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NHL Off-Season thread:Down goes Kane! (1 Viewer)

Looks like the parade is going to be on hold in Toronto after giving up the go ahead goal to MTL with 35 seconds left

Looks like the same old Leafs

 
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I kind of miss having a couple of early season games in Europe, with the bad camera angles and maybe a random Fiat somewhere in the stands.

 
Raider Nation said:
Ruins win.

Must be hockey season. :coffee:
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Good game, Mason kept them in it. Still not in the Bruins class, and won't be until they fix the overpaid-not-even-mediocre defense. The kids can't get here fast enough, hopefully one or two by seasons end.

 
Kuemper gets the opening night nod, as he will at least 65% of the time this season if healthy. because he's good. but he's not a "name" yet so the Wild have goaltending problems. :lmao:

 
dgreen said:
tom22406 said:
Time to get a new one fired up as the regular season is set to begin.
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Is Burakovsky going to be our answer at 2nd line C?
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I think he will be fine in the NHL but it's too early to know that answer yet.Love his skill set but I was hoping they would team him with Kuzy and Brouwer on that line so I'm not liking MJ90 sitting on his wing at the moment but as we all know it only takes a few shifts before things change quickly in this league.

 
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Just looking over some team averages and the Devils average age is 31,the next closest is the Nucks at 28.8 and that was with Brodeur no longer on the team :o

 
Hawks D pairings to start the season are a bit odd. Hammer is skating with Van Riemsdyk as #3/4 and Oduya with Rundblad as #5/6.

 
Krieder- MSL- Nash

Hags- Brassard- Zuuc

Duclair- Miller- Stempniak

Glass- Moore- Fast

Very excited to see that third line. Two young guys with SPEED. Fast really needs to step it up this year. Cant keep waiting for him to break out

Captain McD- Girardi

Boyle-Staal

Moore- Klein

Solid Defense with only one change in Boyle which I think is an upgrade over Stralman.

Bring on the Blues

 
AcerFC said:
Krieder- MSL- Nash

Hags- Brassard- Zuuc

Duclair- Miller- Stempniak

Glass- Moore- Fast

Very excited to see that third line. Two young guys with SPEED. Fast really needs to step it up this year. Cant keep waiting for him to break out

Captain McD- Girardi

Boyle-Staal

Moore- Klein

Solid Defense with only one change in Boyle which I think is an upgrade over Stralman.

Bring on the Blues
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The New York Rangers...now with more SPEED

 
Hawks64 said:
AcerFC said:
Krieder- MSL- Nash

Hags- Brassard- Zuuc

Duclair- Miller- Stempniak

Glass- Moore- Fast

Very excited to see that third line. Two young guys with SPEED. Fast really needs to step it up this year. Cant keep waiting for him to break out

Captain McD- Girardi

Boyle-Staal

Moore- Klein

Solid Defense with only one change in Boyle which I think is an upgrade over Stralman.

Bring on the Blues
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The New York Rangers...now with more SPEED
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will just be nice to not see B Richards on the point for the PP

Hope he does well with you. He stepped it up last year

 
Yeah, one thing that does worry me a bit about the Rangers is their lack of a gritty/bruiser type.

It's a long season, team's not all that big - lost guys like bboyle, Dorsett that could hold their own.

Couple guys on the team I'm not big fans of (Glass/Fast). - would much rather see Hayes get a shot, maybe even Malone if he's back to near full strength

I think the one guy that needs to make the next step is JT Miller.

It will definitely be nice when Stepan gets back - I think Rangers have some goals in them and a pretty solid d/goalie. Just worry about winning the tough, gritty divisional games.

 
AcerFC said:
Hawks64 said:
AcerFC said:
Krieder- MSL- Nash

Hags- Brassard- Zuuc

Duclair- Miller- Stempniak

Glass- Moore- Fast

Very excited to see that third line. Two young guys with SPEED. Fast really needs to step it up this year. Cant keep waiting for him to break out

Captain McD- Girardi

Boyle-Staal

Moore- Klein

Solid Defense with only one change in Boyle which I think is an upgrade over Stralman.

Bring on the Blues
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The New York Rangers...now with more SPEED
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will just be nice to not see B Richards on the point for the PP

Hope he does well with you. He stepped it up last year
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I'm a bit confused as to why they signed him though.....he was supposed to be the #2C to play with Kane. Yet he's been the 3C and hasn't been getting a ton of PP time. :oldunsure:

 
Caps lines to open should look like this

Ovechkin/Backstrom/Fehr

Johansson/Burakovsky/Brouwer

Chimera/Laich/Ward

O'Brien(Latta)/Kuznetsov/Brown

Carlson/Orpik

Niskanen/Alzner

Green(Schmidt)/Hillen

Holtby backed up by Peters

Burakovsky steps in as 2nd line C and earned it with a very strong camp and pre-season.Very impressive kid but this may be a bit much to ask this early on especially being paired with MJ90 who is not known for his shooting but brings speed and play making skills.

Kuznetsov has had some trouble with the system so far so will start on the 4th line to let him get a better feel for how Trotz wants things done and I fully expect him to move up and play with Burakovsky sooner than later.

D pairings look much better with the addition of Orpik and Niskanen but once again Green has health concerns and Orlov is still a few weeks away so it will be hard to really judge this group as a whole for another few months.It's a solid group if nothing else.

Holtby for me is the biggest question.He clearly struggled under Oates and seemed rattled all year long before being outplayed by Grubauer(down at Hershey)late in the season and now with Peters as his only real threat this is a make or break year for him(and for a lot of others as well).

I think they stay in the playoff hunt all year and earn a spot but then again I'm a blind homer.If things go south I expect major changes at the deadline which could very easily also happen.

 
Sabres lines:

Hodgson-Reinhart-Gionta

Moulson-Ennis-Stafford

Foligno-Girgensons-Stewart

Deslauriers-McCormick-Flynn/Mitchell

Gorges-Myers

Benoit-Meszaros

Weber-Ristolainen

Enroth

Reinhart time!

 
Just biding time until Step gets back. I assume Krieder goes to play with Zuuc and Brassard dropping Hags to the speed line.

I dont know anything about Glass and Stempniak so lets see how it goes. But having Malone and Hayes as plug ins is not a bad thing

 
tom22406 said:
Aaron Rudnicki said:
Billy Bats said:
Oh Rud, you gotta be excited to watch a perennial Norris candidate every night. :excited:
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pretty stoked.
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Was hoping to get to see Zadorov early on.Kid is gonna be a beast!

Grigorenko still not ready?
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Zadorov has regressed a bit I think based on reports I've read.

I think they want Grigorenko to play big minutes in the AHL and see how he does there. He could get a call up soon, but it sounds like he's a different player now than he was the past two years.

 
It all starts for real Thursday for Sam Reinhart.The Buffalo Sabres' first-round pick and the second player taken in the 2014 NHL Draft will make his debut against the Columbus Blue Jackets. After a busy summer with development camp and training camp, he's ready to make an impact.

"I came in with the mentality that I was going to soak everything in and I feel I've learned more than I could ever imagine from all the veteran guys here," Reinhart said. "I'm going to keep trying to learn every day from them and get better with their help."

Reinhart won't be the only young player on the Sabres' opening-night roster; 19-year-old defensemen Rasmus Ristolainen and Nikita Zadorov were first-round picks in 2013. But he'll be on a line between two more-experienced players, Cody Hodgson and captain Brian Gionta.

"They're obviously very smart players and good players," Reinhart said of his linemates. "I feel if I move the puck to them and get myself open, we're going to create a lot of chances. I feel comfortable on that line."

Reinhart playing alongside Gionta shouldn't come as a surprise. The Sabres' youngest player being on a line with its oldest makes sense at first glance, but it's logical in other areas too.

"We looked throughout the whole lineup which combination would suit [Reinhart] the best, especially early," coach Ted Nolan said. "And Gionta, he's not wearing the captain's 'C' for no reason; he's a true leader. And if you have a guy like him flanking your wing, hopefully it'll be more of a settling influence on a kid than not."

Having two players with varying levels of experience should help Reinhart when it comes to the kind of spotlight he'll face in his first game.

"The advice comes as mistakes happen or you see things, but he's the type of kid away from the rink, off the ice – he's got a good head on his shoulders," said Gionta, who was drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the third round (No. 82) in 1998. "You're not going to have to try to babysit him off the ice. It's [about] letting him mature as a player on the ice and learning the NHL game. That just comes as it comes."

At 24, Hodgson is 11 years younger than Gionta. As the Vancouver Canucks' first-round pick (No. 10) in 2008, he knows what it's like to have the eyes of a hockey-crazed city watching you.

"I know when I was younger it was a different situation, different team, different organization and different players, but the biggest adjustment, I think, from junior hockey to professional is really off the ice," Hodgson said. "That's the biggest thing I've seen transition-wise is eating right, getting your rest and not worrying about things once you're away from the rink. You've done all you can do, so just relax and enjoy it and don't sit at home and worry about what could happen. There's a lot of things that could happen. You just have to take things one day at a time. Every day you're here it's nice to be here, and you've got to be grateful for that."

As for Reinhart on the ice, he's gotten the attention of his linemates.

"Every day his confidence is rising," Hodgson said. "You can see it in the way he's skating and the way he's communicating and that stuff. You can tell on the ice he's getting more comfortable and that's a huge bonus for our team. He's going to be a great hockey player."

Reinhart being comfortable on the ice is an important factor because his future with the Sabres is undecided. Should he play in nine games, the Sabres will have to decide whether to keep him and officially start the first year of his entry-level contract or send him back to his junior team, the Kootenay Ice of the Western Hockey League.

"I'm always going to be trying to prove myself," Reinhart said. "No matter what the situation is, no matter what game it is in the season. Here, I'm just focusing day by day, and my focus right now is on the next however many [games] I have to make a statement."

If there's something the Sabres don't want Reinhart to feel right away, it's pressure.

"We know what he has to offer now," Nolan said. "He has to deliver it in a big man's game. He can't afford to be nervous. He's got to go right in and play as best as he can and, of course, the vets will help him get through those early jitters in the first shift. He's playing his first NHL game. He's going to be nervous. You get through those types of things and hopefully he settles in and plays the way he's capable of playing."

Expectations may be high at the moment for Reinhart, but if the excitement and nerves of playing in the NHL are getting to him, he's not letting it show.

"Obviously the pace of play is a little bit different," Reinhart said. "I felt that the style of game I play, as I start to adjust to that, I'm going to feel more comfortable and start to adapt. I feel great going into the season and competing every day to try and earn my spot."
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NHLN had The Tragically Hip perform outside of Rogers center before the Leafs/Canadians game.

I had no idea what bad it was, and to be totally honest, I thought it was a spoof band, in particular the lead singer who had perhaps the worst voice I've ever heard in my life.

They cannot possibly be popular, no? I thought it was some garage band with some guy from the crowd brought in to sing. wtf

 
guru_007 said:
NHLN had The Tragically Hip perform outside of Rogers center before the Leafs/Canadians game.

I had no idea what bad it was, and to be totally honest, I thought it was a spoof band, in particular the lead singer who had perhaps the worst voice I've ever heard in my life.

They cannot possibly be popular, no? I thought it was some garage band with some guy from the crowd brought in to sing. wtf
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you may have the worst taste in music on the planet. I'm sorry for your ears.

The Hip are perhaps the greatest rock band going and Gordon Downie is a living legend.

 
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guru_007 said:
NHLN had The Tragically Hip perform outside of Rogers center before the Leafs/Canadians game.

I had no idea what bad it was, and to be totally honest, I thought it was a spoof band, in particular the lead singer who had perhaps the worst voice I've ever heard in my life.

They cannot possibly be popular, no? I thought it was some garage band with some guy from the crowd brought in to sing. wtf
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HUGE in Canada, not so much elsewhere (which makes them ever more appealing to Canadians). Been around since the mid-80's.

 
Aaron Rudnicki said:
guru_007 said:
NHLN had The Tragically Hip perform outside of Rogers center before the Leafs/Canadians game.

I had no idea what bad it was, and to be totally honest, I thought it was a spoof band, in particular the lead singer who had perhaps the worst voice I've ever heard in my life.

They cannot possibly be popular, no? I thought it was some garage band with some guy from the crowd brought in to sing. wtf
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you may have the worst taste in music on the planet. I'm sorry for your ears.

The Hip are perhaps the greatest rock band going and Gordon Downie is a living legend.
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Yes, I'm sorry my ears had to endure those 4 minutes too. That was God awful.

I have never seen a worse performance by a singer in my life :shrug:

 
brianj74 said:
guru_007 said:
NHLN had The Tragically Hip perform outside of Rogers center before the Leafs/Canadians game.

I had no idea what bad it was, and to be totally honest, I thought it was a spoof band, in particular the lead singer who had perhaps the worst voice I've ever heard in my life.

They cannot possibly be popular, no? I thought it was some garage band with some guy from the crowd brought in to sing. wtf
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HUGE in Canada, not so much elsewhere (which makes them ever more appealing to Canadians). Been around since the mid-80's.
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right, I've heard of them before for sure, but never actually listened to any of their music before.

 
Aaron Rudnicki said:
guru_007 said:
NHLN had The Tragically Hip perform outside of Rogers center before the Leafs/Canadians game.

I had no idea what bad it was, and to be totally honest, I thought it was a spoof band, in particular the lead singer who had perhaps the worst voice I've ever heard in my life.

They cannot possibly be popular, no? I thought it was some garage band with some guy from the crowd brought in to sing. wtf
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you may have the worst taste in music on the planet. I'm sorry for your ears.

The Hip are perhaps the greatest rock band going and Gordon Downie is a living legend.
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Crazily popular in Canada and even in Chicago, there are fans. Personally, I think they're ok.

 
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