2013/2014 Official NHL Thread
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Same old story for the Leafs tonight, another loss and badly outshot ...
2.57% percent chance ...
After tomorrow night it will be.
[video=youtube;2V3CfD8TPac]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V3CfD8TPac[/video]
Vancouver Canucks fire GM Mike Gillis
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The Vancouver Canucks fired president and general manager Mike Gillis on Tuesday, a day after being eliminated from playoff contention.
Gillis took over as general manager from the fired Dave Nonis after the 2007-08 season. The Canucks advanced to the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals under Gillis before losing to Boston, and since then the team has been in a steady decline.
"The Vancouver Canucks had success under Mike's leadership, and we nearly reached our ultimate goal; but I believe we have reached a point where a change in leadership and new voice is needed," team owner Francesco Aquilini said in a release.
The Canucks lost in the first round of the playoffs for two straight seasons before missing the postseason entirely for the first time since 2008.
Vancouver fans appeared fed up with the team's downturn and chanted for Gillis to be fired as the Canucks lost 3-0 to the Anaheim Ducks on Monday night.
Gillis signed a contract extension after the 2011-12 season. There were indications last week he and first-year head coach John Tortorella weren't communicating. Gillis seemed to criticize Tortorella's style in a radio interview, saying he wanted the team to get back to the type of game that got it to the 2011 Cup finals.
"I want us to play upbeat, puck possession, move the puck quickly, force teams into mistakes, high-transition game," Gillis said in an interview with the Team 1040. "I think we have the personnel to do it. If we don't have the personnel to do it, they'll be changed.
"That's my vision, that's how I believe you are going to win in the Western Conference and the National Hockey League. If you look at the top teams in the West, there isn't a lot that separates any of the teams in the West, but the top teams play that way. That's the way we played."
Tortorella has preached a defense-first, puck-pressure, shot-blocking style since taking charge of the club in the offseason after Alain Vigneault was fired following the 2013 first-round playoff exit. That has been Tortorella's coaching style in previous stints with the Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Rangers.
Canucks fire Mike Gillis
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The Vancouver Canucks fired president and general manager Mike Gillis on Tuesday, a day after being eliminated from playoff contention.
Gillis took over as general manager from the fired Dave Nonis after the 2007-08 season. The Canucks advanced to the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals under Gillis before losing to Boston, and since then the team has been in a steady decline.
"The Vancouver Canucks had success under Mike's leadership, and we nearly reached our ultimate goal; but I believe we have reached a point where a change in leadership and new voice is needed," team owner Francesco Aquilini said in a release.
The Canucks lost in the first round of the playoffs for two straight seasons before missing the postseason entirely for the first time since 2008.
Vancouver fans appeared fed up with the team's downturn and chanted for Gillis to be fired as the Canucks lost 3-0 to the Anaheim Ducks on Monday night.
Gillis signed a contract extension after the 2011-12 season. There were indications last week he and first-year head coach John Tortorella weren't communicating. Gillis seemed to criticize Tortorella's style in a radio interview, saying he wanted the team to get back to the type of game that got it to the 2011 Cup finals.
"I want us to play upbeat, puck possession, move the puck quickly, force teams into mistakes, high-transition game," Gillis said in an interview with the Team 1040. "I think we have the personnel to do it. If we don't have the personnel to do it, they'll be changed.
"That's my vision, that's how I believe you are going to win in the Western Conference and the National Hockey League. If you look at the top teams in the West, there isn't a lot that separates any of the teams in the West, but the top teams play that way. That's the way we played."
Tortorella has preached a defense-first, puck-pressure, shot-blocking style since taking charge of the club in the offseason after Alain Vigneault was fired following the 2013 first-round playoff exit. That has been Tortorella's coaching style in previous stints with the Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Rangers.
Canucks fire Mike Gillis
After tomorrow night it will be.
[video=youtube;2V3CfD8TPac]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V3CfD8TPac[/video]
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Hey Docski...It's been almost 4 weeks since we've gotten an Updated NHL standings from ya. We're all in suspense with what's going on nowadays. How about it!? Ahhh, nevermind, I'll help you out.
Updated NHL standings
Also, can you tell me what the "e" next to Toronto means? :lol:
This was posted 30 days ago....which means it was posted 30 days before Detroit clinched its 23rd consecutive season in the playoffs (by picking up a loser point against the Pens tonight). Well done, Griffins/Wings!
: So post all things NHL and please respect others "opinions" in here at all times. NO PERSONAL INSULTING OF ANY KIND, no s**t disturbing and please use the correct spelling of all players and teams at all times. Some real simple rules to adhere to, right?....... RIGHT. Debate all you wish, just keep it clean and respectful.
I ask of the mods to enforce a ZERO TOLERANCE policy to the above rules however they see fit, whether a warning for the first offense or some time off in the penalty box, their call. If you cannot play by these simple rules, then do not post here and or take it to the free for all thread where anything but personal insults are pretty much fair game.
Good luck to all 30 teams, and especially 1
examples of what is not tolerated is:
"Also, can you tell me what the "e" next to Toronto means?"
""e"ternal loser ? "
Although quite humorous this is not the place to post it. i suggest you make those comments here:
https://merb.cc/vbulletin/showthread.php?94151-2013-NHL-Free-For-All-Thread&p=773265#post773265
Leafs wooing Brendan Shanahan for the new player of hockey operations position. Any chance we see former Hockey Canada director Bob Nickolson wind up with an upper management job (e.g Vancouver) somewhere?
On another note, congratulations to the Maple Leafs for fullfilling their ultimate purpose, which is to once again put hundreds of millions of $$ in the owners & shareholders' pockets. Professional sports owners....mostly all billionaires.....have an ultimate goal which is to continue making money....lots of it....and to fool people like us into thinking their 'toys' actually hold some influence in our personal lives. By caring for their product, we make them even more money.
Ever read the book The God Delusion? The same book could be written about all professional sports. So the Leafs once again succeeded. Well done! :thumb:
On another note, congratulations to the Maple Leafs for fullfilling their ultimate purpose, which is to once again put hundreds of millions of $$ in the owners & shareholders' pockets. Professional sports owners....mostly all billionaires.....have an ultimate goal which is to continue making money....lots of it....and to fool people like us into thinking their 'toys' actually hold some influence in our personal lives. By caring for their product, we make them even more money.
Ever read the book The God Delusion? The same book could be written about all professional sports. So the Leafs once again succeeded. Well done! :thumb:
Brendan Shanahan to be named President of the Toronto Maple Leafs
A formal press conference to announce his hiring could happen as early as Monday in Tim Leiweke’s latest eye-popping maneuver.
The intriguing concept of Brendan Shanahan joining the Maple Leafs has been rattling around the restless mind of Tim Leiweke for months.
But after an explosion of speculation from a variety of media outlets in the past 48 hours forced the idea to be fast-tracked, that concept is about to turn into reality.
Shanahan, according to multiple sources, will resign his position as the NHL’s director of player safety as early as Friday and immediately join the Leafs this weekend as the team closes out a disappointing season.
While his precise job could not be confirmed, sources suggest the Hall of Fame winger will likely be named president of the Leafs hockey club, not only president of hockey operations.
A formal press conference to announce his hiring could happen as early as Monday in Leiweke’s latest eye-popping maneuver.
Shanahan has been toying with the idea of joining the Leafs for weeks. His preference, it’s believed, would have been to stay in his current job until the end of the Stanley Cup final in June.
However, it is unlikely commissioner Gary Bettman, even with the Leafs not involved in the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs, was comfortable with Shanahan remaining on the job if the hockey world knew he was soon going to take an executive position with a member club.
When rumours about Shanahan and the Leafs began to fly on Wednesday, Leiweke apparently believed he had to act immediately and Bettman reluctantly agreed.
There has been much conjecture about what role the 45-year-old Shanahan would have, particularly after another ex-star, Trevor Linden, was named president of hockey operations of the Vancouver Canucks.
However, it’s believed Shanahan will have an even more senior role that will extend beyond over-seeing general manager Dave Nonis and the hockey department. Being named president, as opposed to president of hockey operations, would mean he would be involved in other business and league matters, such as the upcoming 100th anniversary of the Leafs.
He may even be groomed to become the heir apparent to Leiweke as CEO of the entire MLSE sports conglomerate.
Clearly, the top priority of his new assignment, given the recent words of Leiweke, will be to try and transform the culture of the Leafs into that of a winning, successful hockey club. Leiweke has already created positive change with the NBA’s Raptors and Toronto FC, both also owned by Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, and given the shocking collapse of the Leafs down the stretch, he knew he had to act now.
After blowing a three-goal lead in the third period of Game 7 of their first-round playoff series with Boston last spring, over the past month Randy Carlyle’s club has again stumbled badly and will miss the playoffs for the eighth time in the past nine seasons.
Leiweke’s belief is that Shanahan’s long NHL career and multiple championships — he’s a member of the elite Triple Gold Club for winning Olympic gold, a world championship and a Stanley Cup — will provide a blast of focus and ambition for a team that hasn’t won a Cup since 1967 and hasn’t been to a conference final since 2002.
It’s a gamble by Leiweke, given Shanahan’s absence of NHL executive experience. That said, the former power forward has three Cup rings, he knows the league extremely well and has developed a thick hide while handing down NHL suspensions over the past three seasons.
Shanahan has close ties to the Detroit Red Wings organization, which has graduated several former players and front office types to top jobs around the NHL. Former Wings captain Steve Yzerman is GM of the Tampa Bay Lightning, former assistant GM Jim Nill is in his first season as GM of the Dallas Stars and former Detroit assistant coach Paul MacLean is head coach of the Ottawa Senators.
Shanahan, a native of Mimico, never played for the Leafs, of course. Last spring, he flirted with the notion of joining the Calgary Flames in a senior executive position and was initially approached about taking a position with the Leafs last fall.
Assuming he quits now, the league will likely to turn to either Mike Murphy or Kris King to rule on discipline and suspensions during the playoffs.
Leiweke is convinced that while the hockey club needs to make changes on its roster, a larger overhaul is necessary and a new philosophy of excellence is required.
While the Leafs have brought in a wide variety of big hockey names over the past quarter century, hiring Shanahan is most similar to the hiring of another executive neophyte, Hall of Fame goaltender Ken Dryden in 1997.
Dryden led the Leafs to two Final Four appearances and engineered the move from the Western Conference to the Eastern Conference.
Like Shanahan, Dryden had no experience running an NHL team, or any hockey club at any level. That, however, allowed him to think outside the box and engineer significant moves like the hiring of Pat Quinn as head coach and the signing of free agent goaltender Curtis Joseph.
What’s clear, given the events of last spring and the past month, is that the Leafs need either a new leadership group or another layer of leadership to support the current administration and roster.
Shanahan immediately becomes the face of the franchise, a symbol of hope for Leaf Nation that mediocrity will soon turn into a much higher level of competitiveness.
He scored 656 career goals. He won those Cups. He’s itching to help his hometown team win and isn’t afraid of the daunting challenge.
If he brings a little luck of the Irish with him, he might even pull it off.
Shanahan to be named President of Maple Leafs
A formal press conference to announce his hiring could happen as early as Monday in Tim Leiweke’s latest eye-popping maneuver.
The intriguing concept of Brendan Shanahan joining the Maple Leafs has been rattling around the restless mind of Tim Leiweke for months.
But after an explosion of speculation from a variety of media outlets in the past 48 hours forced the idea to be fast-tracked, that concept is about to turn into reality.
Shanahan, according to multiple sources, will resign his position as the NHL’s director of player safety as early as Friday and immediately join the Leafs this weekend as the team closes out a disappointing season.
While his precise job could not be confirmed, sources suggest the Hall of Fame winger will likely be named president of the Leafs hockey club, not only president of hockey operations.
A formal press conference to announce his hiring could happen as early as Monday in Leiweke’s latest eye-popping maneuver.
Shanahan has been toying with the idea of joining the Leafs for weeks. His preference, it’s believed, would have been to stay in his current job until the end of the Stanley Cup final in June.
However, it is unlikely commissioner Gary Bettman, even with the Leafs not involved in the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs, was comfortable with Shanahan remaining on the job if the hockey world knew he was soon going to take an executive position with a member club.
When rumours about Shanahan and the Leafs began to fly on Wednesday, Leiweke apparently believed he had to act immediately and Bettman reluctantly agreed.
There has been much conjecture about what role the 45-year-old Shanahan would have, particularly after another ex-star, Trevor Linden, was named president of hockey operations of the Vancouver Canucks.
However, it’s believed Shanahan will have an even more senior role that will extend beyond over-seeing general manager Dave Nonis and the hockey department. Being named president, as opposed to president of hockey operations, would mean he would be involved in other business and league matters, such as the upcoming 100th anniversary of the Leafs.
He may even be groomed to become the heir apparent to Leiweke as CEO of the entire MLSE sports conglomerate.
Clearly, the top priority of his new assignment, given the recent words of Leiweke, will be to try and transform the culture of the Leafs into that of a winning, successful hockey club. Leiweke has already created positive change with the NBA’s Raptors and Toronto FC, both also owned by Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, and given the shocking collapse of the Leafs down the stretch, he knew he had to act now.
After blowing a three-goal lead in the third period of Game 7 of their first-round playoff series with Boston last spring, over the past month Randy Carlyle’s club has again stumbled badly and will miss the playoffs for the eighth time in the past nine seasons.
Leiweke’s belief is that Shanahan’s long NHL career and multiple championships — he’s a member of the elite Triple Gold Club for winning Olympic gold, a world championship and a Stanley Cup — will provide a blast of focus and ambition for a team that hasn’t won a Cup since 1967 and hasn’t been to a conference final since 2002.
It’s a gamble by Leiweke, given Shanahan’s absence of NHL executive experience. That said, the former power forward has three Cup rings, he knows the league extremely well and has developed a thick hide while handing down NHL suspensions over the past three seasons.
Shanahan has close ties to the Detroit Red Wings organization, which has graduated several former players and front office types to top jobs around the NHL. Former Wings captain Steve Yzerman is GM of the Tampa Bay Lightning, former assistant GM Jim Nill is in his first season as GM of the Dallas Stars and former Detroit assistant coach Paul MacLean is head coach of the Ottawa Senators.
Shanahan, a native of Mimico, never played for the Leafs, of course. Last spring, he flirted with the notion of joining the Calgary Flames in a senior executive position and was initially approached about taking a position with the Leafs last fall.
Assuming he quits now, the league will likely to turn to either Mike Murphy or Kris King to rule on discipline and suspensions during the playoffs.
Leiweke is convinced that while the hockey club needs to make changes on its roster, a larger overhaul is necessary and a new philosophy of excellence is required.
While the Leafs have brought in a wide variety of big hockey names over the past quarter century, hiring Shanahan is most similar to the hiring of another executive neophyte, Hall of Fame goaltender Ken Dryden in 1997.
Dryden led the Leafs to two Final Four appearances and engineered the move from the Western Conference to the Eastern Conference.
Like Shanahan, Dryden had no experience running an NHL team, or any hockey club at any level. That, however, allowed him to think outside the box and engineer significant moves like the hiring of Pat Quinn as head coach and the signing of free agent goaltender Curtis Joseph.
What’s clear, given the events of last spring and the past month, is that the Leafs need either a new leadership group or another layer of leadership to support the current administration and roster.
Shanahan immediately becomes the face of the franchise, a symbol of hope for Leaf Nation that mediocrity will soon turn into a much higher level of competitiveness.
He scored 656 career goals. He won those Cups. He’s itching to help his hometown team win and isn’t afraid of the daunting challenge.
If he brings a little luck of the Irish with him, he might even pull it off.
Shanahan to be named President of Maple Leafs
Gentlemen,
What's this? The same guy Iggy and Doc proclaimed a "SUPERSTAR" got 1 in 10 games. So who are the Leafs up against in the playoffs??? :lol:
Wait a minute, the CANADIENS are IN and the Leafs are OUT??? PRICELESS!!!
On to all the other still relevant teams beyond Toronto, my Bruins go into the playoffs with the best record in the NHL giving them a home ice advantage throughout. The Bruins have been playing a better brand of hockey in the regular season than they did in 2011 when they took the cup. Still, the key is matchups, and even the Canadiens can be tough there.
Still, whatever happens...it won't be 47 going on 48.
Good luck to all playoff teams. Sorry Toronto.
Merlot
What's this? The same guy Iggy and Doc proclaimed a "SUPERSTAR" got 1 in 10 games. So who are the Leafs up against in the playoffs??? :lol:
Wait a minute, the CANADIENS are IN and the Leafs are OUT??? PRICELESS!!!
On to all the other still relevant teams beyond Toronto, my Bruins go into the playoffs with the best record in the NHL giving them a home ice advantage throughout. The Bruins have been playing a better brand of hockey in the regular season than they did in 2011 when they took the cup. Still, the key is matchups, and even the Canadiens can be tough there.
Still, whatever happens...it won't be 47 going on 48.
Good luck to all playoff teams. Sorry Toronto.
Merlot
Barry Trotz no longer Preds coach
Trotz out in Nashville
p.s. Note to GHG & Merlot: This is NOT the 'free for all' thread. Keep it clean. Thank you.
Trotz out in Nashville
p.s. Note to GHG & Merlot: This is NOT the 'free for all' thread. Keep it clean. Thank you.
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