“MY LIFE IN EXILE: THE CONNOR MCDAVID STORY” THE NHL 2015-2016 THREAD (INCLUDING 3 ON 3 OT, CHICAGO HANGOVER AND OFFSEASON SHENANIGANS. HOCKEY IS THE BEST)

p choked about mcdavid :c

regulars itt will know I have no love for the Hawks but it has been cool to see a kid from my hometown & alma mater, Tanner Kero, get a shot in the show with them over the last couple of games

why oh why do you pull your goalie with 2:40 left when you don't have puck posession

teams have been doing that a lot lately. Isles did it 2 days ago

i don't know, every time i see that, the losing team has a least the puck to themselves, or offensive zone faceoff, or some cycle going on.

maybe current emphasis on possession means that you have the skill players to extend the final-minute-goalie-pull-gambit to a full 2 min +? Isles at full strength can do that. Kings + Hawks too, obviously. I wouldn't expect, say, buffalo to try it very often

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/nhl-coaches-are-pulling-goalies-earlier-than-ever/

Judging by the tweets posted above, the owner of the Flint Firebirds have fired the ENTIRE coaching staff due to the fact that his son was getting too much ice time. In response to that, the team quit, including the owner's son.

http://www.wingingitinmotown.com/2015/11/8/9694696/report-flint-firebirds-coaching-staff-fired-immediately-after

wings give justin abdelkader 7 year $29.75 million extension

lol? kinda mixed on this one but some people really hate it

"He's 28 years of age. It's hard to find big people that can score 20 goals," said Ken Holland.

in six seasons, abdelkader has scored 20 goals once -- last year, when his shooting percentage mysteriously doubled

i dunno, it's not like he's a bad player, it just seems like that kind of production can be had for less money and a shorter term

lol?

http://hockeyjobs.nhl.com/teamwork/r.cfm?i=89383

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUh7azRWsAAqogQ.jpg

uh

not a fan at all

Occurs to me now that Pavel Datsyuk looks like a mix of Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/55OtglvtXuI/maxresdefault.jpg

http://www.fiveforhowling.com/2015/12/2/9835496/john-scott-represent-pacific-division-2016-nhl-all-star-game

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CVPf8lfUkAAtWVN.png

@TheStanchion
Think of it as karma for John Scott, for all the violence he's handed out. Stuck playing 3 on 3 against superstars in a non contact game.

lolled at that

http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/the-top-50-jerseys-of-all-time-nos-10-1/

Some really good lower league jerseys in here that I've never seen, love the Laval Voisins.

my baseball team based our logo on the trail smoke eaters logo. i love it.

i was only dimly aware of the laval voisins because of lemieux but yesss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNlACB5gz30

on one hand, this is a total hack move cheap shot

on the other hand, fuck brad marchand

"that is delicious video for the boys in New York!"

brandon prust is unremorseful: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/video/prust-on-fine-best-money-i-ever-spent~764289

pascal dupuis' career is over due to blood clots

wow, that is terrible :( best of luck to him

is the west still the best division in NHL or is this opinion some "the AL East is toughest lol bostone/yankees" canard?

I don't think the west is the power house it was for sure. Pacific was supposed to be like the hardest division last year but this year.... not so much

not the same since the wings left ;)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CV49d9CWsAAZUpA.jpg

darryl sutter otm

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CV9Skt9VEAArqG_.png:large

wheels are completely falling off in pittsburgh

at least there's this, i guess

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CWikUBkUEAA5DNU.jpg

kessel is so beautiful

Zubris is still in the league, ffs

dallas is fun to watch

this world juniors championship game is intense

taking the ugly jersey trend to the next level

http://mihockeynow.com/2016/01/toledo-walleye-red-wings-echl-affiliate-to-wear-don-cherry-themed-jerseys/

y idk either

http://www.jewelsfromthecrown.com/2016/1/6/10725680/kings-trade-weal-and-a-pick-to-philly-for-vincent-lecavalier-and-luke

and mike richards to the caps!

And Johanson to the Preds. Also No Crosby in the All Star teams.

'intangibles'

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CYKwW3CUQAAHe5v.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CYKwW27UoAErp-e.jpg

last chance

"D"

kings, kopitar finalizing eight year, $80m extension

this john scott thing is a fiasco

what a garbage league

Oh what bullshit

Apparently another account of Patrick Kane committing sexual assault has surfaced, I don't really want to link to it here because it's p disturbing, but you can probably find it if you feel the need.

new assault or old assault being reported on (not that it matters...)

old, I think, but not sure

tho not the buffalo one