THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 8:31 pm

Rope a dope 101

Hawks outshooting Flames 31-7. Flames lead 1-0

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:30 pm

Guessing the line for a 26 year old right D like Petry would be about 29 teams long.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:51 pm

Scary injury to Pascal Dupuis...

Pens melted down in the final 3 minutes or so.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 10:39 pm

rass wrote:Scary injury to Pascal Dupuis...

Pens melted down in the final 3 minutes or so.

Well that sucks. Hope he's ok. (Partly because he's on my fantasy team.)

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 9:24 am

rass wrote:Scary injury to Pascal Dupuis...

Pens melted down in the final 3 minutes or so.

That seemed to be a pretty awful call on the no-goal.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 6:36 pm

Anything for a buck, eh, Maple Leafs?

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 10:16 am

The NHL has a domestic violence case now,

It is really impressive that the NHL had the foresight to have such powers written into the CBA. That is a stark contrast to the NFL making it up on the fly.

Also, suspended NHL players count against the salary cap. The LA Kings now have less than $500,000 in free space with six active defencemen.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 10:46 am

So, contrasted with the Varlamov case, I wonder what's the difference. Just post-Rice or a worse report or some other detail that takes it from accusation to probable guilt?

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 10:52 am

I believe that Varlamov's gf was insane and was blackmailing him. I remember reading she pressed charges against him after he stopped giving her his credit card or something like that. And almost immediately the Avalanche said their investigation exonerated Varlamov

I believe that there must be more to the story. If it was just an allegation then I don't think the NHL would be suspending him so quickly. There must be some factual details that the press doesn't have yet.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 11:13 am

That's what I'm hoping for, that the league looked into both of these the same and saw tangible differences and thus acted differently versus "had the exact Varlamov incident taken place a year later, he would have been suspended as well".

(For the record, I was really pissed off that Varlamov was playing in the immediate aftermath, so I was pretty wrong about that one.)

TheHumanComa · Post by **TheHumanComa** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:17 pm

Jonathan Drouin is finally playing! I have him in all three pools I am in, so let's see what he can do! I had him in a pool last year too, did not win that one...

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:42 pm

TheHumanComa wrote:Jonathan Drouin is finally playing! I have him in all three pools I am in, so let's see what he can do! I had him in a pool last year too, did not win that one...

He's flying out there. Looks pretty good so far.

TheHumanComa · Post by **TheHumanComa** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:51 pm

govmentchedda wrote:
TheHumanComa wrote:Jonathan Drouin is finally playing! I have him in all three pools I am in, so let's see what he can do! I had him in a pool last year too, did not win that one...
He's flying out there. Looks pretty good so far.

He was in the first. This second period is all Oilers.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 10:30 pm

TheHumanComa wrote:
govmentchedda wrote:
TheHumanComa wrote:Jonathan Drouin is finally playing! I have him in all three pools I am in, so let's see what he can do! I had him in a pool last year too, did not win that one...
He's flying out there. Looks pretty good so far.
He was in the first. This second period is all Oilers.

And, how often does one get to say THAT?

TheHumanComa · Post by **TheHumanComa** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 10:47 pm

sancarlos wrote:
TheHumanComa wrote:
govmentchedda wrote:
TheHumanComa wrote:Jonathan Drouin is finally playing! I have him in all three pools I am in, so let's see what he can do! I had him in a pool last year too, did not win that one...
He's flying out there. Looks pretty good so far.
He was in the first. This second period is all Oilers.
And, how often does one get to say THAT?

Haha. True. But it is still Oilers in charge of this game. And Drouin seems to be the only Tampa player playing, he looks amazing! He's everywhere when he's on the ice! Picking up pucks behind his goalie, and intercepting passes in Edmonton territory. He deserves a point in his first NHL game or at least a star.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:48 am

Pavel Datsyuk (separated shoulder) may make his season debut tonight with the Wings in Montreal. Franzen (groin) to the short-term IR to make a roster spot available.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 10:06 am

TheHumanComa wrote:
sancarlos wrote:
TheHumanComa wrote:
govmentchedda wrote:
TheHumanComa wrote:Jonathan Drouin is finally playing! I have him in all three pools I am in, so let's see what he can do! I had him in a pool last year too, did not win that one...
He's flying out there. Looks pretty good so far.
He was in the first. This second period is all Oilers.
And, how often does one get to say THAT?
Haha. True. But it is still Oilers in charge of this game. And Drouin seems to be the only Tampa player playing, he looks amazing! He's everywhere when he's on the ice! Picking up pucks behind his goalie, and intercepting passes in Edmonton territory. He deserves a point in his first NHL game or at least a star.

i'm seeing Drouin in person tonight, should be a good one!

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:11 pm

The Pens farted away a regulation win while I was uploading this. Worth it?

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:16 pm

Dammit. WTF Martin?

TheHumanComa · Post by **TheHumanComa** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:30 pm

degenerasian wrote:

i'm seeing Drouin in person tonight, should be a good one!

How was it? He got a point!

TheHumanComa · Post by **TheHumanComa** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:50 pm

Montreal Canadiens tied for first place overall! First 6-1 start for them since 1977. Funny thing is, the only time they have held the lead in any of those 7 games is the first game against Toronto and they lost the lead pretty quick. Most of Montreal's wins are overtime or shootout wins after third period heroics.

TheHumanComa · Post by **TheHumanComa** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 9:08 pm

And the Canadiens stay tied for first overall after a win over the team that beat them in the conference finals last year 3-1! Beautiful short handed goal by Montreal to start the scoring. I'm liking this season so far!

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 4:00 pm

I want to go on record as hoping John Moore gets a legit suspension and the Quintal era is tougher than the Shanahan era.

Post by **brian** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 6:08 pm

Gordie Howe suffered a "serious stroke"on Sunday, according to his son. Get well soon, #9.

TheHumanComa · Post by **TheHumanComa** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 10:01 pm

Still scoreless after one between Habs and Canucks. Go Habs! I took a nap just to watch this game.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 10:26 pm

Flames have a new star in Johnny Gaudreau.

THC will get to see him on Sunday in Montreal.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 9:27 am

Nice to see he can still score away from Kevin Hayes.

(Also, Toronto fans are reeeeeeeallllllly mad at Lupul for letting a bone breaking in his hand, huh?)

TheHumanComa · Post by **TheHumanComa** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 9:58 pm

Don't know how the Canadiens got to the top of the standings but they are dropping fast. It is painful to watch them play lately. Losing 4-0 to Chicago right now. sorry 5-0! fuck..... They suck!!!! Hopefully I'll be back soon saying how good they are but they can't buy a goal

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 10:07 pm

TheHumanComa · Post by **TheHumanComa** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 10:33 pm

degenerasian wrote:

Haha. I think your team waved at mine after their elevator on the way up passed my teams elevator on the way down, after Calgary Whooped Montreal at home 6-2 Sunday.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 11:43 pm

I heard the crowd in Montreal wants Therrien fired.

If you didn't look at anything else, one would wonder why a coach who took a team to the ECF and an 8-4-1 record might be fired

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 8:39 am

That save by Hiller at the end of regulation was incredible

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 10:04 am

Congrats on playing 14 games Degen!

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 10:48 am

mister d wrote:Congrats on playing 14 games Degen!

Don't burst my bubble!

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 2:01 pm

http://www.nhl.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Please read the sidebar headlines now. Please. I'm really lucky no one is walking into my temp office.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 2:02 pm

Congrats so far, Degen. But, go check the Flames' record after 14 games last year. It was pretty good. But, did they make the playoffs last year? No, they finished with the 27th best record. Sorry, dude, I'm still looking for a reversion to the mean.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 2:20 pm

Not to mention this is a really, really great year to suck bad.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 2:48 pm

Ha, Pens extend MAF 4 years at $23MM.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 3:42 pm

sancarlos wrote:Congrats so far, Degen. But, go check the Flames' record after 14 games last year. It was pretty good. But, did they make the playoffs last year? No, they finished with the 27th best record. Sorry, dude, I'm still looking for a reversion to the mean.

Don't burst my bubble!!!!!

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 4:11 pm

mister d wrote:http://www.nhl.com/

Please read the sidebar headlines now. Please. I'm really lucky no one is walking into my temp office.

This was the article you were talking about right? (note different title than what was on the sidebar)
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=7376 ... l:topheads" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;