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Forum: NHLJan. 6, 2022 at 8:01 p.m.
Thread: 2021-2022 NHL Discussion Thread #9 - Happy Holidays
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>AustonMatthews3443</b></div><div>Agreed, playing on such a terrible team can be draining though and can really effect individuals motivation, could be what's happening with Chychrun. Ghostibhere got a lot of hate, was healthy scratched, etc. for a couple years before coming to Arizona. With the yotes he was given a fresh start and is probabaly thankful that he's in a spot that he can turn his career around again and is relishing the oppurtunity. I know that's alot of "what if's" and theoretical stuff which has no proof but at the same time, they are likely in two different head spaces.</div></div>

That’s a good point - it’s still a huge risk to trade significant assets for Chychrun considering how bad his numbers have been this season , plus he’s injury prone. Being available is important. He’s being talked about like he’s some game changing cale makar type D, but he’s just a reliable top pair Two way D.
Forum: NHLDec. 29, 2021 at 2:48 p.m.
Thread: 2021-22 WJC Thread
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>A_Habs_fan</b></div><div>Yep, as i said a couple times already, this is on the IIHF</div></div>

Agreed, Omicron is 70x more transmissible than Delta, which in turn was 2x as transmissible as the original strain of COVID. Do the math, that means Omicron is 140X (!!!) more transmissible than the original COVID. Even though the vast majority of people who get it are fine (I.E. are either asymptomatic or have a mild cold), IIHF still should've known that the chances of the players getting it (and thus having to shut down the WJC) drastically increased without having any precautions in place (I.E. staying in public hotels, having fans in the building, no bubbles). Take a look at what's going on around the league right now-more than 200 players have gotten COVID in the last 2 weeks alone. Did they honestly think nobody was going to get it at the World Juniors if they didn't have some kind of safety net?
Forum: NHLDec. 28, 2021 at 10:07 p.m.
Thread: 2021-22 WJC Thread
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>AustonMatthews3443</b></div><div>There were several better choices imo. I watched Desnoyers when he was with the Moncton Wildcats and then when I went off to school in Halifax he got traded there so I've watched him in person upwards of 30 times and while he's a good Q player he's just not a WJC player. They already have their identity/checking line in Neighbors-Greig-Sourdif, Desnoyers is a good role player but he just doesn't have the high end skill required to make team Canada imo.

While I will say on paper Lappierre not making it is a shock, I have a buddy who plays on the Titan and said he hasn't really been that great since he returned to the Q. I also have a buddy who refs in the Q and he tells me Lappiere is a pr*ck and walks around the rink in all his caps gear and doesn't really seem to care all that much. How much truth these statements hold, I'm not sure but that could be a reason he got cut. I would've taken Roy, Dean, Evangelista, etc. over Desnoyers though.</div></div>

I also have a buddy who plays for the Titan, or well is drafted by them (was called up a couple of weeks ago from the Moncton Flyers).

Also I know this might sound a little bit bias, but Wyatt Johnston would’ve also been a very good pick, he seemed to fit in well in the NHL during the preseason.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 19, 2021 at 10:36 p.m.
Thread: This league is a joke
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JaredOfLondon</b></div><div>im not saying spezza didnt do anything wrong, but theres a big gap between seeing the guy who took out your rookie team mate with a dirty knee a little too hard and deliberatly targetting the head with a knee. Spezza 100% was not trying to knee Pionk in the head, and that's very obvious. The entire point is that painting one in the darkest light possible and then claiming innocence on the other is hilarious</div></div>

If you honestly think Spezza wasn't trying to knee Pionk in the head I don't know what to say to you. He was looking at Pionk from a mile away. It's about as obvoius an example of intent to injure as they come.

By the way, Spezza's one of my favourite players, and I appreciate he had the guts to stand up to Pionk to protect Sandin, but it absolutely was intentional, and he deserved to be suspended for 4 games.