The Swamp

MaxWebster wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:33 am
man i've really developed a hatred for this league

This past summer I consciously decided to take a big step back from following NHL hockey. The cowardly caving to homophobia was probably the final straw, but certainly not the only straw. Then add all that corporate shittery with what looked like the beginning of a long and depressing Jets swoon, and I had no interest at all coming in to the year.

So of course the Jets unexpectedly re-sign Scheifele and Hellebyuck and go on to be likeable and good and suck me back in nightly.

Still don't regret dropping all the hockey twitter follows and a half dozen podcasts though. The league (and sport, really) has dug its own grave in my books.

How many games? NHL Wheel of Justice.

That should and actually could be 10+. That’s back from the Matt Cooke era.

15

Can’t even argue he was trying to make a play on the puck/player. Should be at least 10

Just horrible. I’ll be pissed if they go easy on him “because he doesn’t have a history of this sort of behavior.”

don't want to drag this down on all the reasons although the ones you hit upon are obviously on the list - yours is a completely understandable reaction; e.g. i'd be hypocritical/lying if i thought i wouldn't be deep in it if the Sabres were in a playoff spot. honestly trav keeping an eye on the shockingly-fantastic season the Jets are having is one of the few threads I have followed this year.

On that note ... the circle of moves Winnipeg has made in the Patrick Laine chain of events is staggering - if you'd have thrown out these names just 3-4 years ago you'd never suspect how much they won all of these deals - impressive.

would be nice to see one of these powerhouse canadian teams at least make it to the finals this year; 15 straight for the Oil! (sorry degen); more riots in my old city of Vancouver! (...ok let's not). As a shit-throwing Sabres fan I would also sincerely love to have the Leafs finally make the finals - the only thing I can think that might move the management/ownership needle here is even *more* regional embarrassment.

travzilla wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:51 pm

MaxWebster wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:33 am
man i've really developed a hatred for this league

This past summer I consciously decided to take a big step back from following NHL hockey. The cowardly caving to homophobia was probably the final straw, but certainly not the only straw. Then add all that corporate shittery with what looked like the beginning of a long and depressing Jets swoon, and I had no interest at all coming in to the year.

So of course the Jets unexpectedly re-sign Scheifele and Hellebyuck and go on to be likeable and good and suck me back in nightly.

Still don't regret dropping all the hockey twitter follows and a half dozen podcasts though. The league (and sport, really) has dug its own grave in my books.

you guys are funny, this is the NHL

I'm definitely closer to "hate the league, love the sport" than I am to turning it off. If they hadn't taken drastic steps to clean up the game (as evidenced by the Gallagher hit being a massive outlier and not a typical worst-hit-of-the-week) I might be further away.

see what happens when your team goes 13 years without a playoff appearance (oh that's right it has literally never happened before)

Yeah I have to find my way back in - i think it's time to get back to college hockey. Arguably the biggest BC vs BU matches in their regular-season history are tonight and tomorrow, I'm thinking I need to subscribe to ESPN+ for a week seeing as that's the only way to watch them...

mister d wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 10:18 am I'm definitely closer to "hate the league, love the sport" than I am to turning it off. If they hadn't taken drastic steps to clean up the game (as evidenced by the Gallagher hit being a massive outlier and not a typical worst-hit-of-the-week) I might be further away.

5 games (or less?)! What bullshit.

JFC.

And Chytil went down again just skating with the scratches. No one seems to know exactly what happened although some reports are a leg injury, which I really hope it is no matter how bad. He's in the range of serious lifetime problems with concussions.

mister d wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 12:21 pm JFC.

And Chytil went down again just skating with the scratches. No one seems to know exactly what happened although some reports are a leg injury, which I really hope it is no matter how bad. He's in the range of serious lifetime problems with concussions.

If the Rangers don’t get their act back together, they won’t even beat bottom feeders like San Jose…
oh, wait!

Yeah, you guys were the exception. Usually they go down early and then decide if they want to come back.

5 games it is

So nice to have Adin Hill back.

Weird to say as a Rangers fan but good to see Trouba finally get suspended.

Feel like he’s gotten away with worse before so this might have been the DPS “makeup” call.

Usually there’s the gray area of the open ice hit. This was just an elbow coming right behind one of the two important Canadian teams losing a guy to an elbowing suspension.

This pass, you guys...

confirmed

Can’t believe no one gave the Flames a heads up

Well the Flames are garbage, they don't know what's going on most of the time.

This was a massive PR blunder. There were no legal grounds to cite mental health in the initial release. It's a horrible look, and the organization is now being subject to criticism and ridicule that it deserves.

degenerasian wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 5:16 am Well the Flames are garbage, they don't know what's going on most of the time.

This was a massive PR blunder. There were no legal grounds to cite mental health in the initial release. It's a horrible look, and the organization is now being subject to criticism and ridicule that it deserves.

I was going to say the same thing. It is such a disservice to claim it’s a mental health issue when it isn’t.

Mister D said all that a week ago. He's really smart.

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 2:24 pm Mister D said all that a week ago. He's really smart.

Honestly, you do indeed deserve credit for that.

sancarlos wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 2:16 pm

degenerasian wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 5:16 am Well the Flames are garbage, they don't know what's going on most of the time.

This was a massive PR blunder. There were no legal grounds to cite mental health in the initial release. It's a horrible look, and the organization is now being subject to criticism and ridicule that it deserves.

I was going to say the same thing. It is such a disservice to claim it’s a mental health issue when it isn’t.

Especially when you have a guy Kylington, who was just off 20 months due to mental health reasons.

How lame is this



Another half-pregnant NHL thing. We want to spread the game globally but no developing teams in our tournament!

So Calgary traded Monahan and a 1st to Montreal just so they could take him.

Today, Montreal trades Monahan to Winnipeg FOR a 1st round pick.

Fucking Treliving.

degenerasian wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:54 am Another half-pregnant NHL thing. We want to spread the game globally but no developing teams in our tournament!

There's a time and place for both, right? Wasn't the greatest thing in hockey history a 6-team tournament?

degenerasian wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 12:48 pm So Calgary traded Monahan and a 1st to Montreal just so they could take him.

Today, Montreal trades Monahan to Winnipeg FOR a 1st round pick.

Fucking Treliving.

Really glad the Rangers avoided this one.

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 1:16 pm

degenerasian wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:54 am Another half-pregnant NHL thing. We want to spread the game globally but no developing teams in our tournament!

There's a time and place for both, right? Wasn't the greatest thing in hockey history a 6-team tournament?

There really were only 6 countries back then that could roster a team and the world wasn't global like it is now. And the Canada Cup didn't pretend to be a global tournament, it was an invitational to make Alan Eagleson money.

So even though it created the greatest hockey and great memories, it was run by a crook. We are not in those times anymore.

The bigger news is that the NHL is going to the Olympics in 26 and 30. So why do we need a 4 team tournament in 25?

Stolen two points for the handsome boys in blue and red.

GFD, nasty looking leg injury for Sergachev in his first game back in 17 games. Taken off on a stretcher and in tears.

Man, that one doesn’t look like 17 games.

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:02 pm Man, that one doesn’t look like 17 games.

Nope. It sucks, he's one of my faves.

As soon as I read reverse hit I assumed it was going to be a shit move from Laf but … I don’t see it? Didn’t rise up, didn’t undercut and it wasn’t a case of slamming into an unsuspecting guy who is coming in for a board battle. Just really bad luck with the toe pick.

Laf seemed pretty broken up about it. Everyone did, really. Wasn’t long after that that Gustafsson took a puck to the face, and Kuch seemed more concerned about him than the play, for a second.

And yes, just bad luck. Didn’t see any intent to injure or recklessness in the hit.

Yeah, it seemed like Laf and Trocheck both stopped playing pretty quick.