**Official 2019/20 NHL Season Thread*** (*******s Welcome)

[danbuc]

Bolts better take care of business tonight...Cant trust them in Game 7. Hopefully they do there thing with not losing back to back games this playoffs!! Lets take the Cup tonight Boyoss!!

[eatyourspinach]

gonna be over quick if Dallas keeps taking penalties

Edit: Bolts actually showed heart tonight

[topperstyle]

Das it mane

[DynamicDot]

Really sucks getting this far just to lose. I like the Lightning I guess but I wanted Stars to win it all.

Congrats.

[VTheKing]

Wanted the Stars to win, but you can't be mad at this iteration of the Bolts for doing it instead. To think these guys were swept in one of the biggest upsets ever last season when it looked like they had peaked, only to come back stronger and be the better team every round despite not having their captain. Some mental fortitude right there.

That's why it's so important to have a good underlying organization... sure Hedman was a #2 overall pick, but so much of their core was drafted and developed in-house and outside of the 1st round. Then the fleece jobs to acquire McDonagh and Sergachev, good deadline adds like Coleman and Goodrow and value signings like Bogosian and Shattenkirk. Putting it all in writing, they did so many things right and it would've been be tragic if they never got rewarded.

[amikaelmorris]

boring obnoxious diving team wins cup

no one cares

[charity4thepoor]

Hell yes! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOO

[r0bo]

boring obnoxious diving team wins cup

no one cares

[mgftp]

Wow, saw a headline that Tampa won. Meanwhile I didn't know hockey was going on. What a world we live in.

Congratulations Florida Trash People

[Thai_Clinch]

TAMPA = Hockeytown


Champs.



HAHAHAHAHAHA WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[danbuc]

boring obnoxious diving team wins cup

no one cares

[amikaelmorris]

[VTheKing]

boring obnoxious diving team wins cup

no one cares

but the Stars lost

[amikaelmorris]

aw bandwagon fan that's never posted in the thread before throwing negs around instead of posting

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thanks for proving my point topperstyle

[VTheKing]

Coyotes rumored to be shopping OEL to save cash, except he has an NMC and he only wants to go to Vancouver or Boston

lol if not for the Myers contract maybe the Canucks would be able to make it work. and it would be baffling for the Bruins to acquire OEL with his huge cap hit only to let Krug walk. so I don't see a trade working out at all.

in b4 Coyotes ownership literally run out of cash and can't pay their players

[441Forty]

Coyotes rumored to be shopping OEL to save cash, except he has an NMC and he only wants to go to Vancouver or Boston

lol if not for the Myers contract maybe the Canucks would be able to make it work. and it would be baffling for the Bruins to acquire OEL with his huge cap hit only to let Krug walk. so I don't see a trade working out at all.

in b4 Coyotes ownership literally run out of cash and can't pay their players

Kind of hard to tell who’s doing the shopping between Sullivan, Armstrong, or both

Regardless, I hope this is handled the correct way and I believe it will be. OEL’s main grievance is Tochett and outside of that he seems ok with AZ. Hopefully he’ll expand another team or 2 like Edm and there will be another offer on the table so Van or Boston adds a bit

It’s time to play some chess

[amikaelmorris]

he probably snaps back into form a bit if he gets traded

can't see them trading him unless they retain salary though, they gave him the "retirement" contract to stay there, i don't think anyone else wants to pay him that much

[VTheKing]

Kind of hard to tell who’s doing the shopping between Sullivan, Armstrong, or both

Regardless, I hope this is handled the correct way and I believe it will be. OEL’s main grievance is Tochett and outside of that he seems ok with AZ. Hopefully he’ll expand another team or 2 like Edm and there will be another offer on the table so Van or Boston adds a bit

It’s time to play some chess

Local sports media have reported Benning is pursuing OEL very aggressively, so... the Coyotes might not have to wait, the Canucks will be spreading their cheeks for some Swedish penor.

he probably snaps back into form a bit if he gets traded

can't see them trading him unless they retain salary though, they gave him the "retirement" contract to stay there, i don't think anyone else wants to pay him that much

I have no idea how the deal can even work because of the Canucks' cap situation, but given how obsessed Benning is with making bad deals I fear that someone like Boeser is going back to account for another bad contract needing to be included - probably Eriksson's because he's cap-heavy but cash-light.

[VTheKing]

don't forget boyos, draft is at 19:00 EST/16:00 PST tomorrow

****ing insane that the Rags are a solid young team right now and they will add Lafreniere to it.

[EctoCanuck]

Some one should go over to HF and start a "Canadiens have made a trade with the Rangers to aquire the 1st over all pick! in the Montreal sub forum.

There would be enough jiss to cover a few millions poutines.

[EctoCanuck]

The Jets picked Centre Cole Perfetti...



I predict he'll be the best player in the entire league!!!

I just hope it isn't the American Hockey League.

I hope the Laine trade crap will stop.


In other news my nose is running, I have a slight fever, my throat is sore, and I have a hangnail. Time to go shopping for some Bleach and lightbulbs.

[Dontoewsmebro]

The Jets picked Centre Cole Perfetti...



I predict he'll be the best player in the entire league!!!

I just hope it isn't the American Hockey League.

I hope the Laine trade crap will stop.


In other news my nose is running, I have a slight fever, my throat is sore, and I have a hangnail. Time to go shopping for some Bleach and lightbulbs.

Confetti for Perfetti?

[EctoCanuck]

Confetti for Perfetti?

Someone pointed out that his stats are identical to Nic Petan's. The last time I checked Nic was washing dishes at a restaurant in Toronto.

The New York Rangers moving up to take Braden Schneider was the highlight of the first round. That kid could anchor their defense for the next 15 years.

[Dontoewsmebro]

Someone pointed out that his stats are identical to Nic Petan's. The last time I checked Nic was washing dishes at a restaurant in Toronto.

The New York Rangers moving up to take Braden Schneider was the highlight of the first round. That kid could anchor their defense for the next 15 years.

fukn lmao I remember the hype about Nic Petan. Never seen someone so soft on the boards.

Rangers are going to be a fun team to watch especially with Trouba and Lemieux. Got a soft spot for them. Kakko, Panarin, Fox, Lafrernier, Shersterkin, Kreider...Team will make the cup final vs Jets within 3 years.

Gotta let Samberg, Niku, and Heinola sizzle for a bit in the oven nomsayin?

[Mr.Roarke]

Nic Petan.. Now theres a name I havent heard in a long time.

[portamoral]

nic petan is a good player

i will never give up hope

[Pown]

Damn. Crazy that Ottawa potentially got their number 1 centre , a top pairing D and now we have a number 1 goalie with Murray from pits...in not even 20 hours. Plus they brought back the 2d logo

[VTheKing]

so Stecher not qualified, Toffoli is walking, hard speculation about Markstrom destinations and no word on Tanev extension. Canucks gonna lose half of the good supporting pieces in one fell swoop lol

[skinnyfat88]

5.5M per x 7 for Josh Anderson.

There's a chance it doesn't end up being horrible but based on statistics alone this has got to be one of the most perplexing overpayments in recent memory.

[VTheKing]

Holtby to the Canucks, so rip Markstrom. Granted we have Demko who's shown signs of being just as good, but it's hard for a goalie to be consistently good playing 60+ games a season. Whoever signs Marky will be very lucky.

5.5M per x 7 for Josh Anderson.

There's a chance it doesn't end up being horrible but based on statistics alone this has got to be one of the most perplexing overpayments in recent memory.

Anderson is a 25-30 goal scoring beast... when healthy. Huge huge risk signing a long contract with a physical player who's already missed a lot of games before even hitting 30. Could be David Clarkson 2.0.