Miscellaneous NHL Discussion XCIII: Spring has Sprung

[TCTC]

I don't hate the current Ducks look like most do but they really gotta bring the originals back.

I think they should just relocate the entire franchise. They're pointless. Everything about them is boring.
California has the Kings and the Sharks. They don't need the Ducks.

 

[mja]

This is who Fletcher thought he was getting

Proud F’ing Zeppelin.

 

[DAVIDE1333]

Sports are stupid. Kind of knew it but still.

I don't wish an injury on any player, even ones I don't like. But as a Flyers fan, I have zero sympathy for any other team's misfortune.

 

[Kelmitchell2]

I don't hate the current Ducks look like most do but they really gotta bring the originals back.

Oh I do, lol despise it, but then again I was one of the few on here that hated when we switched back to our old jerseys, I thought they were awful then and now, sooooo my jersey tastes are vastly different

 

[BillDineen]

Just think the "titans" of this franchise advised on two of the worst GMs league-wide in the cap era.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Just think the "titans" of this franchise advised on two of the worst GMs league-wide in the cap era.

maybe the Titans are in fact not titans afterall..

#sigh

 

[Curufinwe]

Brindy also as said he could coach elsewhere in the future. It’s not Carolina or nothing.

 

[Starat327]

Just think the "titans" of this franchise advised on two of the worst GMs league-wide in the cap era.

Wait. The hextall flyers weren't trying to rebuild? Fletcher logic?

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Uncle Brian less than 10 minutes away from a 30+ save shutout in what is likely his final (regular season*) game.

*obviously won't get a sniff in the playoffs unless Vasi gets hurt.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Cale Makar like first playoff coming?

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Jarry had some wild quotes about how he wasn’t right all year. I don’t know how they stood pat with Jarry + DeSmith given whatever was wrong with him. And they bought!

 

[Striiker]

Just think the "titans" of this franchise advised on two of the worst GMs league-wide in the cap era.

Uh the Hextall Flyers teams were absolutely not trying to win. That's part of why people wanted him gone, they were sick of him not transitioning from rebuilding to competing.

Typical lazy hockey media. No research, no knowledge, just blabbering.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Just think the "titans" of this franchise advised on two of the worst GMs league-wide in the cap era.

The Clarke Management Tree is absolutely atrocious and this team is it's nexus.

 

[BernieParent]

maybe the Titans are in fact not titans afterall..

#sigh

Dismember the Titans

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

40 for Kempe. He has always looked like a guy that could get 40, but never put it together. Finally got there.

Ducks doing some dirty stuff to end this game. Kings just want to escape with no injuries...

 

[Ghosts Beer]

I predict Boston over NJ in the ECF.

I think the Isles upset the Canes in round 1.

 

[flyerslducks]

It’s weird…as a flyer fan I’m so pissed at the direction we are heading. But my second favorite team winning highest odds at bedard…without the 1st selection, the flyers are so behind the ducks. Another year wasted…it’s a joke

 

[Rebels57]

Jarry had some wild quotes about how he wasn’t right all year. I don’t know how they stood pat with Jarry + DeSmith given whatever was wrong with him. And they bought!

Uh the Hextall Flyers teams were absolutely not trying to win. That's part of why people wanted him gone, they were sick of him not transitioning from rebuilding to competing.

Typical lazy hockey media. No research, no knowledge, just blabbering.

The summer he signed JVR was his way of transitioning to competing. He just didnt do know how to do enough and wouldnt move on from Hak.

 

[Ghosts Beer]

How did Erik Karlsson manage to put up 74 even-strength points and still end up -23?

The next minus player in the list of top even-strength points scorers is Clayton Keller, who was 12th with 64 even strength points on a similarly awful team, and he was only -3.

 

[TCTC]

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The summer he signed JVR was his way of transitioning to competing. He just didnt do know how to do enough and wouldnt move on from Hak.

Wasn't that the same summer he traded Schenn? We're still waiting for Farabee and Frost to reach Schenn's level of production here.

 

[Striiker]

The summer he signed JVR was his way of transitioning to competing. He just didnt do know how to do enough and wouldnt move on from Hak.

He signed JVR and then like two months into the season he got fired.

So even if we really reach and count that as “competing”, 99.999% of time here was definitely spent rebuilding, so the tweet makes no sense.

 

[Ghosts Beer]

There was the JVR signing in what turned out to be Hextall's last summer. But also,

He signed Voracek to an 8 year, $8.25M per contract extension at age 27,

And refused to trade Wayne Simmonds until the deadline at the end of his contract when his trade value was shot.

Also traded for a 32 year old Filppula who had another season at a $5M cap hit.

So, yeah, Hextall was trying to win.

He was trying to pull off a middle-ground where they get to the playoffs but rebuild at the same time.

 

[Beef Invictus]

The Simmonds handling was always agitating. I don't know how you keep him but trade Schenn while supposedly taking the next step to competing. There was no real plan, just a vague notion.

This team still has no plan and probably hasn't had one in my lifetime.

 

[landsbergfan]

I’m gonna have to get one of those sweaters that are half barzal and half ghost

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

I’m gonna have to get one of those sweaters that are half barzal and half ghost

Gostiszal?

Barbehere?