Around the NHL: 2024-2025 Season

[Porous Five Hole]

18 hours ago, ska-T Chitown said:

OMG - can the Sabres please do another winter classic?? The 'Hawks jerseys are siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick!! 😍

https://shop.nhl.com/chicago-blackhawks/mens-chicago-blackhawks-fanatics-red-2025-nhl-winter-classic-premium-jersey/

 

3 hours ago, Taro T said:

The Sabres have "hosted" 2 Winter Classics and one Heritage Classic.

The 1st was in the Buffalo suburb of Orchard Park.

The 2nd was in the Buffalo suburb of the Bronx.

The 3rd was in the Buffalo suburb of Hamilton, ON.

Maybe the Sabres can host one in Las Vegas so Eichel can play in front of the "hometown" fans once again.  Money grubbin' ######.

How the Sabres history compares to the rest of the league.  

[Taro T]

41 minutes ago, Porous Five Hole said:

 

How the Sabres history compares to the rest of the league.  

 

How many of those other teams had to play a "home" game in the backyard of their opponent much less 2 of them?

[Porous Five Hole]

18 minutes ago, Taro T said:

 

How many of those other teams had to play a "home" game in the backyard of their opponent much less 2 of them?

To be honest, I don’t really care about that. You’re allowed to, but it is so far down on my list of gripes with this franchise that it doesn’t register to me.  

[Sabres73]

Pens lose - let’s win the next two to put some space between us so they’re a non-factor the rest of the season

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Not sure where this belongs, exactly, but I think it plays into current conversations on brain injuries and sports:

 

[#freejame]

3 hours ago, ... said:

Not sure where this belongs, exactly, but I think it plays into current conversations on brain injuries and sports:

 

Psychedelics save lives. If there’s anyone struggling in life, PM me and I’ll send you resources (no, not drugs) to learn more. 

Twitter won’t let me read the rest of the post. Any chance someone can transcribe it?

Edited November 23 by #freejame

[Weave]

Maybe I am a bad person but I can’t help but chuckle at the idea of Carbomb on shrooms.

[ska-T Palmtown]

3 hours ago, #freejame said:

Psychedelics save lives. If there’s anyone struggling in life, PM me and I’ll send you resources (no, not drugs) to learn more. 

Twitter won’t let me read the rest of the post. Any chance someone can transcribe it?

I would, but the spelling mistakes make me doubt his story ... just kidding:
 

After 10 years in the @nhl  164 fights and 7 diagnosed concussions, I was a shell of myself when I retired in 2015 at the age of 30 I was being told by doctors that I had mild dementia symptoms that needed to be managed and were incurable I would not accept that diagnosis and in 2019, mushrooms found me and I began to heal my brain, body and spirit 6 months into a specific regimen of natural medicine, exercise and diet, I received clears brain scans and blood work If your a concussion survivor who would like to learn more about a routine that has helped hundreds of individuals, please visit my website and join the mail list for upcoming weekly webinars http://danielcarcillo.com

There is a photo montage too. The fact that he directs you to HIS website feels a bit suss, but I am happy for the guy getting his life back. 

[mjd1001]

Couple of random things I thought were interesting that I didn't know where to put them:

So far this year:

Fasted recorded speed by a skater in the league?  24.2 mph.  By 34 year old Steven Stamkos.

Top shot speed recorded in a game? 104.69 mph. By Tage Thompson.

[#freejame]

2 hours ago, mjd1001 said:

Couple of random things I thought were interesting that I didn't know where to put them:

So far this year:

Fasted recorded speed by a skater in the league?  24.2 mph.  By 34 year old Steven Stamkos.

Top shot speed recorded in a game? 104.69 mph. By Tage Thompson.

I’ve never thought of Stamkos as that fast. Maybe that’s a me issue. 

[Brawndo]

St Louis fires Drew Bannister and hires Jim Montgomery 

[shrader]

14 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

St Louis fires Drew Bannister and hires Jim Montgomery 

I hope he don’t burn through all his savings during that long down time. 
 

Edit: On another note, did Bannister get that job immediately after they fired Berube or was there an interim? Either way, he didn’t even get a full year. Tough break for him. 

Edited November 24 by shrader

[LGR4GM]

53 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

St Louis fires Drew Bannister and hires Jim Montgomery 

[shrader]

Did they ever say what got Montgomery fired in Dallas?

[Jorcus]

4 hours ago, shrader said:

I hope he don’t burn through all his savings during that long down time. 
 

Edit: On another note, did Bannister get that job immediately after they fired Berube or was there an interim? Either way, he didn’t even get a full year. Tough break for him. 

 

I think he got advice from Bruce Cassidy on how to survive 10 days without a job. I hope St Louis gets in the playoffs and makes a run just to make the Bruins look stupid. 

[Flashsabre]

2 hours ago, shrader said:

Did they ever say what got Montgomery fired in Dallas?

He was an alcoholic I think and had a scene at a team function. He went to rehab and then St Louis gave him a chance as an Assistant under Berube.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/wild-forward-kirill-kaprizov-wont-play-vs-flames-with-lower-body-injury/
 

Wonder if he plays against Buffalo

[PerreaultForever]

6 hours ago, Brawndo said:

St Louis fires Drew Bannister and hires Jim Montgomery 

The talk out of Boston is that the Bruins had offered him a 2 year (and then a 3 year) extension but he was holding out for a 5 year deal and that factored into his firing. There's also some talk that the players were losing faith in his ability to get them further in the playoffs. Didn't exactly quit on him but also weren't exactly listening fully either. There's also some feeling (and Neely apparently is in that camp) that Monty shares some of the blame for blowing the playoffs to Florida when they had that loaded Bergeron/Krejci farewell team. 

Some say his wife also wanted to be back in St. Louis so this was fast, but not unexpected.

I wonder how Claude Julien feels as he probably thought he had been positioned for that job should they make a move. 

Now in Boston, Sacco is a Boston guy, with Boston attitudes, and his initial plan seems to be to dumb it down and stress old school D. Team looks better and will be tougher to beat, but they still cannot score and thus can be beaten. 

[EM88]

6 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

The talk out of Boston is that the Bruins had offered him a 2 year (and then a 3 year) extension but he was holding out for a 5 year deal and that factored into his firing. There's also some talk that the players were losing faith in his ability to get them further in the playoffs. Didn't exactly quit on him but also weren't exactly listening fully either. There's also some feeling (and Neely apparently is in that camp) that Monty shares some of the blame for blowing the playoffs to Florida when they had that loaded Bergeron/Krejci farewell team. 

Some say his wife also wanted to be back in St. Louis so this was fast, but not unexpected.

I wonder how Claude Julien feels as he probably thought he had been positioned for that job should they make a move. 

Now in Boston, Sacco is a Boston guy, with Boston attitudes, and his initial plan seems to be to dumb it down and stress old school D. Team looks better and will be tougher to beat, but they still cannot score and thus can be beaten. 

They started out the first 2 weeks being able to score, but since the middle of october versus Utah, the Bruins goal totals in regulation have been: 1, 0, 2, 3, 0, 2, 3, 2, 0, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2.

Last 17 games. Not once over 3 goals in regulation. 13 games with 2 goals or less.  Not good.

They have the worst offense in the league in terms of goals per game even from the start of the season. 

[Doohicksie]

7 hours ago, Brawndo said:

St Louis fires Drew Bannister and hires Jim Montgomery 

Frying pan -> fire.

[LabattBlue]

8 hours ago, EM88 said:

They started out the first 2 weeks being able to score, but since the middle of october versus Utah, the Bruins goal totals in regulation have been: 1, 0, 2, 3, 0, 2, 3, 2, 0, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2.

Last 17 games. Not once over 3 goals in regulation. 13 games with 2 goals or less.  Not good.

They have the worst offense in the league in terms of goals per game even from the start of the season. 

Have no fear…Jackie will be coming to Boston in 2026 to save the day!

[PerreaultForever]

28 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

Have no fear…Jackie will be coming to Boston in 2026 to save the day!

This would not be a surprise at all but I imagine life in Vegas is good. They said Hanafin would go to Boston for those reasons too remember. 

[North Buffalo]

7 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

This would not be a surprise at all but I imagine life in Vegas is good. They said Hanafin would go to Boston for those reasons too remember. 

yeh they know better

[CallawaySabres]

The Caps could be in trouble without Ovie. I can't wait to play Boston at home for final playoff spot, must attend that one. 

[mjd1001]

Out of town scoreboard tonight:

-Philly playing Vegas. Flyers just 3 points behind the Sabres with the same games played. Can pull within 1 with a win.

-Islanders playing Detroit.  Red wings 5 behind the Sabres but with game in hand.  Can pull to within 3 with a win. Isles? 2 behind the Sabres. If they win they'll be tied in points (Buf will have one game in hand.)

-Senators hosting the Flames.  Senators win brings them to within 4 points of Buffalo (same games played after tonight)

No one else close to the Sabres playing tonight...But Minnesota is playing the Jets. The current #1 and #2 teams in the league facing off. Kaprizov didn't play last game, but he was practicing full this morning. Last I heard was game time decision. But if he plays and is close to 100%, I'd love to watch this game.

 

[DarthEbriate]

Tampa not showing any signs of weakness against Colorado after 1.