2017-2018 NHL Thread

[Bender]

Yakupov's signed a 2-year deal in Russia:

https://twitter.com/TheDraftAnalyst/status/1014129924649742336

Daigle played over 600 games? Damn!

*Edit: And his numbers aren't really super atrocious.

 

[Kin]

Daigle played over 600 games? Damn!

*Edit: And his numbers aren't really super atrocious.

Your post led me down a fun little rabbit hole of "Who has the worst +/- of all time?".

Anyways, it's not Daigle, but he's up there.

 

[bustaheims]

Daigle played over 600 games? Damn!

*Edit: And his numbers aren't really super atrocious.

Yeah, if he wasn't hyped up to be a superstar and got picked in the 2nd round (and didn't spout off about no one remember who gets taken 2nd when being drafted ahead of a future HHOF defenceman), he'd probably be considered a reasonable success.

 

[herman]

It's the summer, deep in the heart of no-hockey season. So let's play a game:
Re-draft this:
https://twitter.com/DimFilipovic/status/1018970273003868160

 

[Kin]

My guess on a redone 2012 top 10

1. Forsberg
2. Vasilevsky
3. Gostisbehere
4. Lindholm
5. Rielly
6. Parayko
7. Trouba
8. Dumba
9. Hellebuyck
10. Galchenyuk

 

[herman]

Mine is:
1. Seth Griffith

 

[princedpw]

It's the summer, deep in the heart of no-hockey season. So let's play a game:
Re-draft this:
https://twitter.com/DimFilipovic/status/1018970273003868160

I was just looking.  Is there another draft where the guys take 5-7 are better than the guys taken 1-4?  (I don?t know Pouliot and I can never remember which of Dumba and Trouba is better ? both their names end in ?ba? ...)

 

[Kin]

I was just looking.  Is there another draft where the guys take 5-7 are better than the guys taken 1-4?  (I don?t know Pouliot and I can never remember which of Dumba and Trouba is better ? both their names end in ?ba? ...)

It's not a perfect comparison but the 1982 draft had a sort of unimpressive top 4 of Gord Kluzak, Brian Bellows, Gary Nylund and Ron Sutter and then picks 5 and 6 were Scott Stevens and Phil Housley. There's also 1988 where 1-3 is Modano, Trevor Linden and Curtis Leschyshyn and 8-10 is Roenick, Brind'Amour, Selanne.

 

[herman]

2014 is also a bit dicey for a recent example.

 

[Kin]

2014 is also a bit dicey for a recent example.

Maybe, although I still think that if you re-do that draft the guys who went #1 and #3 would go 1-2 in some order.

 

[cabber24]

It's the summer, deep in the heart of no-hockey season. So let's play a game:
Re-draft this:
https://twitter.com/DimFilipovic/status/1018970273003868160

Brian Burke at the time said he would taken Reilly at #1 if he had the #1 pick. I remember thinking he was crazy for saying that but apparently not.

 

[Kin]

Trevor Linden is stepping down as President in Vancouver.

I'm not sure it gets stated explicitly enough but one of the things that always impressed me about the Shanahan hire is that while Shanahan obviously was well known and famous for his playing days, he wasn't a Leaf and that clearly didn't matter to MLSE. Guys like Linden and Francis...you wonder how much of their hiring was a PR thing.

Edit: I said "stepping down" because that's what the Sportsnet alert said but reading between the lines...eh, he was probably let go.

 

[Frank E]

Trevor Linden is stepping down as President in Vancouver.

I'm not sure it gets stated explicitly enough but one of the things that always impressed me about the Shanahan hire is that while Shanahan obviously was well known and famous for his playing days, he wasn't a Leaf and that clearly didn't matter to MLSE. Guys like Linden and Francis...you wonder how much of their hiring was a PR thing.

Edit: I said "stepping down" because that's what the Sportsnet alert said but reading between the lines...eh, he was probably let go.

I always got the feeling that he was handcuffed with the Sedins.

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

Check out 1970s Matthews, Tavares, Kessel and more:

https://www.bardown.com/a-designer-gave-current-nhl-players-vintage-flow-and-facial-hair-1.1146804

A taste: 

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I'm not sure it gets stated explicitly enough but one of the things that always impressed me about the Shanahan hire is that while Shanahan obviously was well known and famous for his playing days, he wasn't a Leaf and that clearly didn't matter to MLSE. Guys like Linden and Francis...you wonder how much of their hiring was a PR thing.

At the same time I'd give literally anything to see the Sedin's named co-GMs.

 

[Frank E]

JVR staying classy with questions about exiting the Leafs.

I suppose signing a $7mX5 deal helps cushion things somewhat.

 

[Joe S.]

Check out 1970s Matthews, Tavares, Kessel and more:

https://www.bardown.com/a-designer-gave-current-nhl-players-vintage-flow-and-facial-hair-1.1146804

A taste: 

That?s fantastic

 

[herman]

https://theathletic.com/445790/2018/07/26/10-thoughts-on-the-canucks-who-havent-really-explained-trevor-lindens-departure/

?OK? it?s just hard for us to understand how Trevor Linden, one of the most popular figures in Canucks history, could just decide in the middle of the summer to walk away. I appreciate your position, but we still don?t know what happened. Because Trevor isn?t speaking and the ownership isn?t speaking, so all we can do is ask you. And you say you don?t know.?

Benning: ?Yeah, well??

Green: ?It?s Travis here, Jason? I think everyone?s surprised that it?s happened. You know, it?s not up to Jim or myself to sit here and say what happened, because we don?t really know the specifics. But when you?re talking about? a president and an owner, they obviously have their own discussions.?

Marvel ran Benedict Cumberbatch with notoriously spoileriffic Tom Holland on press tours to keep him in line.

 

[hockeyfan1]

Check out 1970s Matthews, Tavares, Kessel and more:

https://www.bardown.com/a-designer-gave-current-nhl-players-vintage-flow-and-facial-hair-1.1146804

A taste: 

That?s fantastic

This brings back some sort of nostalgia.  I have a huge collection of the '70's hockey cards and these would not look out of place.  In fact, the Connor McDavid one along with the Seguin & Doughty fit right in.

Nice.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/canucks-gm-benning-denies-role-lindens-surprise-exit/

Toronto Sun columnist Steve Simmons began his Sunday notebook with a five-paragraph bombshell that Linden had essentially been fired by Aquilini after losing a power-struggle with Canucks general manager Jim Benning, hand-picked by Linden to run the hockey team when both joined the organization in 2014.

Also included in the alleged subterfuge was assistant GM John Weisbrod, Benning?s own right-hand man who came to the Canucks after apparently making few friends at the Calgary Flames.

Several people close to Linden, inside and outside of hockey, confirmed to Sportsnet that the deposed president does indeed feel angry and betrayed by Benning. No one, however, could or would provide details or speak on the record.