Tidbits: Around the League: NHL News - 2022-23

[Wabit]

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I need some help understanding how we have another preseason game tomorrow yet the sharks and preds played for real already??

It is a back-to-back, "home and away," 2 game series in Prague. It's like the London NFL games, but the NHL schedule is so packed that it wouldn't work in the "normal" regular season with all that travel.

This is supposed to be a regular thing for the NHL to start the season. COVID put a damper on it the last couple of years though.

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[DeagleJenkins]

It is a back-to-back, "home and away," 2 game series in Prague. It's like the London NFL games, but the NHL schedule is so packed that it wouldn't work in the "normal" regular season with all that travel.

This is supposed to be a regular thing for the NHL to start the season. COVID put a damper on it the last couple of years though.

Little goofy we couldn’t end preseason first but aight. Thanks for the info

 

[BagHead]

Little goofy we couldn’t end preseason first but aight. Thanks for the info

Wasn't there a regular season NHL game on the first day of the playoffs last year? (both teams missed the playoffs) I seem to remember something like that happening.

 

[57special]

It is a back-to-back, "home and away," 2 game series in Prague. It's like the London NFL games, but the NHL schedule is so packed that it wouldn't work in the "normal" regular season with all that travel.

This is supposed to be a regular thing for the NHL to start the season. COVID put a damper on it the last couple of years though.

I think it's a great idea. With all the Euros in the league, there has to be interest in watching them play in the best league in the world right in their own city.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Nino with a good start for Nashville.

 

[thestonedkoala]

Jesus. Did anyone see the accusations against Ian Cole?

 

[MuckOG]

Jesus. Did anyone see the accusations against Ian Cole?

Yes. Disturbing IF TRUE

 

[thestonedkoala]

Yes. Disturbing IF TRUE

Makes me wonder if they will quietly bury the story.

 

[57special]

Makes me wonder if they will quietly bury the story.

Too late for it too be buried. It's being carried my all sorts of News outlets.

 

[NHL1674]

The league needs a serious enema.

 

[thestonedkoala]

Too late for it too be buried. It's being carried my all sorts of News outlets.

Just like the Pens situation?

 

[MuckOG]

Just like the Pens situation?

Pens situation was investigated and the coach in-question was immediately fired.

 

[Wabit]

Pens situation was investigated and the coach in-question was immediately fired.

Players have union protection, coaches don't.

 

[MuckOG]

Players have union protection, coaches don't.

I was responding to TSK, who said "they will quietly bury the story", "just like the Pens situation". First, I'm not sure who "they" are (NHL? TB Lightning? police? media?) and if there is some "there there" to this accusation, then I'm sure it will get the requisite coverage it deserves.

 

[Wabit]

I was responding to TSK, who said "they will quietly bury the story", "just like the Pens situation". First, I'm not sure who "they" are (NHL? TB Lightning? police? media?) and if there is some "there there" to this accusation, then I'm sure it will get the requisite coverage it deserves.

All the other NHL news will bury it. There just isn't a whole lot of substance to report on currently.

 

[MuckOG]

All the other NHL news will bury it. There just isn't a whole lot of substance to report on currently.

I agree. But it won't be "quietly buried" to make it "go away". If there are any loose strings, someone in the media will be pulling on them....just like the Hockey Canada situation.

 

[Wabit]

I agree. But it won't be "quietly buried" to make it "go away". If there are any loose strings, someone in the media will be pulling on them....just like the Hockey Canada situation.

Oh I'm sure there are media outlets calling up anyone who ever was affiliated with the USDT during those years.

 

[thestonedkoala]

Pens situation was investigated and the coach in-question was immediately fired.

No it wasn't.

Unless I missed where the NHL investigated the Pens and the witnesses and figured out if the Pens knew of the issues with Donatelli and kept him despite the allegations.

 

[Obvious Fabertism]

I know for a fact that he isn’t the only former Wild player that was sleeping with minors. I won’t run the guys name through the mud any more than it already has been but we had another scumbag on our team for a while.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I know for a fact that he isn’t the only former Wild player that was sleeping with minors. I won’t run the guys name through the mud any more than it already has been but we had another scumbag on our team for a while.

Interesting sentence choice...

 

[Bazeek]

Good time to remind people of Rule 8 and that anything that veers into "defamatory" territory is bound to get nuked from orbit.

 

[Wabit]

Good time to remind people of Rule 8 and that anything that veers into "defamatory" territory is bound to get nuked from orbit.

The gave you the access codes to space nukes?

 

[Bazeek]

The gave you the access codes to space nukes?

Weaponized Valeri Nichushkin clones. Low-yield, but precise and thorough.

 

[Jesus comma Brodin]

I will undoubtedly be betting on Fiala to score tonight

 

[Dickie Dunn]

I will undoubtedly be betting on Fiala to score tonight

Its gonna sting for a while. ESPN had a prediction this week that the Wild will look to add an impact forward early in the season. Didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.