Miscellaneous NHL Discussion XCVI: Third Round (Poll in OP)

[ajgoal]

Yep. We pretty much owe the dominance of Vegas to Charles Danger Fletcher and Dale Tallon. Without the stupidity of those assholes, they wouldn't have been nearly good their 1st season which has set them up for success in subsequent seasons.

Columbus too.

 

[DancingPanther]

Offseason roller hockey league, so yeah. Not sure who is on the other teams that beat these guys.

One of my friends played Pat Maroon this way. Asked me to play but I was working Ugh

Yeah, but they haven’t directly hurt my bois so they’re the lesser evil

McDavid

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

What am I seeing here and why?

Bob wearing a cool hat.

 

[Striiker]

McDavid

He’s not one of mine

 

[Curufinwe]

Vegas rightly gambled on acquiring elite, expensive talent like Stone, Pietrangelo and Eichel, and managed to find a good, cheap goalie after blowing a ton of dough on Lehner. Those are bigger reasons for their current success than the ED six years ago.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Problem for Carolina is they were missing their two top "dirty area" scorers - the guys who can feast on those rebounds and set screens.
While it's nice to have nifty playmakers, you also want PFs to go to the net.
Torts pushed Tippett to go to the net and not settle for wrist shots from 20 feet. I'm sure he'll do the same with Foerster and Gauthier.
One key to beating good goalies is the big strong forward who can park near the net, screen the goalie, jump on rebounds and deflect shots.

One problem I had with Hayes and Voracek is they didn't do so, and JVR, while he had good hands around the net, tended to park on the side, which is really a strategy for smaller forwards like TK or Aho - a big boy should be willing to give and take punishment to crowd the goalie.

Strangely enough, Risto might have been our best net front "forward" last year, and was used in that role on the PP at times.

Tortorella specifically said he would avoid coaching offense like that. He specifically said he isn't interested in getting down to that level of coaching because he doesn't like talking to young players. Players on the team have confirmed he wasn't telling them anything.

Pretty sure full credit there goes to someone else. Probably Tippett himself.

 

[Curufinwe]

Torts the offensive guru coached this Flyers team to be worse on the PP than the Chicago Tankers. Quite an achievement.

 

[GapToothedWonder]

Flyers are amazing at hiring guys that won’t get a job in the NHL once they are relieved of their duties in Philadelphia

Applies to players, coaches and management.

 

[CutOnDime97]

 

[Striiker]

Pretty sure full credit there goes to someone else. Probably Tippett himself.

Usage and teammates make a big difference when it comes to production.

Torts “development” tactics do not.

 

[Beef Invictus]

That seems bad

 

[Flyerfan4life]

The Dallas Stars calling up players named Mavrick and Rhett is the most Bonanza! thing that could happen in the NHL.

"i'll be ur huckleberry!"....

Vegas rightly gambled on acquiring elite, expensive talent like Stone, Pietrangelo and Eichel, and managed to find a good, cheap goalie after blowing a ton of dough on Lehner. Those are bigger reasons for their current success than the ED six years ago.

wow is it 6 years already ?

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[TCTC]

wow is it 6 years already ?

6 years and more than twice as many playoff wins as the Blue Jackets have in their 23 years of existence.

 

[DancingPanther]

Wait what? So the GM's agent is also his players' agents? Is that what I'm gathering?

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Wait what? So the GM's agent is also his players' agents? Is that what I'm gathering?

didnt the Flyers just have this happen aswell ?

 

[DancingPanther]

didnt the Flyers just have this happen aswell ?

I don't know, but I think the issue is that his agent isn't specifically registered to the NHLPA, but he does work for a firm which is allowed to represent NHL players. Weird.

But hey the Blackhawks got Bedard after a decade of covering up the rape of minors, so I'm sure Dubas isn't that nervous

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

That was a unfortunate bounce

 

[Ghosts Beer]

Vegas is such a good defensive team.

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

Vegas Florida final will be fun

 

[Sombastate]

Suter is an absolutely useless hockey player. Just terrible

 

[CutOnDime97]

Dang, what a shift for J Rob

 

[Cody Webster]

Rumor has it all the scouts wanted Robertson, but Hextall selected Ratcliffe instead

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

People shitting on Florida ratings, yet they have so many people pulling for them.

 

[Deadpool8812]

That fan with the stupid sign behind the net in Dallas has to be one of the most annoying fans out there