New season on Wednesday so new thread!
This interview/feature with Paul Kariya is really something.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/video/tsn-orig...
Before watching the video I clearly remembered the Stevens hit and seeing Kariya laying on the ice,
his breath fogging up his visor. I did not remember him playing again in that game and scoring a goal.
Predictions!
Stanley Cup: Penguins 3-peat
President's Trophy: Capitals?
Rocket Richard: McDavid
Calder: Vancouver's Brock Boeser
First coach fired: TortsThe top of the league looks really close this year. Penguins, Capitals, Lightning, Predators, Wild could all be there.
There are also a bunch of teams on the rise: Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto.. I think Tampa Bay and Dallas bounce back.
The salary cap has really brought in parity to the league.
This is all we have to hope for. He's got 40 goal potential and should see a lot of PP time. The rest of the team is old and trash so...
thanks for making the thread nihilo! (and for choosing such a neutral banner :P)
The Sabres locked up Eichel for 8 years. It’s a good day. Now, let’s hope they’re not boring anymore.
Yeah, that's true in the NBA as well. LeBron James accounted for 20 wins above replacement for the Cavs last year, and a win costs about $3-3.5 million in free agency, although I can't find a citation for that right now. That means LeBron should make about $60-70 million, but he only made $34 million.
What's going on in NJ? I'm pleasantly surprised so far.
Well, the Wild's next game should be interesting. Only had 11 healthy forwards going into the Blackhawks game and lost 3 more that game (and still won, take that Chicago). With an unforgiving cap situation they've sent down the 1 D they can and called up Kunin who will make his NHL debut, but that still leaves them with 9 forwards.
Which makes me worry that Parise will come back from injury too early again, reinjure himself and be gone for much longer as he's known for pushing it on the the recovery front and frankly he's getting too old for that.
That's absolutely terrible cap management.
Gotta say I'm pretty happy with how the Flyers look so far. My only beef would have to be their goaltending. Last year they had decent goaltending, but were horrible at putting up goals. Now they can get pucks in the net, but can't keep pucks out of their own net.
I'm a filthy casual 2011 bandwagon Canucks fan near Seattle, and while the Tbirds & Silver tips games are good, oof. The VAN vs BOS game today was hard to watch (is it wierd to feel outpouring of sympathy for the players?) Gonna be rough for a while. I guess it's our turn.
I can go on the longest rant about the Canucks owners, managent, and process but they’ve broken my spirit. The GM, Benning, is a moron and the President, Linden, is an empty shill.
Let's talk about the undefeated-in-regulation LA Kings
Let's talk about the undefeated-in-regulation LA Kings :D
I didn't get to sleep easily Wednesday night so I watched the 3rd period of the Kings-Habs game hoping for schadenfreude. It delivered.
way too early to start making conclusions..
I've already made room on my shelf for a 3rd resin Cup statue.
Great game between LA and Toronto last night. I'd be okay with that being the Stanley Cup final match up.
Great game between LA and Toronto last night. I'd be okay with that being the Stanley Cup final match up. ;)
Me too, just need to flip that score the other way.
I'm just hoping the Kings can keep up this pace well enough to stay in the hunt, while Jeff Carter is out for an extended period of time.
Given recent Kings history, anytime a goal scorer is going to miss time, panic starts to set in. Smothering defensive style still needs to eventually put one in the opposing net to win.
But they've opened up their style a bit more, and at least for the moment, Adrian Kempe is filling some of the scoring void - plus holy crap, Dustin Brown remembers how to play hockey? Didn't think I'd be saying "I'm glad Vegas didn't take Brown" this year, but hey.
Also elsewhere, injury/illness-depleted Sens manage to steal a game from the Flyers(thank you refs!) to catch up to the Leafs.
Chlapik looked good in his first game, getting an assist 4 seconds into his career. Hopefully if Smith can play tonight they'll sit McCormick or DiDomenico and give Chlapik another look on a better line before sending him back down.
Another bad loss, this time to the Hurricanes. Babcock was angry after the game. I really felt Anderson should have made a couple more saves, the game could have been different, but also can't disagree that the Leafs were outplayed for long stretches.
Elsewhere, the Canucks are a powerhouse team? 6 - 2 win over Washington!
Yeah that was an ugly game defensively. I'm disappointed that we got blown out, but I'm not that disappointed. Reason being is that we have a young team and defense is our weakness. So these things are going to happen from time to time.
What I look forward to is management making some moves to shore up said defense. I imagine we'll pick up a veteran stay-at-home defensemen at the deadline to help us make a run into the playoffs.
Here's what I really liked about the game: We were getting out scored, but I never felt like we were completely out of it. This team is deadly and unlike 2 years ago, can climb back into games on the regular. There's an intangible for you. The feeling of never being out of a game because we have 4 lines that can score at any time.
I still think we're about a year and a few pieces away from a solid Cup run, but I think we'll win a series or two this year.
Elsewhere, the Canucks are a powerhouse team? 6 - 2 win over Washington!
They've had a pretty soft schedule. The coaching and goaltending has been very good as well. Top line of Baertschi-Horvat-Boeser has been very good offensively. There's definitely going to be a regression but with luck with injuries*, they have a chance to fight for a wild card spot.
*there won't be. This team will crumble the second they get hurt or face actual competition. There are no real impact players (Boeser and Horvat have the potential to be and Tanev is the most underrated defenceman in the league) and way too many guys that are just dead weight
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