Around the NHL 2024 - Offseason Moves

[Bringer of Jollity]

NHL scheduling is so weird. Two games on Friday, both east coast. Two games yesterday. Five games today, all 7PM EST starts. Obviously the lack of Sunday/Monday games is the NFL, and Friday is just a low viewer night in general...but the ratings aren't all that great for hockey anyway and you cannibalize your audience by going with 10+ games on other nights. I know there are arena availability issues, but otherwise even it up a bit and also give us at least one EST and one MST/PST game every night of the week.

 

[Armourboy]

Usually when someone's trying to be intellectually honest they at least try to gather information rather than dismissing it out of hand. That's a bullshit counterpoint and you should be ashamed.

I said up front with this:


" As I've said in the past, no matter what evidence someone might have, no one will ever convince me that lottery draft wasn't rigged. "

Yet you still felt the need to try

And I do not feel ashamed. I've listened to enough documentaries from Frontline PBS lately about Finance, Law, and the Government to not believe a dang thing that is put out in the media. They all will lie through their teeth if they think it will make them more money.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

And again...just 2 games tonight, both EST games. Couple that with the just 2 EST games on Friday and the NHL effectively conceded 4 of the 7 nights this week. Really stupid strategy.

 

[herzausstein]

And again...just 2 games tonight, both EST games. Couple that with the just 2 EST games on Friday and the NHL effectively conceded 4 of the 7 nights this week. Really stupid strategy.

NHL and AHL schedules early in this season are odd. Milwaukees first 2 games are a week apart (14th and 21st) followed by 3 games next week.

 

[Armourboy]

NHL and AHL schedules early in this season are odd. Milwaukees first 2 games are a week apart (14th and 21st) followed by 3 games next week.

Well there are teams in the NHL who have already played back to back games, which is nuts.

 

[Flgatorguy87]

Debrincat off to a hot start. That'll be one that I wish we could've made work.

 

[herzausstein]

Debrincat off to a hot start. That'll be one that I wish we could've made work.

I personally think we wouldve gotten rhe Ottawa version of DeBrincat not the current Detroit model.

 

[Flgatorguy87]

I personally think we wouldve gotten rhe Ottawa version of DeBrincat not the current Detroit model.

He's a finisher and has been when given correct opportunity. I'm not sure we have a finisher on the team currently. At some point we might have to figure out how to acquire one even if it means not every box is checked for desired player attributes.

 

[ShagDaddy]

Not exactly the change I was expecting.

 

[Flgatorguy87]

Not exactly the change I was expecting.

I thought it would happen for Tuesday night's game, but this is pretty close. He's going to be better and show more.

 

[herzausstein]

Not exactly the change I was expecting.

Goal scoring woes to be fixed with muscle bound fist pounding

 

[Olderfan]

Tomasino is headed toward The End at a steady rate. Surely so many people(Preds and fans) cannot be this wrong about a youngster. Preds have the worst luck with young forwards. Don’t give up yet, Preds! His potential, though waning, remains untapped. 4 games into a new system isn’t long enough but he’s truly showing very little.

 

[Armourboy]

Watching Columbus play tonight, even though they are winning this is kind of rough to watch. Stumbling, and bumbling is a pretty good description.

 

[BigFatCat999]

Watching Columbus play tonight, even though they are winning this is kind of rough to watch. Stumbling, and bumbling is a pretty good description.

Maybe but if they win they will be tied for the lead of the division.

 

[Armourboy]

Maybe but if they win they will be tied for the lead of the division.

Which is nuts cause they didn't look very good, Calgary just looked worse

 

[LCPreds]

Good for Travis. Also interesting to see he’s a UFA so basically has something to lose here.

NHL to review Pride tape use by Coyotes' Travis Dermott

The 26-year-old became the first known NHL player to use Pride tape after it was banned for use on the ice this season.

theathletic.com

 

[Armourboy]

Now we see what the NHL does. It's not a star in the league so they may not mind using it to flex some muscle. Not so much that its needed on this, but more for future things that may be banned.

Then again it's the NHL so I suspect they act like it didn't even happen. They can't even be consistent on easy things that are actually dangerous like putting an elbow in someone's face.

 

[101st_fan]

Good for Travis. Also interesting to see he’s a UFA so basically has something to lose here.

NHL to review Pride tape use by Coyotes' Travis Dermott

The 26-year-old became the first known NHL player to use Pride tape after it was banned for use on the ice this season.

theathletic.com

He was literally the ONLY player in the league using pride tape regularly throughout the season. Everyone else might put it on for a pride night. Not surprising he'd put some on his stick shaft.

 

[101st_fan]

McDavid out for 1-2 weeks ... not long enough to qualify for LTIR meaning the already limited Oilers are now down to 20 skaters per game due to their cap woes.

With our luck he'll return healthy, rested, and hungry just in time for our next matchup in early November.

 

[LCPreds]

He was literally the ONLY player in the league using pride tape regularly throughout the season. Everyone else might put it on for a pride night. Not surprising he'd put some on his stick shaft.

Good for him continuing to support what he believes in, despite what the league mandated.

 

[101st_fan]

Good for him continuing to support what he believes in, despite what the league mandated.

One player used a single wrap of a product mid stick ... the only player to have regularly used the product in the first place. Outside of one night a season, the players as a whole don't do a thing outside of contrived event nights ... and that applies to all of the theme nights. One player consistently with pride tape, none with a camo tape job, none with police or fire wraps, none with flag color wraps for Hispanic heritage month, none with a consistent purple stick wrap for the longest running specialty -- Hockey Fights Cancer.

A player using pride tape outside of a specialty night is more rare than a player opting out of a specialty jersey ... but nobody bothered to mention that for years because it doesn't generate the media controversy and therefore clicks.

 

[Legionnaire11]

Looks like NHL EDGE data is now available to the public, should create some interesting discussions around the league...

NHL EDGE Puck and Player Tracking Statistics - Home

NHL EDGE Puck and Player Tracking Statistics, including skating speed, skating distance, shot speed, shot and save location, and zone time for National Hockey League players and teams.

edge.nhl.com

 

[ILikeItILoveIt]

Good for Travis. Also interesting to see he’s a UFA so basically has something to lose here.

NHL to review Pride tape use by Coyotes' Travis Dermott

The 26-year-old became the first known NHL player to use Pride tape after it was banned for use on the ice this season.

theathletic.com

Please, can't we just play hockey. When leagues advocate political / social issues, it's a negative regardless of what your stance is. I have issues I'm passionate about, but I don't want my hockey team supporting my views, or a political / social cause. I want a better PK.

We've reached the point where, if the league/team doesn't outwardly support some political / social causes, it's the equivalent of supporting the opposite stance on those political /social causes.

How did we get here?

If you support this particular cause, that is your right. But ask yourself, which counter-to-your-beliefs cause would be a bridge too far for you? How about Donald Trump Bobblehead Night? Or Border Control Night? It becomes a circular firing squad, guaranteed to drive some portion of people away from the team and the sport for something that has nothing to do with the team or the sport.

However, sign me up for "Better Penalty Kill" Night.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Now we see what the NHL does. It's not a star in the league so they may not mind using it to flex some muscle. Not so much that its needed on this, but more for future things that may be banned.

Then again it's the NHL so I suspect they act like it didn't even happen. They can't even be consistent on easy things that are actually dangerous like putting an elbow in someone's face.

So far it seems like they are indeed going to act like it didn't even happen.

Dermott only had a little bit on the shaft of his stick anyway, so it was a bit of a trial run, testing the waters. Hopefully now that players see the league isn't going to do anything, they just open the floodgates.

 

[Viqsi]

Please, can't we just play hockey.

I'd like to but unfortunately my intrinsic existence is apparently a "political / social issue" and so it's verboten.

Seriously. This is one player, and yet you're still complaining about the League as a whole?