Around the NHL - Part XLIII

[noncents]

philly what is you doin

 

[NickyFotiu]

Ovechkin looks like he's 26 again while 93 and CK look like they are around 50

Sometimes that happens for vets. Ovie looked to be declining hard and out of shape in some seasons. but he has bounced back in other seasons. Can Zib and CK bounce back? Only time will tell.

 

[NickyFotiu]

Wow what an awful trade by the Flyers. Farabee is underrated.

Who is the real Kuzmenko? The guy that produced well for around 30 games last year right after he was traded or the player he was this season and in the first half of last season?

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

Thanks, but it was really a rhetorical question. Do you like my new profile pic?

lol all questions are unsolicited when conferring with Dr. Miller.

Yes! Is Chris going to to Disneyworld?

 

[tiggles]

opens up cap space for Philly parting ways with Farabee and the $5M per over the next 3 years, plus the $3.5-$4M+ they'd have to give Frost this summer for a long term deal (much like we were due for with Kakko).

Philly needs centers and will be big game hunting, just depends on who

I guess I just thought those guys were pretty good for what they make/will make with the cap going up, but admittedly I haven't watched the Flyers very much this year.

 

[cheech70]

 

[n8]

That's a huge jump. Don't feel so bad about Igor's contract. It falls down to 12% of our cap. Then 11%. Then 10%.

 

[NYR94]

Saad signed with Vegas for the rest of the season.

 

[Shadowtron]

Just keep Hockey Club. Mammoth is a 90's roller hockey team name and Wasatch will just lead me to calling them the Utah Wad Sacs.

The Utah fans hated Wasatch, so they got rid of it and replaced it with Outlaws. So…HC, Mammoth or Outlaws.

 

[Cmox]

The Utah fans hated Wasatch, so they got rid of it and replaced it with Ouaws. So…HC, Mammoth or Outlaws.

 

[leetch99]

I like Outlaws ! I also like Bandits .

Sometimes that happens for vets. Ovie looked to be declining hard and out of shape in some seasons. but he has bounced back in other seasons. Can Zib and CK bounce back? Only time will tell.

Are NHL guys ever checked for steroid use ?

 

[NickyFotiu]

I like Outlaws ! I also like Bandits .


Are NHL guys ever checked for steroid use ?

I believe they do but maybe not as much as some other sports.

 

[Cmox]

McAvoy looks like Clint Howard.

 

[n8]

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What the heck is this AI generated logo? Is it like an undead skull with a flaming eyeball? Or Did Kirby eat a cowboy?

 

[Cmox]

What the heck is this AI generated logo? Is it like an undead skull with a flaming eyeball? Or Did Kirby eat a cowboy?

haha, its EANHL

 

[n8]

haha, its EANHL

Wait, is that Phil Kessel then? So Utah is going to sign him after all...

 

[TheWrongWay]

I like Outlaws ! I also like Bandits .


Are NHL guys ever checked for steroid use ?

Yes, but testing is not serious in almost any sport.

I think Nate Schmidt might be the last player to test positive, maybe in 2017 or 2018. Is it reasonable to think no NHL player has used PEDs (performance-enhancing drugs) since Schmidt?

AS (anabolic steroids) first came to be in I believe the early 1940s and spread into elite sport in the 1950s. By the '90s, they’re all over and are much more difficult to detect. The massive change in Barry Bonds from his first 6 seasons to later career 6 seasons, for instance:

Age​	AB​	Hits​	Avg​	HR​	Avg HR​	HR/AB​
21 - 26​	3111​	837​	.269​	142​	23.6​	21.9​
34 - 39​	2477​	813​	.328​	292​	48.7​	8.5​

No sane person at that time thought the .270, 24 HRs a season Bonds of his early 20s naturally morphed into the .328, 49 HRs a season Bonds of his late 30s. But the reality is, by the time Bonds became this new player, PEDs were commonplace in high school and more so at the collegiate level.

The pressure to use them at the pro level is more intense.

Isn’t that largely expected when using or not using could change an athlete’s salary by many millions a year or for some be the difference between playing pro or not?

I don’t think any pro sport tests with much sincere intent to identify or stop PEDs. Why would they?

The drive for big money is there from the athletes up to the owners.

To quote Dr. Charles Yesalis, one of the top researchers on this matter: “The king is the money involved. Combine the availability of these drugs with the loopholes in testing – the loopholes are so big, I could drive an M1 Abrams Tank through it, in total darkness, without night vision on, and not scrape it. Drug testing is a facade. It's only to keep politicians away and give fans plausible deniability.”

So, yes, there is "testing" in the NHL. But I don't foresee serious testing happening any time soon, in any sport.

 

[CLW]

Vancouver trades for Marcus Pettersson (PIT) using the NYR 1st round pick as part of the deal.

 

[ReleasO The KakkO]

Dunno if this is an “Around”-worthy post but here goes.

(spoiler - lots of maths coming up)

Before Avs I said Rangers must go 22-12 to make playoff seeding. Now that they’ve lost 2 in a row AND other contenders are juiced, I’ll now update that to 24-8.

Looking at the last week until 4 Nations, over 5 games I can’t see any better than 3-2.

Which says, come late Feb, the Rangers must finish at a 21-6 pace.

JT Miller be damned - doesn’t seem possible.

 

[Captain Lindy]

Trouba laid out Kadri tonight a couple of times. I wonder if there's a thread hating on him now that he isn't a Ranger.

 

[Boris Zubov]

One potential Lindgren upgrade heads to Van instead ....

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Trouba laid out Kadri tonight a couple of times. I wonder if there's a thread hating on him now that he isn't a Ranger.

His destruction of Kadri a couple years back is still the sexiest hit I’ve ever seen

Lots of large deals before the 4 Nations

 

[RangersFan1994]

3 Petterssons

No Relation

SAM ROSEN

 

[Cmox]

Nucks are busy tonight.

 

[RangersFan1994]

Sadly most Canucks fans wanted Pettersson traded over Miller. Very telling.