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

Hate jersey winning and solidifying that 3rd seed but we need Columbus to fall out of this race and they are really falling apart right now.
 
Hey, Bolts fan coming in peace. Do any of you happen to know what happened to the Game Misconduct podcast? Hasn't posted since 3/3. I know they cover the whole league but it's a pretty Rangers heavy pod and I know that LaGreca works for MSG so I thought I'd ask here. Thanks.
 
I don't think it turns out quite this bad if Subban isn't a piece of shit. Blais was actually looking pretty damn good until PK tried to end his career.

Not that it's likely at all that he ends up being as good as Buch, but there was certainly a world where he became a contributing middle six player for us during a couple playoff runs.
I think Blais's impact would have been closer to Rempe than Buch. Blais maxed out at 9 goals and 11 assists, put up .27 PPG across his career, averaged ~11m of ice time across his career, and never played more than 53 games in a season including playoffs. Those wrecking ball guys have some value, but give me another Buch 10 times out of 10.
 
I think Blais's impact would have been closer to Rempe than Buch. Blais maxed out at 9 goals and 11 assists, put up .27 PPG across his career, averaged ~11m of ice time across his career, and never played more than 53 games in a season including playoffs. Those wrecking ball guys have some value, but give me another Buch 10 times out of 10.

Yeah, I take Buch every time too. Even not being a wrecking ball, he definitely had some bite to his game.

It just felt like Blais had lost a step when he finally returned from that slew foot (almost an entire calendar year later?). A big part of his value was that he was a big, rough, energy guy, with reasonable hands. He wasn't really that once he got back; he was just a Gauthier level bottom 6er.
 
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