That Aud Smell Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 Drury got the GM job. ...for the Hartford Wolf Pack. Move 'em to Trumbull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 (edited) Initially, it was presumed that the Vegas Golden Knights would be sharing an AHL franchise – reported as the Chicago Wolves over the last few weeks – until the AHL managed to finalize an expansion franchise to hit 31 teams of their own. Now, it has been confirmed that the Knights will, indeed, affiliate with the Wolves. In an unexpected move, though, they’ll take sole control of the minor league club, leaving the Blues to find another affiliate elsewhere. A multi-year deal was announced between the Golden Knights and the Wolves on Tuesday afternoon, pairing Las Vegas with the franchise they sent team prospect Reid Duke to in order to finish out his 2016-17 campaign. The 31st NHL club will have sole control over the coaching staff and players in Chicago for the next handful of years. https://www.fanragsports.com/news/vegas-golden-knights-ink-multi-year-affiliation-chicago-wolves/ Edited May 16, 2017 by WildCard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 jesus how can the blues be screwed over like this ? :p Leafs also signed swedish defensemen Rosen and Borgman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 I'd love to know how much interest they have in that team. I haven't kept up with the revolving door of AHL affiliates, but to have a team in the same city as an NHL team, but then not be their affiliate. It has to be awkward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 @reporterchris Finalists for GM of the year: Peter Chiarelli, Pierre Dorion and David Poile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-90 W Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 (edited) https://www.fanragsports.com/news/vegas-golden-knights-ink-multi-year-affiliation-chicago-wolves/ Whoa I'm speechless, and still not sure how this happened. Chicago Wolves are an extremely solid AHL club. If I'm not mistaken I'm pretty sure all of their games are even televised. Vegas just got put on the fast track. Edited May 17, 2017 by Saratoga Sabres Fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Whoa I'm speechless, and still not sure how this happened. Chicago Wolves are an extremely solid AHL club. If I'm not mistaken I'm pretty sure all of their games are even televised. Vegas just got put on the fast track. Well, they're solid when stocked with Blues prospects, right? Maybe not so much when stocked with guys who can't crack an expansion team's lineup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3putt Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 (edited) The wolves have had on off relationships with alot of teams. The owner wants to field a championship team and often eschews developing players for career minor leaguers or fading NHL vets. I will say that for a minor league club the fan experience is top notch. Edited May 17, 2017 by 3putt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre fan Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 (edited) @reporterchris Finalists for GM of the year: Peter Chiarelli, Pierre Dorion and David Poile. Strange picks...I have hated the leafs like forever and yet I have to admit they should have won this hands-down. They were absolutely awful and not even competitive and almost overnight the management team turned their fortunes around 100%. Ottawa and Nashville have been teams in the mak,ing for many years while Chiarelli got McDavid and we didn't. Edited May 17, 2017 by Sabre fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Strange picks...I have hated the leafs like forever and yet I have to admit they should have won this hands-down. They were absolutely awful and not even competitive and almost overnight the management team turned their fortunes around 100%. Ottawa and Nashville have been teams in the mak,ing for many years while Chiarelli got McDavid and we didn't. I get Chiarelli and Poile, though really Chiarelli is a garbage choice because he inherited McDavid; least Poile went out and got Subban, which has been huge for them. But Dorion? That roster is not good, and the Brassard trade has not worked well for them at all. They're falling ass backwards into winning. The only reason he's even nominated is because they made the finalists during the ECF's when they should have done it before the playoffs Poile, Chiarelli, and either Fletcher or Armstrong for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 (edited) http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2017/05/15/gretzky-orr-lemieux-crosby-and-toews-join-doc-emrick-for-nhl-game-changers-all-time-greats-this-wednesday-may-17-on-nbcsn/ Doc Emrick is hosting a thirty minute special called "NHL Game Changers / All-Time Greats" after Game 3 tonight. The members of the panel: Wayne Gretzky Mario LemieuxBobby Orr Sidney CrosbyJonathan Toews I'm not kidding on that last one, he's there. How many times will Gretzky insist that every player at the table was better than he was? How many times will they mistake Toews for part of the video crew, or ask him to run little errands/chores like fetching food and water during commercial breaks? It sounds fairly boring to me, but there ya go. Edited May 17, 2017 by Randall Flagg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Saw the commercial for that. The kicker was when they asked who would win 3v3, the 3 greatest players to ever play the game, or Keith, Toews, and Crosby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Saw the commercial for that. The kicker was when they asked who would win 3v3, the 3 greatest players to ever play the game, or Keith, Toews, and Crosby Accounting for age or no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2017/05/15/gretzky-orr-lemieux-crosby-and-toews-join-doc-emrick-for-nhl-game-changers-all-time-greats-this-wednesday-may-17-on-nbcsn/ Doc Emrick is hosting a thirty minute special called "NHL Game Changers / All-Time Greats" after Game 3 tonight. The members of the panel: Wayne Gretzky (4) Mario Lemieux (2) Bobby Orr (2) Sidney Crosby (2) Jonathan Toews (3) I'm not kidding on that last one, he's there. How many times will Gretzky insist that every player at the table was better than he was? How many times will they mistake Toews for part of the video crew, or ask him to run little errands/chores like fetching food and water during commercial breaks? It sounds fairly boring to me, but there ya go. I know, right? Shouldn't he be second on that list? :devil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 (edited) I know, right? Shouldn't he be second on that list? :devil: Yvan Cournoyer ain't dead yet. Looking it up, there are at least 50 players with 5 cups or more, thanks to the small number of teams early in the cup's history. ("at least" is because I don't know if the list on hockey reference.com just happened to end at 50 because that's all of the rows they wanted to put in or if the number is that nice) Edited May 17, 2017 by Randall Flagg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 (edited) 145 players have won the cup 4 times or more. Even with the long history and few amount of teams early on, I would have guessed half of that number for that stat. Also, Jonathan Quick is the only guy to ever win the cup with a last name starting with "Q". And nobody with a last name beginning with "U" has ever won the cup, or the wiki page just forgot that letter. (Same with X, but that's not surprising)Better trade Ullmark. Edited May 17, 2017 by Randall Flagg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 145 players have won the cup 4 times or more. Even with the long history and few amount of teams early on, I would have guessed half of that number for that stat. Also, Jonathan Quick is the only guy to ever win the cup with a last name starting with "Q". And nobody with a last name beginning with "U" has ever won the cup, or the wiki page just forgot that letter. (Same with X, but that's not surprising) Better trade Ullmark. Beat me to it :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustache of God Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 @reporterchris Finalists for GM of the year: Peter Chiarelli, Pierre Dorion and David Poile. I don't understand why the "GM of the Year" award should go to anyone other than the cup winning GM. The main job of a GM is to assemble a team that will compete for and win the Stanley Cup. He who wins it was the best at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 I don't understand why the "GM of the Year" award should go to anyone other than the cup winning GM. The main job of a GM is to assemble a team that will compete for and win the Stanley Cup. He who wins it was the best at it.Because rosters aren't assembled in one year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustache of God Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Because rosters aren't assembled in one year. That's exactly my point. Winning the cup stems from years of building a team the correct way. The GM who wins the cup has obviously done that and deserves the award. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 That's exactly my point. Winning the cup stems from years of building a team the correct way. The GM who wins the cup has obviously done that and deserves the award. They're not the same GM at the time. The guy who drafted Crosby and Malkin is no longer Pittsburgh's GM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustache of God Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 They're not the same GM at the time. The guy who drafted Crosby and Malkin is no longer Pittsburgh's GM Right. Rutherford built a team that complements Crosby and Malkin by brining in Phil the Thrill, Bonino, Hagelin, and apparently knows what he's doing when it comes to drafting and developing talent, Gueznal (sp?), Rust and also created a defensive pool so deep they can lose their number 1 and 2 defense man (Letang and Daley (I'm actually not sure where Daley falls on their depth chart) and still make it to the conference final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabres Fan in NS Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 They're not the same GM at the time. The guy who drafted Crosby and Malkin is no longer Pittsburgh's GM So, Shero should have been the grandest GM when they won their first cup with C and M. Rutherford should have been last year and maybe this year too. ===== I'm too busy (read lazy) to check ... maybe they did? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPie Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 So, Shero should have been the grandest GM when they won their first cup with C and M. Rutherford should have been last year and maybe this year too. ===== I'm too busy (read lazy) to check ... maybe they did? If Rutherford fired Bylsma in 2014, he should have won in 2015. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted May 18, 2017 Report Share Posted May 18, 2017 Luke Richardson named Asst Coach for NYI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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