Around the NHL: 2024-2025 Season

[Brawndo]

 

14 hours ago, SwampD said:

Is the 38th head coach thing significant, or do writers just put it that way cuz they are trying to appear like they know more stuff than us.

Definitely the latter

[LGR4GM]

Meanwhile in Buffalo... 

[HumanSlinky39]

6 hours ago, Brawndo said:

 

Definitely the latter

Guess we'll find out how good he is without Crosby/Malkin/Letang. 

After their cup runs in his first two seasons, he was pretty damn underwhelming...

2018 - Bounced EC Semis

2019 - Swept first round

2020 - Bounced first round

2021 - Bounced first round

2022 - Bounced first round

2023 - No playoffs

2024 - No playoffs

2025 - No playoffs

So, they didn't win a playoff series in his last 7 years, and missed the playoffs the last 3. They had all kinds of roster issues from about 2021-on as their big-3 aged and they struggled to put good complementary pieces around them. That Karlsson trade will always boggle my mind. But, yeah, results haven't been very good for quite a while.

[Taro T]

35 minutes ago, HumanSlinky39 said:

Guess we'll find out how good he is without Crosby/Malkin/Letang. 

After their cup runs in his first two seasons, he was pretty damn underwhelming...

2018 - Bounced EC Semis

2019 - Swept first round

2020 - Bounced first round

2021 - Bounced first round

2022 - Bounced first round

2023 - No playoffs

2024 - No playoffs

2025 - No playoffs

So, they didn't win a playoff series in his last 7 years, and missed the playoffs the last 3. They had all kinds of roster issues from about 2021-on as their big-3 aged and they struggled to put good complementary pieces around them. That Karlsson trade will always boggle my mind. But, yeah, results haven't been very good for quite a while.

Can't make chicken salad from chicken #### regardless of how good the chef is.

[LGR4GM]

I'd also add I'm doubtful Kyle Dubas is a good gm.

[SabresBillsFan]

3 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

I'd also add I'm doubtful Kyle Dubas is a good gm.

Not a fan of Kyle Dubas

[shrader]

He does have something now that he never had before, Shesterkin. 

[PerreaultForever]

On 5/2/2025 at 1:48 PM, LGR4GM said:

I'd also add I'm doubtful Kyle Dubas is a good gm.

I'm not doubtful. I'm sure he's not. 

[Huckleberry]

That colorado - Dallas series could not have ended better 😛

[LGR4GM]

Marco Rossi might be available? 

Yes. Offer sheet his ass.

[Flashsabre]

Regular Season Hellebuyck>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Playoffs Hellebuyck

[KC Scouts]

OMG Winnipeg tied it with 1.6 sec left

[Huckleberry]

8 hours ago, KC Scouts said:

OMG Winnipeg tied it with 1.6 sec left

Hope they win the cup 🙂

[steveoath]

17 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

Marco Rossi might be available? 

Yes. Offer sheet his ass.

Trade for byram? Or Samuelson? 

[Brawndo]

Rob Blake out as LA Kings GM

[LGR4GM]

1 minute ago, Brawndo said:

Rob Blake out as LA Kings GM

And Terry Pegula does nothing. 

The world wonders. 

[Brawndo]

2 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

And Terry Pegula does nothing. 

The world wonders. 

Some organizations have standards, others not so much 

[Archie Lee]

13 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Rob Blake out as LA Kings GM

Blake grew up in Simcoe, Ontario. 

[PerreaultForever]

3 hours ago, Brawndo said:

Some organizations have standards, others not so much 

The bar for success much higher there. Once they got back in the playoffs the bar was raised to winning in the playoffs. So now it's seen as failure. As it should be. 

This is now also the moment a good GM needs to pounce on whoever they hire. There will be a desire for change. Maybe even change for the sake of change and that's when you can target pieces of their roster. 

Going to be the same for the Avs and others. These teams will not run it back as is. Sabres GM however, will just bank on Levi and complain about his palm trees and taxes.