For the teams out of the playoffs.

VAN - BUF trade idea lmao, buffalo fans are saying we decline.

VAN
Samuelsson, Mattias
BUF
Höglander, Nils
Dermott, Travis
DiPietro, Michael [RFA Rights]

@Juiceman

The nerds and losers club

The playoffs thread is for the cool teams 👉😎👉

we're all in the playoff thread, we just don't want to clog it with non-playoff talk like how the Leafs will need to clear cap space if they want a good roster next year

( From Kevin Weekes Twitter, can't embed for some reason )
**Breaking News** 🚨 📰

(From the Plane ✈️) to Minnesota .
I’m told the NJDevils are moving on from Asst Coches Rechhi & Nasreddine.

Kevin Weekes doesn't take a break lol

No Ruff though?

GMTF may still be weighing his options with Lindy.
Situation emerging in Vancouver, other things may develop (pls get Grönborg).
Pretty much 50-50 to me whether Ruff stays for 22-23 or not.

Also, letting Recchi and Nas go is definitely the right thing to do anyways.

I was really hoping that any discussion pertaining to the have-not teams in the NHL would be confined to their individual subforums as a means of boosting traffic to those parts of the site and it's why I didn't initially make one of these threads when I started the playoff thread.

I'm fine with this being here at any rate.

Does this mean offseason sh*t posting starts early?

Canucks don’t really need Samuelson though. We have too many LHD. We need RHD. I’m personally also not willing to give up on Hoglander yet. I hear Samuelson is a very good shutdown d man so idk

Former Dallas Star Mike Ribeiro charged with sexual assault in East Texas https://t.co/2OcYDASHsO

— Matthew DeFranks (@MDeFranks) May 4, 2022

For no reason I'm going to post the 10 best players from the 2019 draft based on Point Share:

1. Jack Hughes
2. Trevor Zegras
3. Moritz Seider
4. Spencer Knight
5. Cole Caufield
6. Matthew Boldy
7. Mils Hoglander
8. Kaapo Kaako
9. Bowen Byram
10. Alex Newhook

The US NTDP should be pretty happy with how their guys are blooming.

At this point I’m sad to say it, but…

Common Dallas L

the 18 year old nanny. next to his kids too. yikes

Wrong thread too excited. :-P

theyre the reason the US could be the best national team soon (if not now) (as we also havent seen best of best nations in a while)

Les Canadiens de Montréal sont fiers de sélectionner, au 5e rang: Rick Astley.With the 5th overall selection in the NHL Draft, the Montreal Canadiens are proud to select: Rick Astley. pic.twitter.com/nO06PVR6BM

— NHL Draft Bot (@NHLDraftBot) May 4, 2022

biggest W of the draft

Traded down for it.

It probably wouldn't be a good idea to fire your coach after he said "I've got a lot of respect for Lindy, he knows how to push me, how to push my buttons. We have a really good relationship, I'm a huge Lindy Ruff fan."

Well assuming Jack Hughes = Devils you're perfectly correct. But if you don't want to let 8 goals per game then you gotta find yourself a new coach.

Speaking from experience. Ruff more or less killed Lehtonen's and Niemi's career.

Nah, Canada still solos. And Bedard, Fantilli, and Wright are on the way to keep it going in the future, although the mctrio of McDavid, MacKinnon, and Makar are holding it down for now

I’m somewhat torn on the Ruff issue. He’s had the worst luck with availability and performance with goalies in his two years with the Devils, and injuries to other key players as well. Bratt, Hughes, Hischier and Mercer have developed rather well during his time here and I think Ruff’s gotta have some credit for that. Offense generation 5 v 5 has been very good under Ruff as well.

But there’s also the defensive lapses, the woeful special teams performance, dressing Geertsen for 25 games, PLAYING ALEX FRIKKIN HOLTZ ON A LINE WITH GEERTSEN OMFG

It wouldn’t be the end of the world if Ruff came back in 22-23 for a final year, Devils are still transitioning from rebuilding to contending. But I think there probably are better options to put behind the bench for next year.
On balance, I’d want a new HC for 22-23.

2016 & 2019 are saving the USA right now. Every other draft has favored Canada (including 2022 it looks like)

Edit

The #Yzerplan:

1. Draft Brad Lambert at 8oa
2. Hire Lane Lambert to be the next head coach of the Red Wings
3. Profit