NHL Thread

[jays_fever]

What a crazy game.

 

Playoffs here we come

[Horses Fart]

Good thing the Leafs can score. Holy f***.

[havok24]

Good thing the Leafs can score. Holy f***.

 

Hunwick and Polak are killing them.

[Horses Fart]

Well f*** that.

[burlingtonbandit]

hahahaha

[havok24]

lol predictable.

[ChrisS]

Team is so frustrating to watch at the moment. Can't stop blowing leads.

[Frag]

Bruins fire Claude Julien.

[BTS]

Any of you folks interested in joining a 28-team sim-league that has been running for 15 years? We're one manager short, and having a hard time finding a replacement. If you really like hockey, and think you might enjoy a sim league, let me know.

 

Cliffs on the league:

- Ratings are calculated based on player stats in the last two years. We do our own, and they are imperfect.

- We have salaries, and a cap. All contracts are negotiated with one of four GMs who double as 'player agents'.

- We use STHS to sim an 82-game schedule, one day at a time, and there are full playoffs. You set your lines and defensive strategies before games, and send them into the league. After every game, a boxscore is published with the stats of the games played.

- 8-round annual prospect draft and unlimited farms.

 

It's unlike any league you've played in before, but the commish is amazing, and it works. 15 years running, and many owners have been there since the start.

[burlingtonbandit]

Julien being gone sets up a Sens-Leafs first round.

[Spanky99]

Julien being gone sets up a Sens-Leafs first round.

 

How? Sens or Leafs will be playing a team from the Metropolitan.

 

Hypothetically speaking, the playoffs would be played out as so...

 

(1) Caps - (8) Flyers

(2) Habs - (7) Rangers

(3) Jackets - (6) Leafs

(4) Pens - (5) Sens

 

Or do they stay in division? I don't think so...

 

Edit: They stay in division... Woohoo! A Leafs Sens series would be great.

Edited February 7, 2017 by Spanky99

[Laika]

Bruins fire Claude Julien.

 

Boston is a bad organization and it sucks now

[Spanky99]

Boston is a bad organization and it sucks now

 

As soon as they fired Chiarelli, it all went downhill.

[Laika]

There's definitely some type of major negative influence in the Bruins org. I don't think firing Chiarelli was bad though. The Seguin trade was just... the worst thing ever. And then the man did it again with Taylor Hall.

 

Two fireable offenses

[Spanky99]

There's definitely some type of major negative influence in the Bruins org. I don't think firing Chiarelli was bad though. The Seguin trade was just... the worst thing ever. And then the man did it again with Taylor Hall.

 

Two fireable offenses

 

Good points.

[King]

Pavelec sucks, what are the Jets thinking?

It's incompetence of the highest level. Just yesterday, “Yes. He's played well,” Maurice said. “So he gets to play more, which pushes the other two guys further down the depth chart.”

 

He has a 3.34 GAA and 895 SV% in his 7 starts since they brought him back from the grave (AHL backup). And that's just this season. He's proven over a good 7 year stretch that he isn't an NHL goaltender. Yet here we are.

[burlingtonbandit]

How? Sens or Leafs will be playing a team from the Metropolitan.

 

Hypothetically speaking, the playoffs would be played out as so...

 

(1) Caps - (8) Flyers

(2) Habs - (7) Rangers

(3) Jackets - (6) Leafs

(4) Pens - (5) Sens

 

Or do they stay in division? I don't think so...

 

Edit: They stay in division... Woohoo! A Leafs Sens series would be great.

 

The playoff division format is terrible. Good chance all 4 teams in the Metro are better than any team in the Atlantic yet 2 of them will be knocked out after round 1.

[Spanky99]

The playoff division format is terrible. Good chance all 4 teams in the Metro are better than any team in the Atlantic yet 2 of them will be knocked out after round 1.

 

Yeah... it's the reason why I thought we'd be playing Metropolitan teams and not each other.

[Frag]

There's definitely some type of major negative influence in the Bruins org. I don't think firing Chiarelli was bad though. The Seguin trade was just... the worst thing ever. And then the man did it again with Taylor Hall.

 

Two fireable offenses

 

Let's not forget Donny boy selecting 3 meh prospects, all while passing on Barzal, Connor, and Konecny.

[Frag]

Boston is a bad organization and it sucks now

 

I think what makes their situation even more frustrating, at least for Bruins fans (and hockey fans alike), is the fact that they had all the pieces to become a team similar to the LA Kings this decade. They even made it to two cup finals, winning one. A ton of questionable moves later, and this is the result.

[Laika]

Let's not forget Donny boy selecting 3 meh prospects, all while passing on Barzal, Connor, and Konecny.

 

That was tough to watch. They basically dealt Lucic and Hamilton - two core players - for a handful of second round picks.

 

I don't know how good Hamilton is or should have been in terms of fancy stats, but when Zdeno Chara is 38 years old flipping your only other possible first pairing defenseman for nothing hurts.

[Laika]

I think what makes their situation even more frustrating, at least for Bruins fans (and hockey fans alike), is the fact that they had all the pieces to become a team similar to the LA Kings this decade. They even made it to two cup finals, winning one. A ton of questionable moves later, and this is the result.

 

They had it all figured out. Good depth, two way hockey.... They looked like a team that studied the fancy possession stats and implemented them... but it turns out it was incidental. They probably ended up with a strong fancy stats team by targeting grit - by accident (and by being blessed with Patrice Bergeron, super elite elite C and the most underrated player in NHL history.)

[Abomination]

Apparently Sportsnet is going to be broadcasting a few upcoming games in VR. It'll be interesting to see how it's received.

[havok24]

Babcock's player usage in OT is infuriating.

[John_Havok]

Love this.

 

[HERPDERP]

is Julien defecting to Montreal the same like Farrell joining Boston?

[Frag]

This is turning into a depressing period for Bruins fans.

[Spanky99]

This is turning into a depressing period for Bruins fans.

 

I had a strong feeling Julien would get Therrien's job.

[Frag]

Also, this is the 2nd time Montreal replaced Therrien with Julien mid-season. Did the same in the 2002-03 season.

[Spanky99]

is Julien defecting to Montreal the same like Farrell joining Boston?