Around the NHL 2024-25 regular season Part II

[Bleedred]

I don’t want anyone @ me about Travis Green.

Last year people were doing it about Rick Tocchet.

This year Tocchet’s team is headed for a spring of Tocchet things. Like golfing.

 

[Desert Devil]

As much as I hate the Rangers they have had a ton of success over the past like 15 years. Yeah they never won the cup but they made the finals once and the conference finals like four times in that timespan. Comparing them to the Browns, Jets, or Cowboys isn’t fair. They have more success than all of those teams combined. Yeah they don’t have a cup but they’ve been uncomfortably close a few times. Anyway. f*** them.

 

[hockeymetrics]

I think Ty Smith has a weird physical disorder that has made him physically weaker and less coordinated as he’s grown older. It’s very weird to see a guy look his physical best at 18, much more physically capable than he appeared at 23.

something like that or undiagnosed concussions that he kept playing through. smart move getting something for him when he still had value.

 

[Brodeur]

RIP Ray

 

[Dialamo]

RIP Ray

Wow 62 way too young. RIP.

 

[Bleedred]

Ray Shero is dead? Last Devils GM Ray Shero? Seriously?

When I started reading that tweet I totally did not expect that to be the name they were announcing as having passed away.

I was completely shocked by seeing that name. In massive disbelief.

Not that parents and genetics mean everything, but his dad only lived to be just barely two years older than that. His mother (I’m assuming that was Ray’s mother and not Fred’s wife prior) lived to be 86 though.

 

[vtdevils2k]

Omg.....just terrible news. Wow. UGH..Coldolences to him and his family.

 

[Comparison Ford]

jaw dropped, 62 is way too young. RIP ray

 

[Better Call Sal]

Man, that is so awful. RIP Ray

 

[Desert Devil]

Was not expecting that. 62 is way too early. RIP

 

[NJDevs26]

Wow 62 way too young. RIP.

Yeah I hadn’t even looked up his age until after I posted in the team thread but I had figured he was early 60’s at most

 

[Bleedred]

When I first saw Shero I was still thinking it was maybe another relative of his.

I even thought of his dad, despite the fact that he’s been gone for just about 35 years.

 

[Oneiro]

Terrible, way too young.

Mostly liked his tenure here from where we were at. Criticism of the defense and some of the trades, totally valid, but he identified some key problems and turned them around, mainly skill and speed. Grateful for that.

 

[britdevil]

Omg that is terrible, horrible news. I loved the guy, what a personality.

RIP Ray, you will be missed.

 

[NJDevs26]

I was legit hoping he’d get one more crack at a GM job but figured when it hadn’t happened in the last few years it wasn’t going to

 

[BahlDeep]

Man, terrible news.

 

[Oneiro]

32 Thoughts: Montreal electrified by stud prospect Ivan Demidov

In this week's notes, Elliotte Friedman shares stories and memories about Greg Millen, plus the excitement around Ivan Demidov in Montreal, the playoffs in Winnipeg, and much more.

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Good 32 thoughts but especially Adam Lowry's comments about how Winnipeg got better.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

I know they don't usually announce causes of death but at his age seems must have been something out of the norm like a massive heart attack or stroke?

 

[PizzaAndPucks]

Wasn't expecting to see the news of his passing. I thought it was news of his father passing but quickly realized it was Junior. Sad stuff man...


Got to meet him back in the day at one of the Devils Prospects game back in like 2016 or 2017. He was a really nice guy and he was nice enough to let us get a photo with him and talk a bit of hockey as well.

RIP Ray Shero

 

[Desert Devil]

23 teams qualify for the postseason in the American Hockey League.

The playoff field will include the top six finishers in the Atlantic Division, the top five finishers each in the North and Central Divisions, and the top seven teams in the Pacific Division.

Home-ice advantage in all series will be granted to the team with more points in the regular-season standings.

The first round will be best-of-three series. Division semifinals and division finals will be best-of-five series; conference finals and the Calder Cup Finals are in a best-of-seven format.

Please move this if it’s in the wrong thread. This is in regards to the AHL. I’ve never noticed so many teams make it. The first round is a best of three. Are those all home games for the higher seed? I want to make sure cause I’m tempted to catch a Roadrunners game before their season is over. No more ASU games and I’m dying to watch some hockey in person.

 

[Bcap88]

Gone too soon, sounds like he was a great person all around.

Always be grateful because he had a hand in this franchise getting pulled out of the depths

 

[NJDevs26]

 

[My3Sons]

Shero will leave a positive legacy and be fondly remembered by the hockey world. That’s pretty impressive in the scheme of things.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Here is a crazy stat. Only 109 players in league history has scored 400 goals. Jeff Skinner is not far off and has done so under the radar.

Jeff Skinner still has not played one playoff game in his career. He has played 1,073 career games. Looks like that will change soon.

 

[Guadana]

Here is a crazy stat. Only 109 players in league history has scored 400 goals. Jeff Skinner is not far off and has done so under the radar.

Jeff Skinner still has not played one playoff game in his career. He has played 1,073 career games. Looks like that will change soon.

If they would sign Holloway it would be better for them.