Around the NHL 2024/25

[bustamente]

 

[Gm0ney]

I'd rather have the SC, you can have the President's trophy.


BS, since the Jets entered the league, 1 trophy winner won the cup and 12 did not.

There's more parity in the Cap era I think. Less restrictive free agency too. So there's not as big a talent gap between the #1 regular season team and the rest of the field. Compared to the 80s Oilers, 70s Habs, etc.

 

[Eyeseeing]

Bettman appealed it to time served and a stern talking to

 

[Eyeseeing]

That was a cheap shot.
Concussions are not the league’s fault.
I have never seen Bettman or Daly target a players head.
The players have to own up.

 

[sipowicz]

what’s next an NHL exhibition game in Moscow in October, what a stupid league!

 

[gojetsgo]

 

[bustamente]

The problem with Gibson is that he gets injured when he sneezes, apart from that he has been very meh this last few years to the point where Dostal was getting the net more frequently even when he was healthy.

 

[10Ducky10]

Would you prefer third, or 8th, or 12th best?

This is something that has been discussed here before. You are saying Cup or bust and that's your choice. But it means that anything less and the season is a failure.

Only 1 of 32 teams gets that prize each year and each of those teams do not have an equal chance at it. We are one of the teams that will always have a lesser chance at the Cup than a group of 10-12 teams that will always have a better chance at it. So our odds might be something like 1 in 50, or 1 in 100.

We might have something like a 1 in 3 chance at the Presidents Trophy this year but still only 1 in 10 for the SC. And this might be our best chance in 50 years.

So you have to ask yourself if it is worth pursuing the PT. How much will resting some players affect our chances at either prize?

Where did I say it was cup or bust? I just don't think the president's trophy means that much.

 

[10Ducky10]

The problem with Gibson is that he gets injured when he sneezes, apart from that he has been very meh this last few years to the point where Dostal was getting the net more frequently even when he was healthy.

His .916 sv% on one of the worst teams in the league is pretty meh?

 

[bustamente]

You can't cherry pick one year look at the last 5 years, he was good a long time ago but yeah meh. As I said there's a reason Dostal gets the net more and more even when both are healthy. Also the Ducks are 6 back of a wild card spot hardly one of the leagues worst teams

 

[10Ducky10]

You are working with a ridiculously small sample size.

I went back to the lockout and there were no president's trophy winners that won the cup. Are you happy now or would you like me to go further back?
So that has knocked it down to 5%. If you make the playoffs you have a six and a quarter percent chance of winning the cup.