Official Armchair GM Thread 2015-2016

[hockeyfan1]

Here are some stats indicating teams with the most major penalties last season.  As one can see, Pittsburgh and Winnipeg were the most penalized team (total  penalties in minutes), while Carolina and Chicago were the least penalized teams (including fighting majors).  Columbus and Anaheim were one & two with most fighting majors.

http://espn.go.com/nhl/statistics/team/_/stat/major-penalties/sort/penaltyMinutes


Here are the stats for least penalized teams last season. Winnipeg and Pittsburgh were one & two in leading the league with the most total  minor penalties (including penalties in minutes), and once again, Carolina and Chicago had the fewest minor penalties in minutes (including total minor penalties with Calgary joining in).

http://espn.go.com/nhl/statistics/team/_/stat/minor-penalties

 

[Kin]

Or you could just go by fighting majors. I don't think anyone's arguing for the strategic efficiency of five minute boarding penalties:

http://www.hockeyfights.com/leaders/teams/1/reg2015

 

[Frank E]

Not sure if this has been posted, but training camp is only a few weeks away:  September 17th-20th.

It's in Halifax this year

How do you guys encrypt the link into the wording?  Like I want the "It's in Halifax this year" to be the link.

 

[Deebo]

Not sure if this has been posted, but training camp is only a few weeks away:  September 17th-20th.

It's in Halifax this year

How do you guys encrypt the link into the wording?  Like I want the "It's in Halifax this year" to be the link.

I edited it for you, take a look at how to do it by editing it.

 

[Frank E]

Not sure if this has been posted, but training camp is only a few weeks away:  September 17th-20th.

It's in Halifax this year

How do you guys encrypt the link into the wording?  Like I want the "It's in Halifax this year" to be the link.

I edited it for you, take a look at how to do it by editing it.

Thanks Deebo.

 

[northernpike]

I think your Leaf lineup will look like this
JVR-Bozak-Parenteau
Setaguchi-Kadri-Lupal
Komarov-Matthias-Panik
Spaling-Winnik-Arcobello
extras Holland-Beck
on D- phanny-Hunwick
        Maricin-Reilly
        Gardner-Polak
extras -Robidas-Harrington

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I think your Leaf lineup will look like this
JVR-Bozak-Parenteau
Setaguchi-Kadri-Lupal
Komarov-Matthias-Panik
Spaling-Winnik-Arcobello
extras Holland-Beck
on D- phanny-Hunwick
        Maricin-Reilly
        Gardner-Polak
extras -Robidas-Harrington

You sure your nickname shouldn't be #1SetoguchiFan?

Not a bad line-up aside from that though. Holland slots into the top-12 without Seto. I've read a bunch of things suggesting that Matthias isn't a very good centre so maybe he takes Seto's spot on L2 which makes Holland the 3C.

Hunwick is one player who I really have no read on. I could see him playing on any pairing or even in the pressbox if a guy like Harrington earns a spot. That'll be an interesting thing to watch during training camp.

 

[Zee]

Looking forward to sports radio starting next week.  The return of Mike Richards on TSN1050, Leafs lunch starts up again, tons to talk about this upcoming Leafs season.  The good times are about to start.

 

[Redleaf]

Looking forward to sports radio starting next week.  The return of Mike Richards on TSN1050, Leafs lunch starts up again, tons to talk about this upcoming Leafs season.  The good times are about to start.

Yeah. Except all this hockey talk foreshadows the end of another summer, and they are too damn short in this country.

 

[hockeyfan1]

Looking forward to sports radio starting next week.  The return of Mike Richards on TSN1050, Leafs lunch starts up again, tons to talk about this upcoming Leafs season.  The good times are about to start.

Yeah. Except all this hockey talk foreshadows the end of another summer, and they are too damn short in this country.

Yes, summers are way too short.  But the long hockey season more than makes up for it! 

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Summer started in like May this year and we'll probably still have +20 temperatures until early October. Summer and Winter have basically cut Spring and Fall in half.

 

[bustaheims]

Summer started in like May this year and we'll probably still have +20 temperatures until early October. Summer and Winter have basically cut Spring and Fall in half.

Yeah, though this summer was mostly just an extended late spring. Outside of a couple weeks, it's been pretty mild - which I've really enjoyed, since I don't have A/C in my apartment.

 

[cabber24]

I think your Leaf lineup will look like this
JVR-Bozak-Parenteau
Setaguchi-Kadri-Lupal
Komarov-Matthias-Panik
Spaling-Winnik-Arcobello
extras Holland-Beck
on D- phanny-Hunwick
        Maricin-Reilly
        Gardner-Polak
extras -Robidas-Harrington

Hahaha... phanny, never heard that one before. Absolute piece of shit lineup. How's that for in depth analysis?

 

[Zee]

Looking forward to sports radio starting next week.  The return of Mike Richards on TSN1050, Leafs lunch starts up again, tons to talk about this upcoming Leafs season.  The good times are about to start.

Yeah. Except all this hockey talk foreshadows the end of another summer, and they are too damn short in this country.

Yes, summers are way too short.  But the long hockey season more than makes up for it! 

Summer, shmummer.

 

[northernpike]

I think your Leaf lineup will look like this
JVR-Bozak-Parenteau
Setaguchi-Kadri-Lupal
Komarov-Matthias-Panik
Spaling-Winnik-Arcobello
extras Holland-Beck
on D- phanny-Hunwick
        Maricin-Reilly
        Gardner-Polak
extras -Robidas-Harrington

Hahaha... phanny, never heard that one before. Absolute piece of shit lineup. How's that for in depth analysis?

I for one never said it was a good lineup i just stated that s what it will look like

 

[cabber24]

I think your Leaf lineup will look like this
JVR-Bozak-Parenteau
Setaguchi-Kadri-Lupal
Komarov-Matthias-Panik
Spaling-Winnik-Arcobello
extras Holland-Beck
on D- phanny-Hunwick
        Maricin-Reilly
        Gardner-Polak
extras -Robidas-Harrington

Hahaha... phanny, never heard that one before. Absolute piece of shit lineup. How's that for in depth analysis?

I for one never said it was a good lineup i just stated that s what it will look like

Next year the top three picks go into a lottery. We should of bottomed out earlier... I suppose we did but we just didn't have our picks. So let's bottom out and keep our picks, this Shanna-plan does not need to be overly complex.

 

[mr grieves]

I think your Leaf lineup will look like this
JVR-Bozak-Parenteau
Setaguchi-Kadri-Lupal
Komarov-Matthias-Panik
Spaling-Winnik-Arcobello
extras Holland-Beck
on D- phanny-Hunwick
        Maricin-Reilly
        Gardner-Polak
extras -Robidas-Harrington

Eh. That lineup seems mostly plausible (and entirely depressing), but why do you think Bozak would stay on the top line...? Habit? Probably more important to see if Kadri can be a 1C and Holland a 2C than to showcase a player that, even if he doesn't entirely crater without Kessel, is still too overpaid and too old to be much of an asset.

 

[Highlander]

Maybe in the near future he will be known as "Bozo the Buyout"  Or Bozo for 4th round pick. Heck lets give him away a la Grabo and Kulimonster.

 

[cabber24]

I think your Leaf lineup will look like this
JVR-Bozak-Parenteau
Setaguchi-Kadri-Lupal
Komarov-Matthias-Panik
Spaling-Winnik-Arcobello
extras Holland-Beck
on D- phanny-Hunwick
        Maricin-Reilly
        Gardner-Polak
extras -Robidas-Harrington

Eh. That lineup seems mostly plausible (and entirely depressing), but why do you think Bozak would stay on the top line...? Habit? Probably more important to see if Kadri can be a 1C and Holland a 2C than to showcase a player that, even if he doesn't entirely crater without Kessel, is still too overpaid and too old to be much of an asset.

The Leafs are going to make a lot less money this year with the dollar and disinterest shown during the second half of last year.

 

[northernpike]

I think your Leaf lineup will look like this
JVR-Bozak-Parenteau
Setaguchi-Kadri-Lupal
Komarov-Matthias-Panik
Spaling-Winnik-Arcobello
extras Holland-Beck
on D- phanny-Hunwick
        Maricin-Reilly
        Gardner-Polak
extras -Robidas-Harrington

Eh. That lineup seems mostly plausible (and entirely depressing), but why do you think Bozak would stay on the top line...? Habit? Probably more important to see if Kadri can be a 1C and Holland a 2C than to showcase a player that, even if he doesn't entirely crater without Kessel, is still too overpaid and too old to be much of an asset.

well Kadri is not a first line center at best an average no2 but every body should give Bozak a chance he may even shock some people after all this time with Kessell and the lack od defence being played by Phil maybe he can find it in JVR and Parenteau also look at his numbers he gotten better each year and that was playing on a B.S. line with no defence