Around the League - 2023/24

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[Foppa2118]

Strange how alot of the top teams struggled in their first games. A few of the good teams won but it wasnt easy like Boston and Toronto eeking out wins. LA and Oilers losing to inferior teams wasnt something the pundits saw coming.

 

[UncleRisto]

I like how now that I don't have a fantasy team this season, I don't give a flying f*** who scores and stuff. Tranquility.

 

[Azrael89]

Jack Hughes with two highlight reel goals in the second.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Tage Thompson doing the shit that made me drop him for Vilardi last season.

Jack Hughes with two highlight reel goals in the second.

Almost 3

 

[Alienblood]

Levi is AHL material at best.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Buffalo has the ingredients but no chef.

 

[Balthazar]

Ottawa traded that goalie and he was the same age as their core. I defended Dorion in the past but will not do it for this one. His worst trade as a GM (I'm including Duchene).

 

[S E P H]

I watched a lot of that CBJ game. Laine actually looked great as centre, he's able to have the puck more and slow the game down to his level (which was much needed).

Provorov though, holy smokes that was a Tyler Myers-level bad performance. No wonder the Flyers traded him, an absolute train wreck defensively.

I am not sure I like this CBJ coach though, no Fantilli on the top PP unit, no Fantilli in the final minute when his club was down a goal, scratched Kent Johnson, played Jenner 21 minutes, and below-average powerplay formation. Your team finishes bottom of the league, you can't afford to play someone as good as Fantilli only 13 minutes a game.

 

[Balthazar]

One day I'll learn that I should never have faith in Ottawa, Buffalo or CBJ..

 

[S E P H]

Blues/Stars has been a great game.

Rags to Sabres to the cleaners, experience versus a very green team that made a lot of mistakes. Cozens is a player though.

Buffalo has the ingredients but no chef.

Power is going to be Ekblad 2.0 IMHO, he looks so meh out there. Serviceable NHL defenseman for sure, but won't be going 1st overall in redraft lists akin to Erik Johnson.

One day I'll learn that I should never have faith in Ottawa, Buffalo or CBJ..

Ottawa losing to Carolina is not shambolic by any means, they carried play for most of the game before the Canes finally woke up. The Gustavsson trade is bad, but it won't be the last one where a team gives up on their goaler way too early (I think it happens to every team once in their franchise). The king of that is still the Rask for Raycroft and I don't think that will ever be topped.

 

[Alienblood]

Buffalo has the ingredients but no chef.

no goalie

Blues/Stars has been a great game.

Rags to Sabres to the cleaners, experience versus a very green team that made a lot of mistakes. Cozens is a player though.

Power is going to be Ekblad 2.0 IMHO, he looks so meh out there. Serviceable NHL defenseman for sure, but won't be going 1st overall in redraft lists akin to Erik Johnson.


Ottawa losing to Carolina is not shambolic by any means, they carried play for most of the game before the Canes finally woke up. The Gustavsson trade is bad, but it won't be the last one where a team gives up on their goaler way too early (I think it happens to every team once in their franchise). The king of that is still the Rask for Raycroft and I don't think that will ever be topped.

yeah I agree Power isn't anything special and that contract is terrible

 

[Gruyeriev]

One day I'll learn that I should never have faith in Ottawa, Buffalo or CBJ..

Ottawa in particular. Norris will always be injured. That’s just the way it is.

I watched a lot of that CBJ game. Laine actually looked great as centre, he's able to have the puck more and slow the game down to his level (which was much needed).

Provorov though, holy smokes that was a Tyler Myers-level bad performance. No wonder the Flyers traded him, an absolute train wreck defensively.

I am not sure I like this CBJ coach though, no Fantilli on the top PP unit, no Fantilli in the final minute when his club was down a goal, scratched Kent Johnson, played Jenner 21 minutes, and below-average powerplay formation. Your team finishes bottom of the league, you can't afford to play someone as good as Fantilli only 13 minutes a game.

I would be shocked if Laine at 1C lasted very long.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Here we go again with Dallas and their 3 point games

 

[Avs44]

Here we go again with Dallas and their 3 point games

As is tradition. Nice to see they're getting it going early this year.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Robert Thomas wide open net with 2 seconds left....misses

 

[Markster]

Compher lead all Detroit forwards in ice time. Why didn't we think of that?

 

[The Kingslayer]

Binnington put on a clinic. Best goalie in the west

Dallas vs Blues game has been the best one since the season started

 

[The Kingslayer]

Gustavsson 41 save shutout? Best goalie in the West followed by Binnington and Oettinger.

 

[S E P H]

I worry about Kraken offence, they lost a lot of talent and not a lot of ability to replace it.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

The guy inherited the Ryan Murray curse.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

General question....

Does anyone know of a nightly recap show? One that goes over highlights from all of the day's games. I don't have the time to watch much more than the Avs games anymore and I feel like I'm missing out on a lot. Even if it's not a nightly show, if any of y'all have suggestions I'm all ears.

 

[The Kingslayer]

San Jose is brutal. Avs cant lose to them.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Mackinnon and Rantanen are going to feast if this version of the Sharks show up.

Zadina scores. Great to see. Hope he has a good season.

 

[Balthazar]

I'm looking at the Wings roster on Capfriendly and it's hard to believe how much of a shit job Yzerman has done over there. He's been there for many years now, that is his team, and it's the most uninspiring roster in the NHL IMO.

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