2017-2018 NHL Season Thread

[Knives Out]

Can someone remind me again why Vegas is the best team in the west?

Because Gerard Gallant speaks French.

[Jason]

Pacioretty out for Montreal.

Can someone remind me again why Vegas is the best team in the west? I don't know why, but that really gets on my nerves. They are supposed to suck and I hope they get swept in the first round (unlikely).

They have benefited at home from facing a bunch of teams who played the night before, teams taking them lightly as they're a expansion team. Overall they aren't that great of a team. The teams weakness will be exposed in the playoffs.

[Jason]

[Knives Out]

Boo Hoo *f-bomb* him.

[ToddM]

Exhibit #35,393 on why you don't actively try to lose games:

[ToddM]

This playoff chance chart makes no sense. Why would Winnipeg have double the chance of winning the Cup over Nashville? I just don't see it.

http://moneypuck.com/predictions.htm

[SaintAngerBH]

Exhibit #35,393 on why you don't actively try to lose games:

It must really suck ass to be a Sabres fan.

[Knives Out]

Both Buffalo teams actually.

[#JTONTFJTGM]

Because of a thumb injury Hall missed three games during the streak and the Devils were shut out in two of them.

[#JTONTFJTGM]

[ScubaSteve]

Ruh roh

[SaintAngerBH]

The "new" rules don't help. Since the goaltender can't play the puck in the corners, defensemen get plowed by the forechecker routinely into the boards. The game is so damn fast now that I have to think that game speed is also an issue here. The speed with which players collide now is frightening. I also agree with the notion that the shoulder pads and elbow pads should be scaled back down to how they were 20-30 years ago. Now, they are just weapons.

[SaintAngerBH]

I have to correct what was said at 6:17 or so of that video (I am a biochemist and have studied this to some degree). Neuronal damage is not permanent. There is such a thing as neurogenesis and it does contribute significantly to the replacement of dead neurons. But, it is relatively slow and the neurogenesis process itself can be interrupted by trauma (as is seen with neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's).

[Troy McClure]

The Canes fired their GM. Then this..

[wonko80]

Those players better watch their butts when taking pictures with him.

[slaps]

Brock Boeser’s injury looks ridiculously painful. He’s lucky he’s not paralyzed.

[SaintAngerBH]

Definitely not Clutterbuck's fault.

[ToddM]

The Canes fired their GM. Then this..

Now's your chance!

[ToddM]

[B Kat]

Tonight Ovechkin scored his 600th goal. 4th fastest to 600, behind Gretzky, Lemieux and Hull.

Also Marc Andre Fluery got his 400th win.

[Troy McClure]

And he did it going up against real goaltending, teams preparing for opponents via advanced scouting, and rosters four lines deep full of guys who can skate. Imagine him playing back in the 80s where goaltending was non-existent, where opposing coaches often had no useful knowledge of what it is your team liked to do, and when every team had a couple of guys who couldn’t play but were there to fight.

[ScubaSteve]

If he can average 37 goals a season until he's 40 with no injuries and no lockouts, he can pass Gretzky.

[#JTONTFJTGM]

[ScubaSteve]

And he did it going up against real goaltending, teams preparing for opponents via advanced scouting, and rosters four lines deep full of guys who can skate. Imagine him playing back in the 80s where goaltending was non-existent, where opposing coaches often had no useful knowledge of what it is your team liked to do, and when every team had a couple of guys who couldn’t play but were there to fight.

Yup. Also this is the same league where a scrub like Fleury can get to 400 wins, so maybe the game isn't harder these days.

[slaps]

Ovechkin is the best goal scorer since Gretzky. Maybe even better than Gretzky as a pure goal scorer, although not as complete a player.

[ToddM]

Just imagine if the Pens had won that other lottery and got to select Ovechkin instead of Malkin.

[BigAl]

No. I won’t imagine it and you can’t make me.

[ToddM]

IMAGINE IT!!!

[slaps]

This is the single greatest game recap in the history of the NHL:

[ToddM]

SENIOR D LEAGUE FAN BRAWL, BABY!1

https://sports.yahoo.com/massive-crowd- ... 16187.html