Two Putin Boosters on the Potomac; One has a Stanley Cup: THE NHL 2018-2019 THREAD (INCLUDING CAPS HANGOVER AND OFFSEASON SHENANIGANS. HOCKEY IS THE BEST)

Also Gary Bettman: NHL Hall of Famer

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

bless

also: lol islanders

Christ Islanders... 2014 was such a halcyon time

um, ray emery died

whoa, shit

happy 40th to pavel datsyuk, 45th to peter forsberg, and 50th to jimmy carson

carson went 55-52-107 as a 19-year-old and finished 51 points behind the league leader. sometimes i miss u, 80's hockey

Traded 4 Gretz

former penguin great jarome iginla has retired

Short list of best players to never win the big one? It seems impossible that a player of his caliber couldn’t Borque his way into it

he tried!

According to hockey ref, only Luongo, Housley, Cujo and Lundqvist have more point shares and did not win the cup. Joe Thornton is on his way to pass him.

cujo never even made the finals; housley did once and his team got swept

Cujo’s claim to fame is shitting the bed against USA in the first World Cup as far as I’m concerned

Wait did housley not win in CAL?

thought Phil H was on the jets back when flames won cup

he was with the sabres until 90-91

Linden out

rumors are that ownership still thinks the canucks are competitive, and Linden disagreed. we gotta hire Sam Hinkie.

ownership still thinks the canucks are competitive

lol

typically half-assed to do this *after* the draft/free agency period opened

This city doesnt even feel like a hockeytown anymore ffs

hire messier obvs

messier is great but i would give the keys to the sedins

Lu for president, he can play goal for the panthers at the same time

for dan: https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2018/08/07/where-should-jonathan-toews-rank-among-nhls-top-centers

I can see it tbh

Congratulation to being the 21-40th best center on earth

It gets mentioned but the decline of their whole team plays an immense role. Yeah, I hate them but they've lost their top defensemen and some good supporting forwards too. Yzerman was somewhat pedestrian during the late 80s/early 90s when the Wings had two good lines and not much else, too. Great players make those around them better, as the cliche goes, but expecting them to do it all on their own is dumb.

mcdavid and tavares can put up 90 points for any team in the league, including the blackhawks; that's why they make $10m. toews cannot. that doesn't make him a bad guy or a bad player or responsible for the team's decline, but it does make him . . . complementary. he's a good defender, but mikko koivu doesn't make $10m either. it's not his fault he's overpaid -- he won three cups! but at the risk of getting all flacco, toews is just an above-average two-way center, not the new messier he was being heralded as a couple years ago.

also lol we made you defend a blackhawk

Yeah I was smhing myself as I typed

Was he ever top 5 really? Maybe around 2011-2013.

Really interesting piece on what each NHL team does with hats thrown on ice during a hat trick. pic.twitter.com/tkUgJuuL1f

— Josh Hyman (@joshhymanRTN) August 17, 2018

Jesus tampa bay the only org that sells them

Luv lu but what an atrocious thing to do

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/hockey/lightning/how-a-hat-trick-turns-into-a-charitable-treat/2215822

Still sounds sketchy af

That occasionally in the tweet is doing a lot of work

holy fuck this is sad

https://blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2018/08/former-1-nhl-draft-pick-is-homeless/

Jonatan Berggren showing absolutely no regard for the families of these men. pic.twitter.com/7w4Daqeoeu

— Alex Nunn (@aj_ranger) September 6, 2018

Pertaining to @JoeSmithTB report of Steve Yzerman stepping down as GM in Tampa Bay, source tells Free Press Yzerman told Lightning players he was going home to Detroit. Has maintained area home while GM of Tampa Bay Lightning.

— Helene St. James (@HeleneStJames) September 11, 2018

yeah yeah it doesn't say anything about rejoining the wings but c'monnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn stevie!

!

saw a (good, smart) wings blogger downplaying it a bit by asking why yzerman would sign up for "joe dumars levels of scrutiny" with a rebuilding wings team which is otm

also ken holland has a two year contract that started in april

I have not seen wings twitter in this kind of meltdown of emotion since losing to the hawks in the playoffs in 2013

you probably don't want a GM with a habit of acquiring every ex-ranger possible anyway

pic.twitter.com/bTvJuadtMt

— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) September 13, 2018

Wow

sounds like erik karlsson to san jose?

Man, Ottawa is a dumpster fire

sharks' window: still not closed, somehow

Hank Zetterberg's career is done due to injuries :(

Henrik Zetterberg addresses the media, announcing that after consulting with doctors, he will no longer be able to play professional hockey. #RedWings

🎥 Full Video: https://t.co/YoK2R6x0nY pic.twitter.com/pUtOq4TK1g

— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) September 14, 2018

get there, jmod

https://t.co/R2MSPkvYXI

— lisa dillman (@reallisa) September 17, 2018

I got rid of all my stuff lol

Slight lols, but why not? https://amp.theguardian.com/global/2018/sep/23/get-your-skates-on-the-rise-of-british-ice-hockey

Join us in welcoming the newest member of the #Flyers Family, @GrittyNHL!!

Learn more about Gritty: https://t.co/eQRwTtD54w pic.twitter.com/njHQO1824b

— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) September 24, 2018

(scott hartnell joke goes here)

like if Dr. Teeth fucked Big Bird

this is pretty fuckin rude

It's back. 🐳

12.23.18 » https://t.co/aFma1rQhaE pic.twitter.com/MZ9t6YEFof

— Carolina Hurricanes (@NHLCanes) September 27, 2018

I love the Whalers jersey but this seems kind of icky to me

yeah, baaaad look figuratively

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yj79J7V1B4

Gritty as Goya's Saturn on an anti-Trump sign is blowing my f'n mind

💯 extra points for recreating Goya’s Saturn 🙌🏻 #GrittyCityDumpsTrump #GrittySayGTFO pic.twitter.com/IDjSr7XK6o

— George Ciccariello-Maher (@ciccmaher) October 3, 2018

Outstanding

Washington’s Tom Wilson suspended twenty games for an Illegal Check to the Head on St. Louis’ Oskar Sundqvist. https://t.co/ojQ4yN6oFN

— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) October 3, 2018

guess the caps aren't too hungover

Elias Pettersson SNIPES it for his first NHL goal!#Canucks pic.twitter.com/QpVONVreL4

— Ryan Biech (@ryanbiech) October 4, 2018

auston matthews has some Hands

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtBiL4PW7rQ

looking forward to a wings season full of 8 to 12 goal games decided by one or two goals either way

the caps are going to shoot 33% this year and that's just how it is

kessel best

The bandwagon will be letting me off here for periodic posts as the Leafs do wonderful things. Matthews tied a few other guys tonight for most goals through five games with nine.

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/columnists/jeff-seidel/2018/10/10/joe-murphy-homeless-detroit-red-wings/1565171002

such a fucking sad story

This is genuinely vg imo

"The Away Game" from @TimHortons might be the best thing you watch all week. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/PhLUmDoJas

— Front Office Sports (@frntofficesport) October 15, 2018

ok i'm feeling especially emo today and that had me wiping away tears.

huh

http://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/25017809/nhl-quietly-helped-usa-hockey-pay-women-national-team-players

why? pic.twitter.com/6F8nhTTOXx

— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 23, 2018

When I started broadcasting in 2002, I had to remind myself not to be the President of the Pavel Datsyuk fan club every time I did a Wings game. He was my favourite player to watch. I feel the same way about #Canucks EP in 9 bloody games. #magic

— Ray Ferraro (@rayferrarotsn) November 3, 2018

i've been demonstrating a lot of restraint not spamming this thread anytime he does anything

like this last night:

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

Wow. #Canucks pass on Cody Glass and Gabriel Valardi at No.5 to select Swedish playmaking C Elias Petterssen. #NHLDRAFT2017

— Ben Kuzma (@benkuzma) June 23, 2017

comments on this are fun to read if you ever need a reminder that Canucks fans are a bunch of dum-dums

every canadian fanbase imo

tbf no fanbases have any clue aboot drafting or much of anything else

except for the penguins signing jack johnson -- literally everyone knew that was an awful deal

whelp Coach Q out. top office scapegoating him for a couple of years of terrible roster moves, i guess.

suspect he'll be behind the bench in st. louis by the end of the month

Very Chicago move.

holy mackerel indeed

Dennis Vial wanted a piece of Rob Ray but couldn’t keep up 😂 pic.twitter.com/IBfSi59RjY

— The Hockey Hangout (@HockeyHangout) November 15, 2018

Kings suck v much

these coaches fall like dominoes

McLellan needed to go tbh.

perhaps, but i don't see much changing as long as chiarelli remains

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ds8KOnJUwAEyKrY.jpg:small

Gritty is def a better option

I think it's time NHL culture recognizes ex-players usually make for terrible GMs.

idk -- stevie y and jim rutherford have done okay. being a good GM is hard, especially in the salary cap era, and i'm not sure ex-players are *necessarily* worse at it. i'll grant that the skills that made them good players don't correlate much, though

Brian McClellan too

Argh MACClellan

which 2 of my 4 goalies should i start in fantasy hockey tonight: Holtby at LV, Hellebuyck at NYI, Greiss vs. WPG, or Quick vs. ARI

Helle

colorado’s power play is terrifying

fastest hat trick in penguin history/21st-fastest in league history tonight: patric hornqvist, 2:47

fuck Seattle

So is milbury sundowning or

Why what did he say now? Worse than calling spousal abuse "an unfortunate incident?"

he just looked like he is about to melt into a puddle of grey schmutz at, like, 930PM

drunk is probably the easiest answer to my question

happy 30th to mario lemieux's five-goals-five-ways game

tampa closes out december 13-1

peaking too early amirite

@RickCarpiniello - funny story from last night’s game. Guy sitting next to penalty box was lighting up Sid all game with some fantastic chirps. A trainer delivered this to him after the final buzzer. pic.twitter.com/4DZf9ZtlxF

— MG35 (@pickledotcom) January 3, 2019

- rick nash has retired due to continuing concussion symptoms

- the caps have won 14 straight against the bruins

- tampa bay is really good

That sucks about Nash. I mean he had a long career but you never want to see a guy have to retire for that.

As a long suffering Islanders fan, very happy to see them go on this 15-3 run and into 1st place.

front office changes ‘imminent’ in edmonton

Cawlidge Hawky game I went to last week (my Alma mater lost)

https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/sports/hockey/4561176-mens-hockey-bsu-outdoor-game-coldest-modern-era?amp&__twitter_impression=true

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGcooSVK4S4

Toronto has too many hockey players and not enough goalies —- so there’s a booming market of “rental goalies” (who make about $50 a game).

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/sports/hockey/-goalie-ringer-.html

reminds me of my last beer league tbh

happy 47th to the . . . well, not GOAT, but he's really up there

http://images.performgroup.com/di/library/omnisport/f7/58/jaromir-jagr-100515-usnews-getty-ftr_jzxg1pdurp2t16mumt7nco8db.jpg

man i can't believe he's almost fifty and still playing pro. truly thought we'd never see that again after, like... chelios i guess

a) it is bullshit that we are never ever going to get a habs-leafs playoff series

b) excited for columbus to go all in and miss the playoffs

c) it will be amazing when tampa somehow doesn't win the cup despite being clearly miles and kilometers better than everyone

d) lololol at the sens firing guy boucher because they didn't like 'how the team was trending'

e) western conference go jettts and/or flaaames

f) jesus christ oilers

g) hey kings maybe trade someone in addition to muzzin

Brock Olson's got the whole package pic.twitter.com/6MrAm5Apoy

— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) March 6, 2019

One of the very best hockey traditions.

PETTERSSON. GOODNESS. pic.twitter.com/8wYmLeYIH0

— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) March 16, 2019

https://i.imgur.com/Z4jne0W.jpg

WE ARE NOT WORTHY. WE ARE NOT WORTHY. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/NRLbVaWiql

— NHL (@NHL) March 29, 2019

toews ended up having a very strong season offensively but was unable to will his team to the playoffs; is he really, therefore, a winner? NEXT on Coach's Corner

lol good canadian boys are exempt from having their leadership questioned

dallas RW valeri nichushkin is two games away from going the entire season without scoring a goal or taking a penalty; he's played in 57 games averaging 11:55 of ice time

will he put a puck over the glass in these two games y/n

Lol, how is that even possible? Just like the most ineffectual season of all time.

Poehling having second-best NHL debut in history makes a real satisfying ending to an up/down Montreal season.

https://deadspin.com/whos-keeping-the-nhl-out-of-quebec-city-1833781497?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_campaign=sharebar

quite a comeback by lumbus

great game/atmosphere at ye olde nassau coliseum

lotta weird bounces/ppl falling down in that game

which is fine, just strange

leafs are gonna do this again, huh

yikes tampa

They have studied at the feet of the caps. Although the (old) caps would have won the first two, then proceeded to choke.

This is what happens when half your team is former Rangers.

holy shit tampa

well, at least the penguins getting smoked wasn't the biggest story of the first round i guess

hockey is so flukey

Barry Trotz has moved into a tie for 2nd place for series wins by an #isles coach (1) with Jack Capuano and Terry Simpson. Al Arbour won the other 29. #NHL #NHLstats

— Eric Hornick (@ehornick) April 17, 2019

I interrupt your playoffs for a bout of joyous non-verbal grunting

On the 19th of April in 2019, No. 19 is coming home. https://t.co/se0kyvrNrM

— Detroit Free Press (@freep) April 19, 2019

❤️

first-round bloodbath

winnipeg is being out-shot 27-6 through two periods in a must-win game

Disappointing. Assuming the Leafs don't stage a miraculous comeback--befitting my bandwagon fandom, I'm ducking out for a movie--I really can't see them winning a Game 7 in Boston. Today was it.

So if the leafs don’t make it the only teams worth rooting for are NYI and NSH and the asteroid

short handed OT winners have got to be pretty unusual. crazy ending

Tomas Hertl’s game-winner for the @SanJoseSharks tonight was the first shorthanded OT goal beyond the first OT period in NHL history. It was just the second shorthanded OT goal for a team facing elimination (Fernando Pisani, EDM vs. CAR, Game 5 of 2006 Stanley Cup Final).

— Elias Sports Bureau (@EliasSports) April 22, 2019

hockey >>> g.o.t.

not a shocker

wild cards 3, division winners 0

The system works.

if columbus or colorado wins their next series I think it will be the first time, under the new playoff and division system, that a team wins a division it isn't part of

what kind of lead are we expecting the leafs to blow tonight

idk how that got in

rip jake gardiner

NO ONE WANTS THIS

insane back to back . Bs scrambling

welp

at least the leafs didn't have to worry about blowing any leads this time

Something less than a whimper.

o canada
no second round for you

tbh it was probably my fault; i was doing dishes when tavares scored but was watching for all the boston goals

Old ILX posts that haunt you: Clemenza retweeting God's blaming a Leafs defeat on a Ford brother

Honest to god, I don't remember that...wondering if that was someone else (I rarely post on the hockey thread).

that was . . . quite a third period in SJ

Per @EliasSports, #SJSharks 2nd team in Stanley Cup Playoff history to score 4 power play goals in under a 5-minute span (Blues, Game 3, 1998 West QF at Kings). #VGKvsSJS #StanleyCup #NHLStats

— Darin Stephens (@SharksStats) April 24, 2019

God help me am I pulling for old man thornton

i think i might have to root for . . . the blues?

idk, maybe i'll hate them once i actually start watching them

The blues ran Jamie storr in like 1997 I don’t root for the blues

potvin sucks

He truly does

mmm, tense

what is pat lafontaine doing right now

justin williams, man

love him for inventing the storm surge and contributing to don cherry's eventual aneurysm

Oh, Caps

wild cards 4, division winners 0

barry trotz 1, capitals 0

i guess the bruins are the favorites now? which means they'll probably get swept by lumbus

if the islanders lose any home games, i will totally be blaming their choice to play at barclays (even though that's bullshit)

this fucking guy

Brad Marchand punching the back of Scott Harrington's head while Harrington is down on his knees. pic.twitter.com/3JYYH8o89O

— Flintor (@TheFlintor) May 1, 2019

Marchand called Harrington punch “unnecessary” but doesn’t regret it. “It’s playoff hockey,” and he said DeBrusk was taking punches from two CBJs

— Matt Porter (@mattyports) May 1, 2019

let's
go
blues

God help me

rematch: https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/orr-on-hockeys-most-iconic-photograph/

can't cheer for either of these dumb teams

Paywalled, but if you have an Athletic subscription this guy goes into the chances of every team in the league signing Phil Kessel

https://theathletic.com/1005963/2019/06/02/yohe-ranking-every-penguins-trade-partner-for-phil-kessel/

A story that needs to be told

Cam Neely seems upset pic.twitter.com/gFXmteE51w

— Mike Darnay (@MikeDarnay) June 7, 2019

could this be the year for the blues??

i don't know because i didn't watch for the rest of the season

they seem good

This was sent to me from the stands - this fight escalates ... all between Bruins fans. pic.twitter.com/XPHEwdEBVF

— Benjamin Hochman (@hochman) June 7, 2019

YOU HATE TO SEE IT

fuckin intense

love too decide championships on puck-over-the-glass penalties

mmm what a shame

was rooting for stl bc theyve never won and their goalie played for my ahl blues affiliate this year so it was as close to a hometown win as possible.

I remember the Red Berenson years...Good job, St. Louis; good omen for the Raptors.

wild how the blues went to three straight finals in their first three years 50 years ago and then never again until now.

I am glad the Bruins did not win, especially Brad Marchand.

It was funny how the bruins fans booed throughout the whole closing ceremony

It was a great game.

As classless as Bruins fans are, I think they were booing Bettman.

love how marchand blew it

erik karlsson, eight years at $11m+ each to stay in san jose

thats a p big amount of hockey money

PK to new jersey!

guy carbonneau, hayley wickenheiser and sergei zubov to the Hall

u_u

I’ve decided to take my talents to a South Beach retirement home ✌🏼 pic.twitter.com/BTuZIo8XT8

— Strombone (@strombone1) June 26, 2019

more interesting career than, say, guy carbonneau

he's such a mensch: https://www.nhl.com/panthers/news/luongos-open-letter-to-the-fans/c-308071408

kessel traded to arizona ;_;

new thread pls jimmy

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-aPC21WsAEK-b9.png:small

Will we match the offer sheet for Sebastian Aho?

— Carolina Hurricanes (@NHLCanes) July 1, 2019

On vacay but presently

Valteri Filppula back to the Wings 🤔 In Stevie Y I trust

Something doesn’t seem right with the AHL app notifications pic.twitter.com/nDSp4EuvPQ

— Sean Shapiro (@seanshapiro) July 10, 2019

Looking for a pick-me-up heading into the weekend? Just remember that this old #FlaPanthers commercial exists.https://t.co/LlN4F7sM6S

— Jameson Olive (@JamesonCoop) July 12, 2019

olli cockblokinen

good writeup of that video here: https://grantland.com/the-triangle/nhl-grab-bag-welcome-back/

calgary trades james neal to edmonton for milan lucic

truly a new era when the oilers are winning bizarre deals

I do feel obliged to say this: the Lucic-Neal CGY-EDM trade is one for one. 😜

— Bobby Margarita (@TSNBobMcKenzie) July 19, 2019

Great trade (to Oilers fan me) if true

27 YEARS SINCE A CANADIAN TEAM WON THE CUP WILL THIS BE THE YEAR (no): THE NHL 2019-2020 THREAD (INCLUDING BLUES HANGOVER AND OFFSEASON SHENANIGANS. HOCKEY IS THE BEST)