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

[Lempo]

Reported in Finland: Puljujärvi sold to Detroit

edit: lol, the article got pulled back. Apparently no trade after all.

 

[Unhinged Finn]

Reported in Finland: Puljujärvi sold to Detroit

edit: lol, the article got pulled back. Apparently no trade after all.

So a premature publication. Glad it was pulled out...back. Pulled Back.

 

[A Star is Burns]

Respect to the Jackets tank game. Looks like they let the Devils win with a couple seconds left or so in regulation.

 

[A Star is Burns]

Holy cow, the Isles just had a 4 on 3 PP in OT that was actually worse than any Canes 4 on 3 I've ever seen. Nothing but shots wide other than one weak shot into the pad and couldn't score against something called Mandolese playing in net. Hamonic played the final 3:15 of OT and Stutzle close to the same. Going to a shootout.

Isles lost in the shootout. Looks like they're still kinda meh even after the big trade. Shocking.

 

[Canes]

lol Bo Scorvat? More like Bo Horribvlat. He played over 27 minutes (8 on the powerplay!) and not a single point. A grand total of 2 shots.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

PP game changer, Horvat is not. He is money in the bumper position right now, but that doesn’t mean much if your half walls are weak.

 

[ndp]

Watching TB vs COL. The amount of sheer talent on these two teams is astonishing.

I know McDavid’s offensive numbers are totally out of this world but if I could pick any player to build a team around it would be pretty damn hard not to start with Nathan MacKinnon.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Watching TB vs COL. The amount of sheer talent on these two teams is astonishing.

I know McDavid’s offensive numbers are totally out of this world but if I could pick any player to build a team around it would be pretty damn hard not to start with Nathan MacKinnon.

Game has gotten really sloppy defensively and 3 goals scored in short order. A muffing shot from Cirelli and 2 4th liners score. Fun game.

that play in the 1st when Mackinnon scored...he just danced through a couple guys before losing the puck. impressive and it ended up back on his stick for a tap-in.

 

[LostInaLostWorld]

Broons over stars in ot.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

This is great. Both Avs and TBL in the 3rd have said "f*** defense", we're making this a track meet. Goalies, you're on your own. 80 shots now going to OT.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

This is great. Both Avs and TBL in the 3rd have said "f*** defense", we're making this a track meet. Goalies, you're on your own. 80 shots now going to OT.

And OT was a complete dud. What a let down.

 

[Discipline Daddy]

I'm going to get slammed for this.

The Canes aren't a perfect team by any stretch. We struggle to finish and have a pretty lame powerplay for where we are in the standings. We don't have an elite goalie.

At the same time, we generally win games by shutting out the opposition and limiting high danger shots. From the admittedly little I watch and read around the league, I think our scheme and roster is top to bottom perhaps the strongest in the league. We almost never win games with a goalie bailing out the D. We play suffocating, tight defensive hockey with minimal gaps and with the best forechecking in the NHL.

It's the dog days of the season so I don't expect the boys to be as good as we were, for instance, against Boston on their back-to-back, every game. But we're undeniably in a good spot.

I can't take the bias out of me, but I dare take our roster over just about any other in the league for this playoffs. (That said, the East is so good I'd say that even the best team has a roughly 1/4 chance at making it through).

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

I'm going to get slammed for this.

The Canes aren't a perfect team by any stretch. We struggle to finish and have a pretty lame powerplay for where we are in the standings. We don't have an elite goalie.

At the same time, we generally win games by shutting out the opposition and limiting high danger shots. From the admittedly little I watch and read around the league, I think our scheme and roster is top to bottom perhaps the strongest in the league. We almost never win games with a goalie bailing out the D. We play suffocating, tight defensive hockey with minimal gaps and with the best forechecking in the NHL.

It's the dog days of the season so I don't expect the boys to be as good as we were, for instance, against Boston on their back-to-back, every game. But we're undeniably in a good spot.

I can't take the bias out of me, but I dare take our roster over just about any other in the league for this playoffs. (That said, the East is so good I'd say that even the best team has a roughly 1/4 chance at making it through).

everyone struggles to beat a goalie bailing out their defense. That is why finding that top 5 goalie is so important to win. Or get lucky and have a goalie play like one in the playoffs.

 

[Derailed75]

I'm going to get slammed for this.

The Canes aren't a perfect team by any stretch. We struggle to finish and have a pretty lame powerplay for where we are in the standings. We don't have an elite goalie.

At the same time, we generally win games by shutting out the opposition and limiting high danger shots. From the admittedly little I watch and read around the league, I think our scheme and roster is top to bottom perhaps the strongest in the league. We almost never win games with a goalie bailing out the D. We play suffocating, tight defensive hockey with minimal gaps and with the best forechecking in the NHL.

It's the dog days of the season so I don't expect the boys to be as good as we were, for instance, against Boston on their back-to-back, every game. But we're undeniably in a good spot.

I can't take the bias out of me, but I dare take our roster over just about any other in the league for this playoffs. (That said, the East is so good I'd say that even the best team has a roughly 1/4 chance at making it through).

I agree, when we play a pretty bad game against a playoff team on the road and get a regulation win, thats pretty impressive.

 

[bleedgreen]

lol Bo Scorvat? More like Bo Horribvlat. He played over 27 minutes (8 on the powerplay!) and not a single point. A grand total of 2 shots.

He does have three goals and four pts in five games.

 

[MinJaBen]

He does have three goals and four pts in five games.

Scrub.

 

[Lempo]

Ovechkin tells on instagram that his father died today.

 

[chaz4hockey]

Diamond sports/Bally missed their $140m payment today. They have 30 days to address but I suspect Banx is inevitable:

Missing A Debt Payment, Diamond Sports Is On The Verge Of Bankruptcy; Upending Local Sports Revenue Model

With Sinclair's Bally Sports filing for Chapter 11, will alter the local sports business model that had been in place for decades.

www.forbes.com

 

[Chrispy]

Diamond sports/Bally missed their $140m payment today. They have 30 days to address but I suspect Banx is inevitable:

Missing A Debt Payment, Diamond Sports Is On The Verge Of Bankruptcy; Upending Local Sports Revenue Model

With Sinclair's Bally Sports filing for Chapter 11, will alter the local sports business model that had been in place for decades.

www.forbes.com

It sounds like this is going to be tied up in bankruptcy for a while. And as long as Bally's keeps broadcasting the games, they can likely hold on the rights payments until the bankruptcy restructuring is completed.

What does this mean for the NHL (and MLB)?

On the plus side, the Business of Hockey forum has a popular topic that isn't about the Coyotes!

 

[hblueridgegal]

I thought Gary waved it off just last week in his presser?

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Watching Leafs vs. Hawks. Man, I know he hasn't been great but I feel bad for Mrazek. Just no defense in front of him.

 

[Canes]

Watching Leafs vs. Hawks. Man, I know he hasn't been great but I feel bad for Mrazek. Just no defense in front of him.

He got saved by a close offside for one goal then Matthews just scored on another close but good goal. Kane stopped playing defense too so yeah, while Mrazek's not good anymore the team in front of him as just as bad.

 

[Canes]

I thought Gary waved it off just last week in his presser?

Bally's just threw a wrench into multiple leagues' financials. Practically every sport league other than the NFL had teams with some sort of contract with them. Get ready for multiple owners of teams contracted with them to cry poor.

 

[SoupNazi]

Bally's just threw a wrench into multiple leagues' financials. Practically every sport league other than the NFL had teams with some sort of contract with them. Get ready for multiple owners of teams contracted with them to cry poor.

As a Cleveland Guardians fan, I can already hear it from Dolan.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Bally's just threw a wrench into multiple leagues' financials. Practically every sport league other than the NFL had teams with some sort of contract with them. Get ready for multiple owners of teams contracted with them to cry poor.

The usual dumpster fire teams? Absolutely.