Around the league part 2

[GoldenBearHockey]

The point is that he was mishandled, a relationship was broken, and he was moved for pennies on the dollar to get a player with the intent of making the playoffs.


It's something Yannetti has mentioned in one of the interviews - he doesn't want to disclose anything proprietary but still ongoing, but is okay with talking about past regime/decisions where it's just not how they see themselves doing things.

How was he mishandled, when going back to JR was 100% the best play for him? Motives aside, that's not mishandling a player's development,

 

[johnjm22]

The point is that he was mishandled, a relationship was broken, and he was moved for pennies on the dollar to get a player with the intent of making the playoffs.

I don't think anyone would argue the trade was bad value. But I wouldn't say the Kings did a poor job developing him. I guess it depends on your definition of development though.

 

[tigermask48]

So the Kings admit they made a mistake and mishandled a prospect... But it was the best for him and it worked out in the end, so the Kings were actually right? Lol. That's just an absolutely crazy "the Kings are always right" spin. I'm done here. Lmao even.

 

[Steve Zissou]

Turns out he committed to Notre Dame but then later backed out to stay in Minnesota to play for the Gophers.

Seems destined he was to become a member of the the Wild and have his family so close.



Four years ago, Faber went to Michigan for hockey, and considered college in Indiana, but the pull of family brought him home to Minnesota. Two years ago he was drafted by a California hockey team, but ended up with a chance to play for the hometown Wild someday. It’s easy to see why the Fabers think that something more than luck might be at work.

“Something is pulling him back here, that’s for sure,” Karri said, with a smile. “His sister has some kind of power.”

 

[King'sPawn]

That would really suck if the team was penalized without warning.

 

[Bandit]

Turns out he committed to Notre Dame but then later backed out to stay in Minnesota to play for the Gophers.

Seems destined he was to become a member of the the Wild and have his family so close.



Four years ago, Faber went to Michigan for hockey, and considered college in Indiana, but the pull of family brought him home to Minnesota. Two years ago he was drafted by a California hockey team, but ended up with a chance to play for the hometown Wild someday. It’s easy to see why the Fabers think that something more than luck might be at work.

“Something is pulling him back here, that’s for sure,” Karri said, with a smile. “His sister has some kind of power.”

She’s a witch!!!!!

That would really suck if the team was penalized without warning.

So they gave out foam pucks and then are surprised that idiots threw them on the ice? Weird.

 

[shuchukfan]

Watching the Boston feed of the Boston/Detroit game. Jack Edwards aside, I love the video feed. Just a small score and shot counter in the upper left-hand corner. I swear the Bally's feed takes up 1/3 of the screen with all their graphics.

 

[kilowatt]

Former Penguin Adam Johnson passed away after taking a skate blade to the neck in a hockey game in Britain. Absolutely devastating. Neck and wrist guards should be mandatory. Tragic loss of life.

 

[ru4reals]

Former Penguin Adam Johnson passed away after taking a skate blade to the neck in a hockey game in Britain. Absolutely devastating. Neck and wrist guards should be mandatory. Tragic loss of life.

Wow that is absolutely heartbreaking. Man that's scary.

 

[tny760]

i don't know if a neck guard is doing anything for that one unfortunately.. that was basically a running speed, spinning backheel knife to the neck

not pretty. awful situation.

 

[King'sPawn]

Former Penguin Adam Johnson passed away after taking a skate blade to the neck in a hockey game in Britain. Absolutely devastating. Neck and wrist guards should be mandatory. Tragic loss of life.

So sad. My thoughts go out to his friends and family

 

[Faterson]

I hope they keep their creepy panda wanna be coach. They won't go anywhere with him.

What's this with pandas and koalas populating the coaches' benches in the Pacific Division?

He's just misunderstood!!!

(by everyone and everywhere he goes)

It happens to all great philosophers.

Former Penguin Adam Johnson passed away after taking a skate blade to the neck in a hockey game in Britain. Absolutely devastating. Neck and wrist guards should be mandatory. Tragic loss of life.

More relevantly (for us), he played on the Ontario Reign only a couple of seasons ago.

 

[johnjm22]

 

[Gjwrams]

I’m always astonished by how are there not more blade injuries, and I’m glad there are not. That was a brutal hit to the neck. RIP Adam.

 

[kingsholygrail]

I forgot Matthew Perry was a big Kings fan.

 

[Statto]

I’m always astonished by how are there not more blade injuries, and I’m glad there are not. That was a brutal hit to the neck. RIP Adam.

My brother went out and bought new sweat gear with a built in neck guard today. He just plays beer league these days but it hit home for him, I think.

 

[KingsFan7824]

Sports can't even stop concussions. Skate blade injuries, in any way, are rare, and serious or life threatening ones are rarer still. We don't forget the examples, and now there's a death, because there aren't that many. It's the car accident death vs. the plane crash. Far safer to fly, but we remember the plane crashes.

A brutal video though.

 

[Telos]

lol, Huddy and Stoll being used for Oiler alumni before the Heritage Classic.

 

[Telos]

Bleh, Calgary is so bad they are giving Edmonton life. It's crazy how much even injured McDavid elevates them.

 

[kingsfan28]

The Kings in their own words according to I think it was Yanetti (from the AtKM pod) second guessed his ability to play in Ontario after Cernak said he was "scared" playing in an AHL pre-season game. It sounded from the story told like he meant "nervous" but English isn't his first language, and the Kings sent him to juniors for the season for what they saw as a lack of confidence.
He fealt slighted by the demotion as he had played really well, and at some point quoting Yanetti "the relationship became un-salvagable".

It really one of the few instances I can think of were we know the story of how a player was mishandled.

Yeah that interview just reeked of the old boy mentality when it came to young players not being mature enough to handle the pressure yet. They saw him as weak or soft [ or something along those line] and there was a huge misunderstanding between all parties. IMO this was a Sutter / Lombardi thing, more than anything with Sutter hating what he saw. It's like the kid was doom to fail in his eyes. But hey, we kept Kevin Gravel.

 

[bouncesonly]

I forgot Matthew Perry was a big Kings fan.

 

[Fishhead]

Bleh, Calgary is so bad they are giving Edmonton life. It's crazy how much even injured McDavid elevates them.

At the end there I was trying to figure out what was more terrible - Calgary's inability to do anything dangerous or Edmonton's ability to clear a puck.

Both of those teams are noticeably worse than they were last year. It could have just been crappy ice outdoors, but neither team could string passes together very much.

 

[Steve Zissou]

Calgary is f***ing shit this year.

 

[psych3man]

I thought the problem with Calgary last year was Sutter's shelf life.
But it seems it was Huberdeau being a p***y and Kadri being his usual tool outside Colorado.

 

[LeftKinger]

San Jose might set records this year for how bad they are. I haven’t paid much attention to them their development the last few years but looking at their roster, I don’t see much hope for the next couple of years.