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Scotty Bowman sure didn't feel that way about Steve Yzerman when Scotty got to Detroit. The rest is history. Nylander is a tougher case than Yzerman because Berube has learned that unlike Bowman-Yzerman, the coach can't say much to Nylander. I do not think Nylander has it between the ears for...

His RFAs haven't so not all. He doesn't have that many players (10 active contracts, 7 expired) and a bunch of them are not big contracts. I don't know if that occurred every time. A bunch of them are smaller deals - only 5 are greater than $4 mil/yr. Pretty small sample size. I do know he...

It is not whether Treliving announced it or not. It is whether it was a priority/important to Treliving or not. Good faith negotiations require two parties who want a deal to happen. Marner was keen and probably would have taken a hometown discount based on things he said in early May 2024...

You know what will be even funnier? When they lose 102 pt player who wanted to stay for nothing with a scant UFA market. The whole league will be laughing .. at them - particularly the team who gets him for no talent cost. He's good enough to play for Team Canada with McDavid but not good enough...

In May 2024, after the playoff loss, Marner declared he wanted to stay and was willing to get negotiations underway Mitch Marner wants to remain with the Maple Leafs: ‘That’s the goal’ https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5475318/2024/05/06/mitch-marner-maple-leafs-2/ There are plenty of articles...

I think the media has been over the top. The team had the 4th best win% record. That is roughly about where they finished in the playoffs - arguably & roughly the 4th best team in the playoffs. They did better against the Panthers than Carolina. They probably had a less than 10% chance of...

It is not games 5, 6 or 7 so that doesn't count :)

+1 massive modifiers for a player who massively modified his game in OT ... again!

I was thinking more of the league perception of how the Oilers are a top contender. With lower tier starting goaltending, I simply don't see it. Oddsmakers sure disagree with me. But, having said that, in my opinion, bad goaltending is not the reason they find themselves where they do. As much...

That includes backups. League average for starters is a little north of that (roughly I get .902) so he's near the bottom.

Me too. A speed line that can pounce after he gives away a stupid turnover. Pressure Domi - everybody knows what is too often coming. The only tricky part is too often nobody can predict where it is going or make sense of it. I was getting very frustrated with him in these first two playoff...

Apparently, they're not picking up the expense for Joe & Jim to travel to Ottawa to do the radio broadcast. They have to do it from monitors in Toronto. The cheapest tickets now cost hundreds of dollars - so much now, they may not have sold out a playoff game against Ottawa The increase in...

I think the coaching situation is different. I know it was reported as 'mutual' but the vibe I got when you heard Jeff Jackson and Holland talk about it was Holland got pushed out. Exhibit A was he had no destination or plans and didn't convince with the 'mutual' claim. He joined NHL Hockey...

Hope it goes 7 ... :)

Team gets within a goal of a Stanley Cup ... and they cut the GM loose. I'm trying to recall if I've seen that before. Haven't thought of another instance.

I'm no big fan of Skinner but of the 11 goals against in the two games, none were soft. There were only two where I thought one could have some legitimate criticism of how Skinner played it. Between the penalties and poor team defense, the Oilers are getting killed. They miss Ekholm But they're...

Not as much run and gun tonight but more room than would be ideal. Caps were the better team in the first two periods. Habs were the better team in the 3rd I think (not positive) Habs shot attempts were 70 to the Caps 61 Caps with the empty net goal with a second left to win 3-1 Habs will go...

Watched the OT goal a few times. Often Benoit will go for a skate but he tends to cut out about halfway to the goal to get back on D. Last night, that was not the case. The smothering screen (and jump) by Benoit was brutal timing for Ullmark. He couldn't see it. A few other observations...

41 2 Bieksa called Benoit the best #6 dman in the league ... (I don't know about that but he's been playing pretty well for a while after a rough first half)

Right here. I appreciate the goal - very much: BIG goal!! I don't hate him. For a guy whose forte is supposedly passing the puck, he can be downright, repeatedly bad at it. He has been in these first two games. Watching him, he made me wonder what his hockey IQ or hockey sense was. It is like...