2018 NHL Thread: Cappy is happy while the rest of us pray to the ping pong gods for Tuesday night (1 Viewer)

[Zegras11]

Ovechkin is first to score 28+ goals in his team's first 31 games since 1997, and third to do so since 1993-94. The others:

Jaromir Jagr: 1995-96 (28 G in 31 GP) & 1996-97 (30 G in 31 GP)

Mario Lemieux: 1995-96 (29 G in 27 GP)

Also has 3 more goals than Carolina’s bottom 3 forward lines combined 

but what about the Canes non-shootout players?

 

[IC FBGCav]

Awful awful decision. Not just Aho but no Teravainen or Svechnikov either. 

THEY SENT OUT KUOKKANEN, DI GIUSSEPPE, SLAVIN, HAMILTON, WILLIAMS AND MCGINN AHEAD OF AHO, SVECHNIKOV AND TERAVAINEN. YES I'M YELLING, IT'S SO STUPID. 

WTF?...is it that hard to do simple thing right on a bad team.   WTF!

 

[IC FBGCav]

Get in town Saturday,  likely around noon(hopefully the weather is good), just messaged hotel about early check in. (Booked a smoking room by accident so need to change that)  If we can't get to the room early then we may head over around 1 or 2, if we can it may be closer to 3 or 4.  I will call you before either way.  Let me know if either works better for you and we'll make it happen.  My son and I will hit dinner somewhere and meet you at the game.

Thanks again!

If you hit me closer 4 you will following me to the game and we will do food up here and go to the game.  Probably the best plan.  

 

[IC FBGCav]

I think it was Cam Ward's first game.  He stopped Mario, Sidney, and Ziggy.  Can you do better than that?

In a shootout.

 

[IC FBGCav]

If you hit me closer 4 you will following me to the game and we will do food up here and go to the game.  Probably the best plan.  

You are staying off interstate 40 at exit, 287.  I live off I-40 exit 312.  Fyi.

 

[Bill Brasky]

his decent descent has been shockingly fast

missed a letter.  beer.

he's the opposite of decent now.

 

[Bill Brasky]

Awful awful decision. Not just Aho but no Teravainen or Svechnikov either. 

THEY SENT OUT KUOKKANEN, DI GIUSSEPPE, SLAVIN, HAMILTON, WILLIAMS AND MCGINN AHEAD OF AHO, SVECHNIKOV AND TERAVAINEN. YES I'M YELLING, IT'S SO STUPID. 

I can't rip the Slavin choice, he's pretty slick in the shootout even if his numbers aren't elite.  Kuokkanen is good at it too.  Hamilton's move was awesome.

still dumb though.

 

[Bill Brasky]

My Peterborough Petes traded for Sharks 2018 first rounder, the Uber polarizing Ryan Merkley today, so I get to watch him be the best in the OHL at entering and exiting zones with the puck, and skating like the wind and racking up points and QBing the power play and making infuriating passes to the wrong team and getting caught up ice all the time at the absolute worst moments. Pretty pumped

 

 

[JaxBill]

Rumors rampant that Hakstol is coaching his last game tonight lose, lose in OT , or lose in shootout.

(Dead man walking)

 

[JaxBill]

@StephaliciousD: (it likely won't matter if they win tonight btw, I believe the decision has already been made)

 

[The_Man]

Wow, Eichel is good at the hockey 

 

[The_Man]

Wow, Eichel is good at the hockey 

So too is this Alexander Ovechkin 

 

[baymen]

Tommy Hawk doesn't mess around

Nice body slam.

 

[JaxBill]

@davegisaac: Sources: #Flyers make the decision to fire Dave Hakstol, hire Joel Quenneville: http://bit.ly/2EpRXsk

 

[Bill Brasky]

@davegisaac: Sources: #Flyers make the decision to fire Dave Hakstol, hire Joel Quenneville: http://bit.ly/2EpRXsk

nice move.  that will get immediate returns.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Metro is pretty wide open

 

[Skipdog77]

Stupid link didnt work on mobile

 

[JaxBill]

@NHLBlackhawks: Corey Crawford will not return to tonight’s game. His status will be updated postgame. #Blackhawks

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Boston better hope for a Wild Card. They clearly don’t care about winning the division. 

 

[JaxBill]

@emilymkaplan: Blackhawks confirm Corey Crawford has a concussion.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

@davegisaac: Sources: #Flyers make the decision to fire Dave Hakstol, hire Joel Quenneville: http://bit.ly/2EpRXsk

sounds like this may have been a false report?

 

[JaxBill]

sounds like this may have been a false report?

Sounds like nobody has any idea who is running things. Flyers denied report. But seeing other tweets that it may be a timing thing. Total joke they can't even fire a guy correctly. 

 

[Zegras11]

Sucky Pacific..... CAL, SJ, ANA, VGK, EDM are a combined 37-9-4 in their last 10 games each.

 

[rick6668]

If you hit me closer 4 you will following me to the game and we will do food up here and go to the game.  Probably the best plan.  

Ok sounds good.  Weather so far looks decent, rain on Friday all the way to DC, but all good after that.

 

[JaxBill]

Flyers management distracting fans with shiny things.

@NHLFlyers: The #Flyers have recalled goaltender Carter Hart from the @LVPhantoms. In addition, the club has placed goaltender Anthony Stolarz on Injured Reserve. https://www.nhl.com/flyers/news/flyers-recall-carter-hart-from-phantoms--philadelphia-flyers/c-303017766

 

[Bill Brasky]

I love fake firing shtick

 

[JaxBill]

I love fake firing shtick

@Bfarrell727: #Flyers management whenever someone reports anything about Quenneville. https://twitter.com/Bfarrell727/status/1074716136959303680/photo/1

 

[Northern Voice]

I think Hakstol was fired for real now.

 

[JaxBill]

Yes

@NHLFlyers: OFFICIAL: The #Flyers have relieved Dave Hakstol of his duties as head coach. Scott Gordon will serve as head coach on an interim basis. https://atnhl.com/2rIqj22 https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers/status/1074733693988671488/photo/1

 

[JaxBill]

@billmeltzer: Fletcher: My expectation is Scott will be our coach the rest of our season.

 

[Gottabesweet]

Hart going to get the majority of Flyers starts?

#FantasyHockey Could really use any goalie.

 

[Zegras11]

Ducks with 9th straight come from behind win.    Kase and Spronger are money

 

[Bill Brasky]

good thing Dumba had to "answer" for a clean hit on Backlund and land on IR himself.  because getting jumped by some plug wasn't enough.  gotta police those clean hits.  there you go, Grapes.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

good thing Dumba had to "answer" for a clean hit on Backlund and land on IR himself.  because getting jumped by some plug wasn't enough.  gotta police those clean hits.  there you go, Grapes.

One of the dumbest things in hockey these days. 

 

[falguy]

One of the dumbest things in hockey these days. 

and the shootout

it's bad enough that there's next to no hitting anymore but when there is a hit invariably the hitter has to drop the mitts. Very annoying.

 

[Stompin' Tom Connors]

Jets on a tear, 9-1 in their last 10 games and riding a 5 game win streak. 

Somewhere, Ab McDonald is smiling.

 

[JaxBill]

@NHLGIFs: .@GrittyNHL is OUT OF CONTROL, as usual. https://twitter.com/NHLGIFs/status/1075191737826635776/photo/1

 

[Billy Bats]

@NHLGIFs: .@GrittyNHL is OUT OF CONTROL, as usual. https://twitter.com/NHLGIFs/status/1075191737826635776/photo/1

I watched a full Flyers game for the first time in over a year. I might get into this thing called hockey. 

 

[Bill Brasky]

Wild playing much better than they were at the start of the season when they were stacking points but now they can’t buy a win.  hockey is weird.

 

[Gally]

Jets on a tear, 9-1 in their last 10 games and riding a 5 game win streak. 

Somewhere, Ab McDonald is smiling.

And then they ran into the juggernaut Kings....hahaha

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Berglund, wait!!

 

[Bill Brasky]

Berglund, wait!!

what is the deal there?

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

what is the deal there?

not really sure. he's been having a rough go and I guess he just decided to stop showing up to work?

now the Sabres get out from the rest of his contract and have some extra cash to throw at Skinner.

 

[Stompin' Tom Connors]

not really sure. he's been having a rough go and I guess he just decided to stop showing up to work?

now the Sabres get out from the rest of his contract and have some extra cash to throw at Skinner.

Saves the Sabres about $3.8M in cap space, and if I understand correctly, Berglund then misses out on $12M -- ouch.

 

[Bill Brasky]

that’s crazy

 

[Stompin' Tom Connors]

Meanwhile O'Reilly most recently pots the game-winner in OT against the Avalanche, still has (I think) >1 point/game average, and is generally flashing in the two-way abilities consistently for the Blues since the trade.

 

[Gottabesweet]

Meanwhile O'Reilly most recently pots the game-winner in OT against the Avalanche, still has (I think) >1 point/game average, and is generally flashing in the two-way abilities consistently for the Blues since the trade.

Trade was a win-win for both teams.  Eichel became the full leader of the team and is on a tear.  Thompson has some potential and has contributed here and there.  Sobokta is a solid grinder on the bottom six and the first round pick likely in 2020.

Sabres have enough cap to get Skinner done and go after some top 6 scoring which is much needed.  Cap isn't an issue right now.  Some solid prospects in the pipe.  Just battling some injuries right now.

Okposo contract is the one that really hurts, but who knows maybe Seattle will need to fill their roster.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Blues are still a mess and I think dealing O'Reilly did help the Sabres overall, but seems likely Botterill lost that trade as he should have gotten more in return. Can't sweat it too much though, assuming they are able to extend Skinner and Mittlestadt develops as hoped.

I was ok with taking on Berglund to upgrade the bottom 6, but he hasn't been very effective in that role. Getting out from his contract makes it more like a salary dump as they now free up a lot of future cap space compared to if they had held onto ROR.

 

[Zegras11]

I was offered Kase and Lindholm for Kucherov.  Should I do it?  Make him throw in Thornton?

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

I was offered Kase and Lindholm for Kucherov.  Should I do it?  Make him throw in Thornton?

Hampus or Elias?