Two Putin Boosters on the Potomac; One has a Stanley Cup: THE NHL 2018-2019 THREAD (INCLUDING CAPS HANGOVER AND OFFSEASON SHENANIGANS. HOCKEY IS THE BEST)

Also Gary Bettman: NHL Hall of Famer

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

bless

also: lol islanders

Christ Islanders... 2014 was such a halcyon time

um, ray emery died

whoa, shit

happy 40th to pavel datsyuk, 45th to peter forsberg, and 50th to jimmy carson

carson went 55-52-107 as a 19-year-old and finished 51 points behind the league leader. sometimes i miss u, 80's hockey

Traded 4 Gretz

former penguin great jarome iginla has retired

Short list of best players to never win the big one? It seems impossible that a player of his caliber couldn’t Borque his way into it

he tried!

According to hockey ref, only Luongo, Housley, Cujo and Lundqvist have more point shares and did not win the cup. Joe Thornton is on his way to pass him.

cujo never even made the finals; housley did once and his team got swept

Cujo’s claim to fame is shitting the bed against USA in the first World Cup as far as I’m concerned

Wait did housley not win in CAL?

thought Phil H was on the jets back when flames won cup

he was with the sabres until 90-91

Linden out

rumors are that ownership still thinks the canucks are competitive, and Linden disagreed. we gotta hire Sam Hinkie.

ownership still thinks the canucks are competitive

lol

typically half-assed to do this *after* the draft/free agency period opened

This city doesnt even feel like a hockeytown anymore ffs

hire messier obvs

messier is great but i would give the keys to the sedins

Lu for president, he can play goal for the panthers at the same time

for dan: https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2018/08/07/where-should-jonathan-toews-rank-among-nhls-top-centers

I can see it tbh

Congratulation to being the 21-40th best center on earth

It gets mentioned but the decline of their whole team plays an immense role. Yeah, I hate them but they've lost their top defensemen and some good supporting forwards too. Yzerman was somewhat pedestrian during the late 80s/early 90s when the Wings had two good lines and not much else, too. Great players make those around them better, as the cliche goes, but expecting them to do it all on their own is dumb.

mcdavid and tavares can put up 90 points for any team in the league, including the blackhawks; that's why they make $10m. toews cannot. that doesn't make him a bad guy or a bad player or responsible for the team's decline, but it does make him . . . complementary. he's a good defender, but mikko koivu doesn't make $10m either. it's not his fault he's overpaid -- he won three cups! but at the risk of getting all flacco, toews is just an above-average two-way center, not the new messier he was being heralded as a couple years ago.

also lol we made you defend a blackhawk

Yeah I was smhing myself as I typed

Was he ever top 5 really? Maybe around 2011-2013.

Really interesting piece on what each NHL team does with hats thrown on ice during a hat trick. pic.twitter.com/tkUgJuuL1f

— Josh Hyman (@joshhymanRTN) August 17, 2018

Jesus tampa bay the only org that sells them

Luv lu but what an atrocious thing to do

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/hockey/lightning/how-a-hat-trick-turns-into-a-charitable-treat/2215822

Still sounds sketchy af

That occasionally in the tweet is doing a lot of work

holy fuck this is sad

https://blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2018/08/former-1-nhl-draft-pick-is-homeless/

Jonatan Berggren showing absolutely no regard for the families of these men. pic.twitter.com/7w4Daqeoeu

— Alex Nunn (@aj_ranger) September 6, 2018

Pertaining to @JoeSmithTB report of Steve Yzerman stepping down as GM in Tampa Bay, source tells Free Press Yzerman told Lightning players he was going home to Detroit. Has maintained area home while GM of Tampa Bay Lightning.

— Helene St. James (@HeleneStJames) September 11, 2018

yeah yeah it doesn't say anything about rejoining the wings but c'monnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn stevie!

!

saw a (good, smart) wings blogger downplaying it a bit by asking why yzerman would sign up for "joe dumars levels of scrutiny" with a rebuilding wings team which is otm

also ken holland has a two year contract that started in april

I have not seen wings twitter in this kind of meltdown of emotion since losing to the hawks in the playoffs in 2013

you probably don't want a GM with a habit of acquiring every ex-ranger possible anyway

pic.twitter.com/bTvJuadtMt

— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) September 13, 2018

Wow

sounds like erik karlsson to san jose?

Man, Ottawa is a dumpster fire

sharks' window: still not closed, somehow

Hank Zetterberg's career is done due to injuries :(

Henrik Zetterberg addresses the media, announcing that after consulting with doctors, he will no longer be able to play professional hockey. #RedWings

🎥 Full Video: https://t.co/YoK2R6x0nY pic.twitter.com/pUtOq4TK1g

— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) September 14, 2018

The blues ran Jamie storr in like 1997 I don’t root for the blues

potvin sucks

He truly does

mmm, tense

what is pat lafontaine doing right now

justin williams, man

love him for inventing the storm surge and contributing to don cherry's eventual aneurysm

Oh, Caps

wild cards 4, division winners 0

barry trotz 1, capitals 0

i guess the bruins are the favorites now? which means they'll probably get swept by lumbus

if the islanders lose any home games, i will totally be blaming their choice to play at barclays (even though that's bullshit)

this fucking guy

Brad Marchand punching the back of Scott Harrington's head while Harrington is down on his knees. pic.twitter.com/3JYYH8o89O

— Flintor (@TheFlintor) May 1, 2019

Marchand called Harrington punch “unnecessary” but doesn’t regret it. “It’s playoff hockey,” and he said DeBrusk was taking punches from two CBJs

— Matt Porter (@mattyports) May 1, 2019

let's
go
blues

God help me

rematch: https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/orr-on-hockeys-most-iconic-photograph/

can't cheer for either of these dumb teams

Paywalled, but if you have an Athletic subscription this guy goes into the chances of every team in the league signing Phil Kessel

https://theathletic.com/1005963/2019/06/02/yohe-ranking-every-penguins-trade-partner-for-phil-kessel/

A story that needs to be told

Cam Neely seems upset pic.twitter.com/gFXmteE51w

— Mike Darnay (@MikeDarnay) June 7, 2019

could this be the year for the blues??

i don't know because i didn't watch for the rest of the season

they seem good

This was sent to me from the stands - this fight escalates ... all between Bruins fans. pic.twitter.com/XPHEwdEBVF

— Benjamin Hochman (@hochman) June 7, 2019

YOU HATE TO SEE IT

fuckin intense

love too decide championships on puck-over-the-glass penalties

mmm what a shame

was rooting for stl bc theyve never won and their goalie played for my ahl blues affiliate this year so it was as close to a hometown win as possible.

I remember the Red Berenson years...Good job, St. Louis; good omen for the Raptors.

wild how the blues went to three straight finals in their first three years 50 years ago and then never again until now.

I am glad the Bruins did not win, especially Brad Marchand.

It was funny how the bruins fans booed throughout the whole closing ceremony

It was a great game.

As classless as Bruins fans are, I think they were booing Bettman.

love how marchand blew it

erik karlsson, eight years at $11m+ each to stay in san jose

thats a p big amount of hockey money

PK to new jersey!

guy carbonneau, hayley wickenheiser and sergei zubov to the Hall

u_u

I’ve decided to take my talents to a South Beach retirement home ✌🏼 pic.twitter.com/BTuZIo8XT8

— Strombone (@strombone1) June 26, 2019

more interesting career than, say, guy carbonneau

he's such a mensch: https://www.nhl.com/panthers/news/luongos-open-letter-to-the-fans/c-308071408

kessel traded to arizona ;_;

new thread pls jimmy

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-aPC21WsAEK-b9.png:small

Will we match the offer sheet for Sebastian Aho?

— Carolina Hurricanes (@NHLCanes) July 1, 2019

On vacay but presently

Valteri Filppula back to the Wings 🤔 In Stevie Y I trust

Something doesn’t seem right with the AHL app notifications pic.twitter.com/nDSp4EuvPQ

— Sean Shapiro (@seanshapiro) July 10, 2019

Looking for a pick-me-up heading into the weekend? Just remember that this old #FlaPanthers commercial exists.https://t.co/LlN4F7sM6S

— Jameson Olive (@JamesonCoop) July 12, 2019

olli cockblokinen

good writeup of that video here: https://grantland.com/the-triangle/nhl-grab-bag-welcome-back/

calgary trades james neal to edmonton for milan lucic

truly a new era when the oilers are winning bizarre deals

I do feel obliged to say this: the Lucic-Neal CGY-EDM trade is one for one. 😜

— Bobby Margarita (@TSNBobMcKenzie) July 19, 2019

Great trade (to Oilers fan me) if true

27 YEARS SINCE A CANADIAN TEAM WON THE CUP WILL THIS BE THE YEAR (no): THE NHL 2019-2020 THREAD (INCLUDING BLUES HANGOVER AND OFFSEASON SHENANIGANS. HOCKEY IS THE BEST)