What the fuck is Markov waiting for?
The idea of Drouin feeding Weber / AGally on the PP......
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NHL Off-Season 2017 |OT| Weve Been Here Since October
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CreeperBlocks
Banned
What the fuck is Markov waiting for?
The idea of Drouin feeding Weber / AGally on the PP......
I hope we hear something at the end of the week or next week If there's nothing by then.. assume he's not coming back.
Fata1moose
Banned
That's a low bar.
Based on nothing more than the current roster, Canes' opening day day lineup should look a little like:
Skinner-Rask-Williams
Teravainen-Lindholm-Aho
McGinn-Staal-Stempniak
Nordstrom-Ryan-Kruger
Slavin-Faulk
TVR-Pesce
Hanifin-Dahlbeck
Darling
Francis' priority the rest of this offseason should be getting our young defensemen signed to bridge and long-term deals, because if the defense kicks ass next season and Slavin, Pesce, TVR, Hanifin, and Dahlbeck all become RFA's afterwards, he's pretty fucked.
Skinner-Rask-Williams
Teravainen-Lindholm-Aho
McGinn-Staal-Stempniak
Nordstrom-Ryan-Kruger
Slavin-Faulk
TVR-Pesce
Hanifin-Dahlbeck
Darling
Francis' priority the rest of this offseason should be getting our young defensemen signed to bridge and long-term deals, because if the defense kicks ass next season and Slavin, Pesce, TVR, Hanifin, and Dahlbeck all become RFA's afterwards, he's pretty fucked.
I still wish we had gotten a better center signed but sometimes that just not in the cards. I think there will be more energy to the team this year no matter how far they go.
FUBAR McDangles
Member
We posting expected lineups? Wild are pretty much set aside from signing two fourth liners. Hopefully Cullen is one of them.
Granlund - Koivu - Zucker
Parise - Staal - Nino
Ennis - Eriksson Ek - Coyle
Foligno - ______ - Stewart
_______
Suter - Spurgeon
Brodin - Dumba
Olofsson - Quincey
Reilly
Dubnyk
Stalock
Forwards...Hopefully the younger guys continue to improve. Another 65+ point season from Granlund would be great. If Coyle could figure out how to be more consistent he could be a 30+30 guy. Nino/Zucker/Parise should all be 25+ scorers if they are healthy. Ennis sucks. Hate that trade. Ek probably isn't ready for full time NHL duty yet but Fletcher won't send him to Iowa like he should. At least the fourth line should be good. If they get a good center between them, that is.
Defense is not as good as last year but it will give good opportunities to young guys. Brodin and Dumba have played together a lot but never for a long consistent stretch- in theory their playstyles should compliment each other perfectly but it hasn't worked out yet. Suter and Spurgeon are about as steady as they come - easily a top 5 pair in the league.
If Stalock plays well enough to get 30+ games it would be ideal. Dubnyk has just been overworked the last two years because Kuemper was incredibly terrible. He is a top 5 goalie at the top of his game but hasn't been able to do that because he plays 65 games a year. Way too many.
I doubt they get to the highs they had last year but hopefully they become more consistent.
Granlund - Koivu - Zucker
Parise - Staal - Nino
Ennis - Eriksson Ek - Coyle
Foligno - ______ - Stewart
_______
Suter - Spurgeon
Brodin - Dumba
Olofsson - Quincey
Reilly
Dubnyk
Stalock
Forwards...Hopefully the younger guys continue to improve. Another 65+ point season from Granlund would be great. If Coyle could figure out how to be more consistent he could be a 30+30 guy. Nino/Zucker/Parise should all be 25+ scorers if they are healthy. Ennis sucks. Hate that trade. Ek probably isn't ready for full time NHL duty yet but Fletcher won't send him to Iowa like he should. At least the fourth line should be good. If they get a good center between them, that is.
Defense is not as good as last year but it will give good opportunities to young guys. Brodin and Dumba have played together a lot but never for a long consistent stretch- in theory their playstyles should compliment each other perfectly but it hasn't worked out yet. Suter and Spurgeon are about as steady as they come - easily a top 5 pair in the league.
If Stalock plays well enough to get 30+ games it would be ideal. Dubnyk has just been overworked the last two years because Kuemper was incredibly terrible. He is a top 5 goalie at the top of his game but hasn't been able to do that because he plays 65 games a year. Way too many.
I doubt they get to the highs they had last year but hopefully they become more consistent.
What the fuck is Markov waiting for?
The idea of Drouin feeding Weber / AGally on the PP......
My eyes
I was unaware of this show but I decided to give it a shot as CB recommendation is basically a guarantee.
So far so good on first episode, but man it's throwing me off that the hick cop is Wayne from Letterkenney. And if anyone grew up in small town Canada give Letterkenny a try, its dumb but really nails the milieu.
Don't worry if the show gets too depressing.That's just Quebec made TV for you.
It's good, I'm liking it. The one annoying thing in the pilot is that one horribly written asshole cop who seemingly exists solely to say awful things. Insulting a fellow cop the day he gets back because his partner died? That seems... unlikely lol.
But you like this show because it tries to make Montreal look all gritty and shitty right? You can tell me.
Lol yeah that's actually one of the reasons I seem to enjoy it, they show parts of the city I recognize and been to which I can't say much for other shows. It's definitely ridiculous on the plot lines tho, they make the city seem like a hell hole with all this crazy ass violence being depicted.
MTL fucking amazing city tho, great memories there.👍
Too bad their hockey team is a bunch of saggy cucumber turds tho.
Severance package better include a few Scorpios or I'm going to be PISSED!
SmackCrackleNPop
Member
If he can't pack on the weight, is he at least really fast? He's going to be pretty easy to neutralize otherwise.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
Very nice goal
To be fair, he's like an hour ahead of us....though still 6am is still early.
Aren't cats nocturnal animals?
MultiJhonny
Banned
Well creeper is a tired old man and goes to bed at 7pm
Hah, it really really doesn't.
What month are you in and I can give you a quick guess.
Took me about 220+ for the platinum. But that was in game clock, so it was far less, breaks/leaving the game on suspend.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
I really hope they find space for him in the lineup.
He's turning 21 later this month, in what world are you a bust at that age?
wtf...
Have you met Nail Yakupov?!
1st overall vs. 22nd overall. Kapanen played well in the playoffs, he should get a good shot this year.
dr.rocktopus
Banned
rill gud kid, plays the right way, gud human bean.
I hope this guy learns to shoot and that 4.xxsh% isn't it if we have to keep him. Wasn't he considered a decent shooter in junior?
how can you not be good with a name like that?
CreeperBlocks
Banned
🤔
bonesmccoy
Banned
Are you dudes actually unhappy with what the Leafs are doing? Or is this just a reflexive response because we're so used to the team doing stupid, awful things.
astroturfing
Member
so a bit over half of what Laine will score? not buying it.
every Kapanen is a bust, you gotta bust a Kapanen. (i think i stole someone's joke and butchered it, oh well eat me).
Lou gave a NTC to a grinder, along with more term and salary than people were projecting. That's a little bit concerning. Yeah, he was arb. eligible, but he had no leverage. Only 28 points season playing next to one of the premier centres in the league.
I don't even think kapanen will ever score over 30
20-25 g 30-35 a
Is where i think his rough ceiling is
Future Foundation
Member
It happened about an hour ago, but Kevin Klein's decided to retire.
Team Press Release (full release at the link)
Team Press Release (full release at the link)
Wouldn't be surprised if it's his last season in the NHL for Plekanec unless somehow he plays above average the whole year. Anyway, he'll be 35 so he's had a full career.
For Markov, this is my take on him... If he goes to another team, I'm thinking his season won't be that great. If he sticks with the Habs, he'll probably do good and have another year in him. Either way, i doubt he'll get 2 years anywhere ... especially with that cap. 5.5m-6mil this season, if the team has space (looks like Habs do right now) is fine. But i'm guessing all the GMs out there won't gamble with a 2nd year at that price
bonesmccoy
Banned
That's too harsh on Hyman. I'm not a big fan of him playing on the 1st line - but it's clear that he's an effective player that can move around the line-up as needed.
And, iirc, he was expected to get about 2.4ish in arb.
Yeah, I've read some stuff that makes the deal look more positive for the team than I'm laying it out to be, but I still think the NTC was completely unnecessary.