Around the NHL: 2018-2019 (Part 3) Regular Season Opens

[joshjull]

Wow. That’s a long hearing

 

[struckbyaparkedcar]

The league might have screwed themselves by letting a bunch of his questionable hits go with warnings. His incidents to games missed ratio is way lower than virtually anybody with his number of run ins, and the league as a whole has dialed back repeat offender punishment after throwing the book at Kaleta.

On body of work, Wilson absolutely deserves this (if not more). He has proven himself completely incapable of playing without delivering illegal, injurious plays. Unfortunately, he might be able to get it reduced due to the lack of sequential punishment. Depending on your valuation of postseason games (IIRC it's a 2-1 figure), his longest suspension is between 6 and 9 contests (nice).

 

[Baccus]

Wonder if it was just Bettman & Wilson or others in the room going over ways to mitigate that type of (idiotic) play.

edit: in regards to struck's post, I would normally expect Bettman to uphold the suspension and the arbitrator to lower it by 3-6 games since that's been the general trend. Though the length of the meeting makes me wonder.

It's too bad the team gms rebelled against Shanahan when he was in charge of suspensions and was laying down the hammer on stupid.

 

[sabremike]

I'm Hardcore!!!!!!!

 

[Baccus]

Isn't he a comedian now? one of the more bizarre career changes...

 

[sabremike]

Isn't he a comedian now? one of the more bizarre career changes...

Told him he's a Long Island guy and should be wearing a Bossy jersey and he replied "We're hired guns, we wear whatever they pay us to wear!"

 

[Baccus]

I still remember going to an ECW show in South Philly back at the beginning. It was both fantastic, and terrifying.

 

[Baccus]

amazing.

 

[Tatanka]

Crawford looks sharp after nearly 10 months off.

 

[joshjull]

 

[Moskau]

McDavid now involved in 11 out of Edmonton's 13 goals.

 

[WeDislikeEich]

McDavid now involved in 11 out of Edmonton's 13 goals.

It’s not fair. Buffalo should have been the team to ruin his career, not Edmonton. lol

 

[TheMistyStranger]

McDavid now involved in 11 out of Edmonton's 13 goals.

Let’s put it in a positive light - the Sabres have just as many goals as the high-flying Oilers!

 

[Jim Bob]

Let’s put it in a positive light - the Sabres have just as many goals as the high-flying Oilers!

Yeah, but the Sabres have played 7 games and the Oilers have only played 5.

 

[Jim Bob]

Why can’t Kyle Dubas and William Nylander find a contract they both like?

 

[OkimLom]

Why can’t Kyle Dubas and William Nylander find a contract they both like?

[insert joke about not being Finnish]

 

[TheMistyStranger]

Yeah, but the Sabres have played 7 games and the Oilers have only played 5.

Positive light, JB.

 

[joshjull]

 

[Fezzy126]

After multiple years of advocating for us to trade for him at any and all costs, I'm pretty sure a small part of @Der Jaeger just died inside.

 

[Tatanka]

PKane with 2 more. He is quietly getting it done.

 

[joshjull]

 

[joshjull]

 

[joshjull]

 

[Duddy]

The sabres special. Closed door post game meeting.

That'll help.

 

[joshjull]