NFT: NHL Thread: around 25% of the season is done

so they should be taking chances on players like Malcolm Subban in hopes that they strike it rich with a late bloomer.

In comment 15477375 Jay on the Island said:

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so they should be taking chances on players like Malcolm Subban in hopes that they strike it rich with a late bloomer.

lol, so sad when I watched BUF spank MTL twice it was obvious BUF was a much better team. or at least they played much better.

allegedly generating a ton of interest, as many as 10-12 teams have checked in.

If I were the NYR and BOS I'd be on the phone with Gorton.

JFresh
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Ben Chiarot will almost certainly be traded for a 1st round pick before the trade deadline. #GoHabsGo

Craig Morgan
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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman on the Coyotes sale/relocation rumor: "Completely false."

Game is 5-2, the Wild could easily be winning 8 or 9-2. Just when I thought they were turning the corner a bit with Jack no back they've looked awful the past 2.

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In comment 15477514 pjcas18 said:

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allegedly generating a ton of interest, as many as 10-12 teams have checked in. If I were the NYR and BOS I'd be on the phone with Gorton.

Seen a whole bunch of speculation that Kravtsov will end up in Montreal with Gorton there now.

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In comment 15477514 pjcas18 said: Quote: allegedly generating a ton of interest, as many as 10-12 teams have checked in. If I were the NYR and BOS I'd be on the phone with Gorton. Seen a whole bunch of speculation that Kravtsov will end up in Montreal with Gorton there now.

Makes sense IMO and Kravtsov's juniors teammate Alexander Romanov in MTL now - so maybe some comfort there.

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Game is 5-2, the Wild could easily be winning 8 or 9-2. Just when I thought they were turning the corner a bit with Jack no back they've looked awful the past 2.

Sure is, Ruff continues to make some boneheaded lineup decisions and once again played Mason Geersten over Kuokkanen and Boqvist. He kept Hughes at wing with Nico and Zacha again after it was a huge failure the game before.

Ty Smith is really struggling and he could use some time in Utica. Let Colton White play in his place for a couple of weeks until he turns it around.

And why the hell hasn't Mark Recchi been fired yet? The pathetic powerplay is now 0-18 in the past 7 games.

back on the ice three weeks after neck surgery.

it's amazing, that's it, 3 weeks and BUF wouldn't allow him to have this surgery. of course he still has a long road back, with rehab, etc. and he's obviously non-contact, but point stands IMO.

injury bug seems to hit everyone at some point, some teams pretty healthy/lucky so far.

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NHLInjuryViz @NHLInjuryViz Team injury rank and breakdown by position (CHIP) through 2 December

In comment 15478123 Jay on the Island said:

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In comment 15477700 Stu11 said: Quote: Game is 5-2, the Wild could easily be winning 8 or 9-2. Just when I thought they were turning the corner a bit with Jack no back they've looked awful the past 2. Sure is, Ruff continues to make some boneheaded lineup decisions and once again played Mason Geersten over Kuokkanen and Boqvist. He kept Hughes at wing with Nico and Zacha again after it was a huge failure the game before. Ty Smith is really struggling and he could use some time in Utica. Let Colton White play in his place for a couple of weeks until he turns it around. And why the hell hasn't Mark Recchi been fired yet? The pathetic powerplay is now 0-18 in the past 7 games.

Jay at least the penalty killing has improved, but yeah the PP is a joke. It's been basically league worst for going on 2 seasons and yet Mark Recchi has the best job security in North America. I agree Hughes on the wing and with Nico is flat out bizarre.

that would be incredible I think.

Justin Emerson
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Jack Eichel, who is skating, said he can do everything but take contact right now, according to @Buccigross
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said the recovery timeline hasn’t changed, and he’s expected to join the team in Vegas before Christmas

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Jay at least the penalty killing has improved, but yeah the PP is a joke. It's been basically league worst for going on 2 seasons and yet Mark Recchi has the best job security in North America. I agree Hughes on the wing and with Nico is flat out bizarre.

The Devils with their third terrible performance in a row. The goaltending has struggled mightily the past few games. If this continues I would like to see them give a chance to Akira Schmid.

21year old Schmid probably isn't ready but he has been the best goaltender in the AHL this season with an 8-0 record and a 1.24 GAA and .956 save %. The year before Schmid burst onto the prospect list when he was the best goaltender in the USHL.

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back on the ice three weeks after neck surgery. it's amazing, that's it, 3 weeks and BUF wouldn't allow him to have this surgery. of course he still has a long road back, with rehab, etc. and he's obviously non-contact, but point stands IMO.

This is just remarkable and it makes Buffalo look that much worse.

would be the equivalent of a deadline acquisition for Vegas, now it seems like he could be on the ice in games before New Years.

that is amazing IMO.

the first one shows how I disagreed with valiquette (?) about Igor being Vezina leader. Markstrom and Campbell doing a little more right now. Look how bad TOR is scoring goals over expected. Campbell is carrying the Leafs to an extent.

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nets his 750th

Kucherov back to the ice

I think TBL may have a cap issue if he returns soon.

Elliotte Friedman
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Hearing tonight that Bruce Boudreau will be the next coach of the Vancouver Canucks.

NHL News
@PuckReportNHL
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Darren Dreger on TSN just now - “Sources suggesting that Jim Benning as GM may be out, we’re working on final confirmation for that.” #Canucks

and GM take the fall for the locker room mutiny.

I wonder if they clean house.

Some good pieces in VAN if they do.

Irfaan Gaffar
@irfgaffar
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Believe the changes in Vancouver will include Jim Benning and John Weisbrod out as GM and AGM. Chris Gear likely steps into an interim role. Travis Green and Nolan Baumgartner out on the coaching side. Bruce Boudreau and Scott Walker in on coaching staff.

have lost 11 in a row.

the last three they got points in, so that's a good sign, but no idea what's going on with the NYI.

I wonder if the long road trip to start the season, plus the COVID issues have had more of an impact.

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please no, MTL, please no.....

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have lost 11 in a row. the last three they got points in, so that's a good sign, but no idea what's going on with the NYI. I wonder if the long road trip to start the season, plus the COVID issues have had more of an impact.

They had run out of gas the last 2 games of the trip (Tampa & Florida) and then had a bunch of games w half of an AHL roster. Nelson, Pulock and Czikas are still out, but every team deals with injuries. Problem with the Isles is, they used older vets as a stop gap, and the age is getting expose (Parise, Chara etc) and they can't score to save their lives

Rask back practicing with the Bruins.

I thought Swayman has been good, not sure about Ullmark, but apparently Rask is the EBUG tonight.

Pierre LeBrun
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Rask has not signed with the Bruins (yet). He is an EBUG goalie today with Ullmark and a few other players absent for non-Covid illness twitter.com/FlutoShinzawa/…

Matt Smith
@Snakebite350
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Petry and Armia are doubtful for Tuesday, Toffoli to miss “weeks” with an unspecified injury.

The injury plagued season continues.

#GoHabsGo @HabsUnfiltered

..for Ryan Strome?

In comment 15483668 pjcas18 said:

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Rask back practicing with the Bruins. I thought Swayman has been good, not sure about Ullmark, but apparently Rask is the EBUG tonight. Pierre LeBrun @PierreVLeBrun · 12m Rask has not signed with the Bruins (yet). He is an EBUG goalie today with Ullmark and a few other players absent for non-Covid illness twitter.com/FlutoShinzawa/…

I think Sway has played pretty good, except for a few softies he's left in.

Really think the Bruins overplayed it by signing Ullmark. I know they wanted a vet presence and potential #1, but I think 5 years is just too much.

Rask and Swayman would make a nice duo for second half in 2022 but what would they do w/ Ullmark?

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..for Ryan Strome?

I think the Rangers would need a C if they deal Strome.

Otherwise it bumps Chytil up to 2C, which he's not ideally suited for, and leaves no 3C.

Lehner pulls his name out of the Olympics, didn't get specific from what I read but he said it didn't sound like the set up would be good for his mental health.

In other goalie news, Ben Bishop takes next step in return to the ice. Maybe a Stars goalie is what the Rangers should pursue. Khudobin, Holtby, Oettinger and Bishop....none long-term or expensive (relatively speaking).

They don't have any other centers waiting in the wings to replace Strome.

I'm sure any deals they're looking into will have them trying to build a package around Kravtsov.

between Gainey and Gorton they can try and one-up each other with who got less in their trades of Ryan McDonagh.

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that Makar goal was awesome.

coast to coast on the PP top shelf deke.

I imagine that's what Bobby Orr looked like (since I never saw Orr when he was playing).


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Hockey Hound
@HockeyHoundShow
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Injury Update: #TimeToHunt Aleksander Barkov will make his return from injury tonight against the #StlBlues

Barkov hasn’t played since mid-November

Zegras to Milano, holy shit.
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in over a month.

let's see if they can make some noise the rest of the way

for 58 minutes, then gave up 2 goals so they didn't even get the loser point.

I'd say it was on purpose to tank for Wright, but we all know tanking doesn't result in the top pick anymore and MTL is so bad it didn't need to be on purpose.

rosters trickling out.

I have read many opinions that Sweden is underwhelming and they shouldn't medal, I know zero players on Sweden (haven't looked at the roster), but I would be surprised. Sweden dominates this tournament.

interested in Marc Bergevin as GM.

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The Arizona Department of Revenue have filed a tax lien notice vs the company that owns the Coyotes for more than $1.3M in unpaid state and city taxes. If the Coyotes don't pay by Dec. 20, the team may be locked out of its home arena.

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to have a hockey team in Phoenix without one in Quebec (or Hartford).

As a player I'd probably prefer living in Phoenix to either other city, but from a hockey fan base standpoint it's not really comparable.

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Coyotes statement: We have already launched an investigation to determine how this could have happened and initial indications are that it appears to be the result of an unfortunate human error. Regardless, we deeply regret the inconvenience this has caused... We will make sure that by tomorrow morning, the Arizona Coyotes are current on all of our bills and owe no state or local taxes whatsoever. And we will take immediate steps to ensure that nothing like this can ever possibly happen again.

As I saw someone say on twitter, I want to find someone who believes in me as much as Gary Bettman believes in hockey in Arizona.

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Darren Dreger
@DarrenDreger
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Things are escalating between veteran NHL executive, Jim Rutherford and the Vancouver Canucks. A deal is expected to get done, although sources won’t confirm if it’s for the presidents role or both president and GM.

is in 31st place right now, with 15 points.

but last place Arizona (12 points) has two games in hand on MTL.

I knew it would be bad once the injuries hit, I didn't think this bad.

put an ass whoopin on Yakov Trenin last night. Couldn't really tell if Trenin's hit was clean or not, but as much as I hate Chara, I am continually amazed at the shape he's in at his age.

I also think Trenin's helmet/mask contributed to the leakage, but it was brutal

Andrew Peters
@TheInstigator76
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I’m told the NHL doesn’t want to send its players to the Olympics.

Will be discussed today.

Should get interesting.