Around the League Thread | November Rain

[Mr. Canucklehead]

After spending 2/3 of his icetime in 20 games with at least one of Draisaitl/McDavid, Podkolzin finally scored a goal

Nothing against Podz, and nice to see him finally bag one. More than a full calendar year between NHL goals, good lord. That celebration says it all.

 

[Ernie]

Montgomery hired in St Louis. Didn't take long.

 

[Hodgy]

I wouldn’t have taken that job if I was him.

 

[Josepho]

Montreal really needed to open the wallet for him, given their french coach rule.

 

[ManVanFan]

He’ll be a Penguin as long as he wants to be. He’s competitive, but I have a hard time picturing him asking to leave Pittsburgh.

Yeah and if he did it would be to a team that has a very good chance of multiple cups.

 

[ManVanFan]

I'm not sure about the effectiveness of Washington's "soft reset." They aren't winning another Cup with Ovechkin. Aside from possibly Leonard, they don't have a Backstrom/Kuzenzkov/Carlsson calibre player, nevermind an Ovechkin. Strome is a good 2nd line C but he's not a star 1C. PLD sucks or isn't a star. A few of their younger (i.e. under 30) players including Chychrun and Thompson are pending UFAs. They'll need new contracts. Washington won one Cup and that's with Ovehckin, who regardless of what you think of him, was drafted #1 overall and one of the two best players to of his generation (his contemporaries won Cup(s)).

I'm not sure what the Penguins are doing. They aren't even making moves like the Benning Canucks where they attempt to aquire younger core players while drafting high.