Around the NHL — Episode XLXVII

[bicboi64]

The Habs getting another early pick doesn't excite me.

I was hoping they would be middle of the pack and miss the playoffs.

Hopefully they can start stringing together some wins, but stay at the bottom. Like get out of the bottom 5 and into the bottom 10. However, wherever they finish, may they draft a bust

 

[Beech]

No worries, here is the link to evaluations

NHL Valuations Ranking List

I find Bourne worse than Kipper.

Thanks

Hey, its entertainment and live. Sit at home as I do.. from 10 pm to 5 pm the next day is "near zero content" and nothing but repeated shows. Over and over... By the time Bourne and Kyperios are on, you are so grateful, you don't care what they say.

 

[SlapJack]

Montreal was never making the playoffs, but they got off to a decent start and had some shiny new toys to fawn over for the first few games as they beat Ottawa and Toronto within their first 3 games. Their defence is populated with children though and that won't yield consistent play over time so those warts are showing, along with the injuries. They won't be a player for awhile yet

 

[maclean]

Unbelievable the world wide obsession with pro sports.

Sports are going to be all we have left soon

 

[Tuna99]

What apparent in a rebuild is you need elite defensive forwards for success. It’s clear now it’s not about a C, D or G - it’s about drafting 2 way players that play the game hard 200 feet all over the ice

Cup winners and their elite forwards they got and rebuilt with and won with

L.A. - Kopitar
Chicago - Toewes
Boston - Bergeron
Pitt - Crosby
St Louis - Tim Hortons guy
Vegas - Stone
Florida - Finn Captain guy

We don’t have the defensive skillz in our top players to win games, if the offence is working we win but if we don’t have offense going our top players don’t have the game to keep us in games and squeak out wins

 

[Beech]

Sports are going to be all we have left soon

MAC,

between 19% and some 60% yearly increase for teams.

The Dallas Cowboys hit 10 billion
The Yankees are up there as well. I forgot the number, it may be 7 billion, if not more

Real Madrid, Barcelona, some of the EPL teams are in the billions.

I am guessing that teams all over Europe have all jumped the 1 billion value.

I doubt food companies are this valuable.

 

[Agent Zuuuub]

What apparent in a rebuild is you need elite defensive forwards for success. It’s clear now it’s not about a C, D or G - it’s about drafting 2 way players that play the game hard 200 feet all over the ice

Cup winners and their elite forwards they got and rebuilt with and won with

L.A. - Kopitar
Chicago - Toewes
Boston - Bergeron
Pitt - Crosby
St Louis - Tim Hortons guy
Vegas - Stone
Florida - Finn Captain guy

We don’t have the defensive skillz in our top players to win games, if the offence is working we win but if we don’t have offense going our top players don’t have the game to keep us in games and squeak out wins

all leaders who set the tone on how to play defensively too.

 

[bicboi64]

Nashville spent so much in FA and now Trotz has to say the word Rebuild to get his vets going lol

GM Barry Trotz hints at looming rebuild if Nashville Predators don't improve soon

Even after a summer of expensive acquisitions, the Nashville Predators have started 4-7-1. GM Barry Trotz has already mentioned a \

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"I'm trying to do some things right now," he said in a radio interview Tuesday on 102.5 The Game. "We will be limited a little because of the contracts that we have . . . but if we don't get it going, then I'm going to start our rebuild plan."

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1854546143931154647

 

[Xspyrit]

Dante Fabbro is on waivers

26 y/o, RHD, only 6'0, 190 lbs though, 2.5 AAAV and UFA after the season

I'd take him easily over Hamonic but last game we played Hamonic instead of JBD, like if we couldn't see how much damaging it has been for Sanderson to play with him. So not much hope there

Good for the Sharks/Habs as they will most likely claim him first.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1854546143931154647

Miss him. Gregor is fine but I still would rather have Kelly who looked fire under Jacques Martin. An extremely hard worker with fire in his belly, the type of guy we never had enough of.

 

[HoweHullOrr]

Dante Fabbro is on waivers

26 y/o, RHD, only 6'0, 190 lbs though, 2.5 AAAV and UFA after the season

I'd take him easily over Hamonic but last game we played Hamonic instead of JBD, like if we couldn't see how much damaging it has been for Sanderson to play with him. So not much hope there

Good for the Sharks/Habs as they will most likely claim him first.

We only have $390k of cap space. Hamonic has a NMC.

 

[BigRig4]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1854546143931154647

I would have loved to have kept him.

 

[Xspyrit]

We only have $390k of cap space. Hamonic has a NMC.

Yeah, not saying it's possible but that I would like for things like that to be possible. It could if we'd spend our money more carefully

 

[Laphroaig]

Dante Fabbro makes 2.5 million and is averaging 13 minutes per game on a losing team. He was once highly regarded but his minutes have declined for four consecutive years. Nashville couldn't even get a late round pick for him. Someone might claim him as a reclamation project but i suspect he's going to disappoint wherever he goes.

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

Dante Fabbro makes 2.5 million and is averaging 13 minutes per game on a losing team. He was once highly regarded but his minutes have declined for four consecutive years. Nashville couldn't even get a late round pick for him. Someone might claim him as a reclamation project but i suspect he's going to disappoint wherever he goes.

Jamie, pull up his Jfresh chart.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

I’d rather just use JBD than get Fabbro at his cap hit.

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

I’d rather just use JBD than get Fabbro at his cap hit.

I assume if we traded for Fabbro it would be something like Fabbro half retained for JBD. Which might just barely make us compliant with 23 players, but would be compliant with 22.

JBD is clearly not in Green's good graces.

With that said, there is zero chance they want Fabbro. It doesn't make sense. I also doubt Nashville wants to burn their third retention spot, so if they move him it will likely be in a deal for another bad expiring contract.

 

[thinkwild]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1854546143931154647

Sparker with a real Scott Sterling shift there. Unfortunately the 6th shot went in i believe. Which must have been real frustrating after all that. At least unlike Scott Sterling, they didnt have to drag him off like a lion dragging a gazelle through the serengeti.

 

[Tuna99]

Interesting Sens are only 1 of 3 teams in the East to not have a loser point 14 games in and if fair probably 2-3 post game analyst the Sens deserved a point. Last season they had the least amount of loser points in the NHL with 4.

 

[HoweHullOrr]

What’s up with the Jets this year. They set a NHL record with 14 wins in the first 15 games.

Washington is arguably the surprise team in the East and are doing well.

 

[Senscore]

What’s up with the Jets this year. They set a NHL record with 14 wins in the first 15 games.

Washington is arguably the surprise team in the East and are doing well.

The Jets are a pretty good team but they aren't this good. Maybe they've hit the ground running to try and avenge their embarrassment in the playoffs last year. I think the Sens tried to do the same thing in 2007-2008 after flaming out in the Finals.


But you can't win the Cup in October. Secure a playoff spot maybe.

It's not as though they can control this sort of thing but I really believe they are peaking too early.

 

[HoweHullOrr]

The Jets are a pretty good team but they aren't this good. Maybe they've hit the ground running to try and avenge their embarrassment in the playoffs last year. I think the Sens tried to do the same thing in 2007-2008 after flaming out in the Finals.


But you can't win the Cup in October. Secure a playoff spot maybe.

It's not as though they can control this sort of thing but I really believe they are peaking too early.

Sure, it's early in the season and many things are temporal in nature. Water is wet.

 

[Loach]

Sure, it's early in the season and many things are temporal in nature. Water is wet.

Watet isn't wet. Water makes things wet.

 

[NyQuil]

It's not as though they can control this sort of thing but I really believe they are peaking too early.

I'm just jealous that they are peaking at all.

 

[Senscore]

I'm just jealous that they are peaking at all.

I'm jealous of any team that can string together 3 wins