Around the NHL: 2024-2025 Season

[shrader]

7 hours ago, Crusader1969 said:

3 in the last minute.  Sabres have lost in a lot of crazy ways but never 3 in the last minute.   
 

I went to BU and my wife the UNH. I’m enjoying the fact that Dallas’ UNH goalie was the victim here. 

[thewookie1]

5 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

Maybe but do you really think Chicago is positioned to make a move up next year? Or San Jose? I like some of the San Jose moves but they are still far away. Either of those teams could easily get a top pick yet again. 

Oh of course they could but my money would be on either of the ones I named "winning" the lottery regardless

[ska-T Palmtown]

6 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

Maybe but do you really think Chicago is positioned to make a move up next year? Or San Jose? I like some of the San Jose moves but they are still far away. Either of those teams could easily get a top pick yet again. 

If Pitt gets to DRAFT YET ANOTHER generational superstar, I will burn that town down. Mario, Jags, Sid, and Geno are enough talent for 300 years of a hockey franchise's life ... STOP THE STEAL!

Edited Wednesday at 01:16 PM by ska-T Palmtown

[Jorcus]

10 hours ago, Ducky said:

Canucks score 5 in 3rd period and win in OT!

 

The Canucks are the king of crazy games this year with this one being the topper. What I can't understand is all the hype about Stars winning the cup. How can they survive without Heiskanen? Lyubushkin is your top line D man. I just don't see them surviving that throughout a playoff run.  

[Crusader1969]

1 hour ago, shrader said:

I went to BU and my wife the UNH. I’m enjoying the fact that Dallas’ UNH goalie was the victim here. 

I don't. He was in net for my fantasy hockey team in the finals lol 

[Doohickie]

10 hours ago, Crusader1969 said:

3 in the last minute.  Sabres have lost in a lot of crazy ways but never 3 in the last minute.   

I watched the highlights..... crazy.

[shrader]

Landeskog loaned to the AHL for conditioning. This will expire after the season has ended. It by some chance he plays in the playoffs, that’s going to be the longest manipulation of LTIR we have ever seen, missing 3 years of hockey. 
 

Seriously though, it’s a great story if he can come back. I just love the convenient timing of the possible return. 

[Jorcus]

6 minutes ago, shrader said:

Landeskog loaned to the AHL for conditioning. This will expire after the season has ended. It by some chance he plays in the playoffs, that’s going to be the longest manipulation of LTIR we have ever seen, missing 3 years of hockey. 
 

Seriously though, it’s a great story if he can come back. I just love the convenient timing of the possible return. 

The were a rumors going around he would play in last years playoffs. Now it's a year later but he is closer. How is he going to survive NHL playoff hockey after being gone so long?

[PerreaultForever]

6 hours ago, thewookie1 said:

Oh of course they could but my money would be on either of the ones I named "winning" the lottery regardless

Pittsburgh winning it and getting McKenna for a perfect 3 in a row would seem suspicious to say the least but just as long as the Rags don't win another lottery I'm probably okay with it all. 

[Jorcus]

Nice to hear Rosen and Davidson on the TNT broadcast of the Rangers Flyers game.

[Ducky]

On 4/9/2025 at 8:47 AM, Jorcus said:

 

The Canucks are the king of crazy games this year with this one being the topper. What I can't understand is all the hype about Stars winning the cup. How can they survive without Heiskanen? Lyubushkin is your top line D man. I just don't see them surviving that throughout a playoff run.  

They were just put in their place by the Jets last night.

[PromoTheRobot]

Four days out and there are this many seats left for a Leafs game in Buffalo. Wow.

Edited Friday at 08:07 PM by PromoTheRobot

[PromoTheRobot]

On 4/9/2025 at 9:01 AM, shrader said:

I went to BU and my wife the UNH. I’m enjoying the fact that Dallas’ UNH goalie was the victim here. 

UNH is a forever middling program. They rarely make the postseason and never win when they do. They had a long-timer coach in Dick Umile who kept his job despite never doing much. I hoped that would change when he retired. It didn't.

[shrader]

48 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

UNH is a forever middling program. They rarely make the postseason and never win when they do. They had a long-timer coach in Dick Umile who kept his job despite never doing much. I hoped that would change when he retired. It didn't.

They were very good under Umile, even if they were the university of no hardware.  Hockey East had their big 4 era during that time with BU/BC/UNH/Maine.  Those days are gone now, and NIL in particular has pretty much killed that.  Maine has bounced back in the last couple years, so maybe UNH can at some point.  There's just not much draw to that program right now.

Compare his time to any other coach.  He's by far the best they ever had.

[PromoTheRobot]

1 hour ago, shrader said:

They were very good under Umile, even if they were the university of no hardware.  Hockey East had their big 4 era during that time with BU/BC/UNH/Maine.  Those days are gone now, and NIL in particular has pretty much killed that.  Maine has bounced back in the last couple years, so maybe UNH can at some point.  There's just not much draw to that program right now.

Compare his time to any other coach.  He's by far the best they ever had.

Umile was like Reggie Witherspoon at UB. Lots of winning seasons but nothing postseason. But he was certainly beloved as a coach. UNH has it's fans but it's not like there is a rabid fanbase in-state. Their football team is actually quite successful in FCS, often getting ranked and making the NCAA tournament. Basketball is like "we have a basketball team?"

Edited Friday at 10:35 PM by PromoTheRobot

[Jorcus]

Hunter Sheppard getting abused in Columbus. I can't tell if he is a giant troll or a member of Jethro Tull.

[Mr Peabody]

42 minutes ago, Jorcus said:

Hunter Sheppard getting abused in Columbus. I can't tell if he is a giant troll or a member of Jethro Tull.

Was he Skating Away?  On the thin ice of a new day?

[Thorner]

I guess Skinner isn’t an anti-playoffs talisman after all 

[shrader]

22 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Umile was like Reggie Witherspoon at UB. Lots of winning seasons but nothing postseason. But he was certainly beloved as a coach. UNH has it's fans but it's not like there is a rabid fanbase in-state. Their football team is actually quite successful in FCS, often getting ranked and making the NCAA tournament. Basketball is like "we have a basketball team?"

They’re the sabres

[Sabres73]

Elias Pettersson done for the season. Finished the year with 15 goals, 45 points. Year one of an 8 year $92.8 million contract. Locker room cancer that cause the trade of their best player - and some wanted to trade for him. Monumental dodging of the bullet.

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/vancouver-canucks-shut-down-forward-elias-pettersson-upper-body-for-remainder-of-the-season-1.2287609

[PerreaultForever]

Stars against Avs in the first round. Talk about sending a good team home early!!!!!!  Likely LA Oilers yet again. 

[Ducky]

2 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

Stars against Avs in the first round. Talk about sending a good team home early!!!!!!  Likely LA Oilers yet again. 

I see LA and the Avs winning.

[spndnchz]

If you haven’t watched this channel, you should. 10 minute recap. No ads. 
Here’s a taste. 
 

 

[spndnchz]

Quite different than the Leafs/Candiens game. 

[SABRES 0311]

14 hours ago, Thorner said:

I guess Skinner isn’t an anti-playoffs talisman after all 

It took being on a team with one of the top three greatest players to ever play in the NHL.