Around the NHL 2023-24

[ohcomeonref]

East playoff race for the last spots are crazy

Play-what now?

 

[Bender66]

Can't believe the Flyers are likely gonna miss the playoffs, what a collapse over the final 6 weeks or so.

Another team tuned out torts already? What a shock

 

[All Mighty]

"Trickshot merchant, locker room cancer, selfish teammate, bad attitude, etc. etc."

 

[Kalv]

Flyers desperately need to win games, they just lost 3-9 to the Habs and Jamie was... -6

 

[Static]

 

[Static]

Clown franchise.

 

[Static]

Original

 

[Kalv]

Original

Do you expect me to like a tweet from Serevalli?

Would this change divisions? I guess not

 

[Mr Rogers]

Salt Lake is a good market for hockey, lots of winter sports going on there already

 

[Static]

Salt Lake is a good market for hockey, lots of winter sports going on there already

If you're asking if hockey can get any whiter, the answer is absolutely.

It'll probably be a great market and it'll put some more money in our owners' pockets to (hopefully) invest in the team.

 

[Terry Yake]

feel bad for coyotes fans. hockey was doomed from the start there with the arena issues and it only got worse with the decades of mismanagement

can't say the league didn't try the best they could to keep them there though

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

A 30% relocation tax, just for funsies.

 

[Ducks DVM]

Well, at least there won’t be an expansion draft.

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

Well, at least there won’t be an expansion draft.

Yet.

Gary still smells billions in Atlanta and Houston.

 

[Anaheim4ever]

Yet.

Gary still smells billions in Atlanta and Houston.

Would prefer Portland Oregon gets a team over Atlanta, adding a team to Portland means you move the Utah team to Pacific division and move Calgary and Edmonton to the Central where they belong.

 

[dracom]

Would prefer Portland Oregon gets a team over Atlanta, adding a team to Portland means you move the Utah team to Pacific division and move Calgary and Edmonton to the Central where they belong.

I just don’t think there’s a market for a team in Portland. Living here it’s all about the Blazers. Not many people seem to care about the winterhawks from my experience

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

Yet.

Gary still smells billions in Atlanta and Houston.

Worthy cities worth of expansion.

Atlanta will thrive

 

[mightyquack]

I hate this.

 

[ScarTroy]

Man, that makes me sad for the fans. Also makes me appreciate the Samueli’s more. I have my criticisms about them but at least they are committed to keeping our team here.

 

[la patineuse]

Man, that makes me sad for the fans. Also makes me appreciate the Samueli’s more. I have my criticisms about them but at least they are committed to keeping our team here.

It really is no fun when the team you follow and invested so much time (and money) in is the fodder for relocation. The late 1990s/early 2000s MIghty Ducks were always included in relocation speculation by some media and a lot of NHL fans; and when Disney announced they were selling the team, the relocation talk picked up. That's why I was so thankful the Samuelis were local, OC residents who also managed the Honda Center because that would mean that the Ducks would stay in OC.

 

[Mr Rogers]

Yeah I’m not sold on Vancouver at all, we’ll see lol

 

[dracom]

there's a real possibility Vegas misses the playoffs and i'm here for it.

 

[gunnergunther]

Not really. If St. Louis loses a game, it’s pretty much over.
Just saw Vegas plays us and Chicago to end the season. So they’re 99% in.

 

[Rybread86]

Clown franchise.

I love the idea of hockey in Utah, it fits the area. There are some weird laws that I wonder how they would affect concessions but the NBA has worked so thats probably a nothing-burger.

The AZ arena thing has been very weird to watch. Getting kicked out of an arena, no cities wanting the team in their zip code, playing in a 5000 seat college arena. Its like the state is saying "we dont want you", yet they continued to persist. Now they are talking about moving the team only to turn around in like 4-5 years and putting an expansion team there.

Im also curious about the amount of teams were going to end up having int he league. As far as I know, the NHL already has the most teams out of any league. Does that start to water down the product? You start to include guys on the roster that belong in the AHL. Whats the goal? 38 teams? 42? 50?

 

[mightyquack]

Shock horror that Stone has been cleared to begin practice for Vegas. Ridiculous that the NHL won't clamp down on this bullshit.

I will literally be unbearable the day that Vegas are a terrible hockey team, and it can't come a moment too soon.