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

the curse is spreading

apparently las vegas is very slightly to the north of raleigh

ugh what a gross selection of teams, go hartford I guess

rip coyotes

sad awooo

let’s go to the seventh

too soon

so:

dubas out
spezza resigned even before the above was announced
keefe will presumably be out whenever a new GM is named
gonna be awesome when the new coach is joel q

at what point does any of this start sticking to shanahan?

is Theo Epstein available

let's goooo (to OT forever)

entertaining game, both teams getting tons of chances

Panthers are unstoppable in OT

nm

tkachuk just running off the ice

only panthers weakness i've seen is (perhaps) the PK; fortunately for them no one commits penalties in the playoffs

i don't like tkachuk but how fucking incredible must it be to score an OT playoff goal (let alone two in a row)

I think i want LV to win fuck florida texas and the carolinas

if bob is gonna be like this it doesn't matter what you want

Yeah he was amzng today

this is putting bob in the hof

two vezinas plus whatever you want to call this is hard to deny

dallas utterly imploding

Two teams of destiny enter, only one exits with the Stanley Cup

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

Yeah co-sign on that

tkachuk is the angel of death

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.

obviously jamie benn should have been a healthy scratch

maybe tkcachuk isn't *quite* ready to become the New Messier

it will be ridiculous if the vegas fans boo gary bettman but i hope they do it anyway

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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

Oh christ i had not seen that deal

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

No they got rolled. Also kings wtf u do signing trevor lewis u cant score goals

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

once you're an islander, you're an islander for life

Will start new thred once i get back from holiday

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.

Debrincat to the Wings n_n

seems . . . nice for u

THE BUSTED WINDOW OF CONTENTION WON'T STAY OPEN: THE NHL 2023-2024 SEASON THRED (INC KNIGHTS HANGOVER & PANIC MOVES. HOCKEY IS THE BEST)