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NHL Off-Season 2013 |OT| Celebrate Good Times Come On
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Zod the Bear
Member
I'll be tempted to bandwagon wherever he goes.
yankeehater
Member
Why didn't the Flyers have to go on that tear? Only a 1.5% chance.
Yeah they should have kept tanking. I am glad they found out that they have a goalie going forward but I wish they could have kept losing. They need Jones dammit.
Zod the Bear
Member
As much as I was salivating at the possibility of a high draft pick earlier, I couldn't root for them to lose.
But don't worry! They'll no doubt find more ways to disappoint us all over the off season.
But don't worry! They'll no doubt find more ways to disappoint us all over the off season.
Yeah, but they should have instituted the adjustments they made earlier in the season rather than the last three weeks. All it did was create false hope in Laviolette and drop us 8 spots in the Hunt for Seth Jones, Jonathan Drouin, and Nathan MacKinnon.
I still think Weber is traded this off season, but that's just my stupid wishful thinking.
Zod the Bear
Member
Absolutely yes. Sure, Mason got shelled in the last game, but outside of that the team was so much more successful with a different system.
Same. I really wanted a higher draft pick but I am happy they finished strong. Now I just hope we can make it through the offseason without losing Couturier.
Neither could I, we aren't Penguins fans here.
I'm generally not angry when a player gets traded, but if they trade Coots, I will be upset.
If they trade anyone, it should be Read.
100% Agree
I can't imagine the Preds shelling out that much in bonuses and trading him right after that.
If Bergevin can use our picks + one or more of Thrower, Dietz, Ellis, Pateryn to move up into the top 10 I would be game, unless like I've said before Timmins has his eye on guys in the later rounds. Never bet against Timmins.
I know. It's just wishful thinking. The Flyers signing Weber would have fixed a lot of our problems.
Unhandled Exception
Member
We'll be much better next season. We can get a real coach in now, have a real training camp and realign management. Eric Lacroix left and I'm fully expecting Sakic to be appointed a more hands on position within management.
yankeehater
Member
Yeah hopefully they will try to spark that up again. Couts plus our first if it isnt Jones plus something else maybe.
If Nashville pay Weber $27 million for one season where they miss the playoffs then trade him, everyone in their front office should be fired. Out of a cannon.
yankeehater
Member
The Preds are a bad team going nowhere. If they could get several good players and retool I cant see why it would be so terrible for them. Having Weber didnt get them into the playoffs this year.
Flyers first in 2013 , Matt Read and Andrej Mezaros for Weber.
LOLOLOLOL
I'm kidding, that'd be stupid.
Oh god, I'm giving them ideas, ABORT ABORT
I'm kidding, that'd be stupid.
Oh god, I'm giving them ideas, ABORT ABORT
Dastardly Jerks
Banned
The awards are coming in..
Ovechkin wins Rocket Richard.
Crawford and Emery combined to win the Jennings.
Martin St Louis with the Fart Ross trophy.
Ovechkin wins Rocket Richard.
Crawford and Emery combined to win the Jennings.
Martin St Louis with the Fart Ross trophy.
Zod the Bear
Member
There's no way he's going anywhere now. After the frontloaded death section of the contract, he's a bargain.
I keep getting notifications of these through my gamecenter app.
I agree. We should just be thankful he's in the Western conference and move on.
Unhandled Exception
Member
Our beatwriter is defending Sacco like he was mistreated while he was here. I just want this shit behind the team. Hopefully Pierre Lacroix walks just like his son did and Sakic gets his job. Sherman can stay where he is for now, I'll never forgive him for the Shattenkirk trade but that's about it.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Still cap circumvention penalty for anyone who takes him. With that said, I'm sure a lot of teams will still take him on.
Saw on HFboards:
"Reporter- We feel we are close to the return of the Quebec Nordiques?
Marcel Aubut: Do not doubt anymore.
Aubut did not specify a time, but the question specified "close to the return "
Also, Mario Roy stating he talked with people close to some teams executives, learned the annoucement regarding the Coyotes future will come with strictly no warning, liek a thunderbolt, very soon. League learned from the Thrashers sale."
"Reporter- We feel we are close to the return of the Quebec Nordiques?
Marcel Aubut: Do not doubt anymore.
Aubut did not specify a time, but the question specified "close to the return "
Also, Mario Roy stating he talked with people close to some teams executives, learned the annoucement regarding the Coyotes future will come with strictly no warning, liek a thunderbolt, very soon. League learned from the Thrashers sale."
Easy way to do it is to have either Columbus or Detroit move back to the West to balance it out to the current format of 14/16 West/East. Otherwise, make Quebec play in the West until they figure it out, or do another re-alignment before the season starts.
Man, travel is bad enough for Western teams without having to come from the East Coast. They would never force Quebec to play in the West. Unsustainable.
I don't think they'd bring Detroit back. Columbus is definitely the most likely option, imo.
Haha, yeah. I was partly joking with having them play out west. That would be pretty stupid on the NHL's part. It's not like they're playing in the Central division like Detroit and Columbus currently where they keep close enough to the eastern time zone.
yankeehater
Member
Wow I just saw the Bryz interview from yesterday. LOL at him asking the reporters what have they ever done for the city. Going somewhere with less media coverage would do him a lot of good.
brucewaynegretzky
Member
Nah, he's gonna be a headcase wherever. They had problems with him in Phoenix too. It was just that no one was paying attention so no one noticed.
He's a fine goalie, but he has to learn that part of his job is the off-ice stuff too. He seems to always neglect how much he gets paid, which sort of makes him more accountable for failure.
I'd be curious to know what his upbringing was like. He seems very entitled at times, but still certainly makes some really good points. It's just a very interesting point of view/dynamic with the city and beat writers.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
Heh reading up on the prospects, Nurse is the nephew of McNabb. Pretty cool, two of the top 10 prospects are related to a basketball and football star.
Another reason he needs to come to Philly.
ZeroGravity
Member
SETH JONES SETH JONES SETH JONES
The league are dumb enough to think 16/14 is fair, so they probably think 17/13 would be fine, too.
I can only hope Quebec replacing Phoenix would force them to redo the alignment with balanced Conferences like this. Detroit would move to the Central and Quebec would replace them in the Northeast. This guy's plan is so much better than the crap the NHL came up with.
http://hockeyuniverse.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-nhl-realignment-should-be-done.html
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
#2 Pick pls. Or #1 with a team who really wants Jones as #2.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=668035
Have fun.
Teams I don't want to win the lottery:
Nashville
New Jersey
Calgary
Phoenix
Only because all of them would trip on the stairs to the stage running to draft MacKinnon. Everyone else I'm 95% sure would pick Jones.
Have fun.
Teams I don't want to win the lottery:
Nashville
New Jersey
Calgary
Phoenix
Only because all of them would trip on the stairs to the stage running to draft MacKinnon. Everyone else I'm 95% sure would pick Jones.
It's not his fault the media here is fucking stupid and has zero clue about hockey.
Coldnoodle
Member
You're going to get Jones and you're going to like it!
brucewaynegretzky
Member
Except he takes no responsibility himself either. He doesn't seem to get that they HAVE asked some reasonable questions and he's refused to answer.
Such as: Hey Bryz, you account for almost 10% of the team's cap. Most players who earn that much are expected to be perennial contenders for major awards like the Vezina, Hart, Selke etc, but your numbers could never justify that. Do you think you've performed below reasonable expectations?
I do agree he's not playing up to snuff; but unfortunately, his cap/contract is due to Snider wanting to catch his White Whale.
Vokun was available and is pretty much the same type of goalie as Bryz AND was cheaper.
yankeehater
Member
I think the media goes out of their way to suck his dick most of the time. All year they have been saying it isnt his fault, and even now that Mason has shown he is mostly to blame they still dont bury him like they could. People are interested to hear his thoughts on the season, I have no idea why that warranted such a freakout from him.
HadesGigas
Member
Sabres confirm Darcy Regier isn't being fired. No decision on coaching yet.
lol there's some salty reporter questions in this press conference.
lol there's some salty reporter questions in this press conference.
brucewaynegretzky
Member
Lou expects to do worse next year confirmed?
I'm guessing that would mean he expects to do better
Better finish= higher pick
It would be hilarious if they do do worse next year.