Social Media Septic Tank Thread

[Redpath]

$100 says he argues otherwise when he sees Torts is still sitting Frost next game

"Look, I want Frost in the lineup too! But I'm not going to get upset that Torts wants to try to keep the lineup together after the team lost largely from a bad Ersson game."

 

[VladDrag]

$100 says he argues otherwise when he sees Torts is still sitting Frost next game

Well………..

 

[Magua]

Yeah, the Bruins are definitely Exhibit A with their 7 games played this season......after most of 2 decades with one of the most dominant 2-way centers of all time. Nailed it.

I don't disagree in principle that guys like Kaprizov and Panarin and Robertson function similarly to elite centers when roster building, but the "NPC" comment is a joke. It just means you can have guys like Eriksson Ek and Zibanejad and Hintz function as 1Cs. Instead of Matthews and MacKinnon. Equally big joke: equating Gauthier to Michkov as a line driver.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I mean I guess Vegas would be the best example but they elevated their team as soon as a top center became available in Eichel.

 

[Audible Velvet]

Yeah, the Bruins are definitely Exhibit A with their 7 games played this season......after most of 2 decades with one of the most dominant 2-way centers of all time. Nailed it.

I don't disagree in principle that guys like Kaprizov and Panarin and Robertson function similarly to elite centers when roster building, but the "NPC" comment is a joke. It just means you can have guys like Eriksson Ek and Zibanejad and Hintz function as 1Cs. Instead of Matthews and MacKinnon. Equally big joke: equating Gauthier to Michkov as a line driver.

The Bruins?! Good god, y’all

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

I mean I guess Vegas would be the best example but they elevated their team as soon as a top center became available in Eichel.

Ryan Hartman as Kaprizov's centre may be the best example of this argument.

 

[BernieParent]

"Look, I want Frost in the lineup too! But I'm not going to get upset that Torts wants to try to keep the lineup together after the team lost largely from a bad Ersson game."

After @Striiker's post, I was going to suggest a Guess Charlie's Tweet for after it is announced that Frost will be benched for the next game. Thanks for reading my mind, @Redpath.

"Look, I get it. The team didn't have the same energy as in their previous games. But it isn't ideal to bring Frost in after one outlier game where everything went against the Flyers. Torts is showing confidence in his prospects to bounce back after a tough loss, which is what everyone has been asking for."

 

[BernieParent]

Speaking of His O'Connor-ness, here's a fun tweet. Guess which player to whom he is referring:

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

That’s pretty disingenuous. I don’t care about the losses. You’re talking about a young backup goalie who’s not really playing a lot & when he does it’s been bad. You have a third goalie on your roster for whatever reason that hasn’t played at all.

Given there’s only 1 spot in net opposed to 18 positional positions it’s not crazy to have stance that perhaps they should consider a demotion for the sake of development in regards to Ersson.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

I don’t think Ersson is nowhere near as bad as the 2 games he has played. If you think he has a future here send him down to the AHL and see if he can get his game back. I think he is still better than Sandstrom.

 

[Cody Webster]

That’s pretty disingenuous. I don’t care about the losses. You’re talking about a young backup goalie who’s not really playing a lot & when he does it’s been bad. You have a third goalie on your roster for whatever reason that hasn’t played at all.

Given there’s only 1 spot in net opposed to 18 positional positions it’s not crazy to have stance that perhaps they should consider a demotion for the sake of development in regards to Ersson.

Funny how he has these takes about Ersson, but the exact opposite takes about Frost

 

[Hextallent63]

All this banter back and forth about Frost (which i enjoy!) to me is pretty simple. Your benching a player after two games, who when given a real shot and consistent game time over an extended period of time with proper usage was your leading scorer. This to me is why Torts isn't the guy. He did great with him for the majority of last year but Torts is loading the gun and shooting himself and frost in the foot.

 

[GKJ]

People really get mad when they lose?

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Damn, them boys are desperate.

 

[Striiker]

 

[Magua]

Notice Me Senpai energy.

 

[Curufinwe]

Speaking of…

 

[Cody Webster]

 

[Striiker]

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

The elitism that COC exudes is impressive.

 

[Striiker]

The elitism that COC exudes is impressive.

There's been a few tweets lately that could lead one to think Charlie is specifically tweeting them for Sean. They're just too specific not to be. Not to mention the timing.

Sean said he's pretty pleased about it but I told him to grow up.

 

[Redpath]

"I kinda suspect that anyone who disagrees with my opinions is just irrationally angry! Only my opinions are sensible!"

 

[GKJ]

Never seen so many exclamation points from an unbiased beat reporter.

 

[Cody Webster]

 

[Magua]

I mix up my Torts/AV timelines in New York (recent trauma doesn't help), but I didn't realize Zuccarello only took off AFTER Tortorella was fired. Zuccarello had a 45 point pace season at age 23 as a rookie. Tortorella had some irrational issue with him, and he spent most of the next season in the AHL. Then he signed a 2 year KHL deal in the lockout season before returning the last few weeks of the year. Reading up on it, it seems like it was your usual hockey asshole gripes masking bias (defense and so on). Funny part? Prime Zuc was known for his defense as a 5'8 winger.

Between this and William Karlsson, where Tortorella thought a Cup-caliber 2C was really just a 4C, maybe he's not the brilliant core evaluator of which he's portrayed?