Preseason!

[tanti9]

It is that time of the year as hockey is in the air. This weekend are many Prospect tournament and training camp around the corner. Do you take much stock in training camp and pre-season games? If I remember correctly the Canucks were 2-4 last year and after a 10-0 drubbing by the mighty Calgary Flames there was some angst among Canuck fans. I personally put little stock into pre-season games until the final 2. Heck I remember a couple of years ago Dylan Holloway scored a hat trick versus Vancouver and Edmonton fans were ecstatic and believed he was going to be a good piece moving forward. There are many examples like this on every team. But, you have to like everyone's enthusiasm at this time of the year as most fans have an optimist look on their team after adding new players and implementing young rookies into their lineup or new coaches, managers, etc. How are you feeling?

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[HockeyVirus]

Stock meaning I think it has any bearing on how the season goes? Absolutely not.

Stock as in I like to see how guys are developing and I just like hockey being back? 100%

 

[Suntouchable13]

0 stock, haven't watched a preseason game in years. Maybe I will tune in this year for a few Leafs games since the Jays are not in a playoff race for the first time since 2019. Not feeling optimistic about the Leafs to say the least.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Its meaningless in determining how good the team will be during the season but its nice to see where the guys who are on the cusp of making the team are in their development

 

[tarheelhockey]

I put stock into what they tell me about prospects who haven’t seen NHL ice yet, or ones who are supposed to be close to making the roster.

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

It’s completely meaningless outside of the team being able to practice and try to get on the same page on what to do, and getting a feel for the game again of course after the time off.

Teams have swept preseason and sucked. Teams have lost out and been fine once the real games start. Players have looked great putting up points then fade in October.

 

[Sol]

Oh great hockey season is around the corner… ugh.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

I remember when Vladimir Tkachev lit up preseason for the Oilers only to have his contract rejected by the NHL.

 

[Sniper99]

Oh great hockey season is around the corner… ugh.

hooorrrayy for cold weather also around the corner. Hazaaaaah!!!! f***!

 

[Coffee]

0 stock, haven't watched a preseason game in years. Maybe I will tune in this year for a few Leafs games since the Jays are not in a playoff race for the first time since 2019. Not feeling optimistic about the Leafs to say the least.

Trade Reilly then and reshape the defence if you think there’s no hope

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Pre-season hockey use to be pretty good in that the skill was lower, so there were more chances. People really wanted to show what they had, so there was physicality, animosity and fighting.

Didn't the John Scott - Phil Kessel scrum happen in pre-season ?

Now pre-season kind of sucks. Last year, or the year before when that Kings nobody hit Stone and got him pissed was good, too.

Need more of that.

 

[JianYang]

No stock. It's just an opportunity to watch some young guys.

But when the preseason starts winding down and you see more and more veterans, it gets to be pretty boring and you just want to fast forward to the season.