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Coaching and management changes around the league

herman said:
https://twitter.com/nhlflyers/status/1668657204143042568
Personal support retiree

https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1669347181957120009
Okay this is getting a bit much
 
https://twitter.com/JeffMarek/status/1671899692446121984

Washington trying to keep their hair dresser budget low this upcoming season.
 
https://twitter.com/NYRangers/status/1672243186008223744
Lots of (former) Leafs landing on the bench
 
https://twitter.com/SanJoseSharks/status/1672288539248082964

I know this was always a thing but is it just me or are former players getting A LOT more jobs this offseason than usual?
 
Bender said:
Why does he look permanently confused in photos?

And kudos to him, in that when he was drafted at 18 he looked like he was in his 40s.  And now that he's in his 40s, he still looks it.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
I know this was always a thing but is it just me or are former players getting A LOT more jobs this offseason than usual?

https://twitter.com/stlouisblues/status/1673330438817951750
 
https://twitter.com/darrendreger/status/1674580693563719683
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I need Brad to splash that telecom layoff cash savings on picking this guy up. Just body every other team out of the way.
 
herman said:
I need Brad to splash that telecom layoff cash savings on picking this guy up. Just body every other team out of the way.

Eh.... when was Tampa's last "great" draft?

Granted sure they've traded a lot of 1st rounders recently but Tampa's whole reputation as some drafting/development giant hasn't really shown much proof in a pretty long while. And sorta similar to the Leafs part of the reason they're trading so many 1sts for guys like Hagel and Jeannot is specifically because they don't have anyone coming in from their system to take those roles.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
herman said:
I need Brad to splash that telecom layoff cash savings on picking this guy up. Just body every other team out of the way.

Eh.... when was Tampa's last "great" draft?

Granted sure they've traded a lot of 1st rounders recently but Tampa's whole reputation as some drafting/development giant hasn't really shown much proof in a pretty long while. And sorta similar to the Leafs part of the reason they're trading so many 1sts for guys like Hagel and Jeannot is specifically because they don't have anyone coming in from their system to take those roles.

Hmm, you're right. I gotta update my priors.

2011-2016 looks good for them, Nick Perbix from 2017 is acquitting himself well in a shoddy situation.
 
herman said:
2011-2016 looks good for them, Nick Perbix from 2017 is acquitting himself well in a shoddy situation.

Getting to play 80% of your minutes alongside one of Hedman or Sergachev doesn't seem like that bad of a situation to be in.

Tampa really shows how much of a crapshoot the draft can be. This is basically the same group that in a 4 year span found all of Vasi, Kucherov, Point, and Cirelli significantly later than they would have gone in re-drafts and since that group zero impact players.
 
Does Babcock have a news conference tomorrow where he has a smug grin, "I'm back, let's go!"
 
Zee said:
Does Babcock have a news conference tomorrow where he has a smug grin, "I'm back, let's go!"

I was just kidding but...

https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1674842173957873664
 
K, I know some of you will likely need context for whatever is happening:

Inciting 'incident':
https://x.com/spittinchiclets/status/1701599904655950062

Corporate Response(s):
https://x.com/BlueJacketsNHL/status/1701663560143610236
NHLPA investigation as well

Meme time:
https://twitter.com/frankcorrado22/status/1701657727292895364
 
Thought this tweet/info from Jack Han is also worth mentioning:

https://twitter.com/JhanHky/status/1701669871547765070

It says a lot about how garbage spittin chiclets is that they could find a story to bash Mike Babcock of all people where they end up looking like the toxic ones.
 
Frank E said:
The lack of real journalism on these platforms is a real problem in this social media age.

Sure is.

Way beyond sports media. Seems to be tearing the US apart.
 
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