2023-24 NHL Season Thread.

[Greeney]

Team is average but Lundqvist is the best goalie in the league.

Got to agree here. Right now I think if teams could pick goalies in any fantasy type situation just about anyone would have Lundqvist as a top 3.

[Zeoni]

These guys are fucking idiots, they don't have a shred of credibility and are talking out their asses. I think the Leafs are more likely to buyout Grabovski with the compliance buyout option, give Bozak an extension and go after Clarkson during free agency. Bozak is easily a 4 million dollar a year centre, and he has come out of nowhere to be an effective faceoff specialist for our team. Anyone who thinks a guy like Colborne who has only played a handful of NHL games in his professional career and looked rather shit while doing so, is snorting coke off Gary Bettman's butt cheeks.

The reasoning for buying out Grabovski is that he has a 5 million dollar a year contract for another 3 or 4 years yet, while he is realistically a 3 million dollar centre who is better in the 2nd line role then as a checker like he has been this year, he just got outplayed for the position by younger players. I think teams are more likely to take a chance on Grabovski as a free agent where they can pay him whatever he will take then they are Bozak if they are looking for a goal scoring and play making centre with a fair amount of speed for their 2nd line. Clarkson is an upgrade on the 1st line over Bozak, but I'd get rid of Grabovski before I got rid of Bozak..

Was gonna ask you about the validity of that Leafs Nation but forgot to add it on my post. Guess I got my answer without asking though . I still want Bozak on my squad to push for 9th though.

[Irony]

is there any regular poster on this forum who hasnt been banned once?

12 infractions, 6 bans. Woo.

As for Lundqvist, I wouldn't claim he is the best goaltender anymore. Rinne and Quick would be my picks with King at 3. Quick is absolute money in the playoffs, and Rinne has to steal every 3 games for 4 Preds wins.

[Zeoni]

Lol Voukoun is such an awkward looking goalie. Get karma'd for being a douche Neil, can't believe he missed that open net when Voukoun was down and out.

Shorthanded tie game, prob heading to OT. Voukoun what are you doing LOL.

[Rennadrel]

Was gonna ask you about the validity of that Leafs Nation but forgot to add it on my post. Guess I got my answer without asking though . I still want Bozak on my squad to push for 9th though.

I am not sure why you would want another one of our players. After the Phaneuf trade fiasco, I thought you guys would have had your fill of ex-Leafs.

[Zeoni]

To be fair Stajan actually played pretty well this year. 23 points in 43 games + he was 1 of 2 players who had a positive +/-. Not exactly the best stat to judge a player but on a team that was so terrible defensibly, it was pretty good. I liked what he did for us this year, not worth the contract but wasn't completely useless like the past seasons.

[Zoma]

is there any regular poster on this forum who hasnt been banned once?

2 infractions, one of which was sig size. None in this thread.

Lol Voukoun is such an awkward looking goalie. Get karma'd for being a douche Neil, can't believe he missed that open net when Voukoun was down and out.

Shorthanded tie game, prob heading to OT. Voukoun what are you doing LOL.

Well, Penguins lost. Should they switch Vokoun with Fluery?

[Zeoni]

2 infractions, one of which was sig size. None in this thread.



Well, Penguins lost. Should they switch Vokoun with Fluery?

They should start Schneider instead!

[draynay]

yeah im shocked at the fact that the bruins have won the first two against NY.

I can't really be shocked when the higher seed takes the first two home games but their win today was pretty convincing, I didn't expect a game like that to go the Bruins way early in this series, but I like it.

[Armourboy]

2 infractions, one of which was sig size. None in this thread.



Well, Penguins lost. Should they switch Vokoun with Fluery?

They lost 2-1 in OT, I don't think the Goalie was the issue. I'll say Vokoun isn't perfect, I watched him for years in Nashville. He will make some mistakes, especially because I think he has always tried to handle the puck way too much. If letting in two goals gets you benched, Fluery would of been out of the NHL years ago with how many he lets in

[Zoma]

It wasn't a serious question.

[Trunksee]

I love how Tuukka never gets mentioned as a top goalie. Hes been in the top 5 for save percentage both of his full time seasons. He got snubbed on the vezina bad. You also saw he out played king henrick so far in the series. Not surprised the Bs are up by two games with the way Tuukka has played these playoffs. Cant wait for Iggy to play against the team he turned down, should lead to some great story lines an games. Will be a grinding series and i see it going like the philly series last year if it Bs Pens in the ECF

[Elgefar]

I love how Tuukka never gets mentioned as a top goalie. Hes been in the top 5 for save percentage both of his full time seasons. He got snubbed on the vezina bad. You also saw he out played king henrick so far in the series. Not surprised the Bs are up by two games with the way Tuukka has played these playoffs. Cant wait for Iggy to play against the team he turned down, should lead to some great story lines an games. Will be a grinding series and i see it going like the philly series last year if it Bs Pens in the ECF

Well Holtby also outplayed Lundqvist the first two games of the WSH-NYR series, and look how that ended...

[Stommped]

I'm not sure if it's the talent of Pittsburgh's forwards or if Karlsson simply isn't fully healthy because he can't stay with anyone.

[Rennadrel]

I love how Tuukka never gets mentioned as a top goalie. Hes been in the top 5 for save percentage both of his full time seasons. He got snubbed on the vezina bad. You also saw he out played king henrick so far in the series. Not surprised the Bs are up by two games with the way Tuukka has played these playoffs. Cant wait for Iggy to play against the team he turned down, should lead to some great story lines an games. Will be a grinding series and i see it going like the philly series last year if it Bs Pens in the ECF

To be quite honest, after game 1, Rask literally had to carry Boston out of that series, otherwise it would have ended in game 6 with Toronto winning. I still feel we got robbed of a win in game 4, however Rask has the major issue of blowing up when the team in front of him is playing like shit. He needs to learn to have some control of his temper if he hopes to win the Vezina.

[draynay]

I love how Tuukka never gets mentioned as a top goalie. Hes been in the top 5 for save percentage both of his full time seasons. He got snubbed on the vezina bad. You also saw he out played king henrick so far in the series. Not surprised the Bs are up by two games with the way Tuukka has played these playoffs. Cant wait for Iggy to play against the team he turned down, should lead to some great story lines an games. Will be a grinding series and i see it going like the philly series last year if it Bs Pens in the ECF

well he's mostly been a backup or platooned up to this point, he is only just starting to establish himself, this season was the first time he started the majority of his team's games so he's only going to get more attention going forward, these playoffs could be his jumping off point

[Trunksee]

well he's mostly been a backup or platooned up to this point, he is only just starting to establish himself, this season was the first time he started the majority of his team's games so he's only going to get more attention going forward, these playoffs could be his jumping off point

As f a former college hockey player I hated Thomas as a goalie and thought Rask should have been starting sooner. Thomas was always out of position forcing him to make saves. He was also aided by a defensive system that protected him. Rask is a more standard goalie who doesnt need to look flashy. I would hate playing in front of Thomas as he always was a circus in net. Rask was young and Julien hates young players or he would have started. He carried them in round one and is doing it again.

[draynay]

As f a former college hockey player I hated Thomas as a goalie and thought Rask should have been starting sooner. Thomas was always out of position forcing him to make saves. He was also aided by a defensive system that protected him. Rask is a more standard goalie who doesnt need to look flashy. I would hate playing in front of Thomas as he always was a circus in net. Rask was young and Julien hates young players or he would have started. He carried them in round one and is doing it again.

I know that I, and many others, were not concerned that Thomas was quitting, I'm pretty sure Rask was on the cusp or replacing him anyway and it made things easier. I also had the opinion that Rask was better than Thomas so it was nice to see the potential awkwardness avoided.

[Rennadrel]

I still can't believe we traded Rask for Raycroft. Look at the difference in careers now, last I heard Raycroft was playing hockey in some D league in Italy, probably a beer league more then anything (or wine if you are Italian), Rask is the starter for Boston. It's amazing how the fortunes of two teams would have changed had that deal not been done.

[Stommped]