Around the NHL - Part XLIII

[SA16]

I don't know about the NHL because retreads are not as common but I strongly believe in the NFL for example it's highly luck based.

Florida must really be regretting hiring Maurice as a retread coach too.

 

[RangersFan1994]

Pettersson brushes off slump: 'More annoying' to deal with media

Vancouver Canucks forward Elias Pettersson dismissed the possibility he's dealing with confidence issues as he struggles to produce since the club traded J.T. Miller."It's more annoying dealing with the media," Pettersson said of his scoring drought following Sunday's loss to Utah, per...

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[GoAwayPanarin]

Elias Pettersson has scored as many goals in 2025 as Alex Nedeljkovic and Matt Rempe.

 

[McRanger92]

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Pettersson brushes off slump: 'More annoying' to deal with media

Vancouver Canucks forward Elias Pettersson dismissed the possibility he's dealing with confidence issues as he struggles to produce since the club traded J.T. Miller."It's more annoying dealing with the media," Pettersson said of his scoring drought following Sunday's loss to Utah, per...

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Rangers traded for the right guy here. Pettersson has a shit attitude and would not have been a fit on a team with enough malcontents. I will give him a slight benefit of the doubt though because Vancouver is an actual horribly run organization and Pettersson seems to be getting pressured to play through a chronic knee injury.

Elias Pettersson has scored as many goals in 2025 as Alex Nedeljkovic and Matt Rempe.

Adam Fox for EP40, who says no?

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Byfield 4 assists last night.

Even he’s better than Laf now

 

[EdJovanovski]

Tkachuks are becoming celebs

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Anyone complaining about Kakko at this point isn't even bothering to see how little of a difference his play has been in the move to Seattle.

	24/25	24/25		23/24	22/23	21/22
	Rangers	Kraken		Rangers	Rangers	Rangers
Points	14	18		19	40	18
Games	30	26		61	82	43
Minutes	398	461		809	1255	664
Points per Game	0.4667	0.6923		0.3115	0.4878	0.4186
Points per Minute	0.0352	0.0391		0.0235	0.0319	0.0271
	Difference per Minute:	0.110893

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He's getting more Power Play time and playing on a higher line yet producing a whopping 11% more per minute. The fact that anyone cares at this point is laughable.

Also, this includes the 75 minutes of PP time he's gotten with Seattle (he had 0 minutes with the Rangers). That's over 2.5 minutes per game of PP time. And he's only producing barely 11%, 0.004 points-per-minute higher?

And some are mad about this?

 

[Harbour Dog]

Adam Fox for EP40, who says no?

 

[NickyFotiu]

Jason Robertson looked bad to start the season. He was already a slow skater before injury but after injury he looked bad. Reason I brought him up is he bounced back hard. Hopefully a guy or 2 of ours will as well.

 

[NYR94]

 

[ReddestRum]

Anyone complaining about Kakko at this point isn't even bothering to see how little of a difference his play has been in the move to Seattle.

	24/25	24/25		23/24	22/23	21/22
	Rangers	Kraken		Rangers	Rangers	Rangers
Points	14	18		19	40	18
Games	30	26		61	82	43
Minutes	398	461		809	1255	664
Points per Game	0.4667	0.6923		0.3115	0.4878	0.4186
Points per Minute	0.0352	0.0391		0.0235	0.0319	0.0271
	Difference per Minute:	0.110893

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He's getting more Power Play time and playing on a higher line yet producing a whopping 11% more per minute. The fact that anyone cares at this point is laughable.

Also, this includes the 75 minutes of PP time he's gotten with Seattle (he had 0 minutes with the Rangers). That's over 2.5 minutes per game of PP time. And he's only producing barely 11%, 0.004 points-per-minute higher?

And some are mad about this?

Still more points than our 1OA this season who has a nice -5, 0 points in his last 3 games.

 

[17futurecap]

 

[leetch99]

Still more points than our 1OA this season who has a nice -5, 0 points in his last 3 games.

Lafreniere had a couple of bursts last night....I bet he is one of the better practice players we have . Some guys play like NHL stars in practice I heard .

 

[rockymtnoyster]

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Sell high!

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Still more points than our 1OA this season who has a nice -5, 0 points in his last 3 games.

Laf has been tiers better than Kakko other than this one down year. With that said, he's been bad this year.

 

[NYR94]

 

[LokiDog]

So Mackinnon’s nutrional extremism > Brindy’s whatever it is he does.

I feel like any player would be happy in Colorado; I’m honestly surprised they’re not more of destination and was surprised at the rumors of Rantanen’s asking price because I’d have figured it’s one of like 4 places in the NHL you willingly take a discount to stay. Rantanen looking a bit foolish now.

 

[Harbour Dog]

So Mackinnon’s nutrional extremism > Brindy’s whatever it is he does.

I feel like any player would be happy in Colorado; I’m honestly surprised they’re not more of destination and was surprised at the rumors of Rantanen’s asking price because I’d have figured it’s one of like 4 places in the NHL you willingly take a discount to stay. Rantanen looking a bit foolish now.

Not  any player. Mackinnon would beat half the guys on our roster to death within a week.

 

[Larrybiv]

Why wouldn't Necas be happy? He's got players there that actually know how to put the puck in the net. (Not lately though, I've heard). Rantanen otoh, might be wondering; "I'm just like they are.....pass, pass first. Who's putting the puck in the net? Enough of this 40 shots a game and only a goal or 2! Hell, I'm on the wrong team, and I HATE that shit we do at center ice, so damned childish!"

Everyone rooting for the Islanders tom night vs Bruins? Or, is the majority here actively rooting against the team we supposedly support. I have NEVER and will NEVER root against my team, yeah I yell and scream at the TV, and tell them they're sucking right now, but I will never root against them. Well, maybe that's just me.

 

[Row I Goon]

Is it just me or does Tochet look a bit like Dan Castelenatta?

 

[noncents]

Why wouldn't Necas be happy? He's got players there that actually know how to put the puck in the net. (Not lately though, I've heard). Rantanen otoh, might be wondering; "I'm just like they are.....pass, pass first. Who's putting the puck in the net? Enough of this 40 shots a game and only a goal or 2! Hell, I'm on the wrong team, and I HATE that shit we do at center ice, so damned childish!"

Everyone rooting for the Islanders tom night vs Bruins? Or, is the majority here actively rooting against the team we supposedly support. I have NEVER and will NEVER root against my team, yeah I yell and scream at the TV, and tell them they're sucking right now, but I will never root against them. Well, maybe that's just me.

i'm always on the edge of my seat reading your posts, man. appreciate you.

 

[NickyFotiu]

Can Carolina just trade him back to Colorado?

 

[Boris Zubov]

Can Carolina just trade him back to Colorado?

Why would either team make that deal?

If you're asking hypothetically, yes they can. If the Avs had retained money on him, they wouldn't be allowed for a full calendar year.