Miscellaneous NHL Discussion XLIX: Covid Cup Edition

[ajgoal]

And Yeo was mentioned as a potential HC target for some teams... though that's hard to imagine given Gallant, Laviolette, Boudreau, and Babcock are available.

They were available when NJ hired Ruff, too.

ETA: Besides, Boudreau is going to be an assistant in Toronto. They need a guy to fix the PP. And it's Toronto. Everyone wants to be in Toronto. It's predestined. /Friedman

 

[renberg]

The next coach for the Caps is going to be for a rough ride. That bunch isn't getting any younger. Its full of players that see their own vision of how they are going to play no matter what a coach might say or want. Short of a Dale Hunter type coming back there with a 2X4 and MacLellan being willing to move out guys that won't get with the program, the Caps are a grease fire in the making.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Stupid bruins, they are like reoccurring nightmare that won't go away.

 

[Ghosts Beer]

The next coach for the Caps is going to be for a rough ride. That bunch isn't getting any younger. Its full of players that see their own vision of how they are going to play no matter what a coach might say or want. Short of a Dale Hunter type coming back there with a 2X4 and MacLellan being willing to move out guys that won't get with the program, the Caps are a grease fire in the making.

I agree, renberg. That’s a job that may seem appealing at first glance but it’s on the verge of implosion. A bunch of aging vets who have already won a Cup set in their ways.

 

[Curufinwe]

The Bruins have consistently been one of the top teams since the 2005 lockout, and still only have 1 Cup that took three game 7s and a goalie playing out of his mind to win.

Just shows how hard it is, and how much luck is involved.

 

[TB87]

Vegas playing with the pace of a bullet train right now. They’re going to be a VERY, VERY tough out in these playoffs.

 

[TCTC]

Is Babcock still a legitimate NHL option? Or is he semi-cancelled for being mean to Matthews?

On a slightly related note, a Leafs blogger the other day was talking about Hakstol maybe returning to the NCAA.

And Yeo was mentioned as a potential HC target for some teams... though that's hard to imagine given Gallant, Laviolette, Boudreau, and Babcock are available.

Don't want to lose Yeo. He's done a fantastic job with our D and PK.

 

[ajgoal]

Don't want to lose Yeo. He's done a fantastic job with our D and PK.

Besides, they want the guy doing wonders with the PP, since they have Ovie, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Backstrom... So Therrien is the appropriate selection.

 

[flyersnorth]

The Bruins have consistently been one of the top teams since the 2005 lockout, and still only have 1 Cup that took three game 7s and a goalie playing out of his mind to win.

Just shows how hard it is, and how much luck is involved.

Only 6 different Cup winners over the past decade.

It's a tough slog.

Let's be the 7th.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Only 6 different Cup winners over the past decade.

It's a tough slog.

Let's be the 7th.

Poor Carolina all those corsis wasted.

Between Boston, Sharks, Blues, Wild and Tampa thats a crazy amount of talent to result in two cups won on a back of defense first style.

Although you can still argue that right until 2014 all those cup winning teams they were deserving champions. However 15' Hawks and even worse 17' Pens just don't belong.

Still better than that 15 year period were all the cup winners were either habs, oilers, flyers or islanders. That must have sucked for business, no wonder uncle Gary is so entrenched.

 

[Fire Tortorella]

Poor Carolina all those corsis wasted.

If they could only find a way to get average to above average goaltending, they'd be a very scary team.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Is Babcock still a legitimate NHL option? Or is he semi-cancelled for being mean to Matthews?

His contract with the Leafs might be a bigger hurdle.

 

[pit]

And Yeo was mentioned as a potential HC target for some teams... though that's hard to imagine given Gallant, Laviolette, Boudreau, and Babcock are available.

Perhaps we could interest them in a slightly used Therrien?

 

[Chinatown88]

BOGO on Therrien and Yeo.

 

[patrick kitchin]

Am I the only one that wants to see Boston send Tampa home?

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

God I hope an NHL doesn’t hire them (Capfriendly that is).

 

[DaphneLion]

 

[ajgoal]

That seems bad for Colorado.

 

[TCTC]

That seems bad for Colorado.

Yeah, I think Johnson is a huge loss for them and I don't even know who their 3rd goalie is.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Johnson is a huge loss. Grubauer hurts less because Francouz is more than capable.

Johnson was a great compliment for Girard; the Avs don't have a guy who can seamlessly replace those minutes.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Johnson is a huge loss. Grubauer hurts less because Francouz is more than capable.

Johnson was a great compliment for Girard; the Avs don't have a guy who can seamlessly replace those minutes.

Paging Mark Alt.

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

Am I the only one that wants to see Boston send Tampa home?

I think we probably match up with Boston better.

 

[Prongo]

God I hope an NHL doesn’t hire them (Capfriendly that is).

They won’t. Bettman has made it known fans don’t want to have any sort of knowledge of cap hits and such.

 

[TCTC]

I think we probably match up with Boston better.

They're both beatable, but I think a Flyers-Bruins series would be more fun.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

I think we probably match up with Boston better.

First they have to beat Tampa though and Halak is like Mason so hot and cold.