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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:I am very excited for the Oilers to rock out all season again. Maybe Jack Campbell will be good!!! Oilers are going to win the presidents trophy easily then flame out in the playoffs (hopefully to the Flames in the first round for extra comedy).
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Propaganda Hour posted:I hope you share more stories from going to games this year. Those were always a laugh I can genuinely say this past playoffs was something I have never before experienced, and I've been tagging along with my buddy to games for like...7 years now.
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Jovial Cow posted:I was never a fan of firing Gallant in the first place which definitely makes me biased, but especially after this pre-season I really wish we had him back. Lavy did say he was going to experiment with pairings and lines to get a feel for the roster so this likely isn’t representative of what we’ll actually look like, and he definitely gets more time before I’m actually bothered by him, but I wouldn’t call pre-season encouraging. I mean they had a terrible preseason in 2013 and got off to a slow start Then went on to the Cup finals that year So, not taking much away from preseason especially with a new coach and new system etc
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https://twitter.com/capfriendly/status/1710007625742446989?s=46&t=2hVb1vPytx9OUpdE0UPz6Q Shoutout to Pat Verbeek for getting two of his young star players signed way under market value for 3 years. The team is still gonna tank for at least the next 2-3 years so their cap hits don’t really matter, but saves the owner some dough
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Furnaceface posted:Oilers are going to win the presidents trophy easily then flame out in the playoffs (hopefully to the Flames in the first round for extra comedy). lol the fuckin Flames.
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:lol the fuckin Flames. Hey, Oilers only put up 7 on our B squad. If McDavid couldn’t even put up 15 I have serious questions about their ability to win a cup.
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I see the Blues are bringing literally their A roster to Dallas for the preseason game tonight, should be a good test for the 5 or 6 AHL players that will be lining up to show they can compete against a NHL level competition.. if the Blues can be said to be NHL level competition I kid, they are still decent enough that they could make the playoffs if things break their way - especially up front, they got some good forwards in that club still. It's going to take me a while to wrap my head around the Oilers being the cup favorites. Maybe it's just 30 years of conditioning and I will never see anything good in that organization lol **Also Jani Hakanpaa elected to forego knee surgery in the offseason and now he's injured and being "evaluated" a week before the regular season starts lol. Not a real great start to the season for a team that already has practically no depth on the blueline! Starsfan fucked around with this message at 22:39 on Oct 5, 2023 |
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Starsfan posted:**Also Jani Hakanpaa elected to forego knee surgery in the offseason and now he's injured and being "evaluated" a week before the regular season starts lol. Not a real great start to the season for a team that already has practically no depth on the blueline!  Here’s to hoping year 2 of the DeBoer Stars can hold it together.
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Jamwad Hilder posted:my takeaway from Bruins preseason is that the center depth has been solved by a prospect magically looking amazing during preseason, which will surely transfer to the regular season as well There’s currently buzz about the Leafs’ 2022 2nd rounder taking the 3C spot and I’m absolutely sure it’s made-up drama to take the heat off the fact that the team is not cap compliant 6 days out from the season.
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Brooksie posted:The truth that Alexis Lafreniere has not earned a top-six assignment through his work during training camp and his first three exhibition games is self-evident. One can argue that the lad from Saint-Eustache has not even earned a spot on the roster… https://nypost.com/2023/10/05/what-rangers-should-do-with-alexis-lafreniere-after-unfathomable-camp/ Feels like Laf is due for a change of scenery
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The Dirty Burger posted:https://nypost.com/2023/10/05/what-rangers-should-do-with-alexis-lafreniere-after-unfathomable-camp/ Yep, let’s rip into the 22 year old who was 2nd in even strength goals last season with zero power play time and a dumbass coach who couldn’t be bothered to run a practice. Larry is really good at engagement farming.
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Koopa Kid posted:There’s currently buzz about the Leafs’ 2022 2nd rounder taking the 3C spot and I’m absolutely sure it’s made-up drama to take the heat off the fact that the team is not cap compliant 6 days out from the season. quote:Not comparing them as players except for the fact that they were all defensively sound, high IQ centers, taken in the second round but Bergeron and O'Reilly both made the NHL as teenagers. I need to stop reading hfboards.
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It's not like he's been atrocious. He's second in goals and 4th in points (though 1st in games played accounting for two of those) from the 2020 draft that said, I'm sure if the rangers were offerred do-overs on Kakko and Laf they wouldn't have trouble finding players picked much lower that they'd rather have
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Kakko is really REALLY good, I don’t want a do over on him at all. They both came into the league during covid and probably should have had at least a season in the AHL to cook, but they’re doing fine.
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Larry Brooks is a dumbass idiot who has a well recorded history of saying dumb poo poo. Dan Boyle’s greatest contribution to the New York Rangers was him calling Brooksie an rear end in a top hat to his face on his way out. But he also has many legit contacts in the org who leak him poo poo they wanna say so someone in the org prolly wants to put the screws to Laf. Also lol he only brings up Rempe cause he got in a fight
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Oct 6, 2023 02:08
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The good thing for the Rangers is that Peter Laviolette loves young players and will certainly show patience with them rather than throwing in lugs like Dylan McIlrath and Lars Eller out there for 15+ minutes a night
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The Athletic told me that the rangers were a juggernaut and the 3rd best team in the league. How could they have all these useless players?
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Mind_Taker posted:The good thing for the Rangers is that Peter Laviolette loves young players and will certainly show patience with them rather than throwing in lugs like Dylan McIlrath and Lars Eller out there for 15+ minutes a night Well McIlrath was a NYR 1st round pick and Laf is a NYR 1st round pick so he should be all good
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Matt Zerella posted:Kakko is really REALLY good, I don’t want a do over on him at all. Surely no one should be saying Kaapo and Laf aren't good, but knowing that there is an alternate universe where the rangers drafted Zegras and Stuetzle instead... well that makes you wish for what might have been
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:Surely no one should be saying Kaapo and Laf aren't good, but knowing that there is an alternate universe where the rangers drafted Zegras and Stuetzle instead... well that makes you wish for what might have been You greatly underestimate NYRs ability to ruin young players!
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Mind_Taker posted:The good thing for the Rangers is that Peter Laviolette loves young players and will certainly show patience with them rather than throwing in lugs like Dylan McIlrath and Lars Eller out there for 15+ minutes a night Yeah that's exactly what I came here to post. Lafreniere's fate was sealed the day they hired Laviolette. He'll be going out in a deal for a veteran soon enough. Laviolette is past it and IMO a weird and bad hire for the Rangers.
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Eric the Mauve posted:Yeah that's exactly what I came here to post. Lafreniere's fate was sealed the day they hired Laviolette. He'll be going out in a deal for a veteran soon enough. I think he'll improve them a bit defensively but that 5v5 offense is going to dry up.
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The only conclusion ive come out of the preseason with is Jonathan Quick loving sucks really bad. Like, for fucks sake, can we give Laf 15 games or so?  E: Mind_Taker posted:I think he'll improve them a bit defensively but that 5v5 offense is going to dry up. Lmao, what 5v5 offense?!?
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Starsfan posted:**Also Jani Hakanpaa elected to forego knee surgery in the offseason and now he's injured and being "evaluated" a week before the regular season starts lol. Not a real great start to the season for a team that already has practically no depth on the blueline! Oh no! Wjth Jani out, they might have to find a defenceman that isn't garbage! Shinjobi posted:Given that I'm on the starting weeks of a commitment to working out more regularly, I guess I'll add working on my biceps to my scheduled stuff. Because: Yeah, gently caress it. I'm in  Though imma do it someplace less conspicuous because I love to do ~crimes~ Any other Stars Fans worth their salt? @Kupo! @Starsfan @DOOMocrat @pungry ? Cocaine Bear fucked around with this message at 02:32 on Oct 6, 2023 |
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Matt Zerella posted:
They weren't horrible. Tied for 10th in 5v5 goals/60. I'd be surprised if they were better than 20th this year.
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Man the Bruins are going to be boring to watch this year. The defense and goaltending is great but there's not a ton happening on offense 15 shots tonight but they somehow won lol. Although I guess part of that is the Rangers are also legit good.
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Eric the Mauve posted:Yeah that's exactly what I came here to post. Lafreniere's fate was sealed the day they hired Laviolette. He'll be going out in a deal for a veteran soon enough. What do the Rangers want?
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alright bros. anything different based on preseason results otherwise i'm basically just putting last year standings for my reg season predictions this year
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I'm surprised it didn't get a mention but Bettman made it pretty clear expansion will be happening in the near term the other day.quote:"We're not in a mode where I'm saying, 'OK, if you're interested in expansion, submit your applications,'" Bettman said. "We’re not there. We're just getting expressions of interest. And as you all know, I take meetings all the time on a variety of subjects, and if somebody wants to talk to us, we talk to them. Friedman made it clear that Salt Lake City is going to get the Coyotes or an expansion team, and that Atlanta, Quebec City and Houston are possibilities. Who's ready for the 34 team NHL?
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Give Atlanta 2 teams. E: 2 more teams
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ThinkTank posted:I'm surprised it didn't get a mention but Bettman made it pretty clear expansion will be happening in the near term the other day. 34 doesn't divide cleanly, it'll have to be 36
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Big fan of MAF’s new shootout strategy: just trip the bastards https://x.com/sharfromthecape/status/1710135235009249313?s=46&t=JGipJoH3wkxHlVpI9Q8vww
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bub spank posted:Big fan of MAF’s new shootout strategy: just trip the bastards Lol. Someone should fight that guy.
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lol that's fuckin great. Nothing tops Hasek on that Gaborik breakaway though IMO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5u0khFnHUg
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https://twitter.com/sabrespr/status/1710293891058926042?s=46&t=ZmcWuigp8va-srUE4rOQ8Q Seems likely this will be the opening day roster, too, which is a choice. Also weird that they only iced Johnson for one preseason game and Clifton for two considering they will need time to get used to playing with their new teammates in a new system. Clifton looked bad the other night against Columbus. I’m not convinced he’s ready for top-pairing minutes. Greenway and Olofsson suck, too. Not sure what Donny G thinks he can get out of Greenway. I’m not feeling super optimistic about the regular season but in spite of that I’m going to the home opener!!! Let’s Go Buffalo!!!
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Jamwad Hilder posted:lol that's fuckin great. Nothing tops Hasek on that Gaborik breakaway though IMO. It doesn't top it, but if this is the kind of entertainment I can expect from MAF this season, than I'm looking forward to it. Another season of just good enough to lose in the playoffs, but more fun to watch.
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