Around the NHL — Episode XLXVII

[StutzlingAway]

Korpisalo is 8/10 so far..

 

[Tuna99]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844030063152431480

Still say Coffey is better than Makar. It’s unbelievable to think Coffey went from playing with Gretzky straight to Lemieux

A proven commodity who DIDN'T WANT TO PLAY HERE. As Butchy pointed out Dorion tried to gauge his interest in discussing an extension in Ottawa and the Hawks declined to let him speak to DeBrincat's agent, which is all he should have needed to know.

You can't overlook that fact considering he was 2 years away from attaining UFA status and had a 9M QO in 23/24.

Dach was unproven but was 20 years old and was a recent 3rd overall pick that obviously had a lot of talent and upside. If the scouting staff didn't like the names available at 7 and Dorion was intent on trading the pick to speed up the rebuild, trading it for Dach would have been a far smarter way to do it as a Turris-esque buy-low move adding a talented former 3rd overall pick that was struggling.

He traded for DeBrincat because he thought it provided the best chance to push the team to the playoffs early, long-term success be damned. He didn't care about the eventual implications, as he wanted to be able to say he rebuilt the Sens into a playoff team to try to save his own job. It failed spectacularly and defending it is laughable at this point.

both are bad decisions, Dach is soft and always injured and DBC was a cat and cats can be annoying.

 

[Beech]

OHH Look.. 4 to 6 games in and we see what we have seen the last 5-7 years. Top is top, bottom is bottom. NOTHING EVER CHANGES.

Look at the Atlantic!!!! How many seasons have ended more or less with these 4 teams at the bottom.

Ground Hog season(s)

 

[BondraTime]

Wonder if we could make a play for Kekalainen to step in as GM, and bring his brother in from Nashville to head up Europe for our scouting staff and become our head amateur scout. He's been in Nashville doing fantastic for decades, both of his brothers have been among the best European scouts in the league over the past 25 years. ]

7 years as our European Scout/DOPP and Jarmo/Sens grabbed Hossa, Salo, Havlat, Dackell, Arvedsson, Rachunek, Volchenkov, Schubert. Highest pick was 12th. That's 7 full time cup contending players out of Europe in 7 years. Since he left, the only hits out of Europe (~20 years) are Silfverberg, Lehner, EK, Mika (6th), Stu (3rd), Mez and kind of Regin. Stu is the only guy in the past 13 years and was a gimme

Staios should delegate the GM position, and go back full time to the POHO role. Adding Jarmo and Janne would be great for the front office.

 

[Dan Patrick]

Wonder if we could make a play for Kekalainen to step in as GM, and bring his brother in from Nashville to head up Europe for our scouting staff and become our head amateur scout. He's been in Nashville doing fantastic for decades, both of his brothers have been among the best European scouts in the league over the past 25 years. ]

7 years as our European Scout/DOPP and Jarmo/Sens grabbed Hossa, Salo, Havlat, Dackell, Arvedsson, Rachunek, Volchenkov, Schubert. Highest pick was 12th. That's 7 full time cup contending players out of Europe in 7 years. Since he left, the only hits out of Europe (~20 years) are Silfverberg, Lehner, EK, Mika (6th), Stu (3rd), Mez and kind of Regin. Stu is the only guy in the past 13 years and was a gimme

Staios should delegate the GM position, and go back full time to the POHO role. Adding Jarmo and Janne would be great for the front office.

I don’t know how you look at what Columbus built over Jarmo’s tenure and get excited.

Pass

 

[BondraTime]

I don’t know how you look at what Columbus built over Jarmo’s tenure and get excited.

Pass

Pretty easy to look at his career and get excited about brining him in IMO

 

[Dan Patrick]

Pretty easy to look at his career and get excited about brining him in IMO

Over an 11 year term his team lost in the first round 4 times made the second round once and hasn’t been to the playoffs in almost half a decade.

Are you seeing something different than I am?