News From Around the League - Part XXXVIII

[GM17*]

As long as the playoffs don't end up being division playoffs. Bad enough that the Atlantic division just beats the **** out of itself for 82 games leading up to the damn pissoffs. Just look at how it played out last year.

 

[apice3*]

double

 

[apice3*]

I still think we're going to see Phoenix move and an expansion to 32 (Portland/Seattle, Quebec City, Atlanta Mark 3, Toronto Mark 2?) sometime in the not-too-distance-future, so a lot of these maps need to account for that. It's difficult to say what the maps will look like next season.

If Detroit moves East, they lose Chicago but gain Toronto back, a trade-off I think they'd be happy with.

I think Quebec and Seattle are the two teams. Atlanta isn't getting a team after two flops and I never saw the point of a second Toronto team. The Leafs have been around forever. Not a lot of fans are going to up and convert.

Either way, expansion is stupid. There are so many teams that can't sell tickets as is. How about the league marketing the sport first? It's the 4th or 5th most recognized sport in the US depending on where you rank the MLS. I'm no PR expert, but I feel like the NHL does nothing to promote itself to the average person.

 

[JMarce]

@TSNBobMcKenzie: NYR have traded Mike Rupp to MIN.

huh?

 

[Devilsfan92]

Konopka not enough?

 

[SKNJD9]

Thank god I don't have to look at his face tomorrow night.

 

[Devils Trap]

@TSNBobMcKenzie: NYR have traded Mike Rupp to MIN.

huh?

Parise to NYR

 

[Better Call Sal]

They must like Ferriero as a 4th liner.

 

[Devils Trap]

They must like Ferriero as a 4th liner.

I didnt know the Rangers had a 4th line. I never see them play anyway

 

[slammer]

@TSNBobMcKenzie: NYR have traded Mike Rupp to MIN.

huh?

*****?

 

[Jack Griffin]

Apparently it's Powe and Palmieri for Rupp

 

[SKNJD9]

Michael Russo ‏@Russostrib
Nick Palmieri is in the deal, too #mnwild

Napalm a Ranger

 

[Devils Trap]

Michael Russo ‏@Russostrib
Nick Palmieri is in the deal, too #mnwild

Napalm a Ranger

Lol oh wow

 

[AfroThunder396]

Mike Rupp traded from NYR to Devils West Minnesota for Darroll POWE RIGHT IN THE KISSER and former Devil Nick Palmieri.

 

[Pattysaurus]

Tortorella will hate Palmieri

 

[Better Call Sal]

Good ol' Napalm

 

[Devils Trap]

Tortorella will hate Palmieri

Palmieri was sent down to the AHL

 

[MasterofGrond]

Can't wait for Napalm to score multiple goals against us next October and then be run out of the league by December.

 

[New Jersey Devils]

Pretty random. Palms traded to help the Whale.

 

[DEVILS ALL THE WAY*]

That's actually a solid deal for the Rags.

Powe is already a upgrade over Rupp and Napalm is just a bonus for their AHL roster. I always hated Rupp, even when he played for us, so I might be a little bias here.

 

[Devilsfan92]

Napalm?

 

[Better Call Sal]

Obligatory NaPalm derp face.

 

[MasterofGrond]

Also in retrospect Napalm is one of the most hilariously inappropriate nicknames I've ever actually used.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

 

[Devils Dominion]

Aaron Voros part of the deal?