FrostyWinnipeg Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyWinnipeg Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 BOS got robbed of a goal that sure looks like it was behind the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducky Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 28 teams playing today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ducky Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 http://www.tsn.ca/talent/amid-concussion-worries-giroux-to-dress-against-jets-1.460452 not sure if anyone has brought this up but Giroux is a fool. He had better stay away from Buff's side of the ice. The NHL and the NHLPA and Giroux are all acting like it is 40 years ago and Giroux just had his "bell rung". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bustamente Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 14 minutes ago, Ducky said: http://www.tsn.ca/talent/amid-concussion-worries-giroux-to-dress-against-jets-1.460452 not sure if anyone has brought this up but Giroux is a fool. He had better stay away from Buff's side of the ice. The NHL and the NHLPA and Giroux are all acting like it is 40 years ago and Giroux just had his "bell rung". Watched the game last night and he was out cold, got up by the time the trainer got to him, he also ducked away from the trainer like he thought he could continue to play until they sent him to the dressing room, just goes to show that when you get knocked silly you do silly things , he should not be playing tonight Ducky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unknown Poster Posted March 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 The good news is he gets one free shot at an official tonight with no repercussions. FrostyWinnipeg and Ducky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iso_55 Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 On 3/17/2016 at 7:25 AM, Atomic said: It will be slanted towards protecting existing teams. As the LeBrun tweet above said, teams will probably lose a 4/5 D or 6/7 F. That is protecting the existing teams because it sure as hell isn't doing the expansion team any favours. Imagine picking a team and having to use Mark Stuart on your first line or Burmistrov as your number one center. Conversely, how much does losing one of those players hurt the Jets? Not that much. Nothing is as bad as the WHA-NHL merger with the old Jets. That was as bad as it gets. We lost our best players yet Messier, Gretzky, Lowe & other players weren't touched. rebusrankin and Atomic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noeller Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Messier was awful in the WHA and nobody wanted him, and most people thought Gretzky was going to be killed in the NHL. His stats in WHA weren't All-World yet, and he wasn't as much of a coveted commodity. K-Lowe, I'm not as sure of, but the other two....it's not like they were 1986-versions of themselves at that point, so other teams weren't quite as interested in taking them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelownabomberfan Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 24 minutes ago, iso_55 said: Nothing is as bad as the WHA-NHL merger with the old Jets. That was as bad as it gets. We lost our best players yet Messier, Gretzky, Lowe & other players weren't touched. Messier was selected in the 1979 entry draft in the third round by the Oilers. The Jets took Jimmy Mann and Dave Christian ahead of Messier in that draft. Lowe went two picks after Mann in the first round, so we could have had Lowe too if we'd taken him instead of Mann. Fergy really crapped the bed with Jimmy Mann. So to sum up - and I know hindsight is 20-20 - Lowe, Messier and Gretzky all could have been Jets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyWinnipeg Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 WHA teams were allowed to protect 3 players. Gretzky was on a personal services contract with Pocklington and became their 4th. He's the only player you would probably recognize of the 4 they protected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyWinnipeg Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 The Nashville Predators suffered a big blow during their playoff push. Prized prospect Jimmy Vesey will not sign with the club and exercise his right to unrestricted free agency on Aug. 15. The Preds offered Vesey, a 2012 3rd round pick of the club, a spot in their top 6 and a chance to play in this postseason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 19 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said: The Nashville Predators suffered a big blow during their playoff push. Prized prospect Jimmy Vesey will not sign with the club and exercise his right to unrestricted free agency on Aug. 15. The Preds offered Vesey, a 2012 3rd round pick of the club, a spot in their top 6 and a chance to play in this postseason Here is an interesting article on this situation. http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/jimmy-vesey-sacrificed-gain-leverage-now-hes-using/ Have said it before, and I will say it again. The NHL needs to find a way to close this loop with NCAA players. This is every GM's fear when he drafts an NCAA player and why NHL clubs will push and do everything possible for these players not to finish their college education. Quote Within a matter of days last week, according to Poile, it went from all being rosy between the Preds and Vesey to a freeze-out in which the NHL club couldn’t even get a face-to-face meeting. “It’s a bizarre situation,” Poile said Monday night, while saying he still wants to sign Vesey. “This is the first time I’m going to say this in my career as a general manager: I clearly believe Jimmy has received bad advice and bad counsel. A player usually goes to free agency to increase his leverage and benefit financially, and that will not be the case here.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unknown Poster Posted March 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Well his agent must think he will get more money to go to Free Agency. Although I guess there is a rookie cap anyway... Maybe he thinks there are other cities available where he'd want to play. It sucks though. Especially if the player wont even speak to his drafting team. Very unprofessional. But an agent gets a percentage. So he wants the most money, not necessarily the best deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweep the leg Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 6 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said: Well his agent must think he will get more money to go to Free Agency. Although I guess there is a rookie cap anyway... Maybe he thinks there are other cities available where he'd want to play. It sucks though. Especially if the player wont even speak to his drafting team. Very unprofessional. But an agent gets a percentage. So he wants the most money, not necessarily the best deal. From what Ive read he can't get more money with a different team. He's actually hurting himself contractually by doing this. Almost certainly the reason behind what he's doing is that he wants to play in either Boston or Toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyWinnipeg Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Random find! The Unknown Poster, Brandon Blue&Gold, Mr Dee and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelownabomberfan Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Yikes. Sign Connor now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bustamente Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 The loop hole needs to be closed, simply put if a collegian wants to stay in school and not want to sign with the team that drafted him then after finishing college he should go back into the draft, if a team drafts a player from the junior system and doesn't sign he goes back to the draft there should not be a different set of rules. Rich and kelownabomberfan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyWinnipeg Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 (edited) http://www.torontosun.com/2016/03/28/kessel-is-most-overrated-player-in-nhl-postmedia-poll Lots more in the article then Kessel. Edited March 30, 2016 by FrostyWinnipeg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unknown Poster Posted March 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 27 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said: http://www.torontosun.com/2016/03/28/kessel-is-most-overrated-player-in-nhl-postmedia-poll Lots more in the article then Kessel. The player poll is lame considering only 20-30 ish players responded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Haven't seen anyone post this yet. Keith should be suspended for at least the first round of the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unknown Poster Posted March 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Wow! That's incredible. If he had knocked him out or taken an eye it would be huge news. He wont get much because they over-value playoff games when it comes to suspensions but he should get 10 games. Malicious intent to injure by using the stick as a weapon. That's egregious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyWinnipeg Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 (edited) Keith will claim he'd suffered a concussion after hitting the ice and was not in his right mind. He'll get the rest of the season off then back for playoffs. Edited March 30, 2016 by FrostyWinnipeg The Unknown Poster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Not the first time he has been in trouble. They were saying on the Morning Show this morning that he doesn't qualify as a repeat offender because of the amount of time that has passed since these suspensions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Keith On March 23, 2012, Keith was suspended five games for delivering an elbow to the head of Canuck forward Daniel Sedin. Head of the Department of Player Safety Brendan Shanahan observed that the hit was "dangerous, reckless, and caused injury" in his video release.[11] On June 4, 2013, Keith received a one-game suspension for high sticking the Los Angeles Kings' Jeff Carter during Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Dee Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 5 games in the regular season is likely..but it doesn't mean much. 10 games, including playoffs would mean so much more.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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