News from Around the NHL 2

jester · Post #4751 by **jester** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 1:44 pm

dbr wrote:Don't forget his defense in Nash. are miles ahead of what he had with us.

Nashville's defense fits Lavi's system perfectly.

Eh, NSH has a great D, but we had a stacked top 4 when we went to the SCF. Third pairing was weak, admittedly. One of the key's to Lavi's demise here was the impact of Pronger's injury did to the D.

jester · Post #4752 by **jester** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 1:45 pm

Rogers Pancreas wrote:I give him four years. Tops.

4 years ain't a bad rub for a professional coach. A big problem is that he is not inheriting a roster on the upswing.

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4753 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 5:21 pm

dbr wrote:Don't forget his defense in Nash. are miles ahead of what he had with us.

Nashville's defense fits Lavi's system perfectly.

Post 2010 of course.

chaosof99 · Post #4754 by **chaosof99** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:48 am

ESPN just fired every decent hockey reported they had.

Boring Choice #2 · Post #4755 by **Boring Choice #2** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:51 am

chaosof99 wrote:ESPN just fired every decent hockey reported they had.

and burnside too.

jester · Post #4756 by **jester** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 11:09 am

chaosof99 wrote:ESPN just fired every decent hockey reported they had.

They are firing a lot of others, too.

Hopefully a few of em end up on something other than a paywall site.

dbr · Post #4757 by **dbr** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 12:39 pm

LeBraun will still continue his work with TSN.

FlyHigh · Post #4758 by **FlyHigh** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 2:27 pm

Does this mean that ESPN just won't have a hockey presence anymore? Pronman and Custance are the only 2 I can think of that haven't been announced yet and they're both behind a paywall.

I do think a lot of this is just the price for deciding not to go back in with ESPN in 2011. Can't really judge too much without knowing the details of ESPN's offer (and it may have been crappy enough that the NHL just couldn't accept), but even a declining ESPN still drives sports coverage in the US. Now we're coming up on Year 4 or so of a flat cap and the US's biggest sports media company apparently decided that it's not going to be in the hockey business anymore. How exactly does the NHL plan on growing?

Hope all those guys end up OK though, tough times for non-political journalists I guess.

Kilgore Trout · Post #4759 by **Kilgore Trout** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 3:15 pm

Who knew ESPN had this many hockey folks to fire?

jester · Post #4760 by **jester** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 7:27 pm

It's an impressive bloodletting at ESPN. The hockey firings are barely a blip.

JLHockeyKnight · Post #4761 by **JLHockeyKnight** » Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:41 pm

Kilgore Trout wrote:Who knew ESPN had this many hockey folks to fire?

The sad thing is that the internet side of the hockey cover wasn't all that bad. LeBrun did a solid job breaking news when he could. People bitch that ESPN never covers hockey but that was mostly true on the TV side.

That said, anyone who watched as prices for live sports increased while their subscribers were dropping on average 50,000 subscribers a month could easily tell you there was going to be a breaking point some time this year.

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4762 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:56 pm

Who the fuck came up with the second round schedule? It's idiotic.

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4763 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Mon May 01, 2017 8:39 pm

Crosby takes a stick to the side of the head, while falling down. The Pens are gifted a five minute major.

It did not look intentional at all, if you haven't seen it yet.

MiD · Post #4764 by **MiD** » Mon May 01, 2017 8:42 pm

Rogers Pancreas wrote:Crosby takes a stick to the side of the head, while falling down. The Pens are gifted a five minute major.

It did not look intentional at all, if you haven't seen it yet.

I think his left leg is done

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4765 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Mon May 01, 2017 9:14 pm

And just to be clear: Slashing is an innocuous hockey play. Cross-checking is not.

You irreverent douchebags.

Kilgore Trout · Post #4766 by **Kilgore Trout** » Mon May 01, 2017 9:40 pm

Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy. Fuck Sid.

Hovercraft · Post #4767 by **Hovercraft** » Mon May 01, 2017 10:25 pm

Pitt just tied it up very late, damn

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4768 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Tue May 02, 2017 12:21 am

Alright. We have a series again.

chaosof99 · Post #4769 by **chaosof99** » Tue May 02, 2017 3:12 am

I mean, the incident was not good but it seems more like a series of unfortuante events, but it's still on Niskanen to not crack a guys skull with his stick.

Still, the reaction by the Pittsburgh media is quite insane, basically branding it as a conspiracy to commit premeditated murder.

I love the argument of "I have no evidence but I love hockey".

Edit: Also this:

FlyHigh · Post #4770 by **FlyHigh** » Tue May 02, 2017 8:34 am

Hit looked accidental to me. Kinda similar to the McDavid-Manning thing where the outcome was unfortunate but there wasn't intentionality.

Also I think Pitt and their fans should still be on timeout as far as the "holier than thou" crap after employing Matt Cooke for 5 years. That guy ended Marc Savard's career.

Edit: And lol at Kunitz whining about it being "malicious." If he wants malicious, maybe he could take a look at his headshot on Gagne a few years ago (who already had concussion history). Give me a break.

vonbonds · Post #4771 by **vonbonds** » Tue May 02, 2017 8:53 am

Spot on..all of it FlyHigh

Hovercraft · Post #4772 by **Hovercraft** » Tue May 02, 2017 10:57 am

Not to mention James Neal and his fucking elbows.

Hit was definitely a series of unfortunate events. Niskanen should have let up, but he didn't have much time to react to Crosby falling.

Leafs signed Zaitsev to a 7 year 4.5 million per year deal. What do you guys think about giving Ghost a deal like this? Too risky?

dbr · Post #4773 by **dbr** » Tue May 02, 2017 2:41 pm

You guys are forgetting about Malkin.

dbr · Post #4774 by **dbr** » Tue May 02, 2017 2:42 pm

Hovercraft wrote:Not to mention James Neal and his fucking elbows.

Hit was definitely a series of unfortunate events. Niskanen should have let up, but he didn't have much time to react to Crosby falling.

Leafs signed Zaitsev to a 7 year 4.5 million per year deal. What do you guys think about giving Ghost a deal like this? Too risky?

I would sign Ghost to that. I have a feeling that contract will come back to haunt the Leafs more than it would with Ghost.

vonbonds · Post #4775 by **vonbonds** » Tue May 02, 2017 3:45 pm

All long term deals by Lou blow up too..lol

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4776 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Tue May 02, 2017 6:18 pm

Crosby and Sheary are out for game 4, and with Crosby's history I doubt the Penguins will risk fucking him up long-term by putting him back in for this series.

jester · Post #4777 by **jester** » Tue May 02, 2017 7:06 pm

vonbonds wrote:All long term deals by Lou blow up too..lol

He was an awful GM for the most part after the lockout.

vonbonds · Post #4778 by **vonbonds** » Tue May 02, 2017 8:13 pm

jester wrote:
vonbonds wrote:All long term deals by Lou blow up too..lol

He was an awful GM after the lockout.

Fixed

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4779 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Tue May 02, 2017 9:10 pm

True. But he didnt sign Clarkson, and in the end wasnt that the best Christmas present of all?

chaosof99 · Post #4780 by **chaosof99** » Wed May 03, 2017 12:32 am

Hovercraft wrote:Not to mention James Neal and his fucking elbows.

James Neal and is fucking Knees. I can almost understand some cheap shots in the heat of the moment. "Gelegenheit macht Diebe" (opportunity makes thieves) is a german idiom after all. But it takes a special kind of psychological damage to skate out of your way to knee a player that is prone one the ice in the head. How Neal got less than 25 games for that, particularly given his history, is beyond me.

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4781 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Wed May 03, 2017 9:15 pm

It's amazing how bad Ovechkin is along the boards, for as big as he is.

Kilgore Trout · Post #4782 by **Kilgore Trout** » Wed May 03, 2017 9:35 pm

Rogers Pancreas wrote:It's amazing how bad Ovechkin is along the boards, for as big as he is.

That's because at the end of the day, he's pretty soft.

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4783 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Wed May 03, 2017 10:15 pm

The Capitals are built around a ten million dollar winger with no cycle game, no defensive awareness, and poor passing skills. And that is why they are the paper tiger of the East.

FlyHigh · Post #4784 by **FlyHigh** » Thu May 04, 2017 10:01 am

He's also gotten really slow, it's kind of depressing now.

chaosof99 · Post #4785 by **chaosof99** » Sat May 06, 2017 4:01 am

The Oilers are still the Oilers, it seems.

MiD · Post #4786 by **MiD** » Sat May 06, 2017 4:12 am

chaosof99 wrote:The Oilers are still the Oilers, it seems.

that game never should've gone to OT, at that point I think GI review is decided by coin toss in war room

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4787 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Sat May 06, 2017 10:13 am

Had to double-check the score, but I could have just waited to see who wins the series because the Oilers are out on their feet after that one.

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4788 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Sat May 06, 2017 7:24 pm

Crosby's going back into the line-up, after missing all of one game.

...

Super Sid and his Super Brain are back on top!

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4789 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Mon May 08, 2017 9:34 pm

If you don't care, I definitely don't; in the end, it just makes my life easier.

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4790 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Mon May 08, 2017 9:58 pm

Fleury looking Fleury-esque with the glove-hand.

MiD · Post #4791 by **MiD** » Mon May 08, 2017 10:02 pm

Rogers Pancreas wrote:Fleury looking Fleury-esque with the glove-hand.

still looks better than rest of team today

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4792 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Tue May 09, 2017 10:12 pm

Sorry, Henrik. Better luck next time the Flyers don't make the playoffs.

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4793 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Wed May 10, 2017 9:43 pm

Summary of this series:

Fleury>Caps>Pens>Holtby

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4794 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Wed May 10, 2017 10:16 pm

Fuck you, Washington. You're a disappointment to me, and your mother.

FlyHigh · Post #4795 by **FlyHigh** » Thu May 11, 2017 9:59 am

Man, as boring as it's been to be a Flyers fan since 2012, don't think I'd want to trade with Caps fans right now, ouch.

Rogers Pancreas · Post #4796 by **Rogers Pancreas** » Sat May 13, 2017 7:33 am

Ouch.

FlyHigh · Post #4797 by **FlyHigh** » Sat May 13, 2017 1:01 pm

Guess Neal added insult to injury by scoring that OT winner. Can only imagine how well the Preds would be doing if Subban wasn't dancing on the ice before games, would probably have already won the Cup.

Hovercraft · Post #4798 by **Hovercraft** » Sun May 14, 2017 8:21 am

Boucher and the Sens stifled Pittsburgh pretty well last night.

GoneFullHextall · Post #4799 by **GoneFullHextall** » Mon May 15, 2017 12:44 pm

that Ducks/Preds series sure is fun to watch.
hope it goes 7.

vonbonds · Post #4800 by **vonbonds** » Mon May 15, 2017 10:05 pm

I've never wanted a team I don't root for to win the cup as much as I want Smashville right now.

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