Around the NHL: 2024-25 Season, Are You Not Entertained?

[Jim Bob]

EF's list of waiver claims today:

Reimer (ANA)
Patera (VAN)
Schwindt & Lavoie (VGK)
Aston-Reese (CBus)

https://x.com/i/web/status/1843351753850507451

https://x.com/i/web/status/1843351833991098850

 

[Jim Bob]

After Igor Shesterkin rejects Rangers’ $11 million AAV offer, what’s next?

Frank Seravalli provided an update on the negotiations during Tuesday’s DFO Live.

www.dailyfaceoff.com

 

[Jim Bob]

Inside Utah Hockey Club’s unprecedented five-month scramble to NHL opening night​

“We redid our (basketball) locker rooms, too, as we went through all this,” Smith said from Scotland that night. “The team’s working all night. They’re still working. I bet if I walked in there, it wouldn’t look like it was ready. But by tomorrow, somehow, it will be.”

Somehow, it will be. The Utah Hockey Club doesn’t have a nickname yet — the Yetis seems to be the front-runner — but that could certainly be its slogan. Hockey, in Utah? Somehow, it will be. An NHL-caliber facility wedged into the basketball-only Delta Center? Somehow, it will be. A team, a home, a practice facility, an identity and a culture rising from the ashes of the Arizona Coyotes in just a few months? Somehow, it will be.

And somehow, it is. On Tuesday night, in front of perhaps 16,000 fans — up to 5,000 of whom will have paid for the privilege of not even being able to see one of the goals thanks to the quirks of the arena — Utah Hockey Club will step onto the ice at Delta Center in its home blues and become the 53rd incarnation of a National Hockey League team, a five-month-old franchise hosting the 98-year-old Chicago Blackhawks.

 

[Zman5778]

I'm actually looking forward to tuning into the UHC game tonight......always love seeing team debuts.

 

[tsujimoto74]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1843336375833395611

I’m shocked. Well, not that shocked.

 

[Gras]

 

[Ehran]

I'm actually looking forward to tuning into the UHC game tonight......always love seeing team debuts.

Huh. I hadn't thought about it but now that you mention it, it does sound interesting.

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Tatanka]

What a goal by Sam

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Huh. I hadn't thought about it but now that you mention it, it does sound interesting.

Thanks for the heads up.

I was gonna check that out, then I got invited over from a lady.

 

[NotABadPeriod]

Korpisalo is going to be a huge liability for Boston. Except against us of course, as is tradition for backups.

 

[Zman5778]

The NHL is freaking awful at hyping up the game. Opening night tripleheader?

Sure, no issue.

Game 1 over before the SC Champs have their banner celebration? Good job. Nearly at a successful night.

Game 2 not over before their brand spanking new team debuts? JFC.

 

[Sabre the Win]

I'm a big fan of Maccelli, he's who I imaged Krebs could be.

He's a very underrated player especially being buried on Utah's 3rd line.

 

[Chainshot]

Bruins-Panthers old time hockey last night -

 

[jc17]

Would be real nice if this was the beginning of the end for Boston

 

[Jim Bob]

Panthers sign Verhaeghe to 8-year extension worth reported $56M

The Florida Panthers signed winger Carter Verhaeghe to an eight-year extension, the team announced Tuesday.The deal is worth $7 million annually, reports Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman."I'm so proud to be able to wear the Panther logo for a long time," Verhaeghe said following Florida's 6-4...

www.thescore.com

 

[Chainshot]

Would be real nice if this was the beginning of the end for Boston

I'll believe it only after it happens. And even then, I may doubt that it has happened.

 

[Rowley Birkin]

Panthers sign Verhaeghe to 8-year extension worth reported $56M

The Florida Panthers signed winger Carter Verhaeghe to an eight-year extension, the team announced Tuesday.The deal is worth $7 million annually, reports Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman."I'm so proud to be able to wear the Panther logo for a long time," Verhaeghe said following Florida's 6-4...

www.thescore.com

Carter Versteegie.

 

[Jim Bob]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844006864687964514

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844006514182509056

 

[joshjull]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844006864687964514

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844006514182509056

 

[TageGod]

Dodged a bullet with that contract I think.

 

[Caroline Says ll]

Before the season I made a bet(loser treats the other to wings on our bi-weekly wing night) with a Boston fan that the Sabres would finish above the Bruins in the standings. Yesterday helped my doom and gloom just a little.

 

[Jim Bob]

Kraken sign Joey Daccord to five-year, $5 million AAV contract

Seattle Kraken have signed goaltender Joey Daccord to a five-year, $25 million contract extension.

www.dailyfaceoff.com

 

[debaser66]

Dodged a bullet with that contract I think.

I rather catch some bullets and make the postseason

 

[TageGod]

I rather catch some bullets and make the postseason

Sadly, prime Ullmark is not going to be enough if Sabres don't get their act together.