monkeypower Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 For whatever reason, despite icing pretty much the same roster that stunk up the joint last season, the Ducks are good(?) and fun again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habsfan1 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 The expansion Seattle Kraken are doing better than the defending Eastern Conference Champions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chcarlson23 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 3 hours ago, habsfan1 said: The expansion Seattle Kraken are doing better than the defending Eastern Conference Champions. I don’t see the Lightning on this list. I think you mean western conference champs "And those who know Your Name put their trust in You, for You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You." Psalms 9:10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habsfan1 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 2 hours ago, chcarlson23 said: I don’t see the Lightning on this list. I think you mean western conference champs These division reshuffles got me all confused. I stand corrected lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrayJ12 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 15 hours ago, habsfan1 said: The expansion Seattle Kraken are doing better than the defending Eastern Conference Champions. What a fall from grace. You know that you are in dire straits when you are being beaten by a first year expansion team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManillaToad Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 9 hours ago, habsfan1 said: These division reshuffles got me all confused. I stand corrected lol. It's got you both confused considering there were no conferences last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chcarlson23 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 10 hours ago, ManillaToad said: It's got you both confused considering there were no conferences last year. Well they played in the non-conferenced North Division, but they won the Western Conference championship trophy, the Clarence Campbell trophy… "And those who know Your Name put their trust in You, for You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You." Psalms 9:10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManillaToad Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 10 hours ago, chcarlson23 said: Well they played in the non-conferenced North Division, but they won the Western Conference championship trophy, the Clarence Campbell trophy… The CC bowl's been awarded for a few different things before. It used to go to the Campbell Conference regular season champion, for example. Last year it was awarded to one of the Semifinal winners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS85 Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 The Kraken are exceeding expectations, that is to say they're fine and not abysmal. There's problems. The good: They've got some good pieces. McCann and Geekie are guys I think could be part of something interesting in coming years; Eberle, Schwartz, and Gourde are roster staples. Tanev is the informal mascot. Oleksiak is big and mean. Their uniforms are just, ugh, so damned good. Chef's friggin' kiss. The CPA environment is awesome. Tossing the plush fish, boat goal horn, Pike's Place ice girls, Nirvana goal song, and so on. It's impressive. The fans are buying in. Their attendance has been stellar. The bad: They're mercurial as hell, namely due to wobbly defense and woeful streaks of abhorrent goaltending from Grubaeur. He's still young-ish, but his contract is terrible, and there are a lot of games that are over in the first two periods because 31 between the pipes can't stop a damned thing. When the defense and goaltending has it together, the offense seems to feed off of that, but when you're down 3 or 4 goals right away, everybody just wants to go home. The marketing for the Kraken has been rather underwhelming in the Seattle area. I'm obviously nowhere near Seattle to validate what their newspaper is opining, but if the team continues to be middling-to-bad in these first raw years, the attendance will probably begin to mirror it. The team needs to rally around a few faces with confidence and integrate more into the sports scene. It's not like there's a lot to compete with, especially with the Seahawks trending down. I'm not quite sold on Hakstol. I phased out a lot of the warnings from Flyers people and soforth and from an observation as a leader, I kind of like Hakstol's style. Low-key, authoritative, and professional without being cold. From a gamesmanship perspective, very mixed bag. The Kraken's trademark thus far has been slow starts, hand-in-hand with garbage goaltending. Hakstol is saying a lot of the right things, but on the ice it's not consistent at all. I think it's not merely Hakstol, but he has his part to play. I'm hoping they make a couple moves to add to their sparse farm and maybe stir the roster up a bit. Nothing urgent, though. It's chill. Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacat_12 Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 On 12/13/2021 at 12:52 PM, CS85 said: I'm hoping they make a couple moves to add to their sparse farm and maybe stir the roster up a bit. Nothing urgent, though. It's chill. One of the problems I had with their expansion draft strategy was that they didn't take many guys going into the last year of their deals, so they aren't going to be working with many big trade chips going into the deadline. Vegas clearly went into their first season with plans to flip guys like Neal & Perron for picks at the deadline, but had to adjust their strategy once they started winning. Giordano is probably their best asset, but who knows how they feel about the optics of trading their inaugural captain before the end of their first season. Beyond that Jarnkrok, Johansson, and Sheahan are the only pending UFAs. The fact that they basically punted away their Columbus selection instead of taking Domi is even more baffling. He easily could've been flipped for a 1st rounder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS85 Posted December 14, 2021 Author Share Posted December 14, 2021 43 minutes ago, spartacat_12 said: One of the problems I had with their expansion draft strategy was that they didn't take many guys going into the last year of their deals, so they aren't going to be working with many big trade chips going into the deadline. Vegas clearly went into their first season with plans to flip guys like Neal & Perron for picks at the deadline, but had to adjust their strategy once they started winning. Giordano is probably their best asset, but who knows how they feel about the optics of trading their inaugural captain before the end of their first season. Beyond that Jarnkrok, Johansson, and Sheahan are the only pending UFAs. The fact that they basically punted away their Columbus selection instead of taking Domi is even more baffling. He easily could've been flipped for a 1st rounder. I'm not applauding how Francis handled the expansion draft or subsequent moves by any means, but I'm also very happy to be patient and positive while this team comes together over the years. Trading Giordano I don't think would be as bad a look as you think. Captain aside, if the Kraken are still streaky/meh by the deadline and Giordano is sent to a cup contender, I feel like that would be a good look on the whole, as it shows the franchise is willing to do right by revered veterans. Maybe that's a bit optimistic, but that's what I'm aiming for these days. In other news, the Carolina Hurricanes are literally a cesspool of COVID-19, and can't field an active lineup, so MN/CAR is canceled. Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 8 hours ago, CS85 said: the Carolina Hurricanes are literally a cesspool of COVID-19 Sorry, Carolina Hurricanes, only nurses are allowed to choreograph dances about COVID-19 ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS85 Posted December 15, 2021 Author Share Posted December 15, 2021 Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTConcepts Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 2-10-3 in our last 15. Pain. "You ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS85 Posted December 15, 2021 Author Share Posted December 15, 2021 This only makes sense if you spread everybody out. Good luck enforcing that. Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorWhom Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 3 hours ago, CS85 said: And here I was hoping to go the Toronto for a Bruins game. I was going to surprise my dad by knocking that off his bucket list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digby Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 3 hours ago, CS85 said: This only makes sense if you spread everybody out. Good luck enforcing that. Wasn't a problem before venues opened back up to full capacity. I assume the ticket providers all have algorithms that specified which seats to sell. As someone who likes going to live sporting events but hates being near other humans, I thought it was kind of nice. But those teams are gonna take a big hit having to refund so many tickets so quickly... at least early 2021 meant not overselling to start with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTConcepts Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 I watched the last 5 minutes of the Coyotes-Rangers game today, just in time to see them blow their lead. I legitimately feel really bad for everyone in that organization. Not sorry, or pitiful, or anything like that. I just feel so bad that they have to be the embarrassment of this league. Seeing them blow the lead in front of an arena that was 2/3 empty and full of fans of a team across the f***ing country made me feel so legitimately bad for the players on the ice. "You ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 So how long before we see midseason division realignment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont care Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 4 minutes ago, Cosmic said: So how long before we see midseason division realignment? Never, that would cause chaos for playoff seeding. You’ll never see an owner vote for their team to have a worse playoff seed and will likely sue if it happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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