Around the League - 2023 Offseason Edition

[Vk1ing]

The NHL has banned rainbow colored stick tape.

Glad we have the right priorities. We've all been spared the horror of possibly seeing rainbow colored tape.

Lol I am waiting to hear all the people who defended players "personal choice" to not participate in pride defend this. The mental gymnastics will great

 

[CobraAcesS]

Lol I am waiting to hear all the people who defended players "personal choice" to not participate in pride defend this. The mental gymnastics will great

"NHL DPOPS in a joint evaluation with the NHLPA, has decided that Rainbows are distracting against a white ice surface."

Permanent white noise..

 

[S E P H]

They are not helping them, just their AHL team. No biggie.

They're helping their depth issues.

 

[famicommander]

Lol I am waiting to hear all the people who defended players "personal choice" to not participate in pride defend this. The mental gymnastics will great

Careful, if you call out homophobes they'll lock the thread like they did in the main board.

 

[Gumballhead]

"NHL DPOPS in a joint evaluation with the NHLPA, has decided that Rainbows are distracting against a white ice surface."

Permanent white noise..

What a bizarre thing to ban. Just asking for all the wrong kind of attention.

This is also going to ruin Mork & Mindy night. Boulder weeps.

 

[Foppa2118]

This tweet reads like he died.

 

[sethro109]

This tweet reads like he died.

First playing, then working for Toronto is a fate far worse than death.

 

[henchman21]

The NHL has banned rainbow colored stick tape.

Glad we have the right priorities. We've all been spared the horror of possibly seeing rainbow colored tape.

Utterly stupid

 

[JLo217]

NHL and hockey in general are going to lose fan in droves over the next decade from: being homophobic, sexual abuse cover ups, sexual assault cover up, racism, and the league being complicit in all of it in varying forms. This is before you even talk about the costs…

Curious to see what growth women’s hockey has in the years to come as someone with a young daughter.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Matthew Phillips made the Caps opening night roster. I hope he turns into MSL 2.0 and Calgary has more egg on their face.

 

[dahrougem2]

Matthew Phillips made the Caps opening night roster. I hope he turns into MSL 2.0 and Calgary has more egg on their face.

I wanted the Avs to sign this guy.

 

[lionsDen]

I didn't see the hit on Byram but usually no one comes to your defense for 3 reasons:

1. The guys on the ice are cowards (not the case we've seen ours fight)
2. The guy that got hit put himself in a vulnerable position and is more or less deserving
3. The teammates don't like the guy that got hit enough to hurt themselves

I can definitely see 2 and 3 being the reason.

You don’t fight with a minute and a half left with the game tied

You don’t think anyone on that teams sees a mouthy cocky young kid that hasn’t proven shit?

what evidence do you have to support that he’s mouthy?

Sorry but your grasping at straws here.

 

[lionsDen]

Lol I am waiting to hear all the people who defended players "personal choice" to not participate in pride defend this. The mental gymnastics will great

The difference is one has a choice the other the choice is being thrust on him. No debating that

 

[Metallo]

They're helping their depth issues.

This move has 0 impact at the NHL-level. Who cares. It's a mutually beneficial arrangement at the AHL-level.

 

[S E P H]

This move has 0 impact at the NHL-level. Who cares. It's a mutually beneficial arrangement at the AHL-level.

It does because their entire organisation's goaler depth is affected by an injury just like every team. If Georgiev gets injured for us, it makes us recall Annunen, forces Holm as the starter in the AHL, and makes Miner the backup (lose-lose-lose-lose-lose all around) with one goaler down for the ECHL team. Getting an all-star calibre goaler like Kochy allows the Lightning to have some cushion even though going into the season with Johansson and Tomkins is a potential disaster.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

NHL and hockey in general are going to lose fan in droves over the next decade from: being homophobic, sexual abuse cover ups, sexual assault cover up, racism, and the league being complicit in all of it in varying forms. This is before you even talk about the costs…

Curious to see what growth women’s hockey has in the years to come as someone with a young daughter.

They need to change something. Women sports are booming, especially soccer in Europe.

 

[JLo217]

They need to change something. Women sports are booming, especially soccer in Europe.

Yup.

 

[Avsfan1921]

Anyone know how Newhook has looked in Montreal this preseason? I was one of his biggest skeptics but in saying he seemed like a good kid and do hope he finds a way to carve out a top six worthy career.

 

[Linds]

Anyone know how Newhook has looked in Montreal this preseason? I was one of his biggest skeptics but in saying he seemed like a good kid and do hope he finds a way to carve out a top six worthy career.

Probably good like he did here. Then when real games start he floats around and does nothing

 

[Freudian]

No one remembers Flyers pride night from last year, but everyone remembers the media going after Provorov.

NHL probably realize there are enough players who will opt out that it will be a massive distraction going forward. NHL wouldn't take this action if teams hadn't asked them to.

At least most players have a social media presence these days so they are free to publicly support whatever they choose.

 

[S E P H]

So it's Thanksgiving in Canada and zero Canadian teams are being shown tomorrow. I found that pretty funny by the NHL.

 

[UncleRisto]

This tweet reads like he died.

What do you mean? Jake will be a scout with the Leafs forever, and he is going to a better place where he will watch down on the players. And they know he will be watching somewhere up there, and they will try to make him proud every day.

 

[missionAvs]

Lol I am waiting to hear all the people who defended players "personal choice" to not participate in pride defend this. The mental gymnastics will great

I'm one of those that believe that players should have a choice to partake or not in non-hockey related affairs but I also think this decision from the NHL is absolutely stupid.

 

[Metallo]

It does because their entire organisation's goaler depth is affected by an injury just like every team. If Georgiev gets injured for us, it makes us recall Annunen, forces Holm as the starter in the AHL, and makes Miner the backup (lose-lose-lose-lose-lose all around) with one goaler down for the ECHL team. Getting an all-star calibre goaler like Kochy allows the Lightning to have some cushion even though going into the season with Johansson and Tomkins is a potential disaster.

Who cares if your AHL team wins or loses? Come on.

 

[henchman21]

Who cares if your AHL team wins or loses? Come on.

Every NHL team (sans Carolina) does.