Around The NHL Discussion 2018-2019 - Part IV

[Ranksu]

IIHF Worlds 2019 without Blues players looks boring

 

[MissouriMook]

Does Husso have a kid? Because that sure looks like his 1,000 yard death stare.

 

[Novacain]

Does Husso have a kid? Because that sure looks like his 1,000 yard death stare.

That's clearly Husso as a kid.

 

[Ranksu]

Finland leading vs. Canada. EEEk, Couple times Mikkola flying like Parayko. Camaaan

 

[elkranio]

Are you happily wasted @Ranksu ?

 

[Ranksu]

Are you happily wasted @Ranksu ?

drank

 

[MissouriMook]

Amazing that Hakanpaa, Lindbohm, and Mikkola are World Champions, and the Blues have a chance to win their first Stanley Cup.

 

[Ranksu]

I would love if Blues would make a call to Joel Kiviranta, he was really impressive in this tournament for me not so familiar player, but damn he got wheels and drive. Really important player for Finland.

Joel Kiviranta at eliteprospects.com

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Do we still own Hakanpaa’s rights? Or is that too far gone

 

[mk80]

Do we still own Hakanpaa’s rights? Or is that too far gone

I haven't found any official announcement but a few sites like this one stating the Ducks signed him Ducks Sign Finnish Dman Jani Hakanpää

 

[Captain Creampuff]

Did Lindbohm really decline that much? I felt like he should have played more when him and Eddy were battling it out. Wish he would have continued to develop because I liked his skating and physicality.

 

[mw2noobbuster]

Did Lindbohm really decline that much? I felt like he should have played more when him and Eddy were battling it out. Wish he would have continued to develop because I liked his skating and physicality.

I remember in 2016 when Gunnarson went out and Lindbolm came in. He looked great, I was honestly surprised he hasn't played much at all since.

 

[Captain Creampuff]

I remember in 2016 when Gunnarson went out and Lindbolm came in. He looked great, I was honestly surprised he hasn't played much at all since.

Yeah, it just seemed like Hitch never gave him a real shot. He wasn't afraid to pinch in the O-Zone and shot almost any time he could. He was great when paired with Petro.

 

[mw2noobbuster]

Yeah, it just seemed like Hitch never gave him a real shot. He wasn't afraid to pinch in the O-Zone and shot almost any time he could. He was great when paired with Petro.

He was physical too and had a great stick. I’d love to give him a shot next season.

 

[Captain Creampuff]

He was physical too and had a great stick. I’d love to give him a shot next season.

Hopefully we move on from Gunnar and have a left side of JBo, Eddy, Lindbohm, and Mikkola for next year.

 

[yogintheaveragebears]

I remember lindbohm captained his age class and was not afraid to bang when his teammates were taking advantage of

 

[simon IC]

Hopefully we move on from Gunnar and have a left side of JBo, Eddy, Lindbohm, and Mikkola for next year.

You left out Dunn.

 

[Captain Creampuff]

You left out Dunn.

You're right, I Dunn goof'd. Throw him in there too

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

You left out Dunn.

These last 3 games have shown we don’t need him

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

I think Tippett is a good hire by Edmonton. A lot better choice than Hitchcock. I was surprised to see him choose coaching again. I thought he would take a hockey operations job with Seattle.

 

[BlueDream]

I don’t like the hire much. To me he’s still a dinosaur coach that preaches a defensive system and I don’t love that fit when your system should be built around what McDavid can do.

Either way, it really doesn’t matter what coach they have until they actually infuse more talent into their roster. And I find Holland to be pretty overrated himself so I question how quickly that can happen.

We’ll see. At least things are never boring there in Edmonton.

 

[Vladys Gumption]

I don’t see Tippett as being a whole lot different than Hitchcock tbh.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

I disagree with the notion Tippet is a defensive coach. We’ll see very quickly next year if that’s the case.

 

[mk80]

Sharks hired Bob Boughner, I heard he was a PP specialist so I was hoping we'd bring him in as an assistant for next season to replace the still open Berube spot.

 

[Spektre]

Call me crazy but I wouldn’t give Skinner 9 million per season.