Miscellaneous NHL Discussion XCIV: From Ghost to Hakstol and all things in between

[Deadpool8812]

COL doing their best Flyers impersonation with 12 shots late in the 2nd period

 

[Tripod]

That Avs passing on the PP.....looks foreign to a Flyers fan

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Howden ENG

Knights win 4-2 and take 3-1 series lead

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Kinda annoying how the expansion draft is set up so the teams come out of the gate running. I know the NHL wants them to succeed but it just rubs me the wrong way. I feel like there should be some middle point between the CBJ and VGK/SEA.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Howden ENG

Knights win 4-2 and take 3-1 series lead

Just made me remember of paccioretty, whatever happened to him.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Just made me remember of paccioretty, whatever happened to him.

Traded to Carolina, where he immediately blew out his Achilles.

Went through recovery and blew it out again in his fifth regular season game (after scoring two goals).

Edit: misremembered a couple of facts.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Eberle wins it in OT

First ever Kraken home playoff win

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Eberle sure has a sense of the moment.

 

[kudymen]

The Leafs finally winning a 1st round series and then being swept by the Bruins in round 2 would still be hysterically funny.

You’ve decided to jinx everything today, haven’t you?

 

[sigma six]

Snot-n-balls, boys.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Vasilevskiy last year was a noticeable difference maker in a positive light, this year not so much. Analytically he’s been the worst goalie in the playoffs so far.

 

[deadhead]

Vasilevskiy last year was a noticeable difference maker in a positive light, this year not so much. Analytically he’s been the worst goalie in the playoffs so far.

I think Putin had him kidnapped and they put a look a like in his place.
Doesn't look like the same player at all, has he made any of his patented "miracle saves" so far?

 

[Ghosts Beer]

I’ve seen Vasilevskiy go cold before.

He wasn’t good most of round 1 vs. Toronto last year, & wasn’t good in the Cup final against Colorado, either.

But he was fantastic against Florida in round 2 & excellent in games 3-6 against the Rangers in round 3.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I think Putin had him kidnapped and they put a look a like in his place.
Doesn't look like the same player at all, has he made any of his patented "miracle saves" so far?

It’s a small sample with a position that’s know to be volatile. I’m gonna go with that.

 

[TCTC]

I’ve seen Vasilevskiy go cold before.

He wasn’t good most of round 1 vs. Toronto last year, & wasn’t good in the Cup final against Colorado, either.

But he was fantastic against Florida in round 2 & excellent in games 3-6 against the Rangers in round 3.

He always tends to start slow in a series. By game 4 or 5 he looks great again and in Game 7 he's virtually unbeatable.
Unfortunately, it'll probably be too late in this series.

 

[Cody Webster]

 

[Curufinwe]

Kinda annoying how the expansion draft is set up so the teams come out of the gate running. I know the NHL wants them to succeed but it just rubs me the wrong way. I feel like there should be some middle point between the CBJ and VGK/SEA.

Eh, no one was saying that when Vegas or Seattle made their expansion draft selections. Those teams are good mostly because of moves they made made well after that. Moves almost any team could have made, such as this one.

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Bjorkstrand cost less than DeAngelo.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

I went to bed when it was 4-1 TB. Did the Leafs make a goalie change?

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

The biggest advantages Vegas & Seattle probably got was the clean slate when it come to contract outlook. Both were/are able to weaponize their cap flexibility.

 

[Curufinwe]

If Fletcher hadn't dived head first into the empty swimming pool that was Rasmus Ristolainen, he could have acquired Eichel for not that much more in assets.

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[GKJ]

If Fletcher hadn't dived head first into the empty swimming pool that was Rasmus Ristolainen, he could have acquired Eichel for not that much more in assets.

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While also signing Jake McCabe.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Could not believe the refs rescinded the major. If it was a major, he probably doesn't get suspended.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Eh, no one was saying that when Vegas or Seattle made their expansion draft selections. Those teams are good mostly because of moves they made made well after that. Moves almost any team could have made, such as this one.

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Bjorkstrand cost less than DeAngelo.

I’m not saying they didn’t make moves and pretty much every team has made better moves than the Flyers. I just think the expansion teams are put in a cushy position where they can make those types of moves and because the way the expansion draft is set up, they can ice a team of depth right away; a hand ful of 1st/2nd line guys that other franchises don’t mind losing, 2 lines of 3rd liners, and pretty much 6 number 2 defensemen

 

[Cody Webster]

Could not believe the refs rescinded the major. If it was a major, he probably doesn't get suspended.

I saw someone ask the question if the refs were going to get suspended for rescinding the major to a minor