The NHL Thread

friday fight night early and often. this can't end well...

How that’s not a 5 minute major ?

getting the puck off of barkov ... mission: impossible

guessing he'll be a t5 xg cat once again tonight

if the rangers can't win this one they won't win a game this series (yeah I know bold prediction cotton)

lol bob

Talking has started in regards with Max Domi and Bertuzzi and the Leafs, both want long-term deals and the Leafs are still crazy about long-term deals for some reason. So it works there, but the money may not work.

I am meh on Bertuzzi but I really really want Max to stay and hope something can be worked out.

Yeah, Leafs need to keep spending on forwards

Edit: Not to mention, a couple of 29yos

so the czechs hammered the swedes 7-3 in one semi of the world championships, and switzerland just beat canada in a shootout in the other. host czechs haven't won since 2010, while switzerland has never won gold. glgl

the brad treliving era is going to be a beautiful thing for laffs haters

Wonder what Hammerhands thinks of the new Winnipeg coach?

For ****s Sake I cant handle a Swiss title. Save us Pasta

I remember when he was a rookie.

My mother said she has dealt with the guy, she liked him.

They didn't lose much when Bonus was away. He was the next best guy in the AHL for a while.

How are they going to fix the PP & PK? Can he get the same D-men to sort out their duties quicker?

For a long time it seemed like Carlyle and the Jets couldn't find the right timing to get together. I guess he didn't want the job. Nobody seems to want the job.

How is anybody 6%, or even 14%?

playing extremely poorly i suppose

like when they were on the ice they got 6% of the expected goals, and their opponents got 94%. you wouldn't think it'd be possible to play that bad, but i guess it is

Vesey is out week to week, so I guess that problem is solved.

Thx for doing these writeups, I find them really interesting.

Hyman backs into the goalie, "Hyman upset."

cool, thanks 👍

yeah after i posted that i remembered that i saw vesey only played 6 minutes, but i didn't know if he got injured or benched. easy to have bad results in such a small sample. so lets take white ryan reaves (matt rempe) for example, who played a little bit more, 10 minutes:

5 shot attempts for, 15 against
3 shots on goal for, 5 against
0 scoring chances for, 6 against
0 high danger chances for, 4 against

= 17% expected goals for, 83% against

so that's basically what xg is saying

Grunch:

I don't watch Hockey very much, but shouldn't teams pull the Goalie with like 10 minutes left. Sorry for the stupid question.

That's why. 😆

Someone's done the math. It used to be done with 1 or 2 minutes left, now they do it at 3 or 3.5.

I think the math says 4.5 or something. No, like 12.5 minutes.

anyone wanna guess which team won the xg or who the best/worst players on either team were before i look it up? could be a fun game lol

my layman's unscientific answer...it's easier to score an empty goal than to score a goal with a man advantage.

I meant when they were behind in the third period. Sorry for the confusion.

In the games I've watched they wait until the 2 minute mark.

What is this crazy talk about someone not watching Hockey?😆