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Markstrom since he was rumoured to be going to NJ near TDL:
1-7-0 record
3.55 GAA
.870 SV%
(zero games with a SV% above .900)
-1.82 GSAA
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8 hours ago, rocketdoctor said:
4.25 points in the lead with 2 days left.
But unfortunately the Oilers have 2 games left and that is probably bad news for me and grerat news for Redfire!!
That Dylan Cousins drop with one game left on his schedule (schmuck went and got 43 points the night I dropped him) could really hurt me.
However it ends, it has been a lot of fun for my first hockey draft.
The converted touchdown win by EDM didn't help you.
Not much you can do to widen the gap when that team plays.
Great season for you, almost wire-to-wire.
And the other contender drains a 30 footer while you double bogie on the 17th hole.
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6 hours ago, conundrumed said:
Fitting for an extremely up-and-down year. Just exhausted Lyon for the dying weeks due to Husso being gone. Going 1-9 after the ASB killed them, coming off a 5 gm heater that had them right there with TBay. Walman being IR struck a blow on the D pairings that really showed. Ghostisbehere-Petry. lol in sadness.
Biggest bright spot: Raymond by far. They were saying he came to camp having added about 20lbs! of muscle. Did it ever show. I've always said any prospect can have an enormous off-season and improve by leaps and bounds. He proved it.
Up in the air with Kane and Perron. Didn't love that 2nd line with Compher. Ghostisbehere proved to other teams he's worth a decent contract.
Chiarot played well in the back half, but need to shed him and Holl, who barely played. Yzerman backed himself into buyouts. Same with Ladd. They're just not needed for next season.
8yrs without playoffs - Larkin's entire career.
I'd be shocked if they haven't inquired about Markstrom, because their G position is Lyon-Husso. Reimer did well for being a rebound machine. He fought, but he's a 2b on a good day.
They really need a workhorse goalie. They've managed to wear out Husso and Lyon in consecutive years.
Even just short term would at least buy time. Gru is the first guy to say that he feels bad for way over-playing his starters, that should really be 1B goalies.
So many moving parts. Seider and Raymond are getting PAID. Seider is the epitome of @jjgallow's D-ranking flaws.
Yzerman will have a busy summer. This time NOT shopping the UFA market hard. DeBrincat, Kane and Petry literally fell in his lap. Compher was a good add, Holl was a disaster to offset that.
Onwards and upwards!
Oh yeah...this is what a full rebuild looks like. The difference being Holland left a world of bad contracts behind. We're still paying Abdelkader. For 2 more years even.
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When the Wings hired Yzerman as GM, Holland would not just be his asst GM but also asst to POHO. He wasn't being demoted.
It took about 2 days for Holland to take another job. It makes me feel like he'd have taken any job, anywhere, because he was about to be heavily audited.
About 1-2 weeks later, Y held a press conference asking for patience, saying, "this is going to take a long time".
We'll see how he leaves Edmonton and if he had success. I'd be very wary if I were an Oilers fan, because he left Detroit with a disaster, imo.
Some will say, "but he was taking orders from ownership". I say that if you're just going to be toothless to ownership, why not move on? It's not like he couldn't have gotten a job.
I'm sure, "breach of trust" is in every contract, so it's not like he was enslaved by a contract. He just chose to spend horribly like a drunken sailor. Then he can blame ownership.
That's my take.
He saw the audit coming and couldn't leave fast enough.
A Markstrom/Husso tandem would do well, assuming DET wants him and he would go.
I wouldn't suggest what a return would look like, since you know the team better.
It would do both teams well if it was reasonable.
Two exciting games to finish the season. Nice.
Flyers gambled on a regulation win by pulling the goalie in a tie game.
With over 3 minutes remaining.
Well, because an OT win would not do it, though the timing of the EN was a little odd.
Philly was outshooting them 2-1 in the third.
But that sealed DET's fate too.
An OT loss for WAS would have pushed DET in WC2.
Tough break.
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I watched the game, but not 100% focused on it. It was okay. I didn't think Markstrom was near as good as Demko.
Can't really say it was all on him, since two or so goals were breakaway or 2 on 1 tap ins.
Regardless, the shots he let in from pure shots were all the same, above the pads/blocker/glove.
Too many of those this year.
Demko stopped all but one of 40 shots.
The goal was 100% screened.
We got some good chances and I think I counted two posts hit.
But, any decent chance was stopped or deflected by their goalie.
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2 hours ago, The_People1 said:
That 4-point game sealed our fate for the draft. If only Conroy didn't trade for Kuzmenko we would be drafting Dickinson at 5. Instead, it's Tij at 9/10.
Well we rarely surprised any team after TDL. We beat teams that played like crap. We never should have been battling back against Zona and ANA, but they got hot early and could have won. I thiknk we lead the NHL in 3r period comebacks, so it had to be a low scoring game for us to lose. I don't even know what that game was against Zona.
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54 minutes ago, sak22 said:
Yeah and he took a cap dump and possibly turned him into a tradeable asset. People make it seem like there is destined to be a significant drop off from one to another and it seems no matter where the Flames are that is one above the cutoff. People feared picking 16th and 15 was the last good player, then it looked like 12 and it was 11, then it was 8 and 7 was it. I think its crazy to suggest one player has shifted the team from drafting 5 vs. 10, pretty unrealistic to think the team was going to lose out.
At the deadline the Flames were 13 points up on Ottawa for 5th last and were tied with Washington, St. Louis, Seattle, and Minnesota, and ahead of New Jersey, Pittsburgh and Buffalo. In 18 games the Flames got 12 points, that's pretty bad a stretch that over 82 is in the running for worst in the league. And out of those teams St. Louis 11-5-3, Washington 10-8-2, Seattle 5-10-2, Minnesota 9-6-2, NJ 7-11-1, Pittsburgh 10-6-4, and Buffalo 10-7-2. Meanwhile teams that were down at the deadline Montreal 9 pts, Arizona 10 pts, and Ottawa 13 pts. Montreal got to within 4 at the moment and only went 6-7-5, Arizona went 9-8 and only Ottawa went with an impressive 11-9 which is still not that great of a stretch. And don't forget while Kuzmenko has put up points lately he still had 2 2 goal games against St. Louis and Anaheim that were losses, a 2 point game against Edmonton that was a loss. But sure lets blame that hat trick against Anaheim where the Ducks were absolutely brutal through 2. We can't blame Connor Ingram for gifting Kadri the tying goal on Sunday, we must blame Kadri for putting the puck on net.
Tres funny.
I am amazed that we managed to lose as many as we did. Had we traded Markstrom, we might have been closer to 16th overall. The team on a whole gave up after TDL. Markstrom checked out a bit. The F didn't want to block shot for the most part. They got called out and they also rallied in front of Wolf to help him get a victory.
I'm one of the few thinking we need to keep Kuzmenko. He's basically a rookie in the NHL. His skill level is off the chart. He doesn't do everything well, but sometimes you have to pick and choose your team. Not everyone has to be a two way player. Chip in, but don't ruin the player.
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11 hours ago, Otown72 said:
I believe NJ wins the tiebreaker.
Cgy needs to lose tomorrow. 🙏 😄
At best we can only win one, but that makes Seattle needing to win out.
They got Mercer because they were just a little worse than us.
Time for us to pick up the better player in this draft.
If NJ ended up 8th last, they would win the otto.
If it's us, nobody behind us wins, nor do we.
Crazy to think that we started the game against ARI where they would have tied us and only needed a single point to pass us. But we won, so they remain where they are.
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14 hours ago, LouCifer said:
I’m in favor of the Kadri trade rumor. Yes, I like what he’s doing this season, but, if we could get a top 10 pick in return? Think about the regret we’d have only a few years into the future if we turned that trade down. You want veteran leadership? Lots of that around in UFA that doesn’t cost $7M until 2030. Kadri will be 39 at the end of his contract. I make that trade yesterday.
Haven’t we shipped out enough D? Anderson?!? Really?!?? Razzle Dazzle should be here to stay gents.
Mange has lost his mojo. I’m in favour of trading him.Kadri has a full NTC for the next two years, then the M-NTC (13 team). He may decide his future is on a contender or even near-contender. But that doesn't bring you a top 10 pick. The best you could get would be a Necas type, where a team wants a vet and is willing to give up a guy trending up but is a certain style. I mention CAR because Staal is nearing the end and they need that battle level.
I don't think it's the vet cup leadership that makes Kadri valuable to you, it's how he plays the game. We lost that style with Tkachuk leaving. He's showing the young guys how it's done. Go to the net. Ask Zary. Kuzmenko is scoring at a 35 goal pace by being there. Trade him or don't trade him, but a late 1st (at best) isn't going to work.
Mange's game is horrible. He's turned into bad Huberdeau that cuts back every zone entry. Trade him for a C that is just complementary. We have too many guys that can ride shotgun with Coleman and Backlund.
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19 hours ago, robrob74 said:
So in reality, should we be questioning the equipment and not the goaltending? Has goaltending in the nhl gone downhill because of the rule changes in equipment, or have they already started to prior to.
There was a time almost no one was scoring goals, exaggeration, but I think what I am trying to say is, the fact there are only a small handful of goalies in higher status towards elite, has the rule changes exposed the goalies that would otherwise have advantage due to large goalie equipment?
in turn, numbers might have favoured goalies in the past and in reality maybe they were only as good as average goalies today? I wouldn't know which ones would fall in the category...
imagine, in the 80's there were Allen Besters, or Darren Pangs?
i guess what I'm saying is, maybe average goaltending was always a thing that could win chips? Elite does help a lot. Although, even Roy had horrible years in Montreal and could have looked average when he let in like 9 goals? Not that they were his fault... but just saying on bad teams even good goalies don't have good numbers...
The things that jump off the page for me is around changes to the game.
The NHL said that it wanted to increase scoring way back when. Scoring was down in their minds and it made the game "boring" for the new fans. Hard to sell a 0-0 regulation result as exciting. OT helped a bit, but that has morphed into a possession snooze fest at times.
Make the pads smaller. Okay maybe that made it harder for poor goalies to make saves. Increase the number of shots by cracking down on certain infractions. More PP = more penalties. Instructing the refs to call more penalties. I can remember watching playoffs where you could attempt murder on the ice and the refs overlooked it. Now they call so many bad penalties that scoring can't help but increase. One thing they don't call as much is running the goalies in the process of scoring. At most the goal is turned back and some refs will waive it off. At worst it's a PP for getting the challenge wrong and the goal counts.
Wolf looks small in nets because he is small in stature. He needs to beef up. The height is one thing, but almost every goalie plays low. No Ken Dryden's these days. Wolf plays angles and at times is too fluid and loses the net, but his reflexes will win him games.
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7 hours ago, The_People1 said:
Wish ARZ, OTT, and MTL still had 5-games to go. But we running out of runway to rise in draft order. We still have 2 easy wins coming against SJS and ANA.
I'm glad you are confident. Our 2 game B2B have been tough outs.
SJS will likely have zero reason to need to lose in game 82, so they will pay us back for the last loss.
ARI is 50/50, and this will be after the Oilers overlook them, like they tend to do.
OTT plays MTL, so best situtation is OTT wins in OT.
Anyway, it only really matters to dropping to 7-5th.
Not really huge lotto differences there.
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7 hours ago, The_People1 said:
The new Michael Stone
I was comparing him to Ras, who will pass up any chance to shoot; it's frustrating to watch. It's like he is afraid to break his stick after watching Gio do it for years. Other than the gaff where he tried to hike the puck, I think he is going to be very good. He's still a bit raw but you can see what our scouts saw in him.
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22 minutes ago, rickross said:
Miromanov gonna win the Norris next year 😝
I would like to see Wolf win the Calder, but that's asking a lot.
Mostly because he has to battle top scorers to win it.
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It's pointless to pull the goalie early for this team. We don't have possession nailed down, so one bad pass and we are done.
We were pressing with 5v5, and could have drawn a PP.
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Miromanov not afraid to shoot.
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One assist in the last 10 games.
11 games ago he scored 2.
Against MTL, so that should tell you something.
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2 minutes ago, medatswhoP said:
Just wondering , when was the last time Backlund scored?
This century. Against a pinball wizard.
Deaf dumb and blind boy that sure plays a mean pin ball.
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Reffing has been really bad that I saw so far.
Missed calls.
Etc.
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A PP goal after a weird closing your hand on the puck - hup hup hup.
We passed around too much on our PP.
Coronato really looks like a NHL player, just need a C that finishes.
So much for the close game.
High shoulder. Glove side.
Tradesies times for Marky.
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Kings need this to clinch.
We don't need it at all.
What could go wrong? \_(^^)_/
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Thrown together for you posting pleasure.
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3 hours ago, Sarasti said:
They are almost certainly going to have to deal Whitecloud this offseason.
Add to that Pietro is 34.
I could very easily see Vegas being a non-playoff team in 2026.
I am hoping for that as well.
Marshmallow is needing more money, but they cast away players like candy wrappers.
Don't see how they move ahead without him.
With the Lehner deal, they will get relief.
But Mantha was just traded for and is scoring pretty well.
Stephenson will need a new deal.
For the money Pietrangelo is the worst cost per point.
Easy trade to a good team with cash.
Vegas always looks dead and somehow makes it work.
For years we look good and ended up DOA.
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OOT scoreboard played for us a bit.
Ottawa won in SO
NJ won in regulation.
BUFF won in regulation
Flyers win in regulation.
MTL loses in OT (booo), but NYI wins.
East is so tight with 5 teams still in play.
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1 hour ago, sak22 said:
Yes, with that pick being in the 3rd round this year they have 9 picks this year, next year at the moment they only have 6 with only 1 in each of the first 3 rounds, I'd rather push that in to the 2nd next year and have 8 then 7, Vegas is struggling to get in this year, where will they be next year?
Injury year it seems. When they don't have Stone they falter.
They were bad the year before the won the cup.
This year just a bit better than that.
Their GM won't stand for 2 poor years in a row.
A high second is better than a low 3rd, but not by all that much.
Just whether next years draft is deeper or not than this year.
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2 hours ago, sak22 said:
Morin also added to the Wranglers. Don't know if anyone makes it into the lineup, 4 head to head games with the Canucks to end the season, currently in the last playoff spot in the Pacific 5 out of 2nd. Hard to have the same excitement for this team as last years, having Wolf and Coronato for the playoffs should be a boost.
Overall a meh season for the Wranglers which considering the loss of Phllips, Zary, Pelletier, Poirier and Wolf for either all or large portions of the season a drop was expected. After a strong start Kerins has fallen off in 2024, while on the opposite after struggling for the 2023 portion of the season Stromgren has had a more productive 2nd half. But as far as playoff hockey in Calgary it is the only option so check them out if you can.
I guess the plus side is the Wrangler will have Wolf for the playoffs.
And Coronato I think.
I'm not sure that tilts the ice at all.
2024 NHL draft - A New Hope
in Flames Talk
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So, it's speculation given that several quote insiders quote were saying a 1st plus Holtz plus. And that Markstrom was asked if he would waive to go to NJ. That would have been pretty risky for NJ at the time, if it was true. Possibly too late to save the season. End up having given away a lotto pick. Yes, it may have been the 2025 pick. Or it could have been 2024. Will never know for sure.
LA could get in on any bidding war or be the only team interested in Marky. They are built to win now. It would have to be a 1st this year plus Kaliyev. If they want retention, then they need to add another pick. LA is built not to score, so the G is uber important to them. Marky/Rittich would not be a bad tandem, and Rittich may still be a cheap re-sign.