Cleveland Spiders.I still hate the 'Hockey Club' name, but given the track record of new sports team names I guess I probably would've been unhappy no matter what. Commanders is the only recent name change in NA sports that I actually liked (I obviously support the dropping of 'Indians,' for example, but they couldn't come up with something better than Guardians? They could've just gone back to being the Cleveland Napoleons which is way cooler).
It's a huge downgrade from the Coyotes, but least UHC is better than the Golden Knights.
SNOG 3-2 Sharks,
Macklin, Eklund, Toffoli
Schmaltz, Crouse
Warsofsky has like, line composition split-personality disorder or something. He'll go a few games with sensible pairings and then randomly put Eklund on the 4th line and make Smith play with bottom-6 plugs. I imagine it's some kind of weird notion of how to develop and motivate younger players but I for the life of me cannot see the pedagogical value of these choices.Got excited that Smith might be back in only to immediately lose all that excitement seeing Goodrow on his line again.
Barclay Goodrow has two f***ing points in 27 games and one of them was a lucky bounce on that short-handed goal in game 1. You cannot make this up.
The easiest solution is to swap him with Kunin. Smith and Granlund were cooking prior to Smith's injury, and Kunin and Wennberg have been pretty good together too.Warsofsky has like, line composition split-personality disorder or something. He'll go a few games with sensible pairings and then randomly put Eklund on the 4th line and make Smith play with bottom-6 plugs. I imagine it's some kind of weird notion of how to develop and motivate younger players but I for the life of me cannot see the pedagogical value of these choices.
Cleveland Spiders.
I'm also certain that "Utah Hockey Club" will just be a thing for a year or two, so whatever, just a placeholder.
Hockey Club is literally better than Golden Knights or KrakenI still hate the 'Hockey Club' name, but given the track record of new sports team names I guess I probably would've been unhappy no matter what.
Anything would be an upgrade over those godawful ECHL names. I'd take Seattle Yelling Fish Throwers or Mediocre Coffee Tycoons over the Kraken..Hockey Club is literally better than Golden Knights or Kraken
I think it'd make more sense to swap zetterlund and Smith. Smith's a closer analogue to Toffoli than he is for Kunin.The easiest solution is to swap him with Kunin. Smith and Granlund were cooking prior to Smith's injury, and Kunin and Wennberg have been pretty good together too.
The true solution would be to launch Goodrow into the sun. Hopefully he's just a placeholder for Toffoli. But Goodrow has been absolutely untouchable in the top-9 despite being the worst offensive player in the entire NHL.
I would shuffle all those lines if I'm honest, I was just going for the single quickest move. Goodrow-Wennberg-Zetterlund sounds awful, given that Zetterlund has been very mediocre since he got the bubble on. I think it's really affecting his game.I think it'd make more sense to swap zetterlund and Smith. Smith's a closer analogue to Toffoli than he is for Kunin.