Miscellaneous NHL Discussion CXI: The Last One Went So Long Because I Didn't Know What The Next Number Was

[ajgoal]

Leafs are toast.

 

[TCTC]

It's always Barkov teams are targeting. They don't even have the balls to go after Tkachuk or Bennett because they might actually retaliate.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Leafs are toast.

The new early 10s Penguins. That was a full mental meltdown and tantrum

 

[GKJ]

Leafs are done if Nylander is the only one who gonna score.

 

[TCTC]

The new early 10s Penguins. That was a full mental meltdown and tantrum

Looks like the Panthers are firmly in the Leafs heads now since the Stolarz incident. If they lose next game I reckon it's over.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Ghost has been having a good playoffs. That's weird. I was repeatedly assured he was incapable of such a thing.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Rocky tier powerplay by Washington

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Ghost has been having a good playoffs. That's weird. I was repeatedly assured he was incapable of such a thing.

@Striiker

 

[Beef Invictus]

@Striiker

The Ghost thing for years has been a war on reality and it's always been bizarre. Especially when he started figuring out some of the Timonen tricks for leverage along the boards and added elements of physicality that were supposedly missing.

 

[Curufinwe]

Ghost + 2nd + 1st + Hagg + 7th for Ristolainen is an all time Hockey Guy move.

 

[ajgoal]

@Striiker

Why must people ruin my day?

 

[Magua]

Ghost + 2nd + 1st + Hagg + 7th for Ristolainen is an all time Hockey Guy move.

Then signed Yandle as his replacement. Dumped a 2+3 into TDA the next offseason. The next season traded for Drysdale for 5th overall value.

Still haven’t replaced him. Not even close. Truly a masterclass in trying to replace a fungible waiver caliber player.

 

[Striiker]

@Striiker

For years he’s been the perfect test to tell if someone actually understands the sport. Unfortunately, the dentists failed that test.

Could’ve had an elite career if he had half the support from his coaches that he deserved.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Ghost + 2nd + 1st + Hagg + 7th for Ristolainen is an all time Hockey Guy move.

The full 'retool' of the defense is even more heinous.

Out:
Gostisbehere
Hagg
1st 2021 (14th overall)
2nd 2022
4th 2022
7th 2022
7th 2022
2nd 2023
3rd 2023
2nd 2024

In:
Ristolainen (extended for 5 years, $5.1 AAV)
DeAngelo (extended for 2 years, $5.0 AAV, bought out after one year by Briere)
7th 2022

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Then signed Yandle as his replacement. Dumped a 2+3 into TDA the next offseason. The next season traded for Drysdale for 5th overall value.

Still haven’t replaced him. Not even close. Truly a masterclass in trying to replace a fungible waiver caliber player.

This often gets overlooked and I was just thinking the same thing.

The original sequence of events- the Ghost and Risto trades- are horrendous enough on their own. They've done nothing but blow assets since to replace him and still haven't managed to do it.

 

[Rebels57]

@Striiker

The Flyers went out of their way to convince the world he sucked even while he was still on the team. Homer drafted a diamond in the rough then watched as the next 2 GMs shit on him, tanked his value, then paid a team to take him. It should be tought to all aspiring GMs on how to NOT manage an asset.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

LA's Old Boys Club gives Philly's a hell of a run for its money.

 

[Magua]

The Flyers went out of their way to convince the world he sucked even while he was still on the team. Homer drafted a diamond in the rough then watched as the next 2 GMs shit on him, tanked his value, then paid a team to take him. It should be tought to all aspiring GMs on how to NOT manage an asset.

Remember when they waived Ghost instead of Gustafsson, so they could trade him for a 7th?

Super genius Yzerman pulled the same shit dumping Walman, who was then traded for a conditional 1st and is a top 4 D on a possible Cup team.

It’s a moronic league. Some teams just produce more drool than others.

 

[Rebels57]

Ghost + 2nd + 1st + Hagg + 7th for Ristolainen is an all time Hockey Guy move.

Its only surpassed by the Milbury Masterclass:

Out:
Luongo, Jokinen, Chara, Spezza, Heatley/Gaborik

In:
Yashin, Kvasha, Parrish, & DiPietro.

The stuff of legend.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

LA's Old Boys Club gives Philly's a hell of a run for its money.
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The NHL sucks so bad. Holland has been objectively straight up garbage for a decade & counting now but still keeps getting jobs.

 

[trostol]

hockey really needs a new generation or to evolve or something to getr away from the same rehashes

 

[JojoTheWhale]

This feels like an excellent time to have that “Buium must have fallen for a reason??” discussion again.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

LA's Old Boys Club gives Philly's a hell of a run for its money.
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Bigger fraud than John Spano. My god, NHL people are stupid.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Bigger fraud than John Spano. My god, NHL people are stupid.

He was Robitaille's GM in Detroit. That's pretty much the extent of the logic. The Kings board is a fun read. Luc is basically their Clarke. They ****ing hate him now.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Walker and Ghost with goals in the same game for the same team in the second round of the playoffs makes me smile.