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

[Jim Bob]

 

[Jim Bob]

On the heels of the rumor that Drury would be open to moving Kreider, he's day-to-day with an UBI and won't play tonight.

 

[DapperCam]

Wow, Tkachuk was throwing bombs there. How good would the Senators be with Brady watching from the press box with a broken hand?

 

[Sabre the Win]

Wow, Tkachuk was throwing bombs there. How good would the Senators be with Brady watching from the press box with a broken hand?

This is another example of a good player getting tired of losing, I think Dahlin's anger and dumb penalties plays into that as well.

These high draft pick kids are coming into the NHL to losing teams after winning their entire junior career and year after year they miss the playoffs.

 

[Fjordy]

This is another example of a good player getting tired of losing, I think Dahlin's anger and dumb penalties plays into that as well.

I'm not sure that anger and penalties are always connected. I don't really understand how penalties are connected, many players are take penalty, it's unlikely that an accidental throw of the puck is connected with anger, or a cross-check, which each referee interprets differently. Guys like Ekblad, Montour, Q. Hughes and a few other famous defensemen take as many penalties as Dahlin and some of them even more.

 

[Sabre the Win]

I'm not sure that anger and penalties are always connected. I don't really understand how penalties are connected, many players are take penalty, it's unlikely that an accidental throw of the puck is connected with anger, or a cross-check, which each referee interprets differently. Guys like Ekblad, Montour, Q. Hughes and a few other famous defensemen take as many penalties as Dahlin and some of them even more.

Not all cases are connected but a highly competitive person when faced with uncertainty about the outcome they can't control or when things aren't going their way by being down in score and losing can become irrational, irritable, annoyed in the heat of the moment and those can often lead to anger. Sometimes these traits can build up after years without winning and not making the playoffs.

These kids are highly competitive, it's just like watching some smash their controller or smash a keyboard because they lost at a video game. Usually they are mad at themselves for losing and by extension the controller or keyboard are the victim.

 

[Fjordy]

Not all cases are connected but a highly competitive person when faced with uncertainty about the outcome they can't control or when things aren't going their way by being down in score and losing can become irrational, irritable, annoyed in the heat of the moment and those can often lead to anger. Sometimes these traits can build up after years without winning and not making the playoffs.

These kids are highly competitive, it's just like watching some smash their controller or smash a keyboard because they lost at a video game. Usually they are mad at themselves for losing and by extension the controller or keyboard are the victim.

I agree with that and have said it before. I remember Eichel getting annoyed and even fighting with JEE, breaking sticks and stuff like that. I just wanted to clarify that not all of Dahlin's penalties are dumb and not all of them are out of anger. In fact, Dahlin is hitting a lot less this season than last season, I wonder what that has to do with it, maybe because of the injury he had before and at the beginning of the season.

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[Fjordy]

I wonder who else might be available, one of my favorite players is on the Rangers.

 

[Chainshot]

In the realm of... whaaaa?

 

[Fjordy]

In the realm of... whaaaa?

Trotz is crazy

 

[Chainshot]

Trotz is crazy

Dubas giving away picks is also weird.

 

[Fjordy]

Dubas giving away picks is also weird.

2027 4th... Well, it's not that close. He took a young player who still seems to have potential for cheap. That's what teams do when they're looking for good players. Columbus took Fabbro and he's doing well on the top pairing with Werenski. Devils trade 4th for Kovacevic and he looks like a monster. I don't see a problem with that, I like that kind of deal, finding a diamond for cheap, that's my thing.

 

[debaser66]

I wonder if Crosby will eversee the playoffs again

 

[Chainshot]

I wonder if Crosby will eversee the playoffs again

I’m leaning toward no.

 

[Willgamesh]

I wonder if Crosby will eversee the playoffs again

Yeah with the Sabres. :p

 

[Dingo44]

 

[Weltschmerz]

I’m leaning toward no.

we could send him a link to a stream

 

[Chainshot]

we could send him a link to a stream

That made me laugh harder than it should.

 

[Chainshot]

Do with this tidbit what you may.

 

[Chainshot]

• Vegas wins in SO over Philly.
• Wings beat the Islanders but at least it was in regulation.
• Lightning blew up the Avs 8-2.

 

[tsujimoto74]

We only dealt with Rolston for 20 games? .. Seemed so much longer.

I think that’s only measuring time in a “permanent” HC role and not counting time with an interim tag, which I think Garden Gloves had some of. Though tbf 20 games of him could feel like a lifetime so

 

[SharkInABoloTie]

Not getting a whole lot of help in the standings tonight

 

[Zman5778]

As of right now:

There are 7 teams in the East and 6 teams in the West with a positive net goal differential.

The Buffalo Sabres are 1 of those 13 teams.

 

[debaser66]

Things are super close still, they can't afford any sort of a slump.
goaltending is key to bail them out until Thompson comes back.