OT: Around the NHL: That Bedard kid is okay at hockey

[AuroraBorealis]

Miss ya buddy. Just had to protect Carter though.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

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Miss ya buddy. Just had to protect Carter though.

It's kind of hilarious who the top two guys on that list are.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

It's kind of hilarious who the top two guys on that list are.

McCann was used idiotically by Sullivan. This revisionist bullshit is nothing but self inflicted stupidity.

Also 5m/yr for McCann at the time likely would have f***ed this team in some way we just don't know. I liked Jared a lot. But this coach is a moron. We'd have seen Jared continued to be used poorly. In Seattle he's a top dog with Burakovsky, Gourde, Beniers etc.

I feel like if our coach wasn't such a dipshit with usage and youth who knows who would do well here. Puustinen is being wasted. Doc is being pushed as a grinder, etc etc.

 

[Power Surge]

Sprong scored again now has 14 goals.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Sprong scored again now has 14 goals.

It's almost like it's a coach's job to put players in a position where they can succeed by playing to their strengths and hiding their weaknesses, instead of expecting every single player to play like a defensive 4th line plug with no offensive creativity and then bench them when that's not their game.

 

[Gurglesons]

It's almost like it's a coach's job to put players in a position where they can succeed by playing to their strengths and hiding their weaknesses, instead of expecting every single player to play like a defensive 4th line plug with no offensive creativity and then bench them when that's not their game.

It's funny because that's exactly what Sullivan did in 15-16 and 16-17 that won us cups and then 17-18 happened.

 

[BusinessGoose]

f*** that he should go to the Pens and play with Rust and Guentzel or whatever the top line is.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

It's almost like it's a coach's job to put players in a position where they can succeed by playing to their strengths and hiding their weaknesses, instead of expecting every single player to play like a defensive 4th line plug with no offensive creativity and then bench them when that's not their game.

Foreign concepts to Michael Sullivan.

It's funny because that's exactly what Sullivan did in 15-16 and 16-17 that won us cups and then 17-18 happened.

What we didn't know then vs what we know now is that it wasn't so much him using youth vs him using "his guys" and then later, us realizing who his type of guys are.

Rust, Kuhnhackl, Wilson, Archibald, etc.

 

[Power Surge]

Young players need time to develop..most normal non generational players will take early to almost mid 20s by the time their ready for the NHL.

Once Sprong got to the Caps you saw improvement and not sure why they gave up also.

 

[Gurglesons]

Young players need time to develop..most normal non generational players will take early to almost mid 20s by the time their ready for the NHL.

Once Sprong got to the Caps you saw improvement and not sure why they gave up also.

Because they have an old coach who is doing the same thing with Strome. He scratched Strome last game for pluggers because “they need PKers”.

 

[Zirakzigil]

I actually would rather see Arizona get Bedard. We joke about the arena situation but the city doesn't play ball and didn't until recently. But outside of that dipshit Miller thing, I don't mind them. They lost out on Matthews, Mcdavid, Eichel, etc. They've hired a lot of bad people as well.

The last part is very self inflicted and they continue to do that.

Ugh no... Because that will invoke endless talk about him being traded for Matthews when the Leafs bomb out in round 1 again. Or, him and Matthews playing together when Matthews runs home.

 

[Power Surge]

Ugh no... Because that will invoke endless talk about him being traded for Matthews when the Leafs bomb out in round 1 again. Or, him and Matthews playing together when Matthews runs home.

Matthews is going to Arizona Bedard or not. He is Jesus in the desert and he knows it.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Matthews is going to Arizona Bedard or not. He is Jesus in the desert and he knows it.

If you're Jesus in a place where no one sees you, are you really Jesus?

 

[Zirakzigil]

Matthews is going to Arizona Bedard or not. He is Jesus in the desert and he knows it.

Not if winning a cup is most important to him.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

I just don't want Bedard to end up in Philly, really. It's a lose-lose as a Pens fan and hockey fan. Either he really is a generational talent and he torches the Pens for the next 20 years, or the Flyers and Torts absolutely ruin a guy who looks every bit the part of an absolute gem to watch.

 

[Zirakzigil]

I just don't want Bedard to end up in Philly, really. It's a lose-lose as a Pens fan and hockey fan. Either he really is a generational talent and he torches the Pens for the next 20 years, or the Flyers and Torts absolutely ruin a guy who looks every bit the part of an absolute gem to watch.

I kinda want him on the Ducks to be honest. Screw Philly and Columbus. Habs dont deserve him. Chicago is a horrible organization and he will rot in Arizona.

 

[Power Surge]

If you're Jesus in a place where no one sees you, are you really Jesus?

On the other hand he might like that. Until he resigns with the leafs, right now I am convinced he's a Coyote when his contract is up.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I don't care where that dwarf Bedard ends up as long as it's not Chicago.

f*** Chicago.

 

[66-30-33]

If you're Jesus in a place where no one sees you, are you really Jesus?

Does the world really exist if I am not there to experience it?

Some things we will just never know.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

I want Bedard and Matthews on the Pens.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

So there's a #5 ranked prospect called Will Smith

 

[Gurglesons]

So there's a #5 ranked prospect called Will Smith

Yeah he’s incredible too.

Just keep his wife’s name out your f***ing mouth.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

Yeah he’s incredible too.

Just keep his wife’s name out your f***ing mouth.

I am prepared to accept a playoff miss instead of the usual 1st round exit if it means we get him.

 

[Gurglesons]

I am prepared to accept a playoff miss instead of the usual 1st round exit if it means we get him.

The top 10 is stacked this year. If we missed it would probably help extend our window tbh.

 

[Gurglesons]

For the record I think Michkov has the potential to outperform Bedard in the NHL.

In the games I’ve seen he’s the best Russian prospect since Malkin / Ovi and he simply hasn’t got the chance to prove it in international competition. He was easily the best forward at the U18s.

After those two I’d say Leo Carlsson turns out to be the best player in the draft and I think the late pick that you could shape your franchise around is Yager.