2017-2018 NHL Season Thread

[#JTONTFJTGM]

From Game 2 of the 2016 Western Conference Final:

[cdanew]

Read an article earlier today which talked about how much weaker the Western conference was this year in comparison to the Eastern. Took a look at the standings though, and only five teams in the West had a negative goal differential while ten teams in the East were in such a position, with two of those being in playoff spots at the moment.

[The Frugal Gourmet]

The easiest way to ascertain if that's true I guess is head to head records of West vs. East.

[cdanew]

The easiest way to ascertain if that's true I guess is head to head records of West vs. East.

That would require slight effort on my part.

[The Frugal Gourmet]

Yeah. I was going to do it but then concluded the same thing.

[Troy McClure]

I was going to do it, but then I ended up looking at photos of Gal Gadot.

[The Frugal Gourmet]

Ok. Looked it up. The east does have a better record vs. the west.

Of course both conferences have a winning record against the other (NHL scoring), but the east has a stronger winning record against the west.

[slaps]

Sidney Crosby.

[The Frugal Gourmet]

Don't say his name too loud. It might give him a concussion.

[ToddM]

Every team in the Central is competitive, with the last-place Blackhawks just ten points back of the first-place Blues. All 7 Central teams also have a positive goal differential, for whatever that's worth. Even the Avs are actually pretty good this season.

[ScubaSteve]

I was going to look up this info, but I decided to stick to my unsubstantiated predetermined opinion and will wait for #JTONTFJTGM to post something from twitter arguing with my side.

[Knives Out]

Not sure what info you guys were looking up before with that East is better crap ...

[Knives Out]

You'll notice that Montoya played against us a little today.
That's because the Habs traded him, which means, that's right, they actually decided to roll with Niemi as their official back-up ...

Also, Chris Kreider is having a rib removed. I don't know why because I only read the headline but we all assume it's to suck his own dick.

[ScubaSteve]

Also, Chris Kreider is having a rib removed. I don't know why because I only read the headline but we all assume it's to suck his own dick.

Perhaps he is making women?

[SaintAngerBH]

Also, Chris Kreider is having a rib removed. I don't know why because I only read the headline but we all assume it's to suck his own dick.

Perhaps he is making women?

...or trying to give himself blowjobs.

[ToddM]

Hands-down, the best penalty-killing I've ever seen:

[atticus ross]

Meh, there was no pressure on Ottawa. I was way more impressed with the Stars down 2 men in OT.

[Knives Out]

I understand why Price made the all star team, but COME ON!
John Scott was more deserving.

[SaintAngerBH]

Didn't more people watch the Scott All-Star game than any other game for the last 20 years or something?

It's literally the only one I have watched since last decade. They are boring as *poo poo*. I'd rather see some "non-all-stars" make it sometimes. Or just scrap the game altogether.

[cdanew]

We now have a Canadian billionaire owning a hockey team in Dallas and a Dallas billionaire owning a hockey team in North Carolina. Who would have thought it.

https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/tom-dundon-becomes-majority-owner-of-hurricanes/c-294863198

[ToddM]

I think we just found Pierre McGuire's replacement:

[Troy McClure]

Jack Johnson is asking the Blue Jackets to trade him. I guess Tortorella is already wearing on him.

[slaps]

Phil Kessel is the best.

[Troy McClure]

I guess it works.

[ToddM]

That's just GMing 101

[Troy McClure]

Shawn Thornton's review of Corsi is wonderful.

[#JTONTFJTGM]

Suspended two games yesterday for this hit:



His reaction to his streak of playing in 830 consecutive games ending this afternoon:

[B Kat]

Yeah, that’s tough. Didn’t look all that bad.

[ToddM]

Shawn Thornton's review of Corsi is wonderful.

Weird how he specifically mentions all the guys that had shitty possession stats as guys who didn't care about puck possession.

[SaintAngerBH]

Yeah, that’s tough. Didn’t look all that bad.

Yeah. To me, it just looks like Cogliano is jockeying for position there and his shoulder pad happened to pop the other guy in the mouth. I don't think he was actually targeting the head here.