NHL: Around the League 53

[Drumman44]

Robertson has more value than Reichel

I mean don’t go around telling THEM that!

 

[Mrfenn92]

Rangers and Lafreniere working on a 8 year $8 million dollar plus extension

 

[Crow]

Rangers and Lafreniere working on a 8 year $8 million dollar plus extension

Wow no thank you from me.

 

[bwanajamba]

Laf could still blossom into a star but that's a lot of commitment for a guy who was sixth on the team in scoring in his best season

Then again maybe we all just need to adjust to the new going rates. Bedard is going to get something preposterous next summer

 

[bwanajamba]

First goal for Macklin! Won't be pretty on the highlight reel but good for the kid nonetheless

E: and a very nice assist to make for a hell of a first period in the show

 

[Toews2Bickell]

wouldve been nice to land celebrini

 

[Hattrick Kane]

I just watched a San Jose powerplay with the same talent level as the Hawks execute a perfect powerplay. So don’t give me the bullshit it’s not the coaching excuse.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

wouldve been nice to land celebrini

We needed to tank harder for sure

 

[Hattrick Kane]

I also noticed David Jiricek once again couldn’t crack the opening night roster for the Blue Jackets. That trade looks less bad every day, especially because Jiricek is a really bad skater, and now Allan made the opening night roster.

Still hate Jones and his shitty contract though.

 

[Kevin Musto]

I also noticed David Jiricek once again couldn’t crack the opening night roster for the Blue Jackets. That trade looks less bad every day, especially because Jiricek is a really bad skater, and now Allan made the opening night roster.

Still hate Jones and his shitty contract though.

2030...

the length is unfathomable

 

[Wally1112pac]

Buffalo needs to fold their franchise.

 

[statswatcher]

Buffalo needs to fold their franchise.

move them to atlanta

 

[Toews2Bickell]

We needed to tank harder for sure

just one of them things where we might look back and say that changed the ceiling of the team, not saying Davidson controlled the outcome, now if he got the pick wrong too then sure

 

[Paul Allen]

just one of them things where we might look back and say that changed the ceiling of the team, not saying Davidson controlled the outcome, now if he got the pick wrong too then sure

True, but we definitely got lucky with Bedard, so I think the universe evened everything out. I think Lev will be all right.

There’s a good chance we have lotto picks the next 2 years anyway.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

True, but we definitely got lucky with Bedard, so I think the universe evened everything out. I think Lev will be all right.

There’s a good chance we have lotto picks the next 2 years anyway.

yeah agree, sometimes you need to be stupidly lucky to get the outcome we all want glory era part two, like kane over turris and jvr and toews over johnson and staal, we might've lucked out on the kane piece but we might've ended up with seth jones and not barkov by losing the lotto

 

[Paul Allen]

yeah agree, sometimes you need to be stupidly lucky to get the outcome we all want glory era part two, like kane over turris and jvr and toews over johnson and staal, we might've lucked out on the kane piece but we might've ended up with seth jones and not barkov by losing the lotto

Right. The draft is such a crapshoot. What would life be like if they took Kopitar in 05, instead of Skille.

 

[ClydeLee]

Right. The draft is such a crapshoot. What would life be like if they took Kopitar in 05, instead of Skille.

They'd of taken Kessel instead of Toews and we'd of had the glory of Kopitar/Kessel cup wins

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

They'd of taken Kessel instead of Toews and we'd of had the glory of Kopitar/Kessel cup wins

It's funny because I was posting back then and I loudly wanted Kopitar over Skille. I, uh, also loudly wanted Kessel over Toews.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

It's funny because I was posting back then and I loudly wanted Kopitar over Skille. I, uh, also loudly wanted Kessel over Toews.

imagine throwing Kopitar into that core...Toews, Hossa, Sharp, Kopitar...Kane has even more leeway to do whatever he wants offensively

 

[x Tame Impala]

Kucherov is the king of empty net points

 

[Il Stugotz]

Every time a Canuck scores an above average goal they’ll make a thread about it on main, but I didn’t see one for their new 8/58 dman getting turnstiled for the loss

 

[Putt Pirate]

Celebrini out injured for a bit.

 

[Paul Allen]

Celebrini out injured for a bit.

Makes the home opener a little less interesting.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1845525698947236064

Yzerplan

 

[x Tame Impala]

Wouldn't be quick to judge. They never got their Bedard or Celebrini and it's been about 6 or so years of that. The Ducks and Jackets will likely toil in mediocrity for a long while as well, as Carlsson and Fantilli are likely to be less impactful than Bedard.

Fans give Yzerman a hard time about his UFA signings but we just did something similar this past offseason and I couldn't be more thrilled about it. You can't have your young players be playing on a team of garbage and expect them to do well.

He'll have to figure something out though because there's no elite talent heading his way via the draft and he's relying on Kane and Tarasenko in top 6 roles. I think they should lean into Seider and Edvinsson, build from the back out, and go from there.