Yeah, I really enjoyed that they let him talk about what went into putting the team together, and how he was able to allow teams to "have some input". What a cool job he has.
"Wins" NHL 2018 cover, predictablyThey should just have McDavid pull up a chair on stage
and the IslandersVGK select Vegas resident Engelland from Calgary, I guess to sell tickets? He's 35
Weird pick
What a haul they got from TBL though
Haggs really needs to stop listening to Murphy and the voices in his head.Haggs was on T&R and said he's hearing they're going to take McQuaid. Which is ... interesting.
Did someone explain to them that Colin isn't "gritty" or "defendery" looking enough. I mean look at Kevan Millers mustache. Now that's a defenseman! Grrrr.Bergeron family with a similar wtf look on their face (with leaving Colin unprotected)
Chara, Carlo, Krug, Kevan, McAvoy (not necessarily in that order). Looking forward to next year?Sure in 3 years maybe you're right. And maybe you're not, as you admit. But that doesn't help them next year, whereas I do think Kevan will be more valuable to them next year. But it's far from a sure thing and it's certainly a defensible decision. This isn't in "trading a 3rd for Rinaldo" territory.
Glad to see you've backed down from "moronic" to "maybe I might actually be wrong about this". And this coming from someone who agrees that they should have protected Colin.
BOS had previously traded this pick to CAR in the Liles deal. CAR conveyed it to LV.NHL tonight just said that Vegas had acquired the Bruins 5th round pick.
Does anyone know how that came about?
Bruins gave it up to keep them from taking McQuaid.
(I'm joking, this is not a true statement. If it turns out to be a true statement, I in no way, shape, or form had anything to do with this happening).
25 minutes per game in the playoffs (3rd on the team), defensive zone starts of 73%. That's something neither McQuaid nor Colin Miller could have given them.EJ, I respect your opinion on KM but he's playing in the bottom pair. He is marginally better than a replacement player on that pair and 2.5X more expensive. I understand people thinking KM was better this year, but this is just plain bad management. Hopefully they have a better rest of the week.
This (Carlo not being ready) might have played into the Bruins' thinking in keeping Kevin Miller. There is some great growth potential for Carlo but he does have a long way to go. But if not him, Kevan is the Bruins' most reliable defense-oriented defenseman after Chara.Carlo is a promising player but I don't think he was deserving of the playing time he got last year and I'm puzzled by the unconditional love he's gotten from Bruins management, media, and fans. He was basically McQuaid last season. Which is fucking awesome for a 19 year old, but him stuck on the top pair while Colin Miller was in the doghouse is indicative of the problems this team has identifying NHL talent.
I think it's a mistake to equate McQuaid and Kevan Miller. McQuaid pretty much is what he is - a reliable bottom pair guy with a troublesome injury history and little reason to expect that, going forward, he'll ever be anything more than what he has been to date. Miller gave some indications that he is clearly better than that.It's that Sweeney had 3 players for one position and he protected the asset with the least flexibility and sacrificed the one with the most. Put it this way. Is the difference between 86 and Mcquaid greater than or equal to Colin Miller? They clearly said yes but I just don't agree with that. To explain, if You leave Mcquaid and 86 exposed you can almost guarantee one of them is gone. If you don't think Colin is good enough, you play the burly guy and trade Colin for value. Instead they have two very similar guys for one spot and neither has much trade value.
To be fair, they were basically pulling people out of the stands to play D for them in the playoffs this year.25 minutes per game in the playoffs (3rd on the team), defensive zone starts of 73%. That's something neither McQuaid nor Colin Miller could have given them.
Noted. But he got the job done.To be fair, they were basically pulling people out of the stands to play D for them in the playoffs this year.
My guess is that you are correct from a talent and long term value standpoint, but wrong that Kevan would have slid through undrafted had the Bruins protected Colin.I don't think anyone is knocking Kevan Miller as a player.
From a value standpoint, I just think Colin was the more valuable asset. My strategy would've been to protect as many assets as I can and try to steer Vegas to taking a bad contract off my hands (Beleskey, Hayes) or an inconsequential player (Subban). We'll never know for sure, but I think there's a chance that if they kept Colin and left Kevan unprotected, there's a chance both would still be Bruins today.
Edit: He's likely on the move
Jason Narvy? That's awesomeThe one on the left is my co-worker's brother in law.
Well, you may be right that they should have risked exposing him, or that they could have "protected" him with a small concession to Vegas. That would be a good argument for protecting Colin.Vegas only took 2 defenseman with a contract beyond next season, one of which was part of a trade (Stoner). Kevan has 3 years left. I think there's a good chance Kevan would've been unclaimed.
McPhee put it out there that he wouldn't be trading with any teams that impacted his leverage in the expansion draft. Even if the B's didn't care and wanted to move C Miller it is possible they had not takers due to the McPhee "pledge".I'm okay losing Colin. Not what I would have done but I understand their decision.
My issue/question is why didn't they trade Colin themselves? The leafs gave up a 3rd rd pick. Surely they could have gotten a 4th or 5th from another team? To me that was the mismanagement, it also would have forced a Beleskey or McQuaid selection too, which is another positive. Any obvious reason?
Edit- the radio said the leafs gave a 3rd rd pick. A quick google shows the trade details haven't come out yet.
Also, if they had traded Colin, Vegas likely would have taken McQuaid. That would have been a pretty big hit to their depthI'm okay losing Colin. Not what I would have done but I understand their decision.
My issue/question is why didn't they trade Colin themselves? The leafs gave up a 3rd rd pick. Surely they could have gotten a 4th or 5th from another team? To me that was the mismanagement, it also would have forced a Beleskey or McQuaid selection too, which is another positive. Any obvious reason?
Edit- the radio said the leafs gave a 3rd rd pick. A quick google shows the trade details haven't come out yet.
Yeah, Narvy is married to my co-worker's sister. Apparently Jason is a great guy.Jason Narvy? That's awesome
I listened to a McPhee interview right after the draft and he was adamant that the plan was to stock up for the 2020 draft. GM believes it will be the best draft, talent wise, we may have ever seen. The VGK have 13 or 14 players that do not have a contract after this season so clearly the plan was, as you said, a long term plan. However, those of us hard core hockey fans in Las Vegas are really worried that he will stick to the plan and sell off assets by the trade deadline. I think from a team standpoint that is the best approach. However, from a fan base point of view that might be a bad move.So Vegas rallied from a 2-0 hole to beat the Bolts 4-3 last night on a Shea Theodore goal with 2.6 seconds left in regulation.
Vegas is now 22-9-2, 1st place in the Pacific, tied for 1st in the West. They are on pace for 114 points. This is pretty crazy, and fascinating in some ways. They got off to a hot start and everyone sort of thought that it was a good story and but they would regress and fall back. That hasn’t happened, obviously.
If you are George McPhee, how do you handle this? I think it is fair to say they are exceeding any expectations he had, and part of his expansion draft plans was to take the long view and pick some UFA’s that could be flipped at the deadline for future assets to help build Vegas into something sustainable. He can’t really do that now, can he? What kind of message would it send to brand new fan base if he sells off James Neal, Marchessault, etc.? Does he buy?
Three grounds of opposition are listed in the filing — Trademark Act Section 2(d): priority and likelihood of confusion; Trademark Act Sections 2 and 43(c): dilution by blurring; and Trademark Act Section 2(a): false suggestion of a connection with persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols, or brings them into contempt, or disrepute. The filing claims that the Army “believes it will be damaged” by the registration of the mark, that they have long used the mark (since “at least 1969”) in connection with its U.S. Army Parachute team, as well as for recruiting efforts, and public relations for the U.S. Military. The similar colour scheme is also noted in the notice of opposition, claiming the Army owns “common law” rights to “black+gold/yellow+white”.
Speaking with an attorney who wished to remain anonymous but added they had “more than a passing interest in sports logos and design”; they felt that Army’s case was “at least as good as the challenge that caused the Jags to change their marks in 95”, referring to the Jacksonville Jaguars who were forced to change their original team logos by the Jaguar Motor Company prior to their inaugural season in the NFL twenty-three years ago.
“They make at very least a prima facie case that the marks and colours were intended to conjure imagery of the USMA which may be enough to get a trial court to side with the Army. This is by no means a frivolous case.”
It’s hard to predict where this will end up, Army seems pretty upset about the whole thing and they appear to have ample evidence that the hockey club intentionally built their brand around theirs even using the same name as one of their sports clubs. You figure the hockey team will respond before the deadline to at least drag this out into the off-season to prevent a forced mid-season change (especially during a season like the one they’re having). In our previous story about this case we had noticed Foley’s group had registered the domain name for “SandKnights.com”, our thought at the time was it was being saved as an “break glass in case of emergency” name for the team… might be time to start thinking about swinging that hammer.
And their response is one of a kind (although won't effect the legal case).Department of the Army files a notice opposition over use of the name Golden Knights.
Owner Bill Foley is a West Point grad who hasn't been shy about the source of inspiration for Vegas's team name and colors in the past.