NHL 2022 -out of town- NHL Off Season Thread

[missingchicklet]

The Flyers are going to be a complete disaster.

I’m not too hot on the Bruins going into this season, but I’m still interested in the league.

I find the Metro Division to be pretty compelling.

Rangers Devils about to start on NHLN.

From everything I've been able to gather, the culture in the Philly room has been absolutely atrocious -- pitiful attitudes. Throw in the lack of talent on that team. Torts has his work cut out. It is very hard to change the culture of any organization (sports, business, etc), and with rare exception takes time. Hard to just flip a switch. If Torts can turn things around substantially over the next couple years, then he has really accomplished something. If not, well at least he can take solace in his $4M per year.

 

[BruinsBtn]

From everything I've been able to gather, the culture in the Philly room has been absolutely atrocious -- pitiful attitudes. Throw in the lack of talent on that team. Torts has his work cut out. It is very hard to change the culture of any organization (sports, business, etc), and with rare exception takes time. Hard to just flip a switch. If Torts can turn things around substantially over the next couple years, then he has really accomplished something. If not, well at least he can take solace in his $4M per year.

I imagine this will be the year where they find out which guys will be part of the solution and which ones will be getting shipped out.

And they'll be hoping for some draft lottery luck, but the first few picks certainly look strong. Real horserace for the bottom of the league though.

 

[sooshii]

 

[Bruinaura]

Urho

 

[Aussie Bruin]

Urho

Poor Urho. One of those incidents that at first glance looks fairly innocuous but unfortunately he got himself into an awkward position when he slid into the boards and his head took a nasty bump. His pass to setup the goal just beforehand is lovely though - article and video link below. Hope he makes a full and quick recovery.

Ducks' Vaakanainen has full movement, is alert after being stretchered off ice

 

[Troublesome 85]

Watching an Austin Watson fight and lmao

 

[Bruinaura]

Ummmm....okay.

Looks like Miss Piggy only with blue hair and broken teeth

 

[MustardStew]

Ummmm....okay.

Looks like Miss Piggy only with blue hair and broken teeth

What the....
Strange creatures on the west coast

 

[08SeaBass08]

Ummmm....okay.

Looks like Miss Piggy only with blue hair and broken teeth

Sigmund and the Sea Monsters flashback.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

What the....
Strange creatures on the west coast

Worst mascot in the league. Saw someone on Twitter call him the Wish version of Gritty and it couldn’t be more on point. How hard would it have been to just do a kraken lmao

 

[Fenway]

 

[The National]

I give them credit it’s not boring or expected but it’s definitely gonna scare a lot of kids.

 

[Banded Peak]

Why are deranged nhl mascots a thing now? Gritty, the Oilers methcat and now this. I don't get it.

 

[Ladyfan]

Ummmm....okay.

Looks like Miss Piggy only with blue hair and broken teeth

SO glad we have Blades

 

[missingchicklet]

Ummmm....okay.

Looks like Miss Piggy only with blue hair and broken teeth

Or a treasure troll dipped into a vat of pomade and meth.

It's as if mascot designers nowadays do not follow hockey at all other than watching the more insane scenes in Slapshot.

 

[Jorah Marshmont]

They should have just went with a samsquatch instead of manbearpig

 

[Number8]

Poor Urho. One of those incidents that at first glance looks fairly innocuous but unfortunately he got himself into an awkward position when he slid into the boards and his head took a nasty bump. His pass to setup the goal just beforehand is lovely though - article and video link below. Hope he makes a full and quick recovery.

Ducks' Vaakanainen has full movement, is alert after being stretchered off ice

Glad to see he is awake and has movement, etc. Obviously that’s to the good. But boy did he hit those boards hard and the players called for a doctor from side boards immediately after trainer took a look. Hope kid is ok and recovers fully.

Ummmm....okay.

Looks like Miss Piggy only with blue hair and broken teeth

Words fail me………. Unbelievable.

Of course all mascots are like mimes to me. Suffice to say I don’t enjoy them.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

SO glad we have Blades

Blades really isn't used/seen all that much.... but yea, I get what the Kraken are trying here since they really have no history of pro hockey modern day-wise.... I'm waiting to see who the mascot is for Coachella Valley, their top affiliate after the whole brouhaha over using Firebirds as a name.... remember, we've had Pirates and skating Parrots in the AHL, and now Savannah has added to that legacy with Davy, the Ghost Pirate, named for Davy Jones' Locker

 

[Ladyfan]

Blades really isn't used/seen all that much.... but yea, I get what the Kraken are trying here since they really have no history of pro hockey modern day-wise.... I'm waiting to see who the mascot is for Coachella Valley, their top affiliate after the whole brouhaha over using Firebirds as a name.... remember, we've had Pirates and skating Parrots in the AHL, and now Savannah has added to that legacy with Davy, the Ghost Pirate, named for Davy Jones' Locker

Blades is seen quite a bit at the games at the Garden

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Blades is seen quite a bit at the games at the Garden

not necessarily marketing-wise..... though..... all teams have had that as I stated between a skating parrot..... a Pirate, again, it depends on the organization and philosophy of that franchise or affiliate of a franchise....considering the objections raised when Golden Knights was proposed and the trademark/copyright issues, same when Firebirds was first brought up for Coachella Valley, because that name hadn't been used since Syracuse and Philadelphia (unrelated to the Flyers) and then who owns or controls that trademark, even Maine now has a Puffin as a mascot since we returned in 2018....

 

[Gee Wally]

 

[CDJ]

I like Lind more than a couple of the bottom of the roster candidates

No room for bottom 6’ers tho

 

[Fenway]

Milwaukee wants a NHL team

 

[Chevalier du Clavier]

Milwaukee wants a NHL team

Tickets sold out very quickly.

 

[BostonBob]

Milwaukee wants a NHL team

So does Montreal.