General Hockey Talk - Injuries, signings, factoids + other news from around the league

wprager wrote:Sabres are leading the league in points, Bruins have only one regulation loss, Tampa will get in the to three.  Which of those Teams are the Leafs passing?

Probably Buffalo - but it's what I've been saying this whole time. The Leafs are in trouble. A ton of pressure to win, media up their arse, arrogant coach who doesn't get along with their star player, captain controversy, bad depth, poor defense, inconsistent goalie.

Leafs next 10 games: Washington, @ Philly, LA, Vegas, Philly, @ Chicago, @ NYI, Boston, @ Pit, @ Vegas. IMO they need to go 7-3 to get back into the swing of things. If they go any worse then 6-4 I'd consider replacing Babcock.

Tarasenko to have shoulder surgery. Will be *evaluated* in 5 months. Wow.

Hey, if the need a Tarasenko replacement, BOBBY RYAN IS AVAILABLE!!!!!!

tim1_2 wrote:Hey, if the need a Tarasenko replacement, BOBBY RYAN IS AVAILABLE!!!!!!

Lol. No one is taking Ryan. He's a healthy scratch on one of the worst teams in the league. The only way I see us getting rid of him is to take on an equally bad contract (Seabrook, Parise, Lucic, D. Brown, Kovalchuk). Or maybe the Sens can trade for Byfuglien with a d-man going back the other way. Even then I still wouldn't do it if I were Winnipeg.

To Winnipeg: Ryan, De Melo
To Ottawa: Byfuglien (if he retires and it counts against the cap), Perreault (cap relief)

Meh, I wouldn't take a crap contract for Bobby. I'd let him sit out and see if it lights a fire, then play him again, then do it again when/if necessary.

PTFlea wrote:Meh, I wouldn't take a crap contract for Bobby.  I'd let him sit out and see if it lights a fire, then play him again, then do it again when/if necessary.

yeah, I have a feeling Ryan might retire a sens. also insinuating that he calls it a career after his last contractual season. the glass is fragile. he's made enough cash. he won't come back even at a 1 mill contract.
I'm pretty sure he might have to be PTO'd anyway to have a chance at another contract. it's not just his salary that's stopping teams from having an interest.

Flo The Action wrote:

PTFlea wrote:Meh, I wouldn't take a crap contract for Bobby.  I'd let him sit out and see if it lights a fire, then play him again, then do it again when/if necessary.

yeah, I have a feeling Ryan might retire a sens. also insinuating that he calls it a career after his last contractual season. the glass is fragile. he's made enough cash. he won't come back even at a 1 mill contract.
I'm pretty sure he might have to be PTO'd anyway to have a chance at another contract. it's not just his salary that's stopping teams from having an interest.

At $1M he's worth a shot playing with a Crosby or in tampa

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

PTFlea wrote:Meh, I wouldn't take a crap contract for Bobby.  I'd let him sit out and see if it lights a fire, then play him again, then do it again when/if necessary.

yeah, I have a feeling Ryan might retire a sens. also insinuating that he calls it a career after his last contractual season. the glass is fragile. he's made enough cash. he won't come back even at a 1 mill contract.
I'm pretty sure he might have to be PTO'd anyway to have a chance at another contract. it's not just his salary that's stopping teams from having an interest.

At $1M he's worth a shot playing with a Crosby or in tampa

Now he is, but in 3 years? He's already slow and doesn't look particularly interested. I try not to go back and forth on a player - and I was quite high on him after the playoffs of 3 years ago, but he looks like Dung. Just...so bad right now. Stay on your damn skates and don't skate in a circle to get back into the play. Start and stop. Start and stop. Write that on a chalkboard 1000 times until you do it.

PTFlea wrote:

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

PTFlea wrote:Meh, I wouldn't take a crap contract for Bobby.  I'd let him sit out and see if it lights a fire, then play him again, then do it again when/if necessary.

yeah, I have a feeling Ryan might retire a sens. also insinuating that he calls it a career after his last contractual season. the glass is fragile. he's made enough cash. he won't come back even at a 1 mill contract.
I'm pretty sure he might have to be PTO'd anyway to have a chance at another contract. it's not just his salary that's stopping teams from having an interest.

At $1M he's worth a shot playing with a Crosby or in tampa

Now he is, but in 3 years?  He's already slow and doesn't look particularly interested.  I try not to go back and forth on a player - and I was quite high on him after the playoffs of 3 years ago, but he looks like Dung.  Just...so bad right now.  Stay on your damn skates and don't skate in a circle to get back into the play.  Start and stop.  Start and stop.  Write that on a chalkboard 1000 times until you do it.

35 year old bobby Ryan will not play in the league.
I still think he can be better than he is now but I’m thinking he’s not motivated to be on a team that’s not gonna have a chance to win.

The Preds just signed Roman Josi to an 8 yr $9M+ per year extension. Now there’s a team that will be looking for cap relief next year. I wonder if there’s a quality asset we could snag from them.

tim1_2 wrote:The Preds just signed Roman Josi to an 8 yr $9M+ per year extension.  Now there’s a team that will be looking for cap relief next year.  I wonder if there’s a quality asset we could snag from them.

Turris lol?

Flo The Action wrote:

PTFlea wrote:

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

PTFlea wrote:Meh, I wouldn't take a crap contract for Bobby.  I'd let him sit out and see if it lights a fire, then play him again, then do it again when/if necessary.

yeah, I have a feeling Ryan might retire a sens. also insinuating that he calls it a career after his last contractual season. the glass is fragile. he's made enough cash. he won't come back even at a 1 mill contract.
I'm pretty sure he might have to be PTO'd anyway to have a chance at another contract. it's not just his salary that's stopping teams from having an interest.

At $1M he's worth a shot playing with a Crosby or in tampa

Now he is, but in 3 years?  He's already slow and doesn't look particularly interested.  I try not to go back and forth on a player - and I was quite high on him after the playoffs of 3 years ago, but he looks like Dung.  Just...so bad right now.  Stay on your damn skates and don't skate in a circle to get back into the play.  Start and stop.  Start and stop.  Write that on a chalkboard 1000 times until you do it.

35 year old bobby Ryan will not play in the league.
I still think he can be better than he is now but I’m thinking he’s not motivated to be on a team that’s not gonna have a chance to win.

He just looks like he doesn't enjoy hockey anymore and he's playing out his contract. I remember a few years ago he wasn't included on the US Olympic roster and Burke was saying he has zero compete. he's bang on.

PTFlea wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:The Preds just signed Roman Josi to an 8 yr $9M+ per year extension.  Now there’s a team that will be looking for cap relief next year.  I wonder if there’s a quality asset we could snag from them.

Turris lol?

He'll definitely be made available but I am not sure I want Turris in my top-six right now given where the team is heading. Nashville is adding approx $5M to keep Josi and have $10M locked up to Granlund and Smith. They'll be fine. But they're a team that may look at adding cheap players to their mix. Someone like Lajoie would fit in well there.

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:

PTFlea wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:The Preds just signed Roman Josi to an 8 yr $9M+ per year extension.  Now there’s a team that will be looking for cap relief next year.  I wonder if there’s a quality asset we could snag from them.

Turris lol?

He'll definitely be made available but I am not sure I want Turris in my top-six right now given where the team is heading.  Nashville is adding approx $5M to keep Josi and have $10M locked up to Granlund and Smith. They'll be fine. But they're a team that may look at adding cheap players to their mix. Someone like Lajoie would fit in well there.

I think Chlapik is also at the end of his rope with the Sens if he can't secure a spot in the starting lineup next season.

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:

PTFlea wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:The Preds just signed Roman Josi to an 8 yr $9M+ per year extension.  Now there’s a team that will be looking for cap relief next year.  I wonder if there’s a quality asset we could snag from them.

Turris lol?

He'll definitely be made available but I am not sure I want Turris in my top-six right now given where the team is heading.  Nashville is adding approx $5M to keep Josi and have $10M locked up to Granlund and Smith. They'll be fine. But they're a team that may look at adding cheap players to their mix. Someone like Lajoie would fit in well there.

Under no circumstances could Turris be brought back while Eugene is still here. Even then, I think that contract is way too long for the Sens to take on. The last thing we need is a mediocre, aging 2nd line centre eating up minutes that would be better served with one of our young guys.

I loved Chlapik's game vs San Jose. He keeps playing like that, Ryan won't be playing any time soon.

Did anyone watch that game?

PTFlea wrote:I loved Chlapik's game vs San Jose.  He keeps playing like that, Ryan won't be playing any time soon.

Did anyone watch that game?

I saw that game it was good. Paul Pageau C. brown was a very good line. Tierney and Namestnikov looked good. Disappointed by two 5on 3 chance for about a minute each and got nothing

Hockeyhero22000 wrote:

PTFlea wrote:I loved Chlapik's game vs San Jose.  He keeps playing like that, Ryan won't be playing any time soon.

Did anyone watch that game?

I saw that game it was good. Paul Pageau C. brown was a very good line. Tierney and Namestnikov looked good. Disappointed by two 5on 3 chance for about a minute each and got nothing

yeah, I thought those 2 5 on 3s were the TSN turning points where the Sharts would storm back.

Did you like Chlapik's game as much as I did? I thought he was fantastic. He must have been specifically asked to go out and hit everything that moved.