tom webster

Well how do you explain that two teams ranked in the bottom five in hits made it to the Eastern Conference final? Dallas also in the bottom five.

I was waiting for this take. Doesn’t matter that the final four in the NHL featured four of the least physical teams in the league.

Sorry, Okposo seems exactly like a player that one would expect to produce in the playoffs if you believe in that sort of thing.

You seem to lack an understanding of what it is to build a team. You are not looking for the twelve most skilled forwards you can find. There are defined roles and championship teams have places for KO, Gus, etc.

Trust me, the players know that KO deserves a spot ahead of Rosen. Kulich, while a great prospect, still had to refine his game a tad. Rousek is the only forward in Rochester ready for the NHL.

Does nobody pay attention to who man’s the third and fourth line on the really hood teams? Boston, who is held in duck high regard, paid Nick Foligno $3.8M per year on a two year deal when he had less left then KO.

Girgs probably will get 3X$3. It’s the going rate for veteran leaders/third liners. The team has plenty of cap space and still need the veteran leadership these guys provide.

When bonuses factored in he did not get more than Bergeron. Boston played cap roulette and now they will pay for it.

Why? He looked like he was going nowhere and KA could have been of the thought that trading Tage was a way to put all the ROR stuff behind the team. As I said, there have been several reports earlier regarding this but no one connected it to the Leafs till now. Actually this looks correct too.

The Tage for a 5th story was a well know story for awhile. This is the first time it’s been publicly stated it was to the Leafs. One again, the old adage that your best deals are the ones that don’t go through is reinforced.

Yeah, ultimately, it seems like something not worth the effort and on par with drafting Taro Tsujimoto considering how many picks they’ve had.

I’m glad someone brought your first sentence up. All 6th round picks are not created equal. The rest of the list, as usual, is spot on as well.

It’s hard to believe in retrospect, but Krueger’s hire was lauded by many in the hockey community. Many thought he got a raw deal in Edmonton and he was something of renaissance man. The point is, as unsuccessful as the Pegula’s hires were, the only “impulse” hire was Lafontaine and he brought Nolan with him.

Jobst is 29.

Yeah, I would argue that predictably it has had the opposite effect. They don’t need stars to draw in traditional hockey markets.

I’m still at a loss to hear any plausible explanation as to why the league would want Chicago to win.

Me too

Ya think? A couple of 30 something free agents that might win the Cup this year. Carolina will move on from one if not both.

It would not surprise me if one of Carolina’s veteran goalies ends up in Buffalo.

If he expressed interest, yes. I don’t think he’s coming here but I hate this “rhetorical question.”

It appears there isn’t the interest I anticipated for this. Looks like it’s going to be a two man race.

Probably. I’ve been under siege at what is supposed to be my semi- retirement job so I’ve been out of the loop for about a month. Zemgus is a lot more respected than a lot of people in this board realize. Buffalo wants him back but know he’s probably going to get a real offer to move on.

I know, I don’t think they qualify him at that.

I think the number for Dahlin and Power are close. Kyle’s works for Buffalo or Minnesota, Girgs works if he stays, he’ll get more elsewhere and I see no way Buffalo gives Jost $2M.

There is a 22 minute YouTube video on it. Not sure of the origin