The NHL Thread

Something called the All-Star game,lol. 1st game had some interesting things come out of it.

Also, I am for 10 minute overtime.

Crazy that line 3 for Canada has more regular season goals than any other line on the team.

That team just needs A- goaltending

Ok my Oilers missing the playoffs prediction no good so here is my next crazy one . Oilers Trade Mcdavid to the Leafs for Marner and a D man and prospects

Crosby to Avs is the crazy one.

rafiki sighting!😃

The Mcdavid to Leaf's talk has picked up since the cap news.🙂 The latest is Marner is nowhere near deciding yet but that could have been like click bait article,lol.

Certainly tuning in tonight to hear Montreal boo the US anthem

lol
surprised all the yank games aren't in boston

yeah one of my fondest live hockey-watching moments was going to some of the usa#1 games during the 2006 world juniors, including their 5-1 semifinal loss to russia. the russian players, led by malkin, seemed to really enjoy being the "home" team there

another was their quarterfinal matchup vs switzerland at the 2010 olympics. a decent number of swiss fans made the trip, but the crowd support wasn't enough to get them over the line, sadly

anyway, BOOOOOOOOOOO

loving the case-by-case reactions

coach sullivan - kinda boo-y
jack hughes - ehn, we got nothing against him
boston matthews - **** that guy
charlie mcavoy - mixed, kind of positive (???)
conner hollerback - yay, plays in canada (nobody but saskatchewan seems to care enough about winnipeg to hate them)

montreal not even really booing this ****, pathetic. qbec is maga now i guess, pack it up

Damn you MTL

had more offers out there that i hoped got booked but didn't

as far as i'm concerned, canada and usa are way too big of favorites in these games - all 4 teams are absolutely stacked and it's going to be a variance fest probably decided by goaltending imo ie canada was a massive fave vs sweden but it was a really close one that went to sudden death

Was gonna say the Finnish D looks anything but stacked compared to the US, but then Jokiharju scored with Määttä driving the net so I guess I'm an idiot

Eh, less than Canadians.

There's established WC IIHF tournament that's a big deal. Ofc Olympics as well are important. This is seen more of a sideshow.

Maybe it could be bigger in the future but a couple of games in middle of the night from not established tournament format doesn't attract big crowds.

Nope. That game means nothing. This means a lot to the players playing for their countries. Defense is being played. So, nope.

Nope you nailed it :(

USA Canada Saturday is going to be filthy.

I think the USA goaltending is such a big edge though...

Tbh with the announcement that NHL and PA will try to establish a Olympics-WC cycle each every four years with legit qualifying, I'll have to hand it to them a little bit. Depends on the PA staying strong though because imo the most likely outcome is that the league will try to pull the rug on the Olympics after going twice at most or at least demand some ridiculous CBA concessions from the players to continue.

The league is dumb AF. Best on best showcase at the Olympics has to help the league. Especially as America is getting better at stick puck too.

Stupid NHL putting the most interesting game of the tournament on at a time when some stupid people have stupid social obligations :(

Ugh yes this is me tonight. Have a meeting right smack in the middle of it for 1.5 hours. Going to try to go dark but wouldn't be surprised if people at the meeting are talking about it or its possibly even on some small obscure tv in background with no sound.

Ideally can not find out and watch it on replay when I get home. It will be tough.

OH MAMA DON'T YOU CRY........

looooooooooooooosers

governor trudeau will be upset

WTF two fights 3 seconds in

Correction 3 fights 9 seconds in

Now that's how you start a game