Around Hockey XXIV (All Non-Jackets Hockey talk in here)

[Doggy]

Was just listening to a news story regarding the ESPN/Fox/Warner Brothers Sports Package coming in the fall. The person being interviewed said he is being told to expect the service to cost between $40 - $45 per month.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Really feel for the Yotes fans. It’s a situation I never would want to be in as a fan

A silver lining I guess is that the NHL really wants to make it work. So assuming that one day they can get their ducks in a row with an arena deal, they should be bringing a team back there in the relatively near future.

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

Reading the tea leaves, it sounds like the league is demanding that Arizona's ownership provide a concrete plan to have the team play in an arena that meets minimum league qualifications or else the league will force a sale either to itself or to another ownership group that would be able to provide an arena.

The issue will be forcing Merulo to sell when he doesn't want to. That's where the litigation that Friedman is alluding to would come from.

One surprising thing for me is that Friedman and others are insisting that Salt Lake City is not a relocation destination and Ryan Smyth is really only interested in expansion...

Well, they need to see something concrete for sure. You can only say "we are working on it" for so long. If there is no progress you've got to start looking at options. This situation can't keep going on.

Phoenix is such a massive area and the team could be a sucess if located in the right place. Just nobody seems to be willing to help get the right place. The suburbs are hard to work there when it takes almost an hour to go from one side to the other. Tempe would be fine if they just had a large enough facility but Glendale was just not ideal.

Sucks that they have been full of incompetent ownership too.

 

[Cyclones Rock]

Phoenix is a failed NHL market. End of story. Move them. No point in continuing to attempt to make it work there. Maybe someday. Not now.

 

[koteka]

The state brackets are out, too. Here is the Columbus district.

 

[Cowumbus]

I remember talks last summer about whether Hyman would make our team better than some other high priced guys on the roster…

I knew Hyman was good, but he might score 55 at this point…

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

I bet he won't f*cking do that again.

 

[majormajor]

I bet he won't f*cking do that again.

I've never heard of any rule (written or unwritten) against doing a slapshot into the empty net. That's way over the line from Reilly, that should be a big suspension.

 

[Jovavic]

I bet he won't f*cking do that again.

Cross checking someone after an empty netter is certainly a choice and I guess we'll see where the Wheel of Punishment ends up to see if Reilly does it again in the future. I'm going to guess a light suspension to signal to the little piss babies that get their panties in a bunch that they can do the same and face minimal consequences.

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

Cross checking someone after an empty netter is certainly a choice and I guess we'll see where the Wheel of Punishment ends up to see if Reilly does it again in the future. I'm going to guess a light suspension to signal to the little piss babies that get their panties in a bunch that they can do the same and face minimal consequences.

It's also a choice to rip a slapper from 5 feet in front of the empty net. I like the intent, just go lower than the head on the payback. Morgan Reilly also has a spotless discipline record so I can't imagine it's too extensive.

 

[Jovavic]

It's also a choice to rip a slapper from 5 feet in front of the empty net. I like the intent, just go lower than the head on the payback. Morgan Reilly also has a spotless discipline record so I can't imagine it's too extensive.

I didn't watch the game, maybe it was particularly heated? Big win over a rival? It doesn't matter how the goal was scored. He could've skated backwards and shot between his legs, done a Michigan, or gotten on one knee and blew it in. The infantile reaction shows alot of character.

 

[Cowumbus]

It's also a choice to rip a slapper from 5 feet in front of the empty net. I like the intent, just go lower than the head on the payback. Morgan Reilly also has a spotless discipline record so I can't imagine it's too extensive.

I hope Grieg does it again. F ‘em!

Don’t want it to happen, don’t be down and have to pull your goalie. 5 seconds left, in Ottawa, I don’t blame Grieg at all.
Love Grieg and the way he plays.

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

I didn't watch the game, maybe it was particularly heated? Big win over a rival? It doesn't matter how the goal was scored. He could've skated backwards and shot between his legs, done a Michigan, or gotten on one knee and blew it in. The infantile reaction shows alot of character.

It wasn't heated at all based on what I read but he could show a little class in putting an empty net goal in a game that was already decided.

It's douche move and my mind won't change.

I guess sportsmanship goes out the window. Maybe NFL teams should stop taking a knee to run out the clock too for a victory.

 

[Cowumbus]

 

[EspenK]

Greig was a dick for showing up the Leafs.

Reilly was a dick for the head shot.

Signs of the times we live in.

 

[Jovavic]

It wasn't heated at all based on what I read but he could show a little class in putting an empty net goal in a game that was already decided.

It's douche move and my mind won't change.

I guess sportsmanship goes out the window. Maybe NFL teams should stop taking a knee to run out the clock too for a victory.

So you're totally fine if someone like Letang blasts Johnson like that in those circumstances? Alrighty then

 

[Doggy]

So you're totally fine if someone like Letang blasts Johnson like that in those circumstances? Alrighty then

I believe IBM is saying both guys deserve some responsibility for how things ended...and I agree with him. If Grieg didn't do what he did, then Reilly doesn't do what he did.

 

[koteka]

So Greig did a punk move at the end of a game that had no impact on anything. And the reaction is an unexpected headshot from a guy who is 40 lbs heavier? That just doesn’t seem right to me. It’s sort of like the people who said if Laine didn’t want a concussion he shouldn’t have shot at the empty net against Calgary at the end of the game.

 

[koteka]

It is a battle of the Bears today in the Finals of the CBJ Cup. If you want to see some good high school hockey before the Super Bowl today. Go check out your alma mater, @Viqsi

After this high school game, the high school club CBJ Cup finals is at 6:15, also at the Ice House. Dayton Stealth vs Hilliard Hockey Club.

 

[Viqsi]

So Greig did a punk move at the end of a game that had no impact on anything. And the reaction is an unexpected headshot from a guy who is 40 lbs heavier? That just doesn’t seem right to me. It’s sort of like the people who said if Laine didn’t want a concussion he shouldn’t have shot at the empty net against Calgary at the end of the game.

The way I phrased it in the mains thread:

Classless bullshit by Grieg (and that was absolutely classless bullshit) does not justify maliciously violent bullshit by Reilly. Find a better way to respond.

 

[Viqsi]

It is a battle of the Bears today in the Finals of the CBJ Cup. If you want to see some good high school hockey before the Super Bowl today. Go check out your alma mater, @Viqsi

After this high school game, the high school club CBJ Cup finals is at 6:15, also at the Ice House. Dayton Stealth vs Hilliard Hockey Club.

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Sadly I won't be able to make it out there (spent my afternoon playing cards with my aunt and uncle and now will be recovering from cat allergies for the next few hours). You wouldn't happen to know of a stream or something, would you?

 

[koteka]

Sadly I won't be able to make it out there (spent my afternoon playing cards with my aunt and uncle and now will be recovering from cat allergies for the next few hours). You wouldn't happen to know of a stream or something, would you?

The Capital Hockey Conference website says Yamo media will be covering it on their website and YouTube channel.

Yamo Media | Columbus Content & Sports

www.yamomedia.com

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

So Greig did a punk move at the end of a game that had no impact on anything. And the reaction is an unexpected headshot from a guy who is 40 lbs heavier? That just doesn’t seem right to me. It’s sort of like the people who said if Laine didn’t want a concussion he shouldn’t have shot at the empty net against Calgary at the end of the game.

So you're totally fine if someone like Letang blasts Johnson like that in those circumstances? Alrighty then

I have no problem with the Morgan Reilly reaction. He just needed to keep the stick below the neck.

You say what Grieg did had no impact on anything. Of course it had no impact on the game but it was disrespectful taunting. When you do something like that, you should expect a reaction. Just like when Nick Cousins plays dirty, he should expect a reaction. We all know Kent Johnson wouldn't do that and if he did he certainly should expect a reaction.

I'm perfectly Ok with Morgan Reilly sticking up for his team. it is something the CBJ absolutely need to do more of. Actions have consequences. Grieg should have expected a reaction and Reilly should expect a reaction from the league for what he did. His error was his stick got too high.

 

[Viqsi]

The Capital Hockey Conference website says Yamo media will be covering it on their website and YouTube channel.

Yamo Media | Columbus Content & Sports

www.yamomedia.com

For whatever reason the streams didn't want to work for me at first, but I got through in the end.

 

[koteka]

You say what Grieg did had no impact on anything. Of course it had no impact on the game but it was disrespectful taunting. When you do something like that, you should expect a reaction.

I called it a punk move. I am ok with a reaction. But a head shot like that? It’s not like he took a cheap shot on a Leaf. It was a non event. Just some “show boating”. You shouldn’t expect a head shot for something like that.