Alternate title:
DO YOU WANT TO MAKE MORE MONEY? SURE WE ALL DO. A FUNGIBLE LOW-TEIR PLAYER MAKES 4M A YEAR: THE NHL 2022-2023 SEASON THREAD (INC AVALANCHE HANGOVER & SALARY CAP SHENANIGANS. HOCKEY IS THE BEST)
Analysis via Dom Luszczyszyn
"Erik Gudbranson signs four-year, $16 million deal with the Blue Jackets
What the hell?
Fit grade: CContract grade: F-"
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 13 July 2022 21:04 (one year ago) link
Can’t wait to see the exciting theatrical conclusion of “Waiting For Gaudreau”
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 21:57 (one year ago) link
still hung up on the nic deslauriers deal.
vaguely defensible as a fourth-line depth option if you -- and god knows the flyers always do -- want muscle for a season. but for four years? at almost $2m per? and he's 31! who were they bidding against??
a whole lot of bad contracts got offered today, as ever, but -- however minuscule in the grand scheme of things -- that one has no chance of paying off even in year one
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 22:12 (one year ago) link
It's actually incredible. I misread it originally as 2 years $4M total and thought WTF?! but then realized it was for four years at $2M per year. Crazy.
― Am I doomposting? I would say you’re not doomposting enough. (PBKR), Thursday, 14 July 2022 00:03 (one year ago) link
Gudbranson actively damages your team. I'm still mad about trading draft picks for him: https://www.nhl.com/news/panthers-trade-erik-gudbranson-to-canucks/c-280805120
― symsymsym, Thursday, 14 July 2022 01:11 (one year ago) link
johnny columbus? wtf
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 July 2022 02:29 (one year ago) link
So far, I feel the real winners are the teams that didn’t make moves today.
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 14 July 2022 04:39 (one year ago) link
rip the flames
fucking rough
― mookieproof, Thursday, 21 July 2022 16:40 (one year ago) link
with the retirement of zdeno chara announced, that leaves, by my count, just one player who shared the ice* with wayne gretzky: joe thornton.**
*was at least on a roster during 98-99.
**if thornton doesn't get a professional tryout offer, he'd likely announce retirement as well i'd guess.
― andrew m., Tuesday, 20 September 2022 14:25 (one year ago) link
he'd = he'll
with the retirement of zdeno chara, there are no active players who have faced the maple leafs beyond the first round of the playoffs
i had not anticipated the retirement of pk subban. i guess he's probably got a bright future in the media
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 20:42 (one year ago) link
He kinda fell off a cliff didnt he? I thought he was gonna play for 20 years
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 21 September 2022 20:45 (one year ago) link
tbf i can imagine playing for the devils might sap one's love of the game
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 20:47 (one year ago) link
He also has a rich outer life but still
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 21 September 2022 20:53 (one year ago) link
https://theathletic.com/3646056/2022/10/01/seattle-kraken-team-mascot/
Just
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 2 October 2022 02:42 (one year ago) link
I for one welcome this eight year Barzal extension with the Isles.
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 5 October 2022 15:26 (one year ago) link
Great Leafs joke in The Handmaid's Tale's second episode of S5 (from Bradley Whitford's Commander Lawrence, one of those memorably bizarre characters who, even as the show falls apart around him, continues to walk through his own TV show different than one everyone else is in):
"We figured you'd want to get back to Canada, move on with your life...take in a Leafs game...I hear this might finally be their year."
Anyone else catch the Maple Leafs dig on The Handmaid’s Tale last night?? 🤣 pic.twitter.com/3LEzTUljGS— Geoff Rohoman (@RadioRoho) September 15, 2022
― clemenza, Sunday, 9 October 2022 02:10 (one year ago) link
the virtual ads on the boards are very weird even when they're working properly
also: torts 1-0
― mookieproof, Friday, 14 October 2022 17:13 (one year ago) link
Canucks blow 3 straight multiple-goal leads, all in regulation, to start the season. cool cool cool
― symsymsym, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 01:54 (one year ago) link
Fwiw the new Coyotes college home does look cool and seems very loud, awoooo. The first goal was scored by someone at ASU named Doan, awoooo.
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 02:39 (one year ago) link
An incredible play from Larkin results in the game tying goal for the @DetroitRedWings 🤯 pic.twitter.com/mkcKDfGTXG— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) October 18, 2022
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 17:26 (one year ago) link
they lost in OT tho ;_; but still a fantastic run of play
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Tuesday, 18 October 2022 18:04 (one year ago) link
Should have gotten Matthew McConaughey in character from the Beach Bum to model this
CAN YOU EVEN BELIEVE☀️🌴🏒 » https://t.co/1scA7KeX0m pic.twitter.com/KH4Cdwon1m— Florida Panthers (@FlaPanthers) October 20, 2022
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Thursday, 20 October 2022 16:30 (one year ago) link
orangeandteal.xls
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 20 October 2022 17:11 (one year ago) link
kings . . . thanks for coming oot
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 October 2022 01:21 (one year ago) link
FTR i am bearish on the kings
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 21 October 2022 03:01 (one year ago) link
NHL Iron Man record ✅400th career goal ✅What a night for Phil Kessel 🔥 pic.twitter.com/Et1SZlhHJ0— Gino Hard (@GinoHard_) October 26, 2022
― symsymsym, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 04:01 (one year ago) link
will never not love two-time stanley cup champion phil kessel
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 05:02 (one year ago) link
fuck brad marchant
― mookieproof, Friday, 28 October 2022 02:00 (one year ago) link
torts first place
― mookieproof, Friday, 28 October 2022 02:48 (one year ago) link
might be some Philadelphia sports magic in the air
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 28 October 2022 03:35 (one year ago) link
who will be first to score at MULLETT ARENA
― mookieproof, Saturday, 29 October 2022 02:55 (one year ago) link
awoooThey are giving away mullets to the crowd. The lack of a goal horn is noticeable though. Can you not just play one of the hundreds of goal horns on YouTube.
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 29 October 2022 03:25 (one year ago) link
Isles have started off the year 28 for 28 on the penalty kill btw
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 29 October 2022 03:26 (one year ago) link
penguins have been rapidly disabused of their decency via the western canada tour
i mean fine, oilers/flames back-to-back and second/third in four days is rough, but . . . the canucks are begging to be buried
― mookieproof, Saturday, 29 October 2022 03:31 (one year ago) link
yikes pens. too bad they didn't get VAN a few days sooner.
thought columbus would be better this year - not so far
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 29 October 2022 04:40 (one year ago) link
well that is the worst northwest road trip, in 55 years, the penguins have ever had. because it's now possible to lose to seattle
― mookieproof, Sunday, 30 October 2022 05:48 (one year ago) link
Really rough stretch for the Pens. Sabres actually looking great offensively so far.
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 3 November 2022 04:19 (one year ago) link
the pens have played maybe 3 good periods last 6 games. rough indeed. that said, some of the cellar-dwellers like kraken and sabes have looked good for longish stretches so far this year. great for overall league competitiveness i guess.
― andrew m., Thursday, 3 November 2022 13:53 (one year ago) link
Am enjoying the parity so far. I don’t like that alternate jersey for the Sabres, it looks a lot like the Preds design, but worse. The alternate neon green Dallas jersey is really cool though.
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 3 November 2022 15:04 (one year ago) link
We could watch John Tavares' (@91Tavares) second goal on repeat all night long. 🤤 pic.twitter.com/AX04cMWUCg— NHL (@NHL) November 3, 2022
― symsymsym, Thursday, 3 November 2022 15:06 (one year ago) link
why do teams keep doing shit like the bruins signing this asshole kid?
i mean the guy's a fourth-round defenseman. he's wholly unnecessary and he makes everything you claim to stand for look like garbage
― mookieproof, Saturday, 5 November 2022 19:51 (one year ago) link
Yeah, doesn’t even sound like the league wants to even let him be eligible for a pro game, so not sure what the Bruins are thinking here
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 5 November 2022 20:37 (one year ago) link
great job, bruins
(actual good job by bergeron/marchand/foligno for being publicly against it, however thoroughly couched in hockey player cliche)
― mookieproof, Monday, 7 November 2022 18:15 (one year ago) link
yeah you don't hear pro athletes willing to criticize someone's character like they did very often. as much as I hate to praise those players.
― symsymsym, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 02:11 (one year ago) link
ulf sammuelsson was right
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 02:36 (one year ago) link
I only caught the first couple of years of Borje Salming's career, pretty much a baseball fan after that. As I'm sure you know, they had a big emotional ceremony for him Saturday night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl2XAruUdTk
― clemenza, Sunday, 13 November 2022 23:09 (one year ago) link
avs, down one, had a 5-on-3 for the last 1:45 of the third — and pulled the goalie with a minute left to go 6-on-3 — and did not score
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 15 November 2022 04:46 (one year ago) link
My daughter’s pee wee A team had a tie gamethis weekend with like 45 seconds left and a face off in the opponents’ zone. I so wanted the coach to pull the goalie to show the kids what GOING FOR IT looks like. But he didn’t. Game ended a tie.
― tobo73, Tuesday, 15 November 2022 19:17 (one year ago) link
kings with basically a perfect road game tonight
outshot edmonton 32-23, 29 blocked shots, held mcdavid and dreiseitel scoreless with one shot each. only oilers pp was cut short when mcdavid crosschecked someone behind the play. danault-arvidsson-moore line was killer
― mookieproof, Thursday, 17 November 2022 06:02 (one year ago) link
Highly recommended:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq5W3GxuIuw
I knew the story reasonably well--and was watching Game 8 in my grade 6 pod--but it's hard to convey just how bizarre some of that was, especially Alan Eagleson's antics during the final game. Tretiak comes across as the nicest guy in the world; what Bobby Clarke did in Game 6 puts a damper on Canada's win.
― clemenza, Monday, 21 November 2022 01:16 (one year ago) link
rip börje : /
glad he got that moment two weeks ago
― mookieproof, Friday, 25 November 2022 23:43 (one year ago) link
sidney crosby *in* philadelphia (regular season): 40 GP, 25-33-58
regular season + playoffs overall, he has 67 career goals vs. the flyers, apparently the most of all time
<3 <3 <3
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 November 2022 02:36 (one year ago) link
https://i.redd.it/tom84w2td00a1.jpg
― clemenza, Saturday, 26 November 2022 16:43 (one year ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FiyxsdLVQAAhqsV.jpg
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 07:47 (one year ago) link
kris letang had a(nother) stroke
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 18:14 (one year ago) link
anaheim has played 26 games and has one (1) win in regulation
― mookieproof, Sunday, 4 December 2022 23:07 (one year ago) link
stayed up late to see if the canucks could maintain their wild comeback v. les habs. so glad i did! matheson won't soon forget losing his edge like that.
― andrew m., Tuesday, 6 December 2022 14:44 (one year ago) link
Quite a comeback, people were saying Vancouver’s season was over a few weeks ago.
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 6 December 2022 16:05 (one year ago) link
wonder if there's ever been a game with that exact sequence of goals before
― symsymsym, Tuesday, 6 December 2022 16:05 (one year ago) link
(4 goals for one team, then 5 for the other, then 2 for the first team, then 2 for the other)
― symsymsym, Tuesday, 6 December 2022 16:06 (one year ago) link
Probert pic.twitter.com/S63XgebuJV— Jen (@NHLhistorygirl) December 7, 2022
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Wednesday, 7 December 2022 05:36 (one year ago) link
lol tony deangelo is a healthy scratch for the flyers tonight
― mookieproof, Friday, 9 December 2022 19:50 (one year ago) link
The entire Lightning franchise should be suspended ten games for the jerseys they wore last night. Sweet Jeebus!!
― tobo73, Friday, 9 December 2022 20:11 (one year ago) link
Isles won a wild one tonight in NJ. Devils pulled the goalie for pretty much the final 8 minutes of the game.
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 10 December 2022 02:45 (one year ago) link
happy birthday jimmy mod
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 December 2022 06:23 (one year ago) link
thank u friend i do not feel very wise!
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 15 December 2022 12:46 (one year ago) link
Went to the Isles/Bruins in Boston the other night and can report that being the only one cheering for your team’s goal while 15,000 other people don’t even acknowledge that it happened is still great.
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 15 December 2022 13:16 (one year ago) link
I did this at a Flyers-Isles game at the Coliseum years ago when the Flyers scored twice in the first five minutes. Each time the family in front of us briefly looked around to see what was up. A couple minutes later the Isles scored and one of the kids who might have been 12 jumps up and turns around and shoots me and my friends the most hysterical tough guy look.
― The Bankruptcy of the Planet of the Apes (PBKR), Thursday, 15 December 2022 19:23 (one year ago) link
so the bruins are 32-4-4
also #1 in goals for (156) and goals against (88)
19-0-3 at home
that's pretty decent
― mookieproof, Monday, 9 January 2023 07:55 (one year ago) link
president’s trophy curse incoming?Did not expect them to be this good honestly
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 9 January 2023 13:07 (one year ago) link
During Odjick’s rookie season, for example, which took place during the Gulf War, a fan brought a sign to a game that read: “Gino is tougher than Saddam,” in reference to Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
The story goes — and, in truth, there are a ton of different versions — that Odjick, having seen the sign in the crowd, approached then-Canucks head coach Bob McCammon (or then-Canucks captain Trevor Linden), to inquire as to which guy exactly on the other team was “Saddam” because he wanted to fight him.
Gino Odjick RIP
― symsymsym, Tuesday, 17 January 2023 05:22 (one year ago) link
https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/35461463/vegas-goalie-lehner-files-bankruptcy-cites-50m-debt
Lehner's debts also included missed payments for a collection of rare snakes he purchased for $1.2 million in 2017, according to the bankruptcy filing. Lehner keeps the snakes at his reptile farm in Plato, Missouri.
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Tuesday, 17 January 2023 15:20 (one year ago) link
i'm not even mad at ivan provorov; ideally he'd have simply gone with the flow and skated warmups wearing a slightly different sweater. but i don't know what pressure is placed on him as a russian guy playing in north america
and also i recognize that torts is trying to shield his guy
but honestly fuck torts for this whole charade. just say that 'everyone can play' is bullshit compared to his team missing the playoffs by 10 instead of 12 points. or don't. instead, he's too cowardly to make a call
― mookieproof, Friday, 20 January 2023 05:30 (one year ago) link
Provorov is a russian guy who has played in North America since he was 14 - he doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt as a dumbass and possibly a bigot. At this point, Torts is a frozen caveman coach who fits in perfect with the org.
The Flyers used to be my favorite team in sports. Now I want the entire org gone for trying to get me to root for Kevin Hayes.
― Unfairport Convention (PBKR), Friday, 20 January 2023 13:05 (one year ago) link
Torts sux and always has
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 20 January 2023 14:02 (one year ago) link
also the way the canucks/jim rutherford are treating bruce boudreau is garbage
― mookieproof, Friday, 20 January 2023 19:32 (one year ago) link
terrible ownership, terrible management. this year feels like a new low for a franchise with a lot of them
― symsymsym, Saturday, 21 January 2023 02:16 (one year ago) link
they're losing tonight (to the reigning cup champions), so no doubt that will be the 'reason' they fire him
like school in the summertime: no fucking class
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 January 2023 04:53 (one year ago) link
Kirill Marchenko became the fourth player in NHL history to have each of his first 12+ career regular-season points come in the form of goals, joining Joe Malone (16 in 1917-18), John McKinnon (13 in 1926-27) and Howie Morenz (12 in 1923-24).#NHLStats: https://t.co/xJLu35WWoU https://t.co/RUVzZv08JX— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 28, 2023
― mookieproof, Saturday, 28 January 2023 04:25 (one year ago) link
I posted this a few years ago on some other thread, but me getting Bobby Hull's autograph at a book signing.
https://phildellio.tripod.com/hull.JPG
― clemenza, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 00:34 (one year ago) link
You have to be really careful with old-guy autograph stories, but: he was really cranky with me because he didn't like the book I had with me, but he let the good-looking woman behind me wear his Stanley Cup ring for a photo they took together.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 00:40 (one year ago) link
I really had no idea about all the unsavoury shit in his life
― symsymsym, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 02:11 (one year ago) link
Someone just passed this along to me:
https://defector.com/bobby-hull-was-not-complicated
― clemenza, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 02:21 (one year ago) link
happy 30th anniversary of gary bettman getting booed becoming commissioner
― mookieproof, Thursday, 2 February 2023 02:10 (one year ago) link
No one mentioned the Rangers refusing to wear pride-related warm-up gear. Hope they go another 50 years.
― Unfairport Convention (PBKR), Thursday, 2 February 2023 02:15 (one year ago) link
Er, another 25 years, I mean.
― Unfairport Convention (PBKR), Thursday, 2 February 2023 02:18 (one year ago) link
one cup in 82 years is, while not as satisfying as zero, brutal for an original-six club
fuck them forever
― mookieproof, Thursday, 2 February 2023 02:36 (one year ago) link
he’s having a great season but this extension seems like a lot for bo horvat
― mookieproof, Sunday, 5 February 2023 21:20 (one year ago) link
and he's almost 28, hasn't played a game for them yet...glad the canucks aren't paying that contract (instead they're paying a bunch of other terrible ones)
― symsymsym, Sunday, 5 February 2023 23:52 (one year ago) link
Am not surprised, I think Lou doesn’t make that trade without knowing the extension is happening. Isles have needed a pure goal scorer since Tavares left, hopefully this is it. Is it too much? Maybe, but I don’t think he goes anywhere else for much cheaper.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 6 February 2023 00:03 (one year ago) link
great quote:
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/islanders-lamoriello-after-signing-horvat-its-too-long-and-its-too-much-money/
― symsymsym, Monday, 6 February 2023 00:11 (one year ago) link
appreciating the top five
Since October, The Athletic has been counting down the top 100 NHL players of the post-expansion era.No. 1 was never in doubt.This is the #NHL99 ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/UNFrDhVVKl— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) February 10, 2023
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 February 2023 01:32 (one year ago) link
Props for putting Mike Bossy that high. If his career wasn't cut short, he had a very strong chance to be the all-time leader in goals.
McDavid needs a ring but could join that top 5 by the time his career is over.
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 11 February 2023 02:34 (one year ago) link
Lots of points to quibble with but
No rocket Richard?— Torrid Fergi (@FergiTorrid) February 10, 2023
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Saturday, 11 February 2023 03:38 (one year ago) link
Also I know I'm the resident Wings partisan but Yzerman behind Sakic on what fucking planet
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Saturday, 11 February 2023 03:41 (one year ago) link
no rocket because it's only since expansion
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 February 2023 03:54 (one year ago) link
can't really speak to yzerman vs sakic but i am comfortable with lidstrom as the second-greatest defenseman
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 February 2023 03:57 (one year ago) link
xp ah that makes sense then, thx
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Saturday, 11 February 2023 03:58 (one year ago) link
also who goes 'no rocket' before 'no gordie'
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 February 2023 04:00 (one year ago) link
I realized the error of my ways quickly but no one had responded about him :(
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Saturday, 11 February 2023 04:13 (one year ago) link
<3
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 February 2023 05:25 (one year ago) link
maybe Thornton put up solid numbers but I never thought he was truly one of the greats. and i used to watch lots of Sharks games when living in sf. i think Forsberg was better than Sakic, too
― Half Japanese Breakfast (outdoor_miner), Saturday, 11 February 2023 16:23 (one year ago) link
happy 50th to enigmatic russian alexei kovalev. he was filthy
not as filthy as mcdavid tho
Just another day at the office for Connor McDavid (@cmcdavid97). 💼 pic.twitter.com/NDuMsFlOoW— NHL (@NHL) February 24, 2023
― mookieproof, Saturday, 25 February 2023 00:15 (one year ago) link
It’s a shame the kings’ goalies are such horseshit
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 25 February 2023 02:02 (one year ago) link
kopitar is really a low-key all-time player
i mean i'm happy for dustin brown i guess, but kopitar's statue had better be twice as large
― mookieproof, Saturday, 25 February 2023 03:20 (one year ago) link
wild 2 me ryan miller is #1 on us goalie wins list considering how unremarkable most of his teams were
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 25 February 2023 22:49 (one year ago) link
just learned there's a doom metal band called MALARCHUK
they are of course from buffalo
― mookieproof, Sunday, 26 February 2023 00:02 (one year ago) link
🚨 LINUS ULLMARK 🚨WE HAVE A GOALIE GOAL. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/ym7OLU0jlU— NHL (@NHL) February 26, 2023
― symsymsym, Sunday, 26 February 2023 04:57 (one year ago) link
Nice to catch this live after flipping on the last few minutes of the Canucks game
― symsymsym, Sunday, 26 February 2023 04:58 (one year ago) link
awesome
except that it made jack edwards happy because fuck that guy
― mookieproof, Sunday, 26 February 2023 05:06 (one year ago) link
bruins outshot 57-19 tonight, won 4-3 in OT
also sounds like the jonathan quick era is over in los angeles
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 March 2023 05:40 (one year ago) link
All hail the Pheonix Copley era
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 12:27 (one year ago) link
Copley era will be annoyingly brief. Their goalie situation is so very forgettable right now
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 13:58 (one year ago) link
I keep tabs on all the Michigan Tech alums in the league, it's cool to see him doing well for a bit (along with Matt Roy)
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 16:45 (one year ago) link
Been thinking about it a bit and although I don't know very much about cap management in today's NHL, I am happy the Wings re-signed Dylan Larkin and ambivalent about their follow-on trades. Larkin is local and I think there is something worthwhile in having a hometown hero.
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Friday, 3 March 2023 01:58 (one year ago) link
Also I will hate Seattle sports teams forever
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Friday, 3 March 2023 02:00 (one year ago) link
folks, ron hextall is a bad gm
― mookieproof, Friday, 3 March 2023 02:06 (one year ago) link
lol at all these clubs acquiring defensemen from anaheim, one of the worst defensive teams of all time
― mookieproof, Friday, 3 March 2023 21:41 (one year ago) link
feel like a lot of the last minute trades are barely going to move the needle for each teamI don’t know if Toronto adding like 5 people to a team that was already going to the playoffs is great for chemistry though? I know they are desperate to win a playoff series for once
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 4 March 2023 01:26 (one year ago) link
actually feel bad for toronto
they can trade for whomever they want but they're basically locked into facing tampa in the first round, and if vasilevskiy chooses to be godlike, it won't matter
and if they survive that, then boston. and then carolina or new jersey. the east is a killing field
― mookieproof, Saturday, 4 March 2023 01:50 (one year ago) link
bruins 33-0-3 when scoring first
third period: bruins 91 GF, 40 GA
― mookieproof, Saturday, 4 March 2023 20:41 (one year ago) link
uh tampa has four shots on goal through two periods in carolina
and they were all in the first
― mookieproof, Sunday, 5 March 2023 21:54 (one year ago) link
Rangers and bolts have been pretty bad lately, almost bad enough that you start to think the East wild card race may get even more crowded.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 6 March 2023 01:08 (one year ago) link
Maybe this is the year the Leafs finally win a series (before getting steamrolled by the Bruins)
― symsymsym, Monday, 6 March 2023 05:49 (one year ago) link
penguins fell behind columbus 4-0, at home, before rallying to win 5-4 in OT
if this is a test, i am going to fail it
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 03:59 (one year ago) link
isles have looked very trotzian since barzal went down, and it’s been working for them again.
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 04:31 (one year ago) link
Stars with ten goals tonight!Isles-Pens rivalry has been very good the past couple year.
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 10 March 2023 02:46 (one year ago) link
144 penalty minutes in the Tampa-Vegas game too. So many game misconducts.
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 10 March 2023 03:15 (one year ago) link
mo seider first career SHG today, and it was a v. nice one
― mookieproof, Sunday, 12 March 2023 23:31 (one year ago) link
<3 Seider
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Monday, 13 March 2023 01:45 (one year ago) link
<3 <3 <3 flower
MAF was mic’d up last night 😂 pic.twitter.com/Yf9GGrOCUw— Nick Maraldo (@nickmaraldo) March 16, 2023
― mookieproof, Thursday, 16 March 2023 23:45 (one year ago) link
...WHAT?! 🤯#LetsGoBuffalo pic.twitter.com/F3fzZ8hMHh— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) April 1, 2023
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Saturday, 1 April 2023 00:39 (one year ago) link
banks are open
Still trying to process this Rickard Rakell goal. 😱 pic.twitter.com/VU2jfC9YuG— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 2, 2023
― mookieproof, Monday, 3 April 2023 04:17 (one year ago) link
No games scheduled for tonight, all 32 teams play tomorrow. Good luck to The Hockey Guy.
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 7 April 2023 14:26 (one year ago) link
how could the penguins lose that one
― symsymsym, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 02:50 (one year ago) link
Feels like goaltending has been suspect for the pens all year. I think jarry needs a change of scenery.
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 13:44 (one year ago) link
The worst regular season loss in Penguins franchise history, and it is not even really close. https://t.co/ruIPnJEdEf | @Pensburgh— Adam Gretz (@AGretz) April 12, 2023
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 14:11 (one year ago) link
The 2023 NHL playoffs will be the first playoff without the Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, or Washington Capitals in NHL history (not parody)— evil gritty (@DrEvilGritty) April 13, 2023
Since '67 I suppose.
― This machine bores fascism (PBKR), Thursday, 13 April 2023 23:24 (one year ago) link
[watches hockey once] this mcdavid guy is such a smooth skater
― k3vin k., Friday, 14 April 2023 01:23 (one year ago) link
xp clearly a sign in favour of the leafs amirite good first-round matchups imo
― mookieproof, Friday, 14 April 2023 10:50 (one year ago) link
hextall and burke out in pittsburgh, thank god I mean a dark era is coming for penguins hockey, but they did a number of things to hasten its arrival
― mookieproof, Friday, 14 April 2023 20:37 (one year ago) link
NHL clearly setting Pens up to get Bedard in the draft
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 14 April 2023 23:34 (one year ago) link
Hush your mouth.
― This machine bores fascism (PBKR), Friday, 14 April 2023 23:36 (one year ago) link
xp i like the way you think
― mookieproof, Friday, 14 April 2023 23:54 (one year ago) link
things hextall did right: trading for and then re-signing rickard rakell last year; getting malkin and letang to re-sign (although apparently the latter was an ownership demand)
two years ago he got jeff carter, who was a great rental, at the deadline. but then he re-signed him for his age 37-38 seasons, during the latter of which he was borderline unplayable
things he did wrong: pretty much everything else? when they clearly needed to get younger and faster, he resolutely went older and slower without even getting bigger. his key deadline pickup this year was 31yo mikael granlund, who managed one (1) garbage-time goal in 21 games and has two more years at $5m per ffs
― mookieproof, Saturday, 15 April 2023 00:16 (one year ago) link
Sports in the salary cap era are cyclical and they got 3 Cups. They did good (I hate them).
― This machine bores fascism (PBKR), Saturday, 15 April 2023 00:24 (one year ago) link
oh, totally. it feels good to heap blame on a flyers legend tho
― mookieproof, Saturday, 15 April 2023 00:50 (one year ago) link
TIL Don Beaupre has 268 career NHL wins
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 16 April 2023 16:45 (one year ago) link
panthers have actually played quite well but it isn't nearly enough
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 April 2023 01:22 (one year ago) link
man joe pavelski got exploded
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 April 2023 03:21 (one year ago) link
wow what a great win for the (la) kings
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 April 2023 05:31 (one year ago) link
Way to get a Canadian grade 7 class's attention:
(Looking at Chromebook while they work on math) "(Gasp)!"
Class looks up.
(Moves finger across screen as if reading) "Auston Matthews out for remainder of season..."
I should have left them distraught till they got home, but I let them know I was kidding. (Not that they wouldn't have Googled right away anyway.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 18 April 2023 20:59 (one year ago) link
harsh
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 April 2023 21:01 (one year ago) link
That is violent i love it
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 18 April 2023 21:34 (one year ago) link
o god the leafs
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 19 April 2023 00:21 (one year ago) link
brutal
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 19 April 2023 01:30 (one year ago) link
Serious stop they’re already dead energy
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 01:47 (one year ago) link
GOOD CLEAN HIT, YOU FUCKIN LOSER
Incredible work by everyone all around. pic.twitter.com/jfeDcnonPX— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) April 20, 2023
― mookieproof, Thursday, 20 April 2023 21:42 (eleven months ago) link
see, we don't need F-slurs to chirp
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 20 April 2023 21:54 (eleven months ago) link
hey the leafs
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 April 2023 00:52 (eleven months ago) link
Devils need to wake up
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 21 April 2023 01:55 (eleven months ago) link
otfm
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 April 2023 02:09 (eleven months ago) link
if lou were still in charge he'd have fired lindy ruff during the second intermission and taken over the bench in the third
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 April 2023 02:10 (eleven months ago) link
also what is going on with colorado
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 April 2023 02:16 (eleven months ago) link
Love the Isles PA announcer trying to announce a goal but constantly getting interrupted by another Islanders goal. 4 goals in 2:17!
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 22 April 2023 01:50 (eleven months ago) link
lol that is awesome. (it's so deflating when the road team scores before the home team can even announce their last goal.) fastest four playoff goals ever, right?
honestly been waiting decades to ride the winnipeg jets bandwagon but it just never seems to work out
― mookieproof, Sunday, 23 April 2023 01:44 (eleven months ago) link
Bandwagon idling in the garage, officially at the ready.
― clemenza, Sunday, 23 April 2023 02:46 (eleven months ago) link
i've totally mentioned this before, but i miss the days where several of the western canadian teams had blue kickplates at the bottom of their boards (as opposed to yellow). bring that back imo -- let's have (however artificial) some rink individuality
― mookieproof, Sunday, 23 April 2023 03:05 (eleven months ago) link
Atmosphere at MSG seemed kind of tame tonight. Also, bunches of empty seats behind the benches in full camera view. I probably mentioned this last year but really wished the bolts and leafs could differentiate their uniforms more. On the same note, if you’re Winnipeg and all your fans wear white to your games, it doesn’t make immediate sense for you to wear your all blue uniforms and have the visiting team wear white.
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 23 April 2023 04:08 (eleven months ago) link
congrats to toronto but still hoping they can blow it
― sean gramophone, Sunday, 23 April 2023 04:35 (eleven months ago) link
they are never ever incapable of blowing it
― mookieproof, Sunday, 23 April 2023 04:44 (eleven months ago) link
Ooooooh boy oilers
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 24 April 2023 03:06 (eleven months ago) link
Oh woops there was more space dust
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 24 April 2023 03:07 (eleven months ago) link
awesome game
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 24 April 2023 04:26 (eleven months ago) link
great series
― mookieproof, Monday, 24 April 2023 04:26 (eleven months ago) link
draisaitl has been on the ice for all 14 edmonton goals in the series
― mookieproof, Monday, 24 April 2023 05:20 (eleven months ago) link
o shit, leafs showing backbone
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 25 April 2023 02:07 (eleven months ago) link
i mean they'll still probably lose, but forcing OT down 4-1 on the road with 11 minutes left is Character-Building
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 25 April 2023 02:17 (eleven months ago) link
love to see an eberle OT winner
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 25 April 2023 12:07 (eleven months ago) link
nice depth scoring from the oilers last night. hyman scored with his face!
meanwhile in the east, brock nelson scores off of aho's face!
i know hockey feature's face-offs, but this is ridiculous! ba-dum-dum.
― andrew m., Wednesday, 26 April 2023 18:40 (eleven months ago) link
finally saw makar's hit on mccann from the other night -- pretty egregious, and difficult to see how it wasn't a major. no doubt he only got the one-game suspension because mccann never returned
i'm not sure when we as a society decided that we needed 'rules interpreters' for games -- is the color commentator incapable of doing that? -- but these hockey ex-refs are the very worst of a bad bunch. so afraid of stepping on the current officials' toes that they end up saying a bunch of words that mean nothing
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 21:30 (eleven months ago) link
leafs lose an elimination game, crazy
― symsymsym, Friday, 28 April 2023 01:52 (eleven months ago) link
This is so messed up.A.J. Soprano was canonically a @NJDevils fan. Had the memorabilia in his room and everything. pic.twitter.com/WJPkB3ceGW— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) April 30, 2023
― k3vin k., Sunday, 30 April 2023 00:50 (eleven months ago) link
what a moment
― mookieproof, Sunday, 30 April 2023 02:20 (eleven months ago) link
Tavares has now got 2 series winning OT goals that have snapped long playoff win droughts for both teams he’s played for. Leafs finally had a series where a lot of the breaks / puck luck went their way.
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 30 April 2023 02:51 (eleven months ago) link
thank you for not mentioning david volek
― mookieproof, Sunday, 30 April 2023 02:53 (eleven months ago) link
I held back on that just for you
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 30 April 2023 02:54 (eleven months ago) link
― mookieproof, Sunday, 30 April 2023 02:55 (eleven months ago) link
In truth i am glad the oilers won
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 30 April 2023 14:45 (eleven months ago) link
Two Canadian teams win series on the same night. Down is up.
― tobo73, Sunday, 30 April 2023 15:05 (eleven months ago) link
Leafs will win it all 12-0, calling it.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 30 April 2023 15:08 (eleven months ago) link
omg bruins
― mookieproof, Sunday, 30 April 2023 23:42 (eleven months ago) link
No comment until its over
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 1 May 2023 00:12 (eleven months ago) link
let's gooo
― mookieproof, Monday, 1 May 2023 01:24 (eleven months ago) link
Hockey!! https://t.co/4vc92TzpwR— Conor McKenna (@mckennaconor) May 1, 2023
― sean gramophone, Monday, 1 May 2023 01:28 (eleven months ago) link
omg omg omg omg
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 1 May 2023 01:51 (eleven months ago) link
otm
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 1 May 2023 01:52 (eleven months ago) link
presidents' trophy curse strikes again
― mookieproof, Monday, 1 May 2023 01:53 (eleven months ago) link
there's also something about the best ever in regular season play that just makes you so susceptible in the playoffs, no matter the sport. maybe it's the lack of adversity faced + the pressure to win, but also it makes everyone else want to root for the underdog.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 1 May 2023 01:56 (eleven months ago) link
Such a bummer that there were zero Marchand close-ups after that final goal.
― tobo73, Monday, 1 May 2023 01:56 (eleven months ago) link
long live the rally rat
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 1 May 2023 02:13 (eleven months ago) link
tbf i'm not sure we really want to encourage matthew tkachuk
― mookieproof, Monday, 1 May 2023 02:14 (eleven months ago) link
Was just thinking the same thing: he may be the next Marchand
― tobo73, Monday, 1 May 2023 02:17 (eleven months ago) link
I mean the rangers went wire to wire what’s boston’s problem
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 1 May 2023 02:52 (eleven months ago) link
(at least the '93 penguins, as we've recently touched on, made the second round i guess)
pretty brutal! linus ullmark, who will probably win the vezina, getting benched for game seven. blowing a 3-1 lead, with games five and seven at home. giving up 15 goals in the final three games. making paul maurice look like a great coach ffs. sending patrice bergeron into ignominious retirement.
cam neely must be beside himself
― mookieproof, Monday, 1 May 2023 03:33 (eleven months ago) link
good job kraken
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 1 May 2023 04:14 (eleven months ago) link
not sure whether to cry or wind my watch
― mookieproof, Monday, 1 May 2023 04:15 (eleven months ago) link
Such a bummer that there were zero Marchand close-ups after that final goal.― tobo73, Sunday, April 30, 2023 8:56 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― tobo73, Sunday, April 30, 2023 8:56 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
otm X 1000000
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Monday, 1 May 2023 13:13 (eleven months ago) link
forecheck of the year
Ondrej Palat + Michael McLeod = one absolutely beautiful goal! 😍McLeod's first career #StanleyCup Playoffs goal breaks the ice in #Game7.#NHLStats: https://t.co/AO6KHpnk36🇺🇸: @espn ➡️ https://t.co/RDHf3P1mpj🇨🇦: @Sportsnet ➡️ https://t.co/g9x1gSVHQk pic.twitter.com/535TU5F4Ij— NHL (@NHL) May 2, 2023
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 2 May 2023 02:08 (eleven months ago) link
sure they lost, but at least jacob trouba got a head shot in
fuck the rangers
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 2 May 2023 02:49 (eleven months ago) link
as it wound down, i was hoping the fans would chant "TROU-BA" instead of igor. good riddance, rangers.
― andrew m., Tuesday, 2 May 2023 13:41 (eleven months ago) link
not really rooting for him but god bless joe pavelski. what a player
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 3 May 2023 04:24 (eleven months ago) link
RIP Petr Klima, one of the enduring players from my early Red Wings memories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88SG6R_bo_w
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Thursday, 4 May 2023 14:43 (eleven months ago) link
canes just became the fourth team in history to score three shorties in a playoff game . . . and also the third of them to lose
― mookieproof, Sunday, 7 May 2023 22:26 (eleven months ago) link
oilers are getting a godlike playoffs from leon draisaitl so far but I’m not sure they beat Vegas. Seems like a coin flip.
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 7 May 2023 22:34 (eleven months ago) link
panthers may never lose again after that bruins series the way things are going
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 8 May 2023 01:33 (eleven months ago) link
if the leafs get swept i can only imagine that everyone is fired/sold for parts
probably need to get to game seven for that *not* to happen
also not doing a lot for john taveras' legacy
― mookieproof, Monday, 8 May 2023 01:50 (eleven months ago) link
this is the funniest possible thing to happen to Toronto
― symsymsym, Monday, 8 May 2023 01:52 (eleven months ago) link
Tracy: WE DID IT KENNETH! WE CHANGED THEIR MINDS!
Liz: NO. NO YOU DIDNT
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 8 May 2023 02:36 (eleven months ago) link
tanking works
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 9 May 2023 00:30 (eleven months ago) link
i haven't watched all of the edmonton-vegas series, and i'm told that the oilers (particularly evander kane) have gotten away with some pretty egregious shit
but i absofuckinglutely guarantee that pietrangelo would never have been suspended for a baldfaced attempt to injure if they hadn't been able to take nurse as well
garbage league
― mookieproof, Friday, 12 May 2023 02:08 (eleven months ago) link
oh, but george parros went to princeton! gtfo
― mookieproof, Friday, 12 May 2023 02:09 (eleven months ago) link
praise bob
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 13 May 2023 02:46 (eleven months ago) link
rip canada, yet again
also rip stuart skinner
― mookieproof, Monday, 15 May 2023 05:24 (eleven months ago) link
congrats to carolina for edging out vegas as the northernmost possible cup winner
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 02:42 (eleven months ago) link
It’s as if the Stanley cup is allergic to any city that is within 700 miles of Canada
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 03:14 (eleven months ago) link
the curse is spreading
― symsymsym, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 03:40 (eleven months ago) link
apparently las vegas is very slightly to the north of raleigh
ugh what a gross selection of teams, go hartford I guess
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 16:14 (eleven months ago) link
rip coyotes
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 05:41 (eleven months ago) link
sad awooo
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 13:41 (eleven months ago) link
let’s go to the seventh
― mookieproof, Friday, 19 May 2023 05:08 (eleven months ago) link
too soon
― mookieproof, Friday, 19 May 2023 06:01 (eleven months ago) link
so:
dubas outspezza resigned even before the above was announcedkeefe will presumably be out whenever a new GM is namedgonna be awesome when the new coach is joel q
at what point does any of this start sticking to shanahan?
― mookieproof, Saturday, 20 May 2023 01:31 (ten months ago) link
is Theo Epstein available
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 20 May 2023 13:29 (ten months ago) link
let's goooo (to OT forever)
― mookieproof, Sunday, 21 May 2023 02:47 (ten months ago) link
entertaining game, both teams getting tons of chances
― symsymsym, Sunday, 21 May 2023 02:48 (ten months ago) link
Panthers are unstoppable in OT
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 21 May 2023 03:06 (ten months ago) link
nm
― mookieproof, Sunday, 21 May 2023 03:09 (ten months ago) link
tkachuk just running off the ice
― symsymsym, Sunday, 21 May 2023 03:10 (ten months ago) link
only panthers weakness i've seen is (perhaps) the PK; fortunately for them no one commits penalties in the playoffs
― mookieproof, Sunday, 21 May 2023 03:12 (ten months ago) link
i don't like tkachuk but how fucking incredible must it be to score an OT playoff goal (let alone two in a row)
― mookieproof, Sunday, 21 May 2023 03:14 (ten months ago) link
I think i want LV to win fuck florida texas and the carolinas
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 21 May 2023 03:15 (ten months ago) link
if bob is gonna be like this it doesn't matter what you want
― mookieproof, Sunday, 21 May 2023 03:17 (ten months ago) link
Yeah he was amzng today
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 21 May 2023 03:22 (ten months ago) link
this is putting bob in the hof
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 23 May 2023 02:56 (ten months ago) link
two vezinas plus whatever you want to call this is hard to deny
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 23 May 2023 02:59 (ten months ago) link
dallas utterly imploding
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 02:14 (ten months ago) link
Two teams of destiny enter, only one exits with the Stanley Cup
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 02:37 (ten months ago) link
some real horseshit from jamie benn last night
you're down 2-0 in the series and the other team scores 71 seconds into game 3. so naturally you crosscheck a guy in the face on your first shift, draw a match penalty, see your team give up a goal on the ensuing power play and go on to be shut out
and then he split without talking to the media after the game. i'm not a fan of sportswriters being all huffy because they didn't get to hear someone say 'it is what it is' but benn's the captain. that's his job. and because *he* didn't have the backbone to go out there, three of his teammates had to answer all the questions about how stupid and selfish he was. give pavelski the C this instant
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 14:23 (ten months ago) link
Yeah co-sign on that
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 15:06 (ten months ago) link
tkachuk is the angel of death
― mookieproof, Thursday, 25 May 2023 03:00 (ten months ago) link
it's hilarious that we're (potentially, likely) one game away from the finals and the playoff goals and assists leaders are still draisaitl and bouchard. then again.
― andrew m., Thursday, 25 May 2023 14:01 (ten months ago) link
obviously jamie benn should have been a healthy scratch
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 30 May 2023 01:42 (ten months ago) link
maybe tkcachuk isn't *quite* ready to become the New Messier
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 04:17 (ten months ago) link
it will be ridiculous if the vegas fans boo gary bettman but i hope they do it anyway
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 02:22 (ten months ago) link
𝐀𝐃𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐄 🏆🏆🏆Phil Kessel is a three-time Stanley Cup champion!#PrideOnIce pic.twitter.com/7Uvzooz9Jq— Minnesota Men’s Hockey (@GopherHockey) June 14, 2023
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 03:25 (ten months ago) link
when a new GM comes in and for his first contract gives a three-year deal to 36-year-old ryan reaves, it does not bode well for toronto
also we need a new thread jimmy
― mookieproof, Saturday, 1 July 2023 17:13 (nine months ago) link
Oh christ i had not seen that deal
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 1 July 2023 17:13 (nine months ago) link
have to say it's a bummer to see legitimately poor basketball players sign $100m contracts while the very best NHLers can maybe get $9m a year
i mean yes it's a different sport and you need more players and stuff, but i don't think the NHLPA has done a very good job at all
― mookieproof, Saturday, 1 July 2023 22:39 (nine months ago) link
No they got rolled. Also kings wtf u do signing trevor lewis u cant score goals
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 1 July 2023 22:51 (nine months ago) link
he got sorokin re-signed, which is important, but . . . does lou even understand the salary cap? you don't have to re-sign your bottom-six forwards to seven-year deals, or your 35yo backup goalie to a four-year deal!
if parise decides to keep playing, lou will probably give him multiple years
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 4 July 2023 18:26 (nine months ago) link
once you're an islander, you're an islander for life
Will start new thred once i get back from holiday
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 4 July 2023 19:16 (nine months ago) link
The seven years to mayfield and engvall is certainly wild, although I’m assuming the strategy is that the cap is going way up in the next few years so it will look better. I guess you can’t also underestimate the friendship between Varlamov and Sorokin. There is something to the “islander for life” mentality over the past decade though. It’s a team with very low turnover once you’ve fit in.
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 4 July 2023 20:01 (nine months ago) link
Debrincat to the Wings n_n
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Monday, 10 July 2023 01:09 (nine months ago) link
seems . . . nice for u
― mookieproof, Monday, 10 July 2023 04:00 (nine months ago) link
THE BUSTED WINDOW OF CONTENTION WON'T STAY OPEN: THE NHL 2023-2024 SEASON THRED (INC KNIGHTS HANGOVER & PANIC MOVES. HOCKEY IS THE BEST)
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 10 July 2023 13:52 (nine months ago) link