NHL 2022-23

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed May 31, 2023 9:58 am

Pruitt: Get ready to wander the wilderness for a decade. I'm glad you got to enjoy the Leafs winning a round this year but Treliving is a terrible GM.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Wed May 31, 2023 10:09 am

Well, off the bandwagon I go for another 10 years or so...

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed May 31, 2023 10:16 am

degenerasian wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 9:58 am Pruitt: Get ready to wander the wilderness for a decade. I'm glad you got to enjoy the Leafs winning a round this year but Treliving is a terrible GM.

But he stole (and extended) Huberdeau and Weegar!

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed May 31, 2023 10:26 am

mister d wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 10:16 am
degenerasian wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 9:58 am Pruitt: Get ready to wander the wilderness for a decade. I'm glad you got to enjoy the Leafs winning a round this year but Treliving is a terrible GM.
But he stole (and extended) Huberdeau and Weegar!

But he couldn’t stop the goalie from regressing.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed May 31, 2023 10:45 am

mister d wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 10:16 am
degenerasian wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 9:58 am Pruitt: Get ready to wander the wilderness for a decade. I'm glad you got to enjoy the Leafs winning a round this year but Treliving is a terrible GM.
But he stole (and extended) Huberdeau and Weegar!

Stole yes, maybe. Made the best of a situation he created by giving Tkachuk a bridge contract. He was lucky there were competing bids that drove the price up.

Extended Huberdeau way to soon without seeing how the players fit, because didn't want to be embarrassed again. Didn't want another Gaudreau and Tkachuk situation. How do you extend Huberdeau for 8 years 10.5 mil without ever seeing him play for you but you were too afraid to give Tkachuk a long term deal in 2019 after already drafting and seeing him for two years? Instead they extended other guys and signed bad FAs like Troy Brouwer and James Neal.

His asset management is just poor. At one point the Flames core was Gaudreau, Monahan, Giordano and Brodie. (These are actually the only 4 players my wife knows) He got nothing for any of them, in fact he had to give up a 1st round pick for Montreal to take Monahan.

Now maybe in a big market like Toronto, none of that matters.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed May 31, 2023 3:22 pm

I'm more optimistic about Treliving than you guys, but can you imagine if he's in charge when both Tkachuk and Matthews leave?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed May 31, 2023 3:38 pm

Wonder if Panarin + Trouba works for him ; )

Post by **brian** » Wed May 31, 2023 4:57 pm

Alert the self-appointed fan police. Just bought a Stone home gold jersey with the SCF 2023 patch (which had only came into the store today and I didn’t even really care about but an extra $20 well spent.)

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed May 31, 2023 6:57 pm

Nice! I've got the hat that matches it. I've only ever seen it for sale at the little VGK store in Park MGM near the indoor walkway to Aria.

Post by **brian** » Wed May 31, 2023 7:31 pm

Just saw this is the first time in Cup Finals history both teams’ leading scorer in the regular season was an American (Tkachuk and Eichel).

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:27 am

So Treliving leaves and Dubas gets fired because they both want more control. Treliving goes into the cauldron reporting to Shanahan and the 3-headed dragon where it's cup or bust. Dubas gets a big promotion into a probably rebuilding market, although Fenway does have money and Crosby/Malkin could have one more cup run in them. I think we know who came out much better.

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 01, 2023 8:41 pm

Secured tix for Game 5.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Jun 01, 2023 8:46 pm

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 01, 2023 8:47 pm

rass wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 8:46 pm*

To be sure. Though these teams are evenly matched enough hard to see a sweep either way.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Sat Jun 03, 2023 12:34 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 10:51 am Can’t believe retreads like Laviolette keep getting plum jobs.

speaking of retreads

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sat Jun 03, 2023 12:39 pm

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Sat Jun 03, 2023 12:43 pm

Is it because retreads are considered safer? I feel like when a GM in any sport hires a retread and he doesn't work out, it's a lot easier to explain to the (likely mediocre) higher-ups that it was a sound choice based on the knowledge we had. But if you hire someone outside the norm and he fails, then you won't be able to get another GM job after you get the axe.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Sat Jun 03, 2023 12:45 pm

That's a false narrative. I found that Gaudreau absolutely excelled under Sutter. I think he even admitted that he plays better with strict authority behind the bench. He didn't leave Sutter and the Flames, his wife did.

Patrik Laine? We shall see…

Post by **brian** » Sat Jun 03, 2023 2:41 pm

Watching Game 1 at a local BWW because of superstition. VGK are 3-0 when I go there to watch with two eliminations.

Post by **brian** » Sat Jun 03, 2023 7:08 pm

Both franchises are working on 4-game losing streaks in the Stanley Cup Finals

Post by **brian** » Sat Jun 03, 2023 9:04 pm

Florida diving worse than Edmonton. Not even mad, I’m impressed.

Post by **brian** » Sat Jun 03, 2023 10:21 pm

travzilla wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 11:53 pm Winnipeg played some pretty good hockey in November and December, but even then when they took a lead to the third period it was always hang on for dear life. Tonight, up 2-1 on the road, they tucked the Knights into bed, went downstairs, poured a rye whiskey, and made love to mamma. I haven't seen them do that in 5 years. (5 years ago they beat Vegas in game 1 then lost four in a row, so...)

Road teams about to be 6-2 in game 1. Hockey is random.

Here is where I have to point out VGK won Game 1 of the 2018 Finals.

Post by **brian** » Sun Jun 04, 2023 12:41 am

There’s a lot of similarities between Vegas and Florida and another weird one is that both owners share the same alma mater (Army/West Point).

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Sun Jun 04, 2023 9:51 am

I enjoyed finding out in the article in the Athletic about the Blue Jackets and Babcock that the Blue Jackets were not able to come to terms with the Leafs on buying out the last month of Babcock's deal with them, even though they fired him in 2019.

Did not enjoy the pull quote from a podcast where Babcock sets up deniability for the bullying charges issued against him by multiple players.

Post by **brian** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 8:08 pm

William Karlsson’s 3-week-old son is at the game and he’s totes adorbs.

Post by **brian** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 9:24 pm

So Eichel looks OK after that brutal hit.

Post by **brian** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 9:32 pm

Through 5 1/2 periods Florida is being outscored 4-3 by the two players it gave up during the 2017 expansion draft.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 9:44 pm

brian wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 8:47 pm
rass wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 8:46 pm*
To be sure. Though these teams are evenly matched enough hard to see a sweep either way.

Hmm…

Post by **brian** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 9:50 pm

Matthew Tkachuk this series:

Misconduct penalties - 3
Goals - 1

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Jun 07, 2023 6:40 pm

Post by **brian** » Wed Jun 07, 2023 9:00 pm

Honestly don’t know if Vegas is gonna finish this off but wish I had a Time Machine to bet on Marchessault for the Conn Smythe after Game 2 of the EDM series when he had 0 goals and 2 points.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Jun 08, 2023 7:20 pm

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Jun 08, 2023 7:52 pm

Kind of weird having the president of the Philadelphia Flyers calling the game.

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 08, 2023 8:05 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 7:52 pm Kind of weird having the president of the Philadelphia Flyers calling the game.

Need to thank Philly for taking him off TV after this season.

Also a lesser man than me would chuckle at the irony of Tkachuk trolling Eichel after G2 about skating in the middle of the ice and not having his head up then being hoisted on that petard by a (another, like Tkachuk’s) clean hit by Kolesar but I am not that man.

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 08, 2023 8:10 pm

Something to watch is VGK has the 3rd best goal differential in the second period in playoff history. Numbers 1 & 2 are teams (don’t remember which) from the NYI and Edmonton dynasties).

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Jun 08, 2023 8:18 pm

They be lovin’ that period of the long change!!!

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 08, 2023 8:37 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 8:18 pm They be lovin’ that period of the long change!!!

They’re 3-0 in OT as well so apparently.

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 08, 2023 8:56 pm

My first instinct is to not be excited about The Ref Show even though it’s benefited Vegas but the calls have been legit.

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 08, 2023 9:19 pm

With a little bit of time and perspective I’m ready to declare the VGK road uni a Top 5 road/white sweater in the NHL.

Still not sold on the home golds but they do pop.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Jun 08, 2023 10:01 pm

LoLCats