Around the NHL 2023-2024

[BlueOil]

Mikkola is still ass. Nothing has changed. He’s just surrounded by a great team. He still can’t make a pass under duress to save his life. Do not miss him at all!

dude looks like a gazelle on skates 90% of the time, how he's holding down top 4 minutes is beyond me, bob is bailing him out regularly

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

Good leaders know how to keep a team together

Yes, good leaders should be able to ignore the salary cap or aging curve. How could he not have foreseen Covid either?

 

[Xerloris]

Kakko is off the table it looks like

 

[Celtic Note]

Ah, that’s right. Not saying I agree with it, but they weren’t gonna expose a newly signed UFA, wouldn’t look good to potential future UFAs.

Then the smart play would be: don’t sign a mediocre one when you know the expansion draft is coming.

 

[STL fan in MN]

Then the smart play would be: don’t sign a mediocre one when you know the expansion draft is coming.

But he had to show Petro who’s boss by signing someone else instead.

 

[Spektre]

Hyman slashes the Panther and the announcer says here’s the slash by Montour. The NHL will never change

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Sooooo......for now, the team in Utah will be known as Utah Hockey Club, but the fan vote is ongoing.

Weird. They already have branding issues.

 

[Xerloris]

But he had to show Petro who’s boss by signing someone else instead.

Yes it was a mistake to sign Krug in hindsight but let's not pretend that he wasn't the 2nd best dman on the market at the time.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Alex Pietrangelo sucks.

 

[BlueDream]

Then the smart play would be: don’t sign a mediocre one when you know the expansion draft is coming.

You’re not allowed to use facts like that.

Doug Armstrong had a flat cap to deal with! It wasn’t fair.

 

[Celtic Note]

But he had to show Petro who’s boss by signing someone else instead.

Last laugh is at us.

 

[Celtic Note]

Yes it was a mistake to sign Krug in hindsight but let's not pretend that he wasn't the 2nd best dman on the market at the time.

It was a mistake at that time. Clearly. Many people saw this…at the time. The following seasons only confirm as much.

Claiming that it is hindsight is only applicable to those who made poor valuations of the signing at the time.

Krug being one of the best that market had to offer just means you made made a bad decision in a poor market.

 

[Spektre]

Tarasenko!!!

 

[simon IC]

Nice goal, Vladi!

 

[simon IC]

And now Bennet ... ouch that's got to hurt.

 

[The Note]

Wheels completely off for Edmonton

 

[ChicagoBlues]

This series is done.

After all that, HF is super sluggish. Crashing.

 

[Celtic Note]

Sooooo......for now, the team in Utah will be known as Utah Hockey Club, but the fan vote is ongoing.

Weird. They already have branding issues.

It’s pretty strange. Seems like a rush job

 

[ChicagoBlues]

It’s pretty strange. Seems like a rush job

Reminds me of the Arizona Diamondbacks. When it comes to color themes, logos and branding, they do not have an identity whatsoever. They're all over the place.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Bouchard had a great 2.5 rounds, but has looked very mediocre to bad ever since.

Bad penalties, lackadaisical puck movement and now just waits for the puck to come to him instead of skating toward the puck.

ERod looking good, however.

 

[Hrkac Circus]

I picked FL in six but I didn’t see Edmonton getting embarrassed like this.

 

[542365]

Turned on the game five minutes ago and I see Mikkola’s inability to move the puck leads to extended zone time against and then a shot goes off him into the net. That’s a classic Mikkola shift there.

 

[Xerloris]

mikkola strikes again with an own goal.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Ha! That one guy flashed a high-five, but no one reciprocated.

Poor guy.

 

[Xerloris]

Has Mikkola been on the ice for every Edmonton goal in the series?