The drive for 9th hype video!!!!
http://video.senators.nhl.com/videocenter/?id=771782&catid=1557
HYPPPEEEDD!!
http://video.senators.nhl.com/videocenter/?id=771782&catid=1557
HYPPPEEEDD!!
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
NHL Smarch 2015 |OT| Toronto is tanking on purpose this time.
- Thread starter Marvie_3
- Start date
SolidSnakeUS
Member
Anyone else make some good Yahoo fantasy trades before the deadline?
Lone_Prodigy
Member
The Lightning are good but relatively inexperienced, and Bishop hasn't been as sharp as he was last season (not sure whether it's him or his defence). I'd put them and the Islanders in the same category: strong, young teams with little playoff experience. Red Wings are always scary with no glaring weaknesses. Rangers have a Cup final run under their belt, and arguably the deepest blueline in the league. Their biggest question mark will be Lundqvist's health. The Habs will ride Price, but lack top-tier scoring.
Penguins are in the mix as Malkin and Crosby are healthy and Letang and Fleury are having good years. Bruins could do some damage if they make it but I highly doubt they can go four rounds again. Panthers lack scoring but they're young and upcoming. Capitals have a better defence and Holtby has improved a lot but I'm not sure about their scoring depth. Flyers and Senators could make it but I don't see them going far.
I think the East is pretty balanced: any one of the wild card teams (Bruins/Panthers, Caps/Pens) could pull of an upset.
The West doesn't seem as strong this time around, maybe because the East got better. Nashville is deep, but their top forwards include a rookie, an ex-cokehead, and a guy who played with Malkin. St. Louis, for whatever reason, seems to disappear at the worst times. Chicago has cap trouble hurting their depth and are missing Kane. Anaheim has benefited from puck luck and their goaltending tandem is relatively untested, plus Boudreau is not a playoff wizard.
Then you've got the wild card teams. Minnesota is deep, but Dubnyk has 0 playoff games and could burn out (has he taken a night off?) Calgary is young, missing Giordano, and have lucky fancy stats. Vancouver is old and injured. Winnipeg has a rookie goaltender, LA is being LA, and San Jose traded their depth away.
Pretty wide open, if you ask me. Cup final could be Detroit vs. St. Louis.
speculawyer
Member
Bad news
Aaron Portzline said:
Now that the dust has settled after trading Wiz, the forward situation in Columbus is absurd so there should be a lot of movement on a bunch of them this summer. Jeremy Morin, Wild Bill, Marko Dano, Alexander Wennberg, Kerby Rychel, Josh Anderson, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Sonny Milano, and then who knows if another forward gets added to the mix of young talent after the first round of the draft.
gaming_noob
Member
Columbus has a tough schedule until the end of the year. They're going to finish below the Leafs. Carolina has their next 11 of 13 games at home and, in comparison, a much easier schedule.
The last 5 teams will be:
1. Buffalo
2. Arizona
3. Edmonton
4. Columbus
5. Toronto
I BELIEVE IN YOU!
well all I want is a top 5 pick so this is fine... but not ideal because there's still a 37% chance we will slip to 6th in this scenario
I traded Corey Crawford for Kris Letang.
Not that it's a steal or guaranteed to work out, but I grabbed Dubnyk off FA and have complete confidence in him carrying my goaltending.
Haha, well 4 of the next 6 games are two against Caroline and two against Edmonton. So that will actually be the largest indicator of how far Columbus is able to fall. After that it's Canucks, Flames, Ducks, Hawks, Blues, Devils, Isles, Pens, Rags, Leafs, Sabres, and Isles. Only two of those games will be against teams on the tank and the rest will be in the thick of it.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
Traded Daniel Sedin + Cedric Paquette for Luongo + Glenncross
Traded Andrei Markov for Derrick Pouliot + Chris Stewart
Traded Jacob Markstrom for Wingels
Spread Your Wingels, buddy.
Speaking of Schneider, saw something interesting just now... it's a ranking of goalies based on how many more goals they have prevented this season than an average goalie:
Here are the top 10:
Price and Schneider are WAY above the pack. Rinne has had a great season but this table distills the team effects (the Perds are already so good so they don't rely on him as much)
Here are the top 10:
Price and Schneider are WAY above the pack. Rinne has had a great season but this table distills the team effects (the Perds are already so good so they don't rely on him as much)
SolidSnakeUS
Member
Considering I took the team 7 weeks in and have been in dead last ever since in a league of 18 teams, I think I'm in good shape for next year.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Earlier this season I traded Kucherov for Saad. I thought I was selling high on Kucherov but he's continued to produce. Saad has been okay but I still think I lost that trade.
Later traded Lehtonen and Callahan for Parise and Beleskey. Beleskey's injured so I just got Parise which is okay since Lehtonen has been horrible.
Later traded Lehtonen and Callahan for Parise and Beleskey. Beleskey's injured so I just got Parise which is okay since Lehtonen has been horrible.
I clinched presidents trophy in my fantasy league with 2 weeks left. It's a salary cap / keeper league. My top players are C.Price, V.Tarasenko, A.Ovechkin, H.Sedin, D.Sedin, R.Josi. My only disappointments have been N.MacKinnon. I min / maxed my bench with a bunch of low salary cap and high salary cap players. Except for N.MacKinnon, my best bench player is Scott Gomez lol. Otherwise rest are potential players like T.Hertl, P.Maroon, A.Hammond. Barely any injuries except for R.Miller who I dropped and traded next year draft picks for C.Schneider.
My hockey knowledge cannot be surpassed.
My hockey knowledge cannot be surpassed.
Speaking of Schneider, saw something interesting just now... it's a ranking of goalies based on how many more goals they have prevented this season than an average goalie:
Here are the top 10:
Price and Schneider are WAY above the pack. Rinne has had a great season but this table distills the team effects (the Perds are already so good so they don't rely on him as much)
BTW here's the bottom 10:
HadesGigas
Member
What?
BTW here's the bottom 10:
I'd be curious to know where the Rangers goalies are. If I had to guess, I'd assume Lundqvist is not too far out of the top 10, and I'd guess Cam Talbot might actually be slightly negative (or very close to 0, at least).
Sad where Kuemper ended up after that crazy start to the season.
Just checked, Lundqvist is at 17th with +6.11 (39 gp). His injury and rough start probably held him back from the top 10.
Talbot is +2.34 (25 gp)
Slightly better than I would have expected for Talbot. I guess his shutouts help even that out. His last couple of games have been excellent, too, which also probably helped.
Speaking of Lundqvist...
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/573948811724247040/pu/vid/404x360/Q8fD6RqgzxaVYvuk.webm
SmackCrackleNPop
Member
http://m.thn.com/blog/future-watch-2015-the-nhls-top-10-rising-prospects/
Shea Theodore was a good pick
Shea Theodore was a good pick
I like to think of him as the unholy love child of Shea Weber and Jose Theodore.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
I thought that Said Andre Markov :lol
Unhandled Exception
Member
Welp.
Johnson skated today. Maybe he'll be ready next year. :|
Johnson skated today. Maybe he'll be ready next year. :|
Fata1moose
Banned
I read somewhere that he's not even likely to play this season even when he's skating, not sure if that's true. The season was over before MacK broke his foot though.
Par for the course for Schneider. Always been a pimp. Gillis should be praised for hanging on to Schneider early on when there were calls for him to be traded, but raked across the coals for finally letting him go for so little. Schneider is elite and many of us knew it two years ago.Speaking of Schneider, saw something interesting just now... it's a ranking of goalies based on how many more goals they have prevented this season than an average goalie:
Here are the top 10:
Price and Schneider are WAY above the pack. Rinne has had a great season but this table distills the team effects (the Perds are already so good so they don't rely on him as much)
CreeperBlocks
Banned
Yeah... Eller hasn't been his best this season. Is it because of injuries? Who knows
Someone said in the comments section there that he never looks happy out on the ice this season, never looks like he's having any fun. I know Cherry loves that shit, but if you're constantly frustrated, it's got to affect your play.
I don't think I've ever heard Therrien say he needed to get Eller going, and end up putting some good scorers on his wings like he does with Desharnais all of the time.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Getting a top-10 pick for Schneider (with less than 100 games played at the time) was a pretty good return. Gillis's mistake was hanging onto Schneider for too long and attempting (and failing) to trade Luongo. If his plan was to showcase Schneider and then flip him, then he should've done it without trying to trade Luongo, declaring that Schneider was their guy, etc.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
I think he's a Philly fan now...?
SmackCrackleNPop
Member
if he keeps this up, he'll be there soon... he's already ranked 12th after 8 games played!
My dream: 8th seed is decided by the last regular season Sharks vs Kings game. Sharks win and grab the 8th seed while LA drops to 9th. Then we can swept by the Ducks or Preds, who cares.
I got excited just reading this post
