The Official 2013-14 Regular Season Talk Thread

[DrJones]

Quote: Originally Posted by Money99

The problem is, I don't Detroit has a strong enough fanbase to survive a total rebuild.

A little dramatic, wouldn't you say? Are you implying that the Red Wings will fold or relocate if they miss the playoffs for a couple years?

[TheMatrix31]

The Sabres are actually scoring goals in the last couple of games. What sorcery is this?

[Money99]

Quote: Originally Posted by DrJones

A little dramatic, wouldn't you say? Are you implying that the Red Wings will fold or relocate if they miss the playoffs for a couple years?

Hahaha, not that far.
But I don't see them selling out every night like they have been.

pietasterp, I agree.
I was wondering what kind of return the Wings could get for Datsyuk and Zetterberg.
But those guys will never be dealt. Both took home-town discounts and I think if you deal them, then the 'culture' of the Wings changes dramatically both on and off the ice.

Like you said, once they get healthy, I think they'll compete and hopefully threaten to score more than 2 goals on a more consistent basis.
But I think they're a very mediocre team which desperately needs to get at least 1, if not 2 stars under the age of 28.

[Kobalt]

All charges against Varlamov dropped.

Spoiler

On the ice stuff, MacKinnon is awesome. Think he's going to be the Avs' best player in 2 years.

[DaRK]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kobalt

Parenteau sucks so bad this year.

While Downie is killing it in Philadelphia.

[Kobalt]

Quote: Originally Posted by DaRK

While Downie is killing it in Philadelphia.

Good for Downie, I like him. Hope he gets a nice pay day in the Summer as well, but I prefer PAP over him. Both players don't believe in defending in their own zone though, they're awful at it. I found this interesting though,

Steve Downie - 3 goals in 33 games with the Avs.
Max Talbot - 3 goals in 23 games with the Avs.

Downie obviously has more points as he's an underrated playmaker. Thought he had more than 3 goals, Talbot has played really well lately. He's relentless on the forecheck. Still don't think the Avs got enough back for Downie though.

[DaRK]

Oh yeah, Philly totally got the better end of that deal.

Still annoys me to see Andy Greene without the C.

[slickdtc]

Talbot is an awesome player to have. A great piece. I'm sure he'll find his way on to a couple more Cup teams before it's all said and done. Players like that win Cups.

But Downie fits in Philly. Dude looks like Pauly from Rocky. That was a good, relatively fair trade. The thing is, you know what Talbot is gonna give you. To a degree, that's a plus. Not much up and down with him. Downie, on the other hand, can be great when with great players. We have/had enough grinder-types that we didn't need Talbot any more. For such a short stint, he was well liked.

Still... He was a dirty Penguin first. I don't think that ever left my mind. Talbot's really good but... HE WAS A PEN. Yuck.