PerreaultForever

lol, I guess which way the wind blows does have pretty big impact. I think you Western New Yorkers are getting most of it from Quebec right now. Out here on the west coast we're getting some from Vancouver island I think as they have a big one going there. @bunomatic might be choking on it over in Nanaimo.

So why are there no wildfires in the U.S. ? Did you already cut down all your forests?

Philly is deconstructing, no question. Is there a Philly vet we'd want? I don't think so. Hart however, is a big upgrade and gives us stability while Levi develops. Give them Olafsson and their 2nd back, maybe throw in a late pick some year and get it done. (I do find it amusing though that so many people want to ditch UPL and/or Comrie and then they are worried about losing them if waived. Neither one matters.)

Well things change, people change. This team is a different team and his career is in a different place so you never know but as I said, I wouldn't. makes zero sense for the Flyers to have Peterson AND Hart though. Something will give at some point.

idk, I think with the Peterson addition Hart is in fact on the trade block and the Flyers might really want their 2nd back. Could we unload Olafsson with that 2nd and maybe get Hart? Solid move imo. Levi still the goalie of the future but he gets time to grow into the role and if Hart is actually good we end up with an even better new dilemma of too many good goalies competing for ice time. It makes sense all around.

Hart's better than you guys think. I saw a few Flyers games this year where he was the only thing keeping them in it, and also keep in mind Risto was part of the D in front of him. That alone drops any goalie's stats. Philly won't want UPL. They have Errson coming. maybe they want their 2nd back. plus? Could we possibly be looking at Peterson though? Philly retains salary maybe? I wouldn't, but if Adams just wants a new back up to Levi it's possible.

Cal Peterson to Philly??? So they plan to trade Hart? This makes no sense as is but there's all kinds of names being mentioned in this, even Johnny Hockey so who knows. (I'm sure Brawndo will have the final tweet for us soon)

That's exactly it right, learn to play team D and add that to the offense we already have developing. It does contrast to the Toronto problem for sure. All that money in 4 forwards. Ideally if our 'core" can be a 5 man unit and a goalie our odds of long term success will be better than theirs are or ever were. Right now the Leafs have Reilly locked up at a decent level but the big 4 use up around 40 million and Matthews wants even more. We on the other hand, even with Skinner's deal, are only using about 28 for our top 4 forwards. Samuelsson's locked up for a very reasonable mid defender level price and even with Dahlin at 10ish we have tons of money left for any of the young guys that earn it. We have room to spend a little. No need to stay a cap floor team this year.

Not trading away a first (unless it's a spectacular return) . I would look at trading a second + If no trades, I draft BPA BUT if 2 or 3 players are close in my ranking I'd probably go D and that should be an option in the 2nd round. Several possibles in our range. What do we have 8 picks I think? Ideally we end up with 3 forwards 4 D men and a goalie but if BPA doesn't allow that it is what it is and we look to free agency and trades for more D. I still think we should be talking to Boston about Gryzelyk.

Big moment for the franchise and their plan if this is true. His signing was the one thing that could have derailed everything in a year (if not done) so this solidifies the young core. Fill the holes and we are there.

Garbage in garbage out.

You don't have to read me but please refrain from insulting me. If the mods don't stop you I will begin insulting you back. Just shut it and ignore my posts if you don't like me.

We do generally play a 1-3-1 but as for D, I can see why you aren't sure, because neither are they. It's not consistent and it's full of holes. We are employing a swiss cheese philosophy. and it's more net side than front.

The use of the 10 minute misconduct all through this year's playoffs has been utter BS. Refs seem to have favoured Vegas overall in Vegas. We will see if that changes or not in Florida but the league may prefer a Vegas victory. Bob seems to have lost his mojo, Fitz was garbage. Montour getting worn out? Only good thing in this game was Eichel getting smacked. Legal hit imo.

Quinn, Krebs and Peterka should have had their roles cut back THIS season but that's history now. They've had their "development year". I believe you should go into every season as a blank slate and players earn their roles and ice time by their play, so if next season ANY of these players doesn't deliver the goods they get cut back. It's been a very long time since any coach here has had the real ability to limit or even sit out players that under perform as we've had thin rosters with a lack of talent on them. Hopefully we will have a deep team next year and the coach can sit ANYBODY.

They are, definitely. That's kind of my constant issue though. Too much one way for this team, too extreme. Teams need balanced rosters with veterans and young guys. This is why they sign Okposo I guess but it's not enough. We need to add some character veterans to play with and lead all these young guys. Their plan seems to be to wait until our young guys become veterans (or close to it) and they lead themselves. Eventually it might work, but it will still take several years this way. I thought we were ready to leap forward this year and now I think we are definitely there and due, but we need to add 3 or 4 pieces and not just wait for Kulich and Savoie etc. We need to win now and make these new kids fight for roster spots and press the vets. We are so close I can feel it, but it's time to make the moves.

Disco Dan doing a great job with the Firebirds. He's a good coach.

Eichel praised for his great defense. Will the nightmare never end............ https://www.nhl.com/news/jack-eichel-has-been-complete-package-for-vegas-golden-knights/c-344729990?tid=344544256 (in fairness, it's what Cassidy does. Hall got similar praise in Boston under Cassidy when he arrived)

Stats (not including this Vegas run cause that's the point) look relatively even. Comrie is worse for Buffalo than Winnipeg because our D isn't good yet. https://www.nhl.com/player/adin-hill-8478499 https://www.nhl.com/player/eric-comrie-8477480

Do you honestly think the league has an anti Buffalo bias? That's some massively over inflated sense of importance for the franchise. I personally don't think the league cares much about Buffalo one way or the other.

Defense CAN be taught, but it also HAS to be taught. Offense is their natural way of approaching the game. Being the star, making the big rushes and moves. They've been doing that for a dozen years already (give or take). Learning to do what HAS to be done rather than what you WANT to do is much harder if you don't start early. Girgs had to learn to play D when he found out he couldn't score those goals at that level. That's what role players do. I think Krebs is in the same boat.

No. First, the only thing I prefer is winning, and defense wins. Second, yes, you can use age as an excuse, but it doesn't change the fact that they could not handle defensive shut down hockey. Lastly, Sabres struggle against that as well. Is there a correlation? A pattern? Is it in the team philosophy? Well, where there's smoke there's fire. It's not that difficult to see what's coming. Seen it all before.

So you're not watching the playoffs then? You can't quote regular season stats as any sort of evidence for what's happening in the playoffs. They went over it on HNIC a couple times about how Maurice has had them switch styles and it only came together over the last 1/4 of the year. Vegas switched as well, but it took Cassidy longer.

Ya, he's playing pretty good for having such a chronic injury isn't he? Ah well, Tampa did it too. It's the NHL way until they change the rules. Gudas has the best playoff beard though, Eichel might have the worst. So there's that. 🙂

That's kind of my point though. What we are looking at here is how Hershey plays a dull defensive system that basically shut down all our shiny offensive prospects. This is the problem imo. We aren't taking our shiny offensive kids and instilling defense into them as a part of their development plan. We've stressed offense first on both teams and that's what they revert to as it's what they know and what they prefer. It's hardly surprising to me that you saw that regression, as it's their natural preferred style of play. I have always felt, and still feel, that we are doing it backwards. With our approach, if we are lucky and keep hitting on picks, we will become Toronto, but we won't win in the playoffs like Florida or Vegas. It will be a new frustration. Better than missing the playoffs, but still frustrating.