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Ergo Propter Hog
Jul 21, 2014



For those of you just joining us:

https://twitter.com/StLouisBlues/status/826792219654946816

https://twitter.com/businessinsider/status/826196280259047426

https://twitter.com/WerlySportsLaw/status/826929867769921536

Trade Deadline is March 1st at 3 pm EST, so maybe we'll actually see a real trade this month!

*Offer not valid for Buffalo, Detroit, Arizona or Colorado

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hifi
Jul 25, 2012

henrik samuelsson traded to the oilers for mitch moroz. tucson fans think this makes the ahl team better and i guess samuelsson was a slow skater that got worse after an ankle injury

Look Around You
Jan 19, 2009

Conor Sheary is out 4-6 weeks :(

.Spec
Oct 4, 2001

Look Around You posted:

Conor Sheary is out 4-6 weeks :(

We're gonna party like it's 2011 and Chris Kunitz is going to be on Crosby's wing again.

Ginette Reno
Nov 18, 2006

How Doers get more done
Fun Shoe
I'm not too worried. Dad is healthy again. love that Matt Cullen.

e: also Sullivan had to order hockey bot 87 to stay off the ice today

Ginette Reno fucked around with this message at 02:24 on Feb 2, 2017

Duke Chin
Jan 11, 2002

Roger That:
MILK CRATES INBOUND

:siren::siren::siren::siren:
- FUCK THE HABS -

:stare: holy poo poo I hadn't seen or heard of this.




also the dumb gdt is up

Arabian Jesus
Feb 15, 2008

We've got the American Jesus
Bolstering national faith

We've got the American Jesus
Overwhelming millions every day

N:

V: Yeah!

bub spank
Feb 1, 2005

the THRILL
Why has no team traded peanuts for Halak yet? He's a top-30 goalie in the NHL that's inexplicably playing in the AHL right now, while a ton of teams have goaltending issues. Is it the 3.5mil salary?

I know he didn't have a great year in the NHL, but that might be more of a "Capuano" thing than a "Halak" thing given his performance at the World Cup and so far in the AHL (.926).

bub spank fucked around with this message at 03:31 on Feb 2, 2017

Nissin Cup Nudist
Sep 3, 2011

Sleep with one eye open

We're off to Gritty Gritty land




lmao Blues

every decision made with Hitch was comedy

Cocaine Bear
Nov 4, 2011

ACAB

Can someone explain to me why bishop is apparently being shopped? Probably just a dumb rumor but if true it's baffling. He's having an off year and vasilevskiy is his usual meh 910.

Rotten Cookies
Nov 11, 2008

gosh! i like both the islanders and the rangers!!! :^)

bub spank posted:

Is it the 3.5mil salary?

$4.75 and probably, yes.

Jordan7hm
Feb 17, 2011




Lipstick Apathy

JoelJoel posted:

Can someone explain to me why bishop is apparently being shopped? Probably just a dumb rumor but if true it's baffling. He's having an off year and vasilevskiy is his usual meh 910.

Because they can only protect one goalie and The Russian is the future.

Spring Break My Heart
Feb 15, 2012
They were shopping Bishop at the draft, too.

ThinkTank
Oct 23, 2007

Spring Break My Heart posted:

They were shopping Bishop at the draft, too.

He was working on an extension with Calgary before the trade got scuttled and the Flames moved onto Elliot. Yzerman has been done with him for a while.

Cocaine Bear
Nov 4, 2011

ACAB

Eh, I guess the down season is bad but the whole team is down. Like if I'm picking a goalie between the two I'm definitely going with the proven commodity over the three years of 910. Big man bang Stevie's daughter or something?

Whatever, I'm no gm, but if Nill isn't blowing up Yzerman's phone, he should be canned.

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

JoelJoel posted:

Eh, I guess the down season is bad but the whole team is down. Like if I'm picking a goalie between the two I'm definitely going with the proven commodity over the three years of 910. Big man bang Stevie's daughter or something?

Whatever, I'm no gm, but if Nill isn't blowing up Yzerman's phone, he should be canned.

tampa's going to be hard pressed by the cap (which was just announced to be likely to not increase next season) and has to economize where they can - they've already got vasilevskiy locked up for the next few years at $3.5 million a year starting next season, paying ben bishop $6 million (or more) is going to be tough when you have hedman's extension kicking in and drouin, johnson, and palat up for new contracts.

Mind_Taker
May 7, 2007



https://twitter.com/globefluto/status/827004140014419968

:rip: the Bruins

grack
Jan 10, 2012

COACH TOTORO SAY REFEREE CAN BANISH WHISTLE TO LAND OF WIND AND GHOSTS!
That sounds highly unpleasant

JawKnee
Mar 24, 2007





You'll take the ride to leave this town along that yellow line

grack posted:

That sounds highly unpleasant

depends on what popped I guess

Cocaine Bear
Nov 4, 2011

ACAB

Pornographic Memory posted:

tampa's going to be hard pressed by the cap (which was just announced to be likely to not increase next season) and has to economize where they can - they've already got vasilevskiy locked up for the next few years at $3.5 million a year starting next season, paying ben bishop $6 million (or more) is going to be tough when you have hedman's extension kicking in and drouin, johnson, and palat up for new contracts.

Yeah, that makes sense. For some reason I though big Ben was like 27, not 30.

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

Popped is not as bad as pulled apparently.

Duke Chin
Jan 11, 2002

Roger That:
MILK CRATES INBOUND

:siren::siren::siren::siren:
- FUCK THE HABS -

And Bergeron got sniped in the leg and is limping so.... yeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. Cool. Great.

:sigh: Welcome back to the team, Zane - and welcome-welcome-WELCOME back to the team, Khudobin.

Krime
Jul 30, 2003

Somebody has to do the scoring around here.
I'm sure Mike Yeo will be doing all sorts of innovative things he was secretly keeping hidden from the team and Hitchcock.

Blues :lol:

Suspicious
Apr 30, 2005
You know he's the villain, because he's got shifty eyes.
Mike "can't teach an offensively stacked Pittsburgh team to score on the PP" Yeo

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

1st team all star
+
2nd degree manslaughter
=
3rd world clothing line
Which of the Blues defensemen is he going to play 40 minutes a game? Pietrangelo?

grack
Jan 10, 2012

COACH TOTORO SAY REFEREE CAN BANISH WHISTLE TO LAND OF WIND AND GHOSTS!

The Dirty Burger posted:

Which of the Blues defensemen is he going to play 40 minutes a game? Pietrangelo?

Bouwmeester, with any luck.

Ginette Reno
Nov 18, 2006

How Doers get more done
Fun Shoe

Suspicious posted:

Mike "can't teach an offensively stacked Pittsburgh team to score on the PP" Yeo

Are you saying 5 guys standing stationary and passing around the perimeter isn't the key to a good PP?

e: Feels like it's gonna be hard for Sid to hold onto the goals lead. A lot of guys breathing down his neck since he's slowed down a bit. Should still be able to hit in the 40s I think but that may not be enough with Ovechkin around.

ee: Colorado is loving embarrassing by the way. They're almost 03-04 Penguins levels of bad and they've got a wayyyyyyyyyy better roster than that team did

Ginette Reno fucked around with this message at 08:22 on Feb 2, 2017

Technetium
Oct 26, 2006

TRILOBITE TECHNICIAN
QUITE POSSIBLY GAY

bub spank posted:

Why has no team traded peanuts for Halak yet? He's a top-30 goalie in the NHL that's inexplicably playing in the AHL right now, while a ton of teams have goaltending issues. Is it the 3.5mil salary?

I know he didn't have a great year in the NHL, but that might be more of a "Capuano" thing than a "Halak" thing given his performance at the World Cup and so far in the AHL (.926).

It's his .904 and 3.23 he's sporting this year, his injury problems and the fact he counts as 4.5 mil against the cap this year and next. He's also 31 which is getting up there for goalies anyway.

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010


Jeeeeeeeeesus I've always thought the league was evil but cartoonishly evil.

This is like maliciously evil.

dadjokes
Feb 9, 2015
Red Wings fans stare into the abyss and the abyss stares back and mumbles something about compete level and puck retrieval.

Jamwad Hilder
Apr 18, 2007

surfin usa
Luckily the Bruins only play 4 games in the next 17 days with their bye week, so hopefully Bergeron and Rask missing time (if they do) won't affect them too adversely. If it's longer than that they're probably in trouble.

Spring Break My Heart
Feb 15, 2012

Ginette Reno posted:

Are you saying 5 guys standing stationary and passing around the perimeter isn't the key to a good PP?

e: Feels like it's gonna be hard for Sid to hold onto the goals lead. A lot of guys breathing down his neck since he's slowed down a bit. Should still be able to hit in the 40s I think but that may not be enough with Ovechkin around.

ee: Colorado is loving embarrassing by the way. They're almost 03-04 Penguins levels of bad and they've got a wayyyyyyyyyy better roster than that team did
They're on pace for a worse goal differential (-123 to -113) and far less points (48 to 58) than the 04 Penguins were, and that's with more points available because of the shootout.

Mike_V
Jul 31, 2004

3/18/2023: Day of the Dorks

Suspicious posted:

Mike "can't teach an offensively stacked Pittsburgh team to score on the PP" Yeo

afaik he was handling the Blues PP this year? They're actually kind of decent.

Shawn Cotureier
Jan 21, 2009

Still better than Umberger
Ghost AND Konecny are both healthy scratches tonight

loving fire Hakstol today Ron, serious as a heart attack

Suspicious
Apr 30, 2005
You know he's the villain, because he's got shifty eyes.
The Flyers are Habs kryptonite though so you could prolly just have the Phantoms play the game and still win.

Mind_Taker
May 7, 2007



Shawn Cotureier posted:

Ghost AND Konecny are both healthy scratches tonight

loving fire Hakstol today Ron, serious as a heart attack

"Why is Gostisbehere having such a bad season?!"

/sees his 95.2 PDO, clarity is achieved

Some coaches are really dumb. I'm sure dicking around your best D is a good long-term strategy.

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

Mind_Taker posted:

Some coaches are really dumb. I'm sure dicking around your best D is a good long-term strategy.

Just ask Therrien!

Shawn Cotureier
Jan 21, 2009

Still better than Umberger

Mind_Taker posted:

"Why is Gostisbehere having such a bad season?!"

/sees his 95.2 PDO, clarity is achieved

Some coaches are really dumb. I'm sure dicking around your best D is a good long-term strategy.

Even Milbury called him out on it, that's how much he's loving up.

Good soup!
Nov 2, 2010

Shawn Cotureier posted:

Ghost AND Konecny are both healthy scratches tonight

loving fire Hakstol today Ron, serious as a heart attack

This is legitimately infuriating at this point

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FrenzyTheKillbot
Jan 31, 2008

Good Hustle

yellowcar posted:

Jeeeeeeeeesus I've always thought the league was evil but cartoonishly evil.

This is like maliciously evil.

Calling the players "puppets" for their lawyers is at least a somewhat reasonable legal argument to make. However, claiming the players are too stupid to have their own thoughts and opinions is reeeaaaaallly bad.

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