8 ARMS TO HOLD THE STANLEY CUP THE NHL 2021-2022 SEASON THREAD (INCLUDING LIGHTNING HANGOVER AND KRACKEN SHENANIGANS. HOCKEY IS THE BEST)

Should sign the zamboni guy who had to play against them as the emergency goalie

ITL manon rheaume does analysis for DET

evander kane is a real piece of work

Details are sketchy. What happened?

Defector and others saying it was a fake COVID vaccination card

thought they wouldn't notice. he bet wrong.

i really don't understand why anyone would bother to do this

the whole olympics thing has me worried, as well

if i recall correctly, i think half of the players on the canucks got covid

if something like that happens now, they would probably suspend all nhl games

sabres: unstoppable

Hahah I was thinking the same thing. Good for them.

lol leafs

i don't even know who these guys are

i absolutely love that garland gave that kraken fan the stink eye

nucks played a bit sloppy at times, but they got a w

blackhawks are 0-5-1, have been outscored 27-12, and seth jones is a -9

I think this might finally be the year the Panthers win a round in the playoffs after a 25 year drought.

still kinda bitter about the last series they did win tbh

of course you are

the avalanche of rats on the ice, with visiting goalies hiding in the net, is one of my favorite hockey images though

i know i am extremely fortunate among hockey fans -- my late father was long haunted by the 3-0 collapse to the islanders in 1975, but i was much too young, and the last 30 years have been extremely kind -- but those mid-90s penguins teams were just absurdly loaded with hall-of-famers and should have never been thwarted by david volek or scott mellanby the way they were

i highly respect the wings and the avs of that era; less so the devils, honestly

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/blackhawks-chose-chase-tarnished-cup-instead-whats-right/

The Kraken hung a banner for the 1917 Stanley Cup?? Could Seattle sports teams get any farther up their own ass?

I like that the fans are calling themselves the Squid Squad.

A little weird that their TV announcer is John “that’s hockey baby” Forslund, who still feels like the eternal voice of the Canes to me. I guess you can’t ask him to make up 5-6 new catch phrases to use in every game though.

Squid Squad

say that five times fast

kinda wonder if bettman knew that the NFL and MLB would also publicly shit their beds yesterday, but fffffs

really tired of every single shitty sports organization being so incredibly worried about 'distractions'

maybe if you've won a cup it's okay to straight-up lie to everyone?

also if forslund doesn't intone 'let's get kraken' upon every opening faceoff then gtfo

I mean there is a hair metal mighty ducks song

here's the #Blackhawks' new logo, kinda the same except it's looking the other way pic.twitter.com/BgcGcwUOQT

— Steve Ferra (@AbPow) October 27, 2021

Someone said this, and it's been ringing in my ears: the Blackhawks buried this and covered it up for a decade for a video coach. Not for a star; for a video coach. This is one tip of one iceberg, and not just in sports.

— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) October 27, 2021

Panthers better dump Q and do it Quick.

you say you hate distractions? you're the main fuckin one now, buddy.

Yeah, Q needs to go.

Q out

glad he didn't drag it out.

let's clear the air with this glorious goal by duclair!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdMKUPmO6Os

and some accidental hockey poetry to boot!

that is fantastic

Hope FLA sticks with their asst coach and doesn’t bring in someone like Tortorella

is it just me or was there a hint of the great Bobby Orr goal vs St Louis there?

Probably not just you. If there is a goal even the most casual hockey fan knows, it’s that one.

Hard to see this as a worthwhile gesture and not a cynical ploy to influence opinion/coverage in the face of impending lawsuits

https://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/articles/hockey_hall_of_fame_removing_brad_aldrichs_name_from_stanley_cup/

Argh line break broke the link

Not sure if the Sabres got enough for Eichel. Seems pretty good for Vegas. Sabres then had to take on the LTIR contract of the basically-retired Johnny Boychuk to get back to the capfloor. Certainly helps the Isles.

I think Tuch is really good (but I might just think that bcz he destroyed the canucks every time they played)

Kraken got a hat trick at home, and it seemed like the fans were a little reluctant to throw their brand new, somewhat-expensive hats/gear onto the ice.

Plastics

haydn best nhler pic.twitter.com/lPegVURFkp

— undrafted free agent (@hayshartshart) November 5, 2021

that's terrible and lucky? jeez

I definitely laughed at the slide and the fact that it somehow worked

It’s a 3 dimensional sport

awww. someone won a shutout

dark times are coming for the penguins but i shall nevertheless cherish back-to-back shutouts in montreal and toronto

Islanders fell apart at the end of their 13-game road trip, and just as they were ready to open their new home arena tonight, a mini covid outbreak happened, causing 5 of their starters to miss the game (which they lost). Welp.

lou totally infected them

Yes but the infection cleared up an additional $2 million in cap space somehow

real whirlwind six months for the canadiens