Around the NHL — Episode XLXVII

[NyQuil]

Man, we’ve had our draft day blunders but passing on Michkov for Reinbacher is going to sting for a long time.

 

[BondraTime]

Man, we’ve had our draft day blunders but passing on Michkov for Reinbacher is going to sting for a long time.

It's insane. Everyone aside from Chicago made a gigantic, gigantic blunder letting him drop.

It's at least "somewhat" understandable with being from Russia and what was going on with his dad. But it was as free a pick for a franchise player as you could get.

They seem to have learned going with Demidov this year

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDoo]

Honestly he's a similar coach to Green. Firm, straighforward, honest and demanding. Protects his players too. Both want their players to play aggressive forecheck.

There's things I don't like about Green already, for example how he sets-up the PK. ....

I find their PK setup pretty odd. Some sort of diamond formation with the strong side d-man playing really far up from the goal line.

 

[NyQuil]

It's insane. Everyone aside from Chicago made a gigantic, gigantic blunder letting him drop.

It's at least "somewhat" understandable with being from Russia and what was going on with his dad. But it was as free a pick for a franchise player as you could get.

They seem to have learned going with Demidov this year

Michkov just seemed like a Montreal fit given their experience with guys like Kovalev who have entertaining upside.

They could also afford to wait until he came over.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1846585018933522708

 

[StoicSensFan]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1846585018933522708

Suddenly our depth looks pretty good with MVP Jenik waiting in the wings.

 

[Agent Zuuuub]

there is a 15 year old d that plays like Karlsson and is on pace for 90 points in the WHL.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Man, we’ve had our draft day blunders but passing on Michkov for Reinbacher is going to sting for a long time.

I’m sure getting Demidov eases the pain. He’s pretty comparable to Michkov. I think Chicago, Anaheim, and Columbus are going to be kicking themselves.

 

[Hale The Villain]

Man, we’ve had our draft day blunders but passing on Michkov for Reinbacher is going to sting for a long time.

Fortunatly for them they didn't make the same mistake twice and pass on Demidov, who is probably going to make the teams ahead of him look terrible for passing on him too.

Zero doubt in my mind we would have passed on both had we had the opportunity to draft them.

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

Selfish move. I'm glad that we kept Murray.

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDoo]

there is a 15 year old d that plays like Karlsson and is on pace for 90 points in the WHL.

Okay, well that's pretty amazing. A 15 year old d-man putting up numbers like that.... wow

 

[DrEasy]

there is a 15 year old d that plays like Karlsson and is on pace for 90 points in the WHL.

But how tall is he, and how many PIMs does he get?

 

[SpezDispenser]

Gambrell on waivers. Was he decent here? I can't remember now. I think he was, actually.

 

[Agent Zuuuub]

Gambrell on waivers. Was he decent here? I can't remember now. I think he was, actually.

Gambrell was just there. Didn't hurt us too much, but also didn't do anything. Most vanilla player ever.

Much rather give a chance to Jenik.

 

[LiseL]

Cool. I'll see what it's about for the free month at least. Been waiting for someone to offer a solid 4K broadcast even if limited games.

With Prime, you also get free shipping, full access to their videos and music library. I get the annual membership for $99 + tax for year so very reasonable considering I shop at Amazon a lot and they have a lot of series/movies I like (and it's updated monthly).

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

With Prime, you also get free shipping, full access to their videos and music library. I get the annual membership for $99 + tax for year so very reasonable considering I shop at Amazon a lot and they have a lot of series/movies I like (and it's updated monthly).

Ya there's a fair bit included that the value is definitely there if you take advantage of it. Less so for a shameless media micromanager pirate, but I won't get in to that.

I do find the free shipping a bit of a misleading benefit though. Yes, it is free, but it's also free if you compile over $35 worth of stuff just the same, which is so easy to do that I feel like I already get free shipping on everything. I just add on some food or household items I'd be buying anyways. Granola bars, bounce sheets, laundry strips, baby wipes, hemp hearts, chia seeds, etc. Always stuff I can add on to get there easily.

 

[SpezDispenser]

Gambrell was just there. Didn't hurt us too much, but also didn't do anything. Most vanilla player ever.

Much rather give a chance to Jenik.

Maybe it was Chartier I thought was decent. I legit can't remember - which is not a good sign

 

[LiseL]

I agree, but tbf, it's not a standalone

You get
-free shipping
-free prime video
-Free prime gaming
-free prime music
-free ebooks with prime reading

None are great on their own, but I guess if you make use of all of them it's alright.

You also get 1-2 day delivery if item is in stock at an Amazon warehouse. Also, when comparing the price to other streaming services that only offer video, I think it's a good deal. Now if they start having a weekly hockey game at no extra charge, even better.

 

[LiseL]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1846585018933522708

Wow, we're not on the list. Amazing what SS managed to do with the cap space.

 

[Xspyrit]

Fortunatly for them they didn't make the same mistake twice and pass on Demidov, who is probably going to make the teams ahead of him look terrible for passing on him too.

Zero doubt in my mind we would have passed on both had we had the opportunity to draft them.

Imagine passing on a Michkov/Demidov talent to go after a Tyler Boucher. I'm actually worried that our scouting staff would go that direction which is why we might still need some changes.

Michkov/Demidov had very low PIMs in junior/before the NHL, except Michkov last season after being drafted

Selfish move. I'm glad that we kept Murray.

Gustavsson for Talbot might not even the Top-10 of Dorion worst moves, as crazy as it sounds

 

[Hale The Villain]

Imagine passing on a Michkov/Demidov talent to go after a Tyler Boucher. I'm actually worried that our scouting staff would go that direction which is why we might still need some changes.

Michkov/Demidov had very low PIMs in junior/before the NHL, except Michkov last season after being drafted

I don't know about Boucher, but the Sens are a team that would have taken guys like Leonard/Iginla over Michkov/Demidov in those drafts.

The size and play-style is one thing, but I don't think we have an amateur scout in Russia right now. It's like the Iron Curtain is still up in the mind of our scouts.

Hell given they are drafting like it's still the 80s, maybe they think it still is.

 

[DrEasy]

Maybe it was Chartier I thought was decent. I legit can't remember - which is not a good sign

IIRC Gambrell had zero offense, but was a good grinder defensively. Maybe a good PKer even? We could use of one of those...

Funnily enough I think we had Gambrell the same year we had Gaudette as well. Neither left much of an impression at the time, though Gambrell ended up playing a lot more.

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

Imagine passing on a Michkov/Demidov talent to go after a Tyler Boucher. I'm actually worried that our scouting staff would go that direction which is why we might still need some changes.

Michkov/Demidov had very low PIMs in junior/before the NHL, except Michkov last season after being drafted



Gustavsson for Talbot might not even the Top-10 of Dorion worst moves, as crazy as it sounds

Gustavsson for Talbot made sense at the time. Outside of his first season, he struggled in the NHL for us. He was on 1-way money, and we were still a budget team. Dorion's job also wasn't to be concerned about the long-term health of the roster. It was to paint over a turd to trick people into going to games and spruce the team up for the sale. At least in the short term, he did that job. People on Reddit were making T-shirts with his face on it. So the hype was there until the team failed to win games.

It's a shame that we had both Daccord and Gustavsson and lost them both.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Wow, we're not on the list. Amazing what SS managed to do with the cap space.

I'm more shocked Edmonton isn't on the list lmao.

 

[NyQuil]

We have enough drafting issues that I’m not going to lose any sleep over hypothetical draft selections that we didn’t make.