Sod16

Three points out of first place with four games at hand.  What happens to season ticket sales when they have a few losing seasons?  I don't get it.  When they lost the team in 1996, it was exchange rates; no fan support.  When they didn't have a team, they used to have mass bus trips to St. Paul, 420 miles away, to see NHL games.

JBrod did not get an assist, but his typical quick aggressive play resulted in the second goal last night.  How are these guys really going to be an upgrade on that?  Especially when you consider that you have to give value for them and take a cap hit that will limit the kind of RW that you can obtain.

Hope Bettman gets stuck on the Cross Island and misses the pre game ceremonies.

Really, just look at highlights from the 80s and, to some extent, the 90s, and there are tons of goals that would be deemed soft today.  Wayne, Mario and Brett would never have the stats they had back then today.  That makes Matthews season all the more amazing.  BTW, I'm done with the best American-born stats.  Back when there were few American players, it seemed relevant.  Not now.

Trivia: Lee Harvey Oswald.  (First Russian emigre to play for Dallas).

The glove is the weird thing.  Hank's was the weakest part of his game (along with puck handling), so when Igor came along, the strength of his glove really jumped out at you.  Now?  Not so much.

17 hours ago, Sharpshooter said:

Great ceremony tonight in Pittsburgh honoring Jaromir Jagr and retiring his number. He even went out and took warm-ups! He could probably be a top six player still on that roster.

When I think of Jagr, however, I think of what could have been.  (That is what could have been if he had gotten the haircut he's got now 30 years ago).

I just enjoyed taking a look at the real time melt down on the Goylundah's board at hockeysfuture.  If the FBI is monitoring it, Scott Mayfield is going to be eligible for Secret Service protection.

Hideous NYR 4th jersey is outsold by fishstick sweaters.

I don't have stats and like to like comparisons at the ready. I just have my eyes and my gut, and they tell me that Miller is pretty much what he's going to be.

Goalies are tempermental creatures.  There's a good chance that one does not excel when his surroundings change dramatically in the middle of the season.  

1 hour ago, Pete said:

The Rangers think they're closer than you think they are. 

They might not think that they are that close, but so long as they don't think that they are going to get closer, they will make a significant trade.

It's a joke that this league is in Columbus and not in Houston.

Could someone explain to me what, if anything, a non-GM team President does?

If JD is such a great hockey mind and administrator, why doesn't just become a GM somewhere?

Two years ago, how many GMs would have taken Noah Dobson over Miller?  Today?

Pitlick; Bonino; Wheeler; Quick.  One for four on thirty-something signings.

18 minutes ago, jsm7302 said:

I really want a second crack at that first round matchup!!

Could be very satisfiying, but also could result in a Lower Body Injury.

2 hours ago, Ozzy said:

 

ahhh, he's butt hurt!  (Lower body injury, I mean!) 

And with that, "Lower Body Injury" official becomes code on the board!  (For example: "this guy has suffered more Lower Body Injuries than any player since Dennis Potvin")

1 hour ago, Art20c said:

He cleared waivers

Stool at bar next to Bonino waiting for him.

15 hours ago, Pete said:

Getting Markstrom was not about this year. Everyone knows they're not making the playoffs. 

Hope you're right, but they are currently two points out, have the tie breaker, and 30 games to go.

I'd be very surprised if he didn't clear.

I've always liked this guy, and I've generally been critical of all of the players who have come and gone in our bottom six.  When you look at the names mentioned as possible deadline acquisitions to be the 3C, there is no assurance that any of them will represent an improvement over JBrod, especially when brand new on a team.  How much am I willing to part with in a trade for a guy who may not represent an improvement at all?  There is also the speed factor, a commodity we desperately need and which JBrod provides.

34 minutes ago, LindG1000 said:

I want them to have the modern day equivalent of Ken McAuley for all eternity.

I won't settle for less than Steve Buzinski

Looks like we have a third line, so get a RW for Zib.

9 hours ago, Albatrosss said:

There’s no code for trying to deliberately injure someone but there’s a code against a slapshot on the empty net? Seems out of whack to me 

Well stated.  How about drop your gloves if you are so offended?   

Doug and Max Bentley for trivia.