ATD Chat Thread XX

[seventieslord]

Wow, we're back to LW being pretty weak at the top.

 

[Leaf Lander]

So with Jordan Staal being so great in the cup finals is there any chance anyone selects him as a 4th liner checking role in future atds

 

[Leaf Lander]

Time to expand the all star format as the league is getting bigger every few yrs. They should recognize more players with first and 2nd all stars for both conferences.

 

[Professor What]

Time to expand the all star format as the league is getting bigger every few yrs. They should recognize more players with first and 2nd all stars for both conferences.

Not sure I'd go with conference all-stars, but I'd like to see an official third all-star team. I've kinda wanted that for a while though.

 

[Habsfan18]

Oldest Conn Smythe winner in history.

 

[Habsfan18]

Assuming we're not counting Lester Patrick's very brief emergency netminder stint in 1928, Jordan Staal's 17 seasons between two Cup wins (2009 and 2026) might be a new record. Unless I'm missing someone.

 

[Boreal01]

Assuming we're not counting Lester Patrick's very brief emergency netminder stint in 1928, Jordan Staal's 17 seasons between two Cup wins (2009 and 2026) might be a new record. Unless I'm missing someone.

It is, previous record was Chelios at 16 seasons (Montreal in 86 and Detroit in 02)

 

[Hockey Outsider]

Not sure I'd go with conference all-stars, but I'd like to see an official third all-star team. I've kinda wanted that for a while though.

They're not official, but I've kept track of them in this thread going back to 1968. (It's a few years out of date - I'll get around to updating it at some point).

 

[Habsfan18]

Its's the end of an era.

It has been "Hockey Night in Canada" in name only ever since the Rogers acquisition was made official back in 2013, but this is still sad news and very much signals the official end to an incomparable legendary branding that was HNIC. Nostalgia obviously plays a huge factor, but Saturday's just haven't been the same since Rogers/Sportsnet took over. I think Canadians can universally agree on this.

 

[Habsfan18]

 

[Michael Farkas]

Watching game 1 of the 1987 Norris Division Semifinal this afternoon...late in the 3rd, Detroit is whistled for a hand pass in their defensive zone and the announcers were like, "yeah, handpass..."

Did the NHL, at some point, come along and allow hand passes in the defensive zone since 1988 or more recent...? Anyone have a sense of this...?

 

[BenchBrawl]

Watching game 1 of the 1987 Norris Division Semifinal this afternoon...late in the 3rd, Detroit is whistled for a hand pass in their defensive zone and the announcers were like, "yeah, handpass..."

Did the NHL, at some point, come along and allow hand passes in the defensive zone since 1988 or more recent...? Anyone have a sense of this...?

I have a vague sense that it was always forbidden in the goalie crease, but not that it was forbidden in the defensive zone as a whole. Great question, I would like to know as well.