Around the League Thread | All I Want for Christmas is Luuuu

[EpochLink]

I don’t really give a shit about the outdoor games and haven’t since pretty much the first one between Edmonton and Montreal - and the only actual fun part of that was the alumni game beforehand and watching Gretzky, Ranford, etc all play again.

So I could care less if the Canucks never play in one. I just don’t get hyping up a practically unwatchable viewing experience.

The NHL marketing at its finest, promote the game and over saturate it for years and years.

 

[Breakers]

Friedman saying the flames ownership group is "apoplectic" about the Huberdeau contract

Said he's heard of owners angry at contracts, but this seems different considering the SB's and this being year 1

 

[credulous]

Friedman saying the flames ownership group is "apoplectic" about the Huberdeau contract

Said he's heard of owners angry at contracts, but this seems different considering the SB's and this being year 1

what're they gonna do? rehire treliving and fire him again?

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

Friedman saying the flames ownership group is "apoplectic" about the Huberdeau contract

Said he's heard of owners angry at contracts, but this seems different considering the SB's and this being year 1

Probably even more pissed that they actually did him favour by firing him.

 

[Breakers]

Probably even more pissed that they actually did him favour by firing him.

probably more pissed that he had 1 point in the month of december

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

probably more pissed that he had 1 point in the month of december

Probably more pissed they live in Alberta.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Huberdeau's decline is the oddest thing I have ever seen...At least you could blame injuries for Cheechoo's rapid decline.

 

[Breakers]

Huberdeau's decline is the oddest thing I have ever seen...At least you could blame injuries for Cheechoo's rapid decline.

But at least with bad contracts you were hoping for at worst a couple of solid seasons before a decline

Guy is making $17.5 million This calandar year essentially, and he looks like he is in year 7 or 8 of the contract…… not year 1

 

[McDavid is too whiny]

Me, an extremely stupid person, just realized that Mathieu Joseph and Pierre-Olivier Joseph are brothers.

 

[m9]

Probably even more pissed that they actually did him favour by firing him.

They didn't even fire him, he turned down their offer

 

[StreetHawk]

Friedman saying the flames ownership group is "apoplectic" about the Huberdeau contract

Said he's heard of owners angry at contracts, but this seems different considering the SB's and this being year 1

I doubt Tre had the autonomy to give hub a SB heavy deal without the owners signing off on the deal. Plus they influence the direction they want Tre to go with the Tkachuk deal. Get a return for now or try to win in a few years?

 

[HairyKneel]

I went to high school with Drance. He was fine. I was friendly enough with him. There wasn’t any vitriol hatred for him or anything. He was just like any other kid. Not to say that you couldn’t find someone from our high school that really disliked him, but I’m sure that’s true about half the kids in high school. Many kids are obnoxious in high school, I’m not going to hold that against anyone unless they are in some extreme category which I really don’t think Drance was in.

As for your criticism of Drance “knowing hockey”, I’d like to remind you that you supported Jim Benning throughout his reign of error.

*I’m not actually a huge Drance fan or anything. In general I don’t like sports radio. But I do think Drance attracts more criticism than warranted.


Ya, exactly. You can’t support Jim Benning and then turn around and pretend you are some hockey authority who “knows hockey” and can identify those who don’t.

Gladstone…. class of 82? Drance looks old. Like he was rode hard and put away wet.

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

I went to high school with Drance. He was fine. I was friendly enough with him. There wasn’t any vitriol hatred for him or anything. He was just like any other kid. Not to say that you couldn’t find someone from our high school that really disliked him, but I’m sure that’s true about half the kids in high school. Many kids are obnoxious in high school, I’m not going to hold that against anyone unless they are in some extreme category which I really don’t think Drance was in.

As for your criticism of Drance “knowing hockey”, I’d like to remind you that you supported Jim Benning throughout his reign of error.

No going at you because I know you were replying to someone. But who cares what he was like in highschool. I was an asshole and did some stupid stuff. We all young and dumb at one point criticize Drances work okay but I don’t care what he was like in high school. If he acts like an asshole now call him out on it but who give a **** what he did 20 years ago (along as it was not illegal and nobody got seriously hurt mentally or physically).

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

I don’t really give a shit about the outdoor games and haven’t since pretty much the first one between Edmonton and Montreal - and the only actual fun part of that was the alumni game beforehand and watching Gretzky, Ranford, etc all play again.

So I could care less if the Canucks never play in one. I just don’t get hyping up a practically unwatchable viewing experience.

f***, we're getting to the stage that Teemu f***in Selanne was in an alumni game...4 years ago?

Just goes to show, the classic games just hit different when you're a kid...or maybe it was still a novel idea back then. One of the two. I talked myself up into actually making a point of watching the game this year, and ended up sleeping right through it. Don't really feel that upset for that.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

f***, we're getting to the stage that Teemu f***in Selanne was in an alumni game...4 years ago?

Just goes to show, the classic games just hit different when you're a kid...or maybe it was still a novel idea back then. One of the two. I talked myself up into actually making a point of watching the game this year, and ended up sleeping right through it. Don't really feel that upset for that.

Honestly, give me a classic alumni game each year. Get Gretzky, Lemieux, and others to play in a game and televise it, I’d watch that. That would be an actual “heritage” classic. Stop giving me these outdoor games that, on TV or in person, is like watching the game from a jet 35,000 feet in the sky, to say nothing of unpredictable weather conditions.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

I watched the PWHL game yesterday. New York’s goaltender, Schroder, totally brick walled Toronto in period 2 and then NY blew up for four goals in the third. Surprisingly physical game, and it was entertaining. Great to see women finally have a legitimate professional league of their own.

 

[andora]

I watched the PWHL game yesterday. New York’s goaltender, Schroder, totally brick walled Toronto in period 2 and then NY blew up for four goals in the third. Surprisingly physical game, and it was entertaining. Great to see women finally have a legitimate professional league of their own.

I found their short handed goal rule interesting.. if you get a shorty it negates the rest of the penalty

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

I found their short handed goal rule interesting.. if you get a shorty it negates the rest of the penalty

I saw some people on Twitter calling it “the jailbreak rule”. Intriguing idea.

 

[StickShift]

Friedman saying the flames ownership group is "apoplectic" about the Huberdeau contract

Said he's heard of owners angry at contracts, but this seems different considering the SB's and this being year 1

If you want the league to have amnesty buyouts—having a toxic contract on a team that represents the executive Board of Governors is probably a good place to start.

It is almost certain that the hockey executive-gods would allow an amnesty buyout the moment that Vancouver no longer has any toxic contracts on their books.

 

[EpochLink]

I don’t really give a shit about the outdoor games and haven’t since pretty much the first one between Edmonton and Montreal - and the only actual fun part of that was the alumni game beforehand and watching Gretzky, Ranford, etc all play again.

So I could care less if the Canucks never play in one. I just don’t get hyping up a practically unwatchable viewing experience.

We did play in one remember? We turned BC Place into an 'outdoor' atmosphere.
That was back in 2014 and the NHL hasn't come back since.

Good riddance to that Winter Classic, I'd rather watch the NFL Pro Bowl competition.

 

[krutovsdonut]

Friedman saying the flames ownership group is "apoplectic" about the Huberdeau contract

Said he's heard of owners angry at contracts, but this seems different considering the SB's and this being year 1

sure they are. i am pretty sure those are the same geniuses that told treliving to get huberdeau extended asap to save their season ticket sales and keep their stadium negotiations on track.

 

[Egghead1999]

I found their short handed goal rule interesting.. if you get a shorty it negates the rest of the penalty

did NHL GM meeting propose the same rule too? We may see it next year or so in the NHL

 

[andora]

did NHL GM meeting propose the same rule too? We may see it next year or so in the NHL

No idea but i can see the appeal at least

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

We did play in one remember? We turned BC Place into an 'outdoor' atmosphere.
That was back in 2014 and the NHL hasn't come back since.

Good riddance to that Winter Classic, I'd rather watch the NFL Pro Bowl competition.

I do remember, and it was pretty well a joke. Would rather they have just played a regular game and not even bothered.

 

[Regress2TheMeme]

I found their short handed goal rule interesting.. if you get a shorty it negates the rest of the penalty

It's a fun twist on the rules but it leads to less goal scoring so I kind of doubt they'll do it.