General NHL Talk 2020-2021

[deepdrive]

I'm not going to believe anything they say. The truth will come out in the contract negotiations. I'll be surprised if Laine agrees to anything beyond RFA.

[Tank]

2 hours ago, deepdrive said:

I'm not going to believe anything they say. The truth will come out in the contract negotiations. I'll be surprised if Laine agrees to anything beyond RFA.

if you're getting benched this quickly into a season with a new team, i'm guessing a long term contract with said team is not in your future.

[deepdrive]

Well, that wasn't just good, that was another solid game by the young players.

We still need more scoring. But, that was a fun game to watch.

 

[arch stanton]

I thought they looked good in the red reverse retro but these helmets are ridiculous 

[Tank]

yeah, not a fan. these look silly.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

On 2/12/2021 at 12:43 AM, arch stanton said:

I thought they looked good in the red reverse retro but these helmets are ridiculous 

They have been widely panned on the fan pages.

Edited February 14, 2021 by Vegas Halo Fan

[Tank]

On 2/12/2021 at 12:43 AM, arch stanton said:

I thought they looked good in the red reverse retro but these helmets are ridiculous 

The Vegas C3POs

[arch stanton]

Vegas now 0-2 in the gold helmets. keep wearing them

[arch stanton]

How the game goes is yet to be seen but the view from Tahoe is pretty awesome 

[gotbeer]

Julien fired as coach of Canadiens

Yet the Ducks GM and Coach will be safe.  

[deepdrive]

Ok, I can buy that the new broadcast deal is good for the NHL. But, does anyone one think that for the fans this is any better (and, possibly worse?). Now you're going to have two separate entities doing the playoffs. With possibly different landing spaces on all the subscriptions. I see a possible nightmare coming.

Plus, this does nothing to fix the local blackout situation. Which probably doesn't get better with DIsney running the streaming instead of the NHL.

You better have not f'ed this up Bettman.

[deepdrive]

And, to reinforce my pessimism, I just read an article in the Athletic titled something,something how the deal will affect the league, the salary cap, and the viewers. I got to the end of the story and was wondering what happened to the part covering the viewers. Oops, forgot to cover that.

We're screwed.

[arch stanton]

it's my understanding that what is currently available on NHL TV will be part of the ESPN package and actually cost less than what I currently pay. I'm not a fan of ESPN. In fact I quit watching their shows or visiting their website 10 years ago because I thought everything they did sucked giant donkey dicks. But as long as I can stream games with local broadcasters I'm cool with that. And since they paid twice what NBC did the cap should move back up quicker than we thought so the teams at the top won't be so crippled.

[arch stanton]

One positive to getting rid of NBC is getting new commentators. Pierre McGuire is the worst analyst I’ve ever heard in any sport 

[gotbeer]

Sabres' Jack Eichel out for 'Forseeable Future' with Upper Body Injury

So, can the Ducks get him on the cheap since he's an injury risk?

[arch stanton]

20 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

Sabres' Jack Eichel out for 'Forseeable Future' with Upper Body Injury

So, can the Ducks get him on the cheap since he's an injury risk?

He's proven that he can score 35 goals on a last place team. I'd go for it

[gotbeer]

 

[Tank]

On 3/14/2021 at 9:50 PM, gotbeer said:

Sabres' Jack Eichel out for 'Forseeable Future' with Upper Body Injury

So, can the Ducks get him on the cheap since he's an injury risk?

Some of the proposed trade suggestions from Sabres fans for the Kings were pretty hilarious. 

[gotbeer]

1 hour ago, Tank said:

Some of the proposed trade suggestions from Sabres fans for the Kings were pretty hilarious. 

Oh, I'm sure the Sabres fans trade proposal for the Ducks is something like 2 firsts, Zegras, Drysdale, and Gibson.

[arch stanton]

One effect of this schedule is that after so many games against the same opponents it’s getting chippy. A lot more fights than normal 

[gotbeer]

9 hours ago, arch stanton said:

One effect of this schedule is that after so many games against the same opponents it’s getting chippy. A lot more fights than normal 

Yeah, the next Ducks vs Lanche game should be fun.  Ducks will be putting the body on a lot of Lanche players for sure.  Deslauriers may be chasing Kadri the entire game.  

[arch stanton]

1 hour ago, gotbeer said:

Yeah, the next Ducks vs Lanche game should be fun.  Ducks will be putting the body on a lot of Lanche players for sure.  Deslauriers may be chasing Kadri the entire game.  

I think it's going to happen in a lot of Lanche games because teams have figured out they can't skate with them. Nearly 60% Corsi for % teamwide with the highest GFA and lowest GAA in the league. MacKinnon and Rantanen are getting sick of the holding and hooking that goes uncalled. Could be some ugliness

[gotbeer]

Islanders acquire Palmieri, Zajac from Devils for 1st-round pick, prospects

[gotbeer]

Palmieri and Zajac are both UFA's after this season.  So the cost of cheap rentals seems to be pretty high.  

[gotbeer]

Remember when Canada closed it's borders, because it didn't want the cooties from the US?  

The count is now up to 25 on the Canucks.  

25 members of the Canucks have now tested positive for COVID-19