Miscellaneous NHL Discussion LXXXIX: More impactful than an REM pop song

[Captain Dave Poulin]

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Had to send to Kevin again after he got drafted. Top is from last year, bottom just received today. (I mentioned his inscription from last year in this year's letter)

 

[Magua]

Had to send to Kevin again after he got drafted. Top is from last year, bottom just received today. (I mentioned his inscription from last year in this year's letter)
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He's a Ghibli. We do things right.

 

[FLYguy3911]

He's a Ghibli. We do things right.

 

[landsbergfan]

The nicest part of this was that he didn’t tweet out congrats to Yandle last year

 

[Curufinwe]

If Ripken was like Yandle, when he was approaching 2131 he would have stood three feet back from the batter's box to make sure the ball didn't hit him.

 

[BigToe]

@FLYguy3911

 

[wasup]

Colorado is off to a weird start, 11 ES goals 10 PP goals, 3 SH goals.

Of course, when you're playing Rodriques and Compher on your 2nd line . . . with Landeskog out for 3 months, they're really thin up front.

You know they are really thin up front .
But then again , we claim a 29 year old forward that they do not consider good enough to beat out their thins .

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Every time the Coyotes come up in the news it makes the NHL look ridiculous.

 

[renberg]

The power of a GM depends on the FO, if the FO sides with the GM, the HC is soon history, if the FO supports the HC, the GM is usually history.

It'll be interesting to find out what happened behind the scenes going into the summer of 2021, did AV sell the FO on "I need my players" and Fletcher was given marching orders to clear out Ghost and Voracek and bring in the "right players."

If this was Fletcher's idea, I doubt he'd still have a job, if it was forced on him, then he may have survived b/c some advisors were quietly pushed to the curb (Barber seemed to have ascended, the others?).

Having been around for the Keith Allen years I just can't imagine a HC going to him and dictating roster composition. If they did Allen would have sent them packing. Fletcher needs to grow a set and emulate Allen.
I realize that it's the 2020's and times have changed but ultimately someone has to be in charge and make the big decisions. I don't think that Jamie Dimond goes with group think against his wishes at JPM. Collegiality only goes so far.

 

[Striiker]

@FLYguy3911

These clowns never proofread tweets, do they? He was not, in fact, their “No. 5 overall pick”.

Shitposting on a forum is one thing, nobody gives a shit if we make random mistakes, but reporting and writing is literally their job. Just take a quick glance, you lazy f***s.

 

[FLYguy3911]

@FLYguy3911

Don't care. Our big RHD is back baby!

18 year old defensemen usually suck in the show. I would have left him in the AHL for at least half of a season and saved a year of UFA. Let's see what the Devils do.

 

[deadhead]

You know they are really thin up front .
But then again , we claim a 29 year old forward that they do not consider good enough to beat out their thins .

After looking at their roster, and watching Sedlak, they may have made a mistake.

 

[deadhead]

Having been around for the Keith Allen years I just can't imagine a HC going to him and dictating roster composition. If they did Allen would have sent them packing. Fletcher needs to grow a set and emulate Allen.
I realize that it's the 2020's and times have changed but ultimately someone has to be in charge and make the big decisions. I don't think that Jamie Dimond goes with group think against his wishes at JPM. Collegiality only goes so far.

AV had leverage, when you owe the Bank, $15K, the Bank owns you, when you owe the Bank $15M you own the bank.

HC salaries are much, much higher than the good old days, so signing a big name HC is giving them a lot of leverage.

Same way they're not going to pay AV $10M, Torts $12M, and hire a 3rd HC next season.
So Torts has a lot of leverage his first two seasons. After that, as dead money decreases, so does his leverage.

 

[FLYguy3911]

NYR got back-to-back National games?

 

[Beef Invictus]

After looking at their roster, and watching Sedlak, they may have made a mistake.

If you think that roster is bad you should see what Fletcher has wrought.

 

[Beef Invictus]

You would be hard pressed to find any NHL team where the most powerful figure in the organization meekly cowers before his employees the way it is claimed Fletcher does.

How is that supposed to be a defense?

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

NYR got back-to-back National games?

Yup. The Flyers did last week with the games in Florida.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Yup. The Flyers did last week with the games in Florida.

Pour one out for America.

 

[tictactoe]

Some good hockey NYI vs NYR.

 

[Curufinwe]

AV had leverage, when you owe the Bank, $15K, the Bank owns you, when you owe the Bank $15M you own the bank.

AV was fired only 23 games into last season.

 

[Beef Invictus]

AV was fired only 23 games into last season.

Kinda weird that AV didn't fire Fletcher if he had the real power.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Myers playing with Hedman and won't even go D-to-D with him.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Kinda weird that AV didn't fire Fletcher if he had the real power.

shame he didnt...

 

[landsbergfan]

Myers playing with Hedman and won't even go D-to-D with him.

Would you go D to D with me?