Around the League 2019-2024 Edition

[LeafOfFaith]

Can't express how happy I am that we picked Matthews.

 

[mbow30]

Can't express how happy I am that we picked Matthews.

Poor dumb Zeke.

 

[LeafGm]

When it comes to “1st overall pick vs 2nd overall pick” debates, Matthews vs Laine ended up turning into the equivalent of Sidney Crosby vs Bobby Ryan.

 

[oscarheyman]

When it comes to “1st overall pick vs 2nd overall pick” debates, Matthews vs Laine ended up turning into the equivalent of Sidney Crosby vs Bobby Ryan.

or from my POV....Gilbert Perreault vs Dale Tallon.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

or from my POV....Gilbert Perreault vs Dale Tallon.

Sure. Neither Perreault nor Tallon ever won squat so it's an apt comparable.

 

[axlsalinger]

Are we swinging back around to Shane Wright being the play with the #1 pick after all?


View: https://x.com/NHL/status/1865864660462735417?t=bbwDxOuwpZzlyrEGV7RK0g&s=19

 

[Habsy]

Recency bias

 

[LeafGm]

Are we swinging back around to Shane Wright being the play with the #1 pick after all?


View: https://x.com/NHL/status/1865864660462735417?t=bbwDxOuwpZzlyrEGV7RK0g&s=19

I’ve been paying zero attention to the Habs so far this year, so I’m just going to take this moment to LOL at just learning the fact that Slafkovsky is scoring at a 7-goal/48-point pace through 24 games.

That said, even with his recent hot streak, Wright’s totals so far are looking pretty pathetic. And the only guy looking pretty decent out of the top-5 of that draft is Logan Cooley.

 

[oscarheyman]

Sure. Neither Perreault nor Tallon ever won squat so it's an apt comparable.

I'd say Tallon won a Cup as an assistant manager of the Black Hawks but then again, he was also the person responsible (as the GM then) for essentially not knowing the number of 1-800-GoFedex (re: qualifying offers to RFAs fiasco) earlier for the club.

 

[GEEMAN]

I’ve been paying zero attention to the Habs so far this year, so I’m just going to take this moment to LOL at just learning the fact that Slafkovsky is scoring at a 7-goal/48-point pace through 24 games.

That said, even with his recent hot streak, Wright’s totals so far are looking pretty pathetic. And the only guy looking pretty decent out of the top-5 of that draft is Logan Cooley.

Simply put the wrong year to get the first pick

 

[JackBurton]

Simply put the wrong year to get the first pick

This is what is cruel about the NHL and rebuilding. It really comes down to timing and luck.
The Makar draft was odd, but Colorado 'Lost" as bad as one could (Dropping to 4th with the worst NHL record), then they "Win" it, because he went down to 4th. That put them over the top for a cup.

 

[GEEMAN]

This is what is cruel about the NHL and rebuilding. It really comes down to timing and luck.
The Makar draft was odd, but Colorado 'Lost" as bad as one could (Dropping to 4th with the worst NHL record), then they "Win" it, because he went down to 4th. That put them over the top for a cup.

Yup , need a shit ton of luck

 

[axlsalinger]

View: https://x.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1866130252344299782

 

[zeke]

View: https://x.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1866211464479916462

 

[zeke]

View: https://x.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1866215313525686706

 

[zeke]

good for the avs. won a cup with a coupla cheap goalies. Tried it again and when it flopped this year flipped for two more cheap goalies before christmas. they get it.

 

[MindzEye]

good for the avs. won a cup with a coupla cheap goalies. Tried it again and when it flopped this year flipped for two more cheap goalies before christmas. they get it.

Darcy Kuemper was a "cheap goalie"?

 

[worm]

Darcy Kuemper was a "cheap goalie"?

4. 5m?

Not cheap but not expensive.

Spent 6.5 m total.

 

[MindzEye]

4. 5m?

Not cheap but not expensive.

Spent 6.5 m total.

They also spent a 1st rounder (and stuff if memory serves) trading for him.

That's not "cheap" goaltending the way I've have cheap described to me around here over the years

 

[Preston]

good for the avs. won a cup with a coupla cheap goalies. Tried it again and when it flopped this year flipped for two more cheap goalies before christmas. they get it.

The lof Zeke Mizzi model is the way for most teams