[cotmfk]

Ovi first to 40 goals this year after an absolute tear in goals per game in 2020... SICK

[cotmfk]

Trade deadline coming up in two weeks. Seems like lately the biggest moves happen before the deadline.

Anyone hearing anything?

[cotmfk]

Jay Bouwmeester - wow. Wishing the best for a recovery. No one can say his compete level isn't high after that!

[cotmfk]

Excited for Dilly Dilly time in DC. Not much of a give up for someone who can really help us out! Plus SJ retaining salary... almost sounds too good to be true...

[infinitekidM2C]

Originally Posted by cotmfk

Jay Bouwmeester - wow. Wishing the best for a recovery. No one can say his compete level isn't high after that!

He might wanna think about retiring..he's no spring chicken.

[infinitekidM2C]

Kings traded Alec Martinez to Vegas for two 2nd round draft picks.
And we traded my favorite player Toffoli to Canucks, ugh.
We should also trade Quick while we can still get something for him.

[Captain Blood]

GO Stars! Tied for first in the west.........even after all the coaching drama.

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by infinitekidM2C

Kings traded Alec Martinez to Vegas for two 2nd round draft picks.
And we traded my favorite player Toffoli to Canucks, ugh.
We should also trade Quick while we can still get something for him.

Taffy is the only one who has been scoring this season

Because #rebuildingyear ???

[UncleWede]

Has Ovi made 700 yet? It seemed like every day ESPN alert was spouting tonight could be the night.

[infinitekidM2C]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

Taffy is the only one who has been scoring this season

Because #rebuildingyear ???

I know. If we're rebuilding why can't we do so with Toffoli?!

[Yamadogggy]

Can't believe how well zucker is playing

[cotmfk]

Originally Posted by infinitekidM2C

Kings traded Alec Martinez to Vegas for two 2nd round draft picks.
And we traded my favorite player Toffoli to Canucks, ugh.
We should also trade Quick while we can still get something for him.

Toffoli was definitely one of the big prizes on the market this year. I was also surprised they did not want to rebuild with him. Maybe something in the locker room we don't know about?

Originally Posted by UncleWede

Has Ovi made 700 yet? It seemed like every day ESPN alert was spouting tonight could be the night.

He was on a tear - 14 goals in 7 games - and then not. The national coverage is pretty crazy. He finally hit 699 last night. He's super annoyed at all of the coverage for 700. The goal isn't 700 - at all.

[UncleWede]

Martinez got right to the scoring last night in Vegas

[ShopVac]

Lightning - Bruins - flyers = all peaking about a month too soon.

Caps - Islanders = providing they turn this around, good time to fail.

Arizona - Preds = welcome to the Ducshane/Hall Experiment where every team they touch turns to trash.

trade Deadline - Rangers got some decisions to make.

[Chihuahua]

Originally Posted by ShopVac

Caps = providing they turn this around, good time to fail.

Caps defense and coaching are hot garbage. Zero chance they get another cup this year. Caps fan since '83, they did what I thought they'd never do and owe me nothing.

[cotmfk]

Toronto Maple Leafs lost … (no surprise, teams lose - even good ones)

To a goalie who is 42 years old …. (a bit old, but good for him for staying in shape)

Zamboni driver that works for them! (This is where it goes off the rails LOLOLOL)

[cotmfk]

Kovy and Ovi together in the NHL for the first time ---- maybe ten years too late.

I'm not sure what to think of this deal. Give up a 3rd round pick when we could've signed him for free a few weeks ago is bad; however, Montreal retaining half salary basically means we are paying Montreal a 3rd rounder to utilize $375k of cap space. I guess it's a good deal bc low risk? ????

Mike Green to Edmonton - I think the Mike Green ship has sailed... he's sustained a few too many heavy hits to be very effective anymore. Hope the best for him though.

[cotmfk]

Kreider staying with the Rags is a surprise! Wonder why they went 7 years instead of 8 (and what the dollar value was).

EDIT: Cap hit $6.5m per year.

[Chihuahua]

Originally Posted by cotmfk

Kovy and Ovi together in the NHL for the first time ---- maybe ten years too late.

It won't matter. The problem is on the back end (and coaching). Carlson has a ton of points, but he is a god awful defenseman. Did you see him get absolutely worked by Malkin yesterday? Norris candidate my ass.

Originally Posted by cotmfk

Mike Green to Edmonton - I think the Mike Green ship has sailed... he's sustained a few too many heavy hits to be very effective anymore. Hope the best for him though.

Agree, I was hoping Bmac would rightly pass on the idea of getting Green. Nice guy, but his time is up.

Caps won't make it past the first round this year. Coaching is abysmal, defense is non-existent, Kuzy is playing lazy, and the team in general just isn't showing me they're hungry like they were when they won the cup.

[cotmfk]

Originally Posted by Chihuahua

It won't matter. The problem is on the back end (and coaching). Carlson has a ton of points, but he is a god awful defenseman. Did you see him get absolutely worked by Malkin yesterday? Norris candidate my ass.



Agree, I was hoping Bmac would rightly pass on the idea of getting Green. Nice guy, but his time is up.

Caps won't make it past the first round this year. Coaching is abysmal, defense is non-existent, Kuzy is playing lazy, and the team in general just isn't showing me they're hungry like they were when they won the cup.

Generally, I agree. It is a long season, though, so I am not ruling anything out. Just get to the playoffs and see what happens. Holtby has been playing a bit better lately, so that is a help. I think the Dillon add is huge. It is time to start putting together some solid game-long efforts. And stop with the allowing so many break aways!

[UncleWede]

Sunday night the 'king guys had a real issue with lopsided attacks, they kept getting caught with defense in the offensive zone or something. Dougherty is pretty good, but not 3 on 1 good. I'm surprised the score wasn't higher than 3-1.

[infinitekidM2C]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

Sunday night the 'king guys had a real issue with lopsided attacks, they kept getting caught with defense in the offensive zone or something. Dougherty is pretty good, but not 3 on 1 good. I'm surprised the score wasn't higher than 3-1.

Throwaway season. Let's see if we can get something going next year with some of these draft picks and younger guys coming into their own. We have traded: Alec Martinez, Tyler Toffoli, Jack Campbell, Kyle Clifford, Derek Forbort, and let Ilya Kovelchuck go. That's a lot of starters/semi-starters. Going to be very interesting to see what we look like next year.