Around the NHL 2023-2024

[Brockon]

 

[Linkens Mastery]

July 1st Arizona signs Galchynuk

July 13th Arizona places Galchynuk on waivers to terminate his contract.


What in the heck happened in those 12 days

 

[Vladys Gumption]

That screams some kind of off ice incident that the team doesn’t want leaking.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

That screams some kind of off ice incident that the team doesn’t want leaking.

Could he have failed some kind of physical assessment in that time?

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Could he have failed some kind of physical assessment in that time?

If there was an issue with a physical they would just mark the contract as invalid (look at Correa on the Twins for example)

 

[STL fan in MN]

That screams some kind of off ice incident that the team doesn’t want leaking.

Yep.



People can speculate what this off ice incident is but I don’t really care. I’d bet drugs though.

 

[tfriede2]

Well it certainly isn’t related to on-ice since they’re in the off-season (though I guess it’s possible that players could get hurt skating on their own, etc). That’s a statement that doesn’t really say anything.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Oof

 

[STL fan in MN]

Oof

Oof is right.

That’s quite the series of bad choices there.

I’d guess alcohol was involved but regardless, I hope he gets the help he needs.

 

[Moose and Squirrel]

Could he have failed some kind of physical assessment in that time?

you could say that

 

[stl76]

The whole Galchenyuk tale is just sad. You hate to see it.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Spend a day with Red Wings Defenseman Jake Walman:

 

[BlueOil]

i don't think keefe is the guy who gets the leafs to a cup, wonder if boucher is insurance in case they want to move on

good luck van ryn, hot market to move to next after recent results

 

[PJJJP]

Damn the leafs really want to double down on no defense after hiring Van Ryn. They way the blues defended last year doesn't give me much hope he will do well in Toronto

 

[BrokenFace]

It will be very interesting tracking Toronto's defense next year after hiring Van Ryn. It should be an extra indicator of how much of last year's atrocious defensive performance was on the coaching vs the roster.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

It will be very interesting tracking Toronto's defense next year after hiring Van Ryn. It should be an extra indicator of how much of last year's atrocious defensive performance was on the coaching vs the roster.

Perhaps. But in Toronto he may be implementing different system based on keefe preferences. Or maybe just guys tuned him out and needed fresh voice. Or maybe mvr was problem but learned from his firing and is better in Toronto. Lots of variables. But he had to go and nothing that happens this year in either Toronto or St. Louis changes that.

 

[Xerloris]

Perhaps. But in Toronto he may be implementing different system based on ledge preferences. Or maybe just guys tuned him out and needed fresh voice. Or maybe mvr was problem but learned from his firing and is better in Toronto. Lots of variables. But he had to go and nothing that happens this year in either Toronto or St. Louis changes that.

I don't think Toronto will know if he's a bad defense coach or not. It all looks the same to them.

 

[PJJJP]

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Good for him.

Got savaged by our fan base when he was here. Obviously, SEA thinks he's a key part of their D.

 

[TheDizee]

lmao

yikes

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Good for him.

Got savaged by our fan base when he was here. Obviously, SEA thinks he's a key part of their D.

Sure there were some detractors, and maybe I’m just crazy, but I don’t remember him being “savaged”.

 

[Ranksu]

Dunn 》Krug

 

[ezcreepin]

I'd take Dunn 100 times out of 100 at 6.5 mil, but at 7.35? Nah fam I'll pass on that. He's just had a career year, and even though he is a top tier point producer at the moment, he ain't making more than Faulk on this team. His 64 points does not offset his lack of defense. Good for him though.

 

[Celtic Note]

I'd take Dunn 100 times out of 100 at 6.5 mil, but at 7.35? Nah fam I'll pass on that. He's just had a career year, and even though he is a top tier point producer at the moment, he ain't making more than Faulk on this team. His 64 points does not offset his lack of defense. Good for him though.

He has become better defensively.

 

[Reality Czech]

He has become better defensively.

I would certainly hope so, but it's hard to tell when he's playing with a defensive beast like Larsson. He's also not that great on the power play in my opinion. Dunn isn't an elite passer and didn't score a single PPG last year despite getting nearly 3 mins of PP time per game.

I said it when he was with the Blues but I see a lot of similarities between Faulk and Dunn, although Dunn is better offensively and Faulk defensively. Maybe Dunn continues to improve and earns every bit of this new contract but I could see it going either way. Don't think Seattle had much of a choice though and the 4 year term is probably a good compromise for both sides.