Around the NHL: The 2024 NHL Playoff Thread

[Old Navy Goat]

I would love to see Savoie adopt some of Essyimont's douchery when he makes it to the Sabres. Combine his speed and talent with that prickly attitude would be a hell of a player

 

[Dingo44]

Why did multiple Sabres coaches refuse to try ERod on Eichel's line when they had so much success at Boston University?

 

[Chainshot]

Why did multiple Sabres coaches refuse to try ERod on Eichel's line when they had so much success at Boston University?

No one knows - other than they thought they knew better. Same thought that they never gave O'Regan any runway on a line with either one in preseason even to see if there was anything there.

 

[Chainshot]

I can't see a path forward for the Bolts right now.

 

[Beerz]

Holy hits

 

[Chainshot]

Stammer won't be back.

 

[Chainshot]

Holy hits

Still awaiting the Avs paying McNabb back for his hit in the Memorial Cup.

 

[Beerz]

Stammer won't be back.

Interview?

Or just feeling?

 

[NotABadPeriod]

I can't see a path forward for the Bolts right now.

They've still got enough talent in Vasy, Kucherov, Point, Hedman, Sergachev, etc and good coaching to make the playoffs. But they've got zero in terms of prospects and young players to help fill out the lineup with cheap production. And that's not changing anytime soon either, their first pick this year is round 5(!) and they've traded away their 2025 1st rounder too.

 

[Dingo44]

Stammer won't be back.

 

[Old Navy Goat]

Stammer won't be back.

Both the Bolts and Cats will do some serious lineup reconfiguration in the off-season

 

[Chainshot]

Interview?

Or just feeling?

Him lingering on the ice at the end of the game.

 

[Chainshot]

Both the Bolts and Cats will do some serious lineup reconfiguration in the off-season

I would laugh if say Reinhart goes elsewhere and the Cats backfill with Stammer.

(It won't happen, just would be funny.)

 

[Chainshot]

34-year old winger... ehhhhhhhh.

 

[OkimLom]

Why did multiple Sabres coaches refuse to try ERod on Eichel's line when they had so much success at Boston University?

Same reason why Girgensons was stapled to 4th line roles and linemates after showing some chemistry with Jack. Because the coaches were morons.

 

[Zman5778]

I can't see a path forward for the Bolts right now.

$10M in projected cap space. They've got:

2/3rds of a damned good top line
2/3rds of a decent enough 2nd line
2/3rds of a decent enough 3rd line, if Jeannot removes his head from his ass
4th line seems good enough

Hedman/Sergachev/Cernak/Perbix/Raddysh..............that's a good top 3, and Perbix is an NHL defenseman?

Vasi.....yeah, his D isn't good...but.........he slipped this year.

They need contributors on ELCs and/or cheap deals. Their defense outside their top 3 isn't good.

Yep. They're in that middling tier -- good enough to make the playoffs most years, not nearly good enough to make noise.

Their only escape is to re-tool.

 

[Chainshot]

I would love to see Savoie adopt some of Essyimont's douchery when he makes it to the Sabres. Combine his speed and talent with that prickly attitude would be a hell of a player

It's interesting to see how Tampa and Florida fill out the depth in the rosters. Essyimont was on waivers the same season Tampa picked him up for almost nothing. Multiple Panther defensemen are waiver claims. Both teams have a solid grasp of who they want and roles to fill, points to their pro scouting being well beyond what Buffalo is doing.

 

[Zman5778]

I have this weird feeling -- probably a fever dream -- that Treliving trades Marner as a scapegoat. He then turns around and immediately signs hometown boy Stamkos to a 3x10. And then extends JT for the same 3x10.

Same as it ever was, just older and slower.

 

[Old Navy Goat]

It's interesting to see how Tampa and Florida fill out the depth in the rosters. Essyimont was on waivers the same season Tampa picked him up for almost nothing. Multiple Panther defensemen are waiver claims. Both teams have a solid grasp of who they want and roles to fill, points to their pro scouting being well beyond what Buffalo is doing.

They know what they want and go get those types. Simple recipe, hard to play against with a bit of skill. It's the same recipe Boston uses

 

[Beerz]

 

[Panthaz89]

Seems like the amount of goals he scored says he's pretty close to Gretzky in terms of goal scoring. Based on his numbers and where he has scored his goals, I would think he deserves to be where he is.

I would say someone that is approaching Gretzky's numbers at a time where goaltending was levels above of what Gretzky was shooting against, tells me he more than deserves it.

The main reason he's approaching Gretzky's numbers are due to the team purposely trying to feed into it while Gretzky was more than goal scorer and didn't have to focus on being a one timer on the PP once he exited his prime.

 

[Beerz]

The main reason he's approaching Gretzky's numbers are due to the team purposely trying to feed into it while Gretzky was more than goal scorer and didn't have to focus on being a one timer on the PP once he exited his prime.

Just stop lol

 

[Panthaz89]

Just stop lol

what? Gretzky was retired by 38 and didn't have to rely on teammates to give him a ton of goals he actually could turn anyone into a great goal scorer while putting the pucks in by himself too. The only dumb thing is the people who are gonna say he was a better goalscorer than Gretzky simply because he has more all time goals doesn't make a lot of sense.

 

[sabremike]

If they hire Abysmal to replace him everyone here who remembers how and why he got sacked by us is going to piss themselves with laughter.

 

[Beerz]

what? Gretzky was retired by 38 and didn't have to rely on teammates to give him a ton of goals he actually could turn anyone into a great goal scorer while putting the pucks in by himself too. The only dumb thing is the people who are gonna say he was a better goalscorer than Gretzky simply because he has more all time goals doesn't make a lot of sense.

Sure it does. Everything you're arguing is irrelevant. Nobody has made any claims about being better than Gretzky. Who cares that Gretzky could turn anyone into a great goal scorer ...

If and when he breaks it Alex Ovechkin will be known as the greatest goal scorer in NHL history... because it will be factually true