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21 hours ago, SaucyJack said:

True, but I recently subscribed for one buck a month, for 6 months.  Pretty good deal.  More details than I need, but it’s worth it at this price.

Thanks for this piece of advice, gonna consider it.

LeBrun wrote an article about it for The Athletic talking about this salary cap move for the Capitals, but it's paywall blocked

https://theathletic.com/2515403/2021/04/13/lebrun-renting-out-cap-space-for-draft-picks-is-a-trend-thats-here-to-stay/

A 19-year-old kid with a whole life and career before him... it's really something sad to read.

11 hours ago, J0e Th0rnton said:

I dunno, but this might get pass of the year. Even Draisaitl looked baffled the puck appeared on his stick

 

Can't get enough of seeing these guys

What a duo

1 hour ago, Math said:

Speaking about problem...

 

https://www.nhl.com/news/claude-julien-fired-by-montreal/c-321755846

 

Three weeks ago, Julien was mentioned about a potential Jack-Adams finalist. The Montréal shïtshow is starting again.

We know he will be back

2 hours ago, Math said:

And the goalie interference makes no doubt, Gallagher is 100% in the blue paint and trips Murray. Okay, Murray cheated a bit and took a looooooooong time to get back on his skates after a 360°-turn.

Although I'm not really sure about this play itself, it's funny how some people think that an interference will happen only if you hit the goalie and gets him off balance.

Some people are also complaining that if it was interference, why didn't Gally get a minor? But interference does not always result in a minor, does it? Sometimes the call is just a face-off... it's up to the refs.

Here's the disallowed goal:

The last time I saw a Gallagher this p'ssed, Oasis disbanded.

On 2/9/2021 at 9:02 AM, pilldoc said:

Well that didn't take very long but Patrik Laine was benched in the middle of the second period in Columbus's  3-2 win over Carolina. Torts clearly has his own way of coaching and this is going to be an ongoing issue as long as they're both there.

 

https://fansided.com/2021/02/08/john-tortorella-bench-patrik-laine-twitter-reaction/

good god

that escalated quickly

22 minutes ago, yave1964 said:

I am a huge AHL fan the wife and I always take grandkids to about a dozen Monster games every year because they are so fan friendly. we went to a few of the playoff games that year even. good to see someone else recognizes what the monsters did that year

This is great, my friend. I love the AHL too.

Long live the Monsters.

Just now, Math said:

Same jersey, same results, the Senators 2021 season is clearly taking the path of their inaugural season.

If they reprise everything that happened that year, can't hardly wait for the draft.

Just now, WordsOfWisdom said:

 

The city I've always heard is Markham. That is, if the NHL were to put an 8th team in Canada, it would be there. Why you ask? It's close to Toronto, but far enough away from Buffalo to avoid stepping on TWO different franchises.   

 

And would be called Toronto something too?

Like Toronto Toros or Toronto Legacy?

17 minutes ago, ruxpin said:

 

Not gonna happen. Too close to Toronto and Buffalo.

 

On its own, it's probably the most viable option.

And yet some people even talk about a second team in Toronto itself!

Just now, WordsOfWisdom said:

 

Is there such a thing?   

 

I see it more as karma. This is the price to pay for wanting to switch teams two weeks into the season instead of being a pro and playing hockey. I'm sure he never gave one iota of thought to the implications of crossing the border during times of covid. In his world it was just: "Winnipeg bad, must leave, call agent".  So now he has to live with a month's worth of lost playing time (potentially) and after all that, his reward will be getting coached by Tortorella lol. I think Winnipeg won't seem so bad after all when he's through with this season.   

 

 

There was.

Some people say the Cleveland Cavaliers broke it in 2016 which is completely unfair.

If someone did it, it was the Lake Erie Monsters (now Cleveland Monsters) earlier that year.

But yeah, Laine was an asshole. He doesn't deserve the Whiteout fanbase.

The old Ohio Pro Sports Curse strikes again.

5 hours ago, WordsOfWisdom said:

 

Which (if it's a good contract) will make him easier to trade. Teams like acquiring players who are locked in for a few years.  

Leafs are experienced in that, right? 

8 hours ago, lynxrattle said:

Laine is a feisty character. As a kid playing for the Finnish Boys' National Team he was sent home from Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament after giving the finger and running his mouth against the head coach of the team. Finland had pulled their goalie at the end of the game and Laine wanted to be on ice. The basic situation with the Jets has not changed from that situation - if Laine is not put on ice when the tough games are decided, he will get frustrated and react negatively. He doesn't act as immaturely anymore but the reaction is still there. That is possibly a good thing for someone who could win Rocket Richard, but is it a good thing in helping to win the Stanley Cup. It remains to be seen. But it really is going to be extremely interesting to see how Torts and Laine will get along (especially as CBJ seems to be lacking a center that could feed Laine the way Aho did in WJC 2016). Getcha pop corn ready!

 

I feel the trade is a potential win - win. CBJ gets a character that is going to entertaining for the fans to watch, love and hate, and WPG gets an immensely strong center department, thus opening its' window of opportunity to fight for the Stanley Cup. God, how I've missed hockey during this awful Covid - quarantine!

 

 

That said, it's so crazy that might just work.

Maybe Torts would prefer a dude that talk back to him instead of some guy that just sits on the bench and later says "Yeah I gotta get better. Please trade me."

Or maybe not, I don't know.

Who understands him anyway?

1 hour ago, J0e Th0rnton said:

Neither of these players are going to enjoy the change in scenery they asked for LOL

This.

I wonder how long until Laine shows the same "laidback" behavior of Dubois and Torts shouts his brains off.

4 minutes ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said:

I guess if all these "finings" continue, we may find ourselves in a league where EVERYONE is a Lady Byng candidate.

Watch for it...
Calls and fines for 'roughing the puck carrier'
'Excessive celebrations after goals'
'Damaging the ice surface by skating too hard moving up ice'
'Goalie penalties for taking too many water sips during TV time outs'

... and then we become NFL 

Maybe it's in the covid protocols?

I don't know, I didn't read the full protocols, but as teams may get short on players and even a minor can take a player off the ice.

20 minutes ago, J0e Th0rnton said:

lol.

 

Unless its $12 student night on weekends, we don't even fill the mooseheads arena, memorial cup aside. And tickets regularly go for $19 adult, $16 Senior and $12 for children. Trust me, I work for them and watch from the Zamboni pit almost every game.

 

An NHL team in Halifax would fold fast and there is zero space downtown for a new arena. I can see all the whiny haligonians demanding converting everything to low income housing for the poor now while demanding none of the run down heritage buildings get touched all over again. It took years of fights just to get the new convention center(which I also work for). Maybe they could put it up in bayers lake, but LOL. Im trying to picture a sports arena beside a Costco and Walmart in an area already known for absolute **** traffic and terrible parking design.

Halifax was built for horses and carriages. None of the streets line up and as civilization discovered cars, nobody ever thought ahead enough to realize maybe straight roads are a good idea so they left all existing curvy roads and its now a traffic nightmare anytime construction of any kind happens.

 

 

lol I know

Mooseheads are good enough for them.

And they're cool by the way.

To be honest, I'd love to see those on the ice:

Alright, we've got Zegras, Colangelo, Drysdale, Sundsvik... is this thread really in silent?

Halifax Highlanders just got real.