"I loath when records for the Jets 2.0 include Atlanta or Arizona. This is a new team with no connection to those cities and what they did so I wish the pendents stopped doing this. It was a fresh start for Winnipeg so stop tying them to the past."

Might want to check your history.

i loath
- islansjet

*loathe

The next time random blog ideas come up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89dHtFk5Sus

"I loath when records for the Jets 2.0 include Atlanta or Arizona. This is a new team with no connection to those cities and what they did so I wish the pendents stopped doing this. It was a fresh start for Winnipeg so stop tying them to the past."

Might want to check your history.
- Levit8

Disagree. Most of the players on the Thrashers moved to Winnipeg when the team moved. So essentially they were still the Thrashers but outfitted with new uniforms and a different arena. But essentially the same team.

Vegas didn't start out as an expansion team with cast offs. Vegas got legitimate 2ND line players and guys who ended up being legit 1 st liners. No other team Ever had such an advantage...

What surprised you?
- Eklund

How uninterested bcallaway was in this blog.

not to defend him (i don't think he's got anything beyond a 6th grade education either) but this kind of blog has to be better than the ones where he's actually giving his own opinions, acting like he knows things/people, and making lies up by the pound.

i mean i'm just guessing by the title. i don't read his blogs.

not to defend him (i don't think he's got anything beyond a 6th grade education either) but this kind of blog has to be better than the ones where he's actually giving his own opinions, acting like he knows things/people, and making lies up by the pound.

i mean i'm just guessing by the title. i don't read his blogs.
- Richardflair

you do it then.

I loath when records for the Jets 2.0 include Atlanta or Arizona. This is a new team with no connection to those cities and what they did so I wish the pendents stopped doing this. It was a fresh start for Winnipeg so stop tying them to the past.
- islansjet

I don't. It would be a different conversation if EK did a city by city winning % based on times spent by the NHL in each city. It would be interesting to see the Minnesota NHL winning%, Denver NHL winning%, Winnipeg NHL winning %, New York NHL (Islanders & Rangers included) winning %, Toronto NHL winning %, etc...

you do it then.
- kicksave856

how dare you.

would be more appropriate if you were making playoff winning percentage weighted with Stanley Cup victories. I'm afraid even using those standards the Canucks are still in a dog fight to the bottom with Buffalo and St Louis alltime😦

Im shocked it was possible to write something worse then the Malkin Wants To Be The Man scoop

Troof

would be more appropriate if you were making playoff winning percentage weighted with Stanley Cup victories. I'm afraid even using those standards the Canucks are still in a dog fight to the bottom with Buffalo and St Louis alltime😦
- morrison1980

Blues are 27-41 (40%) in playoff series, with 3 Finals appearances, and 9 of 50 (18%) playoffs missed.
Sabres are 21-29 (42%) in playoff series with 2 Finals appearances, and 18 of 47 (40%) playoffs missed.
Canucks are 16-27 (37%) in playoff series, with 2 Finals appearances and 20 of 47 (43%) playoffs missed.
Coyotes/Jets are 4-19 (17%) in playoff series, with 0 Finals appearances and 19 of 38 (50%) playoffs missed.

If we ignore teams who have won the Cup, or only existed since the 90s; Jets/Coyotes are far and away the worst. Canucks second worst, but it's not that close.

Vegas didn't start out as an expansion team with cast offs. Vegas got legitimate 2ND line players and guys who ended up being legit 1 st liners. No other team Ever had such an advantage...
- kaptaan

They shouldn't have. Teams should have been able to protect all of these players. Not to say they shouldn't have been able to get some legit 2nd line players that were playing lower on deep teams, but a lot of GM's messed up this expansion for themselves, not really that Vegas was given a gift by the process.

Think Seattle will be able to replicate similar success?

How uninterested bcallaway was in this blog.
- Aetherial

Wow, tough crowd there Ek... I was a little surprised the Wild fell in the 6th overall spot.

Original 6 is BS. The league started with 4 teams. And why are the golden seals included but no mention of the NY Americans or Montreal Maroons?

This list and stats should really only include stats post original six.

They shouldn't have. Teams should have been able to protect all of these players. Not to say they shouldn't have been able to get some legit 2nd line players that were playing lower on deep teams, but a lot of GM's messed up this expansion for themselves, not really that Vegas was given a gift by the process.

Think Seattle will be able to replicate similar success?
- Beergu

hopefully the gms have learned from their mistakes...

I'll blindly assume this wasn't adjusted for ties/shootout wins...and therefore is completely useless and misleading
- Takemedrunkimhome

you would be completely wrong. it is adjusted

Wow, tough crowd there Ek... I was a little surprised the Wild fell in the 6th overall spot.
- MnGump

yeh I have noticed! Thanks man

Vegas didn't start out as an expansion team with cast offs. Vegas got legitimate 2ND line players and guys who ended up being legit 1 st liners. No other team Ever had such an advantage...
- kaptaan

Most of that isn't because of who they drafted though. It was the trades with morons that got them those pieces.

Eklund: The NHL Franchise All-Time Standings May Really Shock You. Buzz@2
- Eklund

Ek you have WAY too much time on your hands.

This might seem relevant to anyone who just completed Grade 2 math but Eklund just wasted x amount of time with this useless article.
- zt0808

Just wait until Ek's Buzztron projections return. More flawed math than Tanner's random BS analytics.

Im shocked it was possible to write something worse then the Malkin Wants To Be The Man scoop
- Cloud

He still does want to be the Man. But the worst blog was the one where Ek posted what players would look like as women. The Matthews one turned Augello on but to each their own.