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Dumb move. Berube was not responsible of the current teams' woes, St-Louis is a bottom-tier team and the Blues was lucky that Binnington kept his BS away and played like a real #1 goalie. Not his fault either if Kyrou, Thomas, Scheen are godawful with the FO thinking that going after players like Kevin Hayes to fill the spots is a great idea... (Meanwhile, DJ Smith and Këkäläïnën are still employed)

Hum... So what's the plan now? I was pretty high on Pascal Vincent but I'm tempering my expectations. And again, Këkäläïnën still has a job...

Of course, it's personal taste but the Islanders, Oilers and Capitals already went with navy for their thirds, and it's also the Jets, Jackets and Kraken main color. I find it a bit boring. I would've gone with Red as the main jersey color with royal blue numbers and white trim, with the same logo (or the old one) but a bit smaller and maybe the Liberty Statue as shoulder patches. Sounds more like a third RR one but I would've tend to that option. LOL. I wasn't able to describe it but you nailed it.

New York Rangers new alternates: Overall grade: C- Meh, I don't really like them. While it's a good thing to bring the logo as the main crest, it gives a clunky look as it is too large IMO. Navy blue jerseys are lame (glad that the Sabres and Oilers came back to their original royal blue color -- St-Louis, you're next). Not a fan either with the stripes' different shades of blue and thickness which makes too much of a mess on the sleeves. They also should've kept the original bottom-left shadowing on numbers and names. The previous alternates (Retro-reversed and the famous Liberty Statue logo were much better. Maybe I'm too much of a conservative type of guy, but as an O6 team they should have kept with some the features that make the Rangers' look and identity unique.

I totally disagree, because if you send Watson in the penalty box, then this comes as a result

For the goalies (unless you have an elite G like Öttinger, Hellebuyck, Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Shesterkin): Complete lottery ! (ok, I'm exaggerating a little bit) In an era where tandems (or 1A/1B) become more and more the norm, it's really difficult to have any clue on how a goalie will perform in the beginning of the season. Demko was injured and awful last season, now he's like God. Talbot was good for the dump, and now he's skating on the water. On the other side, Gustavsson has become an AHLer, Schmid and Vanecek are terrible, Markström has a hard time too. Even constant and top-tier goalies are not safe. Varlamov was about to claim a timeshare with Sorokin, Georgiev was fantastic in October and then horsesh!t in November, Detroit is currently running three goaltenders. Two or three bad starts in a row and your undebatable #1 position is in jeopardy. This position is so versatile. Maybe in February we will be all fighting to grab Kähkonen lol.

I think it was very important for a market like the Jets to ink those two long-term, given all the rumors and overall negativity around those who wanted to leave. That was a factor for the Niederreiter extension for example.

And Q. Hughes for the Norris so far.

I was sure it was going to be the Leafs...

A couple of years ago, the Halifax Mooseheads of Drouin/MacKinnon (the year they went something like 71-5-3 and won the Memorial Cup) were in Québec City against the rebuilding Remparts of Duclair and Erne. $15 the seat, not too bad. Game start scheduled at 7pm. First period, complete domination of the Mooseheads as expected but they scored only one goal to get a short lead after the first break. Second period: one dumb penalty by Halifax, one Québec goal. Another dumb penalty, another goal for the locals. And then the Moosehaeds completely lost it. They tried to fight everything, chopping every Remparts players like they were holding axes and swords. The Moose got a couple of majors and game misconduct and Québec scored almost everytime, increasing their frustration. The refs were so discouraged that they finished by randomly tossing players in the showers, including coaches Ducharme and Roy. Halifax players almost the entire third period on 3 vs. 5. Eight players remained on the Mooseheads bench, the same number was sitting on the penalty box. Hard to distinguish which bench it was. At the end, the Remparts completed a 8-2 upset and a total of something like 350 PIM were called. It's still in the top-3 of game with the most penalty in North American Junior hockey. The game ended short before midnight. The best $15 ever spent for a ice hockey game.

If that Senators-Panthers game was played in the 1990s, it would've finished with a giant bench-clearing brawl. Instead of that, the ref gave to all players on the ice a 10-min misconduct penalty during the last scrum with seven minutes remaining in the game. First time that I see that with the ref making the sign of a home-run with such a call. Now both teams have 11 players remaining, the current total is 167 penalty minutes.

Yeap, surprised to ear them booing. Usually it's a Montréal trademark after every missed shot.

It's official: it's the first time that a goalie has a save percentage below .500 while playing the whole game since this statistic is determined (season 1955-1956). Glad I have him in NAHANA lol.

With Johnny Gaudreau officially sucking at hockey and rotting in a desperate franchise, can we please officially called Freddie "Frédérick Hockey"?!?!

So, who will grab him first while still with NA status? I pass.

And Seguin, while still playing, has become the shell of himself.

The PWHL unveiled their jerseys of their six new franchises. And holy cow, this is an absolute fail. No logos, no nicknames, all are generic training unis with colors randomly choosen. And the fact that representatives talk about identity and how smooth and sharp these jerseys are is laughable. How can you generate a little interest with such a false start like this. My God...

At least the Hurricanes are acknowledging the past of the franchise with these unis, the Brass Bonanza and stuff, which is cool.

Definitely an all-time top-3. They plan to wear the Cooperalls pants though, and that's a bit too vintage for me.

I agree. Also, the fact that he still forces players to be daily shaved is baffling. I still don't understand why they don't stand up and tell him to f**k off, him and his retarded principles.

Tier 7: Kari Lehtonen.

@JR Ewing Great read, insights and explanantions. I heard the same elements about the Flames woes as well. TVA's Maxim Lapierre suggested it was a waste that a guy like Corey Perry ended up in Chicago while he could have helped a top tier team like Edmonton. I used to hate Perry, then was a bit forced to put water in my wine when he signed with the Stars but I must admit that I'm starting to like what he brought to the teams he joined (and it costs me a lot to acknowledge that). Reached the final with the Stars, then with Montréal and again with Tampa... Seems that he has some sort of leadership that manages to federate a team together. In your opinion, do you think a Corey Perry would have benefited the Oilers in that sense ?

Make room to sign Fuhr to a League minimum PTO ;-|