NJDfan1711

Did anyone see Keefe's farewell speech to the Leafs on a boat? I thought it was sincere and very respectful. Guy owned everything and handled it with utmost class. I didn't really have him on my radar at all, but now I would not mind him whatsoever. In fact, I'd almost prefer him over any of the other names mentioned so far.

I was going to say the same thing... Feel like it could have been charging or elbowing, or both. Maybe even intent to injure, given the optics and that dirtbag's track record.

I thought their puck movement on the power plays was really good, but yeah they didn't get enough shots on net. One thing I noticed about their power play is that they move the puck with a lot of force, particularly behind the net from corner to corner. Something that I could see our team doing because we have similar speed and skill that they do. When their forwards were pressured or got into trouble with the puck with defenders and penalty killers collapsing on them, they threw the puck around the boards behind the net to a guy in the other corner or on the other wall. It's a little bit of a risk because you have to hope or trust that someone is there, but they were pretty good about it and it relieved pressure quickly and allowed them to continue cycling. If they can actually get some pucks through and on net, I really think they're PowerPlay is going to help them the next few games (assuming the Rags take some penalties and the Canes get some calls their way)

70 is a far cry from 50 lol. I fully recognize that Brodeur was simply a different animal. Even with many goalies playing a lot more games back in the day than they do now, Marty was simply on another level. Not many guys played 70+ games back then, or at least not nearly as often as he did. But yeah, 50 isn't 70. Really, it's not even close lol. It's a 20 game difference, so in an 82 game season that's 25% less. You're gonna tell me an average goalie these days can't play 25% less than what Marty did for most of his career? Someone has to take the lion's share of games, meaning someone has to play at least half.... Aka 41 games. So what's so ridiculous about bumping that up 9 games to 50? Unless we're talking about teams splitting up an 82 game season across three goalies rather than two, and if that's the case then I would suggest that that's ridiculous.

It's the offseason for us, we didn't make the playoffs, and the stupid Rags just won again, so I'm irritated and perhaps not on my game lol. But, I stand by the notion that goalies are coddled nowadays and it isn't unreasonable to expect a 33yr old Allen with less than 500 games played to play 50 next year. 😬

Good question. Does our 10th pick and Holtz do it? That's basically two first round picks. I'd be ok with that. I don't love that Ullmark is going to be 31 this summer, but we could realistically get a good 5 years out of him while continuing to look for another younger guy.

Of course. I didn't mean that as literally as it sounds - the point was more a reflection of Allen's skills/ability than the quantity of games. He's only played 492 games his whole career, so it's not like the guy has a ton of mileage on him. I think we would all love it if Allen was solely here to play the role of vet backup, myself included, but I don't think we're in a position to say that until we have what we know to be a bonafide, younger guy who is capable of taking over as number one. And, going back to the last couple of messages, I personally wouldn't be willing to part with a lot of proven assets for the sake of trying to hit lightning in a bottle and hoping a young prospect goalie actually pans out. Unless that guy is considered a can't miss, world class goalie (full transparency, I don't know enough about Askarov to know if that's the sentiment on him).

I don't know that there is such thing as a "starter's workload" anymore. 50 games for Allen, 32 for John Doe (Kahkonen, Dawson, Schmid, etc). That's what basically every other team in the league does, except for a handful. If Allen can't handle 50 games, he doesn't deserve to be in the NHL period.

With how volatile and unpredictable the goaltending position has become the last decade, I wouldn't give up a top 10 pick plus a top D prospect and a proven young forward for what "could be" a top goalie in the future. Obviously teams aren't trading the Vasi's and Shesterkin's of the league, but there's only a select few proven goaltenders that I'd be willing to give up a substantial amount for. Anything else seems like a crapshoot. Almost better off going with a guy like Allen, if you ask me. What more could that guy have done in the 20 or so games he was here? If we can't find a goalie at a reasonable price, give him an opportunity next year to see what he can do, and maybe we use a second or third round pick of our own on a goalie this year or next year and hope to get lucky.

See ya, Green. You were a semi decent player, and not so great coach. No hard feelings, just don't want you as the future/long term coach of this team. I wouldn't hate Berube, but I think I'd rather have someone else. What are Beaudreau and Gallant doing?

Great summary. I agree with just about all of it. I'd like to see Holtz stick around and given another chance to prove he can be a consistent top 6 forward. Guy is young, and shouldn't cost much. He could/should force Palat to stay in the third line where he belongs, and may even compete with Mercer for a top 6 spot.

I think it's one of the dumbest things ever to have the second round start before the first is fully over, even if they're in different conferences. Totally defeats the idea of rewarding one team who sweeps another with rest and days off, while the others who go deep for 6 or 7 games must battle on.

Why would Cooper or Brindamour be available? Coop has written his own ticket and won't be fired anytime soon despite two first round exits the last two years, and Brindamour is perhaps the best coach in the league right now.

It's gonna be a sad day if he ends up elsewhere. I'd like to see him stay, but there's an argument to be made that the team could do something with the money he will command. 40 goals again this year, hard to say he isn't worth it.

Two absolute joke calls in the TB/FLA game. Took away two goals that were not goal interference.