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)

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rick bowness leading a team to the stanley cup finals is really trashing the idea that having a smart coach matters

Happy for the Stars, if only because absolutely no one gave them a chance to win the last two series.

puck-over-the-glass PPG in overtime, naturally

they should really only call that when the player is conceivably delaying the game

Isles got some fight left. Going to be really tough to win 2 more, but enjoying this tonight.

one of my besties couldn't even bring himself to watch it on his big tv, would only watch on the corner of his phone. msged me every 5 minutes shitting.

he is jubilant rn. hope they pull off the miracle.

weird that we don't have any lightning fans on this here board

Varly's victory slide already classic

SLIDING INTO GAME 6 LIKE… pic.twitter.com/iUSsC2UC3Y

— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) September 16, 2020

I'm rooting for the Isles. Fuck all sunbelt expansion teams.

they should really only call that when the player is conceivably delaying the game

refs gathering around the ipad, zooming in to get a good look at the player's eyes to suss out intent while the cheeky soundguy plays "anticipation" over the pa.

i'm not necessarily against puck-over-the-glass being a penalty. i just object to the fact that the refs can and will choose to let more egregious things slide depending on the game situation, but this silly thing is called because it's black-and-white.

(tbf, both these last two games had penalties called with under six to go in the third, and i'm surprised beauvillier got a double minor, so good for them)

if you think Whitecloud intended to hit that puck into the stands, I don't know what to tell ya xp

https://grantland.com/the-triangle/is-the-puck-over-glass-rule-the-dumbest-regulation-in-sports/

Like most dumb problems, the solution for this one is easy: Treat any puck shot into the stands the same as icing — which, it should be pointed out, usually involves shooting the puck out of your own zone to relieve the pressure and is therefore essentially the exact same thing. You have a faceoff in the defensive zone, the defending team doesn’t get to change lines, and off we go. No worrying about whether the puck clipped the glass, no trying to triangulate whether it might have crossed into neutral airspace over the bench, and no trying to explain to new fans why shooting the puck over there is treated differently from shooting it over there.

And if you’re really worried about an outbreak of players shooting pucks into the stands (which, again, has never been a significant issue before), then you can let the referees hand out penalties for really obvious cases. They could make the call using their own judgment. There’s even a precedent for that: Virtually every other penalty in the rulebook.

I've been living in Canada for 8 years and I didn't understand this rule till just now

we should be handing out pamphlets at the airport

it wouldn't break my heart if they treated it like icing.

where the main punishment is you stay on the ice tired.

I guess I always assumed part of the penalty was for endangering spectators by putting the puck over the glass

if defenders have time to wind up a slapshot, they're probably not going to use/miss the glass -- it's weaker stuff. plus there are nets now.

pretty sure the whole thing was a chickenshit way to get more power plays/increase scoring without the refs having to bear the burden of making judgment calls

i want to say let's go all night, but tampa is just better and let's get it over with

christ i hate corey perry

pavelski, fine, but fuck that guy

eight shots through two periods

No results found for hockey "nascar of the far north".

Pretty crazy they won almost entirely without Stamkos (though he did score a pivotal goal).

yeah i can't argue with them at all. they never even faced elimination

They deserved to win, although with a couple lucky breaks and bounces, the Isles could definitely have taken it to 7 games. The last second TBL goal in Game 2 (plus all that NYI power play time) and Nelson missing on the OT breakaway in Game 6 loom large in my head. Still pretty happy with this season though.

king henrik deposed

what a moment

Jack Johnson on waivers for purposes of buyout

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) October 5, 2020

jack johnson on waivers as a chrysalis becomes a butterfly

Lundqvist to Caps it’s probably time for a new thred

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