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Rob Klinkhammer also went to Edmonton in the trade.
I really like David Perron - he's like a more skilled version of Chris Kunitz from when they first acquired him, and the thought of him playing with Sid and Patric Hornqvist is intriguing but in this draft a first round pick is a hefty price.
I really like David Perron - he's like a more skilled version of Chris Kunitz from when they first acquired him, and the thought of him playing with Sid and Patric Hornqvist is intriguing but in this draft a first round pick is a hefty price.
I'd agree it's a good deal for both sides but since Edmonton sucks at drafting unless the question is "should we draft Taylor Hall*" or some similar #1 pick no-brainer I'd swing the needle toward favoring Pittsburgh.
I also think Perron would fit in nicely with the forward group they have, which kind of sucks for everybody else in the East.
*And they may yet have made the wrong call there, jury's still out on Hall vs. Seguin.
I also think Perron would fit in nicely with the forward group they have, which kind of sucks for everybody else in the East.
*And they may yet have made the wrong call there, jury's still out on Hall vs. Seguin.
Greg29fan said:
It might be a hefty price, but then Perron is under contract through the 2016 season at a reasonable cap hit of $4 million. Certainly worth the gamble to see how much better he can be away from Alcatraz.
How that really sucks. Whoever ran that site provided valuable information to sports fans everywhere. Godspeed fine sir. I raise a glass to you this evening.Greg29fan said:
Brutal to hear.
Here's the last archived version of the site: http://web.archive.org/web/20150102200851/http://capgeek.com/
Here's the last archived version of the site: http://web.archive.org/web/20150102200851/http://capgeek.com/
There are also rumors that Kessel and Phaneuf are on their way out from Toronto. Apparently they're not "Shannahan" guys.
As a Leaf fan, it is extremely painful to watch this team kill one coach after another. They have gone through multiple coaches and assistants with no player accountability. They do not play the way coaches want them to yet there is little done to rectify it. Hopefully Shanahan will rid the team of several of the core group and build a team that cares more about team results than their own personal statistics.
To be honest, he should have been canned when Shanahan was brought in. They ended up outshot by 1,254 shots during Carlyle's reign - that they were in the playoff hunt at all during Carlyle's reign is a testament to how good Reimer (and more recently Bernier) were despite a porous defense and a bad forecheck.
Carlyle is just a bad coach. Consistently dumping the puck and playing not to lose with less-than great defensive players. Their collapse against the Bruins was a perfect example.
The Leafs fans I know are rejoicing. They'll get better from here on out.
http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2014/5/8/5695978/randy-carlyles-work-in-toronto-a-retrospective
The Leafs fans I know are rejoicing. They'll get better from here on out.
http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2014/5/8/5695978/randy-carlyles-work-in-toronto-a-retrospective
Carlyle sucked, but the Leafs seem to be paralyzed by Mike Babcock's potential availability. They want to be in position to land Babcock if he does in fact leave Detroit after the year. With that looming, their options were to either bring Carlyle back or try and find a lame duck coach to come in for 1-year. I can't imagine that would appeal to a lot of coaching candidates. The got through half a year with Carlyle and can still salvage something while leaving the Babcock door open.PedroSpecialK said:
Well Ron Wilson seems to think it's a players problem, so who knows.Toe Nash said:
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/ron-wilson-says-leafs--core-is--uncoachable---kessel-calls-reporter--idiot--after-tense-scrum-192806805.html
I watch every Leaf game and to put it bluntly they are just not that good. Kessel is who he is, a great goal scorer who is weak defensively, Bozak is not a top centre, Phaneuf is not a number one defenceman. The sad part is that they are all being paid like they are. The Leafs have tons of bad contracts and little hope for getting out of them. Lupul has a big contract and is always hurt. Look at the contract they gave Carlson, at best a third liner. Nonis is just as guilty for this mess as anyone. Toronto fans who think that the answer was firing the coach are sadly mistaken.
Oh, I think after watching Kessel for the past several years that Wilson is dead on in his analysis of Phil. This is not to say he can't be valuable under the right circumstances. He would look much better with Toews as his center than Bozak.
Oh, I think after watching Kessel for the past several years that Wilson is dead on in his analysis of Phil. This is not to say he can't be valuable under the right circumstances. He would look much better with Toews as his center than Bozak.
Kessel wants you to know it's not his fault.
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-pj2ZhQFMo[/media]
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-pj2ZhQFMo[/media]
Toe Nash said:
The other name that would be on that list if he'd stuck around is Kovalchuk - and like Kessel, he was a consistent minus player year in, year out.
Both those players are good on the PP though.
Setting aside that he was generally on bad teams, Kovalchuk was -116 for his NHL career, but he scored 138 PP goals and assisted on 177 more. Kessel's -47 but has 64 career PP goals and 82 PP assists which don't show up in +/-.
For the last three years, the Leafs' goal differential at even strength has been significantly better with Kessel on the ice than without:
11-12: Leafs score 48.1% of goals w/ Kessel on ice, 41.2% without
12-13: 54.2% on, 50.1% off
13-14: 53.1% on, 40.2% off
Not the case so far this year, so not sure whether it's a blip or his play is down (or Bozak's is), but over the larger sample, he definitely is a plus player.
Maybe he could play better defense but it seems like he contributes enough on offense to make up for it. Or the rest of the Leafs are just really bad, which may be true but he's certainly doing his part, and he generally plays against the opponents' best defensemen.
Leafs have plenty of issues but Kessel is a bright spot. It's not his game to hang back on D and he's successful enough going forward (one of the best in the NHL) that I'm not sure why you'd want to change that.
Setting aside that he was generally on bad teams, Kovalchuk was -116 for his NHL career, but he scored 138 PP goals and assisted on 177 more. Kessel's -47 but has 64 career PP goals and 82 PP assists which don't show up in +/-.
For the last three years, the Leafs' goal differential at even strength has been significantly better with Kessel on the ice than without:
11-12: Leafs score 48.1% of goals w/ Kessel on ice, 41.2% without
12-13: 54.2% on, 50.1% off
13-14: 53.1% on, 40.2% off
Not the case so far this year, so not sure whether it's a blip or his play is down (or Bozak's is), but over the larger sample, he definitely is a plus player.
Maybe he could play better defense but it seems like he contributes enough on offense to make up for it. Or the rest of the Leafs are just really bad, which may be true but he's certainly doing his part, and he generally plays against the opponents' best defensemen.
Leafs have plenty of issues but Kessel is a bright spot. It's not his game to hang back on D and he's successful enough going forward (one of the best in the NHL) that I'm not sure why you'd want to change that.
Minor story, but Gustav NyQuist got fined and is now being publicly shamed for his dive last week against the Bruins.
http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/07/divers-nyquist-trocheck-each-fined-for-embellishment/
http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/07/divers-nyquist-trocheck-each-fined-for-embellishment/
NHL related: More (mostly) eastern teams leaving AHL
http://hamptonroads.com/2015/01/sources-admirals-being-sold-will-leave-norfolk
http://hamptonroads.com/2015/01/sources-admirals-being-sold-will-leave-norfolk
Yep, I don't really have a problem with it. And hopefully it'll be suspension worthy going forward for others as well. It needs to be out of the game.
If I am going to have any sort of justifiable anger against opponents for pulling cheap moves like that, I have to be angered when guys wearing my team's laundry do it as well. Marchand deserved a suspension for that, and I hope this teaches him a lesson and he never does it again.
Yup, I didn't notice it during the game, but he definitely needs to sit. It's a shame, since he has been playing well lately, but that was a dangerous play. If I had noticed it during the game, I might not have thrown my remote so far after the Soderberg hit later.
6 games for Carcillo...
https://twitter.com/darrendreger/status/557286014948216832
link to tweet
One would have hoped he would have learned after the previous 8 suspensions. Alas...
https://twitter.com/darrendreger/status/557286014948216832
link to tweet
One would have hoped he would have learned after the previous 8 suspensions. Alas...
Not sure where to put this as it's not worthy of its own thread...
Bruins look to Pats for inspiration: http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpost?blogname=bostonbruins&id=18076
Bruins look to Pats for inspiration: http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpost?blogname=bostonbruins&id=18076
They just showed it on the NHLN pre-draft pre-show. I think a screenshot of Tuukka making the glove save in HD is going to become a desktop background.FL4WL3SS said:
Hey, Devils' GM Lou Lamoriello is getting sued for being a dick: http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on-hockey/24986688/devils-gm-lou-lamoriello-sued-for-239-million-by-former-team-exec
Several weeks after Krezwick learned he would be let go, several of his senior managers were fired by the Devils, the lawsuit says.
“Lamoriello physically positioned himself in a chair at the base of the employee elevator of the arena so that he could watch these individuals pass by with their boxes of personal belongings in order to leave the building directly after they were fired and to laugh as they passed by, as to take credit for their firing,” the lawsuit adds.
Several weeks after Krezwick learned he would be let go, several of his senior managers were fired by the Devils, the lawsuit says.
“Lamoriello physically positioned himself in a chair at the base of the employee elevator of the arena so that he could watch these individuals pass by with their boxes of personal belongings in order to leave the building directly after they were fired and to laugh as they passed by, as to take credit for their firing,” the lawsuit adds.
Remainder of 7M this season, plus a season of 6M, and 5 of 5.75M. He's signed through June 2021.cshea said:
5.75M cap hit, kings only save ~1M in cap if he goes down to the AHL.
Richards is only due $22 million in actual cash over the remaining five years. Even with Richards declining, that's not so bad for a 2/3 center who is still only 29. The Oilers are a franchise that cannot attract free agents to sign, so here's an easy opportunity to fill a need at a reasonable price.
They're dumb though so they won't do it.
They're dumb though so they won't do it.
Crosby to be suspended for skipping all-star game?
My translation skills approximate that of google-translate, so I will go with the easier copy/paste method:
My translation skills approximate that of google-translate, so I will go with the easier copy/paste method:
That's an NHL rule that's been in place for a few years now. If you skip the All-Star weekend entirely, you have to miss either the game before or the game after the break.
Tyler Johnson, for example, didn't participate at all, but because he was in Columbus, he'd be eligible to play today if able.
Tyler Johnson, for example, didn't participate at all, but because he was in Columbus, he'd be eligible to play today if able.
https://twitter.com/reallisa/status/560120676791484416
lisa dillman @reallisa 27m27 minutes ago Long Beach, CA
Mike Richards has cleared, per Kings source.
lisa dillman @reallisa 27m27 minutes ago Long Beach, CA
Mike Richards has cleared, per Kings source.