2017-2018 NHL Thread

[ZBBM]

Profile of Cherry here:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/25/sports/hockey/don-cherry-coaches-corner.html

Not much new other than he openly admits to being the Canadian Trump, which is hardly a revelation.

 

[bustaheims]

Rinaldo has been offered - and subsequently waived the right to - an in-person hearing.

 

[bustaheims]

Apparently Girard attacked him with a cross check and there is absolutely zero chance Girard was actually joining play despite fact he was skating by Rinaldo rather than into him?  Who knew?  Stick with your guy I guess no matter what he does. And shoot first ask questions later is the theme.

Yeah. Clearly, Girard looking past/around Rinaldo was his way of trying to look innocent, and the 'excuse me, I didn't see you there' "cross-check" was much more vicious than the cameras could convey.

 

[Arn]

6 games for Rinaldo. That's pitiful tbh

 

[bustaheims]

6 games for Rinaldo. That's pitiful tbh

Basically a slap on the wrist for him at this point. Not going to get any message across.

 

[herman]

6 games for Rinaldo. That's pitiful tbh

Basically a slap on the wrist for him at this point. Not going to get any message across.

Has Weird Al done "Slappa Da Wrist" yet?

 

[Arn]

6 games for Rinaldo. That's pitiful tbh

Basically a slap on the wrist for him at this point. Not going to get any message across.

Be careful slapping him on the wrist. He might sucker punch you in the face

 

[Frank E]

Scheifelelele out 6-8 weeks...that's a big "yikes" for the Peg.

https://www.tsn.ca/jets-scheifele-out-6-8-weeks-with-upper-body-injury-1.954211

 

[CarltonTheBear]

The Habs are reportedly shopping Max Pacioretty for a younger scorer and Ottawa might trade Mike Hoffman to cut salary.

 

[herman]

The Habs are reportedly shopping Max Pacioretty for a younger scorer and Ottawa might trade Mike Hoffman to cut salary.

At least in hockey, this has been the brightest timeline.

 

[Bates]

Dear Teams

Please send me offers of a young goal scorer that you would be willing to trade me for my not so young player who doesn't seem to be able to score.

Thanks
Bergevin

 

[herman]

This is super similar to Edmonton trading away all their players that had down years (SH%) for character guys.

 

[Kin]

I kind of get it from Ottawa's perspective. If the thought around there is they don't really have a good path towards contention and last year's run was just smoke and mirrors they're going to want to start peeling off assets sooner rather than later. Also, if they are legitimately concerned about money up there it doesn't make sense to spend what they're spending for these results.

Sure, those guys are having bad years but I think they're established enough that it wouldn't diminish their value too much. Or at least not when compared to hanging onto them in the hopes they have a good year but burn a year off of two very team friendly contracts.

In terms of lessons for the Leafs here, when people ask "How are the Leafs going to replace JVR if they trade him" these are two more examples of how while scoring wingers aren't exactly a dime a dozen they are the easiest positions to fill when the team really feels it's ready to make a push.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/SlavaMalamud/status/948238219673591808

Matt Frattin plays for this team. In fact their top 5 players are all Canadian.

 

[herman]

On the other side of things:
https://twitter.com/draglikepull/status/948267956915658752

I thought the crowd here would appreciate this. My only regret is that I didn't drop this one first.

 

[bustaheims]

On the other side of things:
https://twitter.com/draglikepull/status/948267956915658752

I thought the crowd here would appreciate this. My only regret is that I didn't drop this one first.

Way to drop the crappy laxative joke ball. No wonder this place is going into the toilet.

 

[Frank E]

On the other side of things:
https://twitter.com/draglikepull/status/948267956915658752

I thought the crowd here would appreciate this. My only regret is that I didn't drop this one first.

Way to drop the crappy laxative joke ball. No wonder this place is going into the toilet.

Those two would gets things moving in the right direction, quickly.

 

[herman]

On the other side of things:
https://twitter.com/draglikepull/status/948267956915658752

I thought the crowd here would appreciate this. My only regret is that I didn't drop this one first.

Way to drop the crappy laxative joke ball. No wonder this place is going into the toilet.

Those two would gets things moving in the right direction, quickly.

I've been pretty regular about it too, until now. Should I be concerned? Paging Dr. L K...

 

[Guru Tugginmypuddah]

https://twitter.com/SlavaMalamud/status/948238219673591808

Matt Frattin plays for this team. In fact their top 5 players are all Canadian.

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan you very nice place.

 

[Andy007]

On the other side of things:
https://twitter.com/draglikepull/status/948267956915658752

I thought the crowd here would appreciate this. My only regret is that I didn't drop this one first.

Way to drop the crappy laxative joke ball. No wonder this place is going into the toilet.

Those two would gets things moving in the right direction, quickly.

I wonder how they'd adapt to Babcock's 'dump and chase' system