Around the NHL: Panthers win. Onto the business season!

[Chainshot]

Not much other teams can do about the weather but they can lobby to become tax-free.

They can also hire good people in positions other than just GM or coach, can stay out of the way of their scouting staff both pro and amateur, and take care of their players. All of those things are things those warm weather places have done.

 

[Sabre the Win]

Very cool. Can't wait to check in with you in June 2025 when you pop your head back out of the bunker.

In the meantime, I'm going to enjoy the development of our envy-of-the-league u25 core under our new HOF coach who bleeds blue and gold (like me and many others here).

The same core that when in this year thinking they earned something because they just missed the playoffs last year only to eliminate themselves by the All-Star weekend? We kept blaming Donny for not having them ready when in fact they themselves weren't ready and didn't take the league seriously.

I don't think there is any envy, players and other teams don't fear the Sabres, they gave them respect by playing hard against them at the start of the season and the u25 core and veterans couldn't hold up til they got to the back half and got the backups. It also helps UPL found his game and stole quite a few games.

The only thing Ruff can bring to these degenerates is bag skating the hell out of them and making practice gruelling, its embarrassing when Mitts leaves the team and tells Colorado reporters this is the hardest hes ever worked.

So much wrong with this team and management over the years. I applaud you for still believing in this team especially thinking Ruff is the difference between placing bottom 12 this year and a June Stanley Cup appearance next year.

Hey, it could happen.

 

[Gras]

They can also hire good people in positions other than just GM or coach, can stay out of the way of their scouting staff both pro and amateur, and take care of their players. All of those things are things those warm weather places have done.

Yea but that doesn't benefit the general populace

 

[Chainshot]

Yea but that doesn't benefit the general populace

No, but in a hockey forum, talking about a hockey team.

 

[Chainshot]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805450606309785755

In a league that seems to constantly find the worst possible owners, one of the worst is now done.

 

[Kublakhan]

such a great shot.. wrong sweater though..

 

[Club]

Am I wrong to believe Ottawa made out like bandits in that deal?

 

[Zman5778]

Am I wrong to believe Ottawa made out like bandits in that deal?

Nope. It's pretty right to believe, in fact.

 

[Fjordy]

Good move for Sens

 

[Old Navy Goat]

It all depends on if Ullmark resigns and for how much. As it is, they're retaining 1.25m for 4yrs on Korpisalo

 

[TageGod]

People are catching on, whoever has the most former Sabres wins the cup. Edmonton will go all in for Jost, Krebs, Joker and Girgensons.

 

[Jim Bob]

It all depends on if Ullmark resigns and for how much. As it is, they're retaining 1.25m for 4yrs on Korpisalo

The list of guys that the Sens gave up a first for one year before their contract expired and they were unable to extend them is impressive.

If Ullmark doesn't re-sign in Ottawa, he joins that list with guys like ADB.

 

[kirby11]

As always, the two players were never the problem with the tank, it was what they did to the roster to make sure they could be the worst team in the league for 730 consecutive days

Doing that on purpose is beyond Pejorative Slured, they had the best net offseason a team could ever put together in the real world in 2015 and it made them an 81 point team, and their depth has literally never stopped lagging the rest of the NHL

It makes everything else ten times more difficult and important to nail exactly right

By now, of course, competence would have us competing, but the tank was never going to be a smooth trajectory to winning. At least Toronto's tank team was damn near a positive possession team, they were building a foundation of real hockey while losing for exactly 82 games, the Sabres purposefully put on a 30% every stat clinic every night and traded away anyone that might impede on that effort

Murray annihilating their depth and then also treating Rochester as a complete afterthought at a time when they had a shitload of prospects coming through the system was something

 

[Jim Bob]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805438867459424379

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805243547974861275

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805245629565960249

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805245834772320278

 

[Ace]

I saw a tweet today that I felt in my soul. If we had won the 2015 lottery McDavid would have a cup. Because we would have traded him to a good team by now.

 

[joshjull]

 

[joshjull]

 

[Jim Bob]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805619980492214648

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805619365334679872

 

[MOGlLNY]

mark me down as mad

 

[JLewyB]

Reinhart’s Florida deal all over again. We need to get good so we can discounts like this.

No way he signs a deal like this with us

 

[Fjordy]

Come on

 

[Ace]

On 32 thoughts podcast Friedman said he was told that people have the Ullmark story a little wrong. He said he doesn’t have it confirmed but was told Ottawa wasn’t on his no trade list. He didn’t put them on because they had just paid for a goalie and he thought they wouldn’t try to get him. Said the deal was done before July 1 because he probably would have put them on his new list for the new year. He’s prepared to play out the year and bet on himself. Obviously that can change with time and the right numbers. It just takes a phone call. But Ullmark might have overthought it and been left with no choice.

 

[Dubi Doo]

Avs board seems pretty mad about the Mitts deal. Seems fair to me.

 

[Gabrielor]

Avs board seems pretty mad about the Mitts deal. Seems fair to me.

They're in a bit of a pickle. I can see why Colton is for sale.

 

[HaNotsri]

Avs board seems pretty mad about the Mitts deal. Seems fair to me.

For Buffalo that would have been a good deal.