Around the League - PLAYOFFS!?

[ToneDog]

Yeah seriously didnt see that coming. Reinhart has been stuck at 39 for a bit.

Marner will never score 40 and Zac might end up with 50. 5.5x7 looks like a bargain even if he falls off a cliff the last 2 years.

Missed on Tanev f*** man

Missed on zadorov. Wonder what plan c is? Dumba?

 

[ULF_55]

Hyman gets away with a lot of stick on gloves plays.

Maybe it is an Oil advantage?

 

[BallardEra]

72 assists in 55 games for McDavid.

On pace for 105 assists.

 

[ToneDog]

72 assists in 55 games for McDavid.

On pace for 105 assists.

He's forgotten how to score goals. Lol.

Hyman gets away with a lot of stick on gloves plays.

Maybe it is an Oil advantage?

More like the McDavid effect. Meanwhile Bert could not score playing with 16 and 34. We are indeed cursed.

 

[BallardEra]

He's forgotten how to score goals. Lol.


More like the McDavid effect.

0 goals and 25 assists in his last 11 games.

 

[ToneDog]

0 goals and 25 assists in his last 11 games.

He is Marner heavy.

 

[TheShape]

Hyman’s going to score 50-55 goals in this league. Never thought I would see the day.

 

[1specter]

Lol, finally someone else hits 40 goals and it's.. Hyman didn't have that on my bingo card this season..

 

[rdogg]

*sigh* It sure would have been nice to keep Hyman around on the Leafs

 

[Evilhomer]

0 goals and 25 assists in his last 11 games.

He's probably not even trying to score. Honestly, about the only way I can imagine him not scoring is if he was doing it intentionally because he wants to get to the 100 assist mark.

 

[ULF_55]

0 goals and 25 assists in his last 11 games.

Wanted a dramatic moment to score.

 

[ULF_55]

Perry looks like he's as old as Giordano.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Lol, finally someone else hits 40 goals and it's.. Hyman didn't have that on my bingo card this season..

Two 40 goal scorers lost by Dubas. All in service of keeping Kerfoot. To be fair, Shanahan also had a hard-on for Kerfoot and was hoping Seattle would take McCann in the expansion draft.

 

[BallardEra]

Kucherov - 103
MacKinnon - 98
McDavid - 94

McDavid has 4 games in hand on Kucherov and 3 on MacKinnon.

 

[Jojalu]

Two 40 goal scorers lost by Dubas. All in service of keeping Kerfoot. To be fair, Shanahan also had a hard-on for Kerfoot and was hoping Seattle would take McCann in the expansion draft.

How? Kerfoot was left unprotected in the expansion draft.

Kucherov - 103
MacKinnon - 98
McDavid - 94

McDavid has 4 games in hand on Kucherov and 3 on MacKinnon.

Shocking that he is the first player since Gretzky to have 8 straight 90 point seasons

 

[BallardEra]

Shocking that he is the first player since Gretzky to have 8 straight 90 point seasons

Yep and he started the season:

16 points in first 16 games.
78 points in last 39 games.

Averaging 2 points a game in his last 39 games.

 

[fahad203]

How? Kerfoot was left unprotected in the expansion draft.


Shocking that he is the first player since Gretzky to have 8 straight 90 point seasons

I think partly because there has been no NHL strikes or lockouts

 

[rumman]

Marner will never score 40 and Zac might end up with 50. 5.5x7 looks like a bargain even if he falls off a cliff the last 2 years.


Missed on zadorov. Wonder what plan c is? Dumba?

Want no part of Dumba, Peeke, Borgen would be affordable options…….

 

[Burnie97]

40 goal stonehands Hyman lol.

Good for him though. Always liked him here. Never thought he'd have a chance at 50. Helps being with the best offensive player in the world.

Kucherov - 103
MacKinnon - 98
McDavid - 94

McDavid has 4 games in hand on Kucherov and 3 on MacKinnon.

Always figured he'd catch up. There is way too much season left for him not to.

 

[BallardEra]

Always figured he'd catch up. There is way too much season left for him not to.

2 points per game over his last 39 games has helped for sure:

16 goals and 62 assists

 

[Evilhomer]

2 points per game over his last 39 games has helped for sure:

16 goals and 62 assists

I think there is something to the idea that he is intentionally trying to rack up assists rather than goals. Maybe he is trying to get Hyman to 50. I think McDavid is at the point where he can do anything he wants on the ice.

 

[BallardEra]

I think there is something to the idea that he is intentionally trying to rack up assists rather than goals. Maybe he is trying to get Hyman to 50. I think McDavid is at the point where he can do anything he wants on the ice.

I fully agree with you.

It's like he's looking for a different challenge every year in the regular season.

 

[Evilhomer]

It's like he's looking for a different challenge every year in the regular season.

Gretzky was the same way. The year he scored 92 I remember him saying in interviews that he was intentionally trying to score more goals. Stating the obvious, guys like this simply exist on a different level.

 

[Dekes For Days]

Two 40 goal scorers lost by Dubas. All in service of keeping Kerfoot.

Nobody was lost to keep Kerfoot. We could have re-signed Hyman. The consensus here was that it was not smart to re-sign somebody with multiple knee injuries until they were 36, and that he was a soft playoff underperformer that should be purged. Depth players come and go, and sometimes they'll go on to success elsewhere. That's part of hockey, especially when you're a great hockey team. What's important is what you do with your team, not using hindsight to lament former players having success elsewhere in the cushiest environment in the league.

 

[Jojalu]

I think partly because there has been no NHL strikes or lockouts

For sure.

Yet McDavid still got there during the Covid year to make it happen