2023-2024 NHL Season

GoodKarma · Post by **GoodKarma** » Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:43 pm

I went to the game last week against the Avs...despite being up 1-0 and 2-1 they just looked listless and flat. I can't believe Larkin makes that much of a difference. Almost looks like coaching is the problem to me.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Mar 13, 2024 2:41 pm

Practice fight today too.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Wed Mar 13, 2024 3:56 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 2:41 pm Practice fight today too.

Pushing and shoving, no punches thrown.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:11 pm

I distinctly heard Chiarot scream "I'M NEVER TALKING TO YOU AGAIN WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE FRIENDS EVER!!!" It seems pretty bad.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:25 am

So Tom Wilson is missing games due to a face infection from a high stick to the face.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:28 am

I bet he was drinking pee and got some pee in the wound

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:07 am

Was at the game last night and Vegas looked horrible. They might not get in if this continues and Minnesota plays better.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:28 am

Which would be objectively pretty funny.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:00 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:29 am
sancarlos wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:14 pm Well, DSafe, Dylan Larkin may be the most valuable player, because the Wings can’t win without him.
2-8 this season without him, which goes to 2-10 if you include the two games in which he has been injured and did not return. Athletic had a column today about their slide and how his absence has been a big part. (I have 30-day passes, if anyone is interested.)

Up to seven straight losses (home-and-home against the Coyotes!) and the Wings have been outscored in the last five without Larkin, 27-9.

Is that good?

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Mar 15, 2024 1:17 pm

Owned by the Coyotes!

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sat Mar 16, 2024 4:45 pm

More like SHITTSburgh.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:09 pm

1) I was very down on the Caps early on. Addition by subtraction and now they are playing a very solid style. I hate to say this, but Backstrom being out was already a net positive, and then you have Oshie out for extended amounts of time, which is allowing the young guys (many of whom played on the AHL championship team last season) to shine.

2) Along those lines, Kuznetsov was a disaster this season, as previously noted. He has scored 2 goals with 3 assists with the Canes in 7 games. He really needed to do whatever he needed to do to get his head right and hopefully he can sustain his newfound success down there.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Mar 21, 2024 1:35 pm

Looks like Tom Wilson is back too.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:55 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 1:35 pm Looks like Tom Wilson is back too.

6 games...

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:19 pm

I kinda honestly believe Tom Wilson was shocked by what Tom Wilson did. Real progress.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:48 pm

Ovi
8 goals in his first 43 games
18 in his last 24 (including 8 goals during his current 5-game goal streak)

Caps have the 2nd wild card spot, 2 points back of 3rd place with 2 games in hand. Fun run into the end of the season. Great time for fios to drop the channel that has the games...

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:06 pm

Huge win for the Caps tonight. And they look like a completely different team than from October/November.

Shedding some guys and allowing some of the youth to step forward... This is a fun team to watch. Crazy, given what I saw (and posted about) early in this season.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:46 am

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:06 pm Huge win for the Caps tonight.

And the Wings now get Carolina, Florida, and Tampa on the road. It was a nice ride while it lasted.

Post by **brian** » Sat Mar 30, 2024 6:45 pm

I can’t figure out whether to laugh at the Wild for not trusting they could get a win in OT/SO or applauding their balls but they probably eliminated themselves with that stunt today.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:03 pm

brian wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 6:45 pm I can’t figure out whether to laugh at the Wild for not trusting they could get a win in OT/SO or applauding their balls but they probably eliminated themselves with that stunt today.

Such a low percentage gamble.,,

Post by **brian** » Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:33 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:03 pm
brian wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 6:45 pm I can’t figure out whether to laugh at the Wild for not trusting they could get a win in OT/SO or applauding their balls but they probably eliminated themselves with that stunt today.
Such a low percentage gamble.,,

Smarter move would be to pull the goalie at end of regulation I think. If it works they get 2 pts and Vegas 0. And the game could still end up going to OT anyway.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:30 pm

Oh come the fuck on with the He Gets Us ad right in the middle of the ice, D. Yes, I'm irrationally blaming you for this.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:06 pm

mister d(olan)

Have tix for the game at the rock tomorrow night.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:24 pm

Jerloma wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:30 pm Oh come the fuck on with the He Gets Us ad right in the middle of the ice, D. Yes, I'm irrationally blaming you for this.

The worst part of these Knicks and Rangers seasons is I really felt like Dolan might be getting ready to sell.

(The best part is all the winning.)

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Apr 02, 2024 5:53 pm

rass wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 7:47 am My wife's coworkers had an outing at what turned out to be a pretty entertaining VGK/NJD game last night and besides wandering around until I found a food counter serving a hefty plate of made-to-order disco fries (think NJ poutine) for only $10 the best thing I saw (non-game action category) was this:

Still the best deal in the arena.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Apr 03, 2024 6:20 pm

The start of the Rangers-Devils game was right out of Slap Shot. Hilarious shit.

This sport is so weird.

Edit:

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:15 pm

Rempe and Marino are both lucky they still have their full faces. Rangers losing their two worst Fs and a badly struggling Trouba isn’t the worst thing but 4 D for 59:58 isn’t great.

(And Cuylle easily could have gotten more for his boarding. Deserved the punches he ate.)

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:20 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:15 pm Rempe and Marino are both lucky they still have their full faces. Rangers losing their two worst Fs and a badly struggling Trouba isn’t the worst thing but 4 D for 59:58 isn’t great.

(And Cuylle easily could have gotten more for his boarding. Deserved the punches he ate.)

What the hell were the coaches screaming at each other about after? Did someone abandon the script? Was it just supposed to be the to let the 2 goons fight and one of them saw a chance to get some valuable ejections?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:29 pm

Without knowing the answer, NJ has a lot more to yell at NYR about than vice versa. Rempe deserves to get the shit kicked out of him by then and then some. And if Vesey wasn’t responsible for the line brawl, he knew it was coming and clearly tried to get a jump.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:04 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:29 pm Without knowing the answer, NJ has a lot more to yell at NYR about than vice versa. Rempe deserves to get the shit kicked out of him by then and then some. And if Vesey wasn’t responsible for the line brawl, he knew it was coming and clearly tried to get a jump.

Right, so is the implication that Vesey was the Ranger's best player on the ice and therefore intentionally tried to engage first so he wouldn't be ejected?

That actually makes sense because Rempe clearly backed off and waited after the puck dropped.

Another question...is just skating away after someone throws down their gloves ever a thing or is there some sort of alpha-male, emasculatory, bullshit, unwritten rule about that?

Also, if you're swinging fists at a helmet, doesn't it make more sense to keep your gloves on?

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:12 pm

Jerloma wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:04 pm Another question...is just skating away after someone throws down their gloves ever a thing or is there some sort of alpha-male, emasculatory, bullshit, unwritten rule about that?

I think there are lots of occasions where one guy challenges another but gets turned down. In that case gloves are generally not thrown down. Gloves go off when a guy anticipates a fight, or if the guy is so angry that he’s throwing hands whether the other guy does or not.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:17 pm

Nah, we would have kept Miller if anyone. More than Vesey doesn’t fight and maybe thought his best chance was diving right in.

You can definitely skate away if the other guy drops, but Rempe couldn’t. He had to answer for a lot there.

Post by **brian** » Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:35 pm

Barclay Goodrow has doubled his goals for the season in less than 20 minutes of game time.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:14 pm

brian wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:35 pm Barclay Goodrow has doubled his goals for the season in less than 20 minutes of game time.

I’ll always love Barclay Goodrow for his playoff heroics for the Sharks. Getting to be a long time ago…

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:57 am

I wonder how often a forward doubles their season goal total in their 75th game. Like I’m sure plenty of 3rd pair D score their 2nd of the year late, but has to be pretty rare up front.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:59 am

(Just looked. Going into last night he was last in goals for forwards over 750 minutes played.)

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Apr 06, 2024 1:39 pm

Do it for Mr and Mrs Malkin

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:57 pm

In their last 13 games, San Jose is 0-11 against non-St. Louis teams, 2-0 against the Blues.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:28 pm

This is the best that the Rangers, Knicks and Yankees have been collectively since 1994. I'd hate to be whoever OJ's dating right now.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Mon Apr 08, 2024 8:56 pm

I'll take a point on the road against Toronto but still...fuck. They had the ice tilted their way for most of that game.

Sid had about a 4-5 minute stretch in the second where he got fucked up 3 times. He got hit with a high stick right in the mouth but dude was swinging at the puck and just slammed the puck into his mouth with his stick. Bleeding too so went from a double minor to no penalty.

They still need to rebuild desperately but if they can pull this off it would be so cool.