***Official '16-'17 NHL Season Discussion Thread*** (1 Viewer)

[E Street Brat]

Go Wings..

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Matthews might be better than everyone not named Connor or Sidney in pretty short time. Goal #39 tonight, matching Crosby's rookie year.

He might, but try not to get carried away.

 

[Capella]

Go Wings..

Not getting any help. Maybe don't lose to Arizona and Colorado 4 times though. 

 

[ffldrew]

NHL says no to 2018 Winter Olympics.

:(

President of NBC-Comcast Sports should be calling Bettmen and saying "like hell you are"

 

[chet]

NHL says no to 2018 Winter Olympics.

:(

Negotiating tactic by the NHL.  Bettman et al are always trying to get a better deal.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Negotiating tactic by the NHL.  Bettman et al are always trying to get a better deal.

another take: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/hate-the-ioc-not-bettman-for-nhl-players-missing-2018-olympics-120841649.html

 

[Bill Brasky]

another take: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/hate-the-ioc-not-bettman-for-nhl-players-missing-2018-olympics-120841649.html

lame argument to act like $22 million makes any difference to the NHL.  drop in the bucket, especially if it comes at any risk of pissing off NBC.  

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

lame argument to act like $22 million makes any difference to the NHL.  drop in the bucket, especially if it comes at any risk of pissing off NBC.  

lots of blame to go around.

 

[chet]

NHLPA's response.

 

[chet]

lots of blame to go around.

Bettman and the IOC are quite the pair.  

 

[Northern Voice]

Ovechkin says he's still going

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Team USA would have probably had their best Olympic roster ever too.

Patrick Kane, Jack Eichel, Auston Matthews, Phil Kessel, Joe Pavelski, Blake Wheeler, T.J. Oshie, Max Pacioretty, Cam Atkinson all having strong seasons.

6 of top-20 point scorers in the league right now are American, plus Eichel is top-10 in points/game.

solid depth on D with Suter, Shattenkirk, McDonagh, Carlson, J.Faulk, Fowler, Byfuglien, Werenski, S.Jones, etc.

maybe not as strong in goal as they used to be, but Quick, Bishop, Anderson, Gibson all capable.

 

[IC FBGCav]

Team USA would have probably had their best Olympic roster ever too.

Patrick Kane, Jack Eichel, Auston Matthews, Phil Kessel, Joe Pavelski, Blake Wheeler, T.J. Oshie, Max Pacioretty, Cam Atkinson all having strong seasons.

6 of top-20 point scorers in the league right now are American, plus Eichel is top-10 in points/game.

solid depth on D with Suter, Shattenkirk, J.Faulk, Fowler, Byfuglien, Werenski, S.Jones

maybe not as strong in goal as they used to be, but Quick, Bishop, Anderson, Gibson all capable.

Faulk is great on O and okay on D but Pesce and Slavin at plus 20 and 23 as partners playing against top lines with Cam and Lack in goal is extremely impressive.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Faulk is great on O and okay on D but Pesce and Slavin at plus 20 and 23 as partners playing against top lines with Cam and Lack in goal is extremely impressive.

no doubt. Slavin having a breakout year. I'm just a huge Faulk fan. Hanifin seems to be playing better of late as well. That team just needs a goalie.

 

[Northern Voice]

no doubt. Slavin having a breakout year. I'm just a huge Faulk fan. Hanifin seems to be playing better of late as well. That team just needs a goalie.

The Staal-Aho tandem could be ridiculously good https://twitter.com/shutdownline/status/849297287851515905

 

[Capella]

God Marchand is such a piece of ####. Just stuck his stick right up Dotchin's ****. 

 

[Bill Brasky]

lol, biggest game of the year and he goes full rat with a spearing ejection in the first period

 

[Ghost Rider]

God Marchand is such a piece of ####. Just stuck his stick right up Dotchin's ****. 

And then a lot of Boston fans booed Dotchin as he left the ice in pain.  Classy. 

 

[E Street Brat]

 I'm not sure if I'm happy that everybody kept their cool Or disappointed that nobody took his effing head off

 

[HellToupee]

God Marchand is such a piece of ####. Just stuck his stick right up Dotchin's ****. 

Meh boys will be boys. Dotchin was free and easy with his stick trying to clear Marchand from the front

 

[Capella]

Meh boys will be boys  

 shut up. They threw him out of the game. 

 

[HellToupee]

 shut up. They threw him out of the game. 

should have just been a major

 

[Capella]

should have just been a major

It won't be the only game he sits out for it. 

 

[HellToupee]

Stafford is turning out to be a sweet pickup at the deadline

 

[Nigel]

It won't be the only game he sits out for it. 

Agree. I love the little ##### but that was garbage, and he'll get a game for it.

 

[HellToupee]

It won't be the only game he sits out for it. 

for a little tap in the nuts? That would be totally bs

 

[HellToupee]

 did McQuad get a penalty for being pushed to the ice by Witkowski??

 

[Hawks64]

for a little tap in the nuts? That would be totally bs

 

[Bill Brasky]

should have just been a major

spearing comes with an auto game misconduct. I mean, it's spearing for Christ sake

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Yes, Marchand has to be smarter than that and he deserves whatever suspension he gets. Idiotic thing to do at this time of year. But Dotchinn appears to be taking some liberties out in front. Not that he deserved to take a harpoon to the nuggets. But even Dominic Moore was angry about something Dotchin did toward the end of the second right in front of us.

 

[Christo]

Go Hawks!

 

[HellToupee]

2-0 with 20 minutes to play . Bruins can't pull this off they don't deserve a playoff spot.

 

[Christo]

Breadman!

 

[Christo]

Hartman!

 

[Christo]

Kruger!

 

[Bill Brasky]

Yes, Marchand has to be smarter than that and he deserves whatever suspension he gets. Idiotic thing to do at this time of year. But Dotchinn appears to be taking some liberties out in front. Not that he deserved to take a harpoon to the nuggets. But even Dominic Moore was angry about something Dotchin did toward the end of the second right in front of us.

D man taking liberties in front? that happens in literally every NHL game. spearing happens less than 5 times all season. it's a POS move no matter how you slice it

 

[rascal]

Duchene!!

 

[rascal]

Landeskog!!

 

[rascal]

Grigorenko!!

 

[rascal]

Johnson!!

 

[rascal]

Darling played a hell of a game with over 50 saves.  Think Avs had like 80 shots tonight or something ridiculous.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

D man taking liberties in front? that happens in literally every NHL game. spearing happens less than 5 times all season. it's a POS move no matter how you slice it

Yep. And the worst part of it is that he seems to take these stupid penalties at the worst possible times. Don't forget he got himself suspended for the Winter Classic. You would think that would have registered with him, but maybe he just gets himself too amped when the stakes get higher.

Regardless, he needs to tone it down. I would suspect he sits the last two games. Don't know if the NHL whacks him for a playoff game too, but if that's what it takes to drive the point home to stop being so reckless and selfish, then so be it.

 

[Zegras11]

Giordano probably just kneed Fowler out of the playoffs.

 

[Zegras11]

and Manson is beating the living #### out of Giordano

 

[Zegras11]

Getzlaf is playing Defense

 

[Zegras11]

wow... what an awesome 3 on 5 kill

 

[Zegras11]

LOL...  Ducks fans chanting "you can't win here" as Flames are losing NHL record 25th straight game in Anaheim

 

[Billy Bats]

LOL...  Ducks fans chanting "you can't win here" as Flames are losing NHL record 25th straight game in Anaheim

I'm impressed, Anaheim.  

 

[Billy Bats]

Nice work last night, Rascal! 

 

[Bill Brasky]

Hawks are 3-5 in the last 8 with a 7-0 loss to the Panthers and 51 shots to Colorado mixed in there.  lucky Nashville, they're getting about as close to a bye in the first round as you can get.  looks like the Central division winner will be one and done for the third time in four years.