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

[66-30-33]

Yeah he’s incredible too.

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

Don't leave her around Carter.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Meanwhile, the shitty Canucks can beat the 'Canes.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Meanwhile, the shitty Canucks can beat the 'Canes.

Honestly, the Pens just look mentally defeated this season. I don't know what's going on in the lockerroom but it's definitely not looking like this team believes its own PR.

Anyhow regarding Central Scouting's annual midterm list, Šalé out of Brno Kometa is intriguing. Dude destroyed the U20 league and is holding his own in a pretty competitive adult league. @Randy Butternubs was talking about a playmaking winger? Well, he's got the makings of a varsity athlete playmaking winger.

 

[BHD]

So the Canucks might replace Boudreau with Tocchet. Woof... They would get the usual coaching bump before giving him a 3-year contract.

It's January. The time to make a meaningful coaching change would have been October/November. At this point, though, they should just tough it out and hire an actual head coach in the summer.

 

[Empoleon8771]

JR better retire ASAP or this Vancouver shitshow is going to taint his reputation.

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

JR better retire ASAP or this Vancouver shitshow is going to taint his reputation.

I don't think this will damage it. And even if it did, JR seems like the person to not really care.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Man, I was just talking about how it's only a matter of time before some dipshit team gives Tocchet a coaching job. The NHL is just a clownfest fraternity.

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

Man, I was just talking about how it's only a matter of time before some dipshit team gives Tocchet a coaching job. The NHL is just a clownfest fraternity.

It's akin to MLB allowing Pete Rose to manage a baseball team.
But I also think Tochhett is highly regarded in the NHL because he essentially was a fall guy for the sport's greatest player: Gretzky

That buys you a ton of grace and latitude

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

It's akin to MLB allowing Pete Rose to manage a baseball team.
But I also think Tochhett is highly regarded in the NHL because he essentially was a fall guy for the sport's greatest player: Gretzky

That buys you a ton of grace and latitude

I didn't even mean the gambling thing. Dude's a shit coach and has failed everywhere he's gone to be head coach. But once you're in the fraternity, you're in forever and it's only a matter of time until you get another job.

Guess it beats listening to Biz every night on TNT.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I’m watching the Avs game right now and I kinda feel like the Penguins should have kept ERod

He’s at about a 60 point pace right now.

 

[Turin]

I’m watching the Avs game right now and I kinda feel like the Penguins should have kept ERod

He’s at about a 60 point pace right now.

They definitely should have. Choosing Carter and Kapanen over Erod and McCann have been big mistakes.

 

[Gurglesons]

I’m watching the Avs game right now and I kinda feel like the Penguins should have kept ERod

He’s at about a 60 point pace right now.

The issue is Rodrigues was allegedly asking for 4+ million and term.

He was offered 10.5 over three years according to Seravelli and turned it down because he believed he could get more.

They definitely should have. Choosing Carter and Kapanen over Erod and McCann have been big mistakes.

No issue with Kapanen honestly. I was on the record at the time when Carter was signed that I would’ve much preferred Rodrigues.

A lot of the same posters like @Empoleon8771 above said Carter was at a sixty point pace and that was ridiculous…

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

I’m watching the Avs game right now and I kinda feel like the Penguins should have kept ERod

He’s at about a 60 point pace right now.

The problem is who our coach is. If we'd kept E-Rod we'd never have seen Rakell on Crosby's line because Sullivan would have alternated between Rust and E-Rod in that spot.

The less "toys" Sullivan has to play with, the better.

 

[CascadiaPenguin]

I don't think this will damage it. And even if it did, JR seems like the person to not really care.

No shit. Not like the HHOF says, "Redo!".

 

[Zirakzigil]

eRod wanted more money than he was worth. Healthy dose of reality hit him last summer. He also completely disappeared once the team got healthy last year.

 

[Turin]

eRod wanted more money than he was worth. Healthy dose of reality hit him last summer. He also completely disappeared once the team got healthy last year.

He was pretty decent in the playoffs though.

 

[Gurglesons]

He was pretty decent in the playoffs though.

Aside from giving the Rangers the penalty that ended up killing us.

 

[Turin]

Aside from giving the Rangers the penalty that ended up killing us.

Bad penalty but maybe we don't remember it if the Pens could kill anything that series.

 

[Gurglesons]

Bad penalty but maybe we don't remember it if the Pens could kill anything that series.

Big Rodrigues fan, but I feel like you just cycle those guys in and out. It's why Blueger, Ruhwedel, etc. should all be gone.

 

[Turin]

Big Rodrigues fan, but I feel like you just cycle those guys in and out. It's why Blueger, Ruhwedel, etc. should all be gone.

Well that’s part of the issue. It’s not that the guys who were cycled out were irreplaceable, it’s that theyre better than the guys who’s stayed

 

[Gurglesons]

Well that’s part of the issue. It’s not that the guys who were cycled out were irreplaceable, it’s that theyre better than the guys who’s stayed

Meh. I bet if you play Kapanen and McGinn 20+ a night with Sid and Geno they produce.

 

[HandshakeLine]

JR better retire ASAP or this Vancouver shitshow is going to taint his reputation.

Going to?

 

[Randy Butternubs]

JR better retire ASAP or this Vancouver shitshow is going to equitrans his reputation.

Fixed that for you.

 

[Turin]

+ Wild coming through this week

 

[Zirakzigil]

Not going to go down that rabbit hole tonight. Everyone is is entitled to their own beliefs, right or wrong. We arent going to sit here and trash each others or another persons, including Provorov's.