2023/2024 NHL/WILD Offseason-Season-Postseason Thread

first Beyond Our Ice episode, always good – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hQFqS_puNk

What a dumpster fire in Ottawa.

In like a month the new owners have lost a player to a half season gambling suspension, been fined a first round pick, and fired their GM.

was the GM fired for mostly the Dandonov debacle? otherwise he’s done a really good job locking up his young superstar core players to likely backhalf bargain max year deals…the 1st round pick loss is likely a 20’s pick anyways and with their young core locked in, there likely wouldn’t be much room for him…

The new owner has every right to be pissed though, but that’s what investigators are for when spending hundreds of millions of dollars…

Rumors are already swirling that Ottawa is looking at Chiarelli for next GM role… someody help those poor souls in Ottawa

jack klusa wrote:

Rumors are already swirling that Ottawa is looking at Chiarelli for next GM role… someody help those poor souls in Ottawa

That whole Pinto ban and now the loss of a #1 pick the new owner is pissed.

Yeah Bettmam didn’t give them a heads up this was coming even though the league was working on both before the sale was done. For the fire Bettman crowd this is the kind of stuff that will get him canned, not a low salary cap and bad all star games.

Bettman is absolutely terrible, but does this ruling come down from him or someone else?

The forfeited 1st and the Pinto suspension were both ultimately Gary’s call.

Gary should have let the new owner know this was in the works before the sale. The new owner is essentially now 1 of his 32 bosses.

My guess is the GM getting fired would have happened regardless and this was the excuse to make it happen. New owner likely wants to bring in his own guy to run the show.

jack klusa wrote:

Rumors are already swirling that Ottawa is looking at Chiarelli for next GM role… someody help those poor souls in Ottawa

If his guy is Chiarelli that’s hilarious

I cant believe anyone would give him another shot! So, Boldy is in tonight. Spurgeon has been skating, but Freddy has not. So it appears we will get at least two of our guys back soon which is good. Hopefully they right the ship because defensively they have been terrible.

CaptainMusky wrote:

I cant believe anyone would give him another shot! So, Boldy is in tonight. Spurgeon has been skating, but Freddy has not. So it appears we will get at least two of our guys back soon which is good. Hopefully they right the ship because defensively they have been terrible.

Devils are probably the worst team to try and right your ship defensively against…I just want to see small improvements each game now…7 of their next 9 games will be tough…

I know the Devils are on the rise for sure. We played them competitive last game though so there is hope. We need our PP to produce which is something we have been saying on and off for how many years now?

CaptainMusky wrote:

I know the Devils are on the rise for sure. We played them competitive last game though so there is hope. We need our PP to produce which is something we have been saying on and off for how many years now?

Key to beating the Devils is staying out of the box…their lethal PP against our poor PK = disaster… I’m excited to watch Boldy again…

Jack Hughes is on a bender to start the year. After last year I thought he was the next guy to enter the Mackinnon Matthews Draisaitl level. But I definitely did not think it would happen this year already.

They ever gonna let Damon Hunt actually play a full game?

They’re due for a good game in net. Gus has been pretty bad since game 1 and Flower not much better.

tswoboda wrote:

They’re due for a good game in net. Gus has been pretty bad since game 1 and Flower not much better.

Well we have the Gus Bus tonight so hopefully he has a good one. Game 1 was fantastic!

I think Boldy coming back will help alot, hopfully taking a fraction of the other teams defensive focus away from just stopping Kirill to win. Hopefully he saw all of the opportunities to shoot the puck on the powerplay from the pressbox…if they stay out of the box, they can beat the Devils…Gus just needs to stop giving up the soft early goal and not deflate the team’s confidence in the opening period…They’ve had ample time to identify and hopefully fix some of their defensive issues since Sunday…

at some point Kirill is going to explode offensively, we’ve seen it in past year early season slumps where he gets pissed and decides to take the game over offensively by putting everything on net…we need mad Kirill back…

Joe, dont forget they actually PRACTICED the other day LOL

Friggin early goal given up again after Gus robbed them a minute earlier….

Faber is our best forward sofar…

That was a ridiculous passing play by New Jersey on that goal.

Devils are really good. Fast, young, and talented. Not going to be a good outcome for the boys.

BS call on Rossi and yet another PPG. Hartman had a chance to get it out but he frags out and it stays in.

The Wild are not playing well in any phase of the game. I think they’ve broken the bus.

I think alot of this game sofar is that the Devils are just a much better team…

Deano going gonzo on the line combos…

Jack Hughes can do WHATEVER he wants on the ice, nobody can catch him… he’s so fun to watch skate…

Fun 3rd period so far.

Is it just me or does Johansson lose his stick like every other shift?

There’s not a happpier person on earth than me just because kirill zuccy and rossi are playing together

Deano with the line blender and they are buzzing!

Rossi 1c with the 2 best wingers and he capitalizes, you love to see it.

Line 3 and line 4 are quite the change of pace from each other lol both are buzzing though

jack klusa wrote:

kirill zuccy and rossi are playing together

No they’re not

boldy rossi kirill rather

excuse me while I rip my hair out after giving up another shorthanded

Dewar should be starting the PK until Freddy is back.

Could really use a goal here, vanacek doesn’t know what planet he’s on

F. What a terrible way to end it