odessasteps Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 38 minutes ago, Death From Above said: No Stamkos doesn't make Red Wings/Lighting the most compelling thing I've ever heard of. Stevie Y Derby also, Phil/WSH in r1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 I think we could save time here at Barclays by just announcing the players from both teams who are NOT scratched. Anyhow, LET'S GO BUFF-A-LO!!! Close this season on a high note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Columbus storms back from down three nuttin' to tie it up in one period. Against Chicago. FUCK YEAH, STRONG BJ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Jesus the injuries mounting in Tampa. Detroit are more than live in that series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 The sad final numbers, point differential last season to now: Oilers +8 Leafs +1 Senators -14 Flames -20 Jets -21 Canucks -27 Canadiens -28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Sabres were a +27 and we are right on the border so does that sort of count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 I'd much rather be Buffalo than Columbus right now because at least Buffalo has a sense of what they want to be. Columbus have lost their direction, again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilwaldo Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 It will be interesting to watch Buffalo trade for a goaltender this offseason. 4 or 5 guys will be available due to the expansion draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumbojustice Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Calgary is in the same boat. Goaltending is by far their biggest need moving forward – I think it's likely they would have made the playoffs had they received even just average goaltending instead of league-worst. And there's no way Mr. Worst-Save-Percentage-In-A-Decade (Hiller) is coming back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Did somebody say average goaltending?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilwaldo Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 3 teams that will be looking to deal come this offseason are Detroit (Howard), Pittsburgh (MAF), and Tampa Bay (Bishop). There are a few others but these three will be the top names. In each case there is a highly regarded and much cheaper alternative on the roster. The question will be 'Do you deal at the draft and get cap space or risk losing them in an expansion draft where you will have to expose 25% of the previous years salary?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 ALSO PAVELEC! PLEASE SOMEONE TAKE PAVELEC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Spoiler alert: Blues will win the first game against the Blackhawks, some Blues fans will get optimistic, and the Hawks will end up winning in six. If the Blues win this series I won't know how to respond to any degree. Probably with me being even more pessimistic about the next series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Flyers announced Ed Snider died, age 83. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumbojustice Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 10 hours ago, evilwaldo said: 3 teams that will be looking to deal come this offseason are Detroit (Howard), Pittsburgh (MAF), and Tampa Bay (Bishop). There are a few others but these three will be the top names. In each case there is a highly regarded and much cheaper alternative on the roster. The question will be 'Do you deal at the draft and get cap space or risk losing them in an expansion draft where you will have to expose 25% of the previous years salary?' I'd be good with MAF or Bishop! I'd rather not gamble on Howard. Just no to Miller. I could probably live with Pavelec, actually, but that would be pretty far down the list of options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Oh, come on now! Pavelec is way worse than Miller. Plus, you get Ryan Miller's actress wife that nobody knows of but she's definitely easy on the eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie M. Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 I'm officially joining the Florida Panthers Playoff Bandwagon. Let's go LUUUUU! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 He's coming. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 1 hour ago, Oyaji said: Oh, come on now! Pavelec is way worse than Miller. Plus, you get Ryan Miller's actress wife that nobody knows of but she's definitely easy on the eyes. Counterpoint: Ryan Miller looks like a drifter killer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 11 hours ago, elizium said: ALSO PAVELEC! PLEASE SOMEONE TAKE PAVELEC I was super annoyed when I got their best goalie in fantasy for like three weeks then they sent him back to the minors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumbojustice Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 2 hours ago, Oyaji said: Oh, come on now! Pavelec is way worse than Miller. Plus, you get Ryan Miller's actress wife that nobody knows of but she's definitely easy on the eyes. After enduring abysmal goaltending all year, I'd actually really rather not see the Flames upgrade to merely mediocre goaltending in Pavelec or Miller and risk ruining another season. I'd only consider either as last-resort options to serve as a single season stop-gap, and only if they could be had for cheap. With an expansion draft looming, I'm pretty convinced that Treliving will be able to pull off something much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilwaldo Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 The expansion draft will make this the most interesting offseason in recent memory. If the 25% level comes into play you will see teams carefully managing their cap space to minimize who gets exposed. If NTC's cannot be exposed teams with a bunch of NTC's will find themselves hamstrung in terms of who to expose. Teams will have an idea who they will expose by the time the rules are finalized which will affect free agent signings. Then you get into the fun of teams offering up picks and players to have the expansion team (s) not draft a certain player and other teams offering up players and picks if an expansion team drafts a player and then flips him to the third party. The former is how Nashville obtained Kimmo Timonen. The Kings sent Kimmo Timonen and a player to Nashville so that they would not draft Galley. A few years later Nashville traded Kimmo imonen to the Flyers. For the latter, the Rangers offered an expansion team a package in return for drafting TIm Kerr from the Flyers and flipping him to the Rangers. The most interesting franchise may be Detroit in terms of how Datsyuk's contract is treated with respect to the salary cap for the expansion draft and next year's salary cap purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacelle Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 See I think a healthy Price is better than Miller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 So are like 25 other goalies, but he's better than Pavelec and his sub .910 SV%! So, how sure are we that Las Vegas is actually getting a team? Who the fuck has an odd numbered league? Any updates on the Canes to Kaybeck since Karmanos "promised" the team wouldn't be moving to Canada? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 I love that there's also this totally weird rumor still floating around about the Raiders moving to Las Vegas, as if they'd suddenly go from nothing but minor league baseball to that. Rumors are great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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