Out of Town Thread - New Year’s 2025 Edition

[waitin425]

A Blues win and Flames loss would be very very nice tonight.

 

[Kimota]

Duclair is taking a leave from the team.

That is nuts, doing this when they are fighting for a playoff spot.

 

[Paddyjack]

Jordan Harris has only played 29 games this year. I thought he had enough upside to make the Columbus top 6.

I had completely forgotten about him. Not surprised, he was kinda good but lacking anything special, it seems to me.

 

[JianYang]

Ottawa winning tonight is good. It will light a fire for the Devils to win against the Rangers on Saturday.

Rangers and devils usually dont need anything to get ready for each other.

What do the sens winning have anything to do with this? The sens cant take their spot even if they have more points.

 

[LaP]

I had completely forgotten about him. Not surprised, he was kinda good but lacking anything special, it seems to me.

Getting a (potentially high) 2nd round pick for him is very good

 

[red devil]

 

[Naslund]

Rangers and devils usually dont need anything to get ready for each other.

What do the sens winning have anything to do with this? The sens cant take their spot even if they have more points.

Ottawa and Montreal now closer to NJ. If NJ loses to NYR and get overtaken by NYR, they may drop out of the playoffs altogether.

 

[CHfan1]

Ottawa and Montreal now closer to NJ. If NJ loses to NYR and get overtaken by NYR, they may drop out of the playoffs altogether.

I can’t see New Jersey dropping out. They have an easy schedule left. 5 of their 6 games left are at home and all are against teams not in a playoff spot, including two against Boston.

 

[The Great Weal]

Wouldn't be surprised if Blues went on a run to the finals. Thomas/Kyrou is like having two Suzukis. Fowler has been excellent, Holloway/Broberg are key pieces, Binnington looks awesome, Buch/Schenn/Bolduc/Neighbours are providing secondary scoring, and Parayko is back soon.

 

[TRG]

Ottawa and Montreal now closer to NJ. If NJ loses to NYR and get overtaken by NYR, they may drop out of the playoffs altogether.

Unless they lose all their games, it's not happening

 

[JianYang]

Ottawa and Montreal now closer to NJ. If NJ loses to NYR and get overtaken by NYR, they may drop out of the playoffs altogether.

Yeah, that is not happening. I can assure you that.

 

[morhilane]

Wouldn't be surprised if Blues went on a run to the finals. Thomas/Kyrou is like having two Suzukis. Fowler has been excellent, Holloway/Broberg are key pieces, Binnington looks awesome, Buch/Schenn/Bolduc/Neighbours are providing secondary scoring, and Parayko is back soon.

Oilers were dumb dumb there.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Ducks are atrocious.

Been like 7 years of hearing how amazing their scouts are and they've had way more draft power than us, yet....

 

[Erika]

Ducks are atrocious.

Been like 7 years of hearing how amazing their scouts are and they've had way more draft power than us, yet....

Anaheim has good individual talents, but they don't know how to win and doesn't seems to have that team structure required to win against competent teams. They lack the veterans presence to show how it's done to all their young players. Who Carlsson and McTavish can look up to in their locker room?! lol certainly not Jacob Trouba for sure.

They are the Buffalo Sabres of the West... that's why good veterans are always important in a rebuilding process... and you need 3 or 4 of them with good leadership qualities in those kind of team to show the proper way to those kids. Just like good parenting in real life.

 

[sampollock]

Wouldn't be surprised if Blues went on a run to the finals. Thomas/Kyrou is like having two Suzukis. Fowler has been excellent, Holloway/Broberg are key pieces, Binnington looks awesome, Buch/Schenn/Bolduc/Neighbours are providing secondary scoring, and Parayko is back soon.

I bet EDM is regretting having Holloway leave...lol

 

[Andrei79]

I bet EDM is regretting having Holloway leave...lol

One of the worst summers Ive ever seen from a management group. They lost key young players that they could have signed for peanuts and got almost nothing in return. They acquired older, slower players. They didn't upgrade the goaltending position even as Ullmark was available. A good GM could have upgraded them and made them the cup favorites for this year.

 

[morhilane]

One of the worst summers Ive ever seen from a management group. They lost key young players that they could have signed for peanuts and got almost nothing in return. They acquired older, slower players. They didn't upgrade the goaltending position even as Ullmark was available. A good GM could have upgraded them and made them the cup favorites for this year.

That they signed the vets before the kids received offersheets is the craziest part of it.

 

[Andrei79]

That they signed the vets before the kids received offersheets is the craziest part of it.

Exactly. I think most management teams sit down and actually consider the possibility of offer sheets. Even fans online knew this could happen to Holloway and Broberg. I don't know why Draisaitl resigned and if I'm McDavid, I'd leave in an instant.

 

[Leto]

Anaheim has good individual talents, but they don't know how to win and doesn't seems to have that team structure required to win against competent teams. They lack the veterans presence to show how it's done to all their young players. Who Carlsson and McTavish can look up to in their locker room?! lol certainly not Jacob Trouba for sure.

They are the Buffalo Sabres of the West... that's why good veterans are always important in a rebuilding process... and you need 3 or 4 of them with good leadership qualities in those kind of team to show the proper way to those kids. Just like good parenting in real life.

Word is Greg Cronin is a Therrien prototype. He's going to make Carlsson and McTavish into better persons . Feel bad for Leo, I wanted him to fall to us in 2025.

 

[Andy]

Edmonton: not trading their 1st round picks for help. But then letting go of their 1st round draftees on offer sheets.

f***ing jokes.

 

[LaP]

Ottawa and Montreal now closer to NJ. If NJ loses to NYR and get overtaken by NYR, they may drop out of the playoffs altogether.

The chance for Montreal to overtake NJ are extremely slim. There's only 7 games remaining.

We would need to be 6-1 in our last 7 games and NJ 2-3-1 (or worse) in their last 6. NJ is 5-4-1 in their last 10 and we are 5-3-2 in our last 10.

Here's NJ schedule

NYR
Boston
Pens
NYI
Boston
Detroit

If they can't win 3 of those games i'll be very surprised.

 

[LaP]

Edmonton: not trading their 1st round picks for help. But then letting go of their 1st round draftees on offer sheets.

f***ing jokes.

Dylan Holloway

77GP 26G 63P +21

Broberg

64GP 8G 28P +21

I really have to dig up my super rare Holloway rookie card. It's in a box somewhere

 

[Victoire HuGo]

Dylan Holloway

77GP 26G 63P +21

Broberg

64GP 8G 28P +21

I really have to dig up my super rare Holloway rookie card. It's in a box somewhere

I'll trade you my Bud Holloway card for your Dylan one

 

[LaP]

I'll trade you my Bud Holloway card for your Dylan one

lol Bud Holloway among the many great acquisitions by MB. Max Friberg, Christian Thomas, Lucas Lessio, Viktor "Mini Bouillon" Bartley, ...

 

[Ezpz]

Hopefully ovi gets a hat trick in the first so I can turn off this game.