2017-2018 NHL Thread

[bustaheims]

Cody Franson (CHI) has been placed on waivers.

Upgrade over Polak?  Discuss.

Yes and no. He'd also be the 7th best healthy defenceman on the roster, just in a different way (less penalties, a little more offence, equally bad defence, and not used on the PK), so, deck chairs on the Titanic and such.

 

[herman]

Brent Seabrook is being healthy scratched tonight and the rumours of him to Edmonton are already fired up.

 

[Bullfrog]

Brent Seabrook for Taylor Hall?

Oh, nevermind.

 

[bustaheims]

Brent Seabrook for Taylor Hall? RNH

Oh, nevermind.

Book it, Dano.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Can we clone Seabrook and his contract so both Edmonton and Chicago can have him?

 

[herman]

Speaking of hot garbage, it was fun to read these detailed breakdowns of what constitutes hot garbage.

https://theathletic.com/204411/2018/01/08/dellow-after-41-games-edmonton-oilers/
https://theathletic.com/206001/2018/01/09/dellow-after-41-games-montreal-canadiens/

 

[cabber24]

This article is depressing:

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/team-canada-might-looked-nhlers-olympics/

#bettmansucks #bettmanisliterallyagoblin

Really going to miss Olympic hockey.

 

[rdowdall]

Would you look at that.  The Leafs missed two chances to draft a Sebastien Aho:

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=174983

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=164509

 

[ZBBM]

This is hilarious:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/sports/hockey/vegas-golden-knights-army-trademark.html

If the NHL lawyers really did advise Foley that there would be no problem, the league ought to pick up the legal tab on this.  The names are identical of course.  The similarities between the logos are strong but not overwhelming.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

This is hilarious:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/sports/hockey/vegas-golden-knights-army-trademark.html

If the NHL lawyers really did advise Foley that there would be no problem, the league ought to pick up the legal tab on this.  The names are identical of course.  The similarities between the logos are strong but not overwhelming.

I liked that Vegas' statement regarding this was apparently written by the same person who's in charge of their twitter account:

In a statement, the hockey organization said: ?We strongly dispute the Army?s allegations that confusion is likely between the Army Golden Knights parachute team and the Vegas Golden Knights major-league hockey team.?

?Indeed, the two entities have been coexisting without any issues for over a year,? the statement continued, ?and we are not aware of a single complaint from anyone attending our games that they were expecting to see the parachute team and not a professional hockey game.?

 

[herman]

Also:
https://twitter.com/wyshynski/status/951871532162338817

 

[herman]

Jon Cooper dropping straight fire.

https://twitter.com/lindquistik/status/951619005005094912

 

[hockeyfan1]

Also:
[tweet]951871532162338817[/tweet]

Similar, yet different to when in 2014,  the Jays opposed the usage of their trademark by Creighton University:

http://news.sportslogos.net/2014/08/20/toronto-blue-jays-oppose-creighton-logos/

 

[Guru Tugginmypuddah]

The name and the logo are stupid anyway.

 

[herman]

Jack Johnson has requested a trade from the Columbus Blue Jackets because he no longer believes that they are better together.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Jack Johnson has requested a trade from the Columbus Blue Jackets because he no longer believes that they are better together.

He's just sitting, waiting, wishing for a trade.

 

[herman]

Jack Johnson has requested a trade from the Columbus Blue Jackets because he no longer believes that they are better together.

He's just sitting, waiting, wishing for a trade.

Will this turn all their season's plans upside down?

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Jack Johnson has requested a trade from the Columbus Blue Jackets because he no longer believes that they are better together.

He's just sitting, waiting, wishing for a trade.

Will this turn all their season's plans upside down?

Situations like this call for desperate measures.

 

[herman]

Jack Johnson has requested a trade from the Columbus Blue Jackets because he no longer believes that they are better together.

He's just sitting, waiting, wishing for a trade.

Will this turn all their season's plans upside down?

Situations like this call for desperate measures.

In times like these, you just never know what opportunity might arise. It?s just a cryin? shame it has come to this.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Jack Johnson has requested a trade from the Columbus Blue Jackets because he no longer believes that they are better together.

He's just sitting, waiting, wishing for a trade.

Will this turn all their season's plans upside down?

Situations like this call for desperate measures.

In times like these, you just never know what opportunity might arise. It?s just a cryin? shame it has come to this.

There must have been a breakdown between him and the team, and now there's just no other way.