NHL 2023-2024 Out of Town: Regular Season Part 1

[Johnnyduke]

Sources: NHL aims for 4-nation tourney in 2025

An NHL-supported international hockey tournament scheduled for 2025 would feature just four nations: the United States, Canada, Sweden and Finland, sources told ESPN's Greg Wyshynski.

www.espn.com

Wow do I think this is stupid.

 

[Terrier]

 

[Gee Wally]

 

[Bruinaura]

Every time I see this I think about how glad I am that guys like Bergy and Krejci were only ever Bruins (as far as the NHL goes).

It was bad enough seeing Krejci in another league, but to see either of those guys wearing another nhl jersey....yuck.

 

[lopey]

There are no games tonight?? Why

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

There ate no games tonight?? Why

Interesting. Something to do with American Thanksgiving is my guess.

 

[BostonBob]

There ate no games tonight?? Why

from sportsnet.ca:

NHL fans woke up Tuesday morning to a surprising sight: No games on the schedule.

While unexpected, there are a few reasons why the schedule is the way it is — and most of them revolve around U.S. Thanksgiving.

As Sportsnet's Jeff Marek reports, the NHL only had three buildings available for games on Tuesday: Arizona, Vancouver and Calgary. But, because of the holiday week in the U.S., more American teams have requested home dates — taking the Canucks and Flames out of the equation. Calgary opened a four-game U.S. road trip on Monday in Seattle, and Vancouver begins a three-game U.S. road trip Wednesday in Colorado.

That leaves just the Arizona Coyotes, who host the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday and did not want to play back-to-back home games.

The NHL has 12 games on Wednesday, none on Thursday (for Thanksgiving), 15 on Friday and nine on Saturday. So the risk of having teams play four games in five nights was too great.

And one final wrinkle. Four teams — the Wild, Red Wings, Maple Leafs and Senators — are unavailable for games as they return home from Sweden after the Global Series.

Add all of those factors up and there's a rare dark night on the NHL calendar, giving hockey fans a free night to get some chores done.

 

[lopey]

Interesting.

Crazy scheduling by nhl. Is it because of thanksgiving. THATS Thursday though. I can see no games that night since nfl owns thanksgiving

from sportsnet.ca:

NHL fans woke up Tuesday morning to a surprising sight: No games on the schedule.

While unexpected, there are a few reasons why the schedule is the way it is — and most of them revolve around U.S. Thanksgiving.

As Sportsnet's Jeff Marek reports, the NHL only had three buildings available for games on Tuesday: Arizona, Vancouver and Calgary. But, because of the holiday week in the U.S., more American teams have requested home dates — taking the Canucks and Flames out of the equation. Calgary opened a four-game U.S. road trip on Monday in Seattle, and Vancouver begins a three-game U.S. road trip Wednesday in Colorado.

That leaves just the Arizona Coyotes, who host the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday and did not want to play back-to-back home games.

The NHL has 12 games on Wednesday, none on Thursday (for Thanksgiving), 15 on Friday and nine on Saturday. So the risk of having teams play four games in five nights was too great.

And one final wrinkle. Four teams — the Wild, Red Wings, Maple Leafs and Senators — are unavailable for games as they return home from Sweden after the Global Series.

Add all of those factors up and there's a rare dark night on the NHL calendar, giving hockey fans a free night to get some chores done.

Thanks

 

[Terrier]

Crazy scheduling by nhl. Is it because of thanksgiving. THATS Thursday though. I can see no games that night since nfl owns thanksgiving


Thanks

I'm happy the NHL has Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve/Day off. This time around, I'm traveling to Manhattan on Thanksgiving day. I will watch the Black Friday game in a bar somewhere, then attend the MSG doubleheader on Saturday, Bruins-Rangers and BU-Cornell.

 

[MustardStew]

from sportsnet.ca:

NHL fans woke up Tuesday morning to a surprising sight: No games on the schedule.

While unexpected, there are a few reasons why the schedule is the way it is — and most of them revolve around U.S. Thanksgiving.

As Sportsnet's Jeff Marek reports, the NHL only had three buildings available for games on Tuesday: Arizona, Vancouver and Calgary. But, because of the holiday week in the U.S., more American teams have requested home dates — taking the Canucks and Flames out of the equation. Calgary opened a four-game U.S. road trip on Monday in Seattle, and Vancouver begins a three-game U.S. road trip Wednesday in Colorado.

That leaves just the Arizona Coyotes, who host the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday and did not want to play back-to-back home games.

The NHL has 12 games on Wednesday, none on Thursday (for Thanksgiving), 15 on Friday and nine on Saturday. So the risk of having teams play four games in five nights was too great.

And one final wrinkle. Four teams — the Wild, Red Wings, Maple Leafs and Senators — are unavailable for games as they return home from Sweden after the Global Series.

Add all of those factors up and there's a rare dark night on the NHL calendar, giving hockey fans a free night to get some chores done.

Chores - HA. I'm going to bed...

 

[sarge88]

Ghieshhhh.

Frank Vatrano is on pace for 57 goals this year

If he scores 50 goals this year, he will be the biggest surprise 50 goal scorer of all time. But why did the Bruins, Rangers and Panthers give up so easy on this guy? He looks like a legit elite sniper out there this year. He actually looked really good in NY and in Florida.

forums.hfboards.com

I always thought he’d be great with Krejci.

 

[Chevalier du Clavier]

This includes info about the Hartford Whalers throwbacks.

 

[GordonHowe]

Revisiting 2022 NHL Free Agency Class: Success & Fails - The Hockey Writers Latest News, Analysis & More

The 2022 NHL free agency class provided a lot of optimism but now, a lot of teams are having a lot of regrets. Let's look back at the class.

thehockeywriters.com

 

[Bruinaura]

Did they hit the holiday eggnog a little early? Yikes lol

 

[Aussie Bruin]

Gee that new coach bounce didn't last long for the Oilers. The road up to a playoff spot is starting to look very long and difficult indeed.

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

Gee that new coach bounce didn't last long for the Oilers. The road up to a playoff spot is starting to look very long and difficult indeed.

Could be early sellers this year.

Halak, Ryder, and a 2nd for McGrumpy

 

[Bruinaura]

 

[Gee Wally]

Could be early sellers this year.

Halak, Ryder, and a 2nd for McGrumpy

I aint goin’ nowhere.

 

[sarge88]

Just saw on NHL Network that Hughes and Makar are each on pace to score 100 points this season and 2 defensemen have never done that in the same season before.


I believe them, of course, but I’m really surprised it never happened before with Bourque, Housley, Coffey, Murphy all playing so long together.

Oh, I also saw Manson get a game misconduct for a crosscheck very similar to the one Poitras took last night.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Just saw on NHL Network that Hughes and Makar are each on pace to score 100 points this season and 2 defensemen have never done that in the same season before.


I believe them, of course, but I’m really surprised it never happened before with Bourque, Housley, Coffey, Murphy all playing so long together.

Oh, I also saw Manson get a game misconduct for a crosscheck very similar to the one Poitras took last night.

Coffey is the only one of that group to have 100 seasons. Al MacInnis had 103 points in 1991.

Makar may be the best player in hockey right now.

 

[sarge88]

Coffey is the only one of that group to have 100 seasons. Al MacInnis had 103 points in 1991.

Makar may be the best player in hockey right now.

This far removed for all of their careers, I’d have sworn Bourque and Housley did for sure….Murphy I was iffy about.

Surprised they didn’t.

 

[Jorah Marshmont]

Gee that new coach bounce didn't last long for the Oilers. The road up to a playoff spot is starting to look very long and difficult indeed.

I remember the main board thread about the Oilers winning the Cup because McDavid asked the team to show up for captains practices

 

[Bridges31]

I feel for the Oilers. Don’t really hate that team, in fact I was rooting for them to win the cup this year.

Didn’t make sense to fire their coach when poor goaltending and defense has been a major issue for this team for years now. 5 coaches in 5 years is the definition of doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

I feel for the Oilers. Don’t really hate that team, in fact I was rooting for them to win the cup this year.

Didn’t make sense to fire their coach when poor goaltending and defense has been a major issue for this team for years now. 5 coaches in 5 years is the definition of doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

 

[Bruinaura]

Poor Taylor