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Ryan should post something new. Boring days.
Ain’t nothing to post there buddy lol
So… what’s everyone grilling?
I’ve actually been cooking in my pizza oven more than my grill but I grill a few ribeyes or ny strips a week lol big steak family here. Including the 2 year old.
Hello Ryan! Hockeybuzz no more?
Same train, new tracks.
So, I hadnt been over to HB in a few weeks. Thought to have a look this morning and Ek’s main story caught my attention, so I opened it up for a read. He’s saying that the bans were random because of site glitches. I can post there again. There is now only like 6 or 7 team blogs in total.
“Hey gang.
This website is 15 years old.
Hockeybuzz itself has been around for 20 years, but this version of the website is 15 years old. As an in dependent website, paying our own boills and trying to create a place for you guys to come and be able to talk and discuss all sorts of hickey topics there never seems to be a right time to re-launch a new version…. I definitely wasn’t going to do it with the draft and free agency, because that is one of our busiest times of the year….
But the website is a mess and I have a whole bunch of new writers, many of whom have not even been posted yet on here because of how messed up the website is. Also, there have been blogs and comments disappearing, and people being banned for no reason at all. Along with other data issues, which affected many of you being able to login…..
The new website is really awesome, and I hope that 15-year-old hockeybuzz.com would survive until the site was ready and everything was hopping…. I fear that I asked too much of it.
We have three different teams working on this right now. One is trying to just fix all the database problems on the current site. Another is putting the finishing touches on the future site. And another that is developing a short-term solution that will be a temporary site without the bells and whistles, but will function properly and will enable everybody to post and us to launch new writers, etc.
The temporary site is coming in a few days here…. The full site will be here not that long after…
But at our core, we need to be a site that enables writers to write and readers to comment…
Again, I really appreciate the patience and I’m trying to answer all the emails I’ve gotten. If your season ticket got messed up, you’ll be automatically upped for an extra year.
I am not a coder nor am I a technical person, so it’s time for me to get back to rumors and why you come here, but I just wanted to make sure that you understood what is going on….
Cheers”
Will believe it when I see it, on the positive note — this site isn’t cancer to my computer or phone. I like it.
Yeah, I knew the CHL and NCAA rules changed, but wasn’t sure where the line was for being allowed to go to the NCAA. I see that’s it’s signing an NHL contract. This still seems too restrictive since many players sign that deal immediately after getting drafted but then don’t play a pro game for at least a year or two. Why not let them play NCAA if it’s best for them?
There’s been some changes recently with the NCAA. I believe in the past, kids from juniors weren’t allowed to go to the NCAA because they were technically receiving payment even though it was more of a stipend but with the NCAA now allowed to pay athletes, the rules changed a bit and juniors kids can now go to the NCAA after juniors and before the NHL since it’s not a pro contract — I’m not completely up to speed on it but I’m pretty sure it was usually juniors or college before and now they can do both which should be better for future kids developments.
We seem to have about 2-3 too many forwards, 2 extra D, so presumably more trades will come before the season.
Can Brunicke play NCAA this year if they don’t think he’s ready for the NHL? I would think that’s a better option for players who are physically ready for it.
Edit: I think the answer for him is no because he played a few AHL games last year.
I read somewhere that Brunicke would have to go back to juniors this year. Didn’t specify why. I think it would be best to do what Anaheim was doing and keep him up (if he shows he’s close to deserving it) and closely monitor playing time. Play him, sit him a bit to watch tape and work in the gym, repeat.
Can you imagine how good this D would be if it was 2017. Letang, ek, dumba on that right side. Meow!
It’s the CHL agreement. Not old enough to go to the AHL and can’t go to NCAA because he’s already signed a pro contract.
Good move for assets and we had too many LD anyways.
This is how all blogs should be setup in the forum, thanks for that meltzer, also flyers suck.
Not sure if true but I read that per frank seravelli starting in 26/27 teams will allow 1 19 yr old to play in the ahl per season.
Yeah that will kick in for 2026-27.
That’s huge. Not only for NHL teams but more so for the kids whose development gets stunted by having to go back to Juniors with nothing more to accomplish. Hopefully that results in more kids taking the next step sooner since they get that extra year of seasoning in the AHL.
Dubas seems to be following the same model Arizona/ Utah did, by acquiring a ton of draft capital and pipeline developmental players. The challenge is taking all that and converting it to NHL on-ice success. Not many examples of teams being successful using this route (Utah, Detroit, Buffalo). Teams don’t want to give up developed, cost-controlled younger talent. I see this as only getting worse if the NHL expands in the next couple of years.
Wish the Pens would be in on Jason Robertson.
You need to hit on your draft picks. I don’t see any other way to build a consistent contender in a capped league. Build a good base of young (cost controlled) players. Then add when the right time is right. If we’re being completely honest, the Pens are still in the very early stages of a rebuild. They don’t have any “franchise” players on the horizon. Maybe a few good players, but no show stoppers. You need at least a couple of legit stars to be a regular contender.
Dubas has already said he’ll use his picks to make moves if he can, but you’re right, teams usually don’t let good young prospects leave for picks.
Really need those 2-3 cornerstone players via the draft but those supporting players can be had via trade (ala Florida Panthers), most of that team was acquired via trade outside of Barkov and Ekblad. Going to be tough to tell, typically those 10-20 picks in the first round don’t become jack shit. They really need to draft in the top 5 next year. That late season run by Jarry really screwed them.
Hopefully he uses some of those mid-later round picks to start adding players close to NHL level when the time is right instead of using them to draft projects.
Seems like EK will be leaving for sure now. Maybe flip Dumba at the deadline. Got a 2nd to take one year….pretty good IMO.
apparently they’ve been in talks with Detroit on EK. It’d be nice if they could somehow package EK and Rust to Detroit for a decent return. Then flip Dumba for a second that’s sooner than 2028 if we retain a bit.
