Yeah, more just to highlight the disparity of hilariously bad NMC's given the new expansion lottery situation. Columbus is in a league of its own.
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NHL Off-Season 2016 |OT| My prospects are better than yours
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Yeah, more just to highlight the disparity of hilariously bad NMC's given the new expansion lottery situation. Columbus is in a league of its own.
Freyjadour
Member
HURRY UP AND FIRE HITCHCOCK AND HIRE BOUDREAU.
Good, though I'm pretty sure that was the plan from the start and why they traded Hartsy.
MEANWHILE
Tom Wilson was only fined $2,403.67. No suspension.
What a joke.
2 year pros are exempt so guys like Eichel and McDavid don't have to be protected. As for how many games played mean you're a pro, I'm unsure.
Sp the Hurricanes wouldn't have to protect Hanifin, Slavin, or Pesce since they were all on college before this year?
That's pretty sweet.
The Ducks had a strange year. Considered a top contender but had a terrible start and they never really got their shit together until March. I can see how that could be blamed on the coach, but there's still a lot of teams that would be happy with the Ducks situation.
Boudreau won't be out of work for long.
Boudreau won't be out of work for long.
Laviolette has won five game 7's in a row.
Buffalo and Edmonton in 2006
Boston in 2010
Buffalo in 2011
Anaheim in 2016
Could they actually do that?
Buffalo and Edmonton in 2006
Boston in 2010
Buffalo in 2011
Anaheim in 2016
Could they actually do that?
SmackCrackleNPop
Member
lol. At least Blues won their game 7. Got that out of the way.
It's a results driven business. It doesn't matter how awesome the ride was if you keep crashing into a wall (the same wall) at the end of it every time.*
*he says smugly, having already made the case why his head coach who has lost Stanley Cup Final and Eastern Conference Final Game 7s on home ice is totally awesome and deserves his job
The Ducks shouldn't have even played in any of those Game 7s in the first place.
*he says smugly, having already made the case why his head coach who has lost Stanley Cup Final and Eastern Conference Final Game 7s on home ice is totally awesome and deserves his job
Lone_Prodigy
Member
I mean, yeah, you can point out how his goalies play terribly in G7, and how Getzlaf and Perry haven't been big postseason performers either. But something had to give, and the captain and assistant making $8M+ is a lot harder to replace than the coach.
We could extend the same reasoning to San Jose (Thornton and Marleau unable to get it done in the playoffs) and Washington (Ovechkin has never gotten past the second round). And yeah, someone brought up Babcock with his one Cup. One team wins the Cup every year. Heck, even Marvie isn't a fan of Quenneville.
But unless you're in the business of blowing up your core and trading away your best players, the coach is the easiest and most feasible method of change.
We could extend the same reasoning to San Jose (Thornton and Marleau unable to get it done in the playoffs) and Washington (Ovechkin has never gotten past the second round). And yeah, someone brought up Babcock with his one Cup. One team wins the Cup every year. Heck, even Marvie isn't a fan of Quenneville.
But unless you're in the business of blowing up your core and trading away your best players, the coach is the easiest and most feasible method of change.
bonesmccoy
Banned
And part of reason why the current salary cap system sucks. This is pretty much the only option teams have, unless they want to go full reset and get fleeced in a trade (ie, Kessel).
#Foxhole
SmackCrackleNPop
Member
We need to acquire some Hall of Famers. What can we get for a low 20s 1st rounder? I'll throw in Sekac too
I could honestly see this pattern continue in Ottawa. He gets the Sens to the playoffs and gets letdown by subpar goaltending from Anderson and/or Hammond.
Vancouver is not a possibility. Willie has at least another year, regardless of how the team does.
Andy's playoff SV% has been pretty good so far in his career.
You can have a Bryan Bickell.
For sure, but he's getting older and everyone is waiting for him to start the obvious slide.
Edit: There's also the possibility of injury, which is why I was including Hammond in there. The Senators' goaltending has certainly been mostly consistent throughout the years, but it hasn't been without flaws and setbacks.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
The fuck? Lol
I should PM him and tell him to visit this thread instead, I really want to know his opinion on Zelda's delay and top AHLer Marner
2015-2016 London Knights, great team, or greatest team?
IS THIS A JOKE?
CreeperBlocks
Banned
What is your favourite Tony Rant for this year? I think it was The Beach Boys one for me at least.
the one with the "Une Défaite... Sans Francophone" really did it for me
Best moment ever is definitely the "He found the dog" classic
SmackCrackleNPop
Member
what's wrong with the Beach Boys? America's Beatles.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Yes. I can see Willie being fired eventually, but the earliest would be say January when the team is behind the Oilers in the standings and Busthews hasn't scored in 20 games.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
Jersey tease
No clue, lol
Jersey tease
Player is going to be a great player.
Typical Leafs fan. He's going to be a total bust.
bonesmccoy
Banned
Minnesota 
but also :lol
but also :lolCrazedArabMan
Member
Just shoot me now. The offseason is already starting off with a bang with the destruction of what was going to be a sweet looking new arena into a giant Little Caesars guy.
Now we want to sign Radulov?
Yeah, just shoot me.
Now we want to sign Radulov?
Yeah, just shoot me.
Why...? Carlyle played Kessel a ton of minutes against tough competition. By all indications he liked Kessel too much, because he didn't utilize him properly.
my entire opinion is based on the "good one raaandy" dank meme
Unhandled Exception
Member
Do it Minny