Official NHL Season 2018-2019 Thread

Post by CJ » Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:22 pm

It was an Uber drivers hidden cam that recorded that. And that team was drunk. That's not respectable by any means.
I bet many players aren't happy with how they're threated and talk with other players all the time. This was a sad moment caught on cam. I think that's just natural.

Maybe Ducks fire Carlyle and appoint Quenneville?!

Post by **philou21** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 12:25 am

CJ wrote: Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:22 pm It was an Uber drivers hidden cam that recorded that. And that team was drunk. That's not respectable by any means.
I bet many players aren't happy with how they're threated and talk with other players all the time. This was a sad moment caught on cam. I think that's just natural.

Indeed the Uber drive shouldn't have put that on the internet but it's still tells alot about the mood running in Ottawa. Drunk people speaks the truth!

Post by CJ » Sat Nov 10, 2018 12:06 pm

Shocking news out of the Boston Bruins on Friday afternoon.

The Bruins have granted goalie Tuukka Rask a leave of absence from the team in regards to a personal matter.

Details have not been released from the team in regards to the situation.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Rask and hope the matter ends in a positive way.

Post by **nino33** » Sat Nov 10, 2018 1:33 pm

wrote: Shocking news out of the Boston Bruins on Friday afternoon.

The Bruins have granted goalie Tuukka Rask a leave of absence from the team in regards to a personal matter.

Details have not been released from the team in regards to the situation.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Rask and hope the matter ends in a positive way.
CJ wrote: Sat Nov 10, 2018 12:06 pm

FYI - there was no reference to it being shocking and no hopes/prayers comment in the (NA) media I saw...
Bruins's GM comment was "It's not health related. It's important to respect his privacy and allow him to deal with it for the next few days."

Post by CJ » Wed Nov 14, 2018 10:20 pm

nino33 wrote: Sat Nov 10, 2018 1:33 pm FYI - there was no reference to it being shocking and no hopes/prayers comment in the (NA) media I saw...
Bruins's GM comment was "It's not health related. It's important to respect his privacy and allow him to deal with it for the next few days."

Tuukka Rask stated that it was a family issue. Well he said he has two works. Hockey and family. So he had to take care of one of those.. Glad he's back and it didn't seem to be any long term thing.

I respect privacy. No need to wonder what it was all about anymore.

Post by **nino33** » Sat Nov 17, 2018 9:59 pm

Rask returned to action/played well last night

Post by **nino33** » Sun Nov 18, 2018 4:12 pm

I'm still "watching" the NHL condensed games (they play in the background on my iPad while I'm on my PC) but my only access to full games is HNIC on Saturdays...I've not yet watched a whole game; for me thus far a period or two in half the games I've seen has been "good" (Leafs can be fun to watch)

Didn't take long for me to lose interest in Montreal/Vancouver last night...I enjoyed the first period of the Flames/Oilers last night, then lost interest in the second period...the NHL is softer than I've ever seen it and it's hard for me to care (the games all seem like a variation of an all-star game...the stick checking I see as the primary form of defense in NHL games really does remind me of watching the under age 10 kids play non-contact hockey)

I don't miss fighting at all, or "dirty play" but I do really, really miss hitting & forechecking.....players used to chip the puck past the D and then there'd be hitting/and board play but now the norm is to chip the puck past the D and zip around and retrieve it keeping your back to the D (and your face to the boards)...and then it turns into ringette/basketball style non-contact offensive zone hockey

I'm looking forward to the playoffs! The regular season is definitely "meh" for me though

Post by **nino33** » Sun Nov 18, 2018 5:06 pm

Pittsburgh's struggling lately/Matt Murray's been struggling...I just saw Malkin make a kick save (protecting an EN) in the Penguin's loss to Ottawa last night - maybe they should try Malkin in goal!

I like the changes to goalie equipment (watching an hour or two of NHL condensed games daily, I believe more pucks are getting through between the body and arm because of them).....I sure wish they'd outlaw that extra knee pad (that allows the pad to rotate into a right angle & allows the goalies to slide around on their knees), but I don't see that happening.

One thing they could do is reduce the goalie interference calls (any goalie interference that happens outside the crease isn't goalie interference! it's either interference or not, but IMO a goalie moving out of his crease [especially when attempting to make a save] and contacting an opponent shouldn't ever be able to claim goalie interference)

Post by **philou21** » Sun Nov 18, 2018 5:25 pm

Except Rinne most goalies so far this season are struggling. Maybe they didn't thought they would need to adapt to that?

Post by **philou21** » Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:32 am

Rantanen first player to reach 30 pts.

AND the gwg in OT.

Post by **nino33** » Tue Nov 20, 2018 5:07 pm

The Oilers have fired McLellan, and have hired Ken Hitchcock! https://www.tsn.ca/oilers-fire-mclellan ... -1.1212882

Post by **philou21** » Tue Nov 20, 2018 9:02 pm

Can't believe they're giving a chance to Hitchcock again.

(I mean not the Oilers but an NHL team)

Post by **philou21** » Mon Nov 26, 2018 4:03 pm

Hextall got fired in Philly. Normally it's the coach that gets fire when the team has bad results when normally it's the GM's fault but for once I thought that Hextall wasn't doing that bad of a job.

Post by **philou21** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 4:47 pm

Is Wilson really that stupid? On top of that the NHL is not planning to talk to him from what I've heard.

Post by **Tasku** » Sun Dec 02, 2018 2:51 am

philou21 wrote: Sat Dec 01, 2018 4:47 pm Is Wilson really that stupid? On top of that the NHL is not planning to talk to him from what I've heard.

Did you actually see the hit? It wasn't to the head. Maybe 2 minute interference, nothing more.

Post by **philou21** » Sun Dec 02, 2018 12:11 pm

It wasn't to the head but he is a recidivist with a pretty heavy case. He had plenty of time to avoid the contact too and it was a blinsided hit.

It's Wilson after all, he's stupid.

Post by **Tasku** » Sun Dec 02, 2018 12:29 pm

I like him. He's entertaining.

Post by **archibalduk** » Sun Dec 02, 2018 5:54 pm

philou21 wrote: Sun Dec 02, 2018 12:11 pmrecidivist

I had to Google the meaning of this word! Now I know what it means but I've now idea how to pronounce it.

Post by **philou21** » Sun Dec 02, 2018 7:13 pm

I took a guess writing that word...I wasn't sure if it was spelled in english the same way it is in french.

Post by **philou21** » Mon Dec 10, 2018 6:35 pm

I always liked players from Sweden but no one came close to Forsberg to me...Pettersson on the other hand could be among my favorite quickly enough.

Post by **philou21** » Wed Jan 23, 2019 11:09 am

Are people still watching hockey here?

About time the Oilers fired Chiarelli. I hope they can make a good choice and really move foward now.

Saapas · Post by **Saapas** » Wed Jan 23, 2019 12:09 pm

The next GM will be up to his ears in the brown stuff with those contracts they have $:\$

Post by **philou21** » Wed Jan 23, 2019 2:16 pm

I wonder if they fired him after the bad contract he offered to what's his name? Koskinen? The guy hasn't proved anything and he gets more than Talbot, who's also pretty bad.

Post by **philou21** » Tue Feb 19, 2019 10:24 am

Kucherov is unstoppable.

Modano · Post by **Modano** » Wed Feb 20, 2019 12:32 am

philou21 wrote: Wed Jan 23, 2019 2:16 pm I wonder if they fired him after the bad contract he offered to what's his name? Koskinen? The guy hasn't proved anything and he gets more than Talbot, who's also pretty bad.

I know it's a little bit late to comment, but I can't believe it's the whole story. What kind of a board would accept this kind of deal and then would fire a GM? Did really nobody know about the Koskinen's new contract before he signed it? Ah right... we're talking about the Oilers board... I feel pity about their fans.