2018-19 NHL thread

Cory Perry
Ryan Kesler

 

Bettman

 

Too bad Pronger isn’t playing, he’d be in the top 5.

 

Dammit! Jake beat me to Bettman.

Is Reaves' hit on Wilson analogous to Evander Kane's takedown of Cooke?

 

Ducks goalie Ryan Miller suffered a sprained MCL. They claimed Chad Johnson off waivers. That prompted this tweet:

 

He loves to search his name for tweets like these.

 

Ovechkin with a hat trick last night, Backstrom with four assists. I really hope Caps fans take the time to savor every moment with these two, because it isn't going to last forever.

Ovechkin with 25 goals in 30 games ... a 60-goal season suddenly seems very realistic.

Edit to add that his shooting percentage this year is stupid, 21.6. His career high is 14.6 back in '07-08. I would suspect that would normalize down to 16 or 17 percent by the end of the year, but that still would be pretty crazy.

 

Got drunk, won trivia, decided on a whim for a quick roadie to Raleigh tomorrow. You Canes fans make it easy. $65 for lower-level, Caps shoot twice? I paid $83 for the front row upper deck at Capital One.

Also, Fridays off rule.

Also, also, I might just be addicted to hockey at this point. I don't hate it.

 

Thank Tom Dundon.

Fired Ron Francis, botched the way he handled it by ordering him not to go to the ESA - since he still had a title and all - and eventually had to announce that he relieved him of all duties. Handed the reins to Don Waddell when no one else would take Dundon's insulting lowball offers because he knows more about hockey than people who have been immersed in the game their entire lives. Pure brilliance.

Gave away Jeff Skinner. Oops. Now looking for a top-six forward. Wait ... so Skinner was the problem, and NOW you bleat about a top-six forward? Yes, he's playing with Jack Eichel and that wasn't happening in Raleigh unless Eric Staal stepped back to 2005. (Oh yeah ... Eric Staal looks good in the Twin Cities).

Take a look at Bill Peters, Elias Lindholm and Noah Hanifin in Calgary. Guess they were problems, too. Take a look at how shaky Dougie Hamilton is in Raleigh these days.

What a mess. Well on the way to a 10th consecutive season of missing the playoffs.

Enjoy the ESA, Cosmo.

 

But, but ... those "spontaneous" victory celebrations.

 

Yeah, I thought the Canes might be decent this year after their strong start. They always give the Caps a hell of a game, so I'm expecting no less tonight. Will be my fourth trip down there for a game, always a fun time.