Aphrodite posted:

I heard it's free dog whistle night at the Bell Center.

DJExile posted:

https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/837462787886440448

oh god

JoelJoel posted:

Also, goalies get such great returns. Hell, he might even fetch a conditional 3rd if the bidding war really gets out if hand.

DJExile posted:

Yo Vegas sign this kid

Ginette Reno posted:

You didn't post the best part:

grack posted:

Tie up Emelin, dress him in a Bruins' jersey, leave him on Rue St. Laurent and let nature take it's course. Secondary option, dress him as a cop car.

Hand Knit posted:

It's five games without a point now, right? Yeah, it would be understandable if he was gassed now especially since he didn't even play the full Swiss season last year.

It's hard to think about it this way at this stage of the race, but the playoffs really are a luxury this year. The focus should already be on figuring out where to improve for next year. And, to that end, hopefully this stretch is making a couple things clear: Whatever role they want Polak and Hunwick to fill, they need much better players for it; and even if all the kids improve they probably have to upgrade on either Komarov or Hyman.

Hand Knit posted:

If he were really doing that, I'd think he would get more assists. Like, I get that he's theoretically there to handle the defensive load, but I think that the Leafs can fill that role with a player who does the same stuff but better.

Hand Knit posted:

A couple thoughts:

Bozak and JVR together is good inasmuch as both are trash defensively and would do best where they could be very sheltered. Kadri's also doing incredibly well right now while handling the toughs, and while I'm not against putting Marner with him, putting him with JVR would be at cross-purposes.

I like Soshnikov on the fourth line, inasmuch as it's a way to give the fourth line just enough offence that opposing teams cannot take them for granted. A Martin-Boyle-Hyman line could get a five minute powerplay and not score.

El Gallinero Gros posted:

Needs a waffle flying by

iospace posted:

Would you rather go to a game against the Senators or would you rather go to a game against the Sharks, assuming everything else is the same?

eXXon posted:

Leivo could easily take Hyman's spot, even on LW. Hyman's already a RW playing on his off wing so why not give him a shot? Move Hyman to 4th line RW where he belongs and sit Soshnikov for a bit.

Aye Doc posted:

https://twitter.com/amandacstein/status/842770481031843840

what a Dick. look at this Bad attitude. how could a player like this ever represent the legendary Habs fanbase?

A Typical Goon posted:

Is Zaitsev good though?

Chad Sexington posted:

I'm down. What's a potential jinx next to a debilitating curse?

yellowcar posted:

Maybe it'll undo his presidency.

Schlesische posted:

For the record, this isn't a "I HATE THE LEAFS BECAUSE THEY ARE TORONTO AND I HATE TORONTO", and - as noted the last time this came up - I don't read the Montreal Gazette and it's brethren, passing it over in favour of TSN, SN and the NHL website (the latter of which likes large market teams and superstars, fancy that).

Every sport has that team who eventually does well enough to the point where you're going to see a bandwagon the size of the moon ("They've been my second team this whole time, I swear" and reporters who usually seem pretty non-biased come out of the woodwork to fellate their team (and reporters who are biased to other teams will usually hop in on the love-in). And when it falls apart the media is going to hellfire and brimstone it down to try and reclaim their "unbiased values". Either way, this massive love-fest and bad poetry recital ends up generating a ridiculous and insulting amount of noise for the team that does it.

It's rarely the most successful teams because they tend to generate their own horrible, incestuous, shitfest of a media culture (see: Canadiens, Montreal; Yankees, New York; et al)

Hell, the Oilers are having a breakout year, but by comparison to all the "MATTHEWS FOR CALDER" and "LEAFS CAN MAKE THE PLAYOFFS IF..." talk, they're a loving submarine. Same for the storylines on the Flames and Islanders (who recovered from impressively bad starts), Wild and Blue Jackets (who seem to finally be overachieving/delivering on all that promise after years of underachievement and disappointment).

yellowcar posted:

no truck nuts

6/10

Suspicious posted:

Describe your team's offense with 1 emoticon. I'll start.

Habs -

ThinkTank posted:

Judging by the blood, I'd say he got a fair bit outta Methot's hand.

fits posted:

Koopa Kid posted:

N: Kasperi Kapanen was called up

V: that's good

N: he's skating on the fourth line and Ben Smith got moved up

V: that's bad

N: Andersen started practice

V: that's good

N: he left early and the nets belong to Curtis McElhinney and Garrett Sparks

V: that's bad

xzzy posted:

Spotted on reddit:



Goddamn Avs, at least pretend to try. If you aren't gonna play for the team at least play for yourself, try to put on a show so you have a job next season.

fits posted:

the colorado avalanche won a game

against the ....capitals??