Around the League - 2022-23 season thread part I

[Bleedred]

ya i just cant get into it like i do devils hockey. even when canada wins i feels nothing

Yeah, I'm kind of over it.

It used to be cool when they'd have it more than once every 8-12 years, but now they rarely have it anymore. I think they used to have one every few years (didn't they? Kind of like the world cup of soccer? Was it every 4 years at one time?) but they definitely didn't have any in between 1996 and 2004 and then the 2004 one was the last until the 2016 one. And now we're gonna go at least 8.5 years in between them again.

They're just too much of a novelty at this point. And I know a lot of people like that type of thing, since it's so isolated that they have it and some people find it more meaningful that they're so infrequent, but they're just way too infrequent at this point.

And they seem to just have them whenever they want. Like just whenever they feel like it. I thought they were having this one in 2024 because players couldn't go to the 2022 olympics, but now they've pushed it back yet another year and we'll have the olympics in 2026.

 

[njdevils1982]

Yeah, I'm kind of over it.

It used to be cool when they'd have it more than once every 8-12 years, but now they rarely have it anymore. I think they used to have one every few years (didn't they? Kind of like the world cup of soccer? Was it every 4 years at one time?) but they definitely didn't have any in between 1996 and 2004 and then the 2004 one was the last until the 2016 one. And now we're gonna go at least 8.5 years in between them again.

They're just too much of a novelty at this point. And I know a lot of people like that type of thing, since it's so isolated that they have it and some people find it more meaningful that they're so infrequent, but they're just way too infrequent at this point.

soccer world cup >>>>>>>> hockey world cup

 

[Bleedred]

soccer world cup >>>>>>>> hockey world cup

I don't even like soccer and I think you're right.

I did enjoy the 96 world cup of hockey when it happened. The 04 one was okay. It also wound up being really the last NHL hockey we'd see for another year and the only NHL hockey we'd see that entire season. I do remember a lot more prominent players participating in the 05 world championships though. Including Martin Brodeur and many others who didn't play any kind of pro hockey for a year.

 

[njdevils1982]

I don't even like soccer and I think you're right.

I did enjoy the 96 world cup of hockey when it happened. The 04 one was okay. It also wound up being really the last NHL hockey we'd see for another year and the only NHL hockey we'd see that entire season. I do remember a lot more prominent players participating in the 05 world championships though. Including Martin Brodeur and many others who didn't play any kind of pro hockey for a year.

it's weird....i rarely watch soccer unless its the WC or the euro cup. i played 35 years but never did much watching....my brother (who also played with me for that many years) and his son do love the EPL though. once in a while ill catch a match but i dont go out of my way

 

[glenwo2]

I just saw someone named @DevilDog like my earlier post and had to double-check to make sure it wasn't Doggo trying to sneak back onto the board.

 

[Eggtimer]

I just saw someone named @DevilDog like my earlier post and had to double-check to make sure it wasn't Doggo trying to sneak back onto the board.

I’d welcome him back. Everyone makes mistakes …. Maybe not as epically bad as lstop cheering for the Devils to cheer for the Rags…. But still.

 

[Ripshot 43]

I just saw someone named @DevilDog like my earlier post and had to double-check to make sure it wasn't Doggo trying to sneak back onto the board.

 

[Ripshot 43]

I’d welcome him back. Everyone makes mistakes …. Maybe not as epically bad as lstop cheering for the Devils to cheer for the Rags…. But still.

Pffft

I’m Italian… forgive but don’t forget… even I can’t forgive going to a rival.

 

[glenwo2]

Pffft

I’m Italian… forgive but don’t forget… even I can’t forgive going to a rival.

Now that is one badass owl.

 

[Bleedred]

I just saw someone named @DevilDog like my earlier post and had to double-check to make sure it wasn't Doggo trying to sneak back onto the board.

Poor guy. People have been confusing him for the traitor Doggo for a week or two now, despite the fact that he's actually not a new user here.

 

[Bleedred]

He'll get in.

Alfredsson is just getting in this year and has been retired 2 years longer than Elias has.

I'm now more confident than ever that he'll get in. It just might take a little while longer of waiting. Even the Sedin's didn't get in during their first year of eligibility. I think this is their third year. Elias could have gone in one year before them.

Correction:

This is actually the second year Sedin's have been eligible, not their third year.

For some reason I thought 2017 was their last year in the NHL, but it was actually 2018.

 

[Ripshot 43]

Now that is one badass owl.

That’s me in owl form… so thank you Glen

 

[Nubmer6]

Poor guy. People have been confusing him for the traitor Doggo for a week or two now, despite the fact that he's actually not a new user here.

He should change his avatar to Doggo's to REALLY confuse people.

 

[Nubmer6]

That’s me in owl form… so thank you Glen

Whenever I try to change into my owl form, I just turn into a Pootoo

 

[Ripshot 43]

Whenever I try to change into my owl form, I just turn into a Pootoo

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Hey hey… don’t be down on yourself. Pootoos need love too.

 

[Goptor]

I just noticed Arizona is on a 14 game road trip.
Started Nov 5th.
Ends Dec 7th.

There has to be a reason for this, right?

 

[Nubmer6]

I just noticed Arizona is on a 14 game road trip.
Started Nov 5th.
Ends Dec 7th.

There has to be a reason for this, right?

I think they renovating the arena to be more NHLish.

Plus the college team gets priority for scheduling.

 

[Bone Density]

Pffft

I’m Italian… forgive but don’t forget… even I can’t forgive going to a rival.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

Leafs running out of DMen

 

[MauDevils]

We can offer them a slightly used Damon Severson.

I'll take their first. They're an Auston Matthews injury away from being a lottery team.

 

[Devils731]

We can offer them a slightly used Damon Severson.

I'll take their first. They're an Auston Matthews injury away from being a lottery team.

Modern day Tom Kurvers trade?

 

[markog]

Modern day Tom Kurvers trade?

That would be a suicidal for those Toronto fans.

 

[Brodeur]

Modern day Tom Kurvers trade?

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Kurvers trade was before my time, so it's a fun retroactive thing to look up. I spotted this Islanders 4-3 win over Toronto that season. If that result was flipped, the Islanders pick #3 instead. Randy Wood with a pair of goals and Tom Fitzgerald had one as well for New York.

 

[HBK27]

 

[Saugus]

Gaudreau's decision looks better every day, doesn't it?