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NHL 2021: A Season by Any Other Name
« on: January 10, 2021, 04:33:54 PM »


Chara's gone :crazy

Season's shortened :shaq2

Bergeron's captain :jawalrus

Hockey's finally back on the menu, boys :rejoice

Games start on Wednesday! :D

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« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2021, 04:52:15 PM »
Red Wings gonna be fighting for 7th place in the division.

I ain't even mad. The rebuild continues

North Division preview

West Division preview

East Division preview

Central Division preview

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« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2021, 06:06:04 PM »
Oh captain my captain

https://www.facebook.com/16313679138/videos/702510747098486

Red Wings kicking off in an hour and a half. Yeah I know the season will be rough, but my excitement for the first game is still there.

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« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2021, 06:15:50 PM »
BRUINS!! :punch

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« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2021, 11:12:42 PM »
Bruins :lawd

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« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2021, 02:21:50 PM »
Bruins :shaq2

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« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2021, 09:54:56 PM »
Tasty!

Rask was so good in OT and the shootout

 :lawd Lovely goaltending

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« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2021, 09:58:47 PM »
He's been absolutely ace both games so far :win

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« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2021, 10:15:26 PM »
Bruins :rejoice


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« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2021, 02:19:12 AM »
McDavid baby  :o



I'm always down for seeing Toronto get clowned  :lol

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« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2021, 10:44:07 AM »


~1:15 crazy bounce

At that moment, the NHL as a Haikyuu/Inazuma-style anime flashed before my eyes. :lol

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« Reply #11 on: February 01, 2021, 10:49:52 PM »
0-3 comeback for a regulation win against the fackin' Caps :wong

Get fucked Chara (but not really still love you big Z) :umad

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« Reply #12 on: February 01, 2021, 10:56:52 PM »
Dang. I gotta see the highlights.

I've watched most of the Wings games so far. Now they have had players out due to Covid protocol (whatever that means), but they sit where you figured they would even this early on. At the bottom  ::)

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« Reply #13 on: February 01, 2021, 10:58:50 PM »
Dang. I gotta see the highlights.

I've watched most of the Wings games so far. Now they have had players out due to Covid protocol (whatever that means), but they sit where you figured they would even this early on. At the bottom  ::)



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« Reply #14 on: February 02, 2021, 07:33:51 PM »

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« Reply #15 on: February 06, 2021, 10:20:09 PM »
The urge to jinx this season is soooooo high lol. I dunno I just feel pretty good when I didn't expert to.

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« Reply #16 on: February 12, 2021, 12:05:57 AM »


Figured you would have shared this Tasty

 :lol :lol

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« Reply #17 on: February 12, 2021, 10:16:21 AM »
I was about to but forgot and fell asleep :lol His reaction :dead

Would be a much different vibe if they had lost :lol

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« Reply #18 on: February 13, 2021, 12:00:54 AM »


:D Love seeing the team more willing to get physical.

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« Reply #19 on: February 18, 2021, 12:08:02 AM »
The Wings, they can't score. This team is going to end up with the least goals in the league if things continue the way they are. And that seems almost like a certainty. It's rough and I know it's all part of the rebuild to expect massive struggles at both ends of the ice.

To put it in perspective. If the Red Wings score 3 or more goals, you can get free small curly fries at Arby's in the Detroit area. 3 goals. This ain't no dead puck era my friends. This team simply cannot find the back of the net on a regular basis.

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« Reply #21 on: February 19, 2021, 10:09:27 AM »
The urge to jinx this season is soooooo high lol. I dunno I just feel pretty good when I didn't expert to.

Damn it past Tasty :stahp

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« Reply #22 on: February 19, 2021, 10:09:46 AM »
Beauty

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twitter.com/cotsonika/status/1362456905843544065
 

Holy shit this is fukken bootyfull :o

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« Reply #23 on: February 21, 2021, 10:47:56 PM »


:o

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« Reply #24 on: February 22, 2021, 09:56:21 AM »
The NHL was right in trying to play these games originally in the early afternoon. It made for the best viewing experience both in terms of the scenery  and the ice. The shadows in yesterday's game during the daytime were a bit intrusive. Nighttime outdoor hockey was fine, but lacked the scenery.

Of course, the playing surface comes first and I fully understand why the games had to adjust their starting times. Awesome location, too bad the sun was beaming the whole time. Apparently it wouldn't have been too bad had there been some cloudy days here and there. I was paying too much attention to the ins and outs, but the NBC TV people mentioned that the weather was too nice for too many days leading up to the weekend.

Putting that aside. Pasta! Doing the country proud. For sure the best Czech player in the league so far this decade.

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« Reply #25 on: February 22, 2021, 11:35:26 AM »
Yeah this game was fakkin bootyful bro.

PASTA :mouf

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« Reply #26 on: February 24, 2021, 07:27:42 PM »
Whoa  :o

Our first coach firing.

Tasty your old boy bit the bullet.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/slumping-canadiens-fire-coaches-claude-151919341.html

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« Reply #27 on: February 24, 2021, 08:29:00 PM »
Whoa  :o

Our first coach firing.

Tasty your old boy bit the bullet.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/slumping-canadiens-fire-coaches-claude-151919341.html

Pretty sad end to a decent career. Fuck the Habs tho.

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« Reply #29 on: March 10, 2021, 12:16:23 AM »
Possibly huge news for the NHL in the US

https://sports.yahoo.com/report-nhl-signs-seven-year-broadcast-deal-with-espn-222207219.html

Plus, Emily Kaplan does a great job writing about the NHL for ESPN. They don't even deserve her with the trash (albeit, obviously financially successful trash) they put out there half of the time.


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« Reply #30 on: March 10, 2021, 12:20:07 AM »
Does this mean I can finally ignore the stupid bullshit NESN has been pulling with YouTube TV and just get YouTube TV with ESPN?

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« Reply #31 on: March 10, 2021, 03:33:31 PM »
An update to the confirmed info in an infographic:



Article from NHL.com:

https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-espn-disney-reach-groundbreaking-seven-year-rights-deal/c-322346092

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« Reply #32 on: March 11, 2021, 02:51:57 PM »
The combo on the hatty. No look between the legs pass  :lol. These two guys have it too easy against the Sens


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« Reply #33 on: March 24, 2021, 04:13:35 PM »
Haven't really been adding much of the bigger news (coaching changes if anything), but this one is pretty huge as I just started listening to the podcast Whistleblower that deals with the ref game fixing scandals of the NBA from the 2000s.

Tim Peel got caught manipulating the game too blatantly and has now reffed his last game

https://www.tsn.ca/campbell-referee-tim-peel-will-no-longer-will-be-working-nhl-games-now-or-in-the-future-1.1612683

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« Reply #34 on: March 24, 2021, 04:21:27 PM »
Damn, that's crazy :o

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« Reply #35 on: March 26, 2021, 07:11:50 PM »
Trade season is among us

https://www.tsn.ca/canadiens-acquire-eric-staal-from-buffalo-sabres-1.1614010

The lowly Sabres begin to send off players to greener pastures.

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« Reply #36 on: April 02, 2021, 02:18:13 AM »
Bally Sports, I hate you.

Worst TV sports broadcasting company in the US bar none.

They put the overlay on the bottom of the screen. Tasty, I know that might seem normal to you (I've watched NESN a few times this year). but no other sane company puts the overlay on the bottom of their screens for ice hockey. Absolutely unacceptable.

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« Reply #37 on: April 02, 2021, 09:12:39 AM »
At least you can watch it on your preferred provider. I've had to deal with DirecTV in lieu of YouTube TV not having a NESN contract. :maf

Also I guess I got used to the logo lol don't even know specifically what you're talking about, other than it being standard in all US broadcasts I think.

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« Reply #38 on: April 02, 2021, 09:48:38 PM »
At least you can watch it on your preferred provider. I've had to deal with DirecTV in lieu of YouTube TV not having a NESN contract. :maf

Also I guess I got used to the logo lol don't even know specifically what you're talking about, other than it being standard in all US broadcasts I think.

Apparently Bally Sports is severely limited on where they appear too. I watch through more sinister means.
But to understand what is causing all hockey fans stuck with Bally to lose their shit with all sports but especially hockey.


They chop off plenty of the ice surface instead of putting their overlay at the top where it doesn't interfere
Y'know, like any sane hockey production:









Le joke:


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« Reply #39 on: April 02, 2021, 10:23:47 PM »
:lol

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« Reply #40 on: April 09, 2021, 12:13:12 PM »
Beauty



By the way. Am I nuts or did you guys not have an obtrusive score bug before? This set up is really good. Yes I'm still losing my mind over Bally Sports blocking the ice.

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« Reply #41 on: April 09, 2021, 12:19:35 PM »
Like I said, I never noticed so I couldn't say. :P Only that it's gotten way better since the mid-2000s and the rise of HD broadcasts lol.

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« Reply #42 on: April 12, 2021, 12:57:04 AM »
The big get of the trade deadline? Taylor Hall goes to Tasty's Bruins.

ALL IN ON THE BOSTON TRAIN CHOO CHOO!!!

https://www.tsn.ca/buffalo-sabres-send-taylor-hall-curtis-lazar-to-boston-bruins-for-anders-bjork-second-rounder-1.1621992

One hopes that his struggles in Buffalo were merely that of a team with no chemistry and slumps. The kind of classic "when things go bad they go really bad" scenarios. Taylor should be motivated by several factors. Playing damn well so he can turn it into a hefty contract next year (likely for multiple years after seeing how bad things can go when signing a 1 year. Gotta cover your ass). And 2, he's on a real deal playoff team for the first time in his career. No disrespect to the other times he's been in the playoffs, but none of those teams were as strong as the Bruins.

His addition is a big boost that can help beyond the perfection line. It's most likely that you will see a two and two split. 2 guys plus someone from the perfection line and 1 perfection line guy + Hall + someone else.

Exciting.
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« Reply #43 on: April 12, 2021, 08:24:43 AM »
We got our asses blown out last night, gonna need all the help we can get.

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« Reply #44 on: April 12, 2021, 03:52:56 PM »
Aww yisss. Thank you Stevie Y.  :-*

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NHL Network's Kevin Weekes reports the Washington Capitals are set to acquire Anthony Mantha from the Detroit Red Wings for a package including Jakub Vrana, Richard Panik and more.

The deal is also believed to include a first-round pick heading to Detroit.
https://twitter.com/KevinWeekes/status/1381690672487489540

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https://twitter.com/DetroitRedWings/status/1381694893714763776
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« Reply #45 on: April 21, 2021, 12:10:16 AM »
Don't look now, but the Dallas Stars are heating up. I should know. They beat up on my Wings two games in a row. Kinda ugly games to be frank and today it was really bad defensive breakdowns on the Wings end. Still, Dallas had a decent Covid shutdown earlier in the season and it looked like they either might not recover from it in terms of getting back on track with momentum as well as with their play. I wrote them off and was ready to crown the Blackhawks as the surprise of the year.

Well they are a +17 in goal differential. Currently have 3 more points than the Blackhawks and are one point behind the 4th seed Predators. They also have 2 games in hand over the Preds. This race for 4th is getting very interesting in the Central Division. Really impressed how the Stars have turned their season around what with their compact schedule.

Also, I hope the Lightning and Panthers stay in the 3rd and second positions. I want to finally see the Florida duel in the playoffs.

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« Reply #47 on: April 27, 2021, 05:40:21 PM »
Update on the National TV rights going forward starting next season:

https://www.axios.com/hockey-nhl-broadcast-espn-turner-sports-a6bbf70f-e5c8-441c-bb51-983b6819c170.html

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Driving the news: Starting next season, all nationally-televised NHL games will be broadcast by ESPN and Turner Sports.

ESPN will pay $2.8 billion over seven years for the league's "A" package, which includes four Stanley Cup Finals. And yes, the theme song is coming back.

Turner will pay $1.57 billion over seven years for the "B" package. Games will be televised on TNT and TBS, and HBO Max will reportedly be included in some capacity.

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« Reply #48 on: April 27, 2021, 06:36:40 PM »
I'm sorry, I fucking love HBO Max.

Please tell me I can get mah B's there. :heartbeat

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« Reply #49 on: April 28, 2021, 11:50:41 PM »
I want that high quality HBO Winter Classic docu-series again. The motivation would be there as the Winter Classic games will be on the Turner channels.

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« Reply #50 on: May 07, 2021, 05:59:36 PM »
You guys see this shit? The DoPS wouldn't ban Wilson after his cheap shot and the Rangers came out to PLAY


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« Reply #51 on: May 14, 2021, 04:21:13 PM »
I did see that sheeeeeiiiit. Rangers dropped their coach, president and GM. Strange in a lot of ways. That team was a lot better this year than the casual observer might have thought. I mean if they were in a different division they would slide into the playoffs. But, we'll see how things go forward. Chris Drury is the new GM I think. I sort of left all the Rangers news behind me because....

NHL PLAYOFFS START SATURDAY BABYYYYYYY!


Schedule and bracket:

https://www.nhl.com/stanley-cup-playoffs

I have Tasty's Bruins winning it all this year, even though that East division is such a big question mark to me. Super excited for that Bruins/Caps series though. Which is the first and only playoff game this Saturday. Other series I'm most intrigued by in round 1 is Florida/Tampa. Mainly for the regional bragging rights.

For fun. My predictions for Rd.1:

North division

Leafs over Canadiens in 5
Oilers over Jets in 6
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East division

Penguins over Islanders in 6
Bruins over Caps in 7
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West division

Avalanche over Blues in 5
Golden Knights over Wild in 4
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Central division

Hurricanes over Predators in 5
Lightning over Panthers in 6
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« Reply #52 on: May 22, 2021, 12:19:44 AM »
Bruins a win away from clinching, Avs same thing, Jets giving the Oilers a scare (Oilers can't score).

Big news of the day though, Nazem Kadri, 8 game suspension.
https://sports.yahoo.com/news/nazem-kadri-suspended-8-games-for-head-shot-on-justin-faulk-031417320.html

For the casual fan you might think you've seen worse hits. Perhaps, but it's headshot and Kadri somehow has managed to get suspended twice in other first rounds. Don't know what's up with the dude in that regard. He's not one of those "plays on the edge" kind of players. He's not even a power forward you look to as a physical presence.

It won't affect the team at all against the Blues. The team will miss his skill in the following round though.

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« Reply #54 on: May 23, 2021, 11:04:38 PM »
Avs complete the sweep. Bruins move on in 5 (congrats Tasty). I wonder if that's the end of Chara's NHL career. I suppose there are several interesting questions about the Capitals roster going into next year. Ovie needs a new contract for starters.

Meanwhile, Edmonton loses in overtime after leading 4-1 in the 3rd period. What can you even say. They looked bad once the Jets got rolling. Like they were scared and just trying to survive. Well now you are a game away from being swept. That kinda bums me out cause I did want to see the Connor McDavid show. That won't happen now unless we witness a miracle. But like who loses 4 straight with a goalie that's a Vezina contender after being up 3-0? Uh... I know the Bruins did that in 2010, but I don't remember if Rask was a nominee that year. Doubt it as Tim Thomas would take over next year.

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« Reply #55 on: May 29, 2021, 01:00:12 PM »
Predictions for round 2 (North division still in round 1 because they started later):

East division:
Bruins over Islanders in 6

No need to underestimate the fellas from Long Island. They don't have superstars, but they aren't scrubs either. Extremely stingy defensively. So can they stifle the Bruins offense and more importantly the Bruins powerplay? Yes, but for how long? And to top it off Boston is defensively sound too. It seems like a series where if a goalie lets in a weak goal here or there it could sink the team in a series where goals will be hard to come by. But I figure they will be easier to come by for Boston, thus my choice.

Central division:
Lightning over Hurricanes in 6

There is so much to like about Carolina. If they win this series I wouldn't be surprised. But Tampa showed in the first round that they have been a good team all year long even with Steven Stamkos missing some time (the last month of the regular season. Can't remember if he missed some time earlier) and Kucherov who missed the entire regular season gave em an extra boost in round one that makes the defending champs look as dangerous as ever.

West division:
Avalanche over Golden Knights in 5

Maybe I'm giving Colorado too much credit. No Nazem Kadri who will miss the series due to suspension, but even then. I expect these games to be very close most of the time, but Colorado is on a roll and I don't think this very good Vegas team will be able to slow them down. Literally. Colorado is so shifty and fast offensively and Cale Makar on defense is scary in the offensive zone.

I'll pop up some bracket image update once the North division is settled for round 2. It could be decided tonight as Toronto and Montreal play game 6. the second round for the East division begins tonight as well.

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« Reply #56 on: May 31, 2021, 11:28:08 PM »
I don't even know what to say about Toronto anymore. National embarrassment. You aren't the only team that lost a key player either so you can't cry abut no Tavares. Unfortunately, Matthews and Marner couldn't score. Done deal. Matthews had just one goal in the series after being dynamite in the regular season.

So now for my prediction in the North division:

Winnipeg Jets over Montreal Canadiens in 5

Winnipeg were stellar against the top players against Edmonton. Who on Montrela comes close to McDavid and Draisatl (sp?)? Nobody. The Jets seemed like seasoned playoff vets too. You can say "ah, but perhaps Price will steal the series." Well the Jets have Hellybuck (sp?) in net who is likely even better in recent times.


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« Reply #58 on: June 03, 2021, 05:57:15 PM »
Yeah... I wonder how many games that will get him.

In the meantime, the draft lottery happened. Buffalo won the 1st pick. Something to look forward to in western New York I suppose. It's been a brutal 10 year stretch for the Sabres.

Second pick goes to the expansion franchise Seattle Kraken, 3rd pick Anaheim Ducks. My Wings got their usual 6th overall lol. I ain't even mad.

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« Reply #59 on: June 11, 2021, 12:22:37 AM »
Well, my bracket is now fully busted with Boston and Colorado wiping out in the 2nd round.  :-\

But hey. That's part of the fun of the NHL playoffs. There ain't no sure thing. With that the final 4 is:

Vegas vs Montreal

Tampa Bay vs. New York Islanders



I'm done predicting. I just know that I would like a Tampa/Vegas final.

Schedule: https://www.nhl.com/stanley-cup-playoffs/2021

Tampa and NYI kick things off on Sunday