It’s been a month since our last mailbag and plenty has happened across the world of professional hockey. We have had a look at many of the biggest names moved in the offseason and panic has set in among several fan bases. Toronto, Chicago, and Montreal have all seen their leadership questioned, while things in Vegas aren’t going nearly as smoothly in year five of the expansion franchise.
Unfortunately, there is still no clarity on the biggest story of the offseason, as Jack Eichel is still a Buffalo Sabre and still in need of neck surgery. With all that in mind, it’s time to run another edition of the PHR Mailbag. If you missed the last one, it was broken into two parts. In the first, our Brian La Rose examined the upcoming Olympics, Philadelphia’s busy offseason, and gave some predictions on a surprise from each division. In the second, there were several New York Rangers questions, a note on Alex Barre-Boulet, and thoughts on some of the young players around the league.
You can submit a question by using #PHRMailbag on Twitter or by leaving a comment down below. The mailbag will run on the weekend and answer as many questions as possible.
Too early to panic in Vegas?
With it known that the league has had to help some teams financially get thru the past two seasons, do you think that they’ve placed spending caps on those teams?
So do the Yotes claim Cory Schneider now that Hutton is hurt?
Flilip Hronek was healthy scratched for 2 games. He has been the Wings leading TOI for 2 years and logged big minutes for the first 4 games. Is Stevie about to trade him? It seems plausible as his value seems very good and has 3 yrs left on his deal.
With the hole on the right side in LA and the ton of young assets they have could the Kings be a potential trade partner?
Is it worrying that the Kraken have the lowest amount of shots per game and also not really anyone on offense who can score?
Also do teams who do well in the beginning of the season do well at the end of the season?
Has Marc-Andre Fleury just gotten old, or does the Chicago defense really suck THAT badly?
How annoying are the grammar police? I think to most of us it’s on like a 5-6/10 level. But when they pull it on you guys it’s elevated for us. It must be infuriating for you guys when a guy contributes nothing but minor editing. No?
Thanks for all the work you guys do to help keep us informed on all the things happening in one little space. Some of us do really appreciate it.
^great comment. Totally agree;
The sheer amount of replies that nitpick an extra semicolon is embarrassing
You mean “nonexistent.”
Seriously, get a grip. How many comments REALLY complain about an extra semicolon? One? Two, ever? That many?
Does Tarasenko still get traded? Does he push it or settles in with the Blues?
what kind of contract can Hertl expext?
I read some little twitter peeps are complaining about Joel Quennville and his hearing coming up . The following is that Quennville was told about what happened with The person responsible for the ,sexual assault AND was told that upper management would handle this problem. I don’t seek the problem with him , bug the problem is that Bowman , who is in charge , should have handled It in a different fashion. The result is Bowman is gone as it was his responsibility to do something back then.
Dear Mailbag Crystal Ball: I am in need of some cant-miss, future scoring stud prospects for my keeper league and would like you to list 4-5 “unknowns” who are still in the minors but maybe not spoken of much (no more than 2-3 years away; please include your Top-2 D-man prospects as well). As always, much appreciated.
Duke
Cam Atkinson is off to a great start, will he crack 40 goals this year as he did just a few years back? Also will the additional goals support/good start to the season be the catalyst to bring back the struggling Philly goaltenders confidence? Will is help carter hart regain his form?
How much longer is Quennville coaching? A week?
Well … we ARE talking about the state of Florida here. Cue a lot of whining about “SJWs,” how they got to take a stand against the “liburals” and their “socialist” crusades, and how if Beach was a REAL man he’d have just punched Aldrich out. The league may well impose some penalty in a lame attempt to save face, but I bet the team does as only a last resort … conveniently timed for a losing streak, of course.
Yea unfortunately I live here, so I know all to well what you mean.
Don’t worry about answering my question!
Is Chevy done in the Peg?
find out today
Would Vegas really trade Theodore (as is being rumored since the Whitecloud and Hutton signings)? What else would they need to add to nab Eichel?
Odds that Dubas either trades one of his four or loses his job. As a result of putting 50% of the cap into 4 players and it not working out well (imho).
he will be fired first. if he was to trade one first it had to happen this past offseason. Now he has put his eggs in a basket and he will be the first egg removed. provided he doesn’t fire his coach first.