NHL '15-'16 - Mike Richards, possession superstar - Page 28

On March 03 2016 07:27 Flaccid wrote:
I will never get behind the idea of trading RNH; I just can't do it. He has done nothing but put up good metrics against the Toews and the Kopitars and the Thortons of the WC since he was 18. Not to mention how the Oilers have fallen off (even more of) a cliff since his injury. You just can't have enough center depth, especially in the WC. Someone is always gonna be hurt =P

He's an outstanding player on a good contract. Honestly, given the likely return I'd probably rather trade Hall than RNH. And I love Hall.

edit: Let's take a second to appreciate what RNH and Hall have done since entering the league. Here are their relative rankings in regards to quality of fwd competition faced and even strength ppg (as stolen from another blog):

Hall faces #11/330 - .692 EVPPG
RNH faces #17/330 - .456 EVPPG

...

Gaudreau #135/330 - .758 EVPPG
Kane faces #150/330 - .859 EVPPG
Seguin faces #158/330 - .708 EVPPG
Benn faces #165/330 - .692 EVPPG

Kind of unreal, honestly. I'd love to see what they could do against the soft parade that other top forwards see.

edit2: And these team NA jerseys are pretty dope:

On November 30 2015 20:21 Jer99 wrote:
I would have said Kane is the favorite to get the most points, the man is a monster.

Beauty goal by Malkin too

On November 30 2015 03:25 Kyhron wrote:
Part of the reason no one broke 90 points last year was because 2 of the top point getters last year missed over a month each because of injuries. This year I'll be surprised if Kane, Benn or Seguin don't break 100 points. Kane has a 19 game point streak and is playing out of this world this year

On November 30 2015 22:18 QuanticHawk wrote:
agreed, all 3 of those guys are currently hovering around 1.5ppg through a decent chunk of the season and it's obviously not the first time for any of them. I would be pretty surprised if they didn't all break 100 if they stay healthy.

I think the rest of the top scorers will be 90ish and below probably. I do think part of the drop in 1st line scoring is def tied to teams having more depth and using it, so that's part of why there's probably less people over a PPG than the past few years

On December 04 2015 08:52 GolemMadness wrote:


Kane has never hit 90 points in his career and has only hit 80 once. Obviously right now it looks like he'll pass 90 with ease, but he's played under 70 games in his last two seasons, and most great players will peak in points before the age of 26. It's a good sign that he's continued to put up points after Panarin cooled off so much, but it's definitely not a foregone conclusion that he'll hit 90.

On October 14 2015 14:48 GolemMadness wrote:
LA are looking awful. Vancouver's looking surprisingly good so far.

On October 14 2015 16:17 Kyhron wrote:
LA was pretty much expected to be fucking terrible this year. It was pretty much a guaranteed rebuild year after last year plus this offseason's shit show.

On October 14 2015 22:04 JimmiC wrote:
What? I think most people thought la would bounce back, with van taking a massive step back cal maybe taking a step back and sj having uncertainty in net. Pretty sure most pundits had la as the only lock other then Ana in the postseason.

http://www.tsn.ca/statistically-speaking-2015-2016-nhl-season-picks-1.373367

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2572396-2015-16-nhl-predictions-preview-and-picks-for-pacific-division/page/10

On October 14 2015 23:26 QuanticHawk wrote:

yeah I've always liked DeBoer. He has his warts like anyone, but it's pretty apparent that if he's given some talent, he gets a lot out of it. Maybe in a couple years the narrative on LouLam's last few years in NJ will change. He was straight up bad after the Cup run, and the issues were starting to creep up before then anyway. I don't think Scotty Bowman could have coached any of those dumpy teams to the playoffs.

also yeah no one was expecting LA to be awful. I also don't put very much stock into the first month of an 82 game season, otherwise everyone would think the Leafs are good every year!

On October 22 2015 06:20 QuanticHawk wrote:

eh their team probably fits his style pretty nicely

I also think Torts is going to be quite a bit different this time. He was Mr Safe is Death in TB before the stoneage hockey years in NYR

On October 23 2015 11:04 JimmiC wrote:
Kessel shocker not working out. So common that the big trade or signing blows up. pitts needed depth not a one dimensional scorer. Who when not scoring like now, is a big negative.

On October 25 2015 17:13 FaCE_1 wrote:
9-0-0. We are unstoppable :D

Price is just the best player, all position combine, in the worlds.

We had a badgame vs toronto yesterday,they shot 52 time. Price stop 49. Hell yeah

On November 29 2015 13:51 GolemMadness wrote:
Klingberg with another 2 points tonight. Looking like he'll be the first defenseman since Lidstrom to hit 80 points. Last season, only 5 forwards hit 80, and 0 hit 90.

On October 03 2015 03:22 Jer99 wrote:
Leafs make the playoffs

On October 02 2015 23:29 Flaccid wrote:
Oilers miss the playoffs by a fair bit, CFMD gets 1000 points. Those are my only predictions at this point.

On October 02 2015 15:41 GolemMadness wrote:
I tihnk Calgary will be a strong competitor for winning the Pacific. I think it'll be between them and Anaheim.

On October 01 2015 21:49 QuanticHawk wrote:
I think Washington has steadily improve the last two seasons. Their roster is a lot better than the ones from the last 5-7 yeras when the first line and Green carried the team to the playoffs each year.

I also think Holtby is really really good

On October 03 2015 14:22 xDaunt wrote:
I'm pretty sure that the Sharks are going to be back in the playoffs this year. Last year was just bizarre. Things should be back to normal now. More importantly, it looks like the Sharks are going to have a huge upgrade in net.

On November 30 2015 20:21 Jer99 wrote:
I would have said Kane is the favorite to get the most points, the man is a monster.

Beauty goal by Malkin too

On October 05 2015 18:03 Kyhron wrote:
I honestly don't know what to think of the West in terms of playoff contenders. I would honestly be shocked if the Pacific have more than 2-3 teams in the playoffs. I think the Central will be more of a Thunderdome with a side of Mr. Toads wild ride than it was last year, but I don't really see the pacific teams managing to squeak out more points when the entire division minus phx has gotten better. I think the Ducks will win the Pacific and either the Sharks or Flames will be a 6-8th seed with the other teams all being Central

On October 09 2015 07:31 Flaccid wrote:


Tru. I guess I'm just worried that 'the man' is catching up to them and it'll randomly go down and I'll have no recourse =(