Toggle sidebar

Around the NHL: Part XLIV 2025)

  • We sincerely apologize for the extended downtime. Our hosting provider, XenForo Cloud, encountered a major issue with their backup system, which unfortunately resulted in the loss of some critical data from the past year.

    What This Means for You:

    • If you created an account after March 2024, it no longer exists. You will need to sign up again to access the forum.
    • If you registered before March 2024 but changed your email, username, or password in the past year, those changes were lost. You’ll need to update your account details manually once you're logged in.
    • Threads and posts created within the last year have been restored.

    Our team is working with Xenforo Cloud to recover data using backups, sitemaps, and other available resources. We know this is frustrating, and we deeply regret the impact on our community. We are taking steps with Xenforo Cloud to ensure this never happens again. This is work in progress. Thank you for your patience and support as we work through this.

    In the meantime, feel free to join our Discord Server
CasusBelli said:
Was gonna say, “unpopular opinion: bring him back”, but it seems others feel similarly. Either him or Q. Don’t care.
Click to expand...

Wouldn't that be saying we do not want to get any great players like McDavid? In a vote of NHL players Torts was the guy that players did not want to play for by a huge margin.
 
  • Wow
Reactions: gabevh3
Megustaelhockey said:
I know everyone loves a misanthrope coach who will belittle players constantly and make them bag skate until they puke, but that style of coach is a relic of the past for me. Tortorella was not what the Flyers or any other team needed, and hopefully he can retire and focus on his many hobbies, among which I figure must be shooting bottles with pictures of kittens on them.
Click to expand...

Not to labour your point, but Torts and his wife actually have an animal rescue foundation set up and, if I remember right, they own a ranch with dozens of rescued horses and dogs.
 
  • Like
  • Love
Reactions: Shadowtron, NCRanger, Siddi and 4 others
nyr2k2 said:
Torts can come here and scream at guys and skate them ragged in practice, and it might shock the guys into a good year or maybe even two. But it's hardly a recipe for sustained success and at this point would be liking putting lipstick on a pig.
Click to expand...
I want the current core out and bring in T to work with a new core of blue collar players. Fundamentals first, finish your checks, etc etc. You know: play the right way and all that.
 
  • Like
Reactions: gabevh3
CasusBelli said:
I want the current core out and bring in T to work with a new core of blue collar players. Fundamentals first, finish your checks, etc etc. You know: play the right way and all that.
Click to expand...
Very interesting that a guy who has not seen a final in over 20 years is looked at as the "play the right way" coach. I know its because of his saying it but he had a problem with McDavid when he was commentating. Ill take McDavid not playing Torts right way.
Anyone ever taken a look at Torts playoff record after his cup. I'm not talking the Flyers, CBJ, Vancouver or even NY. Go take a look at his playoff record in Tampa after he won the cup. That team had pretty darn good talent. How did it go?

Anyway record aside people are really missing the point. They think Torts in the 2025 is just like Torts in 2010. He is not. He may act the part but he does not coach it. Megan Fox at 65 will not be the same as Megan Fox at 40 either.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Siddi
He is done...it is that simple . He made the rounds....made some money now he is at the age that he should enjoy himself ....same as Turk....let the new faces have a chance these days . The players are running the coaches anyways ....
 
  • Like
Reactions: KennyWu and NickyFotiu
Extraordinary luck to have Philly get the new coach boost the night they face Montreal. This is a monster loss for them big game in hand on us they have Carolina then Fla home and home coming up.

Redwings lose again

Columbus still very much in it. Two games in hand on us

Isles still there but sputtering
 
ReddestRum said:
That would be amazing. 10 games left for those guys and he needs 3.

I know we suck this year, but having a D-man 4 goals from outscoring your whole team is just depressing.
Click to expand...
I like to see elite guys do spectacular things. I remember when Coffey and Wilson scored 40-48 goals. That amazed me.

I wonder what the real record for a Rangers Dman is. I know Gresch and Reijo scored in the mid to upper 20s but they may have got some as forwards.
 
I can't remember if it was 1978, 1979 or 1980 but I think Greschner went end to end in 3 games in a row for goals. Gresch rushing the puck was so cool because he didn't do it with speed.
 
NickyFotiu said:
I like to see elite guys do spectacular things. I remember when Coffey and Wilson scored 40-48 goals. That amazed me.

I wonder what the real record for a Rangers Dman is. I know Gresch and Reijo scored in the mid to upper 20s but they may have got some as forwards.
Click to expand...

1743138698486.png
 
  • Like
Reactions: Slaydagnar, Overcast, NickyFotiu and 1 other person
The last spot is all there for Columbus. The Rangers appear to be tired and eager for the season to end. The Habs also appear to be tired. They were awful again last night. Montreal isn't a very good team. All of these teams stink. The last spot in the east last season was Washington with 91 points and everyone thought that was a joke. It will less this season. Detroit stinks. The Islanders stink. Detroit was having an awful season and they fired the coach. Todd McLellan gave them a burst and they got back into the playoff race. They have been bad for a while. The Islanders sold Brock Nelson and they won games to get back into the race. They aren't very good.
 
  • Like
Reactions: majordomo
NickyFotiu said:
Thanks but were some of Gresh and Reijos goals as forwards in those big years?
Click to expand...

Boss, I don't even remember what I had for dinner 3 days ago. You're asking me who scored where in the 70s and 80s? This might help though...

seventieslord

Player Discussion Thread 'Older fans - when did Ron Greschner play forward?'

I'm wondering when Ron Greschner played some forward. From what I'm told, it was never for a full season but it was enough that his goals records aren't recognized by the team.

Based on estimated TOI (18 minutes) it looks like 1986 is a slam dunk that he was a forward a lot. But other than that, I'm not sure. 1978, 1980 and 1981 are all possibilities as well (his other 20+ goal seasons); however, his estimated TOI is still high, suggesting he might not have played forward enough to drag his TOI average down to a noticeable level (like 1986).

Another possibility entirely is that he...

On Reijo, I know Brooks did eventually move him up to fwd and I loosely recall that did impact his 84-85 numbers
 
  • Haha
Reactions: Overcast and NickyFotiu
TheWrongWay said:
Boss, I don't even remember what I had for dinner 3 days ago. You're asking me who scored where in the 70s and 80s? This might help though...

seventieslord

Player Discussion Thread 'Older fans - when did Ron Greschner play forward?'

I'm wondering when Ron Greschner played some forward. From what I'm told, it was never for a full season but it was enough that his goals records aren't recognized by the team.

Based on estimated TOI (18 minutes) it looks like 1986 is a slam dunk that he was a forward a lot. But other than that, I'm not sure. 1978, 1980 and 1981 are all possibilities as well (his other 20+ goal seasons); however, his estimated TOI is still high, suggesting he might not have played forward enough to drag his TOI average down to a noticeable level (like 1986).

Another possibility entirely is that he...

On Reijo, I know Brooks did eventually move him up to fwd and I loosely recall that did impact his 84-85 numbers
Click to expand...
84-85 sounds about right for Reijo. I think Gresch played some forward in a couple of seasons spread out by years. I think Craig Patrick as coach liked him at forward but the overwhelming majority of his games were at defense.
 
  • Like
Reactions: TheWrongWay
Harbour Dog said:
Not to labour your point, but Torts and his wife actually have an animal rescue foundation set up and, if I remember right, they own a ranch with dozens of rescued horses and dogs.
Click to expand...
Yup.

I don't want Torts anywhere around a hockey team, but he has been great with animal rescues for a long time. He's said that he likes dogs more than people. I can certainly go along with that.
 
  • Love
  • Like
Reactions: TheWrongWay and Harbour Dog
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest posts

Ad

Ad

Top Bottom