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Forum: NHLNov. 2, 2021 at 3:55 p.m.
Thread: 2021/22 NHL Season Discussion thread #3
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bowness on Gurianov (cont.): “You have to play as a five-man unit. When one guy is off, he’s hurting the other four. Denis needs to give us more in 5 on 5 play, with and without the puck.”</p>— Matthew DeFranks (<a href="/users/MDeFranks" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@MDeFranks</a>) <a href="https://twitter.com/MDeFranks/status/1455585251850428417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">November 2, 2021</a></blockquote>



How does he still have a job? The homeless guy I saw at the gas station the other month would probably do a better job.

And why’re you going after Gurianov when Lake Lomeau has been playing worse than the 60 year old grandpa’s that I played with in beer league the other day.
Forum: NHLOct. 30, 2021 at 1:37 p.m.
Thread: 2021/22 NHL Season Discussion thread #3
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>yikes</b></div><div>I think the point is:

<strong>Kuch 9.5 = worth about 10-11m = arguably the best winger in the game</strong> VS Matthews 11 = worth it = franchise player, top player
<strong>Point 9.5 = fair value = an elite performer and solid playoffs</strong> VS Marner 11 = meh/ bad = elite player
<strong>Hedman 7 = steal = best D </strong>VS Rielly 7.5 = great contract = great player
<strong>Vasi 9.5 = solid value = best G</strong> VS Nylander 6.9 = amazing value = amazing player
<strong>Stammer 8.5 = meh = great player VS Tavares 11 = meh/ bad = great player</strong>

With the only player on Tampa needing a new contract is Stammer. Everyone else is locked up long term.

You've got Kucherov's historic playoff record so he gets the edge. Simple. Matthews hasn't done anything near what Kucherov has done. Matthews regulars seasons literally don't matter (and Kuchs regular seasons have been better than elite as well). Vasi and Hedman build you an elite backend and blow Nylander and Rielly out of the water. Marner VS Point is close but again; Point gets the edge due to playoff performance. Kuch Point are close to Matthews Marner but Kuch and Point are millions cheaper and have carried their team in the playoffs.

And so the Leafs dynamic stars cost more and are "worse" objectively. Subjectively its quite close. But when you're looking at the facts; Kucherov has put up numbers no one has in decades, Point was close to a conn smythe, Vasi is the worlds best goalie plain and simple, and Hedman is close enough to Rielly's OFD value but he's way way way way way better overall to make it not even and argument. Nylander just draws the short straw to matchup with Vasi but Nylander is very talented. I mention Stammer and Tavares last and honestly it may be equal; but one guys doing to the HOF and the other isnt.</div></div>

I think this is a pretty good way of putting it.
Forum: NHLOct. 30, 2021 at 9:17 a.m.
Thread: 2021/22 NHL Season Discussion thread #3
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>aadoyle</b></div><div>Like what happened with Washington a breakout will come. People were saying the same thing about Ovie, Kuznetsov, and Backstrom.

If you want the whole thing https://imgur.com/a/mJbv0

Whats being seen now in Toronto was being seen by the Caps back in 2017-2018 and fans were starting to lose their patience heck this reporter went on a rant remind you of anything.

<img class="for_img" src="https://i.imgur.com/c5r9y8Q.jpeg" alt="c5r9y8Q.jpeg">

And at times during the run it looked scary as Columbus and Tampa looked on the verge of ruining the run but they rallied past it. Even in between those two you had one of the most dreaded matchups in the second round which might as well been a 1st round knock out for the caps. That matchup was with the Penguins who often had fun against them

Couldn't find the tweets about caps fans panicking about facing penguins for the millionth time in the second round as they were ready for a loss and lets be real if they lost that series major changes were coming.

Heck if we go to Tampa the rally for the 2 cups came after tying an NHL record then getting embarrassed by Columbus in round 1 (check urinating trees video = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz3lq6HUdGc and listen to what was said "they aint winning with this core" but they did it a year later and then again in less than a year.)</div></div> he made legacy of failure video of the caps then we won the cup. He is great at jinxing
Forum: NHLOct. 27, 2021 at 7:08 p.m.
Thread: 2021/22 NHL Season Discussion thread #3
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Bobcat205</b></div><div>I just came up with an idea.

I read this little story about how the former owners of the New York Islanders, Howard Milstein and Steven Gluckstern, cut the team’s payroll to something insanely low (can’t remember the actual number) to make a profit, which led them to trading away Zigmund Palffy and Trevor Linden, among others. What if you could use that as a punishment? For a team that does something <em>particularly</em> egregious (like what’s happening in Chicago right now) the league cuts their salary cap by a specific amount (let’s say 20 million dollars for the sake of an example). For every other team in the league this year, the cap is the normal $81.5M, but the punished team will have a cap of $61.5M.

How does it sound?</div></div>

I mean I thought of this same idea.. but I was thinking like 1mil (80.5). Lol thats just actually crippling a team of innocent people w/ 20mil.
Forum: NHLOct. 27, 2021 at 2:42 p.m.
Thread: 2021/22 NHL Season Discussion thread #2
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>A_Habs_fan</b></div><div>Except for a couple of different occasions, yes we have been pretty chill

Also <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">John Tavares helped unveil the new <a href="https://twitter.com/TeamCanada?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">@TeamCanada</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/lululemon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">@lululemon</a> athlete kits for the Beijing Olympics 🇨🇦More: <a href="https://t.co/J7vRbj5yev" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://t.co/J7vRbj5yev</a> <a href="https://t.co/FyHb9C9Ioe" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/FyHb9C9Ioe</a></p>— Hockey Night in Canada (@hockeynight) <a href="https://twitter.com/hockeynight/status/1453165595709612038?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">October 27, 2021</a></blockquote>

new team canada athlete kits</div></div>

To much red. Need some white in there for CANADA