Around the NHL (Part XVIII) - Tankiest tank to have ever tanked

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

On to Ott-Min

 

[No Fun Shogun]

In positive news, Tallas earned $500 for dressing up for ten minutes and apparently signing a one-day contract.

 

[UsernameWasTaken]

Way to be +1 in a period against injured goalies, Toronto.

Maybe this will spur a brief winning streak - just long enough they play their way out of a top 5 draft pick. it would be very 'leafs' of them

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

 

[No Fun Shogun]

"That's an NHL team," is both a literal and sarcastic statement.

 

[Longwayfromhome]

Chipchura as #1 C... Oh my god.

I Wonder what it feels like to be Brandon Gormley right now, once a great prospect now ruined by Dave Tippett. He is scratched again tonight. Wonder what it would take to get him of their hands?

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

...so he can be scratched here?

 

[Longwayfromhome]

I think he is a good player with a future in this league. With Oduya and timmo gone after this season there might be a spot open.

 

[Pepe Silvia]

Just based on his talent, Gormley would be a nice addition for next year. Plus he'd be a regular with all of Timonen, Oduya, and Rozsival most likely not re-signing.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

I just don't see Gormley being a fit here. We have plenty of our own young defenseman with no room.

 

[Pepe Silvia]

Could be similar to Rundblad, but he should end up being better in his own end.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

And the Isles tie it with a second left. Was scrolling through the tv guide looking for something to watch when it went in.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Woo... nice one, Isles.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Are the Preds finally coming back down to earth a little?

 

[x Tame Impala]

HF Boards has reached a new low. There's a thread on the trade board asking posters if they'd give up their 4 best prospects + their next 2 first rounders for the 1st overall pick.

Through 9 pages, I think maybe 90% of the posters are saying no. No. No, as in they'd rather hold on to prospects than have as close to a guarantee as you can get that you'll have a generational player on your team. It's the stupidest thing I've ever read here.

How anyone outside of the team picking 2nd overall says no is just, AH! so stupid! It's actually making me angry

For reference, that would be Bowman getting a trade proposal of Stamkos/Tavares on a cost controlled ELC for TT + McNeil + Johns + Paliotta/Carrey + 2 firsts and him saying "Nah, I'll pass"

 

[No Fun Shogun]

I'm assuming that the hospital was close to the Panthers' arena:

 

[Bubba88]

from a german POV... I like that Rieder is getting some Quality icetime in the NHL

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

I think I might pass on that too, there is no 100% guarentee that the #1 will be that great, and giving up that much is quite a bit.

 

[Ace Rothstein]

Are the Preds finally coming back down to earth a little?

Yeah, the Central standings don't look as set as they did a few weeks ago. St. Louis is now only 4 points back of Nashville with a pair of games in hand.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Andrey Vasilevskiy is going to be special player

Wont be shocked if he is the best goalie in NHL within a couple seasons

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

If Vermette's name was Alexei Vermatov you would have thought it was the greatest trade in franchise history.

 

[x Tame Impala]

Man, BWC gets it from everyone for no reason sometimes

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

If Vermette's name was Alexei Vermatov you would have thought it was the greatest trade in franchise history.

False

There are plenty of Russian players I am not a fan of (Semin for example)

The kid was best G prospect in world at time of draft. As of now I am fine with TT but if he flops in longrun that draft will be hard to look at knowing that Vasilevskiy was still on the board and then went right after TT

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Yotes lineup

Erat - Chipchura - Doan
Rieder - Arcobello - Gagner
Korpikoski - Cunningham - Moss
McGinn- Vitale - Crombeen

OEL - Stone
Moore - Murphy
Dahlbeck - Campbell

Smith
Domingue

Vs

Sabres lineup

Moulson - Varone - Ennis
Foligno - Larsson- Gionta
Deslauriers - Schaller - Hodgson
D'Amigo - Ellis - Dalpe

Benoit - Bogosian
Weber - Ristolainen
Zadorov - Meszaros

Lindback
Johnson

Oilers lineup

Pouliot - RNH - Eberle
Purcell - Roy - Yakupov
Hamilton - Hendricks - Fraser
Gazdic - Gordon - Klinkhammer

Klefbom - Schultz
Marincin - Fayne
Ference - Oesterle

Scrivens
Bachman

I would say

Oilers F > Sabres F > Yotes F
Yotes D > Sabres D > Oilers D
Sabres terrible G duo = Mike Smith = Oilers terrible G

Oh man the battle for McDavid will be epic among these 3

 

[Ace Rothstein]

Those three teams combined would be pretty awful.