Around the NHL 2024 - Offseason Moves

[Armourboy]

Florida up 1-0 after the first.

 

[herzausstein]

In the battle of meh goalies, Skinner is doing bad

 

[PredsV82]

Shots 25-10 for Edmonton. Bob playing like this will make it a short series

Edit to add, @herzausstein Bob is somewhat like Pekka, he could look ordinary many times but he also has a God Mode where he's damn near unbeatable

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

In the battle of meh goalies, Skinner is doing bad

Bob is really overpaid but pretty sure he was top 10 in both Sv% and GAA this season. Was good last postseason as well.

 

[Viqsi]

In the battle of meh goalies, Skinner is doing bad

What, did Florida decide to start Knight instead?

Bob is anything but "meh" when he's on his game.

 

[Armourboy]

Bob has an insane mode that when he hits it and goes on a run the other team is pretty much screwed. The rest of the time he is just ok, but that mode is why he got the money he did. If he goes off in this series it won't last long.

 

[Armourboy]

Florida gets the first one.

 

[BigFatCat999]

So, the Caps bought Capfriendly…

 

[herzausstein]

So, the Caps bought Capfriendly…

And it sounds like it is going to go dark after the sale is final... this sucks.

 

[Predsanddead24]

And it sounds like it is going to go dark after the sale is final... this sucks.

Yeah thankfully there are already some similar sites out their but their UIs definitely suck compared to CapFriendly and they lack some of the tools like the buyout calculator. Sad day for message board nerds for sure.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

I'm definitely worried about the quality of data we'll have access to down the road. CapFriendly happened to also have the best user interface - but I have a fairly high degree of tolerance for clunky or annoying interfaces (heck, I have 14,000 posts HERE!)

Since I haven't looked at other Cap sites in the last decade or so, I'm not sure who breaks what first, or to what extent they have mostly just been riding CapFriendly's coattails. I also don't follow any "insider" type posts on social media. So I don't REALLY have a sense of how much of CapFriendly's data is truly available in the public domain, vs how much of it they have had a unique ability to source through non-public contacts (e.g. agents, central registry contacts, NHL front office workers, etc). I tend to think of them being uniquely positioned in that networking, however. Maybe I'm wrong. But if we do lose some of that access to info, that would be the most painful part. Hopefully they have some key employees who can jump ship to the successor website with the "little black book" in tow.

 

[Armourboy]

People said the same thing when CapGeek went down, something will come along.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

People said the same thing when CapGeek went down, something will come along.

EVENTUALLY something will. Probably. It took a while, and CapFriendly has reached such a pinnacle of achievement that it could take quite a bit longer this time, however. Even if it's just a couple months, that's going to be a painful gap. Oh well.

 

[Armourboy]

Foegle with a 5 min major and a game misconduct for kneeing. Just plain ole bad.

 

[Armourboy]

Ekholm with Edmonton's first goal of the SCF.

 

[herzausstein]

Kindof wild that Ekholm is Edmonton's #1 LHD. I always knew he was alot better than given credit for since it is hard to get out of Josi's shadow here but even with all that milage on him .... he is doing great.

Nurse has no hockey sense as well.

 

[Armourboy]

Draisital should be out of this game. Led with an elbow into Barkovs head and left his feet to do it. Can't believe these analysts are just like, eh 2 minutes is ok.

Good, Florida made them pay for that stupidity.

 

[Armourboy]

I've just been casually cheering for Florida, cause why not, but after watching the last half of that game I hope Edmonton gets swept.

 

[101st_fan]

Drai's teammates went even dirtier. Stick to the groin .... hit to the head after the whistle ... player "safety" won't do a thing.

 

[Scoresberg]

As expected, Oilers are passengers in these Finals. Men against Boys -esque.

PS. Suspend the f*** out of Draisaitl. That was dirty.

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Panthers dominated that entire game.

 

[herzausstein]

As much as Nurse lacks hockey sense and is overpaid, he is still their 2nd best LHD. If he is injured, they may be pretty screwed.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

People said the same thing when CapGeek went down, something will come along.

So far so good... PuckPedia has the Chatfield contract details up before CapFriendly...

 

[Armourboy]

Heck yeah Florida up 1-0 after the first.

As good as Edmonton thinks Bouchard is, he's given up some big turnovers that have led to goals all series long.

 

[LCPreds]

Wow. What a turn here late in the 2nd. I feel pretty bad for those fans having to sit there and watch it. Hoping for a turnaround but knowing it’s pretty unlikely. And also realizing going down 3-0 in this series pretty much seals it. Brutal way to go.