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    WEST Playoffs '23-'24 Round 1: (C3) Colorado Avalanche at (C2) Winnipeg Jets (COL Leads 3-1)

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    Again, great coaching by Bowness. He inserted Jonsson-Fjällby to "strengthen" the PK (ok, that's the plan. Not to score more goals, not to try to change any momentum, but just defend the best possible way in the given case that the Jets will get penalties because that's so obvious).

     

    Colorado took a 4-1 lead with two PP goals, and Jonsson-Fjällby hasn't got any single second of ice time at that moment. :bonkingheadonwall:

     

    But there's progress. He didn't proceed to a goalie change when trailing 12-1 with 2 mins remaining in the game... He did that a bit earlier. So far, 22 goals allowed for a team that relies heavily on defensive tenure and strong goaltending.

    WEST Playoffs '23-'24 Round 1: (WC2) Vegas Golden Knights at (C1) Dallas Stars (VGK Leads 2-1)

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    It finally took an injury to finally boot Faksa out of the line-up. Same for Marchment but he can always score on a huge misunderstanding or make a good play by accident... This is forcing DeBoer to make some adjustments: Johnston will replace Pavelski on the invisible first line and Dadonov moves up on the second unit. Dell'Andrea is back with Smith on the fourth line. 

     

    I am so excited... :lookingboard:

    WEST Playoffs '23-'24 Round 1: (WC2) Vegas Golden Knights at (C1) Dallas Stars (VGK Leads 2-1)

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    Book it, Vegas are the 2024 back-to-back Stanley Cup champions.

     

    They have the best centerline of the league (I mean they can have a 30-goal 60-point scorer to center their fourth line...), their top-4 defencemen are elite, they can have the luxury to scratch a guy that has three rings, their bottom-6 can be part of a top-6 everywhere else. They have complete versatile players than can adapt and play in all situations.

     

    It's the first time of the season that the Golden Knights have a full roster including their new aquisitions, and it's scary. Hanifin and Hertl are perfect fits. The only question mark remains the goaltending but this relative uncertainty is perfectly handled by the best D corps in the League.

     

    That being said, it's a series of details so far. Both teams are really close but DeBoer is completely outcoached by Cassidy and his defensive system consisting in clogging the slot and push forwards to attack from the outside. The Stars just can't handle and they are struggling like hell to get significant scoring chances from close.

     

    I'm not pissed about the Stars being down 2-0, it's the way to get behind 2-0. Öttinger was sub-average in game #1 while having a ****** start and palyed trailing hockey for the rest of the game. The Stars did a good job in game #2, very good first period, Öttinger was solid, the forecheck was good, they did what they had to do but two major pee-wee brain farts led to two Vegas goals. Again, a series of details, but no way you can win when you make such mistakes.

     

    No disrespect to the Rangers, the Panthers and other very good teams but with their full roster Vegas is ahead IMO.

    EAST Playoffs '23-'24 Round 1: (A3) Toronto Maple Leafs at (A2) Boston Bruins (BOS Leads 3-1)

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    32 minutes ago, mommax3 said:

    I'm going to go out on a limb and say I believe the goalie rotation will be shelved for now and Swayman will start game 4, especially with an extra day rest

     

    TVA Sports analysts were pretty straight on that take. The rotation in the playoffs is BS, if Swayman doesn't start next, Montgomery should be fired lol.

     

    And what a terrible play by Tavares who literally took away all hope to tie with that pee-wee level penalty.

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    Coyotes on the move?

    in Around the NHL

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    7 minutes ago, thegx.ca said:

    Who's worse...?

     

    Maybe Pocklington...? No, honestly IDK. Whalers fans will say Karmanos Jr., Quebecers will have Marcel Aubut, Minnesotans will shout Norman Green (or maybe Leipold), Maybe Spano even if it's not techniquely his fault. Or former Coyotes' owner Jerry Moyes, Some Senators fans would have Melnyk on their list, maybe the Pegulas or any former Trashers owner.

    Coyotes on the move?

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    I recently watched the Spano saga that occured with the Isles in the mid 1990s, and back at the time the NHL put in place numerous rules and procedures to avoid such epic laughable failures in the future. It's not at that level but Bettman & co. clearly didn't their due diligence when they gave control of the franchise to Meruelo.

     

    And let's be honest: Meruelo and Gutierrez were chosen not because they were successful and competent businessmen, but only because they were Hispanic, so that the League can serve that as an example and show the world how inclusive and careful about minorities they were, and that backfired in their face. Selecting people as a function of the origin, skin color or language spoken (and not as a function of who they are and what they have accomplished) is never a recipe for success...

     

    This is very bad and sad because now some people makes the simplistic link Latino = incompetent, which is untrue and has the exact opposite effect of what was initially looked for. The League screwed up until the very end of this story.

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    Coyotes on the move?

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    Meruelo being a worthless piece of garbage is an euphemism...

     

    https://theathletic.com/5439189/2024/04/24/arizona-coyotes-alex-meruelo-utah-nhl/?source=targeted_email&campaign=9670025&userId=6665247

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    At the center of that failure is Meruelo. He was viewed as a potential savior of the franchise when he bought the team five years ago but became the final nail in its coffin, failing and defiant to the end.

    In August 2020, reports surfaced that he failed to pay players signing bonuses. Gutierrez blamed it on their lack of experience owning a sports franchise. As more vendors and employees began cropping up with complaints about unpaid invoices and strongarm tactics, it became clear that it was a feature of Meruelo’s business practices, not a bug.
     
    Instead of trying to forge inroads with power brokers and rebuild his reputation among local leaders, he was brash and arrogant. Former Tempe city councilmember Lauren Kuby recalled an interaction in which Meruelo remarked: “I bet you’ve never met a billionaire before.”

     

    In February 2021, The Athletic published a report that Meruelo’s first 18 months of ownership was marred by a revolving door of executives, strained relationships with corporate partners, and a litany of financial issues, some made worse by the pandemic. The story, which drew from interviews with more than 50 people, detailed a pattern of unpaid bills and jilted vendors, a disastrous draft pick that earned them universal scorn and employees complaining about a toxic environment.

    The franchise had no suitable place to play while Meruelo attempted to get politicians, unions and voters behind a $2 billion development plan in Tempe that included a new arena. As he worked to secure that project, Meruelo’s years of hubris came back to bite him. Grassroots organizers pounded his track record and credit rating, citing a financial analysis commissioned by the Tempe City Council. Campaign materials characterized him as “corrupt,” “scandal-plagued” and a “deadbeat billionaire.” Local trade and worker unions lobbied against the plan. And Meruelo didn’t dive deep into his coffers to counteract that negative messaging. He said last week he poured $7 million into the referendum; campaign finance records show that he spent just over $1 million.

     

    “I think the narrative in Tempe … is that they botched this campaign,” said Randy Keating, a Tempe City council member who supported the development proposal. “And they did.”

     

    “I have not witnessed a group more committed to doing things the wrong way and failing to develop any sort of meaningful support in the political community, business community and with the influential stakeholders they need to make this happen,” said David Leibowitz, a former communications consultant for the Coyotes who worked with three different owners, including Meruelo.

     

    Said Keating: “I have zero faith they will be able to pull that off. The fact that he couldn’t build an arena when he had a team. Who’s going to build it now?” He added: “No one wants to do business with this guy. Why would you?”

     

     

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    Coyotes recap 2024

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    Posted · Edited by Math

    35 minutes ago, yave1964 said:

    WHAT WENT RIGHT Keller developed brilliantly into a dangerous point a game weapon. Schmaltz quietly had a fantastic season. Durzi came over from the Kings an potted 41 points on the back end. Macelli was a fantastic playmaker. Bjugstad and Kerfoot were solid vet players. Goalie Ingram was among the top five goalies in all of hockey for the first half of the season until he got banged up. Logan cooley started slow but caught fire late and showed so much promise. Guenther looks like the real deal. Crouse and Carcone had Cy Young 20 goal seasons.

     

    That's really promising for this team, and quid of Hayton who showed pretty good things one season ago before getting several injuries. Another right thing is head coach André Tourigny. I really things this is a good fit and that the team has the right person in the right chair. He held an interview each week on the french TVA Sports where he openly spole on hoy does he envision things, the strategies, his vision etc. And that was extremely interesting. Anyway, I had them as a wild-card team but the injuries and that awful 14-game losing streak killed their hopes. Ironically, they started to play better once they knew they wouldn't play there anymore...

     

    Another good thing is the change of ownership. If the organization finally has someone who cares and who wants to put money and a good team on the ice, that's all bonus. Maybe they will stop to be the NHL's salary dump just to ease other teams with their bad contracts. I can't believe that Bettman is keeping this dípshit owner in the loop for a potential reactivation of the franchise (yeah technically, it's neither a relocation nor an expansion. Salt Lake City is starting fresh like a new team but with former Coyotes' players, staff and assets while the Coyotes franchise is put on hold but with the branding and history staying in the boxes in Arizona. Sutpid but it helped the NHL keep the apparences...). Meruelo has five years to build something, I really hope he miserably fails.

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