NHL Talk Miscellaneous NHL Discussion CII: Post-Trade Deadline Edition (POLL: Pick the 2024 Cup winner) -- consolidated transactions threads in OP

[Magua]

The "race" for the last spot and WC slots is mega pathetic this year

Half the Metro/Atlantic is having a down year, and the Flyers might be 3 spots out of the WC in the West.

 

[freakydallas13]

Both leads hold.

The Islanders are in the second wild card

4 teams with 2 points of the Flyers now. 2 of them also have a game in hand.

 

[TheKingPin]

I think this gap should do wonders for them. Things do average out. We lost 5 in a row. I would expect a correction.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Holy Christ looking at MacKinnons nhl profile they play him 27 min a game? That's insane even for a D and not a center. How are they expecting him to perform in playoffs with usage like that?

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

Half the Metro/Atlantic is having a down year, and the Flyers might be 3 spots out of the WC in the West.

Outside of Edmonton (95) the top 4 teams in each conference have over 100 points. There are 3 teams currently in that are in the 80's. Kings have 89 and the Flyers are tied with the Trylanders at 83.

Full credit to the team, and even the coach, for scratching, clawing, and all that, but it's pretty obvious they are where they are because of more than just that. I hope they get in for selfish fan reasons, and I do think there is value to playing high leverage games for our young guys, who've never had that experience. But next year they (management) need to realize it's back to square one. Fingers crossed!

 

[Magua]

Outside of Edmonton (95) the top 4 teams in each conference have over 100 points. There are 3 teams currently in that are in the 80's. Kings have 89 and the Flyers are tied with the Trylanders at 83.

Full credit to the team, and even the coach, for scratching, clawing, and all that, but it's pretty obvious they are where they are because of more than just that. I hope they get in for selfish fan reasons, and I do think there is value to playing high leverage games for our young guys, who've never had that experience. But next year they (management) need to realize it's back to square one. Fingers crossed!

Tortorella will blame players’ balls for their step back next year.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Half the Metro/Atlantic is having a down year, and the Flyers might be 3 spots out of the WC in the West.

Technically, something like 7 teams have at least a mathematical longshot at 2WC and almost every one of them is objectively bad. The one exception may be NJ who are fine as a team but don't have any goalies in the top 50. And not bad in a "Still, anything can happen!" kind of way, but in a "perhaps we should ponder first round byes" sort of way.

 

[Gurglesons]

Really weird this team has had a fetish for any RHD with a pulse but had no interest in signing this guy.

He’s been really good for us. Very similar player to Mark Eaton in my eyes. Exactly what we needed.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Greatest American player of all time.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Selanne is underrated.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Selanne is underrated.

Spending your entire career outside the O6/northeast does that to a guy, unfortunately.

 

[Curufinwe]

Caps, Flyers Wings all lose

 

[Nizzle]

Selänne is a pos

 

[JojoTheWhale]

I try to pay them no attention, but every time a former NHLer gives a list of their top X, I become more convinced that you should hire a GM who has never even considered stepping onto ice.

 

[TCTC]

Selanne is underrated.

I don't think anyone will ever break his scoring record from his rookie season. He was probably a bit lucky because scoring in general was ridiculous that year, but talk about intruducing yourself to the league.

Must be weird having such a historic rookie season knowing it'll probably be impossible to ever live up to that again in your career.

 

[Magua]

Guentzel is the best deadline rental since…..?

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Guentzel is the best deadline rental since…..?

There’s no one close since Stone.

Although if you told me Skeji would have developed the way he did, I would never have believed it. There was a Canes fan who wanted to trade him for Provorov last year. That thread was an experience.

 

[Magua]

There’s no one close since Stone.

And even Stone wasn’t really a rental trade.

You can like the quantity offered, but Carolina did this without even a 1st rounder (or recent 1st round player) in the trade. Ho hum. I wonder if Carolina finds a creative way to keep him.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Wash... you guys suck ass..

win a game you losers...

 

[Sombastate]

Shane Wright may not be a bust after all

 

[kudymen]

Looking at the results, does anyone actually want to make the playoffs in the East?

 

[Cody Webster]

Yotes trailing 4-1 heading into the third against Vegas and score 6 unanswered to win 7-4

 

[BiggE]

The 2024 Eastern Conference playoff race

 

[Flyerfan4life]

The 2024 Eastern Conference playoff race
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so true

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

The 2024 Eastern Conference playoff race
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Spot on man. I love how the guy speedwalking in at the end is wearing a yellow vest. Coincidence? I think not.