Broken Ankles

but not as good as "JoJo". JoJo is so fetch.

definitely old school as waxing today looks like this....... (empty spaces)

Awesome theory. If someone wants to pull Home/away for all games 2018/2019 you can see it, as Hockeyviz has each game with a better display (below). I pulled a random home game and Zemgus/Larsson/Pommers were shown as 4th line. Playing more against 1-9 than 10-12. And not quite low event, as they seemingly were outplayed until they faced the 4th line, where they appeared to dominate. Love to pull all the games but back to work.

I don't think the season averages suggest it was demonstrably false. I have provided a number of other examples besides that of Zemgus to illustrate what a First line (Skinner), Third line (Bozak) and Fourth line (Barbashev) forward look like. Compare and contrast as you will. To me this suggests exactly what Dudacek commented on, which is a higher than expected ice-time against 1&2 forwards, and #1 D man, due to the number of excessive Defensive zone starts. However, he had more ice-time than League average against 10-12 forwards and 5/6 Defense (aka 4th line players). Considering that the last third of the season or more he was playing primarily third line minutes (with Casey, Tage, KO, Wilson, et al playing 4th line) he should have had more ice-time against 4-9 Forwards, but did not. I'm sure that St. Louis overused ROR in their Defensive zone face-offs so a guy like Barbashev saw slightly less than the League average against 1-3 Forwards. Barbashev was almost exclusively a 4th line player (when looking at his teammates % of icetime). Gus on the other hand was more of a bottom six as far as his % icetime with teammates (exceeding League average with 7-12 forwards). A third line guy like Bozak (which again was what Gus played for part of the season) played almost all his time against 4-9. Below league average against 1-3, but also below against 10-12. I think there was certainly something to the line of Zemgus/Bergland/Larsson early in the season, but that play did not continue in 2019 nor during the losing streak. I don't think the comment about playing only 4th line players is accurate, nor is it completely false. The truth is somewhere between this. I think he was compensated fairly as a 9-11 Forward on an improving team. I also approve of the term.

Games played was 7 more for Casey. Average TOI was more for Vlad in his games played.

Jankowski is a 3rd line Center on a Pacific Division Champion caliber team. His advanced stats (5v5) are superior to Casey as are his PPG. He was developed properly and was a PPG player in the AHL. He has better size and strength than Casey. He also plays PK, which adds value. He is still an RFA next year (which was the original discussion point). You can call him a 3C but he is still relatively young and improving and has potential to be a 2C. Could Mittelstadt surpass him? Maybe. Remains to be seen. @TrueBlueGED Would you trade Mittelstadt straight up to Ottawa to take KO's contract?

Mark Jankowski on the RFA list looks interesting. Plays 3rd line Center in Calgary. Would be a 2C for the Sabres. If Calgary asks you to take on the James Neal contract as a starter and throw a few pieces back, what say you?

Two names look familiar.

He has 4 more years left on his contract. Let’s hope it’s better in 2022.

After the Mean Girls GIF you are still using this? You are committed to end aren’t you?

Not only do the aforementioned have NTC, so do Hedman and McDonagh. Assuming your not going to move on from little Nikita (only one without a NMC/NTC), they have roughly $55m tied up in 8 players who seemingly cannot be moved. Point is going to receive at least 8-9m with a 5 year, which would put them over the cap by $1m with only 9 forwards. Something has to give. I think Johnson is the best target as he could easily slot into our top line with Jack, and allow the Sam driving his own line, and command Less of a return than Gourde.

Just listened the Flames GM Brad Trevling on SiriusXM. He spoke about Calgarys cap crunch. They have three RFA including Tkachuk. With only $9m to spend he suggested they are looking for a trade. Is Sam Bennett worth a look? Can’t imagine it would cost that much. If they are seeking a max term deal with Tkachuck and sign the other two they would need to cut at least $4-6m. Any interest for a Colin Miller type deal?

Did they in terms of net gain? Olofsson and Pilut will be with the big club all year. And Nylander could be called up. Or traded. Maybe Tage has a presence to start the season.

Why would this be a factor in the negotiations? The signing bonus benefits the players in two ways. It's "buyout proof" as it must be paid in full regardless of the 2/3's rule on Buyouts, AND it's "lock-out proof". Almost all of the big contracts negotiated recently are structured with signing bonuses. If the stars of your league have no incentive to strike a deal, you lose leverage in negotiating the new CBA. The owners/GM's are screwing themselves by continuing to offer in these new contracts.

Go to Stat Trick and Look at the game splits for Pilut and Ristolainen. They made hay against the absolute worst teams in the NHL. NJD three times. One outlier with an incredible split against Washington (and oh by the way - we lost that game). Also a number of games where they played 1 or 2 shift together. Statistical anomaly is appropriate here.

JB is just waiting for the right time to trade Risto. Patience.

2C is a trade for Risto. A Wash or close to in Cap $. Ferland is $5M Vanek is $2M Connolly may get $3.5M Boyle's current contract is $2.75M - Maybe $5 for two years gets it done - $2.5M AAV That's $13M with cap space @ $19M. Still leaves space for a UFA D if you can move Scandella. My point is by adding talent in second line, and creating a new third line, and pushing KO, Casey and Sheary to 4th line minutes will improve bottom six. Sure we could roll out Larsson, Grigs and CJ Smith, but what's the point? I'd rather see a third line that can take all the Defensive zone face-offs, be hard on the puck, AND have the ability to score. If your 4th line is a combination of emerging talent coupled with aging talent, AND they are not requested to play difficult minutes, then they should find their way to positive metrics and a + goal diff.

better, but you are missing 3...unless your playing 9 Defense. if I may Jeff skinner - Jack Eichle - Brett Connolly Olofsson- TBD by trade - Sam Reinhart - Ferland - Boyle - Rodrigues  Conor Sheary - Casey Mittlestadt - Vanek Kyle Okposo

The bold is important. And TB certainly isn't a Presidents trophy team without Pointe, Cirelli and others. Evidence of the contrary is the Sabres who have not hit on anything outside round three in years. Fingers crossed for Olofsson. Your analysis of draft years only goes back to 2104. If you go back the 6 years prior you will see many more picks that contribute or were traded for players that did. It just takes time for these players to mature and carry a team. Especially a goalie. And Two of their 1st round picks were traded for contributors like JT Miller, Ryan McDonagh, and Bradon Coburn (2015). Cal Foote also looks like a good prospect. So if you remove the those two selections, and consider their picks are outside the top 20 since their ascension in 2014 to an elite level in the standings most years, not too bad. *Please note - the next statement is not intended to redirect this thread toward Ryan O'Reilly. Another factor is the GM needs to win more trades than he loses. Trading Cory Conacher for Ben Bishop is a win. And then turning that player 4 years later into Eric Cernak is yet another win. Draft, develop and win trades.

Fixed this for you. The sooner we realize the timeline of our true generational player the sooner we all can sleep at night.

One more year at $5.25M. Miller has 3 more years at $3.875. I agree on your comments regarding Toronto setting the price. I bet George had sticker shock when he was shopping. And to your point, now that the price has been sent, can it go lower? They went ahead and singed Karlsson, so they are a full $7.5M over the Cap. So they need to lose both Miller and this $5.25M to get below and sign their RFA goalie (maybe $800k). Would you do that deal (Miller + 1st) to take on the Clarkson contract? Or would you rather spend it on UFA's.

probably not. Not b/c he wouldn't fill a gaping hole.....but https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/golden-knights-nhl/golden-knights-salary-cap-issues-not-as-bad-as-they-appear-1693781/ Vegas is trying to work under the cap by shedding Clarkson's Cap hit & trading Colin Miller. I think they are still in 'win now' mode and would not risk trading Stastny.

If by "learning his lesson" it means if he doesn't see a top 6 winger with upside and a team friendly contract as part of the return package, and we keep him for next season then great. I'd love to shake up our D with two new faces but if teams are holding out for another O'Reilly Fleecing" then maybe he needs to stand pat. Let's follow the advice of Alanis........ And all I really want is some patience A way to calm the angry voice And all I really want is deliverance, ah The O'Reilly trade is Jason's Jagged Little Pill.

Look on the bright side. At least he doesn't have a $7.5M signing bonus due in 6 days creating an imaginary line of demarcation. Or an egregious driving record of crashing into Timmy Ho's while intoxicated (allegedly) frustrating ownership.

I agree. Probably contributing factor to an Executive position but a scout is on the road 90% of the time and not in the home office. If he is great, probably finds a home soon.