NHL 2024-2025. Not a Florida team.

[paulster2626]

The only music and sound system that belongs in a hockey arena is an organ.

This is the most "old man" thing I will read this week. Nice! FWIW, I personally would appreciate a balance between some old-timey organ and the newer style music-between-plays. At Leafs games this seems to be okay, but the same old schtick becomes apparent once you attend a few of them. Welp, it's middle of the 2nd, time for Stompin' Tom's The Hockey Song.... oh look, 3rd period started, time for the guys with the big head cutouts to dance to Cotton Eye Joe... But it's not organs or music that's gonna get a hockey crowd going, it's the acutal hockey and games/situations of importance.

I truly think 3v3 overtime is one of the best things to happen to the game in recent memory.

YES! Especially now that almost no game ends in a goddam shootout. What a travesty of the sport it was to introduce those!

Sure, shootouts at the rate we used to see them were pretty fun to watch, but they were kind of a disservice to the game. A necessary tie breaker if you will.

Blech. Good riddance.

Was flipping around between games tonight and caught the last 2 min of Pens-Ducks OT. About 30 seconds after tuning in Crosby capitalizes on a mistake and the game is over. It's what we all really want to see.

Yessir. And I bet the players prefer it this way as well.


Also, I've never said this before ever, but... The Toronto Maple Leafs: This is the year™.

[heckacali]

There are still too many shootouts without a goal in OT.

New "Last Man standing" OT proposal:

OT starts 5v5, after 2 minutes of play a buzzer sounds, 1 player from each team exits immediately during live play like a shift change without a replacement.
Next 2 mins played 4x4, buzzer sounds, 1 player from each team exits immediately....
Next 2 minutes played 3v3....
Next 2 mins played 2v2....
Next 2 mins played 1v1....

If you can't get a goal out of that 99% of the time, I'd be surprised.

And shift/player time management would be VERY interesting.

[Hood26]

Phoenix sucked. Utah is good. How?

[MarsB]

Not wrong. The Coyotes had a good young crop of forwards, but needed serious help on D. Utah owner opened the purse strings and brought in Sergachev and a few other veterans who have helped stabilize the defense. Now they just need to learn how to hold a lead in the 3rd period.

Tonight's game in Winnipeg will be a real indicator on how far they come.

[J. Barron DeJong]

Can we start a petition to rename the Atlantic Division the North & Florida Division?

[old goat]

Wings didn't look half bad tonight, with the caveat that they were playing Chicago. All they need is 3 more decent lines and they could make the playoffs. First round at least.

[stealurface831]

montgomery gets the boot.

[hooked]

How does Don Sweeney still have a job? Monty overachieved last season after a significant talent exodus but paid the price for the lack of talented prospects plus another offseason of unremarkable signings/trades. Good luck to Joe Sacco.

[jackstraw]

Yeah, time for a change. It's been too long.

[old goat]

Does any other sport recycle coaches as much as the NHL?

[heckacali]

Fucking Islanders
Ugh

[muted reborn]

I just popped out of an online rabbit hole started by reading about how 6 traveling drunks fought Paul Bissonnette and I was like WTF are these or any Irish Travelers doing in the United States....oh, shit well now I know after reading a bunch of news stories. Crazy.

[basinbeater]

Yeah, it was pretty interesting listening to the podcast about the attack. The spitting Chiclets guys are kind of jackasses, but they are also pretty tied into what's happening in the league and can be pretty funny. Sounded like quite the brawl.

[stealurface831]

WTF are these or any Irish Travelers doing in the United States....

there is an enclave of them in SC. they make their way up here about once a year. a crime wave follows. they steal anything and everything that isn't bolted to bedrock, horses in particular. of course, their bread and butter are the driveway and roofing scams. when not stealing or scamming, they do exactly what they did in biz nasty's case: start shit in a bar or restaurant and fight anyone who tries to intervene. fucking scum of the earth.

[MarsB]

I knew about the brawl, but the travelers wrinkle is news to me. I do remember reading all the Irish surnames of the suspects and figured they were some Massholes on vacation.