Around the League playoff edition

[Steve Zissou]

For the Habs, that's a good deal. He's only 27 and will provide them with grit as well. I watch almost all the Canes games and saw how what a good and reliable defender he was. and was a key part of PK work, logging lots of minutes. Used correctliy, partnered with Petry on the 2nd pairing, he'll be a good fit.
THey gambled on Chariot, who has been far better in Montreal than he was in Winnipeg.

I watched a ton of Canes games as well. I think he was correctly slotted in that 3rd pairing, but Carolina also had a ton of depth. He was fantastic on the pk as well.

I'm ok with him being an anchor on a 3rd pairing, but not on the Kings. If Montreal wants to take that risk for 4 years on a 2nd pairing, which they have, then good for them.

For us and where we are, I would have been ok with 2-3 years, but if that Kovalchuk contract taught us anything...

 

[jfont]

stamkos was the pelosi pooper the whole time?

He did put a like on some tweet about him going to Toronto. More like Moscow Mitch..

 

[Basilisk]

How much better would the Kings be if they improved nothing else next season, but had Tampa Bay's power play.

We'll soon have the talent to get a power play as good as Tampa's.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Koivu won't be re-signed by the Wild. Starting to look like a firesale over there.

 

[BigBrown]

Koivu won't be re-signed by the Wild. Starting to look like a firesale over there.

I was surprised to see that Koivu is 37 years old. I thought he was closer to Kopitar's age. Probably not a bad move to move on from him at his age. His production has taken a serious dip.

 

[KINGS17]

We'll soon have the talent to get a power play as good as Tampa's.

 

[Little Psycho]

Don't f*** up Dallas

 

[deeshamrock]

The NHL and NHLPA are tossing ideas around, one was for the Canadian teams to be in their own division, and play all their games in Canada, and the remaining US teams, divided regionally, and play their games interdivisoin, with bubble returning for the playoffs.

 

[deeshamrock]

Kukla's Korner Hockey - Kukla's Korner

EDMONTON (Sept. 18, 2020) – The National Hockey League announced today that it will reveal the winners of its five remaining regular-season trophies during “2020 NHL Awards presented by Las Vegas,” a 30-minute show that will air at 6:30 p.m. ET on Monday, Sept. 21, on NBCSN in the U.S. as well as Sportsnet and TVA Sports in Canada.

 

[Sleeping Dog]

Adding on to deeshamrock’s twitter post:

Given the gloomy financial outlook of the upcoming season (limited or no fans in the buildings), the NHL is going to have to look for additional revenue streams. While the upcoming US TV deals could provide a nice influx of money, that won’t occur until after next season. But who knows if ESPN would even put in a bid on NHL broadcast rights. Disney is bleeding serious money, ESPN is getting hammered by cord cutters and the overall economy could be lining up for a serious downturn.

It might finally be time to allow sponsors on jerseys. I’m not saying to follow the Sweden/Finland/Russia model, where players are covered head to toe with sponsorship, but allowing a major and minor patch on the jersey and/or helmet might be warranted.

 

[KINGS17]

Adding on to deeshamrock’s twitter post:

Given the gloomy financial outlook of the upcoming season (limited or no fans in the buildings), the NHL is going to have to look for additional revenue streams. While the upcoming US TV deals could provide a nice influx of money, that won’t occur until after next season. But who knows if ESPN would even put in a bid on NHL broadcast rights. Disney is bleeding serious money, ESPN is getting hammered by cord cutters and the overall economy could be lining up for a serious downturn.

It might finally be time to allow sponsors on jerseys. I’m not saying to follow the Sweden/Finland/Russia model, where players are covered head to toe with sponsorship, but allowing a major and minor patch on the jersey and/or helmet might be warranted.

Maybe the NHL should do something out of the norm and look to Roku to be on several of their channels for one season?

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Man, watching Dallas just bully TBL is glorious.

And Tampa being Tampa, I just cannot root for this douchey team.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Maroon managing to look like more of a dick then Corey Perry, which is a difficult thing to do.

 

[deeshamrock]

Bolts outshooting Stars 15 to 1 in the 3rd, Khudobin is from another planet, making saves out of the universe.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

That toe save was unbelievable

absolutely brain dead penalty by Seguin, PK holds up

 

[cyclones22]

Dallas deserved the win. They turtled in the 3rd but outplayed TB for that 3-1 lead.

 

[deeshamrock]

That toe save was unbelievable

absolutely brain dead penalty by Seguin, PK holds up

 

[deeshamrock]

 

[Jericho111091]

In the wise words of Brad Doty "Buddy, you suck at hockey"

 

[KingsFan7824]

Yeah, you go deep in the playoffs, and you inevitably get that extra goal that you don't usually get, or get that one extra save that keeps a game within reach. Get enough of that, and you win the whole thing.

Oleksiak scored 5 goals in a regular season once, and that was in 68 games. He's never scored 5 goals for a single team in any regular season. He now has 5 goals in 22 games in the playoffs. He's almost doubled his 19-20 regular season production. Kiviranta had 1 goal in 11 games this year. He had 12 goals in 48 AHL games. He now has 5 goals. You know who else had 12 goals in 56 AHL games this year? Mikey Eyssimont, and he was actually drafted.

 

[johnjm22]

I can't believe Dallas is 3 games away from the Stanley Cup.

Dallas going to the cup finals, and possibly winning it, is more far-fetched than the Kings making the playoffs next season.

There's so much parity in this league now that's it generated a lot of randomness. Luck is a bigger factor than ever. I'm not sure that's a good thing.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Some team desperate for goaltending might give Khudobin $5M or more per year. He’ll be a UFA, turned 34 earlier this year. Watch the Flames or Oilers throw him a two year, $10M offer.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

I liked that one better in real time. It all happened so quickly!

This is the one I was referencing

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

TBL went full VGK/2015 Kings in the 3rd

 

[Stimpythecat]

I like his videos. This one talks about the upcoming free agency period.