Miscellaneous NHL Discussion XLIX: Covid Cup Edition

[LegionOfDoom91]

Rutherford is essentially going full Holmgren at this point. He’s in a big hole & keeps digging with a racing clock against him.

 

[Starat327]

He’ll definitely play with Crosby next year and have 60 points and someone will bump this.

I want to add that Kapanen for 15th overall is an overpay in a normal year. But in the middle of a pandemic with no idea of if and when the next season will happen? They really had to rush to do this?

I can tell you who it'll be.

 

[GKJ]

Holmgren never had Crosby and Malkin at the same time. As long as they do the Penguins are always going for it, and probably should. Only questions are going to be when the bottom there truly falls out, whether or not Crosby wants to spend a few years with the Habs before calling it quits. Same with Malkin and the Rangers.

 

[Petr Svoboda Mullet]

When third liners come available you gotta do what you gotta do to make it happen.

This is why I’ve been in the sell high on Laughton this summer camp.

Totally. He we can get a haul near what the Leafs got, I’m all for it. Especially given Scotty’s terrible post season.

 

[GKJ]

For Jack Johnson,,,,, What the actual f***

Tweet deleted now ,,,

What happens when you don’t do your own work and your “reporting” is just reading Twitter. TFP is just Eklund with a magazine.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

'Quest for the Stanley Cup' takes viewers inside bubbles for Playoffs

Get ready for a behind-the-scenes look at the Stanley Cup Playoffs inside the bubbles.

"Quest for the Stanley Cup," the all-access series that annually takes viewers behind the scenes during the playoffs, premieres at 6 p.m. ET on Sept. 2 on ESPN+ in the United States and on https://www.youtube.com/nhl in Canada, the NHL announced Tuesday.

Emmy-winning producer Ross Greenburg and his team from Ross Greenburg Productions in association with NHL Original Productions will have dual objectives with this season's six-part series.

First, as always, will be to tell the story the competition on the ice for the Stanley Cup, beginning with the experiences of the eight teams that advanced to the second round: the Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Boston Bruins and New York Islanders in the Eastern Conference and the Vegas Golden Knights, Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars and Vancouver Canucks in the Western Conference.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

'Quest for the Stanley Cup' takes viewers inside bubbles for Playoffs

 

[baudib1]

People are being ridiculously down on Kapanen. Of course this trade will work out for Pittsburgh.

 

[Rebels57]

Pretty big overpay by the Penguins for Kapanen.

 

[Stizzle]

Pretty big overpay by the Penguins for Kapanen.

These quotes were made, only 1 year ago, by you...

I'd probably move our 2019 1st for Kapanen to be honest.

Kapanen is already a better defensively, less gritty version of Konecny. That's not worth a pick in the 13/14 range in an "average at best" draft?

Who in that range would you say you would prefer to have in the system instead of having 22 year old Kapanen in the top 9 for the forseeable future?

 

[TCTC]

How do you remember what someone else wrote a year ago? I don't even remember my own posts from a year ago.

 

[Rebels57]

These quotes were made, only 1 year ago, by you...

Absolutely loved him for a bit..

I soured on him over this past his past year. He seems to be all sizzle no steak and is no longer on a cheap contract. Also, they gave up more than a 1st..and already gave up their 2021 1st for Zucker.

 

[Tripod]

Well...KK has produced better than our #2 overall pick.

He is essentially a 40 point guy at ES, speed to burn, and is great on the PK. And he is locked into a 3.2 mill for the next 2 years and still a RFA when it ends.

This will be a good deal for Pitt.

And the Leafs will do well with this also. Guaranteed they go after AP for the RHD they need.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

There’s also this.

Obviously availability is a big issue with Kase but when playing he’s a legitimate top six talent.

 

[TCTC]

It's still funny they have to trade a 1st for a player they drafted 6 years ago. Seems like they always liked him.

 

[Rebels57]

It's still funny they have to trade a 1st for a player they drafted 6 years ago. Seems like they always liked him.

Not when you remember the player they originally traded him for helped them win 2 Cups.

 

[FLYERSFAN18]

We all know Kapanen is going to be on a line with Crosby or Malkin and score 30 goals as all their wings seem to do. But this could hurt the Penguins in the future which will be good. Honestly, I don't think the Penguins care about anything other than getting as many cups as possible in the Crosby and Malkin era. Battman and the NHL will give the Penguins the 1st overall when the next generational talent comes along so they can keep that team afloat.

 

[TCTC]

Not when you remember the player they originally traded him for helped them win 2 Cups.

Yeah, it's the ultimate win-now mindset and it has actually worked out for them. Their future after Crosby/Malkin does not look very bright, but it doesn't seem they really care.

 

[GKJ]

FWIW, I think the trade if a clear win for Toronto. Kapanen may be a top 6 forward? But wasn't going to happen there, and I can't say for sure that he's not closer to Rodrigues than to being a top 6, and getting the 1st essentially erases the hole they were in after the Marleau trade.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I just realized who that is. That guy is really stupid looking, seriously. He's like a jughead with tragic acne. Lucky bastard got out of Shittsburgh, though.

 

[ajgoal]

Torts fined $25,000 for his Game 5 post-game presser.

Comments, @Captain Dave Poulin ?

 

[Chinatown88]

Hmmmm

 

[Rebels57]

Puck was under Vasilevskiy's pad and completely out of sight and the ref allows 3 wacks at it before blowing the whistle and its in the net.

 

[RANKKA]

well that was fun, that has never happend in a flyers game ever, always blows the whistle in a millisecond