Miscellaneous NHL Discussion XLIX: Covid Cup Edition

[CanadianFlyer88]

Markstrom has made 2 ten bell saves in this game and they're still down 3-1.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Great job by the Canucks to swing the momentum and tie this game.

Very good hockey in this series.

 

[Starat327]

Christ Binnington is the most average goalie of all time.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I wish we could see a fraction of this skill in our games:

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Christ Binnington is the most average goalie of all time.

It's Allen today, but the statement is still true.

 

[FLYguy3911]

"He's not an analytics darling. He's just a hockey player"

-Pierre

That skate to Edler's ear looked ugly.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Pierre also thinks the Avalanche aren't an analytics team. If any team has more of the niche possession darlings than Carolina, it's them.

There's a famous story about an NHL exec at Sloan where he explained that he didn't like Corsi/possession metrics because they miss the things Bergeron brings to the ice. Professional.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Markstrom stole that one for the Canucks.

Should have been a St. Louis blowout in the 2nd period.

 

[Striiker]

I wish we could see a fraction of this skill in our games:

The players we have on our bench could make a line and pair that would dominate our 4th line and bottom pair on the ice.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

This was from like an episode a year or ago but one of the funnier stories on there over the years. The KHL/Russia stories by players in general are just great, just very Wild West like.

 

[OzFlyers]

Great game by the Canucks. I hope that they can take out the Blues!

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Excellent point. As long as he has someone way better than he is next to him, he might not kill you. Maybe. Stick to your guns, Jim. You're the professional.

 

[TB87]

Excellent point. As long as he has someone way better than he is next to him, he might not kill you. Maybe. Stick to your guns, Jim. You're the professional.

I never knew that a player's consistently poor individual play could be entirely excused. Just because. Just for kicks. Johnson can skate & hit. Those are the only two things he can do well. Signing a player to a long-term deal with that particular skill profile is somethin else.





Praise Cthulu

 

[FLYERSFAN18]

I wish we could see a fraction of this skill in our games:

That is what Hayes thinks he looks like when he holds onto the puck.

 

[flyersnorth]

Open on both.

I also take out shoulder stitching. Not a snob but sometimes see people with it still in and... well... it is weird to not considering why it is there!

Interesting. Do you use the pockets?

I always open the vents, same with shoulders when it's there, but never the pockets. I see others who have, and their pockets always end up sagging over time.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

their pockets always end up sagging over time.

Sometimes you can shrink them back with an iron. Depends on the material.

I also open them fwiw.

 

[Magua]

Excellent point. As long as he has someone way better than he is next to him, he might not kill you. Maybe. Stick to your guns, Jim. You're the professional.

So, if a player is a “solid 3rd pairing defenseman if he’s playing with the right guy,” what does that make that player by himself, Jim? This all sounds like something I’d read about a particular 3rd pairing defenseman on the Flyers.

I’m still mostly laughing at a GM openly admitting an active player might not be as good as he thinks. I get he attempted to spin it as a positive, but what a backhanded compliment.

 

[Beef Invictus]

So, if a player is a “solid 3rd pairing defenseman if he’s playing with the right guy,” what does that make that player by himself, Jim? This all sounds like something I’d read about a particular 3rd pairing defenseman on the Flyers.

I’m still mostly laughing at a GM openly admitting an active player might not be as good as he thinks. I get he attempted to spin it as a positive, but what a backhanded compliment.

He also makes himself look like shit by admitting this player requires a specific situation to be workable, and he didn't provide it.

 

[Appleyard]

Interesting. Do you use the pockets?

I always open the vents, same with shoulders when it's there, but never the pockets. I see others who have, and their pockets always end up sagging over time.

Yeh. I usually do, but not too often apart from small stuff. So far no sag problems in any of mine.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Even if he was a solid 3rd pair defenseman, the fact that you admitted it and gave him a 5 year deal doesn't make you look any better.

 

[WolfOfBroadStreet14]

Not that we need anymore wingers, but I wonder what the price to acquire Josh Anderson would be and what his next contract would look like. I’ve always been a fan of him when the Flyers aren’t playing against him.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Feels like this is similar to the MacDonald situation here where the organization just digs their heels in with an us (organization) vs them (fans) situation.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Feels like this is similar to the MacDonald situation here where the organization just digs their heels in with an us (organization) vs them (fans) situation.

"How dare they think they know better" while accidentally admitting that they knew better.

Is there any other sport that features teams stubbornly f***ing themselves over just to spite their own fans? There's Rutherford, there's the whole MacDonald thing (and basically every single bad acquisition), there's Edmonton's existence in general.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Krejci has been straight up pimp these playoffs. He's gonna ruin bolts isn't he?

Can Halak hold up when Boston starts playing much deeper teams up front.

 

[Striiker]

Looks like a lot of people in this thread think they're dentists, huh?