2021 NHL regular season thread

[mateen]

No mention of Mike Milbury’s exit?

I have never found him interesting or particularly insightful on the air and will not miss him at all. But I do find it kind of fascinating, as a comment on where we are nowadays, that the joke that ultimately caused his departure was based on what I think is an unassailable factual premise, which is that young single male athletes with lots of money will seek female companionship, and that in normal times it will be readily available. Obviously in today's age he ought to have known better than to make that joke, but the level of outrage it created was bigger than I would have predicted.

 

[Tighthead]

I have never found him interesting or particularly insightful on the air and will not miss him at all. But I do find it kind of fascinating, as a comment on where we are nowadays, that the joke that ultimately caused his departure was based on what I think is an unassailable factual premise, which is that young single male athletes with lots of money will seek female companionship, and that in normal times it will be readily available. Obviously in today's age he ought to have known better than to make that joke, but the level of outrage it created was bigger than I would have predicted.

I think the fact that he was a terrible GM, a terrible analyst and had previously sloughed off domestic violence as “unfortunate” made this a bit of a last straw. I don’t know anyone who likes Milbury.

I feel like part of the “outrage” was opportunistic. Hockey fans weren’t going to pass up on the chance to send him packing.

 

[The Big Ragu]

Earlier in the bubble tournament he had said on the air that the teams playing in the empty arena was like a college women's hockey game.

 

[mateen]

I do agree that his baggage was part of this in a way that's hard to separate out, but even considering that it seemed the level of outrage caused didn't seem to fit the crime.

This is a guy who's best known for hitting someone with a shoe, and who tried to have Chris Nilan play in an NHL All Star game. It probably doesn't say great things that he held on to such a prominent role in the hockey world for so long.

 

[Splendid Splinter]

I do agree that his baggage was part of this in a way that's hard to separate out, but even considering that it seemed the level of outrage caused didn't seem to fit the crime.

This is a guy who's best known for hitting someone with a shoe, and who tried to have Chris Nilan play in an NHL All Star game. It probably doesn't say great things that he held on to such a prominent role in the hockey world for so long.

Him and Roenick can start their own podcast.

 

[Sea Bass]

I do agree that his baggage was part of this in a way that's hard to separate out, but even considering that it seemed the level of outrage caused didn't seem to fit the crime.

This is a guy who's best known for hitting someone with a shoe, and who tried to have Chris Nilan play in an NHL All Star game. It probably doesn't say great things that he held on to such a prominent role in the hockey world for so long.

I had totally forgotten about the Nilan thing.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Let’s check in on the third period of Pens-Flyers …

Oh.

 

[Sea Bass]

Ovechkin with no goals, two assists last night. He didn’t have a 0-2 game all last year.

 

[Cosmo]

Ovechkin with no goals, two assists last night. He didn’t have a 0-2 game all last year.

Brendon Dillon and Garnet Hathaway scored but Alex didn't. I know Hathaway's was an empty netter but it was from 3/4 of the way down the ice through traffic, pretty nifty. What a world. I was pretty pleased overall, especially with how the D jumped into the flow of the offense at times. A lot of backhanded slaps at Rierden coming out in the postgame comments. Don't love that, but it speaks to the frustration in the room. Back at it tonight.

 

[Splendid Splinter]

His speed and acceleration is incredible.

 

[The Big Ragu]

That McDavid goal is crazy. These are the best players in the world and at that moment he's playing at a level up.

 

[Sea Bass]

McDavid took that drop pass at his own blue line and there was no penalty killer on his side of the red line at the time. There’s no way anyone’s going to stop him when he’s got 30-40 feet of space when he gets the puck at almost full speed.

 

[Batman]

Today, on "Awkward Postgame Press Conferences..."

Flyers' Jake Voracek to Philly Inquirer's Mike Sielski: 'It doesn't matter what I say, Mike. You're going to write ****ing **** every time.'

 

[Regan MacNeil]

I don’t care what Sielski’s written. Voracek is an asshole.

 

[Spartan Squad]

Longest goal review ever but it was actually necessary. How the ref saw that in real time is impressive.

 

[Splendid Splinter]

 

[Cosmo]

What a mess that is. I'm not arguing that they should be available. The rule is the rule. But the people that are saying that "they hug and spit and breathe on each other on the ice" have a damn good point. If you can't then go and hang out and watch TV or drink vodka or whatever in the same room afterward, that seems weird. Bringing an outsider into the room though? Yeah, bad news.

NEVER MIND

EDIT: Samsonov was positive but didn't find out until Tuesday, so there's your danger, because I guess you can test positive at any time. Now the entire Caps' Russian contingent is out four games. Good lord, that's a pretty decent chunk of a 56-game season.

 

[Tighthead]

Pierre-Luc Dubois played 3:55 for CBJ tonight, didn’t see the ice for the last 44 minutes or so.

This is an ugly shift. He wants out of there sooner than later.

 

[Moderator1]

Isn't he a pretty good player? He just hates Torts that much huh?

 

[UPChip]

I think that’s how it started but the Red Wings have been using it for everything

The Red Wings sadly have fielded several players who were unfit to play in the NHL in the last few years but were physically sound.