This is fine.

I care less about the cap hit, and more about the usage or O’Reilly. His minutes should be decreased and they should be rolling 3 lines with guys like Baptiste and Bailey and even CJ Smith next season
- sbroads24

Well you know I’ve been preaching that for a while now too
That’s why i wanted to see Sam at 3C this year
That’s why i wanna see Mittelstadt at 3C next year

A good 3rd line is VERY important if we are gonna become a good team

No, it absolutely is. Do you even watch the games?
- BeadyEyedDouche

O'Reilly has 20 giveaways and 38 takeaways this year.

Last year he had 27 giveaways and 58 takeaways.

A lot of that stuff has been said by YOU and others (just not tonight)

He’s deployed as a top15 center bc we are among the worst teams in the league when it comes to who our 3C & 4C are

His importance is overrated?
Idk about that
I guess it depends on your perspective

Last night, we don’t tie that game without him
And against StL, we wouldn’t have had a chance to tie either

He won EVERY SINGLE offensive zone faceoff late in these past 2 games

That’s pretty damn valuable if u ask me

That doesn’t sound like a “compliment” if u ask me

There’s lots of factors that are holding his numbers down
I listed a whole bunch & u said nothing to refute them

A good 3rd line is important
If it wasn’t,
why would the Pens have played Kessel on it in the playoffs?

The 4th line was super important for them too
They had Cullen out there taking a lot of Def Zone draws so that Malkin & Crosby wouldn’t have to

ALL THIS STUFF MATTERS


It’s really hard to look at numbers without the context


Yeah,
You were right earlier when u said “we were close... to last”
(Clever btw)

But u could’ve also said that about the AVs last year or the Leafs the year before
And so on

We have to add to guys like O’Reilly if we wanna get good
- jdfitz77

dude, learn how to format your posts, honestly

O'Reilly has 20 giveaways and 38 takeaways this year.

Last year he had 27 giveaways and 58 takeaways.
- kingcong39

Again, everyone loves ignoring the fact right now that scorekeepers award phantom assists on a nightly basis, but yeah, they are really good at counting takeaways and giveaways

O'Reilly has 20 giveaways and 38 takeaways this year.

Last year he had 27 giveaways and 58 takeaways.
- kingcong39

i thought he had 5 every game....

dude, learn how to format your posts, honestly
- BeadyEyedDouche

When’s the last time u came in here & weren’t so damn crotchety

U really need a hug, or a Valium, or something

Always so fired up about everything

It’s a message board...
about hockey

Evander Kane gets ONE phantom secondary assist and this board couldn't shut the (frank) up about it for days.

But yeah, ROR isn't a turnover machine because those same score-keepers said so.

i thought he had 5 every game....
- jochfr

But the scorekeepers...

When’s the last time u came in here & weren’t so damn crotchety

U really need a hug, or a Valium, or something

Always so fired up about everything

It’s a message board...
about hockey
- jdfitz77

Dude, no one is fired up.

When’s the last time u came in here & weren’t so damn crotchety

U really need a hug, or a Valium, or something

Always so fired up about everything

It’s a message board...
about hockey
- jdfitz77

I wish I could use the stupid emojis on the mobile version. I just laughed out loud.

EA's NHL hockey games register turnovers more accurate than NHL scorekeepers

Outside of the obvious top 10 centers, who is taking O’Reilly over these

Barzal
Point
Kadri
Couturier
Barkov
Kuznetsov
Monahan
Getzlaf
Giroux
Mackinnon
Kopitar
Karlsson (Vegas Karlsson)
Couture
Schenn
Namestnikov
Trochek

This isn’t including guys like Patrick, Hirschier, Who should be very good soon.

I bet within 2 years he isn’t a top 50 Center. I would move him now, but that’s just me

I wish I could use the stupid emojis on the mobile version. I just laughed out loud.
- jcragcrumple

Hahahaha

odds

mcginn 50%
doughty 50%
- homiedclown

Fixed.

Again, everyone loves ignoring the fact right now that scorekeepers award phantom assists on a nightly basis, but yeah, they are really good at counting takeaways and giveaways
- BeadyEyedDouche

There is a difference between an unforced error and a forced error, hence why a giveaway is not registered if a player from the opposing team forces it.

Outside of the obvious top 10 centers, who is taking O’Reilly over these

Barzal
Point
Kadri
Couturier
Barkov
Kuznetsov
Monahan
Getzlaf
Giroux
Mackinnon
Kopitar
Karlsson (Vegas Karlsson)
Couture
Schenn
Namestnikov
Trochek

This isn’t including guys like Patrick, Hirschier, Who should be very good soon.

I bet within 2 years he isn’t a top 50 Center. I would move him now, but that’s just me
- sbroads24

Outside of the obvious top 10 centers, who is taking O’Reilly over these

Barzal
Point
Kadri
Couturier
Barkov
Kuznetsov
Monahan
Getzlaf
Giroux
Mackinnon
Kopitar
Karlsson (Vegas Karlsson)
Couture
Schenn
Namestnikov
Trochek

This isn’t including guys like Patrick, Hirschier, Who should be very good soon.

I bet within 2 years he isn’t a top 50 Center. I would move him now, but that’s just me
- sbroads24

But can we get any of those guys?
If not,
then what’s it matter?

Go with Mittelstadt as 2C next year?
Terrible idea
He’s not even a ppg in college
Even Fasching did that

Heck, look at Connor on the Jets
He had an Eichel like season & had issues as a rookie

Mittelstadt might be good right away, but if he’s not then we’d be screwed

Or are we just going for a top pick again?


Who’s gonna be a respectable 2C next year?
And what are we getting back for ROR?

Dude, no one is fired up.
- BeadyEyedDouche

Like 90% of your posts are of an attacking nature

U sure seem fired up

I honestly think we’ve just seen bad hockey for so long that any decent player looks like an an all star sometimes.

I don’t think O’Reilly sucks

Outside of the obvious top 10 centers, who is taking O’Reilly over these

Barzal
Point
Kadri
Couturier
Barkov
Kuznetsov
Monahan
Getzlaf
Giroux
Mackinnon
Kopitar
Karlsson (Vegas Karlsson)
Couture
Schenn
Namestnikov
Trochek

This isn’t including guys like Patrick, Hirschier, Who should be very good soon.

I bet within 2 years he isn’t a top 50 Center. I would move him now, but that’s just me
- sbroads24

Kadri is a no for me from the 6 seconds I spent looking at that list.

And that's exactly why they know they can raise the prices and people will still pay. It's a business, the object is to make money. Nostalgia, FOMO, sunk cost fallacy...
- Wetbandit1

I agree. Tpegs has 3 billion, doesn't mean he doesn't want to be worth 4 billion. He's in business to make money.

I would say this year will be a big year for cancellations .
At least the bottom 2,000 out of 16,000 sth.
There's still alot of people who have seats transferred from the aud .

Many of the seats are owned by ticket brokers.
I'm sure the sabres would want those seats back, once were good again

Fixed.
- kingcong39

oh my


I'd keep ror and shut up if he gets us doughty

eichel 10 points in last 9 games


skunk 10 points in the last 9 games

lol yeah let's just keep ignoring the fact that scorekeepers award phantom assists to players but then believe they register giveaways accurately
- BeadyEyedDouche

Nobody's perfect, however, going from 1 giveaway every 2 and a half games, which is the official number, to 5 or 6 a game is such a massive gulf as to be totally unrealistic.

a history lesson

#wemightbeagoodhockeyteamsomeday
- homiedclown

#maybe