Pokecheque wrote:
Astounding. I thought Garth Snow was Dead GM Walking but he has something cooking once again in NY. If the Isles get their new rink and sign JT long term they'll be set for a while.
Guess that's what happens when a rival GM practically gift wraps an entire scoring line in exchange for two busted prospects.
Eberle now has more goals than Hall, who was taunting him on Twitter not long ago.
Isles supposedly could have had Hall for Hamonic back when Hamonic had asked for a trade to a western Canadian team. That would have been nice, but yeah, the Isles are doing well, all things considered.
Snow really needs to obtain a better goalie after this year though. Greiss & Halak are both good when they're on, but neither has taken control. Maybe Weight should stick with one for a time to get them into a groove, but I keep waiting to see one have a good streak, only to be disappointed. It looks more and more like Sorokin will never come over. He's entrenched in the KHL and doing well, so why should he leave? It would make more sense for him to stay there. Bummer.
Barzal is looking great. Kid just keeps doing all the right things.
Their schedule has so many damned weird breaks. They keep going like 3 days without playing, then have 3 games in 4 nights, often with the 2nd and 3rd games at earlier start times, so they don't even get a full 24 hours rest. I wonder if anyone analyzes that in all 31 team schedules. Wonder if it's done relatively equally to all the teams. Not saying that's why they're in 3rd. Just wondering if some teams get screwed. Western teams already get screwed with longer travel. If they have this too, they're really fucked.