The take that there are no or not enough hockey fans in California, Florida and Arizona is old, ignorant, and flat out wrong.
Morgan Reilly is not a number 1 defenseman on a Stanley Cup team. A number 2 or 3 maybe, a number 1 no.
Igor Shesterkin’s save percentage is .940. Jacques Plante’s all-time record save percentage is .944. If you’re inclined to give a goaltender the Hart/MVP trophy this is the year. I believe the Hart is for skaters and the Vezina is for net minders.
Auston Matthews has turned himself into a complete 200-foot hockey player and his recent show of violence has only raised his already high stock in my book.
It’s not fair that Michael Bunting is eligible for Rookie of the Year after already winning the Linemate Lottery.
The Penguins need to give Evgeni Malkin a legitimate scoring winger to play with. One-line teams don’t win Stanley Cups. What do the Perfection Line, Triple Crown Line and GAG Line have in common? They never won a Stanley Cup.
Jack Eichel is immature, but the Buffalo Sabres enabled him. He was given ten million a year and the captaincy before he earned it.
How can anyone complain how Phil Kessel kept his Iron Man streak alive. The All -Time Iron Man would have been scratched if his team didn’t revolt in Florida.
Darryl Sutter is now my Coach of the Year. His rejuvenation of Milan Lucic is remarkable but getting the pair of Nikita Zaitsev and Erik Gudbranson to play at the level their playing is nothing short of a miracle.
Igor Shesterkin #31 of the New York Rangers
Kings’ rookie center Quinton Byfield looks like a number 2 overall pick and playing him between Dustin Brown and Alex Iafallo is shrewd.
Patrik Laine and Jakub Voracek have found chemistry in Columbus. The Flyers have not found a replacement for Voracek especially on the power play.
Why wasn’t Wayne Simmonds the Flyer Captain for the last ten years. Simmonds is a warrior. Claude Giroux is an excellent special teams player, and good at faceoffs but not a leader.
The Wild not finding a trade partner for Ryan Suter will haunt this franchise for years. I understand buying out Zach Parise, no one wanted him, but Dallas gave Suter a huge contract as soon as he left Minnesota.
GM Joe Sakic beat everyone to the punch by acquiring Josh Manson a week before the deadline. Manson is the only thing the Avalanche needed, a rugged top 4 defenseman.
Dear Vegas Golden Knights,
Karma is a Bitch.
Sincerely,
Marc- Andre Fleury and Gerard Gallant
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