NHL 2015 - Weeks 1-27

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 9:43 am

I'm so excited to see a side-by-side of the Leafs' lines at season open and the last game of the year. Should be high comedy.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 10:14 am

BSF21 wrote:I'm so excited to see a side-by-side of the Leafs' lines at season open and the last game of the year. Should be high comedy.

And, let's not forget, as is their annual event, Lupul and Van Reimsdyk are shut down due to injury.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 10:22 am

sancarlos wrote:
BSF21 wrote:I'm so excited to see a side-by-side of the Leafs' lines at season open and the last game of the year. Should be high comedy.
And, let's not forget, as is their annual event, Lupul and Van Reimsdyk are shut down due to injury.

Yea. I burned a roster spot for 5 weeks on JvR before they finally came out and said he was done for the year. I have chosen to learn from this experience and dropped Ryan O'Reily today.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 10:51 am

BSF21 wrote:
sancarlos wrote:
BSF21 wrote:I'm so excited to see a side-by-side of the Leafs' lines at season open and the last game of the year. Should be high comedy.
And, let's not forget, as is their annual event, Lupul and Van Reimsdyk are shut down due to injury.
Yea. I burned a roster spot for 5 weeks on JvR before they finally came out and said he was done for the year. I have chosen to learn from this experience and dropped Ryan O'Reily today.

We'll have to get you into the Swamp league next season.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 1:53 pm

Degenj - you must be thrilled. I saw one Flames fan on twitter claiming that Jokipakka is already a better player than Russell.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 1:54 pm

Ryan Lambert said the same. Some team always makes the upgrade-age-downgrade-skill major trade. Fun that it wasn't us sending Kreider or Hayes for Staal.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 2:50 pm

sancarlos wrote:Degenj - you must be thrilled. I saw one Flames fan on twitter claiming that Jokipakka is already a better player than Russell.

yup, Russell isn't that good. He plays hard and blocks a lot of shots but the Flames never have the puck so somebody has to block those shots.

If the Stars make the Conference final, that pick is a first rounder (27-30)

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 3:11 pm

Hawks sign ECHL #1/ AHL #2 or 3 goalie to NHL deal for rest of season.

Hawks trade to get backup goalie from CAR.

Hawks have 7 goalies for 3 teams, and Crawford starts 85% of the NHL games. Hawks also have Visinten on IR.

????

Profit?

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 5:57 pm

Man this league is ridiculous sometimes.

3 hours after the deadline there is still a backlog of trades at the league office.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Mar 04, 2016 7:42 pm

FrankenKuznetsov!

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sun Mar 06, 2016 7:29 pm

The Red Rover, Red Rover defensive alignment.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 9:29 am

Caps and Anaheim with a relatively rare low goal thriller last night. Caps go coast to coast (travel wise) with I think their 5th game in about a week.

Man, I don't know if it's the ugly orange jerseys but Anaheim looks like it's full of giant ogre dudes. Just really big and fast.

But the Caps really held their own and Holtby, while not exactly struggling of late, still hasn't been as sharp after the ASG... Last night, after that first goal, he shut it down. And he was amazing in the shootout.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 9:42 am

Fantasy pickup of the year goes to:

Post by **brian** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 6:46 pm

Maple Leafs and Red Wings selected to play Jan. 1 in NHL Centennial celebration game at BMO Field.

Post by **brian** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 6:49 pm

NHL likely wanted a Canada/U.S. Original Six matchup for the game. Detroit the obvious choice on the U.S. side. Toronto edges out Montreal by virtue of a better outdoor stadium probably.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 6:52 pm

brian wrote:NHL likely wanted a Canada/U.S. Original Six matchup for the game. Detroit the obvious choice on the U.S. side. Toronto edges out Montreal by virtue of a better outdoor stadium probably.

Well, if the teams that always make the nationally televised NBC games are anything to go by, there were only seven contenders, really - Detroit, Toronto, New York Rangers, Boston, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and (by dint of their great tv ratings) Buffalo.

Post by **brian** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 6:56 pm

sancarlos wrote:
brian wrote:NHL likely wanted a Canada/U.S. Original Six matchup for the game. Detroit the obvious choice on the U.S. side. Toronto edges out Montreal by virtue of a better outdoor stadium probably.
Well, if the teams that always make the nationally televised NBC games are anything to go by, there were only seven contenders, really - Detroit, Toronto, New York Rangers, Boston, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and (by dint of their great tv ratings) Buffalo.

This is the NHL's 100th anniversary game. It was never going to be anything other than Original Six teams.

And, y'know...

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 7:01 pm

The Red Wings have been a great team over the years, no doubt. And, I love to watch Datsyuk. But you know, this season they are at real risk of blowing their consecutive playoff appearance streak.

Post by **brian** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 7:18 pm

sancarlos wrote:The Red Wings have been a great team over the years, no doubt. And, I love to watch Datsyuk. But you know, this season they are at real risk of blowing their consecutive playoff appearance streak.

Yes, I'm well aware of that.

Post by **brian** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 7:53 pm

If and when MLB has a "150th Anniversary" game in 2019 I'd hope the Yankees would be in. (Probably against the Reds I'd imagine).

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:14 pm

Yankees @ Red Sox, ceremony runs long, 8:47 PM EST first pitch.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:58 pm

The NHL only has 9 teams you know

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 12:23 am

Not to threadjack, but I assume they'd want to do AL/NL. Yankees/Reds or Yankees/Cardinals makes the most sense. MAYBE Yankees/Dodgers but that would be a distant third IMO.

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 12:27 am

degenerasian wrote:The NHL only has 9 teams you know

I really honestly seriously can't tell if you and SC are fucking with us or really believe this crap.

When the NFL has its 100th anniversary game in 5 years are they going to have a Jaguars/Seahawks game to celebrate it?

This is crazy, ridiculous shit here. Celebrate the teams in the leagues that have the most history. I fucking hate the Packers, but if the NFL has a centennial game to celebrate the league in 2021 it's probably going to be Packers-someone (probably the Bears, especially since AFC opponents are somewhat random).

I mean, c'mon now.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 12:51 am

If I can speak for both of us, our comments aren't about the 100th anniversary teams. We're not focusing our comments on this or any other specific event. Just a generalized sigh of acknowledgement that there are only 7 to 9 teams the NHL and tv ever have any interest in featuring.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 8:54 am

Those are the only teams on national tv.

Seahawks have been on tv a lot because they are the champs. The LA Kings two time champs are never on tv.

If the NBA ran their league like the NHL Golden State would never be on tv.

The Centenial game actually makes sense but the other games should be spread around more.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 9:29 am

Not saying there isn't a definite bias towards a certain few teams, but LA's start times don't exactly help. They pretty much have to be a road team on a national game.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:29 am

Sure, let the Kings be a road team in a national game. How do they show Golden State on ABC?
The Clippers are home on ABC at 12:30pm local this Saturday.

OR Why doesn't NBC run NHL games on Sunday night starting in March in the SNF timeslot? It's not like they're showing anything important.

6 Sunday nights to end the regular season showing contending teams that leads into the playoffs.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 11:01 am

degenerasian wrote:Sure, let the Kings be a road team in a national game. How do they show Golden State on ABC?
The Clippers are home on ABC at 12:30pm local this Saturday.

OR Why doesn't NBC run NHL games on Sunday night starting in March in the SNF timeslot? It's not like they're showing anything important.

6 Sunday nights to end the regular season showing contending teams that leads into the playoffs.

Because NBC tries to make money.

1.7 million viewers on Saturday night of Detroit and Colorado outdoors last month. NBC's best hockey result ever? 4.5 million viewers for 2011 Winter Classic.

A two-hour "Dateline" got 5.94 million viewers on Sunday night and was the highest-rated show among adults 18-49 during the 9-11pm time slot. A two-hour repeat of "The Voice" did almost as well from 7-9pm.

NBC is doing what is best.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 11:17 am

I don't understand the psychology of sports fans who need Kane to be innocent at the level of a parent in denial about a fucked up kid. "He wasn't indicted so he did not do it."

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 11:17 am

mister d wrote:I don't understand the psychology of sports leagues who need Kane to be innocent at the level of a parent in denial about a fucked up kid. "He wasn't indicted so he did not do it."

FIFY

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 11:19 am

DSafetyGuy wrote:
degenerasian wrote:Sure, let the Kings be a road team in a national game. How do they show Golden State on ABC?
The Clippers are home on ABC at 12:30pm local this Saturday.

OR Why doesn't NBC run NHL games on Sunday night starting in March in the SNF timeslot? It's not like they're showing anything important.

6 Sunday nights to end the regular season showing contending teams that leads into the playoffs.
Because NBC tries to make money.

1.7 million viewers on Saturday night of Detroit and Colorado outdoors last month. NBC's best hockey result ever? 4.5 million viewers for 2011 Winter Classic.

A two-hour "Dateline" got 5.94 million viewers on Sunday night and was the highest-rated show among adults 18-49 during the 9-11pm time slot. A two-hour repeat of "The Voice" did almost as well from 7-9pm.

NBC is doing what is best.

Chicken and Egg argument isn't it. Hockey won't be popular until it's on tv, tv won't put it on until it's popular.
For 4 to 6 weeks is it worth the risk to improve hockey ratings overall?

It's even easier this year with Washington in 1st place.

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 11:20 am

If the argument is that some other teams should be featured on NBC telecasts occasionally, sure (though DSafe's point is correct -- not a lot of people in Arizona or around the country especially give a fuck about the Coyotes for example).

If you're saying anything other than Original Six teams should be playing in a 100th anniversary celebration game then you're dead nuts wrong.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 11:22 am

brian wrote:If the argument is that some other teams should be featured on NBC telecasts occasionally, sure (though DSafe's point is correct -- not a lot of people in Arizona or around the country especially give a fuck about the Coyotes).

If you're saying anything other than Original Six teams should be playing in a 100th anniversary celebration game then you're dead nuts wrong.

The 100th anniversary game is perfect, but with that in mind Detroit should have played Dallas or Tampa at the Big House two years ago.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 11:23 am

degenerasian wrote:For 4 to 6 weeks is it worth the risk to improve hockey ratings overall?

Exposure isn't the reason hockey is 4th so, no, its probably not worth getting the same results you've gotten the past.

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 11:54 am

degenerasian wrote:
brian wrote:If the argument is that some other teams should be featured on NBC telecasts occasionally, sure (though DSafe's point is correct -- not a lot of people in Arizona or around the country especially give a fuck about the Coyotes).

If you're saying anything other than Original Six teams should be playing in a 100th anniversary celebration game then you're dead nuts wrong.
The 100th anniversary game is perfect, but with that in mind Detroit should have played Dallas or Tampa at the Big House two years ago.

Yeah, it's a little weird to reverse that game. Not sure the NHL had the 100th anniversary on their radar then. (Since it was in the Big House I personally think they should have played Columbus. Would have been a cheeky nod to the tOSU-UM rivalry).

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 12:10 pm

brian wrote:
degenerasian wrote:
brian wrote:If the argument is that some other teams should be featured on NBC telecasts occasionally, sure (though DSafe's point is correct -- not a lot of people in Arizona or around the country especially give a fuck about the Coyotes).

If you're saying anything other than Original Six teams should be playing in a 100th anniversary celebration game then you're dead nuts wrong.
The 100th anniversary game is perfect, but with that in mind Detroit should have played Dallas or Tampa at the Big House two years ago.
Yeah, it's a little weird to reverse that game. Not sure the NHL had the 100th anniversary on their radar then. (Since it was in the Big House I personally think they should have played Columbus. Would have been a cheeky nod to the tOSU-UM rivalry).

Yup forgot about Columbus. And the 100th anniversary has been on the radar for awhile, the NHL just didn't plan properly.

It really should have been an outdoor 100th anniversary all-star game instead of the winter classic.

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on another note, Wideman served the 19th of a 20 game suspension last night. The appeal is still being heard.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 5:55 pm

so the Centennial Game on Jan 1 in Toronto.

The Winter Classic is on Jan 2 at Busch Stadium. Guess who that are playing?

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mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Mar 11, 2016 9:09 am

Damn, people flooding the Kings stream is going to crash the internet.