Around the NHL 2024/25

[Jet]

And if it's your best player getting worked up after a hit, you want him tossed? They fight, they fight. Big effing deal. The league already has too damn many penalties IMO. Like knocking the stick out of a player's hands, or the puck over glass are a couple that spring to mind.

I love the penalty for clearing the puck out of play. That, not allowing a change after an icing and removing the red line have done a tonne to restore offense after the dead puck era.

Was it ever really that big a problem that they had to turn it into a penalty? Sure, the odd intentional flip out happened. But when you're in the typical underlying situation of being under heavy pressure in your own zone, flipping the puck over the glass isn't a gimme. You run the risk of an unknown bounce off the glass that could be to your detriment instead of looking for safer clearing attempts.

No, it does not deserve a penalty. Treat it like icing so the defending team can't make a change. That's sufficient.

Oh man it was a huge problem. The last 10 minutes of a game the team study the lead world just flip it out or ice it with impunity. Just ruined the end of the game

 

[Jets 31]

If the cap goes up next season as much as some are saying it should be fairly easy to get Ehlers signed.

 

[bustamente]

Not the first predatory hit by Reaves wont be the last. He loves taking runs at players and the refs usually look the other way

 

[Gm0ney]

I love the penalty for clearing the puck out of play. That, not allowing a change after an icing and removing the red line have done a tonne to restore offense after the dead puck era.


Oh man it was a huge problem. The last 10 minutes of a game the team study the lead world just flip it out or ice it with impunity. Just ruined the end of the game

Crazy how many rule changes they brought in after the 2004-05 lockout. Big modernization that made the game better and more fun. Strangely, goalscoring didn't really jump to pre-dead-puck-era levels again until 2018-19 - which coincided with some more goalie equipment changes (although they made a ton of those in 2004-05 as well...maybe they're using advanced stats or all that puck tracking tech now to figure out where to shrink goalie equipment to have the biggest impact)

 

[voyageur]

If the cap goes up next season as much as some are saying it should be fairly easy to get Ehlers signed.

For the star players it's certainly looking like a promising time to cash in. Free agent crop will be better than the one with Ladd and Lucic, and all those guys who cashed in, and went nowhere.

Be interesting to see how it all unfolds. What are KC and Ehlers worth on the open market? Jets are lucky or smart maybe, that they got guys like Hellebuyck, Scheifele, Morrissey and Lowry to sign contracts that didn't leave the team handcuffed for future investment or improvement. And I think that's part of Winnipeg's success strategy.

 

[Thechozen1]

Divisional/wildcard foes….

Stars lose to the Ducks
Avs beat the Flyers

Oilers shutout by Montreal

 

[bustamente]

Dallas must really suck losing to the Ducks on home ice.

 

[bustamente]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1858727930966462505

 

[LowLefty]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1858727930966462505

That looked strange - he didn't twist his foot / ankle in the replay and no knee contact.

 

[bustamente]

That looked strange - he didn't twist his foot / ankle in the replay and no knee contact.

It looked like the contract forced his knee to bend inward a bit and he's in some pain. Not a doctor possible MCL?

 

[LowLefty]

It looked like the contract forced his knee to bend inward a bit and he's in some pain. Not a doctor possible MCL?

Yeah, could be - but I've never seen that sort of contact be an issue - must have tweaked it some how and sometimes you can't always tell from replays

 

[bustamente]

Yeah, could be - but I've never seen that sort of contact be an issue - must have tweaked it some how and sometimes you can't always tell from replays

All I know is that Ovi is one tough SOB, whatever happen felled him quickly and to stay down make it seem serious.

 

[Gm0ney]

For the star players it's certainly looking like a promising time to cash in. Free agent crop will be better than the one with Ladd and Lucic, and all those guys who cashed in, and went nowhere.

Be interesting to see how it all unfolds. What are KC and Ehlers worth on the open market? Jets are lucky or smart maybe, that they got guys like Hellebuyck, Scheifele, Morrissey and Lowry to sign contracts that didn't leave the team handcuffed for future investment or improvement. And I think that's part of Winnipeg's success strategy.

Hey, PuckPedia has an Agent Leaderboard: https://puckpedia.com/agents

Brisson and Oster running away with it...