2018-2019 NHL Thread

[Bullfrog]

I don't see why teams would do this for short suspensions. Why have someone sit in the pressbox and count towards the cap if the suspended player is also counting towards the cap? Teams can handle having one less roster player for a short time, but not for 40 games.

 

[Kin]

Don't look now but Vegas might not be great.

 

[disco]

https://twitter.com/PredsNHL/status/1050879351519174658

 

[hockeyfan1]

How the game has changed: From the past to the present, how the young talent has embraced the game to make it among the fastest and most skilled of any era.

Some points:

- no more enforcer (meaning more emphasis on skilled talent)

For today?s young, skilled players, suddenly the shackles are kinda off. They grew up learning to create that space and now they suddenly find themselves with room they hadn?t previously been allotted, plus the skills they developed in the muck.

- better equipment (skates plus sticks, sticks, sticks).  Also, individual customization helps players develop their own personal way of best utilizing it to suit their own unique skills.

They?ve learned the feel, how they operate and how to best manipulate them to make their shots as dangerous as possible.

- greater training techniques -- power, cardio, and  muscle training, and nutrition

- whole team offensive talent

If everyone on your team has offensive skill ? a major emphasis of this generation of players ? everyone improves because you can use each and everyone and trust they?ll all do something good with the puck.

[tweet]1050798090502909952[/tweet]

 

[CarltonTheBear]

This wasn't a penalty:

https://twitter.com/TheStanchion/status/1051287025796571136

Some added context: Pettersson deked the pants off Matheson just seconds prior to this, so clearly Matheson was looking for some revenge. Pettersson left the game with an injury. With the way he fell onto the ice I'd guess shoulder.

 

[herman]

This wasn't a penalty:

https://twitter.com/TheStanchion/status/1051287025796571136

Some added context: Pettersson deked the pants off Matheson just seconds prior to this, so clearly Matheson was looking for some revenge. Pettersson left the game with an injury. With the way he fell onto the ice I'd guess shoulder.

I don't like this.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/DimFilipovic/status/1051288306686685184

Good one Randy!

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/DimFilipovic/status/1051288306686685184

Good one Randy!

I have something to add:
https://twitter.com/DylanFremlin/status/1051299389887500288

 

[Kin]

Apparently the Pettersson injury is a head injury.

 

[louisstamos]

This wasn't a penalty:

https://twitter.com/TheStanchion/status/1051287025796571136

Some added context: Pettersson deked the pants off Matheson just seconds prior to this, so clearly Matheson was looking for some revenge. Pettersson left the game with an injury. With the way he fell onto the ice I'd guess shoulder.

It's been a while since I've seen someone attempt to give a Rock Bottom.

 

[OldTimeHockey]

Apparently the Pettersson injury is a head injury.

Looks like he smacked the side of his head on the ice.

 

[Zee]

Apparently the Pettersson injury is a head injury.

Looks like he smacked the side of his head on the ice.

Concussion is most likely. He was totally out of it trying to get up off the ice. Not a good scene at all

 

[OldTimeHockey]

Glad to hear the DOPS is reviewing that body slam. Should be a suspension but more than likely will end up being a fine which is pretty sad.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I'm actually a little surprised he's having a hearing. I think it definitely warrants a suspension, particularly because it was pretty clearly a revenge-hit/chokeslam... I just didn't expect the NHL to do it.

 

[hockeyfan1]

Hockey, Tim Hortons, & Kenya:

[tweet]1051831215551074310[/tweet]

 

[herman]

Post-millennials in the workforce

https://twitter.com/canucks/status/1052338701475426305

 

[herman]

Sorry vegetarians, but this whole thread takes the porchetta.

https://twitter.com/ricknashtag/status/1052200241456443392

 

[Deebo]

Sorry vegetarians, but this whole thread takes the porchetta.

https://twitter.com/ricknashtag/status/1052200241456443392

Is that herman and Seth Griffith in that picture?

 

[herman]

Sorry vegetarians, but this whole thread takes the porchetta.

https://twitter.com/ricknashtag/status/1052200241456443392

Is that herman and Seth Griffith in that picture?

I don?t know how they could?ve possibly missed that one.

 

[Arn]

An interesting read, based upon today's law change in Canada, in relation to the legalisation of marijuana in Canada and its use or potential use by players

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/marijuana-use-players-story/