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Around The League - 2024-25 Regular Season

Can we be honest? Carolina's actually been very, very well run for the last few years and they've constructed a superb team...

...with the exception of the KK deal.

Right from the get-go, this looked & smelled like Carolina's owner trying to get back at us for the Aho offer sheet and then trying to justify it even further by re-signing KK.

So yeah, no wonder they'd be trying to get rid of him. He was acquired & re-signed for non-hockey reasons.
 
So, trouble in paradise with the Sens. Lost again today to New Joizy 5-1 and they were booed off the ice, with chants of Fire DJ.

Not the start to the season they expected when they signed Giroux & traded for Debrincat.
 
Coaching is an issue there. The risk with tanking is developing a losing culture, Ottawa , Buffalo, Edmonton in mind. As much as it sucks not maybe getting Bedard or Fantelli, I like that the guys are trying to win and be better.
 
GGpX said:
Can we be honest? Carolina's actually been very, very well run for the last few years and they've constructed a superb team...

...with the exception of the KK deal.

Right from the get-go, this looked & smelled like Carolina's owner trying to get back at us for the Aho offer sheet and then trying to justify it even further by re-signing KK.

So yeah, no wonder they'd be trying to get rid of him. He was acquired & re-signed for non-hockey reasons.
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It was an ego move.
 
To this day, I'm still not sure why exactly they bought out Sutter.

Parise I can sort of understand, in a way, but even then...
 
GGpX said:
Can we be honest? Carolina's actually been very, very well run for the last few years and they've constructed a superb team...

...with the exception of the KK deal.

Right from the get-go, this looked & smelled like Carolina's owner trying to get back at us for the Aho offer sheet and then trying to justify it even further by re-signing KK.

So yeah, no wonder they'd be trying to get rid of him. He was acquired & re-signed for non-hockey reasons.
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Just like our non hockey related JD acquisition
 
GEEMAN said:
Trotz needs to coach men , not butterflies .

Didn’t work with Babs , can’t see it working for him .
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Trotz is way better than Babs. Come on now. I think he is the type they need because his name carries weight. Who the fuck was Keefe?

Its a serious ego check
 
Habsy said:
Trotz is way better than Babs. Come on now. I think he is the type they need because his name carries weight. Who the fuck was Keefe?

Its a serious ego check
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Babs steered the ship the right way , but couldn’t get these butterflies to compete for 60 minutes

Babs was a solid coach and so is Trotz.

Team structure is not right for him IMO
 
Habsy said:
I maintain Marner has to go. They need to move him for a top young D.
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One of Marner/Nylander/Tavares* has to go. I'd try to move Tavares as fast as humanly possible, assuming he waives his NTC, but shrug.

*If Auston Matthews doesn't want to re-sign this summer, Toronto has to trade him or they might as well just fold the franchise.
 
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