Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)

[rats19]

Good one tops

[Chef Boi RD]

I guess we are now seeing why Huberdeau was drafted so high. Quietly putting together a great season. Took him awhile getting there

[Meds]

I guess we are now seeing why Huberdeau was drafted so high. Quietly putting together a great season. Took him awhile getting there

He's been a 60+ point player for 5 years (including this one), and 70+ for 3 years. Last season 92 points and this year on pace for 100+.

Considering the team around him the first few seasons I don't think it took him long at all. Helluva player.

[Chef Boi RD]

I guess we are now seeing why Huberdeau was drafted so high. Quietly putting together a great season. Took him awhile getting there

He's been a 60+ point player for 5 years (including this one), and 70+ for 3 years. Last season 92 points and this year on pace for 100+.

Considering the team around him the first few seasons I don't think it took him long at all. Helluva player.

I guess he just seems to fall under the radar for a top player, probably the least talked about, IMO

[Meds]

I guess we are now seeing why Huberdeau was drafted so high. Quietly putting together a great season. Took him awhile getting there

He's been a 60+ point player for 5 years (including this one), and 70+ for 3 years. Last season 92 points and this year on pace for 100+.

Considering the team around him the first few seasons I don't think it took him long at all. Helluva player.

I guess he just seems to fall under the radar for a top player, probably the least talked about, IMO

Can’t argue with that at all. I was very caught off guard by his 92 points last year. It’s as much the locals of the team he plays for as anything else.

[Blob Mckenzie]

Edmonton got a decent player in Nugent-Hopkins but jeez there’s some legit first liners that went after him in that draft. Scheifle, Huberdeau, Couturier, Landeskog. Not as bad as the Yakupov draft but yikes. That said wasn’t Nugent-Hopkins pretty much a consensus 1st overall?

[Richardstroker69]

Edmonton got a decent player in Nugent-Hopkins but jeez there’s some legit first liners that went after him in that draft. Scheifle, Huberdeau, Couturier, Landeskog. Not as bad as the Yakupov draft but yikes. That said wasn’t Nugent-Hopkins pretty much a consensus 1st overall?

I think so, he was a little scrawny thoigh

[Topper]

Loose for Nuge was the tank mantra

Fail for Nail

Fall for Hall

[Blob Mckenzie]

Edmonton got a decent player in Nugent-Hopkins but jeez there’s some legit first liners that went after him in that draft. Scheifle, Huberdeau, Couturier, Landeskog. Not as bad as the Yakupov draft but yikes. That said wasn’t Nugent-Hopkins pretty much a consensus 1st overall?

I think so, he was a little scrawny thoigh

Yeah he was tiny. As I said he’s a decent player but the first guys I listed are all substantially better and legit first lovers as well. RNH is a decent 2nd line centre, but you’d expect more from a 1st overall pick.... guess Yakupov was a fair bit shittier as a 1 overall.

[Chef Boi RD]

Edmonton got a decent player in Nugent-Hopkins but jeez there’s some legit first liners that went after him in that draft. Scheifle, Huberdeau, Couturier, Landeskog. Not as bad as the Yakupov draft but yikes. That said wasn’t Nugent-Hopkins pretty much a consensus 1st overall?

I think so, he was a little scrawny thoigh

Yeah he was tiny. As I said he’s a decent player but the first guys I listed are all substantially better and legit first lovers as well. RNH is a decent 2nd line centre, but you’d expect more from a 1st overall pick.... guess Yakupov was a fair bit shittier as a 1 overall.

Nuge is a decent player like a Brenden Morrison type. Just drafted way too high, should’ve gone mid first round area

[Strangelove]

Johnny boy Torts is back!

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/blu ... -comments/

Columbus Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella has been fined $20,000 for comments he made after his team’s 3-2 shootout loss to the Chicago Blackhawks.

Additionally, Tortorella has been assessed a conditional fine of $25,000 “which will be collected in the event of similar inappropriate behaviour through Dec. 29, 2020,” according to a statement from the NHL.

So much for "free speech".

[ukcanuck]

Johnny boy Torts is back!

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/blu ... -comments/

Columbus Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella has been fined $20,000 for comments he made after his team’s 3-2 shootout loss to the Chicago Blackhawks.

Additionally, Tortorella has been assessed a conditional fine of $25,000 “which will be collected in the event of similar inappropriate behaviour through Dec. 29, 2020,” according to a statement from the NHL.

So much for "free speech".

Is there a coaches union? If there isn’t, it’s beginning to be about time they get one.

[Mickey107]

Johnny boy Torts is back!

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/blu ... -comments/

Columbus Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella has been fined $20,000 for comments he made after his team’s 3-2 shootout loss to the Chicago Blackhawks.

Additionally, Tortorella has been assessed a conditional fine of $25,000 “which will be collected in the event of similar inappropriate behaviour through Dec. 29, 2020,” according to a statement from the NHL.

So much for "free speech".

Is there a coaches union? If there isn’t, it’s beginning to be about time they get one.

I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like this "Additionally, Tortorella has been assessed a conditional fine of $25,000 “which will be collected in the event of similar inappropriate behaviour through Dec. 29, 2020,” according to a statement from the NHL." before.
Who the f**k defines similar? Guess the NHL has a problem or are frightened to use the word "probation". Is this the hammer or the sickle?

[Topper]

Hopefully Torts doesn't give a fuck

[Strangelove]

A flurry of trades in the last hour or so...

Calgary trades Frolik to Buffalo for a 2020 4th round pick.

Buffalo trades Scandella to Montreal for a 2020 4th round pick.

Montreal trades Mike Reilly to Ottawa for Andrew Sturtz and a 2021 5th round pick.


Not sure if Frolik will fit-in in Buffalo, he doesn't seem like a hookers'nblow kinda guy.

https://buffalonews.com/2019/09/13/pros ... ning-here/