Random NHL comments/thoughts

[slothfacekilla]

I have to imagine the Wings are trying to move one of their top 3 goalie prospects this offseason for immediate help.  Guimond, Pradel and Gylander all showed some promise last season too I thought.  It is a bit insane the goalie prospect depth they've built up, hope they can weaponize it.

[slothfacekilla]

I honestly can't get my head around this Chayka hire for the Leafs.  He must be very cheap and be quite a salesperson because he was absolutely awful in Arizona.  It also seems like most of the league hates his guts.

Steve Simmons is a moron too but this was hilarious:

 

[Jason_R]

 

[slothfacekilla]

Oh my god I was just coming to post that, I'm laughing so hard

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When he was general manager of the Arizona Coyotes, there were so many computer terminals on the giant-sized desk of numbers guru John Chayka that it looked like he was trading commodities on Wall St.

What was appearance, though, and what was indeed reality were two very different things.

When Chayka was shown the door in Arizona in 2020, it was quickly determined that just one of the computer terminals on his massive desk was in working order — the other five, with data frozen on each screen, were nothing but show.

 

[Jason_R]

9 minutes ago, slothfacekilla said:

Oh my god I was just coming to post that, I'm laughing so hard

 

It’s an insane story. 🫣

[lordstanley]

And up until last week wasn’t Chayka managing 15 Wendy’s franchises, having been out of hockey for 6 years?

Edit: Yes. But it was 50 franchises.
 

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Edited Monday at 09:42 PM by lordstanley

[Jason_R]

After every new thing i hear about this story the first thing i think is are you serious?

[slothfacekilla]

Leafs winning the lottery has ruined my night 😂  At least Chayka is likely to **** it all up.

 

Sharks are going to be an absolute wagon for a while moving up into the second spot for Stenberg

[lordstanley]

2 minutes ago, slothfacekilla said:

Leafs winning the lottery has ruined my night 😂  At least Chayka is likely to **** it all up.

 

Sharks are going to be an absolute wagon for a while moving up into the second spot for Stenberg

It sucks. And I heard about if after the fact, thought the draw was a bit later. 

[Jason_R]

Is anyone surprised that Toronto won? OTOH, their next 3-5 years are likely to be a slow-rolling train wreck.

At least the unprotected pick we sent St. Louis didn't move up. 

[slothfacekilla]

Meh I was never scared about the Wings pick moving up, it still had their bad luck attached to it I'm sure

 

Between the Leafs this season and Islanders last season I'm in full blown conspiracy mode!

[lordstanley]

 

 

 

[lordstanley]

 

[slothfacekilla]

NHL laying the dynasty seeds in one of the richest areas of america smh my head

[lordstanley]

51 minutes ago, slothfacekilla said:

NHL laying the dynasty seeds in one of the richest areas of america smh my head

I've predicted for awhile that McDavid will be a Shark in a couple of years. Massive contract for him that will be fit in thanks to a bunch of young stars on starter contracts. 

[slothfacekilla]

Unless the NHL app is wrong Quinn Hughes had a cardio game tonight: zero shots, zero hits, zero shot blocks, and zero takeaways in 28 minutes of ice time. Insane.