@IneffectiveMath
- “The day that NHL teams prefer to play young players who might be bad instead of old players who are definitely bad will be a beautiful day”
Here’s my best guess at the
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#MBMoose
organizational depth chart assuming perfect health (ha ha)
I only have 22 players on the NHL roster based on Arniel’s comments. AHL team has a very crowded roster.
(this will now be pinned. Updated regularly once the season begins)
Here’s proof how the Sportsnet panel’s mood changes based on the score. On the left after 1
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leading. Even Bieksa looks happy. On the right after
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comeback, not so much
Friedman says the
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behind the scenes are livid about the
#MNWild
Hartman situation. They don’t like who was targeted and are upset that a player with Hartman’s history got away with only a fine. He also said it’s no accident that info got out yesterday
Friedman talks about VGK playing “games” with the rink lights for
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practices in 2018. He says this year they have removed the pedals from exercise bikes outside the Jets dressing room. He said some around the league thinks it’s extremely bush league.
Explain to me what is wrong with what Grieg did? How fucking fragile mentally are hockey players that they have to responded the way Reilly did?
IMO this is just another example of what’s wrong with hockey culture. And people are actually defending the assault. Blame the victim
The side of the Rutger McGroarty saga that hasn’t been said.
If Rutger is as good as he thinks he is then why is he unwilling bet on himself? Sign a contract, come to camp and prove the
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wrong. Why does he need to be assured there’s a roster spot for him?
What a ridiculous take. Losing respect for Russo here. This just sounds like a homer take pandering to a segment of his audience. There is no equivalency between Kaprizov and Perfetti. It ignores the gutlessness of Hartman that
@WPGMurat
pointed out on WST yesterday
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Friedman says the
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should petition the NHL to add Brossoit to the Jennings Trophy. Compares it to adding names to the Stanley Cup. Says they should raise a stink….. sometimes it works
Friedman did suggest that Bowness and Scheifele are not on the same page. Pointed out Mark’s lack of adjustments comment. Also talks about disconnect between the GM who makes the roster and the coach who decides who plays. All of it Cole Perfetti related
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Hartman is a real POS. I wonder if
#MNWild
fans are up in arms about the intent to injure Perfetti? Probably still crying about Kaprizov. Hartman has injured more
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players over the years than anyone else in the NHL. One of the dirtiest players in the league.
A warning to places just removing mask requirements, restaurant capacity limits etc. That happened in BC on July 1. One month ago BC recorded 29 new COVID cases. Today BC recorded 402 new cases.
Maybe the mask requirements should have stayed in place?
Psssst
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fans…..
Don’t vote Hellebuyck to the all star game. Let the man have some rest. It’s a useless 3 on 3 tourney. Nothing good is gonna come from him participating. Think big picture.
@DJ_Biff_WPG
@NikLynam
Here's a clip of most of it, I cut out their talk about AV for the most part. I take the Cody Eakin thing with a grain of salt though, in the aftermath it really sounds like he was salty they had no interest in keeping him around.
If I was Heinola’s agent I would be on the phone to Chevy demanding a trade. How can an organization botch this so badly? Just rotate him with Stanley and have him play every other game ffs
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I have absolutely no idea what the coaching staff thinks Logan Stanley adds to the team? Kills offence. Doesn’t defend well. Terrible fighter. This team is better with Schmidt. They would be better with Heinola or Capo
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Chris Thorburn content
“Have an open mind,” says Thorburn. “I loved Atlanta, but I was naive to how good the experience was in Winnipeg. And I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”
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LOL Bones reluctantly puts Ehlers on the top line and it sparks a comeback win…. You can’t make this shit up.
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need to get a pit bull to growl loudly every time he gets the urge to separate 27 & 55 again
Marek said he got a text that mentioned the transition of the leadership group from Buff Little & Trouba to the Scheifele group as a factor in the
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decline
Friedman seems to be tying Bruce Boudreau to the Flyers if he doesn’t stay in Van.
He mentions Scott Arniel and Randy Carlyle as
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coaching candidates.
FFS think outside the box. Bring in new blood damn it.
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fans up in arms about DeMelo on the 3rd pair need to realize he hasn’t even had one practice yet. He has to learn the systems. It seems quite appropriate to begin where he is. He will no doubt be in the top 4 at some point soon maybe even before the game is over
Please
#NHLJets
make a different choice this summer when you go looking for a new head coach. Go outside your comfort zone. Find a progressive modern thinking coach who believes in playing the best players regardless
“You can’t have all skill guys in your line-up. We need to have some guys that can go up and down, get in on the forecheck and turn pucks over.”
Dave Lowry on adjustments to the line-up, looking forward to a full capacity crowd, and more.
WATCH 🔽
Mikey Eyssimont was named the
#GoBolts
nominee for the Masterton Trophy.
ICYMI in the fall, I wrote a feature on the hard-nosed bottom-six F for
@TheHockeyNews
“The best adjective to describe his game is relentless,” TB GM Julien BriseBois told THN
It’s not the injury that’s the problem with Mark Stone. It’s that he was probably ready to play 2 weeks ago and VGK were allowed to delay declaring him healthy until the regular season ended. That’s where the cheating is. They know they can game the system at the back end
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announce Wayne Simmonds has signed a one-day contract with the team and announced his retirement.
Philadelphia will honor Simmonds and his family before their April 13 game against
#njdevils
.
Here is Simmonds on his retirement and Philadelphia:
On the GC podcast Chevy hints that there could be some things happening in the near future involving
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2.0 alumni. Specifically mentions Bryan Little, Mathieu Perreault and Big Buff
Buying out Pionk and Schmidt would generate $7.2M in cap space. It also would not increase the salary budget
Their contribution can easily be replaced for that money
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I don’t think I’ver ever seen Big Bad Brad this fired up.
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should call him up and have him play his first NHL game vs Seattle. Would be great to see
Montgomery
“They were really good in all facets of their game”
Describing Winnipeg’s game
“Hard. Taking away time and space. They’re physical. Their puck support is excellent in all three zones and they just keep coming up with pucks.”
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Quietly Laurent Brossoit has improved his season GSAx/60 to virtually the same level as Connor Hellebuyck. Statistically there’s no drop off. All those early season goaltending concerns have vanished
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Also when Hockey media members like
@RussoHockey
are actively trying to somehow normalize and justify gutless acts by players like Ryan Hartman is it any wonder why hockey culture is still so broken?
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What a ridiculous take. Losing respect for Russo here. This just sounds like a homer take pandering to a segment of his audience. There is no equivalency between Kaprizov and Perfetti. It ignores the gutlessness of Hartman that
@WPGMurat
pointed out on WST yesterday
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The fascination that
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fans have with a Patrik Laine reunion baffles me. He peaked at age 19. He’s another one dimensional winger (just what this team needs 🤔🤷♂️)
So Chevy actually managed to trade Andrew Copp for a late 1st a late 2nd a swap of 5th and 6th picks plus Morgan Barron. And there’s really nothing stopping the
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from re-signing him as long as they trade a veteran D away
Former
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Johnny Kovacevic
“I would be lying if I said I didn’t hold a grudge against Winnipeg. There are guys who believed in me there. I want to prove them right and show others they were wrong.”
(google translate article)
As I watched Nikolaj Ehlers dominate today’s game, I found myself once again questioning why any hockey mind wouldn’t want to play him 20+ minutes every game. I never bought Maurice’s BS that he was somehow a better player by playing less. What was the real agenda? 🤔
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Rather than money I think the deciding factor for the
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would be offering Trotz some sort of pathway to transition into management in a couple years. Whether that’s as an assistant GM or some sort of president of hockey ops role it probably needs to be part of the process.
Probably my biggest pet peeve about the way the
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operate is calling up a promising AHL player like Heinola with no intention of inserting him into the lineup. For press box duty call up a player like Nelson Nogier. If/when you do call up Heinola then play him ffs
Friedman on Trotz “he’s going into Winnipeg next and that’s gonna be a huge meeting. You know if I was the Jets I would kidnap him”
Basically goes through a process of elimination of teams with vacancies and suggests things are looking optimistic for the
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getting Trotz
This was my Johnny Kovacevic “tire pumping” post in the comments section of
@WPGMurat
most recent article. I would rather watch him, Samberg and Heinola make mistakes and grow on the
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than watch the likes of Sbisa Beaulieu Bitetto and Poolman make those mistakes.
Friedman saying there’s been a lot of action around Logan Stanley. Says someone told him they are surprised Stanley didn’t go to Nashville in the Niederreiter trade
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Chychrun and Schmaltz have a combined cap hit of $10.45M. Math says it’s possible for the
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to acquire both players in a single deal as long as at least $4M in cap hit from the current roster goes in return.
For example Pionk +++
(Could even retain a bit on Pionk)
"There’s reason to believe that Shesterkin’s camp is aiming for as high as $12 million a year, which would be a NHL record-setting cap hit for a goaltender."
#NYR
The Boldest move the
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could make this offseason would be to buyout both Pionk and Schmidt. They would generate $7.2M in cap savings in 24/25. Can you find players on the market who’ll give you better results than those two for $7.2M?
IMO the
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should also do this with a couple of their AHL players and let them play their first NHL games. Play Lambert vs Seattle so that his Thunderbirds fans can watch it on TV. Play Chibrikov vs Vancouver. And let Heinola play in a couple. It will soon be garbage time
Anyone remember the time James Neal slashed Connor Hellebuyck in the head and it was deemed to not be goalie interference or even a penalty?
Yeah me neither
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Nobody’s talking about it but
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Connor Hellebuyck currently has 21.9 evolving hockey GAR which is higher than any skater. If he keeps up his consistent play and the team keeps winning shouldn’t Bucky be in the Hart convo?
@frank_seravalli
I laugh at people suggesting Perfetti is somehow going to be traded. Did nobody listen to Arniel on the Marek show? Are we going to just ignore Perfetti’s own comments of how excited he is to get back to
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training camp? Also the Jets just don’t trade their prospects 🤷♂️
You know what I love? Trades involving young, high upside NHL players.
Think Casey Mittlestadt for Bowen Byram. Or the Jamie Drysdale for Cutter Gauthier deal.
Here are 3 young forwards that could be dealt this summer, for
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📝⤵️