Around the League Thread | New Year, New Me

[MS]

Devils will never be a true threat with Dougie Hamilton as their 1D.

He isn't their 1D. This is the NJD ES/SH TOI (ie, when the team is actually rolling defensive pairings and not playing a forward at D) :

Brett Pesce : 20:42
Jonas Siegenthaler : 19:56
Johnathan Kovacevic : 19:37
Luke Hughes : 18:37
Brendon Dillon : 17:49

Dougie Hamilton : 16:49

He's being used as a 5D who gets a whole whack of PP minutes, which has basically been his story for his whole career.

 

[Hodgy]

Noesen is going to get suspended I think. Although I do think he was partly just bracing for contact.

 

[Bojack Horvatman]

Holy crap, Hartmann drives Stutzle's head into the ice during a faceoff. That's at least a 5 game suspension.

I really hope he gets 10+ games. Hartman has 4 prior suspensions, and tries to injure a player in a vulnerable position. That is a cowardly, chicken shit play. It's the NHL though, so 5 games is what I am expecting.

 

[Brookbank]

Granlund is a consistent high-end 2nd line centre and Ceci is a solid 3rd pairing RHD. Neither is paid beyond this season and the Stars got them for a pick that's likely to be around 25-30. This is a nearly perfect use of that asset. What specifically makes this mid to you other than "vibes?"

Granlund is not a consistent high end 2nd line centre for one thing

 

[krutovsdonut]

Granlund is not a consistent high end 2nd line centre for one thing

granlund has been pumped and dumped like karlsson was. with sj he had all the ice time he wanted, and all the pp1 time. he has the highest ice time of his career since joining sj and is averaging over 3:20 minutes a game in pp time which is also a career high.

grier is a smart cookie.

 

[valkynax]

I really hope he gets 10+ games. Hartman has 4 prior suspensions, and tries to injure a player in a vulnerable position. That is a cowardly, chicken shit play. It's the NHL though, so 5 games is what I am expecting.

Yep, 10 games should be the minimum.

Imagine if Stutzle ended up with a concussion.

Even Wild fans are almost unanimously calling him a total idiot.