Around the League 45: The Stanley Cup is in God's Waiting Room
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HisIceness
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These Canadian teams are killing each other. They understand these games are fake, right?
HisIceness
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I mean, I hate to see players get injured but if teams want to be stupid well,
Joe McGrath
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The first one is bullshit. Everyone knew Rask was going to be a star. The other two, yeah 100%.
I’m confused about the preseason drama. Is it better if Wifi injures Stutzke in game 3 of the regular season?
They could just suspend people for 20 games when they do something insanely dirty instead.
tarheelhockey
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I am amazed that the Laine injury was only a sprain. That had every appearance of being a career altering major injury.
Nikishin Go Boom
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Ottawa had 3 guys get injured last night, oof
Celebrini sat after a hit
Montreal fans crying about a body hit while justifying an elbow attempt to the head
Rempe trying to run NJ players.
And its only the preseason…
Celebrini sat after a hit
Montreal fans crying about a body hit while justifying an elbow attempt to the head
Rempe trying to run NJ players.
And its only the preseason…
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Svechhammer
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At this point, why even play any of your NHL talent during the preseason? Use it as an opportunity to see how your long term and middling prospects look to see if anyone is ready to break out, but outside of that, its just not worth playing them in meaningless games that seem to get players hurt more often than not because they're not all always playing at 100% effort.
raynman
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Don’t they have to dress a certain number of NHL regulars or am I confusing with something else?
Nikishin Go Boom
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15.4 Exhibition Games.
(c) A Club shall be permitted to dress a minimum of eight (8) veterans for any Exhibition Game. For purposes of this Section 15.4(c), a veteran shall constitute either:
(1) a forward or defenseman who played in thirty (30) NHL Games during the previous season,
(2) a goaltender who either dressed in fifty (50) or more NHL Games or played in thirty (30) or more NHL Games in the previous season,
(3) a first round draft choice from the most recent year's Entry Draft, or
(4) any Player who has played one-hundred (100) or more career NHL Games.
hblueridgegal
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Guys can get hurt in practice, exhibition games, regular season, playoffs, and even just training as we've seen a handful of times. I don't think getting rid of all preseason games or never playing guys is the answer. The product in the regular season in all sports at the beginning of the season is pretty awful as it is and gets worse the less preseason game action that's seen. And the solution to this problem being floated is to add two more regular season games while reducing the number of preaseason games. As mentioned, nobody is going to feel better about injuries that happen in the regular season versus the preseason, so I don't see that helping all that much. The best thing you can do is try to get rid of predatory hits and actions regardless of outcome by giving out actual punishments, but there doesn't seem to be a real appetite for that. Even then, you're still going to have fluke things and injuries just because hockey is a contact sport and these guys get a lot of wear and tear on their bodies.
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Id like to see 4 pre-season games.
1st game is an intra squad game that the NHL dubs as a charity night where teams align with a local and national charity. have some interesting skill competitions and such mixed in.
2nd game is mostly AHL squad game at Nashville or Tampa
3rd game is home and the warm up game for the roster
4th game can be home or away and we get a look at any of the prospects they want a 2nd look, guys who need another warm game, etc.
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seems im not the only one who likes 4
1st game is an intra squad game that the NHL dubs as a charity night where teams align with a local and national charity. have some interesting skill competitions and such mixed in.
2nd game is mostly AHL squad game at Nashville or Tampa
3rd game is home and the warm up game for the roster
4th game can be home or away and we get a look at any of the prospects they want a 2nd look, guys who need another warm game, etc.
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seems im not the only one who likes 4
Now that it's a liquor store, technically isn't Sams still a bottle shop?
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DaveG
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somehow feels appropriate, though still hate to see it (legitimately)Now that it's a liquor store, technically isn't Sams still a bottle shop?
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I had the same reaction initially, but I think in this case, Vegas are being the good guys here.
Lehner can't pass the physical to be put on LTIR. This gives Vegas ample cause to terminate his contract. But because of Lehner's mental health issues and his financial issues, they want to make sure he's still being paid. But they also don't want him to count against the cap.
So it sounds like they found a solution where they basically terminated his contract, but are still able to pay out the remainder of that contract, even though they don't have a legal obligation to do so
HisIceness
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I can't find the tweet but there was a lot of penalty minutes from this game.
Again, if other teams want to be stupid.....
Surrounded By Ahos
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Kucherov acting like a bitch-made punk? Why I never!
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Not sure why Kuch reacted that way, that looked like a pretty clean hit to me? And to effectively horse-collar the guy for it he should be facing some discipline (he won't, of course)
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While this is true, they could have just as easily come up with an exception that allowed him to stay on LTIR knowing that was the destination for him anyway. Instead, they'll get to operate without that, which is beneficial. It may not be a big deal compared to whatever BS they will inevitably cook up later this season, but it's not nothing. And when they've been allowed to get away with so much, it invites people to feel bad about what they're doing even at a time they should not.
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