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

it wasn't easy to see on the ice...the goal itself was hard to see! it wasn't a story until Jon Cooper dramatically stormed out of a press conference

7:30 without a whistle

advertisers grinding their teeth

jack johnson, stanley cup champion

lightning were on the wrong side of a bunch of crucial calls, but in the end the avs deserved to win

btw looool corey perry

that waved-off icing with about 30 seconds left was ice fucking cold

also correct, as hedman had slowed to a crawl. one of the few brave moments by an official in the entire series

kinda rude that yzerman and sakic were so good *and* so good at building teams

only hall-of-famer to wear 19 for the penguins is brian trottier; probably missed their chance to hire him as GM

strong move by the leafs to add jason spezza to their front office tho

great stuff in here: https://theathletic.com/3384425/2022/06/27/hall-of-very-good

Good stuff. Love watching the Probert/Clark vid but the aftermath is such a bummer

love sean mcindoe

also love all this first-ballot Canucks HOF class

Wings hire Derek Lalonde as head coach, I like it.

mike grier is about to become the first black general manager in NHL history (with the sharks)

i couldn't imagine that hughes and gorton would ever choose juraj - from what i had read, he seemed totally outclassed by several of the other top 10s

but even still, and as a habs fan, i love the chaos of all this

hope the dach thing works out though, romanov was a darling

kinda think Juraj had the highest ceiling, idk

loving the Canucks pick

Flyers manage to find someone in the top 5 to draft who has skating problems smdh.

Then the Flyers just traded three picks for scumbag Tony DeAngelo. I'm done with this team and I am actively rooting against them now.

#ThatSealsTheDeal

Pens refusing to break up their core. Might work? Seems like they could some more young guys.

Johnny Gaudreau is apparently leaving Calgary to be closer to family. Which means either Philly (they have no cap space), the devils (tons of cap space) or the isles (I can only dream).

1) asking 75+ regular season games from both Syd + Malkin and then run the table against other, younger teams seems... unlikely.

2) Gaudreau leaving Calgary to join one terrible team (Philly) one team stuck in liminal space (isles) or one plucky team that is still maybe 3 years out with flabby goaltending is WILD to me

having a core that old isn't ideal, but the other options were worse. they weren't going to find a point-per-game second-line center better or cheaper than malkin at $6m. they weren't going to find a #1 defenseman who plays 23 minutes a game and is coming off his highest-scoring season who is better or cheaper than letang. rust is also a deal at $5m.

those guys weren't the reason they've lost five straight playoff series (the last two were absolutely due to goaltending), and i don't think those salaries should prevent them from addressing other needs. (really wish hextall hadn't extended jeff carter last year tho -- he fell off a cliff in the second half of the season.)

also it would have been pretty painful seeing malkin in another sweater.

the only takeaway i have from gaudreau is that he must fucking hate calgary, or darryl sutter, or something

also we need a new thread jimmy

i mean the pens are going to be utterly fucked when crosby retires no matter what happens; not much point trying to cushion the fall with half-measures now

yeah I was thinking the same thing—-the rebuild is on hold until Crosby retires

we're getting into the 'for how much?' part of the day

e.g. the flyers just gave nic deslauriers (8-5-13 and 113 PIM in 81 games last year) a four-year deal at just under $2m per

columbus just gave erik gudbranson (6-11-17 in 78 games last year) four years at $4m per

just insane shit

None of these deals are brick stupid yet i usually wait until something truly crippling happens

That Deslauriers deal is incredible. The guy has never scored 20 points.

OK then

50-PERCENT CAPACITY IN PHOENIX: THE NHL 2022-2023 SEASON THREAD (INC AVALANCHE HANGOVER & SALARY CAP SHENANIGANS. HOCKEY IS THE BEST)