Around the NHL: 2024-2025 Season

[triumph_communes]

People complain about bad GM but look at Nashville and that tire fire scenario right now. 

[Kristian]

23 minutes ago, triumph_communes said:

People complain about bad GM but look at Nashville and that tire fire scenario right now. 

Is Ryan O’Reilly losing his love for hockey again? 🤣

[Night Train]

Very surprised how down the Atlantic Division is early on as a whole.  Panthers and then a bunch of teams hovering around .500. 

[PerreaultForever]

30 minutes ago, Night Train said:

Very surprised how down the Atlantic Division is early on as a whole.  Panthers and then a bunch of teams hovering around .500. 

Well, if the salary cap works to perfection the entire league should be around .500

[Doohicksie]

1 hour ago, Night Train said:

Very surprised how down the Atlantic Division is early on as a whole.  Panthers and then a bunch of teams hovering around .500. 

Opportunity knocking.

[SabreFinn]

7 hours ago, Night Train said:

Very surprised how down the Atlantic Division is early on as a whole.  Panthers and then a bunch of teams hovering around .500. 

A bit surprising for sure. But Atlantic is also the division where teams have most preassure on themselves, and that might not always come out in a good way.

[PromoTheRobot]

 

[bg17]

I loved Skinner when he was here but was glad they moved on. He’s got three goals in 15 games and had the least amount of ice time for Edmonton last night. 

[French Collection]

3 hours ago, bg17 said:

I loved Skinner when he was here but was glad they moved on. He’s got three goals in 15 games and had the least amount of ice time for Edmonton last night. 

Edmonton is clueing in. 
 

Zucker has been better, in more ways.

[bob_sauve28]

The Bruins, who have a point in the standings above us, have a negative goal differential of -12. They have scored only 40 goals and given up 52. They have also played two more games. We are at 50 GF and 46 GA. -12 seems really strange. A couple of really bad games I guess. They really do not score a lot though. 

 

In other news, Tampa has lost four straight 

[Kristian]

5 hours ago, bg17 said:

I loved Skinner when he was here but was glad they moved on. He’s got three goals in 15 games and had the least amount of ice time for Edmonton last night. 

Mohawking through the neutral zone only takes you so far.

[PerreaultForever]

42 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said:

The Bruins, who have a point in the standings above us, have a negative goal differential of -12. They have scored only 40 goals and given up 52. They have also played two more games. We are at 50 GF and 46 GA. -12 seems really strange. A couple of really bad games I guess. They really do not score a lot though. 

 

In other news, Tampa has lost four straight 

Sabres are better than the Bruins right now. That might be the first time I've said that in about 15 years but it's definitely true. You want a stat, Bruins had ZERO shots on goal against Ottawa in the third period last game. ZERO. They are an offensive disaster. Unless they've just quit on Monty and they want him fired or some bs and there's some weird flip I think it's finally over. 

They're currently only better than maybe Montreal in the division. 

[French Collection]

2 hours ago, bob_sauve28 said:

The Bruins, who have a point in the standings above us, have a negative goal differential of -12. They have scored only 40 goals and given up 52. They have also played two more games. We are at 50 GF and 46 GA. -12 seems really strange. A couple of really bad games I guess. They really do not score a lot though. 

 

In other news, Tampa has lost four straight 

When Zacha and Coyle are your top 2 C’s you should struggle to score. I thought this was going to happen last year but they managed to stay relevant one more year. Maybe the Ullmark/Swayman mojo was a good thing and Debrusk contributed some.

Their issues do not make me sad.

[Flashsabre]

2 hours ago, French Collection said:

When Zacha and Coyle are your top 2 C’s you should struggle to score. I thought this was going to happen last year but they managed to stay relevant one more year. Maybe the Ullmark/Swayman mojo was a good thing and Debrusk contributed some.

Their issues do not make me sad.

They signed Lindholm with hopes he would be a  top centre who has not delivered and Zadorov is still stupid on the backend. 
 

If you key in on shutting down Pasta they are really hard up to score. 

[PerreaultForever]

3 hours ago, French Collection said:

When Zacha and Coyle are your top 2 C’s you should struggle to score. I thought this was going to happen last year but they managed to stay relevant one more year. Maybe the Ullmark/Swayman mojo was a good thing and Debrusk contributed some.

Their issues do not make me sad.

DeBrusk wasn't replaced and that's a factor, but a small one. Zacha's actually been pretty good. The failure is mostly in their few prospects not stepping up. If Lysell had even been Kulich level they might be okay but he's just not NHL ready (if ever). Korpisalo's been better than Swayman so it's not on the goalie tandem. It's a combination of many things ending or going wrong at the same time. 

Zadorov ya, big disappointment there. I was wrong on him too. After watching him in the playoffs last year I thought he'd finally got it but no, he's just a big dumb guy. 

[French Collection]

47 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

Zadorov ya, big disappointment there. I was wrong on him too. After watching him in the playoffs last year I thought he'd finally got it but no, he's just a big dumb guy. 

I think a good indicator of this is being on 6 NHL teams by the age of 29. GMs are drawn by the size and strength and think their coach will make him better. I won’t call him dumb but his hockey IQ is not high. Being paiired with Risto vs another teams top line would be hard to watch.

[Broken Ankles]

1 hour ago, PerreaultForever said:

DeBrusk wasn't replaced and that's a factor, but a small one. Zacha's actually been pretty good. The failure is mostly in their few prospects not stepping up. If Lysell had even been Kulich level they might be okay but he's just not NHL ready (if ever). Korpisalo's been better than Swayman so it's not on the goalie tandem. It's a combination of many things ending or going wrong at the same time. 

Zadorov ya, big disappointment there. I was wrong on him too. After watching him in the playoffs last year I thought he'd finally got it but no, he's just a big dumb guy. 

There are many SabreSpacers sitting at home thinking …

Took me watching Risto with Philly before I got there.

[LGR4GM]

 

 

[SwampD]

Gotta like 5-0 Stars over 'Guins in the first.

EDIT make that 6

Edited November 12 by SwampD

[mjd1001]

On 11/10/2024 at 9:52 PM, LGR4GM said:

 

 

Last year he started the season with just 9 goals in his first 43 games.  (17 goal per 82 game pace)

Since then, He has scored 32 goals in 49 games. (54 goal per 82 game place)

That is quite a turnaround in production.

[CallawaySabres]

Ottawa and Boston both with wins last night. Need another 3 game win streak just to keep pace for 8th.

[PerreaultForever]

4 hours ago, CallawaySabres said:

Ottawa and Boston both with wins last night. Need another 3 game win streak just to keep pace for 8th.

Ottawa looked good, but Toronto looked bad. Boston played one good period and that's all they needed so that tells you the Blues can be beaten with a little effort. 

[Wyldnwoody44]

26 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

Ottawa looked good, but Toronto looked bad. Boston played one good period and that's all they needed so that tells you the Blues can be beaten with a little effort. 

So 5-2 loss coming up 

[PerreaultForever]

2 minutes ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

So 5-2 loss coming up 

Their PP did look decent so I'd worry about that a little. Maybe we get the back up goalie?

[Wyldnwoody44]

3 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

Their PP did look decent so I'd worry about that a little. Maybe we get the back up goalie?

One can hope, I've been to 2 games this season, the Kings game and the Habs game recently. Both games they had a chance at 1 point at the least, and both times they vomited over themselves with bad D and penalties late in the 3rd. I think that's just who this team is