Around the NHL - 2023 offseason edition

[njdevils1982]

OT: informal poll

how long should i keep my avatar this off season mocking the decades of incompetence of the panthers organization?

personally i dont feel done yet.

 

[MadDevil]

No more pride night jerseys or locked threads

f***ing cowards.

 

[Nubmer6]

OT: informal poll

how long should i keep my avatar this off season mocking the decades of incompetence of the panthers organization?

personally i dont feel done yet.

Until you can convince a Panthers fan to use the avatar instead.

 

[Guttersniped]

No more pride night jerseys or locked threads

This sucks so much, f*** you NHL for taking away these charity jerseys with your cowardice.

The Devils have a bunch of them that they auction off for charity. Shitheel dumbf***s.

 

[NjDevsRR]

NHL caving to a loud population who are not the majority.

F You

 

[Darkauron]

Human rights are not a both side issue.

Human rights are human rights full stop. Anyone that thinks otherwise is the problem.

 

[MadDevil]

I'm so f***ing tired of hearing idiots talk about how the "gay and trans agenda is being shoved our throats" because of Pride Month, Pride Nights, etc. Turns out the same people who call other people snowflakes and talk about how soft society is are the whiniest bitches out there.

 

[MadDevil]

On a lighter note, apparently Panarin is trying out for the part of Lex Luthor in the new Superman movie.

 

[JrFischer54]

The league is a joke

It’s fair though just stop doing it all together.

 

[JrFischer54]

It's funny to me that these Canadian teams, which in theory have loyal fan bases, are the ones that don't seem willing to just rebuild like everyone else.

I don't think you need to go full NBA where you tear it down within 2 years if you don't win something, but if everybody wants out you kind of have to see the writing on the wall at some point?

I think that’s true with really only habs nucks and leafs. No one wants to play in the other Canadian cities and you only can build through the draft add the oilers to this once mcdavid isn’t there anymore. What’s a big name ufa that signed with any Ottawa Winnipeg Calgary or even oilers. Honest question I can’t think of any recently

Their arena sucks and they can’t get a new one built (unless that’s changed recently). And the organization has no direction other try to get playoff profits every year.

They should have locked up Gaudreau and Tkachuk when they had the chance.

The push to always be competitive every year caused them to kick the can ahead on those deals and then both guys were free to plan their ideal escapes. (Gaudreau’s ideal escape was Philly but the Flyers surprised him by not sharing that same idea.)

These other players are complimentary guys, they can’t carry Calgary by themselves. They likely see the team getting worse and then fighting it with more desperate UFA signings.

You can’t make a competitive team just with more pricy additions like Kadri and keeping all their UFAs at top dollar prices too.

They need GMs with better approaches but that starts with their team ownership.

One fun explanation I’ve heard of why Canadian teams struggle is they have ownership who are hockey fans with their own dumb ideas mucking up the process.

Did either of those guys want to sign long term in the past? What changed then?

 

[MadDevil]

How long until Kiprusoff is hired as their goalie coach?

 

[NJDevs26]

If you guys want to say Pride Night and inclusiveness shouldn't be political (which it shouldn't), don't make it so yourselves.

Yes they caved in and look like shits, but unfortunately they can't really mandate how people should think or feel, barring overt discrimination or slurs. And as we saw this year, there are still too many prominent backwards-thinking people in the NHL. Really that's true in all of society though, the NHL hardly has a monopoly on ****heels.

I can't say I'm surprised though...especially after how many teams either canceled this event or let players 'protest' it. This was always going to be the end result once Pandora's Box got opened by Provorov and everyone realized there'd be no tangible punishment for MUH BELIEFS AND FEELINGS.

 

[njdevils1982]

Until you can convince a Panthers fan to use the avatar instead.

without an infraction... impossible

 

[njdevils1982]

On a lighter note, apparently Panarin is trying out for the part of Lex Luthor in the new Superman movie.

meanwhile, the person on the left side of the photo decided to go with an early summer floral fascinator in purple... tres chic!

ew la la sassoon

 

[Saugus]

On a lighter note, apparently Panarin is trying out for the part of Lex Luthor in the new Superman movie.

If he had shaved the beard too, he could have played NoHo Hank in a Barry revival. His "Chechen" accent would probably be more convincing.

 

[Satans Hockey]

This sucks so much, f*** you NHL for taking away these charity jerseys with your cowardice.

The Devils have a bunch of them that they auction off for charity. Shitheel dumbf***s.

Gotta get rid of hockey fights cancer jerseys that raise money to fight cancer, don't wanna offend anyone who actually likes cancer.

 

[njdevils1982]

This sucks so much, f*** you NHL for taking away these charity jerseys with your cowardice.

The Devils have a bunch of them that they auction off for charity. Shitheel dumbf***s.

pukes.

f***ing weak move... after all the lip service game for everyone. trying to avoid future assholes like the stalls? what has this come to?


to move on ....(as much as i have a distaste for canadian hockey teams. the teams all do their part


...there are people that love special warmup jerseys for whatever cause....not a big deal except for gary who can't grow a set of f***ing cojones.


keep it boys club gary, youre the f***ing best.

 

[Emperoreddy]

This sucks so much, f*** you NHL for taking away these charity jerseys with your cowardice.

The Devils have a bunch of them that they auction off for charity. Shitheel dumbf***s.

They are apparently still making and selling these jerseys for charity, just the players won't be wearing them.

Still a cowards move

 

[Emperoreddy]

 

[njdevils1982]

They are apparently still making and selling these jerseys for charity, just the players won't be wearing them.

Still a cowards move

i hope the players sign them at least

 

[Guttersniped]

How long until Kiprusoff is hired as their goalie coach?

Mark Savard likely a good hire, some buzz around him as a NHL coaching candidate.

 

[Guttersniped]

Future live shot of Huberdeau:

 

[MadDevil]

It is kind of crazy that Calgary went from having a 111 point season to everybody wanting out in like a little over a calender year.

 

[Guttersniped]

Wow, Calgary really can’t retain any talent SMDH


Also, what is up with Harvey’s tongue? I’ve been accosted by better looking costumes in Times Square. Pretty cool how he’s balancing on the glass like tho.

 

[Guttersniped]

Craig MacTavish agrees, Harvey sucks.



Seriously though, all the players are leaving because of the low rent mascot.

(Ignore the bizarrely low ranking of NJDevil and Gritty and focus on the correct one of Gritty edit: I meant Harvey here but the wrongness of the Gritty ranking obviously threw me.)