Around the NHL 2023-2024

[The Note]

Stone scores immediately, that’s hilarious.

 

[Davimir Tarablad]

Isles are cooked already

 

[TheOrganist]

Isles are cooked already

I think they were out-attempted 105 - 20 last I saw. Carolina lucked out with that draw.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

Isles are cooked already

yeah, they've struggled holding leads all season but 3-0 on road in playoffs.. you can't blow that and expect to win series. they'll be fortunate to get to game 5.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

Sounds like the sabres are hiring Lindy Ruff for another go round. Surprising, to say the least…

As coach? I could see as a front office role.

 

[TheDizee]

yeah, they've struggled holding leads all season but 3-0 on road in playoffs.. you can't blow that and expect to win series. they'll be fortunate to get to game 5.

carolina always blows on the road in the postseason

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Stone scores immediately, that’s hilarious.

Lacerated spleen...uh huh

 

[Xerloris]

Lacerated spleen...uh huh

I do believe this is relevant.

 

[Celtic Note]

Buffalo hiring Ruff??? This is why their tank has been prolonged. Much like Edmonton, their front office is incompetent.

 

[TheOrganist]

Buffalo hiring Ruff??? This is why their tank has been prolonged. Much like Edmonton, their front office is incompetent

Berube would have been a good fit in Buffalo one would think.

 

[PocketNines]

Shatty on the PK in a playoff game is wild lol

Game 3, 2016 conference finals, the Blues lose 4-0 and the likes of Chris Tierney spun him like a top. The Blues could not advance in 2016 because it's easy in the playoffs to exploit these little D men who supposedly give you so much offense (and Shattenkirk in his prime was far better than the Krug we have gotten, far better). It was when Parayko supplanted Shattenkirk they were cooking with gas.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Game 3, 2016 conference finals, the Blues lose 4-0 and the likes of Chris Tierney spun him like a top. The Blues could not advance in 2016 because it's easy in the playoffs to exploit these little D men who supposedly give you so much offense (and Shattenkirk in his prime was far better than the Krug we have gotten, far better). It was when Parayko supplanted Shattenkirk they were cooking with gas.

To the bolded, yeah, I’d hope a guy in his prime is better than a guy past his prime lol.

 

[PocketNines]

To the bolded, yeah, I’d hope a guy in his prime is better than a guy past his prime lol.

I can't speak to whether Krug could ever hit the net from 20 feet away, but he cannot as a Blue. It's openly pitiful.

edit: I should also point out that if 4.25M is for a player in his prime, 6.5M + actually problematic NTC was given to the player past his prime, in the "lol" GM sense

 

[joe galiba]

every time someone says "spleen" I think of Pee-wee Herman in the movie Mystery Men

 

[Stealth JD]

Ho-hum. McDavid with 5 assists in Game 1.
Good God, that guy is impressive. I'd love to see him play 82-games healthy and watch him put up 2PPG like he's shown he can do over an extended period. If the Oilers could somehow play 24-28 playoff games, he might set records once thought unbreakable.

 

[PocketNines]

He is going to have to outscore his defense. And if he can't do it, people less than him can't do it. Which should be so instructive. Props to Stealth for understanding the top end D need. We had a Lindholm Moment, and then it passed

 

[Xerloris]

Ho-hum. McDavid with 5 assists in Game 1.
Good God, that guy is impressive. I'd love to see him play 82-games healthy and watch him put up 2PPG like he's shown he can do over an extended period. If the Oilers could somehow play 24-28 playoff games, he might set records once thought unbreakable.

Give Thomas Drai and he'd be doing the same. Thomas needs shooters, same as McDavid did/does. Kyrou is not a shooter, Bolduc/Snuggy are shooters. if they will actually shoot when he gives them a pass we're gonna be seeing Thomas entering a whole new territory of stardom.

 

[Vladys Gumption]

Give Thomas Drai and he'd be doing the same. Thomas needs shooters, same as McDavid did/does. Kyrou is not a shooter, Bolduc/Snuggy are shooters. if they will actually shoot when he gives them a pass we're gonna be seeing Thomas entering a whole new territory of stardom.

Surely you did not just infer that Robert Thomas can provide the same production as Connor McDavid.

 

[Stealth JD]

the last player to have 5 assists in a playoff game was...

Spoiler

Geoff Courtnall of the St. Louis Blues was the last to do it, getting a goal and five assists in an 8-3 win against Los Angeles in Game 1 of the Western Conference Quarterfinal on April 23, 1998.

Surely you did not just infer that Robert Thomas can provide the same production as Connor McDavid.

I dunno man...McDavid has legendary sniper *checks notes*

...Zach Hyman

 

[stl76]

Seth Jarvis might be my favorite non-Blues player.

If I could wave a magic wand and take 1 player from the canes line up to add to the Blues, it wouldn’t be Slavin or Skjei. It wouldn’t even be Aho. I’d take Jarvis.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Seth Jarvis might be my favorite non-Blues player.

If I could wave a magic wand and take 1 player from the canes line up to add to the Blues, it wouldn’t be Slavin or Skjei. It wouldn’t even be Aho. I’d take Jarvis.

Did you listen to the Spittin Chiclets interview? Lol

 

[Xerloris]

Surely you did not just infer that Robert Thomas can provide the same production as Connor McDavid.

Well considering Thomas put up 4 point nights without shoot first mentality players, I don't find it a stretch to think he could put up 5 assists in a game where his wingers actually use one timers and shoot first when they get a pass. I'm sure you're going to inform me that McDavid is some god that you worship and I'm wrong though.

 

[stl76]

Did you listen to the Spittin Chiclets interview? Lol

Nope. Any good?

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Nope. Any good?

Very! Kid has a ton of charisma and definitely lets it fly.

 

[ezcreepin]

Well considering Thomas put up 4 point nights without shoot first mentality players, I don't find it a stretch to think he could put up 5 assists in a game where his wingers actually use one timers and shoot first when they get a pass. I'm sure you're going to inform me that McDavid is some god that you worship and I'm wrong though.

I don't think Thomas is ever going to be scoring 130 points a year or getting 100 assists, but if Snuggerud and Bolduc reach their ceilings, I think he can absolutely crack 100 points and some insane pp points numbers, something reaching 45-50 pp points.