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Furnaceface posted:They took the Stanley Cup champion to double overtime game 7. The east sucks poo poo, anything can happen. That would rule, lets go Buffalo
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Shinjobi posted:The stars might be good this year The D-corps is still garbage and I'm not sold that the guy you have in net is going to cover for it. Ben Bishop's best year was behind the Tampa Bay d-corps which is staggeringly underrated and is so far beyond what Dallas can offer. In other words, they're going to win games 7-6 or they're going to lose. MOVIE MAJICK posted:The Leafs getting Marleau has me all hot and bothered even though I realize it's no longer 2006. But it's a name I actually recognize. Gonna have to watch them more this year. Are they a dark house for the Eastern conference finals? They could theoretically make the ECF if they keep the core healthy. Two of the recent Atlantic contenders in the Habs and Panthers took some big, ugly, steps backwards and no-one has really stepped up to the plate. Having said that, there's no way Nylander, Matthews and Marner play as many games this year as they did last year. I'm not sold that they'll be contenders for the cup, but there's a real chance they'll come out on top of the garbage pile sundae that is the Atlantic.
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:I dunno, duplicating what Ottawa did seems improbable if not impossible. step 1: employ erik karlsson step 2: ?????
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Schlesische posted:They could theoretically make the ECF if they keep the core healthy. Two of the recent Atlantic contenders in the Habs and Panthers took some big, ugly, steps backwards and no-one has really stepped up to the plate. I think you're forgetting that Tampa is in the Atlantic and really loving good when healthy. I mean, they're even willing to handicap themselves by signing Girardi! Isn't that nice of them?
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Schlesische posted:The D-corps is still garbage and I'm not sold that the guy you have in net is going to cover for it. They won the west with a better d (not like a good one, just better than this crop) and really really bad goaltending. They were bad last year but everyone was out to start the season and when they caught some stride they were already way too far gone from the playoff picture. Honestly, it could be a coin flip but I'm optimistic. I highly doubt they're able to be as bad as last year at the very least. Despite the central being the central I don't see Winnipeg taking a major step, the hawks probably don't do so well this year and Minnesota is gonna get worse. And since the Atlantic is still p bad I imagine the stars make the playoffs provided they don't get hosed with injuries again.
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Jehde posted:step 2: make sure he has atleast 1 foot intact Step 2 actually ended up being "Give Craig Anderson's wife cancer."
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MOVIE MAJICK posted:The Leafs getting Marleau has me all hot and bothered even though I realize it's no longer 2006. But it's a name I actually recognize. Gonna have to watch them more this year. Are they a dark house for the Eastern conference finals? The Atlantic is such a trash division even Buffalo is a dark horse for the conference finals (where they will be shitcanned by whoever wins the Metro).
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Infidel Castro posted:The Atlantic is such a trash division even Buffalo is a dark horse for the conference finals (where they will be shitcanned by whoever wins the Metro). The Pacific looks like its going to be Anaheim and Edmonton by default featuring the shambling remains of some other teams and oh look the new kid.
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Ottawa's my pick to take a step back next year, among all the other factors they were the only playoff team with a negative goal differential and that's just  Tampa should be fine but losing Bishop/Drouin and adding literal anchor Dan Girardi sorta tempers my expectations for them. They should be a playoff team but I don't know if they run away with the division. Boston should be pretty good, probably better than last year. I feel like Montreal took a step back this offseason but they always find a way to supplement with depth signings popping off and ultimately Price is good enough to carry them. Florida straight up sabotaged their team. I don't know that Buffalo's done enough to separate themselves. Detroit doesn't know they're already dead. Leafs are gonna be fighting for a wildcard again next year, imo. If Montreal somehow drops off or Tampa's D/G crumble then things might be different.
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Furnaceface posted:They took the Stanley Cup champion to double overtime game 7. The east sucks poo poo, anything can happen. The worst team in the playoffs *got* to the Stanley Cup Final, I guess the west sucks poo poo too
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sedative posted:Yeah if it's one year for cheap, fine, but that's not happening. Hextall said he didn't want to sign veterans to block the kids. It doesn't make sense for anyone. Well, let's look at the Flyers defense: Provorov - McDonald (ugh) Ghost - Morin / Sanheim / Haigh Gudas - Manning or one of the Rookies I guess the question is how many young defense men are you willing to risk at once? Personally, at this point I say roll the dice and let the kids just play. From an eye test at 4 Phantoms games, I wasn't impressed with Morin, but between him, Sanheim, Hagg, etc, someone has to be ready to play. Best option: Hextall signs Markov, trades McDonald to Canadians with no salary retention.
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Sabres acquired a lot of hope and potential, with tons of shiny fresh faces, tons of competition for every spot in the line-up, and the best nostalgia treat money could buy. They could go dead last or pull a Nasvhille repeat. Time will tell. None of their contracts screw them if they have to re-boot in two years though, which is one of the better parts of all of this. At the very least, the games will be interesting to watch again, even if we get scored on 5 times each game now. I'm hoping it'll be the turnaround Toronto had last year, but you know, better.
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JohnnyCanuck posted:And then who do they saddle Ceci with? Thomas Chabot, and in 5 months' time everyone will be wondering why he's having such a disappointing rookie season.
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Aphrodite posted:If Buffalo makes the SCF I will murder whatis, to set the universe right. i have oft considered you have somewhat wrong greek god as your nickname.
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JohnnyCanuck posted:I'm still trying to figure out what Ottawa's D pairings will be. Do they put Phaneuf up with Karlsson? And then who do they saddle Ceci with? Karlsson will be paired with everyone. He will never leave the ice. Ottawa will have 5 D pairings.
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Aphrodite posted:If Buffalo makes the SCF I will murder whatis, to set the universe right. tough but fair
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Koopa Kid posted:Florida straight up sabotaged their team. I don't think is is as true as people think. Dadonov and Vrbata should be equal to Marchessault and Reilly Smith*. If the team can actually be anywhere near healthy I don't think they're any worse this year than last outside of whatever they do to replace Jagr, though it could still be Jagr. Darude - Adam Sandstorm fucked around with this message at 16:37 on Jul 4, 2017 |
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Jordan7hm posted:How much salary did they retain? I would hope none if it's only for a 5th round pick.
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:I don't think is is as true as people think. I still consider Dadonov a relative unknown at this point and Vrbata is 36. I think the likely scenario for them is being a side-grade to the players that were moved out but there's a lot more risk imo. Considering the Panthers made their moves to cut salary I doubt any major additions are coming and losing Jagr is a pretty big deal. Plus Jokinen is still a useful guy even if he had a down year offensively.
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I don't disagree with any of that but I think people need to rememeber how hosed up Florida was with injuries. Coupled with having a stable coaching situation I don't think they're suddenly an awful team. They're probably not better though.
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:I don't disagree with any of that but I think people need to rememeber how hosed up Florida was with injuries. Coupled with having a stable coaching situation I don't think they're suddenly an awful team. They're probably not better though. they lost a bunch of forward depth and have failed to adequately replace it. its bad out: jokinen, smith, marchesseault, jagr, vanek in: dadonov, vrbata. bad. Aye Doc fucked around with this message at 17:26 on Jul 4, 2017 |
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Thufir posted:Edit: Colorado signed Yak City.  yak
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Thufir posted:Edit: Colorado signed Yak City. Oh dear. As I wrote earlier: Kilza posted:I do think he'll be a good cheap pick-up for some team, a "reclamation" type player. The only question is whether or not the team he signs with will actually use him efficiently. Say something like sheltered middle 6 minutes and on one of the PP units. I hope they do since I still like Yakupov and want him to succeed. I don't trust the Avs to use him efficiently. I don't think this is going to end well.  https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/882279491988598788
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Aye Doc posted:they lost a bunch of forward depth and have failed to adequately replace it. its bad jokinen sucked last year and Vanek was a rental that played 20 games. They still have to add 5 players to their roster. I'm sure they can find a couple of 25 point forwards to do what Jokinen and Vanek did. The only piece they've actually lost and not covered is Jagr meanwhile they hopefully have Huberdeau for more than 30 games and Bjugstad could unfuck himself. Again they aren't better but they aren't actually worse than where they were last year.
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