Any NHL fans in here?

[Tokecraft]

Potential doesn't guarantee success.

You know there is an expansion draft, right? Each team will lose some players, and those guys will most likely be replaced by AHLers. I know my team has some scrubs I hope it loses to the expansion draft lol. I'd also like to see some of my team's AHL prospects make the jump to the NHL. I'm sure fans of every other team feel the same way, too. (Well, maybe not Blackhawks fans....)

 

[torontoke]

Potential doesn't guarantee success.

You know there is an expansion draft, right? Each team will lose some players, and those guys will most likely be replaced by AHLers. I know my team has some scrubs I hope it loses to the expansion draft lol. I'd also like to see some of my team's AHL prospects make the jump to the NHL. I'm sure fans of every other team feel the same way, too. (Well, maybe not Blackhawks fans....)

Thats exactly my point how does adding two teams made up of scrubs and lifetime ahl guys improve the game as a whole.
Gives them (nhl) a nice influx of start up money but once those twams start losing millions a yr like half the other teams the only time we will hear about them is when they are about to go bankrupt.

 

[rkymtnman]

i say fuck vegas. there will a buzz at beginning but soon after the crowd will show up for the first period and leave during 1st intermssion to go gamble, eat, strip club, etc. how many people show up for a noon Saturday game??

panthers and coyotes should be shut down and re-incorporated into the league. miami is a horrible sports town. even though they sniffed the playoffs, the attendance didn't go up. and coyotes ownership from what i read is horrible.

 

[Tokecraft]

Thats exactly my point how does adding two teams made up of scrubs and lifetime ahl guys improve the game as a whole.
Gives them (nhl) a nice influx of start up money but once those twams start losing millions a yr like half the other teams the only time we will hear about them is when they are about to go bankrupt.

I never said it was two teams "full of lifetime AHL scrubs." I'd rather see players like Kane and Crosby, and even McEichel if their potential holds up, pull off more superstar moves against a slightly weaker talent pool. Now, I don't agree with Vegas being a good place for a hockey team, but considering how balanced the NHL is right now I think expansion could be a good thing. I'm all for giving it a chance if it means more exciting plays.

 

[rkymtnman]

i gotta side with @torontoke on this one. how many teams have 3 solid lines? very few. more teams means now teams will be lucky to have 2 solid lines to put out there. i'd rather see 16 teams that had NHL caliber players at every position than what we have now.

 

[puck1969]

i gotta side with @torontoke on this one. how many teams have 3 solid lines? very few. more teams means now teams will be lucky to have 2 solid lines to put out there. i'd rather see 16 teams that had NHL caliber players at every position than what we have now.

And if they have 3 lines they don't have a true #1 top line. Fuckin big changes
for my Bruins. Even scuttlebutt that Chara for Ryan O'reilly could happen.
2.7 mill per year for Adam Mcquade? REALLY???????

 

[puck1969]

I never said it was two teams "full of lifetime AHL scrubs." I'd rather see players like Kane and Crosby, and even McEichel if their potential holds up, pull off more superstar moves against a slightly weaker talent pool. Now, I don't agree with Vegas being a good place for a hockey team, but considering how balanced the NHL is right now I think expansion could be a good thing. I'm all for giving it a chance if it means more exciting plays.

Unfortunately this would cause more teams to go defensive ala Minnesota. A few scorers
but their system is predicated on defense. I don't know about you but I can do without watching
20 Minnesota Wild teams.. No offense...

 

[rkymtnman]

hey puck, who the hell are the B's keeping? aren't most fans wanting to get rid of Chara too?

 

[puck1969]

hey puck, who the hell are the B's keeping? aren't most fans wanting to get rid of Chara too?

Fuck if I know! I guess we're going to be one of those AHL teams! If this is a rebuild
then Chara needs to go... They drafted a Czech D man but I don't think they're going
to pay Chara over 7 mil a year to "mentor" him. Also talk of the B's trying to get Seabrook
from Chicago. This stinks of the new GM having a gentleman's agreement with another
GM, Don Sweeney clears the cap space and the other GM turned his back on him. I'm
grasping at straws here but we went to the finals in '12-'13 for Christ sakes!!!

 

[Tokecraft]

Unfortunately this would cause more teams to go defensive ala Minnesota. A few scorers
but their system is predicated on defense. I don't know about you but I can do without watching
20 Minnesota Wild teams.. No offense...

No offense taken. Minnesota still had plenty of scoring to beat the run and gun Avs and the big, bad Blues. They just keep losing to a more offensively gifted team in Chicago.

I think most, if not all, teams have made defense priority number one. Looking at the two teams who have won the past four Cups, you need to be more than good on the back end. But you need some timely goal scoring, too.

 

[torontoke]

I agree.
Teams now are trying to win 1-0 and it makes for boring hockey.
I hope the days of big unskilled lugs is over and more and more speed and sick hands become the norm.
Id rather see a flashy deke make a d man look amatuer than a staged fight.
Imo the best fights are the unexpected real ones full of passion.

 

[strainbank]

i think we should ban football. it distracts adults away from more important shit like the tyranny in place. if youre providing for your family, are aware of the patriot act, ndaa, tpp and fema camps, and you still have time to watch football, then ok, but if football is your life then that's pretty damn sad. the romans figured out long to distract adults with sport. id rather watch gladiators than football.

 

[rkymtnman]

http://boston.suntimes.com/national-sports/7/72/1370434/mike-commodore-twitter-pierre-mcguire

 

[rkymtnman]

i think we should ban football. it distracts adults away from more important shit like the tyranny in place. if youre providing for your family, are aware of the patriot act, ndaa, tpp and fema camps, and you still have time to watch football, then ok, but if football is your life then that's pretty damn sad. the romans figured out long to distract adults with sport. id rather watch gladiators than football.

wrong thread dude. hockey is life and life is hockey.

 

[puck1969]

http://boston.suntimes.com/national-sports/7/72/1370434/mike-commodore-twitter-pierre-mcguire

WOW He's bad but man that's rough.

 

[puck1969]

I agree.
Teams now are trying to win 1-0 and it makes for boring hockey.
I hope the days of big unskilled lugs is over and more and more speed and sick hands become the norm.
Id rather see a flashy deke make a d man look amatuer than a staged fight.
Imo the best fights are the unexpected real ones full of passion.

Agreed on the fighting thing, I hope it doesn't go back to the early 90's
7-5 games though.

 

[torontoke]

Agreed on the fighting thing, I hope it doesn't go back to the early 90's
7-5 games though.

I think the goalies are too big and or talented for a return to 7-5 but 4-3 or 3-2 games would be nice.
I miss the league leader scorers having 100-120 points.

 

[puck1969]

I think the goalies are too big and or talented for a return to 7-5 but 4-3 or 3-2 games would be nice.
I miss the league leader scorers having 100-120 points.

4-3 or 3-2 is cool but I hated the Penguins games with Jagr. Francis Lemieux and Stevens (who is from
my hometown). They didn't care about defence because they knew they would outscore the other team.

 

[torontoke]

4-3 or 3-2 is cool but I hated the Penguins games with Jagr. Francis Lemieux and Stevens (who is from
my hometown). They didn't care about defence because they knew they would outscore the other team.

Id prefer those days to a guy winning the scoring title with 85 pts.
A happy medium would be best but something has to change.

 

[puck1969]

Id prefer those days to a guy winning the scoring title with 85 pts.
A happy medium would be best but something has to change.

Yes a happy medium would be good but truth telling I played defence and still do
in men's leagues... LOL