NHL 19: Halifax Schooners (32nd NHL Franchise)

[nolman29]

Game 4
Nash, Khudobin lead Schooners to Game 4 victory


Series tied 2-2

Schooners Quotable

Rick Nash on the win:
“That is a huge win for us. We did not want to go back on the road down 3-1 so we made it priority to win this game.”

Rick Nash on two goal performance:
“Feels good but feels even better that it helped the team pick up a big win. My line-mates and the entire team was playing well tonight so that made it easier for me to do my job out there.”

Rick Nash on going back to Florida for Game 5:
“Time to park this game here and get ready for Game 5. We know what we have to work on and we know what we can improve so that will all come together in practice tomorrow morning before we fly out. We know what to expect from them and we are ready for it.”

Head Coach Jody Shelley on a much better Schooners effort:

“The key to success tonight was everyone playing a full 60. Once we had the lead, I made sure the boys didn’t take their foot off the gas or give them too many opportunities.”

Head Coach Jody Shelley on Khudobin’s 33-save performance:

“He’s our guy and that’s why. He has been tremendous down the stretch for us giving us a chance to win every night and he did just that.”

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Game 5
Hoffman's three-point night give Panthers important 3-2 series lead




Panthers lead series 3-2.


Schooners Quotable


Lance Bouma on the loss:
"It definitely sucks. Now our backs are against the wall going back home and that's not the position we wanted to put ourselves in. We had a few hiccups in the third period and obviously showed on the scoreboard."


Lance Bouma on the third period:
"As I said, we had a few hiccups that cost us and that seems to be a problem with this group right now. We played well enough to win the first two periods, but took our foot off the gas pedal a little too much there in the third."


Dion Phaneuf on going back to Halifax down 3-2:
"Obviously we have some work to do but we aren't counting ourselves out just yet. We have been playing well so far so we just have to keep doing what we are doing, but most importantly we just have to keep it simple and keep our legs moving for 60 minutes."


Note: I used to write for QMJHL website and for QMJHL blog (The Q News) and did post-game interviews and had the stories published, so basically all these quotes are what I would usually hear (and your typical "hockey" answers. Trying to add some "realness" to my posts . Hope you guys are enjoying!

[SeattleBattleCat]

Dig deep for game 6 Schooners, you can do it!

Liking the comments, brings the team to life, well done.


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Game 6
Schooners heart-broken in double-OT loss to Panthers






Schooners Quotables


James Neal on the OT loss:


"You know it's heartbreaking, it's devastating...we had a good feeling before the game that we would be forcing a Game 7. In the end, we played well - I think our best game of the series - but it's time to hang our heads high and look forward to next season."


James Neal on the hot play of Panthers' Mike Hoffman:


"He was a factor for them out there. We knew that but didn't do our best to try and contain him. When you give a guy like Mike that much time and space, he'll make you pay."


Head Coach Jody Shelley on the team's first round exit:


"It's obviously not where we want to be but we can look at this as a building block for this franchise. I think we have a lot of the core sticking around so we build off this and see where it takes us next season and the next few seasons."

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End of playoffs update

Schooner stats
Name – GP, G-A-PTS
R. Nash – 6, 3-2-5
M. Dano – 6, 2-2-4
J. van Riemsdyk – 6, 2-2-4
C. Wagner – 6, 1-3-4
C. Jarnkrok – 6, 3-0-3
J. Neal – 6, 2-1-3
J. Fast – 6, 1-2-3
J. Demers – 6, 1-2-3
M. Stone – 6, 0-3-3
N. Bonino – 6, 0-3-3
R. Sheahan – 6, 0-3-3
M. Ferland – 6, 0-2-2
J. Weal – 6, 0-2-2
S. Koekkoek – 6, 0-2-2
L. Bouma – 6, 1-0-1
D. Phaneuf – 6, 0-1-1
J. Manson – 6, 0-0-0
C. Djoos – 6, 0-0-0

Name – GP, W-L, GAA, Sav %
A. Khudobin – 6, 2-4, 2.53, 0.922
A. Forsberg – 1, 0-1-0, 8.07, 0.752

PLAYOFF TREE
ROUND 1
EAST
WSH 4, CBJ 3
PIT 4, NJ 3
TOR 4, BOS 3
FLA 4, HFX 2

WEST
STL 4, WPG 1
MIN 4, DAL 1
LA 4, ANA 3
SJS 4, ARI 0

ROUND 2
EAST
WSH 4, PIT 1
TOR 4, FLA 0

WEST
STL 4, MIN 2
SJS 4, LA 0

CONFERENCE FINALS
EAST
WSH 4, TOR 2

WEST
STL 4, SJS 0

STANLEY CUP FINALS
WSH 4, STL 2

Awards
Stanley Cup: Washington Capitals
Presidents Trophy: Minnesota Wild
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl: St. Louis Blues
Prince of Wales Trophy: Washington Capitals
Art Ross: Phil Kessel
Hart: Phil Kessel
James Norris: Drew Doughty
Lady Byng: Phil Kessel
Calder: Eric Chelios
Conn Smythe: Braden Holtby
Vezina: Devan Dubnyk
William M. Jennings: Devan Dubnyk
Bill Masterton: Zach Bogosian
Frank J. Selke: Patrice Bergeron
Ted Lindsay: Phil Kessel
Maurice Richard: Alex Ovechkin

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2019 NHL Entry Draft
June 23, 2019

1st Round, 19th overall
Dylan Cozens, RW, 18 yo, 6’2, 165 llbs, Right
63GP, 18-21-39, +12 (Lethbridhe, WHL)

2nd Round, 51st overall
Nikita Okhotyuk, D, 18 yo, 6,1, 188 lbs, Left [Potential = Elite]
60GP, 7-11-18, -2 (Ottawa, OHL)

4th Round, 108th overall
Torsten Gunnarsson, C, 18 yo, 6’1, 191 lbs, Right
5GP, 0-0-0, +2 (Orebro, SHL)

4th Round, 115th overall
Olivier Rodrigue, G, 18 yo, 6’2, 154 lbs, Catches Left [Potential = Backup]
37-17-3 (W-L-OTL) 2.82, 0.911 (Drummondville, QMJHL)

5th Round, 147th overall
Eric Pearce, C, 17 yo, 6’1, 192 lbs, Right
53GP, 2-2-4, +14 (Prince Albert, WHL)

6th Round, 179th overall
Anton Bjorkman, D, 20 yo, 5’11, 174 lbs, Left
20GP, 0-5-5, +6 (IK Oskarshamn, Allsvenkan)
-Plan is to have Bjorkman playing in the AHL

7th Round, 211th overall
Sean Josling, RW, 20 yo, 5’11, 183 lbs, Right
61GP, 10-35-45, +18 (Sarnia, OHL)
-Plan is to have Josling playing in the AHL

Trades at Draft
To Carolina:
5th 2019 (#133)

To Halifax:
5th 2020
7th 2020

Next update: Re-signing and free agent signings update!

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Offseason Update

Re-sign period

The Halifax Schooners have released the following players whose contracts have expired:

Laurent Brossoit, G
Anton Khudobin, G
Rick Nash, LW
Jordan Weal, C

The Halifax Schooners have re-signed the following players to contracts:

Anton Forsberg, G – 2 years @ $1.3M
Christopher Gibson, G – 1 year @ $900K (2-way)
Michael Ferland, LW – 2 years @ $3M
Brandon Pirri – LW – 1 year @ $850K (2-way)
Frederik Claesson, D – 1 year @ $925K (2-way)
Christian Djoos, D – 2 years @ $1.925M
Mirco Mueller, D – 1 year @ $875K
Jared McIsaac, D – 3 years @ 925K (ELC)

The Halifax Schooners have qualified the following RFAs to contracts:

Sven Andrighetto, RW
Reid Boucher, LW
Oskar Sundqvist, RW
Philip Di Giuseppe, LW
Lukas Sedlak, C
J.S Dea, C
Mackenzie Weegar, D

FREE AGENT SIGNINGS

July 1, 2019
Sergei Bobrovsky, G – 6 years @ $9.1M ($54.6M Total)
Matt Duchene, C – 7 years @ $7.3M ($51.1M Total)
Matt Nieto, LW – 2 years @ $1.950M ($3.9M Total)
Derek Grant, C – 2 years @ $1.750M ($3.5M Total)

July 6, 2019
Niklas Hjalmarsson, D – 4 years @ $4.3M ($17.2M Total)
Paul Stastny, C – 4 years @ $3.7M ($14.8M Total)

TRADES
July 6, 2019
To Columbus:
Chris Wagner, C
Jason Demers, D

To Halifax:
2nd 2020
4th 2021
===
July 8, 2019
To St. Louis:
Zack Kassian, LW

To Halifax:
7th 2020
===

To Vancouver:
Ben Smith, F
Kyle Clifford, F

To Halifax:
7th 2020 (CHI)

In:
Sergei Bobrovsky, G
Matt Duchene, C
Matt Nieto, LW
Niklas Hjalmarsson, D
Paul Stastny, C
Derek Grant, C

Out:
Anton Khudobin, G
Laurent Brossoit
Rick Nash, LW
Jordan Weal, C
Zack Kassian, F
Chris Wagner, C
Jason Demers, D
Ben Smith, F
Kyle Clifford, F



Potential NHL line-up
21 JVR – 9 Duchene – 18 Neal
25 Stastny – 15 Sheahan – 12 Fast
79 Ferland – 13 Bonino – 19 Jarnkrok
83 Nieto – 38 Grant – 10 Andrighetto/56 Dano

42 Manson – 4 Hjalmarsson
3 Phaneuf – 26 Stone
27 Mueller – 29 Djoos

72 Bobrovsky
31 Forsberg

Potential AHL line-up
22 Boucher – 45 Sedlak – 24 Griffith
50 Sundqvist – 13 Paul – 15 Hrivik
34 Di Giuseppe – 90 Veleno – 92 Thomas
83 Kossila – 11 Dea – 28 D’Amigo
26 Grimaldi/57 Josling*/46 Smith

29 Koekkoek – 33 Claesson
52 Weegar – 3 Aulie
27 Graves – 5 Lintuniemi
55 Bjorkman*

37 Gibson
30 Bibeau

Playing in Junior/Europe

Shestopalov – QMJHL
Zavgordny – QMJHL
Gunnarsson – SHL
Pearce – WHL
McKenna – QMJHL
Cozens – WHL
Worrell – University
Rodrigue – QMJHL
McIsaac – QMJHL
Okhotyuk - OHL

[SeattleBattleCat]

Nice key position pick ups in Free Agency.

Bobrovsky Duchene & hjalmarsson - All solid additions. How's your cap looking after that?