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

[Rebel247]

Hard to believe so many teams passed on him. They must know how good of a PKer he was in juniors.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Lol.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Lolz. Was otherwise occupied last night, so I missed that the Canucks blew another 2+ goal lead to lose. They were up 3-0 over the Preds after the first.

Pretty amazing how often they collapse this season.

Can’t say I’ve been too impressed with their new front office there so far but it admittedly hasn’t been a long yet. Benning f***ed that organization though.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

He hasn’t talked publicly to my knowledge so there is a difference there but he’s essentially pulling a Kyrie with his stubbornness to just take an L in an effort to advance his career.

The NHL in general takes advantage of its niche status here in America when it comes to bad PR. They never really have their feet held to the fire like the other major sports. So just bunkering down & waiting for it to pass by usually works (it could still work even here).

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Can’t say I’ve been too impressed with their new front office there so far but it admittedly hasn’t been a long yet. Benning f***ed that organization though.

They still have a pretty glaring weakness in all three spots on right defense, but Rutherford and Allvin have done well enough so far.

Trading or re-signing Miller was a losing proposition, given the circumstances. I would have traded him at the deadline last year, but that's a tough move to sell when their record after Boudreau came onboard was one of the best in the NHL. Pure speculation, but I think they tested the waters for a trade in the offseason, but couldn't find a deal that made sense. I also would have probably taken the best offer and used that money to find a capable defenseman to saddle with Hughes.

The only other move that was curious to me was signing Mikheyev, again because they would have been better off using that money on a defenseman.

This is a year they should have believed they could get into the playoffs, but they're on this unbelievable run of blowing multiple goal leads. There's a lot of doom and gloom out here, rightfully so, but they're not far off from legitimately being competitive. It's a tall task to find one right defenseman, let alone three, though.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

He hasn’t talked publicly to my knowledge so there is a difference there but he’s essentially pulling a Kyrie with his stubbornness to just take an L in an effort to advance his career.

The NHL in general takes advantage of its niche status here in America when it comes to bad PR. They never really have their feet held to the fire like the other major sports. So just bunkering down & waiting for it to pass by usually works (it could still work even here).

NHL brass seem pretty pissed off about this signing. I doubt he'll ever be allowed to play.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

NHL brass seem pretty pissed off about this signing. I doubt he'll ever be allowed to play.

I meant the general NHL. Although in other cases Bettman has used that as shield himself & the league from criticism on touchy subjects.

The other leagues are more so on their toes way more when it comes to bad PR situations here in the US.

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From a legal standpoint it should be interesting because it sounds like the AHL on top of the NHL isn’t going to clear him to play in those leagues. So what happens now? Is Boston on the hook for some of that money they owe him? They can’t claim a moral clause because they knew the issue beforehand.

 

[Striiker]

Torts will see this and bag skate Frost as punishment.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[Striiker]

“I wonder if we can sneak this move past the public”

…

“Guess not”

 

[Magua]

Does Don Sweeney have to drive him back to the airport right now?

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Does Don Sweeney have to drive him back to the airport right now?

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Don Sweeney and Cam Neely are the clowniest clowns that ever clowned.

Get bent, assholes.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

I hope the Boston media lights him up, but I'm prepared to be disappointed.

He'll probably slink away without answering questions.

 

[GKJ]

The Bruins management are rightfully the assholes here, but there were other teams interested who are going to get off clean because we’ll never know who they were.

 

[FLYguy3911]

These teams.

Half-assed background checks, only for more information to come out immediately after and then the team folds under the pressure.

Wonder if Miller gets any of the money from the contract and if so, what his NCAA eligibility is like now (if that even matters)?

The Bruins management are rightfully the assholes here, but there were other teams interested who are going to get off clean because we’ll never know who they were.

Well we know it wasn't the Flyers since they are tapped out of contracts.

 

[GKJ]

These teams.

Half-assed background checks, only for more information to come out immediately after and then the team folds under the pressure.

Wonder if Miller gets any of the money from the contract and if so, what his NCAA eligibility is like now (if that even matters)?


Well we know it wasn't the Flyers since they are tapped out of contracts.

That only means they couldn’t sign him right now, not that they weren’t interested. To the degree anybody was depends on, well, everything, the Bruins were the just ones who just went ahead and did it. If it wasn’t them, it definitely would’ve been someone else.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[flyerslducks]

Freshhhh

 

[mja]

Freshhhh

Wrong colors.

 

[DancingPanther]

What a beautiful disaster. f*** Boston.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

What a beautiful disaster. f*** Boston.

It baffles me that a near century-old franchise wasn't able to anticipate the shitstorm that would develop after signing that dipshit.

Total own goal. The buttfumble to end all butfumbles, as if we didn't have enough reasons to hate on Boston already.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

On anniversary of his death, wife of former NHLer Marek Svatos says he had CTE | TSN

Marek Svatos, who played parts of eight NHL seasons and skated for Slovakia in the 2006 Olympics in Torino, had the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) at the time of his death in 2016.

www.tsn.ca

What a horrid story. Also Sens have officially been put on sale and are unbeaten without Zaitsev in the lineup while with him in they are absolute trash. Sounds like us with or without Fisto.

 

[Beef Invictus]

With any luck the death of the Big Hit era will slash those cases. Until then CTE in hockey players from the 90s/00s will probably remain more common.

 

[deadhead]

No injuries around the league when Zac was waived, right.

That was right after rosters were set, so no, teams had already replaced injured players.
If MacEwen had been waived a few days ago, good chance he gets claimed.
Warm body.

MacEwen has clearly out played NAK this year on a team with much less forward talent.
NAK CF 34.19%, CFrel -21.57, xGF 31.42%, xGFrel -26.00, 6g 0 points
MacEwen CF 35.25%, CFrel - 5.80, xGF 32.70% xGFrel -6.67, 9g 3-1 4

MacEwen isn't very good, but NAK was terrible, just like the beginning of last season.

Waiving NAK was never anything to get excited about, he's now on his 4th team in two years.