THE BUSTED WINDOW OF CONTENTION WON'T STAY OPEN: THE NHL 2023-2024 SEASON THRED (INC KNIGHTS HANGOVER & PANIC MOVES. HOCKEY IS THE BEST)

*points at thread title like Buck Turgidson*

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I think only a caps fan could love tom wilson so probably all for the better for us lowercase folks

pretty pleased by this trade for the penguins

- brought in a 100-point right-handed defenseman
- dumped two of hextall’s worst acquisitions (granlund, petry)
- gained $3m in cap space?!?!

incredible for the habs too

so i guess that means the sharks lose? :(

Good trade on the books for PIT, but they are still incredibly old and top heavy (as befitting a 3-time champion refusing to tear it down).

oh, absolutely. but if you're gonna go for one last ride there's no point in doing it halfheartedly

btw sid turns 36 today ffs

Rip Rick Jeanneret

https://theathletic.com/4786304/2023/08/17/rick-jeanneret-nhl-obituary/

aww

MAY DAY

Ah, that sucks, always kinda felt like the Sabres were my second team

classic babcock

loooooool babcock out

do kind of hate bissonette being proved right tho

Biz is a major league chode, but this was one helluva scoop by him. CBJ is a super young team, Babs thought he could pull his old stunts with them, and instantly lost their trust. The team will be better off without him, and I don't think he'll ever coach in the NHL again. He's a bully.

Babcock departs with the fourth-best win percentage in Blue Jackets franchise history.

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Sheesh.

TIL modano never busted 100 pts in a season

haha same

it's a great day for hockey

He is so smol

secondary assist for his first point, just like he'd always dreamed

off to a great start

I don't know that I hate ESPN showing a little graphic with the puck carrier's name, but it's very video game-y. Were they doing this last season?

this is not how I expected the first Canucks game to go

guys the sharks are 0-10-1

they have scored 12 goals and allowed 55

Shorks

Back where they belong

20 goals against in the last two games

what if they never win a game

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/second-former-blackhawks-player-makes-210303411.html

Absolute fucking garbage organization. In a just world they'd have their 2010 Cup vacated, Bedard removed from the team and sent to Anaheim and lost their right to playoffs and Top 10 draft picks for the next decade. Hell, even better if the organization was dissolved entirely, right down to their racist ass logo, but I know that's not going to happen.

jvc otm

oilers in disarray

Unhinged

I want them to get desperate and offer their first born for Carter Hart.

appreciate when coaches get fired after a win

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/38896995/man-arrested-suspicion-manslaughter-adam-johnson-death

3 Canucks tied for the points lead, and Brock Boeser tied for the lead in goals.

This is not how I expected the first 16 Canucks games to go

went to the game against the Islanders last night, it was a blast

so today is native (american) heritage day, and marc-andré fleury, whose wife is first nations, wanted to wear a goalie mask designed by a native artist

and then the NHL said no
and then MAF was like, okay, i'll just pay the fine
and then the NHL said no, and also we will fine the hell out of the minnesota wild
and then MAF was like, okay, i'll just wear it in warmups
and the NHL still said no

and then it became a news story, and the NHL folded, and MAF is wearing it in the game tonight

i swear this league is run by the dumbest fucking people alive

Sure seems like it

Kane to the Wings rumors really solidifying, dunno how I feel about that.

Statement from the team: pic.twitter.com/1jqOm7pb5P

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) November 28, 2023

Who would think Corey Perry of all people would do such a thing?

Jeez is there any news on what Perry did? Maybe related but I’m amazed by how little coverage the Lucic thing has gotten.

If the rumors are true, wow.

Also, if the rumors are true, it's fitting that the slimiest club in hockey will freak over consensual adult sex but cover up rape all day long.

i can't imagine the rumors (that perry slept with bedard's mom) are true, and in any case i don't think the standard player's contract covers such events

but yeah it's rough when the chicago blackhawks are trying to take the moral high ground against you

* googles connor bedard mom furiously *

it's rough when the chicago blackhawks are trying to take the moral high ground against you

lmao exactly

I cant bear the thought of the cup going to Florida, its against nature

alanis!

TSN here was airing G4 of the '88 final this afternoon, Edmonton vs. Boston. Watched a few minutes and saw Gretzky score a goal.

you realize tampa bay has won 3, and las vegas one(1) SC yeah?
xp

let's not talk about that

former penguins evan rodrigues and cody ceci making their presence felt

Just because they won it doesn't mean it's good IMHO

Also this game is nuts

as a lifetime Floridian, rooting full-throated Edmonton

fucking do something leon

a nation turns its lonely eyes to you

fuck

boo

The color guy on the panthers live radio broadcast is wild and unhinged

^ Bill Lindsay

Rats all over the ice!

haha i was mostly listening to the oilers radio pxp guy (who, weirdly, is from western pennsylvania)

damn mcdavid gets MVP that’s not gonna go over well

rather have the cup than a consolation mvp

pretty happy for barkov

god bless phil prichard but this whole 'shining-the-Cup' thing is straight out of some wrestling promotion in the 1980s

the Cup is cool. having a captain hoist it is cool. back off the other stuff

Ah well

There's no justice, we oughta leave this world behind

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How the Florida Panthers winning the Stanley Cup sounded on Panthers radio pic.twitter.com/cZLiERI6vi

— Nick Piccone (@_piccone) June 25, 2024

How the end of Game 7 sounded on Oilers radio

Kudos to Jack Michaels on such a fantastic call that had to be incredibly tough pic.twitter.com/Ut3x4pB1Wx

— Nick Piccone (@_piccone) June 25, 2024

Glad the Panthers won. I've only seen one hockey game in my life and it was Panthers vs Calgary in Miami in the Panthers' debut season. John Vanbiesbrouck was goaltender. I also learned to ice skate in the facility where the team practiced. So I guess have a soft spot.

Sorry that others here are disappointed. But whoever heard of the Stanley Cup going to a Canadian team anyway.

That’s a good chirp

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(oops huge) but deservedly so

Who is that?

I remember the time that Ariana Grande got hit by a puck at a Panthers game (true story)

Well I don’t remember it from the time bc she wasn’t famous yet but eventually the story emerged

Roberto xp

almo should be inducted for this alone pic.twitter.com/lIIk1sswpG

— Sam (@samanthacp_) June 25, 2024