Around the NHL — Episode XLXVII

[Loach]

Rempe got 8 games.... what does he think? What goes on in his head?

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Pettersson vs Miller even worse than Karlsson vs Hoffman?
Guess i am going to have to stop waiting for the Caps to finally fall and show they arent for real.

Did we even know about Karlsson and Hoffman during the season?

 

[thinkwild]

Did we even know about Karlsson and Hoffman during the season?

Yeah i guess not. One reason that makes it worse i suppose. Dont recall hearing leaks about these situations very often.

 

[Tuna99]

Pettersson vs Miller is kind of wild. Hughes and Tocchet acknowledged the issues between them and then Pettersson and Miller both said the media is making things up and we’re visibly mad in their interviews.

Such a strange situation.

They are saying it’s not a big deal but their best player got sent home for being an asshole, imagine the Sens back in the day sent Hoffman home for what was going on

Vancouver is the hardest market in the NHL to play in, the fanbase as a whole has mental problems, travel is brutal, it’s expensive and the players cant go out W when things aren’t going good it’s a fishbowl.

 

[SensHulk]

I appreciate the NHL being wholesome and wanting to give nhl players time off during Xmas and thanksgiving buuuuuut…

NFL and NBA find ways to play on both of those days. Grow a pair Gary

 

[Tuna99]

I appreciate the NHL being wholesome and wanting to give nhl players time off during Xmas and thanksgiving buuuuuut…

NFL and NBA find ways to play on both of those days. Grow a pair Gary

World Juniors. 2nd best tournament in hockey after the NHL playoffs.

 

[SensHulk]

World Juniors. 2nd best tournament in hockey after the NHL playoffs.

…and? as an ignorant American that I’ve become, this does not register one bit on Xmas day or Boxing Day. 3 day shutdown is absurd that no other league does

 

[Tuna99]

…and? as an ignorant American that I’ve become, this does not register one bit on Xmas day or Boxing Day. 3 day shutdown is absurd that no other league does

It’s starts on Boxing Day. And the opening games are always the hardest hitting and most savage so it’s lots of fun.

I personally think it’s weird people watch pro sports on Christmas Day, but hey, to each their own.

 

[Xspyrit]

Worth mentioning that Amadio is outpacing Joseph by 10 points per 82 this year. Almost identical pace to his 3rd line mates in Pinto and Cousins.

Joseph season looks a bit like Pinto's. He was injured early and then has been pointless for 13 games coming back, doesn't get as much ice-time as Pinto though. It makes me think of Connor Brown who I also regretted we moved on from, he got badly injured and missed the whole 2022-23 season. He struggled for a big part last season but you can see that he is now rounding out to form as we sa last night, 14 pts in 34 games too. Joseph will eventually get back into form but the experience doesn't seem to go well in St-Louis, they have already traded his brother. Not sure what their problem is exactly, maybe they're very immature.

All that said, doesn't matter if Amadio scores more pts than Jos this season, still wish we kept him instead of signing Amadio. But maybe there was something happening behind closed doors that made this impossible. And then, I would have liked a different signing anyway. I prefer Gregor to Amadio, he gives me Tierney vibes. Remember when he was begging Dorion to trade Tierney while he had a bit of value? It never happened and we had to let his contract expire.

They are just better than us. I don’t think we have much hope of catching them, I think our best hope is beating out Boston and the rest for the first wild card spot.

All of their cap is efficiently spent. Only Mosed is injured. We are overpaying on a few guys and we have 2 guys who have been injured almost all season (8.6 AAV)

Agreed, we have to target the 4th spot in the division. Florida, Toronto and Tampa are still very good teams.