Around the NHL - Part XLII - (2023-24 Season edition)

[egelband]

Do you remember the apocolyptic posts about how Dolan is going to sink this franchise with his meddling? Drury had his own "fireable offense" trade with Buchnevich. But that one at least seemed more about giving the young guys an opportunity and the cap. Miller was just a throw in in a McDonagh trade that sucked balls to begin with.

We don’t know the whole story of course but Drury walked into a situation where he had to move Buch. He had crappy offers to choose from. Of course Drury may have been part of the decision to not extend/trade Buch earlier. But we don’t know. Anyhow Buch is not quite on Miller’s level I think.

 

[egelband]

what the hell is this tues and thurs, no games.

Wow. That’s borderline inexcusable. The scheduling, like their apps and their media output in general is laughably bad. Like they farmed it all out to whomever would do it cheapest. Interns and careless vendors.

 

[Black Tank]

Love the f***ing standings right now. Always old and always slow islanders and your preseason Stanley Cup champion new jersey devils fighting to stay above the DOA Blue Jackets. I'm wondering if their idiot fans are starting to worry about making the POs now that we're 1/5 of the way done.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Love the f***ing standings right now. Always old and always slow islanders and your preseason Stanley Cup champion new jersey devils fighting to stay above the DOA Blue Jackets. I'm wondering if their idiot fans are starting to worry about making the POs now that we're 1/5 of the way done.

TBF I think Islander fan have given up lol.

 

[McRanger92]

TBF I think Islander fan have given up lol.

The Islanders will fire Lambert much later than they shouldve and still sneak into the last wild card spot because of Sorokin

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

The Islanders will fire Lambert much later than they shouldve and still sneak into the last wild card spot because of Sorokin

Maybe not this years version of Sorokin who hasn't been great. Varly has been awesome considering what he has in front of him though.

Its gonna be hard for them to get in because those other teams (Pitt, NJD, Philly) are objectively better than they are. Washington is a paper tiger, but at least they're on par with NYI with a bit of a cushion right now.

 

[bl02]

Wish Fox was not hurt and able to give Hughes and Makar a run for their money

well the one positive he will have played a month less of hockey which could help in april and beyond.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

LOL NJD fans are REALLY taking Saturday's loss hard.

Not that I'd expect this place to be the epitome of reasonable had the Rangers lost but holy shit the amount of copium being inhaled by all 11 of them is at an all time level.

 

[NYR Viper]

So Columbus asked Laine to play center this year, he struggles, and so they bench him? Seems odd

 

[17futurecap]

So Columbus asked Laine to play center this year, he struggles, and so they bench him? Seems odd

Management should have been fired the day
Babcock was let go.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Friday is the game of the season so far. Philly is somehow in 2nd in the metro but even more amazing is that it’s going to be a rematch of the 2012 Winter Classic with the coaches swapped.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Keep JD in Columbus until we get to lift them on a Kent Johnson trade.

Then you can fire him and Jarmo.

 

[UAGoalieGuy]

Looks like the Canes releases Halak from his PTO

 

[McRanger92]

LOL NJD fans are REALLY taking Saturday's loss hard.

Not that I'd expect this place to be the epitome of reasonable had the Rangers lost but holy shit the amount of copium being inhaled by all 11 of them is at an all time level.

This caught my interest so I went to the Devils board and there was a kid earnestly talking about how he has a "friend" who could beat up Lucic and Trouba.

Confirmed my suspicions that their entire board is a bunch of teenagers

 

[Levitate]

This caught my interest so I went to the Devils board and there was a kid earnestly talking about how he has a "friend" who could beat up Lucic and Trouba.

Confirmed my suspicions that their entire board is a bunch of teenagers

I mean, if you're friends with a legit MMA fighter then sure those guys could probably beat up a lot of pro athletes

but also...why? who cares?

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Looks like the Canes releases Halak from his PTO

Looks like @Machinehead needs to take the L on Quick vs. Halak.

 

[Synergy27]

This caught my interest so I went to the Devils board and there was a kid earnestly talking about how he has a "friend" who could beat up Lucic and Trouba.

Confirmed my suspicions that their entire board is a bunch of teenagers

Man, I was assuming that your post was going to end with a mob reference.

 

[Machinehead]

Looks like @Machinehead needs to take the L on Quick vs. Halak.

This short sample doesn't change the fact that Halak has like 70 more goals saved over the course of their careers.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

This short sample doesn't change the fact that Halak has like 70 more goals saved over the course of their careers.

He sucked last year when you're of a certain age your latest season is important. I know Quick sucked last year too but it looks like Allaire has helped him more than Halak last year.

 

[Machinehead]

He sucked last year when you're of a certain age your latest season is important. I know Quick sucked last year too but it looks like Allaire has helped him more than Halak last year.

I didn't think Halak sucked last year. His W-L record sucked early on because we were scoring once a game for him.

I do agree that Quick has looked much better and that the coaching seems to have helped him a lot.

I never bought into the Allaire hype as much as most because, like, he had Henrik Lundqvist and Igor Shesterkin. If he continues to get dominant play out of Quick, I'll be a believer.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I didn't think Halak sucked last year. His W-L record sucked early on because we were scoring once a game for him.

I do agree that Quick has looked much better and that the coaching seems to have helped him a lot.

I never bought into the Allaire hype as much as most because, like, he had Henrik Lundqvist and Igor Shesterkin. If he continues to get dominant play out of Quick, I'll be a believer.

Halak didn't get much goal support but sucked himself. It wasn't just win/loss record.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Looks like @Machinehead needs to take the L on Quick vs. Halak.

A lot of us could've taken the L on that. Quick looked like a corpse last year. I was adamant about resigning Halak instead of him. We're all human & none of us get paid to do this.

 

[Matt Rentfree]

Woof - Bruins blew the lead with 5 seconds left and never touched the puck in OT. 5-4 loss.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Woof - Bruins blew the lead with 5 seconds left and never touched the puck in OT. 5-4 loss.

That's too bad.

 

[Row I Goon]

Hoglander match penalty for attempt to injure after review. Dunno if Canucks got stiffed. Looked worse in slo-mo.