NHL Talk Miscellaneous NHL Discussion CIX: Processing a Tremendous Amount of Insane Information

[Cody Webster]

I know it was part of the whole "relocation" process, but why?

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Nic Deslauries has analytically been one of the worst players in the NHL to regularly play the last five years. He would dummy a lot of the goons of twenty years ago that safely locked down lineup spots in actual hockey play.

 

[Larry44]

I look at Pettersson and he strikes me as a player who seems to have more to give. There is no way I am parting with TK to get him.
I realize he had a great season last year but I don’t know there is just something about him.

Petterson looked amazing when he first came up, but he was so slight a gust of wind would blow him over. We were all waiting for him to get his man strength and dominate. He had a couple great years, but looked horrible in the playoffs last year and not himself this year. Unless you are confident you can get to the bottom of it AND have a coach who can bring him around, you stay away. Torts is not the guy.

 

[Beef Invictus]

It takes until the early 90s to dip below SEVENTY percent Canadian. It was still 82.3% in 1980.

There's a reason why you could have guys on the roster who couldn't do anything other than fight; fighting was at least a skill. That was better than nothing, and nothing was a real option with how stretched thin the talent pool was. We've long since moved past that, and basic hockey competence is a fair expectation for roster spots.

Which makes the Flyers and Rangers carrying Deslauriers and Rempe all the more insane

 

[TCTC]

Hershey had the oddest powerplay configurations tonight:

Five forwards on unit one
Two forwards and three dmen (including the bumper!) on unit two

Isn't it great that the Hershey Bears have a player whose name is Bear on their team? You should buy his jersey, imo.

 

[ponder719]

I know it was part of the whole "relocation" process, but why?

We've seen properly funded, properly sited teams all across the South and Southwest turn out as tremendous successes for the NHL in the past. The problem with the Coyotes is how thoroughly the cavalcade of idiots, hucksters, and charlatans in charge poisoned the well, so that nobody in a position of political or economic power gave them the time of day or the benefit of the doubt.

This is Maricopa County taking the first steps in cleaning up the Superfund site Meruelo and his predecessors left behind, so that when the time is right, probably a decade or two down the road, the NHL and the power players in the greater Phoenix area will have developed a better rapport, and a new team can come in with their ducks in a row and a legitimate shot at stability, rather than spending two decades spinning plates on half-cooked pasta.

 

[ellja3]

yea... its a godam joke.

OT loss points needs to be not a thing..

if you lost you lost... this isnt a "you tried" league... or at least it shouldnt be.

Btw we are tied for last in the league w SJS w 9 regulation wins. 9 regulation wins, 5 overtime, 3 shootout wins. With European point system we'd be screwed.

Essentially, we'd be second last in East, only 1.33 regulation wins ahead of Buffalo.

 

[Curufinwe]

How about a Wild vs Capitals Cup Final showcasing Kaprizov vs Ovechkin and Buium vs Leonard.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Isn't it great that the Hershey Bears have a player whose name is Bear on their team? You should buy his jersey, imo.

We had Bear Hughes under contract a couple seasons ago too, but he spent the whole year in the ECHL

 

[DancingPanther]

I know someone named Barry Bear

 

[Curufinwe]

Dreger is talking about teams offering a 1st for Laughton cause they need help at center. Laughton playing mostly wing this season, of course.

Ferraro mentioned Toronto as a team that could use Laughton. I think an actual center like Frost would help them more.

 

[DAVIDE1333]

Dreger is talking about teams offering a 1st for Laughton cause they need help at center. Laughton playing mostly wing this season, of course.

Ferraro mentioned Toronto as a team that could use Laughton. I think an actual center like Frost would help them more.

If Toronto is willing to give a 1st for Laughton and play him at center, take it and run

 

[deadhead]

Toronto has 2nd & 3rd in 2025 draft, 1st & 3rd in 2026.
They are also right against the cap.
Flyers would have to take someone like Kampf back ($2.4M in 2025 and 2026) to make a deal work.

Toronto doesn't have much in their farm system other than Cowan, and I'm not sure he's better than Barkey. Nor does he fit what the Flyers need.

So a 2026/2027 1st, a depth prospect for LHV and taking Kampf is a probable deal.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Toronto has 2nd & 3rd in 2025 draft, 1st & 3rd in 2026.
They are also right against the cap.
Flyers would have to take someone like Kampf back ($2.4M in 2025 and 2026) to make a deal work.

Toronto doesn't have much in their farm system other than Cowan, and I'm not sure he's better than Barkey. Nor does he fit what the Flyers need.

So a 2026/2027 1st, a depth prospect for LHV and taking Kampf is a probable deal.

The Flyers have said they're less worried about maximizing return and more worried about making other teams happy.

 

[ybnvs]

So a 2026/2027 1st, a depth prospect for LHV and taking Kampf is a probable deal.

Nope. Think much bigger.

Briere will only take an overpayment for Laughton. Said so himself to the player and media and fans.

 

[Rebels57]

If the Flyers once again turn down a 1st for Laughton..

 

[kudymen]

If the Flyers once again turn down a 1st for Laughton..

No rush, they will get an even firster pick next year!

 

[Cody Webster]

Bedard sounds a lot like Cutter. Just disrespecting the alumni. How disgraceful

 

[kudymen]

Yesss. Lower his value, run him out of town over (not his) stupidity wheee

 

[JojoTheWhale]

He disrespected Chris Chelios? Never have I been more proud of a M.A.D. Cat.

 

[FlyerNutter]

The furry white pillow, and white galloping horses is an interesting look for a grown ass man.

 

[ellja3]

 

[Strawberry Fields]

I sincerely doubt that Bedard intentionally snubbed these guys but the truth is most of the older players are going to become less and less relevant to the younger crops coming in. Bedard was in preschool when Chelios and JR played their last games.

I listened to a podcast interview with Jimmy Howard about a month or so ago and he said how often Gordie Howe would be in the Wings' locker room to visit with and chat with the players. Cheli and JR are HOFers but not exactly Gordie level.

 

[Curufinwe]

It's sad when these old guys try to force their attentions on kids who can't even legally drink.

Jeremy Roenick's whining about Connor Bedard should've been addressed privately

Roenick bashed Bedard on his podcast Friday for not saying hello to him at the Winter Classic. It was an absurd, unnecessary tirade from a serial pot-stirrer.

chicago.suntimes.com

 

[BringBackHakstol]

Jeremy Roenick is an idiot. Which sucks because I loved him as a kid when he was playing