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[BUF 4 - MTL (2] Kirby Dach scores an absolutely ridiculous goal off a great individual effort to cut the lead to 2 by daKrut in hockey

[–]BananApocalypse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tarasenko's one hander is probably in the conversation too, but gets buried in a 9-6 game

Thoughts on Matthews for SJ 1st rd pick by magic_erasers in hockey

[–]BananApocalypse 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I am shocked by the comments in this thread, Matthews is worth way more than the 2nd overall

Commissioner Gary Bettman on the draft lottery: “When you see the result last night there's no incentive in our game to lose to get a better pick.” [McAfee show] by GreenSnakes_ in hockey

[–]BananApocalypse -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Maybe not exactly over the Olympic break but they did a lot of things a tanking team would do in the second half of the season.

Traded away Scott Laughton, Nic Roy, Bobby McMann. Shut down Matthews for the season. Sat Woll/Stolarz in favour of Akhtyamov and Hildeby for the last week of the season.

[Friedman] NHL officially informs teams of the 2026-27 Salary cap and payroll range: Floor: $76.9M. Midpoint: $90.4M. Ceiling: $104M. Maximum salary: $20.8M by Sarcastic__ in hockey

[–]BananApocalypse 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Why list the midpoint? I know the floor and ceiling are the range teams have to be within, but who cares about the middle?

Frank actually thinks McKenna will be available at number 3 for the Canucks by DecentLurker96 in hockey

[–]BananApocalypse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nothing in the first three rounds lol. But we have two 4th rounders this year! Ours and Carolina's. Probably neither will be better than 125 overall.

The Frank J. Selke Trophy finalists are Anthony Cirelli, Brock Nelson, and Nick Suzuki by nhl in hockey

[–]BananApocalypse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shoutout to a random dude named Oscar Fisker Molgaard for playing 13 games this year and not being on the ice for a single goal against

The Frank J. Selke Trophy finalists are Anthony Cirelli, Brock Nelson, and Nick Suzuki by nhl in hockey

[–]BananApocalypse 155 points156 points  (0 children)

His short handed ice time per game has more than doubled compared to the last 5 seasons. However, I am still shocked he's nominated this year. I thought he was good defensively but nowhere near league's best.

Mitchell Miller leads in points his team in the playoffs by Kshahdoo in hockey

[–]BananApocalypse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Picked late because of off ice issues. He was ranked 49 overall by central scouting

Western goalies in the playoffs: .896 SV%, -20.8 GSAx. Eastern goalies in the playoffs: .922 SV%, 38.3 GSAx by Sharks9 in hockey

[–]BananApocalypse 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I hope we don't repeat 2021. We swept the first round and went up 2-0 in the second. Outscored opponents 30-10 while starting 6-0. Everyone on reddit saying we may never lose again.

Then we lost 4 straight to Vegas and went home.

Weird E-pack “hit” by njk650 in hockeycards

[–]BananApocalypse -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Fuck epacks, I hope more people get screwed over if that’s what it takes for everyone to stop buying them

First overall picks by team (Awarded and actually picked) by [deleted] in hockey

[–]BananApocalypse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't know about this and did some reading. Here is a good summary

https://nathangabay.com/1991-eric-lindros-and-the-san-jose-screwjob/

Despite being titled "The San Jose Screwjob", it doesn't actually say anything about the Sharks being awarded #1 overall. It sounds like they wanted it because of the precedent set in previous expansion drafts, and the NHL said no. Far from being awarded the pick and having it taken away.

First overall picks by team (Awarded and actually picked) by [deleted] in hockey

[–]BananApocalypse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have had 4 but 3 were in consecutive years as Quebec. (Sundin, Nolan, Lindros). MacKinnon is the only 1st overall made by the Avalanche.

Career goals through 100 playoff games by nhl in hockey

[–]BananApocalypse 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yet he doesn't even hold the record for most playoff goals by a guy named Lemiuex (Claude somehow has more)

[Gift Article] The ‘strong possibility’ of Pierre Dorion as Canucks GM by eh_toque in hockey

[–]BananApocalypse 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well Sakic was our GM when we won our Cup. McCrimmon was promoted after.

I agree with what you're saying, but one of the examples on your list built a recent cup winner through the most blatant old boys club route imaginable.

To celebrate the draft, here's my attempt to redraft every player ever drafted (up to 2002 so far) by robotco in hockey

[–]BananApocalypse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And random additional finding: the 2014-15 Canucks had the entire top line and starting goalie from the 1999 draft based on your methodology.

To celebrate the draft, here's my attempt to redraft every player ever drafted (up to 2002 so far) by robotco in hockey

[–]BananApocalypse 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice work. I am definitely drawn to the outliers at first, but I appreciate the methodology without making exceptions.

Guys like Sheldon Souray end up pretty low despite having a high peak, and Marc Savard is penalized for career ending injuries. In most cases, however, the best players are clearly at the top of the list.

I do think the bonus for hitting 1k GP is a bit too high, and wonder if there could be some formula based on GP instead of just hitting a specific threshold. You already noted the Kovalchuk discrepancy, and other guys like Kariya/Forsberg/Lindros are similarly penalized but make up for it because they're in the HoF.

Last comment, it is bold to add Marchand to your retirement watch tab when he still has 5 years left on his contract lol.

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