Norcal Posted February 5, 2022 Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 Good for Danny 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthEbriate Posted February 5, 2022 Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 5 hours ago, Buffalonill said: Why ? From a strictly Sabre-centric viewpoint, any work stoppage of the KHL will impact the VHL and MHL as well because they're affiliate leagues and won't provide enough revenue on their own. That hurts any development Poltapov, Kisakov, and Novikov for this season and possibly longer. From a wider viewpoint... 6 hours ago, Taro T said: Interesting. Is this due to COVID issues, concerns about the possible Russian- Ukranian War, or other? The KHL already paused play for COVID this season, so if that's the concern they could easily announce it's another COVID pause. If it's in anticipation of the invasion of Ukraine, then the KHL is simply getting clear of upcoming resource restrictions, air travel restrictions, etc. And any Ukraine-based players (small percentage) can manage their affairs back home. It's worth noting that starting the playoffs immediately would eliminate Sochi (air travel impacted to reroute around Ukrainian airspace for any north-south travel) and Dinamo Riga (Latvia, a NATO nation) as they're both in last place in their divisions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 5 hours ago, LGR4GM said: Best of luck to Danny. Maybe he can take over after Fletcher gets fired. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Flashsabre Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 1 hour ago, The Ghost of Yuri said: Patrick Kane has 42 points in 42 games. Eakin, not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 You know, I'm not sure I believe in expected goal models as currently constructed 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashsabre Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 On 2/4/2022 at 9:42 PM, Buffalonill said: Should have drafted Zegras Another swing and a miss for this organization Why? Because Cozens doesn’t spin around with the puck in the air while blindfolded or flip the puck over the net? Cozens just caught a shark. Has Zegras ever done that? Looks like Anaheim failed.😛 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 Most useless team in the league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 On 2/5/2022 at 6:21 PM, Taro T said: Interesting. Is this due to COVID issues, concerns about the possible Russian- Ukranian War, or other? COVID issues have been bad in Russia, but my guess the war, and I doubt it will be restricted to just two countries... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 32 minutes ago, Huckleberry said: COVID issues have been bad in Russia, but my guess the war, and I doubt it will be restricted to just two countries... The KHL isn’t going to preemptively cancel games because because of a war that might (but almost definitely won’t) happen. If Covid is raging over there, then they probably aren’t making any money on these regular season games, so they decided to go straight to the playoffs and be done with it. My opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 Something to keep in mind when some of yell for Adams to fix the team in free agency. It's not happening there. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 56% of the average cup champ being of the “not drafted by the team” variety actually surprises me. Would have thought that number would be flipped, at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 24 minutes ago, Thorny said: 56% of the average cup champ being of the “not drafted by the team” variety actually surprises me. Would have thought that number would be flipped, at least Me too. I’d be interested in seeing the %’s for top 6/top 4/starting goalies. I’d guess that they lean more towards drafted players and further away from UFA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Ankles Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 1 hour ago, LGR4GM said: Something to keep in mind when some of yell for Adams to fix the team in free agency. It's not happening there. Good stuff. Thank you for sharing. The corollary to the rule about UFA's is to make sure the few that you do select can contribute, especially come the Playoffs. If you assume 16% then that is ~ 4 players on the team. I would argue that David Perron, Tyler Bozak and Pat Maroon were essential to the St. Louis Blues Cup run. Where as our stable of UFA's Caggiula, Vinnie, Anderson and Eakin are not in the same class. It's essential for Adams to add a player or two next season that can and will contribute the the overall success of the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthEbriate Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 4 minutes ago, Broken Ankles said: Good stuff. Thank you for sharing. The corollary to the rule about UFA's is to make sure the few that you do select can contribute, especially come the Playoffs. If you assume 16% then that is ~ 4 players on the team. I would argue that David Perron, Tyler Bozak and Pat Maroon were essential to the St. Louis Blues Cup run. Where as our stable of UFA's Caggiula, Vinnie, Anderson and Eakin are not in the same class. It's essential for Adams to add a player or two next season that can and will contribute the the overall success of the team. The key there is St. Louis was a perennial playoff contender. Once you’re at that level you can attract the higher-level UFA/mercenary who wants to be on a contender. We’re still at the point where our UFAs are the “prolong a career/happy to be in the league” variety. We’ll get there but it’s going to take a few years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Ankles Posted February 7, 2022 Report Share Posted February 7, 2022 42 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said: The key there is St. Louis was a perennial playoff contender. Once you’re at that level you can attract the higher-level UFA/mercenary who wants to be on a contender. We’re still at the point where our UFAs are the “prolong a career/happy to be in the league” variety. We’ll get there but it’s going to take a few years. Adams is already 5 chapters in to Dr. Leo Marvins book. It’s called ‘Baby Steps’. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted February 7, 2022 Report Share Posted February 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Broken Ankles said: Good stuff. Thank you for sharing. The corollary to the rule about UFA's is to make sure the few that you do select can contribute, especially come the Playoffs. If you assume 16% then that is ~ 4 players on the team. I would argue that David Perron, Tyler Bozak and Pat Maroon were essential to the St. Louis Blues Cup run. Where as our stable of UFA's Caggiula, Vinnie, Anderson and Eakin are not in the same class. It's essential for Adams to add a player or two next season that can and will contribute the the overall success of the team. Not via ufa it isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted February 7, 2022 Report Share Posted February 7, 2022 19 minutes ago, Broken Ankles said: Adams is already 5 chapters in to Dr. Leo Marvins book. It’s called ‘Baby Steps’. What a great movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Taro T Posted February 7, 2022 Report Share Posted February 7, 2022 41 minutes ago, LGR4GM said: Well, you were the one that wanted to see them salt the earth. You just might get your wish. 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted February 7, 2022 Report Share Posted February 7, 2022 1 hour ago, LGR4GM said: Why are you posting something from what is obviously a fake Twitter accou.... (Sees blue checkmark) Oh my God. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Flashsabre Posted February 7, 2022 Report Share Posted February 7, 2022 1 hour ago, LGR4GM said: Please tell me Botts is the next interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabel79 Posted February 7, 2022 Report Share Posted February 7, 2022 Good Lord. They’re making me agree with Wyshynski… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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