OT: Around the NHL: Go Cats Go

[Tom Hanks]

I'll be honest. I didn't even know he was the coach of the BJs.

Shows how little I followed that team.

They need a good stable coach for this rebuild/retool.

A few good trades/signings plus if pick 4 is NHL ready then they could be pushing for playoffs again. That’d be bad for us as they were the only real bad team in the Metro.

 

[66-30-33]

They need a good stable coach for this rebuild/retool.

A few good trades/signings plus if pick 4 is NHL ready then they could be pushing for playoffs again. That’d be bad for us as they were the only real bad team in the Metro.

We are going to miss for the 3rd year in a row anyway, then 4th and still keep the guy around acting like we can make it.

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

Vincent didn't survive the new GM, this coach has survived three GM's.

 

[66-30-33]

Vincent didn't survive the new GM, this coach has survived three GM's.

The team will all demand trades if we fire him.

 

[SomeDude]

The team will all demand trades if we fire him.

Oh no. Guess we would have to assemble another group of players who are incapable of making the playoffs. That is a task I feel very comfortable saying Dubas can handle.

 

[Gurglesons]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1802808794973368716

Is that like 17 that they have fired before Sully this year?

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Is that like 17 that they have fired before Sully this year?

Expect another 17 before Sullivan's job is even questioned.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Is that like 17 that they have fired before Sully this year?

No but Columbus probably have an advent calendar for new coaches.

EDIT: Oh you meant league wide

List of Columbus Blue Jackets head coaches - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

Watch them make the playoffs again before the Pens.

 

[CascadiaPenguin]

What the actual f*** is it with the NHL scheduling of the final? Two day break between games the entire series? The fact the finals could stretch until the end of June if it goes 7 games is an absolute joke considering how soon it could have started.

This series could take 17 days to resolve.

Probably the most comparable recent final was 2011 VAN/BOS which stretched 15 days for seven games.

5:35 in a plane isn't trivial, I guess? It also seemed like the weeklong break this year between the end of conference finals and the SCF was kind of ridiculous, which makes this feel like its taking forever. NHL season has already extended past NFL OTAs and minicamps.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

This series could take 17 days to resolve.

Probably the most comparable recent final was 2011 VAN/BOS which stretched 15 days for seven games.

5:35 in a plane isn't trivial, I guess? It also seemed like the weeklong break this year between the end of conference finals and the SCF was kind of ridiculous, which makes this feel like its taking forever. NHL season has already extended past NFL OTAs and minicamps.

This is a good thing imo. The players get the rest they need so the product is better.
At least the Euros are going on now, so people can watch that on off-days.

Watch them make the playoffs again before the Pens.

Super likely. I could see the Pens getting back there in like 2035 with the way they're going about it.

 

[66-30-33]

Watch them make the playoffs again before the Pens.

Our core deserve better then to go out like this...

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

I mean, they have won a playoff series more recently.

 

[CascadiaPenguin]

Super likely. I could see the Pens getting back there in like 2035 with the way they're going about it.

Optimist!

 

[AuroraBorealis]

Optimist!

Realist, no? Next year's the best chance for a long time, but we'll probably agree it's below 50%.
After that the core ages out completely, and they wait a few years before pulling the plug properly. Then they need to wait for players to develop until they can contribute enough to push them to R1 again. Need to draft Centers and a 1D.
It takes time. Detroit just had their 8th straight playoff miss for example. Anaheim just had their 6th and are nowhere close.
San Jose, which may be the best comparable, just had their 5th and finished last. Probably 5 years away from playoffs?

The Pens are very much trending towards a similar timeline.

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

Will it be as long and daunting as Buffalo, though?

 

[CascadiaPenguin]

Will it be as long and daunting as Buffalo, though?

Mesozoic Era pales in comparison.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

Will it be as long and daunting as Buffalo, though?

I trust Dubas to manage a rebuild/re-tool better than they did.
The important thing is not when the team starts making the playoffs again, but rather when and for how long the next championship window will be open.
My hope is that Dubas constructs a better foundation, when allowed to work from the ground up. He has so much development experience, and is obsessed with that aspect of GM'ing.
Time will tell if I'm overestimating him.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1803077905699807349

This was the GM candidate I was most interested in before FSG dropped everything to throw themselves at Dubas' feet. We'll see how he does I guess.

-edit- Holy f*** lmao

 

[Allie Kitsune]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1803077905699807349

This was the GM candidate I was most interested in before FSG dropped everything to throw themselves at Dubas' feet. We'll see how he does I guess.

-edit- Holy f*** lmao

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He was also the guy Flyers fans had been screaming for for years.

 

[Tom Hanks]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1803077905699807349

This was the GM candidate I was most interested in before FSG dropped everything to throw themselves at Dubas' feet. We'll see how he does I guess.

-edit- Holy f*** lmao

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But he didn’t have time for a haircut

https://x.com/i/web/status/1803081577003438591

 

[Goalie_Bob]

And people call Dubas a nerd and a geek.....

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

But he didn’t have time for a haircut

https://x.com/i/web/status/1803081577003438591

If the GM gig doesn't pan out for him, he can always play Edward Nigma in the next Batman film.

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

But he didn’t have time for a haircut

https://x.com/i/web/status/1803081577003438591

Then he can still make it to Springfield and stop the Monorail.

 

[Tacitus Kilgore]

But he didn’t have time for a haircut

https://x.com/i/web/status/1803081577003438591

Dude looks like he knows too much about being a GM.

We should be the first to offer sheet a GM. And for that matter, a new coach