Around the League 46: Sharks Finally Yank A Win Out Of Their Cloaca

[chaz4hockey]

I question their judgement given the title of this section of the article:

Elite pending free agent tier​

Morgan Frost, C, Philadelphia Flyers
Yanni Gourde, C, Seattle Kraken
Mikael Granlund, C, San Jose Sharks
Taylor Hall, W, Chicago Blackhawks
Kaapo Kakko, New York Rangers
Mason McTavish, C, Anaheim Ducks
K'Andre Miller, D, New York Rangers
Brock Nelson, F, New York Islanders
Gustav Nyquist, W, Nashville Predators
Kyle Palmieri, W, New York Islanders
Ivan Provorov, D, Columbus Blue Jackets
Frank Vatrano, W, Anaheim Ducks

Nelson and some of the others I figured but given his high draft pick status was surprised that McTavish would be available.

 

[Lempo]

I question their judgement given the title of this section of the article:

Elite pending free agent tier​

Morgan Frost, C, Philadelphia Flyers
Yanni Gourde, C, Seattle Kraken
Mikael Granlund, C, San Jose Sharks
Taylor Hall, W, Chicago Blackhawks
Kaapo Kakko, New York Rangers
Mason McTavish, C, Anaheim Ducks
K'Andre Miller, D, New York Rangers
Brock Nelson, F, New York Islanders
Gustav Nyquist, W, Nashville Predators
Kyle Palmieri, W, New York Islanders
Ivan Provorov, D, Columbus Blue Jackets
Frank Vatrano, W, Anaheim Ducks

Now where is it said that 'elite' actually has to be any good? I mean Bertie Wooster is in the upper echelons of the society with his own valet and all, and he's still pretty useless.

 

[cptjeff]

He's already in his 30s, but for the right term I'd absolutely love to have Yanni Gourde on this team.

 

[chaz4hockey]

He's already in his 30s, but for the right term I'd absolutely love to have Yanni Gourde on this team.

Do you think Francis would trade with the Canes?

 

[A Star is Burns]

Do you think Francis would trade with the Canes?

I always think it's dumb to do pretty much anything that limits your potential pool of trade partners, but there is certainly a history of it across sports for dumb reasons.

 

[chaz4hockey]

 

[cptjeff]

Do you think Francis would trade with the Canes?

I don't know. Holding grudges as a GM is stupid, but Francis seems like the type of GM who would.

Regardless, I'm thinking more about free agency, though a sign and trade would work just fine for me. 3-4 year deal, taking him to 35 or 36, and he's a much better 2C option than any of our other options. Decent scoring and a lot of presence all over the ice. I still remember that Tampa 3rd line with their cup teams- his line was really central to the identity of those teams.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Goal of the year?

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Goal of the year?

I can't imagine a goalie trying go process that play in front of him and thinking about how to play it.

 

[sabremike]

 

[Blueline Bomber]

I can't imagine a goalie trying go process that play in front of him and thinking about how to play it.

I don’t think it was intentional, but the initial “fake shot” Kadri does as he’s completing the spin-o-rama seems to have frozen Vasi for just long enough for the second shot to get by.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Unmasked: Examining drop in NHL save percentage | NHL.com

Vasilevskiy says lack of wasted shots big reason overall number has gone down

www.nhl.com

Vasi talks about why goalies are seemingly struggling this year as the league-wide SV% has dropped

 

[hblueridgegal]

Lighten Up, Francis

 

[MinJaBen]

Lighten Up, Francis

Adams. Francis is somewhere else.

 

[Joe McGrath]

How is it that Laviolette’s teams all peak in his first 2 seasons and turn into a conplete dumpster fire almost immediately.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

How is it that Laviolette’s teams all peak in his first 2 seasons and turn into a conplete dumpster fire almost immediately.

Consistency is the key.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

He's been squabbling online with JFresh and Dom re: the value of advanced stats

I went out and read all that. Sounds like just a bunch of good natured ribbing and DeAngelo doesn't seem to take himself too seriously.

Separately, he also responded to someone who was worried about Rod losing the room.

 

[sabremike]

 

[HisIceness]

I honestly don't know what one would do with the Sabres. It'd be one thing if the playoff drought wasn't so long but it is.

Who do you trade? For what?

 

[hblueridgegal]

Who will be on the auction block?

 

[tarheelhockey]

I honestly don't know what one would do with the Sabres.

Conventional wisdom is to win games against them.

The key to this strategy is to be part of an organization which is not the Buffalo Sabres.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Who will be on the auction block?

I don't know that they make any more roster moves -- believe that is referring to coaching staff/front office

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Conventional wisdom is to win games against them.

The key to this strategy is to be part of an organization which is not the Buffalo Sabres.

What's weird is Buffalo had all the pieces needed to be successful. They had a 1C (Eichel), a 2C (ROR), a 50-goal scorer (Reinhart), a 1D (Dahlin) and a true #1 goalie (Ullmark)

Yet they were unable to keep most of them

 

[hblueridgegal]

I went out and read all that. Sounds like just a bunch of good natured ribbing and DeAngelo doesn't seem to take himself too seriously.

Separately, he also responded to someone who was worried about Rod losing the room.

Here's the latest:

 

[chaz4hockey]

Here's the latest:

Apparently, TDA still has a cancel culture aura attached to him.