2015/2016 Official NHL thread

[smuler]

My bad

I thought Cam started the game

Best Regards

Smuler

 

[Doc Holliday]

My bad

I thought Cam started the game

No problem. He still let in 5 goals. What i don't get is why the Oilers didnt wait for him to prove himself as a starting goalie before giving him all that money & especially the lenght of the contract. He's signed until 2019.

 

[smuler]

No problem. He still let in 5 goals. What i don't get is why the Oilers didnt wait for him to prove himself as a starting goalie before giving him all that money & especially the lenght of the contract. He's signed until 2019.

Last season in New York, Talbot posted a 16-4-3 record during Lundqvist’s seven-week injury absence from Feb. 4 through March 26

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Smuler

 

[Doc Holliday]

Last season in New York, Talbot posted a 16-4-3 record during Lundqvist’s seven-week injury absence from Feb. 4 through March 26.

I know, but it's typical of a backup goalie taking over from the #1 goalie for an extended stretch. Just take the Hamburglar in Ottawa last year, or Jaroslav Halak a few years ago when he replaced Carey Price in Mtl. Or Jonathan Bernier, currently with the Leafs after serving as Jonathan Quick's backup in LA. Have a great stretch taking over for the starter, but then always fail to repeat previous successes.

 

[Doc Holliday]

 

[smuler]

Is this early April Fool's ??

Best Regards

Smuler

 

[smuler]

Marty Brodeur night in Newark tonight

He's the 4th Devil retired

3-Ken Daneyko
4- Scott Stevens
27- Scott Niedermeyer

Now 30- Marty

Why is Daneyko there ??

Best Regards

Smuler

Lou Lamoriello is here tonight good to see him

I heard Sean Avery tried to get in tonight :lol:

 

[lgna69xxx]

are you going Smuler?

 

[smuler]

are you going Smuler?

No, it just ended..and I'm a Ranger fan ( living in Devil land )

Congrats to Marty- the best goaltender of all time

Best Regards

Smuler

AND IN TRUE DEVIL FASHION, THERE WERE EMPTY SEATS

Devil fans- what a joke

 

[lgna69xxx]

Been reading a lot of different views on the trade today from both sides, Leafs and Sens fans and as expected most think it was a good trade for both, BUT many in the media think it was GENIUS of Lou Lam for what he did today, classic Lou Lam of old.

 

[lgna69xxx]

Sol Tee,

I watched the Oilers/Leafs game last night, first time i really watched McDavid in the pro's and he truly is going to be the best player in the game one day, and soon as long as he stays healthy. He makes everything look so easy. Great talent, glad he is out west and not on Buffalo.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Mike Yeo just fired by the Minnesota Wild

 

[Robert 21]

Mike Yeo just fired by the Minnesota Wild

YES.....wonder if this will be a trend....

Yeo fired as coach of Minnesota Wild:
Have lost eight straight, 13 of 14, in his fifth season

Mike Yeo has been fired as coach of the Minnesota Wild, he told the Star Tribune in a text message.

The Wild lost at home to the Boston Bruins 4-2 on Saturday; it was their eighth straight loss and 13th in 14 games. Minnesota is 23-22-10, sixth in the Central Division.

Yeo had been coach since 2011-12 and was 173-132-44. The Wild reached the Stanley Cup Playoffs the past three seasons and were eliminated in the Western Conference Second Round by the Chicago Blackhawks the past two seasons.

It was Yeo's first NHL job as coach, after he was an assistant with the Pittsburgh Penguins. He was the youngest coach in the League when he was hired in June 2011 to replace Todd Richards. He was the third coach in franchise history.

***DO YOUR JOB***

 

[Robert 21]

Julien earns 500th NHL win as Bruins beat Wild Minnesota loses for 13th time in past 14 games

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Boston Bruins coach Claude Julien has accomplished a lot during his 12-plus seasons as an NHL coach.

A Stanley Cup champion in 2011 and Jack Adams Award winner as coach of the year in 2009, Julien earned his 500th career NHL win when the Bruins defeated the Minnesota Wild, 4-2, at Xcel Energy Center on Saturday.

Julien has 381 victories since joining the Bruins prior to the 2007-08 season and has guided Boston to the postseason in seven of his eight seasons behind the bench. He won 72 games in three seasons as coach of the Montreal Canadiens (2002-06) and 47 more with the New Jersey Devils in 2006-07.

Julien, 55, tied Toe Blake for 22nd on the NHL all-time wins list.

"I've said it before, I guess it's just my personality; I want to reflect on those things when I'm done doing this game," Julien said. "You can look back and see what you've accomplished, that's probably a lot more fun than when you're in the middle of things. Now, I prefer focusing on what I need to do as opposed to what's happened."

***DO YOUR JOB***

 

[EagerBeaver]

Mike Yeo Fired!

Yeo fired after Wild lose to Bruins!

http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/14773486/minnesota-wild-fire-coach-mike-yeo

This goes to show once again how so called "votes of confidence" mean shit and are really designed to appease the media and get them off a team or a coach's back. Whenever you hear a "vote of confidence" from a sports GM, it means the coach's ass is in some deep shit.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Why is it that the coach is always fired before the GM? Any of you guys remember the last time a GM was fired before the coach? Is it always that the coach is not getting the most out of his players, or is it sometimes that the players that the GM gives to the coach either suck, or can't play in the coach's system?

It reminds me of the movie "Draft Day" with Kevin Costner as an NFL GM, and Denis Leary as the snotty, opinionated coach of the team- who is not afraid to tell Costner that he has Super Bowl rings and he knows which players are needed to be picked in the draft in order get the job done. I think the movie portrays a dynamic of the coach-GM relationship that is real in many cases.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Why is it that the coach is always fired before the GM? Any of you guys remember the last time a GM was fired before the coach? Is it always that the coach is not getting the most out of his players, or is it sometimes that the players that the GM gives to the coach either suck, or can't play in the coach's system?

Last year, the Boston Bruins fired GM Peter Chiarelli. Coach Claude Julien is still Boston's coach.

It doesn't happen very often, but it has happened. The main reason is that the GM usually hires the coach. So by firing the GM, usually the coach will also be fired at the same time or soon after.

Twenty years ago, Montreal Canadiens President Ronald Corey fired GM Serge Savard and coach Jacques Demers four games into the season. He replaced them with Rejean Houle and Mario Tremblay. Tremblay was sacked two years later, while Houle lasted until 2000. Houle was replaced by Andre Savard, who then sacked coach Alain Vigneault and replaced him with Michel Therrien.

In 1983, the habs sacked GM Irving Grundman and replaced him with Serge Savard. Savard only replaced coach Bob Berry the following year when he replaced him with Jacques Lemaire.

A more recent example would be current Panthers GM Dale Tallon. He built the Chicago Blackhawks into a Stanley Cup contender and was later demoted from the GM position. Coach Joel Quenneville kept his job. Tallon eventually left the organization and became Florida Panthers GM.

In 2014, the Pittsburgh Penguins fired GM Ray Shero. They eventually replaced him with Jim Rutherford. Coach Dan Bylsma kept his job after Shero was fired, but was later fired soon after Jim Rutherford became the team's GM.

 

[november]

I am surprised how well the Red Wings are playing without Babcock. Am I the only one? I even think they might be better . What do you guys think?

 

[Robert 21]

Lightning announce they will not trade Steven Stamkos this season

The future of Tampa Bay Lightning forward Steven Stamkos has been a hot topic in the NHL this season as the two sides remain unable to work out a new contract extension.

If the team is unable to sign him to a new deal, he will become an unrestricted free agent after the season and probably be one of the top players to ever hit the open market when you combine his age, skill, and level of production. As the two sides seem to remain far apart on a new deal, there seemed to be an extremely slim chance that the Lightning could try to make sure they get something for him and trade him before the Feb. 29 deadline instead of running the risk of losing him for nothing.

On Monday, general manager Steve Yzerman did his part to squash that possibility.

"As February 29th approaches, I am stating today that Steven Stamkos will not be traded before the NHL's trade deadline," Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman said in a statement released by the team.

"I have said repeatedly that it is our hope to reach an agreement with Steven on a new contract at some point, and with 27 games remaining in the season, our entire organization, Steven included, wants to focus on making the playoffs. I will keep the negotiating process strictly between the involved parties and have no further comment on the state of those negotiations."

This is a tough spot for the Lightning.

On one hand, the risk of losing a player like Stamkos for nothing other than salary cap space would be a tremendous loss to the organization. Players like Stamkos don't come along very often, and they are nearly impossible to replace if they happen to get away. And even though the team would pick up some additional cap space, there isn't another player on the open market (or realistically available in a potential trade) that compares to Stamkos.

But the Lightning also have a legitimate shot to win a Stanley Cup this season, and that probably won't happen without a player like Stamkos in their lineup.

Now that they are finally starting to get healthy the Lightning are looking like the team that reached the Stanley Cup Final a year ago. As of Monday, they have won 11 of their past 15 games and are in the last Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference, just one point ahead of the Pittsburgh Penguins. They are also only two points out of second place in the Atlantic Division. The Eastern Conference at this point is still wide open and other than the Washington Capitals nobody else has been able to really separate themselves from the pack. This is a Lightning team that can still win right now, and it is going to need to Stamkos over the next 27 regular season games and playoffs if it is going to do it.

The risk of losing him for nothing is a big one, but it's one the Lightning probably have to take if they want to win a Stanley Cup. The window will probably never be more wide open.

***DO YOUR JOB***

 

[Doc Holliday]

I am surprised how well the Red Wings are playing without Babcock. Am I the only one? I even think they might be better . What do you guys think?

The Red Wings have a solid team. And for once, both Datsyuk and Zetterberg are healthy. But the real key to their success has been the great goaltending of Petr Mrazek. I consider him to be among the league's top goaltenders.