TrueBlueGED Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 So Chiarelli is President of Hockey Ops and GM in EDM. It's amazing what the right sequence of lottery balls can do for a franchise Peter Chiarelli will turn this car around. Probably (and let's be real, it'd be hard to mess that situation up right now)...but his last several years in Boston haven't exactly screamed "guaranteed success." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 Probably (and let's be real, it'd be hard to mess that situation up right now)...but his last several years in Boston haven't exactly screamed "guaranteed success." He gave Bruins fans what they wanted. A big dumb slow team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 (edited) Plays big. Old school hockey. Barrels into corners etc. But he doesn't have a nasty streak. Just more like a dog chasing a ball Just saw stewart feeding Niederreiter, that is the kind of stewart i would love in buffalo, battling on the boards while keeping his head up to make that pass. On a good established team he has a 3rd RW spot that you can move up as well. We don't have that team as of yet though. Edited April 25, 2015 by Heimdall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 Not only did Forsberg not finish in the top 3 -- he wasn't top 4. Finished 5th in voting. Not sure who was 4th, maybe John Klingberg? To me it's one of the two forwards (I would've had Forsberg in the conversation, too, but he's not a finalist). What Ekblad did was 19 is awesome, but Klingberg had more points in far less games. Neither made the playoffs and their statlines were so close that you can barely differentiate the two. Stone's success correlates with Ottawa's huge run, so you could say he was the MVP of a playoff team (if you ignore Erik Karlsson's existence). Gaudreau was part of a huge youth group in Calgary that pushed them into the playoffs... Exciting little guy. Has hype on his side. I think Ekblad wins it, but I would've picked Stone. Ya, I find all this really interesting. The Calder nominations vote must have been very close this year. That stats of Stone, Gaudreau and Forsberg are nearly identical. Stone and Gaudreau both had the same amount of points, and Forsberg had ONE less. How were they able to draw the line after Stone and Gaudreau in a way that Ekblad was able to sneak in for the 3rd nomination, beating out Forsberg? Maybe that means that Ekblad is the front runner, and Forsberg lost the nomination based on the extremely slight edge of the other two forwards. Granted, obviously more than points are taken into account, but those 3 forwards seemed to play similar roles on successful teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 I think they vote for Ekblad mainly because he's 19 and he makes it so they don't have to "break the tie" between the forwards. But this is only because they can get away with ignoring Klingberg's season as a rookie dman down in Dallas since there was no first-overall pick hype for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 I think they vote for Ekblad mainly because he's 19 and he makes it so they don't have to "break the tie" between the forwards. But this is only because they can get away with ignoring Klingberg's season as a rookie dman down in Dallas since there was no first-overall pick hype for him. Interesting thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 Probably (and let's be real, it'd be hard to mess that situation up right now)...but his last several years in Boston haven't exactly screamed "guaranteed success." Similar to what I say about Murray. He inherited Risto & Girgs, and then in back to back drafts he is picking #2 overall(Reinhart & Eichel). That core of 4 hopefully very good to great young players will easily buy Murray several years as GM, even if he is a tire fire regarding F/A, trades, and the rest of the draft(last year, this year & next year specifically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 Similar to what I say about Murray. He inherited Risto & Girgs, and then in back to back drafts he is picking #2 overall(Reinhart & Eichel). That core of 4 hopefully very good to great young players will easily buy Murray several years as GM, even if he is a tire fire regarding F/A, trades, and the rest of the draft(last year, this year & next year specifically. I don't see the situations as that similar. Murray inherited a ton of assets and talent...Chiarelli is inheriting assets and talent that have already developed into good to great players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluca67 Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 Probably (and let's be real, it'd be hard to mess that situation up right now)...but his last several years in Boston haven't exactly screamed "guaranteed success." His "last several years?" The Bruins won the Cup four seasons ago and were in the Finals two seasons ago along with four 100 point seasons over the last six full seasons. Of course there are no "guarantees" , if I'm an Oilers fan I am extremely excited about Chiarelli's track record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny DangerFace Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 i almost died laughing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunomatic Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 i almost died laughing Ha ha. Seen that months ago but what the f#$@ was he sayin ?lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 Around the NHL? Things that are awesome? Overlap. http://imgur.com/tI4NLAS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 Around the NHL? Things that are awesome? Overlap. http://imgur.com/tI4NLAS The first comment is gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 Around the NHL? Things that are awesome? Overlap. http://imgur.com/tI4NLAS The Flyers response to picking up the Penguins was great :lol: The Stars have a great media team, whoever does their jumbotron is hilarious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTS Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 It's stuff like that that will win fans over in the coming years. Those are some classics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robviously Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 The Stars media team/Jumbotron stuff is consistently hilarious. They often will plant a fake fan for the other team in the crowd and then subject them to some sort of hell ("Seat Downgrade" to the parking lot, for example). Best part of their Fan Appreciation Night was that they read an angry letter from a Blackhawks fan who thought it was all real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 Gary Bettman says next year's NHL salary cap is projected to be $71.5M. That's not great news for Buffalo since there was speculation about it being lower which would've helped them poach players from teams close to the cap. You're welcome LA, Boston and Chicago. Also: Gary Bettman says no NHL teams are currently in danger of relocating. Wants to end that sort of speculation. Gary Bettman, on the #sens desire to build an arena in downtown Ottawa: "We're watching closely." And a bit of complete : Gary Bettman on why the NHL won't disclose salaries: "We've heard from the media on this, we've heard very little from fans. Very little." All from Chris Johnston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 And a bit of complete ######: Gary Bettman on why the NHL won't disclose salaries: "We've heard from the media on this, we've heard very little from fans. Very little." Well, he's not listening then. Nothing new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 Well, he's not listening then. Nothing new. Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 What am I missing? Salaries aren't disclosed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 What am I missing? Salaries aren't disclosed? I'm guessing league personnel salaries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 What am I missing? Salaries aren't disclosed? No. Only if and when the team feels like it. I can't imagine that the fans would be angry if the league created a cap geek of their own as many have called on them to do. The stuff that they could do would be even more entertaining and valuable if honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 No. Only if and when the team feels like it. I can't imagine that the fans would be angry if the league created a cap geek of their own as many have called on them to do. The stuff that they could do would be even more entertaining and valuable if honest. Huh. I thought disclosure was part of the CBA. I'm surprised there has been as much disclosure as there is if it isn't required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 Huh. I thought disclosure was part of the CBA. I'm surprised there has been as much disclosure as there is if it isn't required. Not sure if it is required or not. The numbers we all discuss are cited through sources from reporters and not the teams. Most team releases you see will not give details of money and neither will the league's releases. It should be public since the league is a nonprofit organization. The teams aren't, though, so where do they fall? I guess they're actually probably employees of the for-profit teams, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 Not sure if it is required or not. The numbers we all discuss are cited through sources from reporters and not the teams. Most team releases you see will not give details of money and neither will the league's releases. It should be public since the league is a nonprofit organization. The teams aren't, though, so where do they fall? I guess they're actually probably employees of the for-profit teams, right? I don't get why you'd connect not for profit with the need to disclose salaries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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