Around the League 36-But Who's Counting...

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I like the idea of like a tic-tac-toe board net...Canes basically get the middle as a free space!!

St Louis Shooting Stars was kinda fun and unique.

I did like Florida's surf-board shooting.

How about fastest skaters but they set up a "course", rather than circle lap?

Hardest hitter?

With a rule that your teammate has to be the one taking the hit.

 

[CanesFanBudMan]

While I understand the ECF expectation, losing a close series to this Boston team with the way they have dominated the league thusfar would not be a failure. Lousy timing for a very good to great Carolina team, but not a failure.

If the canes are indeed a contender losing in the playoffs is a failure.

 

[chaz4hockey]

I like the idea of like a tic-tac-toe board net...Canes basically get the middle as a free space!!

St Louis Shooting Stars was kinda fun and unique.

I did like Florida's surf-board shooting.

How about fastest skaters but they set up a "course", rather than circle lap?

Hardest hitter?

Hardest hitter?

Put Trouba in the middle of the ice and have selected players take runs at him. Similar to demolition derby whoever is still standing, wins.

 

[WreckingCrew]

Hardest hitter?

Put Trouba in the middle of the ice and have selected players take runs at him. Similar to demolition derby whoever is still standing, wins.

I was thinking having like an accelerometer in a dummy that they could body slam...but Trouba is close enough (so long as you tie his elbows down)

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Future Hurricane Timo Meier with 2 points thus far

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Future Hurricane Timo Meier with 2 points thus far

According to fans of about 8 teams, Timo Meier is a future player with their team.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

According to fans of about 8 teams, Timo Meier is a future player with their team.

There can only be one!

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

There can only be one!

Technically, if a team swings a "double retention" deal, like the Canes did with Domi, there would be two.

 

[surfzone365]

Watching Mrazek give up terrible soft goals tonight

 

[MinJaBen]

There can only be one!

Well, Erick Staal is on team four, so it’s possible.

 

[Borsig]

rules are made up to protect the big market teams on this board. no talking bad about Montreal, Toronto, NYR, etc.

Welcome to the new woke NHL.


What a bigoted homophobe you are. We should cancel you. Ban you, revoke your season tickets, and shame you publicly.

 

[Joe McGrath]

If the canes are indeed a contender losing in the playoffs is a failure.

IDK why this posted just a letter P initially, I wasn’t trying to post anything. Since it did, I’ll just say that I disagree with the above statement

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

IDK why this posted just a letter P initially, I wasn’t trying to post anything. Since it did, I’ll just say that I disagree with the above statement

P for Pansy?

 

[Joe McGrath]

P for Pansy?

I would NEVER

 

[A Star is Burns]

It's kinda nice that all the good Metro teams have won I think all their games since the break ended and I don't really give a f***.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Dallas is running circles around Minnesota right now.

Minnesota is tied for third in their division but also with WC1 an 2

 

[Blueline Bomber]

IDK why this posted just a letter P initially, I wasn’t trying to post anything. Since it did, I’ll just say that I disagree with the above statement

Yeah, I don't get the "ECF or Bust" or "Cup or Bust" mentality. It's the playoffs. Anything could happen. Moreover, only one team wins the Cup on any given year. Which is, what, a 3.1% chance, if everything is considered equal? And even if we take only the playoff teams, it's 6.2%

Saying that not hitting a 6.2% is a failure of a season seems a bit extreme.

Even if we don't consider things equal (which would be a mistake, given that we've seen 8th seed teams get to the Conference Finals and win the Cup), we're still probably looking at less than a 10% chance.

 

[Svechhammer]

Yeah, I don't get the "ECF or Bust" or "Cup or Bust" mentality. It's the playoffs. Anything could happen. Moreover, only one team wins the Cup on any given year. Which is, what, a 3.1% chance, if everything is considered equal? And even if we take only the playoff teams, it's 6.2%

Saying that not hitting a 6.2% is a failure of a season seems a bit extreme.

Even if we don't consider things equal (which would be a mistake, given that we've seen 8th seed teams get to the Conference Finals and win the Cup), we're still probably looking at less than a 10% chance.

I am not sure if you are referencing what I said last night, but I will reiterate what I said on the Roster Building thread. I don't think its an ECF or Bust year, but given the situation we have with $10m+ in cap space, a boatload of prospects, and sitting as the 2nd team in the standings, I do think its a failure if a big trade isn't made and we fail to advance to the ECF in the playoffs. This is the kind of year where you can push your chips into the center while not damaging the current core and if we don't leverage it to improve the team and still fail to advance far in the playoffs, I have a feeling we'll look back on this entire year as a missed opportunity.

If we do make the move, and its for someone with term that does move the needle in bringing in the kind of shooting threat we have been clamoring for, then it takes the pressure off a playoff run because we might have solved a long term problem which gives us a better chance in the future. But without the big move, we better win this year, or fans will get restless.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Just in the East alone, you’ve got Boston, Carolina, the Devils, the Rangers, and Tampa Bay as Cup contenders. Toronto could also be one, if you believe they could break their first round curse. In the West, it’s wide open, with only Dallas having a small lead over 5 other teams.

So we’re looking at 6-12 teams that could be considered Cup contenders, giving us somewhere between 8-16% chance of winning the Cup this year. Calling a season a failure off those numbers doesn’t make sense.

And that’s ignoring the possibility that Washington, Pittsburgh, the Islanders or Buffalo surprise in the playoffs, which is a very real possibility.

 

[Svechhammer]

Just in the East alone, you’ve got Boston, Carolina, the Devils, the Rangers, and Tampa Bay as Cup contenders. Toronto could also be one, if you believe they could break their first round curse. In the West, it’s wide open, with only Dallas having a small lead over 5 other teams.

So we’re looking at 6-12 teams that could be considered Cup contenders, giving us somewhere between 8-16% chance of winning the Cup this year. Calling a season a failure off those numbers doesn’t make sense.

And that’s ignoring the possibility that Washington, Pittsburgh, the Islanders or Buffalo surprise in the playoffs, which is a very real possibility.

And if they don't make moves to improve the current roster to give us the best chances of coming out of and rising above that glut, they'll feel the heat if they don't.

Just the nature of the game

 

[LostInaLostWorld]

Don't like the term failure. Disappointment, yes.

Too many things can go awry. Injuries, hot/cold goalies depending on who, a couple bad bounces, effing officiating and so on and so forth.

 

[A Star is Burns]

Seravalli reporting Rags get Tarasenko. Sucks as I like him.

 

[hblueridgegal]

Seravalli reporting Rags get Tarasenko. Sucks as I like him.

No big surprise, unfortunately. In one of Pagnotta's recent reports, he said the NY markets were the only spots he approved for a trade last summer.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Seravalli reporting Rags get Tarasenko. Sucks as I like him.

I have always liked him too and he was a beast last year but he's having the injury issues again and not playing particularly great this year. Not too worried about the Rags getting him, especially if they gave up one of their young kids who still have potential.

 

[raynman]