Around the NHL 2025-26 Season

[thewookie1]

1 minute ago, dudacek said:

Jesus, didn’t think Tuch would be the last man standing.

Neither did I, but the market is certainly helping cap his contract numbers. 

Also Kaprisov is starting to look ugly for at least 2/3 years.

[triumph_communes]

Eichel numbers will help keep Tuch down

[LabattBlue]

At least for 1 night(yesterday)ESPN got something right…3 man pregame/intermission desk.  TNT tonight…5 man desk. 
 

LESS IS MORE!!!!

[Taro T]

1 hour ago, LabattBlue said:

At least for 1 night(yesterday)ESPN got something right…3 man pregame/intermission desk.  TNT tonight…5 man desk. 
 

LESS IS MORE!!!!

Yeah, just drop the left side of that panel off into the Potomac and they're good.

[DarthEbriate]

1 hour ago, triumph_communes said:

Eichel numbers will help keep Tuch down

I'm not surprised by all these guys re-signing before the season starts, but they're all silly to not push for more cash. In the NFL, whichever QB is up next gets the best contract. No one cares that Mahomes (or Allen, because it's a Sabres board) is making less. Wait, make the GMs sweat, and get yourself some money. The cap is rising and the support players will still get paid. Tuch should absolutely do this to Adams.

One of these guys is going to stick it out to UFA next July (Kempe?) and make near-Draisaitl money because they're the only one still standing.

[Brawndo]

3 hours ago, dudacek said:

Jesus, didn’t think Tuch would be the last man standing.

[bob_sauve28]

The terrible Bruins beat the awesome Capitals 

[PerreaultForever]

5 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

Nikita Novikov

Also the Bruins being good this year is highly questionable, not sure we want to emulate them right now

 

They looked solid tonight. Playing a very very tight checking disciplined system that will give teams fits. Very reminiscent of how Germany over achieved at the Worlds under Sturm. Not sure if they can sustain it, but Swayman looks to be back so do not underestimate them either. I suspect a team that will win games they hold even or lead in early so you will want to score early and get a lead on them to make their system collapse. 

[spndnchz]

This Kings Vegas is great

[K012010]

We need Levi to be our Dustin Wolf 

[PerreaultForever]

38 minutes ago, K012010 said:

We need Levi to be our Dustin Wolf 

That would be good. Our strategy is always wait for the next one so hopefully the next one arrives before the current ones leave.

[LGR4GM]

7 hours ago, K012010 said:

We need Levi to be our Dustin Wolf 

Could have easily drafted wolf but Forton strikes again

[tom webster]

16 hours ago, dudacek said:

Jesus, didn’t think Tuch would be the last man standing.

Ive thought it was always Tuch and Kempe who were the next tier. I’d guess they both sign soon for similar deals.

[That Aud Smell]

3 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

Could have easily drafted wolf but Forton strikes again

I honestly need like an obscured text trigger warning function for when someone's gonna drop that as.shat's name in a thread.

[PerreaultForever]

5 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

Could have easily drafted wolf but Forton strikes again

I'm just curious but how come when you thought they were drafting well you were preaching Karmanos is an analytical genius and now when they miss or draft poorly it's Forten strikes again?

[LGR4GM]

9 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

I'm just curious but how come when you thought they were drafting well you were preaching Karmanos is an analytical genius and now when they miss or draft poorly it's Forten strikes again?

When they draft well, they are clearly following analytics, Zach Benson for example. When they do dumb stuff there's no analytics behind it... looking at you Bedkowski. 

[LGR4GM]

Let's check in on the Yzerplan

 

[DarthEbriate]

1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:

Let's check in on the Yzerplan

 

Well, Adams has that going for him. Which is nice.

Montreal may also be decent again this season with another year of experience under their belts. They could get the goal differential to even.

[PerreaultForever]

7 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

When they draft well, they are clearly following analytics, Zach Benson for example. When they do dumb stuff there's no analytics behind it... looking at you Bedkowski. 

If you say so. Just remember down the road a spell, Mrtka was Forten. 

[DarthEbriate]

The Avalanche just had a lovely set PP play goal to take a 3rd period lead vs. Utah. Makar took the puck below the blue line into the corner and MacKinnon came from across the top of the blue line, looped around and drove into the vacated gap. MacKinnon! Completely forgotten and unmarked because he had basically fallen away to center ice and people were watching Makar and the guys near the net front.

Makar made the pass. MacKinnon made the shot from the circle. Not just Thompson standing in the circle waiting.

Video scouting should be a thing.

[PerreaultForever]

The good news - Detroit looks like crap. 

The bad news - Montreal and to a lesser extent Ottawa both look like they are the same if not better than last year. 

Tampa has a Rempe. Where are all these 6'9" guys coming from? 

[LGR4GM]

5 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

If you say so. Just remember down the road a spell, Mrtka was Forten. 

Hmm, I think he might have been both. But I'll give it to Jerry until evidence it's someone else. 

Mrtka is tall and skates well, that's a Forton wet dream. 

[mjd1001]

8 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

The good news - Detroit looks like crap. 

The bad news - Montreal and to a lesser extent Ottawa both look like they are the same if not better than last year. 

Tampa has a Rempe. Where are all these 6'9" guys coming from? 

For the past few years I never understood people pushing Detroit and thinking they would be really good. 

I Look at their drafting, look at how many picks they've had, I look at the entire rebuild they've gone through.... 

I'm not saying they're an awful team... But they are one of the "lowest potential ceiling" teams after a rebuild that I can think of in recent memory across any sport.

Edited 13 hours ago by mjd1001

[DarthEbriate]

35 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:

For the past few years I never understood people pushing Detroit and thinking they would be really good. 

Look at their drafting, look at how many pics they've had, look at the entire rebuild they've gone through.... 

I'm not saying they're an awful team... But they are one of the "lowest potential ceiling" teams after a rebuild that I can think of in recent memory across any sport.

Detroit signed Compher and Copp to help keep youngsters blocked and in their place (deservedly). They are decent supporting players. But who are the supporting? Larkin is a very good player, and he looks great when his speed is unlocked by playing with stars on Team Canada. But he himself is not a star center. And that is a problem when he has to both shut down and outscore the top lines in a division with Matthews, Point, Barkov, 'til recently Stamkos/Bergeron, and now I'd add Stutzle and Suzuki, and whoever is playing with Thompson as he's no longer a center. (Kasper and Brandsegg-Nygard will be fun, though.)

They've also been deadset on young defensemen in Seider, Edvinsson and fill-ins (the husk of Hamonic) rather than extending objectively good D in Hronek and Walman.

But most like Buffalo, they don't have a #1 goalie. Maybe it's Cossa. I doubt it's Gibson as he hasn't been an above average goalie for almost a decade.

[PerreaultForever]

6 hours ago, mjd1001 said:

For the past few years I never understood people pushing Detroit and thinking they would be really good. 

I Look at their drafting, look at how many picks they've had, I look at the entire rebuild they've gone through.... 

I'm not saying they're an awful team... But they are one of the "lowest potential ceiling" teams after a rebuild that I can think of in recent memory across any sport.

I'm not sure it's "people" but I think the so called experts or pundits, and the league promoting talking heads want Detroit to be good again. They want the Yzerplan to work, it's in their interest because then they get to talk about the history and legacy. Any team with a history (a positive history) gets them lots of talking points when they do well. original 6 and all that too. 

If the Sabres ever do well, all we will hear is how they broke the record losing streak.