Around the League - 2024-2025 Part II

[ULF_55]

Boy, that Tage Thompson is one hell of a player. Buffalo handling Boston tonight.

And JJ Paterka with his first Trick.

Bruins Swiss cheese goaltender.

 

[ULF_55]

It's nice to see a bit of honesty. There isn't much of that in the world anymore. I think Vancouver should trade both of them, but I would prioritize trading EP. Yes, he is younger and flashier, but from the outside he looks more like a passenger than a leader. Meanwhile, Vancouver has maybe the best defenseman in the entire league, and they are wasting him on this silly personality conflict.

"So yeah, if a centre goes out of here we have to get some kind of centre back but it’s not going to be the same as the centre going out. It might not even be a No. 2 centre, but you’d have to do the best with what we have until we figure out how to fill that spot back in. And then, of course, you have to get extra things (in any trade) that you can either use in the future to flip for NHL players now or for other positions or things like that.”

marner and Domi/Kampf/Minten/ghost of Tavares

 

[PROUD PAPA]

Stars/Knights coming up. Should be a good one.

 

[HolyCrap]

Stars/Knights coming up. Should be a good one.

How dare you interest me in staying up way past my bedtime to watch that game. I shall blame this on you.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

What on earth was Trocheck doing?

 

[PROUD PAPA]

Stars needed that one.

 

[fahad203]

Boston's story is a lesson for the Leafs. At some point, it all falls apart in a single season. One year you are setting records for the best regular season ever, and a couple of years later you are outside of a playoff spot. This is why the Leafs need to do whatever is necessary to win this season, even if it means giving up more prospects and picks. You don't know when the bottom will fall out, but you know that at some point it will. Take advantage while you can.

Reality is Marchand is just old. He can't carry the team anymore and their pipeline has been utter trash. They have not drafted well

They got a lot of mile out of that guy. Pasta can't do it alone either.

Lindholm is going to get bought out in 2 years. A series of mishaps. Every team goes through it. But their run has been remarkable

 

[PROUD PAPA]

Beautiful pass by Hintz on the O.T winner.

 

[ULF_55]

Reality is Marchand is just old. He can't carry the team anymore and their pipeline has been utter trash. They have not drafted well

They got a lot of mile out of that guy. Pasta can't do it alone either.

Lindholm is going to get bought out in 2 years. A series of mishaps. Every team goes through it. But their run has been remarkable

Pastrnak and a bunch of other guys:

Think they'd do Coyle for Domi and Robertson?

 

[Nineteen67]

The East got punked last night.

 

[ToneDog]

The East got punked last night.

The West probably wins the Cup this year. The East has the Caps, Canes, a few pretenders and a bunch bubble teams in the hunt for a playoff spot IMO. The Leafs' goal differential sticks out like a sore thumb. The team with 4 super elite forwards is a +10.

 

[Nineteen67]

The West probably wins the Cup this year. The East has the Caps, Canes, a bunch of pretenders and a few bubble teams in the hunt for a playoff spot IMO.

I would include the Caps and Canes in the pretender category, but someone will win the east and it feels like it’ll be one of those bubble teams that gets hot at the right time.

 

[TheTotalPackage]

I would include the Caps and Canes in the pretender category, but someone will win the east and it feels like it’ll be one of those bubble teams that gets hot at the right time.

Amazing start this season that they somehow have maintained the pace of up to this point of the season, much to my surprise, but the Caps have all the makings of a team that could get bounced in the 1st round.

The Canes I can see being a team that gains momentum and is a tough out.

 

[Evilhomer]

Amazing start this season that they somehow have maintained the pace of up to this point of the season, much to my surprise, but the Caps have all the makings of a team that could get bounced in the 1st round.

The Canes I can see being a team that gains momentum and is a tough out.

I agree that Washington is ripe for a first round loss. Carolina is guaranteed not winning anything with their goaltending. The Cup finalist will come out of the Atlantic.

 

[Nineteen67]

Amazing start this season that they somehow have maintained the pace of up to this point of the season, much to my surprise, but the Caps have all the makings of a team that could get bounced in the 1st round.

The Canes I can see being a team that gains momentum and is a tough out.

Canes goaltending is always a question mark as is Aho. Although he’s a better than Marner, he also tends to get pushed out of the playoffs.
Having said that, Florida doesn’t come around they could very well be the winners.

 

[Warden of the North]

Sens fans should be letting their owner hear it loud and clear over his comments about playing games in QC.

That's complete and total bullshit

 

[ACC1224]

Sens fans should be letting their owner hear it loud and clear over his comments about playing games in QC.

That's complete and total bullshit

What did he say?

 

[Warden of the North]

What did he say?

He wants to play games in Quebec. A franchise that unstable should not be playing home games in other Canadian cities. That's one foot out the door too many for me.

 

[ACC1224]

He wants to play games in Quebec. A franchise that unstable should not be playing home games in other Canadian cities. That's one foot out the door too many for me.

Yeah, seems a little short sighted

 

[PROUD PAPA]

Anyone else see Andersson trolling Wilson last night?
Looked good on that meathead.

 

[thewave]

He wants to play games in Quebec. A franchise that unstable should not be playing home games in other Canadian cities. That's one foot out the door too many for me.

What is the point of this and they want a new publicly funded rink. I mean Ottawa needs to check themselves. What a tire fire organization.

Put a good product on the ice. The rest is just incompetence.

 

[Sypher04]

“If we can play in Sweden, we can play in Quebec”

If he wants to play regular season games in Quebec he will need to make a really compelling business case as to why that’s beneficial to both the Senators and the league.

The games in Europe are about growing the league overseas: totally different.

 

[ToneDog]

I agree that Washington is ripe for a first round loss. Carolina is guaranteed not winning anything with their goaltending. The Cup finalist will come out of the Atlantic.

To early to predict who comes out of the East. Until they prove it, you are dreaming if you think the 3 amigos can grind out 3 playoff series in one year.

 

[Sypher04]

What is the point of this and they want a new publicly funded rink. I mean Ottawa needs to check themselves. What a tire fire organization.

Put a good product on the ice. The rest is just incompetence.

Yeah saying this when you’re trying to get a new arena built seems pretty stupid

 

[MSZ]

They're assuming that east of Montreal is anti-Habs so they want those people to cheer for the Sens.

I believe most of those fans have became Habs or Bruins fans. I doubt this plan works from a business point of view.