Updates and Rumours from around the League

[mbow30]

With how everyone praises Price and shits on Fleury, I expected it to be a much bigger difference.

theyr'e very similar

similar inconsistencies. similar ceiling. similar basement. both have two elite-ish seasons. price has had two subpar seasons to fleury's one. this year was the first year where they weren't within 7 sv% points of each other.

and of course they have pretty similar deficiencies, and similar playoff struggles.

factor in fleury being a frenchie, price's statements, fleury's benching and the fact that bergevin and mario are besties.... wouldn't surprise me at all to see those guys swapped.

 

[Habsy]

Never happen. They can keep Fleury. Price would have a better playoff record too playing behind Crosby and Malkin.

 

[Leafin']

HAHA Hurt feelings for habs fans if they make that move.

Reimer > Price

Feels good to type that one out.

 

[leafman101]

Yeah Fleury and Price are pretty similar.

 

[corksens]

Never happen. They can keep Fleury. Price would have a better playoff record too playing behind Crosby and Malkin.

Maybe. But Price's current playoffs W-L record is pretty poor. Didn't realize that.

 

[PlayerToBeNamedLater]

Toews, Bergeron, Daysyuk nominated for Selke

 

[worm]

KB has a new socialist hero.

Ilya Bryzgalov is at the centre of controversy after praising socialist icon Joseph Stalin.
- http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Philadelphia/2013/05/15/20824316.html

 

[PlayerToBeNamedLater]

Bryzgalov and Grabovski really need a TV show together.

 

[Deckie007]

KB has a new socialist hero.

Ilya Bryzgalov is at the centre of controversy after praising socialist icon Joseph Stalin.
- http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Philadelphia/2013/05/15/20824316.html

Search for the cached version of the story. It's....interesting.

 

[PlayerToBeNamedLater]

Kane, Moulsen, St. Louis nominated for Lady Byng.

Is this like the 10th year in a row for St. Louis?

 

[PlayerToBeNamedLater]

Adrian Dater of the Denver Post reports that new Colorado Avalanche hockey ops chief Joe Sakic may have had a change of heart about hiring a coach without NHL experience.

That would seem to put former Avs legend and current Quebec junior league bench boss Patrick Roy firmly back in contention for Joe Sacco's old job. From Dater:

Indications from the Avs now are that a junior coach IS possible. I would still say Sakic would prefer an experienced guy, one who already has had an NHL head coaching job. But it's now possible that it could indeed be someone from junior, say a Patrick Roy or maybe even an AHL guy like Dallas Eakins or someone else.
Nothing is imminent, however. The team will do its "due diligence" finding the right guy

.

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

No idea why teams are even considering naming a coach now...wait til the playoffs are over.

 

[PlayerToBeNamedLater]

The Avs are funny. They basically had a rookie GM, a rookie coach and a rookie captain and they wonder why they suck.

 

[PlayerToBeNamedLater]

And I hope someone hires Eakins. He gets all the credit for the performances of the Leafs young players.

 

[Leafin']

The selfish leafs fan in me hopes no one hires Dallas Eakins and we get to reap the rewards.

 

[zeke]

I don't see how eakins gets the credit for kadri, frattin, gardiner, reimer being good players.

if anything, frattin and kadri took too long to become good players, while guys like holzer, blacker, ashton, colborne, d'amigo, etc. etc. don't seem to be making any progress whatsoever.

 

[Volcanologist]

Frattin is a good player?

 

[oscarheyman]

The Avs are funny. They basically had a rookie GM, a rookie coach and a rookie captain and they wonder why they suck.

Doesn't help that the fact they're almost a cap floor team as well.

 

[leafman101]

They just aren't a good team. They have a handful of good players, but that is about it.

I mean John Mitchell was one of their best players.

 

[Metalleaf]

That trade of Stewart/Shattenkirk/Rattie for Johnson/McClement/Siemens looks worse all of the time.