GDT: 2017-18 Other Games Around the League Part I

[rangerssharks414]

I don't follow the schedule much at all, but I feel like the Ducks and Kings both get teams on the second half of a back to back a lot. Don't most eastern teams play in LA and in Anaheim on back to back nights?

 

[Bleedred]

I don't follow the schedule much at all, but I feel like the Ducks and Kings both get teams on the second half of a back to back a lot. Don't most eastern teams play in LA and in Anaheim on back to back nights?

I don't know if it's most or what the actual percentage is, but many of them do.

I have seen teams occasionally play in one of LA or Anaheim one night, then fly to San Jose and have a game the next night, then have to fly back to LA to play whoever of LA/Anaheim that they didn't play in the first game.

What I always found weird with the scheduling, teams from the Eastern Conference usually do California on one road trip (and all of Western Canada on another trip), but the Western Conference teams sometimes don't even play in New Jersey and New York on the same trip. That's gotta suck to have to play the Devils and Rangers on one road trip, then come all the way back a couple weeks later to play the Islanders. And then playing the Flyers in Philadelphia on some other trip 3 months later, which is in driving distance to North Jersey/New York City.

 

[Juxtaposer]

I don't follow the schedule much at all, but I feel like the Ducks and Kings both get teams on the second half of a back to back a lot. Don't most eastern teams play in LA and in Anaheim on back to back nights?

I don't have any numbers to prove it but it definitely feels like it. Teams always go there, play back to back games, have a day off, and then come up to SJ, or they come to SJ, fly immediately to SoCal and play one of the Ducks/Kings, rest, and then play the other. It's really lame.

 

[LadyStanley]

Reminder - tonight is VGK's first game (vs Stars); NHLN 5:30 PT. Home opener is Tuesday (I got tickets). Players out in the community post incident. May bec0me rallying point for city/region.

 

[stator]

I know it's the Blackhawks, but the Penguins and Niemi are down 3-0 early.

Edit: 4-0 now

Nemo plays for the Pens? Haha, I certainly missed that. There goes the Pen's chance of a three-peat.

 

[stator]

The back2back with LA on the receiving end of the 2nd game will happen again on the 14th/15th. Islanders play up here on the 14th, and at Kings the next day.

And then on the 18th/19th with the Habs. Lucky Kings.

Oh man, again with Tampa Bay on Nov. 8th/9th. Someone in HQ playing favorites with the schedule in the pacific division?

Geez.

 

[Barrie22]

The same could be said for the ottawa versus leafs battle of ontario with the back to backs.

Toronto 1 season i actually looked at played ottawa every single game fresh while ottawa was on the back end of a back to back.

 

[SJSharksfan39]

Looking forward to watching the Florida match up and the Vegas Golden Knights tonight. The last couple of nights have been fun in the NHL. Love the new season smell.

 

[rangerssharks414]

5-0 Jackets just over halfway through

 

[BaileyMacTavish]

Seeing the PP of Dallas makes me wish we had a competent PP coach. Fleury had to be super sharp to make any of those saves. Keeping the Knights in this game.

 

[hohosaregood]

Seeing the PP of Dallas makes me wish we had a competent PP coach. Fleury had to be super sharp to make any of those saves. Keeping the Knights in this game.

I was thinking the same thing. Particularly the zone entries. Like the 1st unit doesn't have the sheer creativity/puckhandling/speed to make a good entry. But it's kind of odd to me because I think that Hertl is the main zone entry guy on the 2nd unit and he gets that puck in and ready to go pretty often and he's not that fast or anything.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Fleury has been really good. He's getting no help.

 

[BaileyMacTavish]

I was thinking the same thing. Particularly the zone entries. Like the 1st unit doesn't have the sheer creativity/puckhandling/speed to make a good entry. But it's kind of odd to me because I think that Hertl is the main zone entry guy on the 2nd unit and he gets that puck in and ready to go pretty often and he's not that fast or anything.

It's not just zone entries. They're actually moving the puck, and setting up screens. They are forcing the PKers to move to open up passing lanes and everyone is shooting.

And this is a team coached by Hitchcock! (Idk who does the PP for the Stars)

We used to be good at that once upon a time. Now we're stuck with the Steve Spott special.

 

[hohosaregood]

It's not just zone entries. They're actually moving the puck, and setting up screens. They are forcing the PKers to move to open up passing lanes and everyone is shooting.

And this is a team coached by Hitchcock! (Idk who does the PP for the Stars)

We used to be good at that once upon a time. Now we're stuck with the Steve Spott special.

Oh for sure, the zone entries just make me really angry because we spend like 1:30 hanging out in the neutral zone. It's absolutely infuriating to me.

 

[BaileyMacTavish]

Oh for sure, the zone entries just make me really angry because we spend like 1:30 hanging out in the neutral zone. It's absolutely infuriating to me.

Yeah, not sure why that is. I'd imagine we would have Burns skating in the zone, but it's usually Jumbo?

 

[rangerssharks414]

Kari Lehtonen is in. Here is Vegas' chance.

 

[BaileyMacTavish]

Ouch... Bishop's leaking.

 

[Barrie22]

Why do people hate the knights jerseys so much? I think they are great.

 

[Barrie22]

James neal scores 1st ever regular season goal for the golden knights

 

[Barrie22]

James neal x2

 

[rangerssharks414]

James neal scores 1st ever regular season goal for the golden knights

You mean it wasn't Deryk Engelland?

https://www.reviewjournal.com/sport...-knows-who-he-would-like-to-score-first-goal/

 

[rangerssharks414]

The Sharks are even behind Vegas. Blow. It. Up.

 

[Barrie22]

And people were laughing at vegas for picking fleury. 45 save 1 goal win.

 

[BaileyMacTavish]

I can think of the trivia questions now.

Who scored the game winning goal of the first ever Golden Knights regular season game?

Who scored the first goal in franchise history?

James Neal.

 

[Dicdonya]

And people were laughing at vegas for picking fleury. 45 save 1 goal win.

People were laughing at that pick? I don't seem to have noticed that, and thought it was common and accepted knowledge they were going to pick him to be the face of the franchise early on.

Who else would they have taken from Pitt? I don't remember seeing any juicy targets when doing mocks.