Official 2023/24 NHL Season Thread

[ThePenIsMightier]

Opening night with Bedard against Crosby. The cartoon boards are still horrible. Maybe fewer gambling commercials, this year.

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Opening night with Bedard against Crosby.

NBC had Crosby and Bedard sit across from each other full dressed to discuss their first games in the NHL. Probably the stupidest most cringey thing I've seen, typical for American NHL coverage.

[ThePenIsMightier]

NBC had Crosby and Bedard sit across from each other full dressed to discuss their first games in the NHL. Probably the stupidest most cringey thing I've seen, typical for American NHL coverage.

I saw a portion of that on mute and cringed.
The Bedard cock-gobbling in that game was painful. Those two clowns calling for him to get 40 goals after watching 2 periods.
I think he's going to be on a longer path to excellence, personally.

[88CRX]

Bedard looked pretty good last night... considering its was his first NHL game and that the Hawks fucking stink. The only thing holding him back is his god awful line mates.

Corey Perry on PP1, woof.

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Play him 25mins a game
Give him beer league style shifts
He likes hockey lol

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Bedard looked zippy but then again he's a nubile 18 year old with fresh knees.

[Kloubek]

Canucks are winning the cup.

OK... probably not. But man did my team bitch slap the Oil good and proper last night.

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Canucks are winning the cup.

OK... probably not. But man did my team bitch slap the Oil good and proper last night.

That was good
Enemy of my enemy is my friend … for now

[SJW]

Go Leafs Go.

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Go Leafs Go.

Oilers vs Leafs finals would be such a nightmare
Ideally both just exit the first round lol

[mr2mike]

Saw TSN Sportscentre this morning. Button calling Matthews the best goal scorer in the NHL today. Then I turned it off.

I think he was tattooing the Stanley Cup and leafs logo later on in the show.

[ExtraSlow]

Fucking hell, Leafs Oilers final would be so painful. But I also don't think the flames, even with a bounce-back year, are a threat to go deep.

[ganesh]

Go Leafs Go.

+1
I am hoping that they will do well this season

[ThePenIsMightier]

Sharks look like they may go a full season without two straight wins.

[ThePenIsMightier]

Esso sponsors the NHL, but does Esso gasoline cause genetic mutations in little girl hockey players?

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Edmonton's fall to the basement is fantastic to watch. If they lose to San Jose on Wednesday I think the entire team is getting traded.

[ganesh]

Edmonton's fall to the basement is fantastic to watch. If they lose to San Jose on Wednesday I think the entire team is getting traded.

Only one can wish for

[ExtraSlow]

Canucks best team in canada.

[bigbadboss101]

Flames drafted Mason Macdonald instead of Thatcher Demko! Sure there are a few other opps when it comes to their drafting.

[88CRX]

Flames drafted Mason Macdonald instead of Thatcher Demko! Sure there are a few other opps when it comes to their drafting.

Every draft class is littered with "OMG, the _______ took ______ instead of ______".

This is not news.

In 2016 the Canucks drafted Olli Juolevi instead of Matthew Tkachuk.

In 2019 the Canucks drafted Vasili Podkolzin before Cole Caulfield.

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Canucks best team in canada.

I can accept this as they do look good
Anyone but the Oilers!

[ExtraSlow]

ABE is my new season motto.

[mr2mike]

Canucks fans ok with another riot?

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Canucks fans ok with another riot?

Only if the Cup is actually won.

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Campbell put on waivers. Great use of $5million/year.

[ThePenIsMightier]

This Sharks v Oilers games is a bit like watching two retards playing chess...
Oilers dominating to some extent but the turnovers are out of control. This should have been a game where a team like Edmonton could've netted 12+ goals and instead, it's close! *Norm MacDonald reference.

Thank God this thread still isn't sticky.

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lol oh that was fun

[ThePenIsMightier]

R.I.P. Jay Woodcroft.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6CJAGD6buQ


https://youtu.be/82Lz6u88aDc?si=5uZFD8fSLJVzk0SG

[ExtraSlow]

Hey skindog's GAA was much better.

[ExtraSlow]

Can someone explain to me why teams are reluctant to put injured players onto LTIR? My simple brain says it's a big benefit because you accrue cap space every day. But apparently not? Or there's some other drawbacks?

Eli5?

[haggis88]

Can someone explain to me why teams are reluctant to put injured players onto LTIR? My simple brain says it's a big benefit because you accrue cap space every day. But apparently not? Or there's some other drawbacks?

Eli5?

This article explains quite well

https://puckpedia.com/LTIR22

[ExtraSlow]

Wow, that is the first article where I understood the drawbacks. I get it now. LTIR doesn't accrue over time like cap space would. That's mistake #1 from my assumption, and in fact, it basically means you'll never accrue cap space. It kinda prevents it.

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R.I.P. Jay Woodcroft.

This man can see the future.

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Wonder if the oilers called up Darryl to see if he was interested lol

[ExtraSlow]

Wonder if the oilers called up Darryl to see if he was interested lol

Daryl is under contract still.

[ThePenIsMightier]

Did HNiC hire a mortician for make-up this year? Bieksa is orange while Jennifer and Cassie look like Barbara Mandrel with a double dose of Whore's Rouge and Scott Oake looks like something from a wax museum.

It makes me want to gamble.
#BroSameGameParlay

[ThePenIsMightier]

Real Tkachuk double show of fuck-headery in this Panthers-Senators game.

Edit.
LoL!! This goofy referee just handed out ten dimes. What a fucking tool! I made fun of a referee for doing that in Atom-B.

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I miss that guy so much :cry:
I can’t let go

[mr2mike]

Scott Oake looks like something from a wax museum.

It makes me want to gamble.
#BroSameGameParlay

A deeply closeted wax museum.

[Team_Mclaren]

Real Tkachuk double show of fuck-headery in this Panthers-Senators game.

Edit.
LoL!! This goofy referee just handed out ten dimes. What a fucking tool! I made fun of a referee for doing that in Atom-B.

I dont see anything wrong with that... and to "make fun" of a atom game ref... real classy :rolleyes:

[ThePenIsMightier]

I dont see anything wrong with that... and to "make fun" of a atom game ref... real classy :rolleyes:

I made fun of this ref while I was her linesman. It was not recently.

[bigboom]

Corey Perry banged Bedard's mom...fact or fiction?

[88CRX]

Corey Perry banged Bedard's mom...fact or fiction?

The chance of this being true is about 1%.

The internet loves "he slept with ________" rumours as players are sent out of town.

[ganesh]

Corey Perry banged Bedard's mom...fact or fiction?

You have to put some Weight behind Chicago's decision to Put him on Unconditional Waiver.
Chicago knows any wrong move it is again going to explode on their face.

[D'z Nutz]

The chance of this being true is about 1%.

The internet loves "he slept with ________" rumours as players are sent out of town.

You must have missed the part about it being Corey Perry, one of the biggest assholes in the league. I'd argue that alone makes it 99% true before even needing to examine any evidence haha

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[88CRX]

You must have missed the part about it being Corey Perry, one of the biggest assholes in the league. I'd argue that alone makes it 99% true before even needing to examine any evidence haha

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LOL. I know... he's a scumbag on the ice. But he'd never bang Bedards mom.

[Quizzes]

A scumbag and a motherfucker.

[ExtraSlow]

Pics of mom.

[bigboom]

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Don't blame Perry.

[arcticcat522]

Corey Perry banged Bedard's mom...fact or fiction?

Fact....put on waivers during to inappropriate conduct.

[SJW]

Fact....put on waivers during to inappropriate conduct.

From where i'm sitting it doesn't look inappropriate at all.

[ExtraSlow]

It's better than most of the teachers...

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[mr2mike]

You have to put some Weight behind Chicago's decision to Put him on Unconditional Waiver.
Chicago knows any wrong move it is again going to explode on their face.

Probably a hazing event.

[arcticcat522]

Chicago had a press conference at 3pm I think....what they say??

[ganesh]

Chicago had a press conference at 3pm I think....what they say??

Pretty much Nothing.
Because of the personal nature of the matter they are not at liberty to disclose anything. They also said that 'This does not involve any player or their families, and anyone that suggests otherwise is wildly inaccurate and it’s frankly disgusting"
They just had a Press conference for the sake of having a press conference.

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Cancel mom trips

[ganesh]

If this is true I feel bad for Conor Bedard.

[arcticcat522]

Pretty much Nothing.
Because of the personal nature of the matter they are not at liberty to disclose anything. They also said that 'This does not involve any player or their families, and anyone that suggests otherwise is wildly inaccurate and it’s frankly disgusting"
They just had a Press conference for the sake of having a press conference.

That's what I would say too if I was responsible for the future #1 player in the league....and his mom got railed by a teammate...

[ThePenIsMightier]

Seems completely ridiculous, I don't know why it has any traction.
Oh wait - it's because social media is the worst thing to happen to society.

[Team_Mclaren]

It's tough to cancel a contract if the player doesnt mutually agree. I wonder how hard he fucked up to give up close to 1.5m

[ExtraSlow]

No comment is the worst response. I personally don't think it involves the milf aforementioned. But people are always going to make up stories in the absence of facts.

[mr2mike]

It's tough to cancel a contract if the player doesnt mutually agree. I wonder how hard he fucked up to give up close to 1.5m

Based on previous examples, they probably took the law into their own hands and say, no police if you agree to these terms.
Seems like a hockey thing to do.

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Based on previous examples, they probably took the law into their own hands and say, no police if you agree to these terms.
Seems like a hockey thing to do.
Of all teams I’d say Chicago is the last to do something like that today haha.

[SJW]

I heard it was alcohol related and nothing to do with moms.

[D'z Nutz]

Chicago: Aww fuck, why couldn't he have just sexually assaulted a prospect? At least we would have overlooked that.

[Team_Mclaren]

Based on previous examples, they probably took the law into their own hands and say, no police if you agree to these terms.
Seems like a hockey thing to do.

Which is "fine", what i'm saying is Perry must have fucked up big himself to agree to give up that money.

[bigboom]

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Bedard's mom or Chelios' daughter?

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I heard it was alcohol related and nothing to do with moms.
It was pretty clear from the start the mom thing was a joke that went meme worthy.

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Could just be the angle but...



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[Xtrema]

Rogers dropping NHL air rights to get Ohtani deal done.
https://torontosun.com/sports/baseball/toronto-blue-jays/simmons-if-blue-jays-sign-ohtani-rogers-may-drop-nhl-deal

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[Darell_n]

Your watch pic is out of focus.

[ThePenIsMightier]

The Great 8. All of his talent combined with the cheating prowess of the Williams Sisters combined with Lance Armstrong and he'll still finish with slightly over half the points of Wayne.

[Team_Mclaren]

Rogers dropping NHL air rights to get Ohtani deal done.
https://torontosun.com/sports/baseball/toronto-blue-jays/simmons-if-blue-jays-sign-ohtani-rogers-may-drop-nhl-deal

SIMMONS is the worse version of Eric Francis.

[ThePenIsMightier]

Wow. Flames give up 3 in the third to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

[rage2]

Nickelback > Heart

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Dang it I guess oilers going to cup finals now lol

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-flames-dillon-dube-mental-health-1.7090508

Wonder if it has to do with the world junior assault case? Years ago there was a post on Reddit that posted photos of the night at the bar which identified a lot of people that were there, including a Nike exec that eventually got outed for covering all the drinks that night. A couple of players that were there released statements of “I’ve been cooperating”, while others statements clearly stated they weren’t involved. Dube being active on the flames was one of the I’ve been cooperating players, so I’ve been waiting for his name to come up at some point.

Can’t remember who the other suspected involved players were, and of course that post was nuked hours after it was posted. Completely unsubstantiated, but pics don’t lie that he was there before the hotel incident.

[suntan]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-flames-dillon-dube-mental-health-1.7090508

Wonder if it has to do with the world junior assault case? Years ago there was a post on Reddit that posted photos of the night at the bar which identified a lot of people that were there, including a Nike exec that eventually got outed for covering all the drinks that night. A couple of players that were there released statements of “I’ve been cooperating”, while others statements clearly stated they weren’t involved. Dube being active on the flames was one of the I’ve been cooperating players, so I’ve been waiting for his name to come up at some point.

Can’t remember who the other suspected involved players were, and of course that post was nuked hours after it was posted. Completely unsubstantiated, but pics don’t lie that he was there before the hotel incident.

Nah he's fucked. He did something untoward.

Bye bye Dube.

[JohnnyHockey13]

Glad to see some Flames fans are being realistic here...as the captain of that team, the chances are pretty damn high that he knew it happened, and that's assuming he wasn't involved himself.

If he really wasn't involved and didn't know anything and this is all just really affecting him that people out there are falsely accusing him of being involved, then I feel sorry for him....but to me, it never looked good from the beginning.

Why is it taking so long for Hockey Canada to release everything? If he really is innocent, the onus is on them to clear his name in public.

[ExtraSlow]

Hockey Canada are shitbags who care #1 about protecting Hockey Canada Executives and #4 about protecting players and #99 about upholding the law, or victims rights. Anyone who withheld information about a crime, or helped cover one up, deport to gaza in an airplane full of seawater.

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Glad to see some Flames fans are being realistic here...as the captain of that team, the chances are pretty damn high that he knew it happened, and that's assuming he wasn't involved himself.

If he really wasn't involved and didn't know anything and this is all just really affecting him that people out there are falsely accusing him of being involved, then I feel sorry for him....but to me, it never looked good from the beginning.

Why is it taking so long for Hockey Canada to release everything? If he really is innocent, the onus is on them to clear his name in public.

yea dube not looking so good
probably a lot of nda and redacted stuff that's how it usually goes

[suntan]

You can't NDA crimes. Not even in Canada.

The reason HC is taking so long is because they're scum.

They need to get ahead of this PDQ otherwise there's a case for them to be part of a conspiracy.

Meanwhile over at CP:

"How brave of Dube to acknowledge his need for therapy!"

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[pheoxs]

This really does feel like the year maybe Canada can finally win a cup. 3 teams in the west are all looking strong and not just skirting in as wildcard teams. As much as I dislike the Flames I am still rooting for them to also find a way to make it in.

Fuck the leafs though.

[Kloubek]

Canucks best team in canada.

A huge fan but no homer, I would say that Winnipeg is almost on par. They too have a great goalie, limit quality chances, and can score. Yes, I actually think the Canucks are the best team in the *league*, but primarily looking at their differential.

I'll also mention that Vancouver's shooting percentage will be difficult to sustain. The fact they've kept it so high for so long over halfway through is pretty amazing, but if they managed to carry it through to the playoffs it would be quite astounding. Mind you, they had a historically horrible PK last season, so it seems this is a team of extremes by nature.

Actually, I think this is a rather rare time that the standings are quite reflective of the actual overall team ability. Exceptions being that I feel NY, Washington and the Islanders are probably lucky to be where they are, given that they cannot seem to carry momentum this season.

[Team_Mclaren]

Holy, Carter Hart has now also left the team for "personal reasons. " Is it coming down soon?

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SIMMONS is the worse version of Eric Francis.

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[Team_Mclaren]

For some reason this idiot thinks he made those connections.... It's all over reddit already.

[pheoxs]

Well that’s 14 now

[ThePenIsMightier]

Well that’s 14 now

I figured Perry would be dressed to shake off the rust and then be ready for Chicago on Thursday, but apparently that's not in the plan.

[Doozer]

I figured Perry would be dressed to shake off the rust and then be ready for Chicago on Thursday, but apparently that's not in the plan.

I heard Knoblauch was planning to have him in the lineup no earlier than Satuday.

TBH, I'd be reluctant to make any changes while this win streak is going, and I'd sit him until a loss.

[ExtraSlow]

Insufferability continues to increase.

[suntan]

5 members of the team asked to surrender to London Police.

[D'z Nutz]

https://www.tsn.ca/hockey-canada/report-five-members-of-canada-s-2018-wjc-team-told-to-surrender-to-london-police-1.2066984




Five players from Canada’s 2018 World Juniors team have been directed to report to police in London, Ont., to face charges of sexual assault, The Globe and Mail reported this morning, citing two unnamed sources.

The prospective charges are related to an alleged sexual assault in June 2018 involving players from the 2018 team and a woman identified in court records as E.M.

The Globe reported the players have a set period of time to surrender to police, citing sources. TSN has not been able to corroborate The Globe’s reporting.

A London Police Service spokeswoman declined to comment on the news report.

“We are unable to provide an update at this time,” sergeant Sandasha Bough wrote in an email to TSN. “When there is further information to share regarding this investigation, we will be in contact with media outlets.”

The allegations related to 2018 have sent shockwaves through Canadian sports after TSN reported in May 2022 that a woman referred to in court documents as E.M. had settled a $3.55 million lawsuit against Hockey Canada the Canadian Hockey League and eight unnamed former CHL players.

A parliamentary committee subsequently convened a series of hearings to demand more information from Hockey Canada about both the case and about how Hockey Canada has historically managed sexual assault allegations. As details about the federation’s response to the allegations were made public, sponsors severed ties, and Hockey Canada’s board and top executives were replaced.

Against a backdrop of building public pressure, London police in July reopened their investigation into the case in July of 2022 after initially closing it without laying charges in February 2019.

In December 2022, The Globe and Mail cited court documents that quoted London Police Services sergeant David Younan providing a 94-page summary of the case in which he wrote that five former Team Canada players were believed to have committed criminal offences. Other players were witnesses, Younan wrote, adding that, “Others may or may not become suspects.”

[88CRX]

Alex Formenton, playing in Switzerland currently, who was shunned by the Sens has been granted a leave of absence.

Cale Foote & Michael McLeod also granted leave of absence by the Devils as of this morning.

I'm no mathematician but sounds like there's your 5 players.

edit: they were all on that Team Canada roster.

[vengie]

Dillon Dube
Alex Formenton
Cal Foote
Michael McLeod
Carter Hart

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rip

[rage2]

What do I do with this newly framed memorabilia?

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[88CRX]

No way! haha.

You use Troy for that? I recently got some Flames jerseys framed by him, he did a great job.