“MY LIFE IN EXILE: THE CONNOR MCDAVID STORY” THE NHL 2015-2016 THREAD (INCLUDING 3 ON 3 OT, CHICAGO HANGOVER AND OFFSEASON SHENANIGANS. HOCKEY IS THE BEST)

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-heavyweight-belt-of-nhl-rivalries

rip al arbour

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CNgjDBaUsAA-4uV.jpg

rookie card w/ drw

this cannot be real

http://news.sportslogos.net/2015/09/03/hello-brooklyn-islanders-to-unveil-black-and-white-uniform

the blue/orange colorway was one of my favorites in the league :(

grim

P.K. Subban donates http://www.si.com/nhl/2015/09/16/montreal-canadiens-pk-subban-donation-childrens-hospital0 million to Montreal Children's Hospital

yikes

http://www.si.com/nhl/2015/09/16/montreal-canadiens-pk-subban-donation-childrens-hospital

that's great

Hospital officials have called Subban's donation, “the biggest philanthropic commitment by a sports figure in Canadian history.”

what about by a sports figure period?

TheRichest.com (?) lists most charitable athletes by sport in an article in 2014, listed here so you don't have to clickbait:

Dekembe
Manning the younger
Jeets
ERIC LINDROS GAVE 5M to London (ONT) Health Sciences Centre
Beckham
Jeff Gordon
Tiger
Andre Agassi
Kristi Yamaguchi
Michael Phelps

Cristiano Ronaldo gets a lot of credit for giving to various causes, apparently he gave 5 million pounds to Nepalese earthquake relief plus a ton of other smaller donations.

In other news, Patrick Kane is on the Hawks preseason roster lol/sigh.

Sounds like the Kane press conference is into some pretty surreal territory based on the tweets I'm seeing.

'hockey questions only'

Frank Seravalli
‏@frank_seravalli

McDonough: "I can assure you that I am anything other than tone-deaf."

"This has been an incredibly difficult time for many people. I cannot apologize enough for the distraction this has caused my family, my teammates, this incredible organization and, of course, our fans. While I have too much respect for the legal process to comment on an ongoing matter, I am confident that once all the facts are brought to light, I will be absolved of having done nothing wrong."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRgJq_yHbI8

lol

kane case getting more and more fucked up by the minute

I watched the preseason game between the Hawks and Wings last night, the extra cheering for him was v noticeable and depressing.

http://i.imgur.com/1cXX3Xn.png

Pope go to every fsme this year pls

Game

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQgTjKoWgAQsFa6.jpg

@SWhyno
#Flyers have placed Andrew MacDonald on on waivers. D-man has five years left on his contract at a cap hit of $5 million.

lololol (that's $5m per year btw)

@frank_seravalli
#Flyers will carry $4.05M in dead space if MacDonald is sent to AHL. His $ would be more than the entire Phantoms' team salary combined.

raffi torres suspended 41 games

happy 50th to mario lemieux and patrick roy

https://youtu.be/5_hIojjA3A4?t=46s

Fuck that guy xxpost

Also Red Wings twitter is all aflutter about wonderkid prospect Dylan Larkin being on the opening night roster, possibly on the 1st line. He had a great preseason but is going to be the youngest Wing since Jiri Hurler. I say bring it on.

Imagine being a teenager and centering a line with Zetterberg and Abdelkader, wild times.

*Hudler xpost

Saw this earlier today and loved it, so many good ones I'd forgotten (sexist shit aside) http://www.crossicehockey.com/hockey-talk-language-hockey/

https://twitter.com/PeteBlackburn/status/651113811127042048

dying

jagr has four goals in four games

crosby has zero points in four games

http://i.imgur.com/hx8NRs0.gif

rip two line pass

tho that really isn't one

max domi's pretty good btw

it's weird to think about

so is tyler bertuzzi

TORTS

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSCZ9FnWsAE_tAy.jpg

luongo, of course

Mookie, can you explain what is up with Crosby? (and not tell any of my friends I actually quite love him)

i . . . don't know. but i'm pretty certain the stuff about him 'pouting' is absurd. he's not like that and for better or worse it's his team, not malkin's or kessel's

dupuis' return + mediocre results thus far have shuffled the lines; supposedly kessel was on malkin's line in practice today. i've only seen a couple games but it did seem like crosby was trying to force the puck to kessel. if things continue poorly i imagine johnston will be canned, but i can't fault his system. like the grinder he was, bylsma was more of a dump-and-chase guy; johnston has the right ideas but his players just haven't succeeded

he never had really strong starts iirc, but i'm getting worried. like i want him to win a couple more harts and whatnot, it's a generation thing. the older ones can't shut up about Gretzky and co and how hockey players were better before, or best shot at coming at 'em is Sid.

it's an awkward thing being named best player in the world -- toews has more cups, ovi has more goals, etc.

i only saw gretzky live once (1991 canada cup) and tbh he made passes that i'm not sure anyone else would have ever envisioned. it's obviously a very different game now, but his stats are overwhelming -- it's not like anyone else of his era was doing similar things.

i've seen a lot of lemieux and crosby and i don't think the comparisons are helpful. justin bourne has written about the differences between the echl and the ahl, let alone the nhl -- basically everyone now is not just crazy talented, but they're also working insanely hard off-ice.

the average nhl player is bigger, faster and more talented than 10 years ago, let alone 20 or 30. ultimately i think the league should move to international-sized rinks, but a less costly approach would be to simply call penalties like it did just after the lockout.

dumbass expansion (fuckin las vegas really?) will dilute the talent pool, but i'm hoping the excitement of 3-on-3 overtime will lead to 'wouldn't it be great if everyone had more room?'

broken clavicle for mcdavid, out for 'months'

:<

saw Eichel on sunday and didn't do much; seemed physically overmatched/slight but he's lol19

(possibly a rant but...)

wish we would invest and put more efforts into making the chl more popular

the canadian side of the ahl should be replaced by the chl

forget the nhl, it's over -- we should have our own major hockey league

i watch my team, they lose, and stop watching

bettman has destroyed the nhl

the stupid move to trigger the new thred will be the vegas announcement

former los angeles kings great vincent lecavalier has retired

greatest king of all time, no doubt

welp, there it is

possibly the only dumber move than whoever ends up signing eric staal

Please hold

500 Million will get you 83 (+1/3) Jordan Staals: THE NHL 2016-2017 THREAD (INCLUDING VEGAS BABY, PITTSBURGH HANGOVER AND OFFSEASON SHENANIGANS. HOCKEY IS THE BEST)