Around the NHL 11 - 2023/24

[bustamente]

So the Oilers think a journeyman goaltender is the answer tonight.

 

[kanadalainen]

So the Oilers think a journeyman goaltender is the answer tonight.

Yep, I will be really interested to see how this experiment goes.

 

[cbcwpg]

When there is a challenge for goaltender interference, and everyone says they don’t know either way… it’s obvious the NHL doesn’t know what goaltender interference is either.

And diving in the NHL is getting as bad as diving in soccer.

 

[surixon]

So the Oilers think a journeyman goaltender is the answer tonight.

Who are they putting in?

 

[bustamente]

Who are they putting in?

Calvin Pickard

 

[Eyeseeing]

Calvin Pickard

Not going to go well
But it’s understandable

 

[TS Quint]

The Stars once had Benn and Seguin as their top talent. Their coaching staff was clever enough to bump them down from their top units to give ice time to guys like, you know, Hintz and Robertson - that's the talent that is now making way for the Johnstons and Stankovens of the world. Nobody there is playing 20 a night, which helps them accommodate their talented youth into a role where they can actually make a difference. Aside from Heiskanen (who's a defenseman anyway), nobody is playing anywhere near "too much".

When you compare that to our system of two scoring lines, the Lowry unit and table scraps, you'll see the difference. We could incorporate new talent, but we're making it damn difficult for ourselves by not opening up the spots for our guys.


Not angry (fortunately), but it's getting rather tiresome to see the same people pushing the same excuses for the same things that the organisation handles poorly in the same fashion.

It's funny you praise Bowness (knowingly or not) for intergrating youth into the Stars but blame Bowness for not integrating Perfetti the way you like. It's the same guy making the evaluations.

Maybe you are way off base and are not understanding that these are all different players. Maybe the strategy isn't just to throw young players into the deep end until they sink or swim with no real plan. Maybe there are things Bowness was looking for or saw in each individual which lead to his decisions.

 

[TS Quint]

That was still the choice of the org to go with the setup they did. Perfetti's drought in the top 6 was only 11 games. The rest happened on the fourth line where as you pointed out nobody scored. So it's a bit disingenuous when people keep bringing it up like it was all in the top 6.

Also once we got said vets are you telling me we didn't have enough talent to spread out the scoring? A roster with 7 top 6 talents and a border line one in Name should have been able to dress three talented lines that could score. We just chose to stubbornly stick to a top 6, checking, and energy setup.

How many teams had more scoring from the 4th line than the Jets? The Jets had 13 forwards with more than 10 goals.

 

[snowkiddin]

Calvin Pickard

What happened to Skinner?

 

[bustamente]

What happened to Skinner?

He has to make more California Closet commercials

 

[TS Quint]

As I've said a gazillion times now. I have no issue using ice time as a means to punish poor performance if it's also used as a means of rewarding good performance. Do people not understand this. I wouldn't have a huge issue with him being benched for his slump if Bones also rewarded him with more ice time when he was playing really well. But the coach used it just as a means to punish and he only really did it with a younger player to boot. There were numerous other players who stunk up the joint for us cough Pionk cough that actually got promoted instead of demoted due to terrible play.

He also demoted Toffoli in the playoffs. He benched Nate Schmitt plenty of times. Iafallo started on the 1st line and got demoted. Namestnikov got demoted from the 2nd line to the 4th.

 

[TS Quint]

He is far from ruined and will likely be pissed off this summer and come into camp ready to show the org he should have been used more.

I feel like this is a good thing.

 

[bustamente]

Not going to go well
But it’s understandable

Anything is possible but this screams desperation.

 

[Eyeseeing]

Anything is possible but this screams desperation.

But I’m a believer in shaking things up rather than doing the same things over and over and expecting different results

 

[sipowicz]

Nice to see playoff goaltending in the Panthers v Bruins series!

Sway man came back strong after a weak outing unlike smellybuck who just piles up the turds in the playoffs!

 

[Eyeseeing]

Nice to see playoff goaltending in the Panthers v Bruins series!

Sway man came back strong after a weak outing unlike smellybuck who just piles up the turds in the playoffs!

It’s not Helle’s fault
He was screened
Google it

 

[PaulPooley]

God I hate the Oilers

 

[sipowicz]

It’s not Helle’s fault
He was screened
Google it

I forgot, he was also plying the best hockey of his career according to him!

 

[WolfHouse]

I forgot, he was also plying the best hockey of his career according to him!

My posts are insightful and amusing. The likes will come - I'm not worried about that.

 

[snowkiddin]

Noah Juulsen makes Nathan Beaulieu look like prime Chris Pronger, man.

 

[kanadalainen]

Captain Pickard is doing pretty well... but Kahooks have only managed 14 shots in 2 periods.

 

[SCP Guy]

RNH looks like my grade 11 history teacher

 

[Buffdog]

Noah Juulsen makes Nathan Beaulieu look like prime Chris Pronger, man.

Yeah, bad read there. He had no support to step up like that

 

[kanadalainen]

What happened to Skinner?

Blew a sidewall, half of his mustache locked up from excessive beaking.

 

[tbcwpg]

Noah Juulsen makes Nathan Beaulieu look like prime Chris Pronger, man.

I'm not sure why some defencemen are so desperate to take themselves out of the play so badly to make a hit.