Official '19-'20 NHL Thread - v. Hedman is a cupman.

[jingle.boy]

With a newborn and another young child at home, he clearly wasn’t mentally ‘there’. Frankly, I’m surprised there aren’t more situations like this.

It’s going on with St. Louis. Petrangelo has young triplets and his wife is due to give birth in a month.....and you can see he’s not all there.

Great foresight by the refs to screw his wife 8 months ago to set this up. When I say the officials are committed to fucking the Blues I mean it!

    The league is committed to sticking it to the Blues.


But seriously......you’d think a lot of the players time their kids coming into the world to happen during the off-season.....which would be now. I’d think we’d see more players maybe opting to be home for their kids birth?

Lars Eller just came into the bubble having been with his wife on the birth of their child.  So yeah, I would think this happens fairly regularly - in all sports.

[Anguyen92]

This may sound petty (and it probably is), but I hope the Golden Knights can sweep the Blackhawks today, so I can feel a little better about the Golden Knights sweeping the Kings back in 2018.  If that happens, at least they can go on and say they have swept two muti-winning cup teams in the last decade.

Edit: Dang it, Blackhawks won that one. 

[jingle.boy]

Big goal for the Blues last night.  Beauty of a shot by Schenn.

[gmillerdrake]

Big goal for the Blues last night.  Beauty of a shot by Schenn.

If they'd keep Vancouver off the Power Play this wouldn't even be a series. Dominating 5v5 play. Vancouver is 7/11 on the PP and they have a short handed goal. BIG game tonight. Have to capitalize on the momentum and even this thing up.

[pg1067]

This may sound petty (and it probably is), but I hope the Golden Knights can sweep the Blackhawks today, so I can feel a little better about the Golden Knights sweeping the Kings back in 2018.  If that happens, at least they can go on and say they have swept two muti-winning cup teams in the last decade.

Edit: Dang it, Blackhawks won that one.

The Kings were four years removed from their second Cup, and the Hawks are now five years removed from their last one.  The 2018 Kings had the same core players from the Cup seasons, but they had already started their slide, and that Knights team was just ridiculous as a result of the expansion draft rules.  And you can't ascribe any larger meaning to anything that happens this postseason.

I'm also of the opposite mind on this stuff.  In 2015, when the Mets beat the Dodgers in the NLDS, I pulled hard for the Cubs in the NLCS.  Someone chided me, saying, "you want the team that beat your team to win it all so you can say you lost to the best."  Absolutely not!  I almost always want the team that beats my team to lose ingloriously (that's one reason why I enjoyed the 1985 World Series so much).

[TAC]

Apparently James Reimer was wearing his Maple Leafs underoos underneath his Canes' uniform.

[King Postwhore]

After 2 periods I expected a loss tonight. 

[jingle.boy]

Apparently James Reimer was wearing his Maple Leafs underoos underneath his Canes' uniform.

I said something along those lines to jingle.son (Canes are 'his' team)... "That was a very Reimer-esque 3rd period performance".

For a team that could shut down one of the best offenses in the league when they had a 42-year old zamboni driver between the pipes, they sure looked pretty loose last night against a Pasta-less lineup.

[pg1067]

That Bruins game was crazy last night.  When it was 2-1, I went to make food.  When I went back to sit down, it was 4-2, and the Canes had their goalie pulled.  Holy crap!

[gmillerdrake]

Tarasenko returned to St. Louis to get his (twice) surgically repaired shoulder re-evaluated    I fear his career may be over....or at minimum severely altered now. He's done nothing but perform in the playoffs in his career....been a beast of a scorer and player.....but this being his second severe injury to the same shoulder and now having complications is not very good news for him.

[jingle.boy]

NHL lost a modern era legend. RIP Dale Hawerchuk. Nice tribute - https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/dale-hawerchuks-quiet-brilliance-made-winnipeg-canada-winner/

[hunnus2000]

So we all know that playoff hockey is something completely different than the regular season. We also know that Olympic hockey is in a different universe.

Question - is it time to expand the NHL rink dimensions to match the Olympic dimensions which if I am correct (and I may not be correct) the rink size for the Olympics is based on what other countries use in their leagues.

[SchecterShredder]

So we all know that playoff hockey is something completely different than the regular season. We also know that Olympic hockey is in a different universe.

Question - is it time to expand the NHL rink dimensions to match the Olympic dimensions which if I am correct (and I may not be correct) the rink size for the Olympics is based on what other countries use in their leagues.

Olympic rink size is typically dependent on the host country. All the European rinks are what would be considered 'olympic size' but the years the games were hosted in NA, they just used the NHL rinks. Not likely the NHL would want to switch to a bigger rink given that all minor hockey rinks are 'NHL sized' which would create a difference in how kids learn to play as they move through minor hockey levels and what they would experience if they achieved professional levels. The cost to retrofit all the rinks to olympic size would be astronimical. Also, from the owners perspective it would mean fewer seats in the lower bowl which would reduce revenue. Those are likely valid enough reasons without getting into the debate of whether hockey on the larger rinks is better/worse from a fan perspective than the smaller rinks.

[King Postwhore]

Yeah, the revenue loss make it a resounding no.

The Bruins over the past summer redid the seats.  What they didn't tell the fans was that the seats were smaller and they added one seat to each row. Also less leg room. Huge complaints from fans about it.

[pg1067]

So we all know that playoff hockey is something completely different than the regular season. We also know that Olympic hockey is in a different universe.

Question - is it time to expand the NHL rink dimensions to match the Olympic dimensions which if I am correct (and I may not be correct) the rink size for the Olympics is based on what other countries use in their leagues.

In a word, no, because why should we?

If other countries jumped off a cliff should we also do so?

[hunnus2000]

So we all know that playoff hockey is something completely different than the regular season. We also know that Olympic hockey is in a different universe.

Question - is it time to expand the NHL rink dimensions to match the Olympic dimensions which if I am correct (and I may not be correct) the rink size for the Olympics is based on what other countries use in their leagues.

In a word, no, because why should we?

If other countries jumped off a cliff should we also do so?

Easy - because it would make the US and US hockey more competitive. Don't ask why shouldn't we - ask why we should. If they could figure out the revenue thing then it wouldn't be hard to expand the arenas. It's only 15 feet.

[King Postwhore]

Onto the next round!!

[SchecterShredder]

So we all know that playoff hockey is something completely different than the regular season. We also know that Olympic hockey is in a different universe.

Question - is it time to expand the NHL rink dimensions to match the Olympic dimensions which if I am correct (and I may not be correct) the rink size for the Olympics is based on what other countries use in their leagues.

In a word, no, because why should we?

If other countries jumped off a cliff should we also do so?

Easy - because it would make the US and US hockey more competitive. Don't ask why shouldn't we - ask why we should. If they could figure out the revenue thing then it wouldn't be hard to expand the arenas. It's only 15 feet.

The logic that it would make the US better is pretty flawed when you consider that Canada is the team to beat internationally, and we play on NHL (more accurately, North American) sized rinks here.

Widespread support at the grassroots level is how the US gets better. That's how it works in all the powerhouse hockey nations. I believe the US has been getting better at the national level, and you can see it in the increased numbers meeting drafted out of the US National Development Program.

[LudwigVan]

So we all know that playoff hockey is something completely different than the regular season. We also know that Olympic hockey is in a different universe.

Question - is it time to expand the NHL rink dimensions to match the Olympic dimensions which if I am correct (and I may not be correct) the rink size for the Olympics is based on what other countries use in their leagues.

In a word, no, because why should we?

If other countries jumped off a cliff should we also do so?

Easy - because it would make the US and US hockey more competitive. Don't ask why shouldn't we - ask why we should. If they could figure out the revenue thing then it wouldn't be hard to expand the arenas. It's only 15 feet.

With all due respect, compete against what? The Swedish elite league? The KHL? The NHL can barely be arsed to send a team to the Olympics.

Where is the motivation for the NHL to put out a product that their fans will find to be a less attractive alternative?

[TAC]

Onto the next round!!

They ain't getting by Tampa.

[King Postwhore]

Onto the next round!!

They ain't getting by Tampa.

Dont have to worry about them yet.

[TAC]

I guess we're rooting for Washington. Or Montreal.

Wow, those choices suck.

[SchecterShredder]

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/mobile/massive-nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs-bracket-takes-over-sir-winston-churchill-square-1.5071248

I guess the built a playoff bracket in the public square outside our city hall down the road from the Bubble.

[King Postwhore]

I guess we're rooting for Washington. Or Montreal.

Wow, those choices suck.

No, we play the winner of Isles/Caps.  It's bracketed.

[jingle.boy]

I guess we're rooting for Washington. Or Montreal.

Wow, those choices suck.

No, we play the winner of Isles/Caps.  It's bracketed.

They're not re-seeding like they did after the play-in?

[King Postwhore]

It looks like its bracketed but I may be wrong.

[TAC]

I guess we're rooting for Washington. Or Montreal.

Wow, those choices suck.

No, we play the winner of Isles/Caps. 

Yeah, if Montreal wins..

[King Postwhore]

No, I just read up. It does get reseated like Chad said.

[jingle.boy]

No, I just read up. It does get reseated like Chad said.

So when Philly and Isles finish things of, then it's Bs/Lightning.

[TAC]

Reseated?

[King Postwhore]

No, Philly is #1. Lightning is #2 seed.

[SchecterShredder]

Reseated?

He means re-SEEDED.

[King Postwhore]

Yes, thank you. 

I'll assume it's Philly and Nick and I will be harassing each other.

[TAC]

Reseated?

He means re-SEEDED.

Don't fall for it.

[King Postwhore]

 

Tim, it's a stupid set up but I understand teams needed to get the rust off of them.