Dave Nychyk

just a ball coach that sells sandpaper

[Nik 🎷 @NikLynam]

The shitty season was worth it, and Viggo’s got a real chance to really impact the Jets future on and off the ice with who I believe this dude can be.

Hell of a bet, we shall see. But couldn’t be happier they made it, I’m a huge believer.

He’ll become a fan favourite in this town when he gets his feet under him. And if the ceiling pops, giddy up.

[Nik 🎷 @NikLynam]

Personal Accomplishments leading into his draft year:

- J20 Nationell league points record at 16, 24 pts ahead of 2nd

- J20 Nationell League Champion

- 1C of an SHL team at 17, handed the toughest assignments. 20+ mins in the playoffs

- Became the youngest player and goal scorer to represent Sweden’s national team at the World’s. Where he was also the 1C between Stenberg and Raymond (playing ahead of CHI’s Frondell)

- 18 pts in 45 games at 17 in the SHL is one of the best historic seasons for a draft eligible

- Ended season in J20, 9-0-0 on route to championship, 8G-12A-20Pt in the span

- WJC Gold Medalist and widely regarded as Sweden’s best player in the tourney

[Nik 🎷 @NikLynam]

EF tidbits connected to #NHLJets on the FAN Hockey Show:

“I think they understand they are in a tough spot here, and they know they have to move Hellebuyck”

“CGY/WPG the teams he’s hearing around #4”

[Dave Nychyk @dnych16]

@nhlburnerboi @NikLynam Don’t go halfway. Agreed all in, Trade JMo for that #2. He won’t want to be here with KFC and Helle gone. Schief the only one that stays because he is next up for Chevy’s chair.

[Nik 🎷 @NikLynam]

NHL soon:

Larkin -> MIN
Hellebuyck -> FLA
Brady Tkachuk -> NJD
AM34 -> VGK

[Michael Amato @amato_mike]

Very curious to see what the Panthers do with the 9th-overall pick. If Bobrovsky leaves FLA will certainly have to add a goalie this summer, so they could use it as a trade chip.

It’s a really important position for them. Because of their aggressive style and forecheck, FLA actually gave up more breakaways than any other team (132) over the course of their two Cup winning seasons. Bobrovsky bailed them out a ton in that regard.

[Toronto Bag Head @torontobaghead]

One minute you have Ron “the Snake” MacLean rambling on about his sister’s kid in Oakville marrying a deli owner who used to be an Olympic-level curler, who makes the best pancakes he’s ever had.

The next minute you have Jennifer Botterill campaigning to make face washes a suspendible offense and crying about violent actions performed in an inherently violent sport in which everyone who plays does so by their own volition.

Finally, no Social Justice Night in Canada would be complete without Kelly Hrudey trying to score some leftist points by going on and on about his or a player’s “mental health”.

HNIC was an institution—something Canadians once considered a highlight of their week. It introduced a lot of Americans to Canadian hockey culture from afar. It had a captive audience during the first intermission, when one of the most entertaining figures in NHL history, Don “Grapes” Cherry, would shoot straight from the hip with amazing and insightful hockey analysis that has not since been matched.

Today, that same program stands as a source of embarrassment for the same fans that once made it the institution it was.

The worst part is that it doesn’t have to be this way. HNIC could be resurrected by simply hiring the correct analysts for their audience—a task so easy that a child could do it.
@SportsnetPR

[Nik 🎷 @NikLynam]

Safe to say recording right after period 1 ended lead to some “Fuelled by Passion” rants?

If that’s your type of content, enjoy this 🧵

If its not, keep on scrolling

[Chase Derksen @ChaseDerksen1]

Some swings in preparation for the Road to Okotoks qualifier in Lethbridge, AB this week. Excited to represent @HRSTC_WPG

@jm_kelly4

[Dave Nychyk @dnych16]

@nut_history Jesse Barfield

[Pierre LaBrun @nick_dece]

MacKinnon scores there but misses this ok man

[RJM @MackieHR]

That’s the exact shot McKinnon missed in the Olympics!

#GoAvsGo #MNWild

[JFresh @JFreshHockey]

This is the "clock's ticking" list of 2022 1st and 2nd rounders who haven't yet established themselves as full-time NHLers and pretty much need to next season.

(Bolded have played partial meaningful 20+ GP NHL seasons)

[Paul Hembekides (Hembo) @PaulHembo]

The Red Sox have played 280 three-or-more-game home series vs the Yankees since the rivalry's 1903 inception.

Boston's batting average in the most recent one (.141, 13-for-92) is the lowest of all those 280 series.

[Dave Nychyk @dnych16]

@WiebesWorld @mikemcintyrewpg Very convenient “we are still evaluating” for your presser. Easy way out. We have been really out of it since the Flyer game 9 days ago. How long do u need? You should have been evaluating since at least Bruins 6-l constant evaluation is in job description #nhljets

[Dave Nychyk @dnych16]

@JetsEmpir3 This has to be a joke? if he is the best we have available with Canadian citizenship there is something seriously wrong with Hockey Canada. Anyone can play like a table top defense on the top right corner of the blue paint and pick pucks out of the back of the net embarrassing

[Dave Nychyk @dnych16]

@32HockeyUpdates This is a problem

[32 Hockey Updates @32HockeyUpdates]

Dylan DeMelo played his 456th game as a Jet last night, making him the 16th player in their franchise history for most games played, passing Mathieu Perreault.

To become the 15th (Andrew Copp), he needs to play 12 more games.

#GoJetsGo

[Nik 🎷 @NikLynam]

And yet this organization acted like it was shocking, and stuck to their absolute guns to prove every one it was the way.

Nyquist: Burnt 51 games chasing a singular goal from their $3.25M signing

Schenn: 46 games until a trade became mandatory due to standings, had Elias Salmonsson waiting

Toews: LAUGHED at the idea of him being a 4C, nearly cried of excitement for landing this player after multiple years off at 38. Guess what he ended up being

[Devil’s Advocate @DevilsA62669071]

@kbieksa3 I mean, @FriedgeHNIC and @chrispronger going for Dahlin, deserves all the ridicule and interruption. If you’re taking a guy, just b/c BUF, as a whole, is a wagon and en vogue, it’s ridiculous. Werenski, carried CBJ, on his back, almost dragging them into the playoffs, on his own.