PerreaultForever

Don't the Jets have a bunch of injuries?

Well Rutherford's been around a long time and has a lot of connections and relationships so the owner probably said make a list of potential candidates and he just starting writing down names. I mean you can get half that list or more just from putting down assistant GMs .

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/new-canucks-president-jim-rutherford-list-40-gm-candidates/

Well that's what you need, a braintrust of differing views so that they look at all sides properly. It's too much for one guy. Rutherford has said he has a list of 40 GM candidates to consider. JBot likely just one of those.

I don't disagree with you entirely, but I think it's easier to add toughness and it's important to have it as part of the culture so that the young players coming in feel both protected, and also learn to play tougher themselves. When a talented guy knows someone on that roster has his back he's more inclined to get into the thick of it or drive the net, he becomes more fearless and thus better. I don't mind Cozens having a fight, but I'd rather he didn't have to because someone e4lse has his back, and by extension other teams take less liberties. We're not good enough yet, not enough of a threat, for other teams to play us tough, but if we get more talented with these kids next year they are going to get banged around and roughed up as intimidation might not be 70s hockey, or even 90s hockey, but it still exists and teams will use it if they see a weakness, and some of those kids might get intimidated or hurt. Toughness is easier to find, so why haven't we put that on the roster first, instead of some of the useless jags we've added?

A lot of the younger posters here don't believe in this, but I'm with you. Ideally I'd like some Pecas or Mays, talent with toughness, but even some scrappy Briere types as a start, or just some toughness to protect the so called talent we have coming. It's been a really really long time since this team wasn't among the softest in the league, and right now I'd guess we are just about #1 on the softness spectrum. Maybe Vancouver. Toronto and Edmonton are still soft overall, but they have a few guys on each roster that make them tougher than us. The stench of Lucic on Miller has never left this team.

I did answer it. "I would think Botterill felt trapped and feared he'd lose his job if Skinner walked. Irregardless, he was the GM at the time, so it's on him." So yes, if Terry was willing to pay, JBot was willing to sign.

About as much as hockey fans will care about the Uyghurs during the games if the players play?

Easy to mock, but if they keep Rutherford on as a sort of uber boss "senior advisor" type roll where he can stop JBot from doing dumb things while also using his league wide connections it could work.

Oh come on, why you got to be negative on a Buffalo legend? Rules were enforced differently back then. In those days that was not late at all. Hence, the announcers didn't comment on it. I had a Caps feed for the game tonight and they were laughing to each other about the Sabres low hit total from the Rangers game. So make of that what you will.

You need to go get your vaccine booster shot 🙂

Oh no, nothing to be sorry about, just saying that wasn't the Caps at their best.

It's too soon to proclaim that. Goalies take time to get everything together. I'm just afraid we will break another top prospect by rushing him. We have a habit of doing that.

because I'd prefer all the kids down there grow together and experience winning. Having him in Rochester helps them win too. So he gets a taste here which is fine, but then can go back and work on things that may have come up, keep gaining confidence, and excel at that level so that he's truly ready next year and we don't do a Carter Hart on him. Winning NEXT year I am hoping will matter.

Mantha's out, Backstrom's out, Hathaway's out, Wilson's out. A few more I think. Injuries and covid. I mean come on, they had Irwin in the line up.

Ummm, well, I guess I watch different games. Now I was entertained with a close even game, but that was a very depleted Caps line up and we played about the same as a lot of other games this year where better (or less depleted) teams beat us. I really didn't see a whole lot of difference. The Cozens line, as is becoming the case every night, was once again our best line. Cozens is our best player right now bar none, and I think he's just going to keep getting better. The line works, but it could be even better if Murray would play a little less passive and more assertive. I'm hoping the coaches get him to eventually do that. UPL is showing the promise we hoped he would but I'd still prefer him in Rochester this year. This season is a wright off, let the kid develop. Send him back down as soon as we can. Signs of promise, usual issues, but again, this one was entertaining.

Cannot remember the last time we beat a physical team and Washington is definitely a physical team. I think Wilson's out so that's something at least.

League's just trying to help us get Wright. No problem. better we lose all the close ones at this point.

Was Adams the decisive factor in signing Hall? idk in either case how much Terry or Kim meddled in either, only they know. Skinner's agent played Botterill though and it appears that Botterill felt he had to sign him at any cost rather than risk the ire he'd receive for letting him walk (which would have occurred among fans in general without the hindsight). I would think Botterill felt trapped and feared he'd lose his job if Skinner walked. Irregardless, he was the GM at the time, so it's on him.

No, nothing stupid. On any normal team other guys would have pushed and shoved back a little and if it got a little rougher you'd get a guy off from each side and play the final minutes 5 on 4 instead of 6 on 5 with the goalie out. Nobody on this team even gave a damn. That's not what TEAMS do.

He did make that threat. Don't remember how it played out and too lazy to look it up. He has said though he would like to win a gold medal at the Olympics to go with his cup before his career is over, and he seems to be playing inspired this year so I assume it's to be ready for those Olympics.

No argument there, he definitely quit on the Sabres, but what I'm saying is on the Bruins, he hasn't "quit", he simply has flaws in his game and is a vastly overrated hockey player. He's simply NOT THAT GOOD.

I don't really want to defend Hall, but I've seen quite a few Bruins games and this is blatantly untrue (at least this season). The effort is there, and he back checks well, and he drives the net and plays that power forward game well, BUT, and it's a big one, he simply has no finish to that game at all. No idea why that is, but the Edmonton announcers were talking about that and he had problems similar to that in Edmonton too, so the Bruins made a mistake signing him and should have worked harder at replacing Krejci instead.

I guess you're right, it's a "folk" term, but I was sure I'd seen it used as more of a soft cuddly teddy bear type reference but no matter, just a bunch of big hairy gay men anyway.