shocky2002

I just don't understand why NHL teams hire former players as GM's.

You are legitimately an ass, though.

My vote goes to, of course, the 2x defending champs

Made the thread twice by accident. Someone delete pls

No shame losing to the B's. The bruins are the best team in the NHL when healthy. Better than Tampa.

The Wings are better than last year, not by much, but they're right where they belong.

Red Wings with a fluky start to begin the year again. Should be fun when they don't get a top draft choice

I'm guessing Euro_Twins thinks 2008 Nick Lidstrom is worth more than 2008 Pavel Datsyuk too. them forwardz are so a dime a dozen, my defensemenz are the keepers! Even though, of course, Pavel Datsyuk at his peak was worth more to the team than a Nick Lidstrom past his prime.

Andrei Burakovsy had 44.84 points / 82 games this year. Andrei Burakovsy is actually extremely good and should be getting more money than TJ Oshie. The points don't show it. Vincent Trochek- 54 points in 82 games. His on-ice impact was massive relative to the rest of the team. Again, IMO, a better player than TJ Oshie. The elementary stats don't show it, of course. I'm not saying Tatar is a superstar elite player, but he's the best player on this team. He should be getting the most money. He's better than Mantha.

Tomas Tatar- career +13.9% 5v5 corsi RELATIVE TO THE TEAM. 13.9%!!!!! Pavel Datsyuk's career high was 16.6. NYQUIST is 2.4%!!! When he's on the ice, the Red Wings are far better than when he's off the ice. It doesn't matter when Dekeyser's value to the team is far lower than that of Tatar's, regardless of position. I would not pay Carey Price more than Nicklas Backstrom. Keep using the 45 points argument. Use +/- too while you're at it.

I love these people ITT who think they can use unadjusted points to determine a player's value. Tomas Tatar is a far better puck possession player than Nyquist. There is no way he should be getting 1m less than DEKEYSER. I hope Tatar leaves and lights it up for another team to shove it in Ken Holland's face.

Honestly, 2012 for me. They absolutely obliterated teams all year long in puck possession and Jimmy Howard was at his peak. They lost in 5 to a s***ty team. That's hockey for you sometimes. I was never shocked in any of the Legace/Dave Lewis years

What the f*** are the Leafs thinking?

Imagine living in 2017 and actually thinking EXPERIENCE means anything in the NHL. Yeah why don't teams sign Kris Draper out of retirement to provide leadership. ******* lmao

I JUST SAW SOMEONE ON TWITTER TOUT HIS CUP EXPERIENCE AS A GOOD REASON TO SIGN HIM. AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Please for the love of god let this be the last July 1st of Ken "Phil Jackson" Holland's career with Detroit.

I don't know about anyone else but Tomas Holmstrom's in 2017 aren't valuable I loved Homer and he was great during a time when the league wasn't built on speed, but if prime Homer were playing today he wouldn't be anymore than a 4th liner, rather than being Datsyuk's linemate

All of this because they're paying Jonathan Toews 10 million a year for average 2nd line center productions. Amazing.

LMFAO this is too good to be true.

The. Hawks. Will. Not. Win. Another. Cup. In. This. Era. I still can't believe they're paying Toews 10 million dollars for 50 point seasons. Ahahahahahaha

LOL the cluelessness. Hossa is absolutely HOF material.

The Blackhawks aren't winning another title in this era anyway.

Only guys worth mentioning are in the poll On a side note, it's been 5 years since Nick retired. I can barely remember how this team looked with him on the blue line. It feels like 20 years since he walked away.

I truly think that Sidney Crosby is the greatest talent of all time because of evolution of sports and humans. He may not have dominated the league the way that Gretzky and Mario did, but I think he's better than both on a pure talent level. So, he likely won't be considered the GOAT when it's all said and done, but top 3. He's LeBron James of the NHL.

PLEASE Preds, need you guys to take it to 6 games so I can cash in on some money.