2017-2018 NHL Thread
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herman
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Not that it's not water under the bridge already, but which Travis do we want now?
https://twitter.com/PeteBlackburn/status/980497804635332609
At the time the decision was made, based on our circumstances, I thought our multiple trade downs made sense. Now... I still think it was the right call.
https://twitter.com/PeteBlackburn/status/980497804635332609
At the time the decision was made, based on our circumstances, I thought our multiple trade downs made sense. Now... I still think it was the right call.
bustaheims
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herman said:
That's probably about right, which would put him in the 20 goal range at his current shooting rate.
That reminded me of this tweet that I saw earlier today too:
https://twitter.com/NHLexpertpicks/status/980785487827865600
He was struggling to score earlier in the season but he's had a fantastic second half. Obviously considering our strengths and weaknesses I think we're all pretty fine with Dermott but Konecny's going to be a heck of a player too.
https://twitter.com/NHLexpertpicks/status/980785487827865600
He was struggling to score earlier in the season but he's had a fantastic second half. Obviously considering our strengths and weaknesses I think we're all pretty fine with Dermott but Konecny's going to be a heck of a player too.
herman
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CarltonTheBear said:
He is pretty fantastic, though riding a bit of a SH% bump himself. A small part of two straight years of crazy high-end drafts that'll probably dominate the league for the next chunk of the decade.
If Bracco makes it too, that's icing on the cake for us; he's been quite solid defensively with the Marlies, to my surprise. I don't know about Dzierkals, but I really liked the gumption to go for quantity at the ground floor of the deliberate rebuild. Even crazier is if Marner was picked by Arizona (haha), we would've traded the 4th down to take a crack at Provarov or Werenski +.
herman said:
Now that's an interesting question. Would you take Werenski+Konency or Marner+Dermott? If Werenski was a righty I'd probably lean toward the alt-universe version of how the draft played out. Of course he isn't though so I'd stick with our guys.
CarltonTheBear said:
I asked a similar question before, and I think most people liked the idea of having Marner. It'll depend on how their careers shake out, but if things keep going the way they are going, I think people will be pretty happy with Marner + Dermott when all is said and done.
Significantly Insignificant said:
For sure. I don't really think that there's a wrong answer there.
https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/980850155757842433
This isn't really a Sedins criticism in any way, but the whole "this is the classiest player to ever play the game, there'll never be anyone classier" is said about someone at least once a season.
edit: I can't wait for some Boston guy to say this about Marchand when he retires.
This isn't really a Sedins criticism in any way, but the whole "this is the classiest player to ever play the game, there'll never be anyone classier" is said about someone at least once a season.
edit: I can't wait for some Boston guy to say this about Marchand when he retires.
Kin
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"Class", in this context, is such a meaningless word. More over, in this context, it's pretty hard to disconnect it from the racialized junk criticism that Subban faced for daring to have a personality and style of his own.
Also, I understand that the Athletic-Sniffers and their ilk have given up on any critical reporting of the league ever but don't just drop this without giving us the other side of the story. The Sedin's are the classiest ever? Ok, then let us know in what ways Steve Yzerman was a jerk.
Also, I understand that the Athletic-Sniffers and their ilk have given up on any critical reporting of the league ever but don't just drop this without giving us the other side of the story. The Sedin's are the classiest ever? Ok, then let us know in what ways Steve Yzerman was a jerk.
I for one would like to congratulate the Sedin's for essentially giving up on trying to win a Stanley Cup in the last quarter of their careers because they didn't want to deal with a moving company.
Kin
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Zee said:
He had 3 more points than Crosby who scored 22 goals more than Sedin.
Meanwhile Sedin was playing with his brother while Crosby was playing with the ugliest collection of wingers ever assembled(Pittsburgh's highest scoring winger was 38 year old Bill Guerin who had 45 points). In addition Sedin was below 50% on faceoffs while Crosby was one of the better faceoff men in the league.
Ovechkin, on the other hand, tied with Crosby for points, scored 50 goals, while playing 10 fewer games than Sedin.
Nobody alive would have taken Sedin over either of those two that year.
