News from Around the AHL/NHL/KHL 2023-24

[mm11]

Yeeesh some heavy blows to those teams

 

[Richie Daggers Crime]

The NHL has lost its damn mind.

 

[IslandersGER]

apathetic? so I assume the robot has spread the tone to the other guys in Toronto

 

[MJF]

 

[PK Cronin]

Interesting note:

 

[Kevin27NYI]

Interesting note:

I’ve talked about this before, our team is super underrated on being homegrown

 

[The Real JT]

ESPN’s top 100 NHL players list

Easy to criticize a list like this but here we go…

No Pelech and no Dobson. Slavin (great player) is #69 yet…..
Trouba is #74
Seider is #38
Chychrun is #99
Seth Jones is #97
Darnell Nurse is #62

Also

Kreider is #81: one better than Sorokin at #82

As for the last 2 players I listed. Ask every NHL GM which of those 2 players they prefer irrespective of age and contract. Not a single one would choose Kreider. That’s bad enough but having Trouba on this list at all is laughable.

 

[Lights911]

Interesting note:

Good job Garth.

 

[GlassesManbad]

That was some top 5 team last night. Losing to Arizona. LOL

Won against Dallas though. That Nick Robertson. Great draft by Dubas.
Islanders look like they are headed for no playoffs again. How will those old guys get moved on bad contrcacs?

 

[Chapin Landvogt]

The only good things last night are that San Jose stole a point from the Raggies and Ottawa beat Washington.

Nashville was useless to us.

 

[Hunn]

Trotz not ready to coach again, Original Six team could spark 'intrigue' | NHL.com

Was candidate for Jets after being fired by Islanders

www.nhl.com

The most obvious vacancy is to replace Keefe. Just imagine that...

 

[Mike C]

Trotz not ready to coach again, Original Six team could spark 'intrigue' | NHL.com

Was candidate for Jets after being fired by Islanders

www.nhl.com

The most obvious vacancy is to replace Keefe. Just imagine that...

Duel GM/Coach role in Toronto.

The only good things last night are that San Jose stole a point from the Raggies and Ottawa beat Washington.

Nashville was useless to us.

Never a good sign to be scoreboard watching with 76 games to go!

 

[Big L]

Amen

Also shouldn’t have dynamic ads that have colors of the teams jerseys that are playing.

 

[PK Cronin]

Amen

Also shouldn’t have dynamic ads that have colors of the teams jerseys that are playing.

It's incredibly frustrating. Distracting and the players clip through the graphics all the f***ing time.

 

[MJF]

It's incredibly frustrating. Distracting and the players clip through the graphics all the f***ing time.

Change them during stoppages in play. As it is now will trigger a seizure in some people

 

[Strummergas]

I don't love those ads in any sense, but I'm also not having as much difficulty with them as most people seem to be.

 

[Islanders4Cups]

Trotz not ready to coach again, Original Six team could spark 'intrigue' | NHL.com

Was candidate for Jets after being fired by Islanders

www.nhl.com

The most obvious vacancy is to replace Keefe. Just imagine that...

I still believe letting Trotz go was necessary (as painful as it was). We may never know what transpired at the end of last season, but Lou probably did not see commitment.

 

[Islanders4Cups]

Much too early to make any real judgement on this team after only 7 games.
I think most folks had us still competing for the Stanley Cup after 7 games last season.

New coaching staff, Top 20 overall in scoring, top 10 in goals against.
The powerplay still trying to figure it out.
Best penalty killing unit in the NHL
Solid defensively
Solid in goal

3-4 record with no goals from Brock, Barzal.

The only game that stands out that makes you scratch your head is the Devils game.

Hopefully they start to work some kinks out over the next 7.

 

[Chapin Landvogt]

Never a good sign to be scoreboard watching with 76 games to go!

Haaaa. You're right!

But the Isles don't play every night, so I have to justify my interest in other games going on as well.

In essence, I've entered this season feeling FLA, TBL, CAR, and PIT are surefire playoff teams, likely at the top. I'm not worried about their wins, even if I hope we beat them a couple of times. More power to them though.

I'm also consigned somewhat to the fact that TOR and BOS are very, very, very likely playoff teams, unless something there goes very wrong. Could happen. I've felt NYR will be as well, but primarily because of Shestorkin, Panarin, Fox, and Zibanejad. Just can't see them out unless one or more of them fall out for a longer stretch.

Thus, we're up against the rest for the final playoff spots.

I'm admittedly not ready for Buffalo, Detroit, and Ottawa to join the fray of playoff contestants.

But I'm not worried about early season success for teams like the Flyers. They'll come back to earth. I initally thought the Caps would be the team we absolutely have to stay ahead of.

What bugs me a bit is that the doggone Western Conference is clearly worse than the Eastern Conference.

Colorado and (for my liking) Dallas are the only the teams I see regularly beating their eastern foes.

Can't even count on Calgary or Vegas to do it continuously.

 

[Doshell Propivo]

Imagine the Leafs with Trotz...

 

[Big L]

Imagine the Leafs with Trotz...

The freak out in Toronto from the reduction of goals scored would be hilarious.

 

[Doshell Propivo]

The freak out in Toronto from the reduction of goals scored would be hilarious.

I think it would be more like:

"Defense wins championships!"

"It's not boring! It's not the trap! It's defensive hockey and you wouldn't understand cuz you're not from Toronto!"

 

[MJF]

Imagine the Leafs with Trotz...

Imagine the Leafs board crying when he asks Auston Matthews to play both ends of the ice.

 

[Chapin Landvogt]

Some interesting moves the past few days:

 

[MJF]