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Dr Johnny Fever
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Did Gary Bettman tell you we couldn't discuss trades till the cup was awarded? Never knew he had the power to shut down HF. I thought that was reserved for the servers.
Huh? Last thread was over 3k posts. Time to start a new one.
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Might as well call this the 2026-27 thread so we can use it all season...
One thing that sucks about being a playoff team (even if you still have your first) is that the draft, and thus June as a whole outside of the SCF, is significantly less interesting. One of the many reasons the NHL is behind the NBA/MLB/NFL is that the offseason is way less exciting. The UFA class almost always sucks (compared to superstars in other leagues moving teams every year) and GMs are scared to make major trades. People go crazy for Shams/Jeff Passan tweets while us hockey fans are begging Friedman for crumbs about minor moves.
One thing that sucks about being a playoff team (even if you still have your first) is that the draft, and thus June as a whole outside of the SCF, is significantly less interesting. One of the many reasons the NHL is behind the NBA/MLB/NFL is that the offseason is way less exciting. The UFA class almost always sucks (compared to superstars in other leagues moving teams every year) and GMs are scared to make major trades. People go crazy for Shams/Jeff Passan tweets while us hockey fans are begging Friedman for crumbs about minor moves.
Good news is, next season starts earlier. So just have to get through July and August after all the stuff this month. Lol.
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That's definitely the best part of playing into May. I don't love the extra 2 regular season games (82 was enough, I would have been fine going down to 80) but shortening the preseason is great.
I love the idea of a 84 game season, and cut out some of the meaningless preseason games. Players don’t play them all anyway.
Dr Johnny Fever
Stupendous Logic
Ah. Totally misread that. Saw you had shut it down and thought you were saying it would be closed for the duration of the playoffs. Ooops. Sorry about that.
Ah. Totally misread that. Saw you had shut it down and thought you were saying it would be closed for the duration of the playoffs. Ooops. Sorry about that.
All good, i meant i cant wait for the SCF to be over, so we can get to off-season business for the Ducks. Lol.
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I got used to the records after 82 games (like I did with the NFL having 16 games) so it'll be kind of weird to see teams at 45-30-9 instead of 45-30-7 or whatever. I realize it's a super minor change but I'm weird like that. I always liked having it mirror the NBA's amount (which I again admit doesn't really matter).
The main thing though is I think less hockey = better hockey. I was never one to want some drastic switch to 60 game seasons or anything crazy, but I definitely didn't want to add. To me it's just two more chances for a star player to get hurt before the playoffs and f***ing up a cup run.
Dr Johnny Fever
Stupendous Logic
Well, I'm trying to watch the game, read the forum, check some online news and plan an evening walk before dark. I may have spread myself a little too thin.
I remember 84 game seasons from the early 90s. Selanne's 76 goals came in one of those.
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Masch78
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Any feelings on the posted availabiity of Mat Barzal? Always one of my fav players to watch. Wonder what else, beside MacT would be needed.
WhatTheDuck
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Hard to turn one's nose up at a point per game player, although he just honestly what I picture as an ideal 2c behind Carlsson. I'd sacrifice some of that offense for a better two way guy who can win faceoffs
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I like Barzal, but his faceoff numbers aren't great (42.0% career, 39.8% this season).
interesting regarding Anders Lee hitting FA - is that not a great player on the Leo-Terry line? The only downside is he's 35 so contract has to be preferably 2 years TOPS
TheStuntman
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I found this subject fascinating and I didn't even know they did 84 games previously when the new CBA was announced. It was done for 2 seasons 1992-1994 and the 2 extra games were done in neutral cities covering both Canada and America, some of which got their own NHL teams in Dallas, Phoenix, Minneapolis, and Atlanta. They went to 82 games after during CBA negotiations that started the 94-95 season.
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70sSanO
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I would have no interest in moving mctavish for owen tippett, so hopefully Verbeek stays away.
Tippett is a great scorer and skater, but he provides absolutely nothing else and we have too much of that already.
Tippett is a great scorer and skater, but he provides absolutely nothing else and we have too much of that already.
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He's been solely a right winger for a while now. He played on Horvat's wing since Horvat went to NYI.
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