Around the NHL XXXIII - looking forward to 2018 offseason edition

[Benjamin]

I like this but I think a flaw would be that you’d see too many of the same teams pop up... you’d never see the basement teams get one.

Its a reward for good teams. I think this is more fair than the NHL choosing the based on market size.

As for the location a neutral pre-set location would work. Have it set before the playoffs start. So even if it would be NYR vs CHI, it could take place in Seattle.

 

[Agent Zub]

Florida's top line is unreal.

Would love for either guy (Barkov obviously) in a Sens uniform. Would have killed for Huberdeau in 2011.

Dadonov isn't too bad either. All three might might very well finish PPG.

Barkov is like a 6 ft 3 Datsyuk.

 

[maclean]

Its a reward for good teams. I think this is more fair than the NHL choosing the based on market size.

As for the location a neutral pre-set location would work. Have it set before the playoffs start. So even if it would be NYR vs CHI, it could take place in Seattle.

Yeah, I could see that being cool, like the Champion's League final being set ahead of time before you know who's in it. And I do like the idea of it being in a city without a team. But you would kind of worry about the draw it it was two teams from far away. The great thing about European football and the Champion's League is you know it's going to be two teams with huge draw, plus fans of those teams (and not just them) will travel to see it.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Its a reward for good teams. I think this is more fair than the NHL choosing the based on market size.

Who ever said it had to be fair?

It's a business endeavour. They aren't going to spend all that money on putting up a match between two teams nobody cares about.

For the record: I really don't care about outdoor games. It seems dumb to me but whatever, lots of people seem to care and like them.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Detroit 5 -1 over Calgary 5 minutes into the 2nd. Calgary has made 2 goalie changes.

 

[Canadian Time]

This Flames team is shit. It's not the goaltending, it's their poor team defence, two of their forwards are sitting at the red line waiting for a pass when the puck is in their end. Detroit's D is ignoring them and stepping up to intercept those passes.

The Red Wings new arena is one third empty, maybe Cherry should discuss moving the Wings to Quebec. And on attendance, the Oilers aren't selling out, nor are the Rangers, this is a league-wide issue but for some reason Ottawa gets the focus.

 

[MarkStone]

We are the focus because we have the most dramatic dip in numbers for a Canadian market. Fair to an extent, but it's than used as a tool of banter by American media/fans when they don't realize the cheapshots at certain US markets attendance numbers has been driven by Toronto/Montreal media sources. It's also used as a source of banter by fans/media that we are in between which are the very two cities above.
And when people from the actual market give reasons as to why the dip may be happening it's brushed aside in a very obnoxious manner.

As for Calgary they are quickly taking over from Edmonton/Winnipeg (you could even say how we were being evaluated going into 2013-14) as a team people overrate massively going into each season and the evaluation is just off. I know I'm guilty of this with how I evaluated the Calgary defence going into the season.

 

[TheBradyBunch]

Derek Grant posted 7 pts (all assists) in his first 92 NHL games. In the past 12 games, he has 4 goals and 6 assists. He's been held pointless 3 times in that stretch and has been moved into Anaheims top 6 over the past few games. Shooting and hitting a lot recently.

If you asked me the former cup of tea Senator who I'd guess to be least likely to go on a stretch like this, I'd have said Grant.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

This Flames team is ****. It's not the goaltending, it's their poor team defence, two of their forwards are sitting at the red line waiting for a pass when the puck is in their end. Detroit's D is ignoring them and stepping up to intercept those passes.

The Red Wings new arena is one third empty, maybe Cherry should discuss moving the Wings to Quebec. And on attendance, the Oilers aren't selling out, nor are the Rangers, this is a league-wide issue but for some reason Ottawa gets the focus.

Revenue and tickets sold matter more than how many people are actually at the game.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

TSN's front page right now.

 

[NyQuil]

I love how they invented this U-24 Core Four thing just last year.

God that's funny.

They'll have to fabricate some new ranking system in about 4 years to make sure Toronto is near the top.

 

[playasRus]

I love how they invented this U-24 Core Four thing just last year.

God that's funny.

They'll have to fabricate some new ranking system in about 4 years to make sure Toronto is near the top.

Great 8 U28!

 

[Icelevel]

Holy crap. Can we get gudas out of the game now?
Everyone see that? Two handed downward slash to the neck of Perrault

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

TSN's front page right now.

I heard about this U24 thing and this is exactly what I was expecting.. Soooo predictable inventing new categories and ways to gloat and pat themselves on the back

 

[Beville]

Hahaha lol at Montreal, 5-4 loss to the basement Coyotes

 

[Knave]

Hahaha lol at Montreal, 5-4 loss to the basement Coyotes

While it's unfortunate we lost, at least we didn't give Arizona their first regulation win.

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

Holy crap. Can we get gudas out of the game now?
Everyone see that? Two handed downward slash to the neck of Perrault

Uhhh he should be gone for a really long time. Rest of season seems reasonable to me, especially given this guy's history. Imagine if that had resulted in a spinal injury for Perrault. That would have been the talk of the entire sports world for a long time.

 

[BonkTastic]

Holy crap. Can we get gudas out of the game now?
Everyone see that? Two handed downward slash to the neck of Perrault

Seemed careless more than it was malicious. Wasn't even looking at Perrault, and even followed the puck afterwards and wasn't focusing on the scrum. I don't think there's really any intention to injure there, it's just typical Gudas being a brain-dead moron.

Don't get me wrong, you are still responsible for your actions out there and Gudas deserves to sit, but the difference between a 2-to-3 game penalty and a 23 game penalty is intent to injure, and I don't see it here. I hate Gudas as much as the next fan, but he probably gets a couple of games (2-3 if it were a regular player, maybe Gudas gets 4-6 because of his history of being a dumbass) and a stern talking-to from the league and his team about being an idiot, rather than a big long "make an example out of you for being evil" suspension.

It's not even comparable to any of the famous head-slashes (McSorley, etc...).

 

[BonkTastic]

Though I thought it was typical NHL refereeing that Perrault got a penalty on the play as well.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

Very subtle, but Perreault was definitely in his line of vision when Gudas slapped down his stick like that.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Gudas is one of the few players I actually hate in the NHL, and couldn't care less if someone took out his knees and his career ended. There is only one other player I have had that hatred for and that was Bryan Marchment. He is good for at least one dirty play a game.

 

[BondraTime]

I'd love to have Gudas on our bottom pair to be honest.

 

[Micklebot]

I'd love to have Gudas on our bottom pair to be honest.

He's a guy that helps his team, but I can't bring myself to like him.

 

[Smash88]

Seemed careless more than it was malicious. Wasn't even looking at Perrault, and even followed the puck afterwards and wasn't focusing on the scrum. I don't think there's really any intention to injure there, it's just typical Gudas being a brain-dead moron.

Don't get me wrong, you are still responsible for your actions out there and Gudas deserves to sit, but the difference between a 2-to-3 game penalty and a 23 game penalty is intent to injure, and I don't see it here. I hate Gudas as much as the next fan, but he probably gets a couple of games (2-3 if it were a regular player, maybe Gudas gets 4-6 because of his history of being a dumbass) and a stern talking-to from the league and his team about being an idiot, rather than a big long "make an example out of you for being evil" suspension.

It's not even comparable to any of the famous head-slashes (McSorley, etc...).

I don't know, the force he uses to bring his stick back down leads me to believe he knew exactly what he was doing. Real boneheaded play and deserves to sit for double digit games in my opinion.

 

[BondraTime]

He's a guy that helps his team, but I can't bring myself to like him.

More than fair. I was the same way with Tkachuk and Sanderson (don't ask why)