the exact spots to sneak pucks through… and systems are designed to hit in the common rebounds. The pendulum will swing back to defense at somepoint, but we probably have a good 5-7 years of high scoring hockey.

Not if more expansion is coming which will decrease the teams' ability to hog players. That should decrease defence as expansion favours offence more and gives other players who just need a chance in the numbers game like McCann. I suggest there are at least 4-5 more "McCann's" lurking in the league that are currently behind more talented and noticeable players higher on the depth chart.

 

[missionAvs]

Man oh man the Oilers lol. What a season opener.

 

[Alienblood]

I was going to post about this at some point, but the NHL app update is straight garbage. So hard to find player stats. The old one was perfectly fine.

the score app

Bedard might be hurt

get used to.it he's a runt

 

[Alienblood]

Nucks looking damn good against Edmonton.

playoff bound this year,

 

[Ceremony]

2024 Stanley Cup Champions the Edmonton Oilers off to a good start I see.

 

[Azrael89]

2024 Stanley Cup Champions the Edmonton Oilers off to a good start I see.

Did you see McDavid crying because the Canucks switched goalies, and threw out their first PP unit with an 8-1 lead? Pure gold.

 

[LOFIN]

Yeah for real. I wasn't following the the NHL media as closely when McDavid came in but feels like Bedard is getting more hype and attention than he did.

I wouldn't mind if he had a rough start to his career if only for the hype to calm down a bit.

Just quoting myself here, because:

 

[Azrael89]

Just quoting myself here, because:

That graphic is just absurd. Lol

 

[Pokecheque]

get used to.it he's a runt

Yeah yeah they said the same thing about Crosby and Kane and Pettersson and a whole host of players who have somehow overcome their diminutive frames to make it to the NHL.

 

[SirLoinOfCloth]

Just quoting myself here, because:

Good lord. Thats embarrassing.

 

[Pokecheque]

When he's static, I would agree... while moving, he's a really poor passer IMO.

While you, me, and Jeff Marek appear very fascinated by the Laine-at-Center experiment, I very much doubt it’s going to work. In order for that to succeed, Laine would need a Landeskog-type winger to do all the work that he simply isn’t interested in doing. Not just Landeskog, more like Landeskog combined with Bergeron. And Lumbus doesn’t have that player. No one does.

I think Laine is one of those guys who’s just gonna drift from team to team, occasionally putting up highlight-reel scores, but essentially he’s Alexei Kovalev (whom I think was also tried at center once).

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Don't look. Newhook is an elite player.