MadDog2020 Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 28 minutes ago, Lateralous said: Still early but Flyers are down 4-0 in 1st period to Bruins Zacha with 3 primary assists Make it 5-0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lateralous Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 5 minutes ago, MadDog2020 said: Make it 5-0 …with JVR rubbing salt in the wound 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lateralous Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 16 hours ago, Nicomo said: Drew Doughty criticized some of their players recently without actually calling them out by name, but it definitely seemed like PLD was one of them. Him and Fiala. Neither one seems to be making many friends in Hollywood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevils1214 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 49 minutes ago, MadDog2020 said: Make it 5-0 Hahaha imagine your team being good season after season for over a decade...that must suck. Like watching re-runs....gets boring right? Right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 Just now, NJDevils1214 said: Hahaha imagine your team being good season after season for over a decade...that must suck. Like watching re-runs....gets boring right? Right? Imagine winning only one Cup in all of those years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 (edited) Guess we’ll find out soon enough if the Flyers have yet another recovery in them. If anything looks like losing Hart might have been the final straw for them to continue having any chance to keep overachieving. 32 minutes ago, MadDog2020 said: Imagine winning only one Cup in all of those years. Or going out in the first round after a regular season like last year’s. Edited January 27 by Colorado Rockies 1976 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 https://www.hockeylatest.com/Mike-Ribeiro-Faces-Up-to-50-Years-Behind-Bars-Following-Latest-Charges-328497 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilMinder Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 1 hour ago, MadDog2020 said: https://www.hockeylatest.com/Mike-Ribeiro-Faces-Up-to-50-Years-Behind-Bars-Following-Latest-Charges-328497 Jeez, Hockey is catching up with some of the bigger leagues with these bad actors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 https://thehockeynews.com/news/blue-jackets-patrik-laine-enters-nhl-nhlpa-assistance-program?fbclid=IwAR2mBFoBpOJqyAZR8uGEoxNzCpgLOOOe8S1qA6d6hqmKDCoD2s4G0v87l6E_aem_AbQ-uNvNXGS_Fh6zk4IdADyKVHl74lwpTiB92uTQpaItxTKgZPkJFc8eBmwkOWQvdQc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicomo Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Chytil ruled out for the rest of the season. Scary stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 6 hours ago, Nicomo said: Chytil ruled out for the rest of the season. Scary stuff. Feel for him. Apparently that’s already his fourth career concussion. And it would be nice if that word was the one being used, instead of “upper body injury”. Everyone knows what’s up at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 Boy is it a good thing we let Graves walk. https://deadspin.com/sidney-crosby-malkin-nhl-playoffs-pittsburgh-penguins-1851209260 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aitchmack Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 1 hour ago, MadDog2020 said: Boy is it a good thing we let Graves walk. https://deadspin.com/sidney-crosby-malkin-nhl-playoffs-pittsburgh-penguins-1851209260 I always thought he was pretty decent for us, but it certainly hasn't gone well for him in Pittsburgh. Can't see many teams wanting to take his contract on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicomo Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 He was terrible for pretty much the entire 2nd half of the season last year. I had very little interest in re-signing him. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nicomo Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Watch some team will completely overpay for him now based off draft pedigree and totally help the Rags out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 10 minutes ago, Nicomo said: Watch some team will completely overpay for him now based off draft pedigree and totally help the Rags out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smelly Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 15 hours ago, MadDog2020 said: Boy is it a good thing we let Graves walk. https://deadspin.com/sidney-crosby-malkin-nhl-playoffs-pittsburgh-penguins-1851209260 Pens will bottom out next year or the year after, then win the next generational talent immediately thereafter. Law of nature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 15 hours ago, MadDog2020 said: Boy is it a good thing we let Graves walk. https://deadspin.com/sidney-crosby-malkin-nhl-playoffs-pittsburgh-penguins-1851209260 14 hours ago, Nicomo said: He was terrible for pretty much the entire 2nd half of the season last year. I had very little interest in re-signing him. I know +/- is absolutely NOT a be-all end-all kind of number, but he's a +11 on the season, and was a +34 in the regular season last year. I agree that his second half was up and down and that he was pretty in the playoffs, and at this point I do think of him as more of a "transitional" player than a guy who's still around when you're ready to win a Cup. But has he really been THAT bad in Pittsburgh? I ask because it's not like I watch a lot of their games...and for all of the flak he gets, he is a +45 since the start of last season. He did NOT look all that good when the Pens lost to the Coyotes not too long ago, and I don't really remember noticing him when the Devils beat the Pens. And yeah, no way would I ever have signed him for 6 years...I was open to a one-year stopgap deal for 2023-24, but he obviously was going to cash in, especially when Seves of all players was the big grab in a thin UFA market for defensemen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringtwins Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Or be handed it 😉 again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicomo Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said: I know +/- is absolutely NOT a be-all end-all kind of number, but he's a +11 on the season, and was a +34 in the regular season last year. I agree that his second half was up and down and that he was pretty in the playoffs, and at this point I do think of him as more of a "transitional" player than a guy who's still around when you're ready to win a Cup. But has he really been THAT bad in Pittsburgh? I ask because it's not like I watch a lot of their games...and for all of the flak he gets, he is a +45 since the start of last season. He did NOT look all that good when the Pens lost to the Coyotes not too long ago, and I don't really remember noticing him when the Devils beat the Pens. And yeah, no way would I ever have signed him for 6 years...I was open to a one-year stopgap deal for 2023-24, but he obviously was going to cash in, especially when Seves of all players was the big grab in a thin UFA market for defensemen? Perfect example of why nobody really takes +/- seriously these days. By all accounts Graves has been awful this season according to a lot of Pens fans. They’re ready to launch him into the sun. Some of the player cards I’ve seen tend to back that up. Avs fans otoh seem pretty happy with Wood. They jumped all over the dude that made this list for putting him on there. But ofc everything seems better when you’re winning. Edited January 31 by Nicomo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Re: Graves, he's not a guy who you expect to provide much offense, but yeah, he's cracked over 20 points three times. 8 points at this point is a tad light. I looked for comments from Pittsburgh fans, and apparently the feeling seems to be that he does a little too much puck-watching and doesn't play the body enough. And that does align with some of what I saw in that Pens-Yotes game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 (edited) 1 hour ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said: Re: Graves, he's not a guy who you expect to provide much offense, but yeah, he's cracked over 20 points three times. 8 points at this point is a tad light. I looked for comments from Pittsburgh fans, and apparently the feeling seems to be that he does a little too much puck-watching and doesn't play the body enough. And that does align with some of what I saw in that Pens-Yotes game. Graves is another Tarzan who plays like Jane. Like bAHL. Looks like Chara, plays like Gionta. Edited January 31 by MadDog2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 2 hours ago, MadDog2020 said: Graves is another Tarzan who plays like Jane. Like bAHL. Looks like Chara, plays like Gionta. Here's a good article that sums up Graves' first season as a Penguin (from back in early January, but guessing not much has changed since then). Basically some numbers are kind to him, and others most definitely not: Could new Penguins defenseman Ryan Graves soon be a healthy scratch? | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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