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[2020 Cup Champions]

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[These Are The Days]

Some Atlantic division news

Probably the right thing to do and the best thing to do. The kid is gonna be a good player and is already having nights where he is. The Habs aren't making the playoffs anyway, so there's no sense in keeping a struggling sophomore up.

 

[Felonious Python]

 

[Felonious Python]

The Seattle Coffee Beans
The Seattle Fish Tossers
The Seattle Microsofts

The Seattle Amazons would be a great women's micro league team name.

 

[Felonious Python]

 

[BowDownToVasilevskiy]

 

[DFC]

Alex Ovechkin is ****ing demented.

 

[Sky04]

Alex Ovechkin is ****ing demented.

He's ridiculous, his goal scoring longevity is unreal. Now less than 200 goals away from the all time record.

 

[DFC]

He's ridiculous, his goal scoring longevity is unreal. Now less than 200 goals away from the all time record.

I think he's a betting favorite to do it. And that's ridiculous in this era. People can say, "Yeah, but scoring's back up a bit," but still--not a single player currently in the league is a favorite to hit 700. Ovy's looking at 900. IMO, he's the best goal-scorer of all time. The longevity separates him from the pack.

 

[These Are The Days]

Bar none Ovechkin is my favorite non-Lightning player ever. Been such a pleasure to watch his career. I never understood how the guy got so much heat for not winning a Cup when his teammates were so consistently bad under the same pressure for so long while he did fine.

 

[Felonious Python]

I've always been more impressed by Ovi than Crosby. It might be that whenever I see the Pens play the Bolts, I'm more concerned about Malkin.

Crosby also got (and still strangely gets) Gretzky hype, and those expectations have set up for at least a slight let down.

 

[LightningStrikes]

Ovechkin’s explosiveness is what makes watching him so exciting. Plus he’s a great character. You just can’t hate the guy.

 

[FinnLightning26]

It's interesting to think how much closer Stammer would be to Ovechkin if he didn't have those two major leg injuries. He was probably the only guy who could hang with Ovechkin at the start of 2010's.

 

[Felonious Python]

Toronto made a trade. They got Kyle Clifford.

While the management group probably had some say, I'd like to have seen whatever plays out from a completely theoretical model of an NHL team.

 

[LightningStrikes]

Clifford has a nice smile though:

 

[Felonious Python]

Vegas wants their affiliate in Vegas as well, so it looks like bye bye Sara M Page

 

[Felonious Python]

I don't really get why they want to put another team in the Las Vegas area, especially at the expense of San Antonio fans.

The Knights have only been around three years, and we haven't seen them be truly awful yet, so we don't really know how durable Vegas is just yet.

There's a ton of risk they're taking on, and San Antonio is a huge southwestern market. They're probably Stars and Coyotes country, but Vegas probably would have sold a few jerseys.

 

[BowDownToVasilevskiy]

Another Leafs defender gets injured.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Another Leafs defender gets injured.

What's their Defense now?

Holl, Muzzin, Dermott, Sandin, Barrie, Marincin.

Yikes

 

[BowDownToVasilevskiy]

What's their Defense now?

Holl, Muzzin, Dermott, Sandin, Barrie, Marincin.

Yikes

Probably before the injury the pairings were
Muzzin - Holl
Dermott - Barrie
Sandin - Ceci

Edit: Also I think Andersen might be out for a while, that is only an assumption based on the fact that they went out and got Campbell.

 

[Major4Boarding]

@FP - Silly season getting started early. Wonder what St Louis is going to do now because the Wolves are without an affiliate and so is STL. We know how that went down the last time.

 

[Felonious Python]

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Toronto without their starter for their back-to-back with Anaheim and Montreal.


The 20 year old Liljegren has 1 nhl game under his belt.

 

[TeslaCoilFan]

The 20 year old Liljegren has 1 nhl game under his belt.

Can't be worse than Ceci.

 

[Felonious Python]