2021-2022 NHL Thread

[bustaheims]

JT is getting a Prius?

Matthews is getting a combine harvester.

A Lexus combine harvester.

 

[Joe S.]

I mean...at some point you have to think the NHL just gets the picture. The Coyotes have been there for almost a quarter of a century. Hockey doesn't seem to work there. It's a successful league otherwise. Why would they keep fighting for these headlines every 6 months.

Because Bettman?

 

[Bullfrog]

I will tell you something mildly interesting... a certain Maple Leaf will have a very expensive brand new vehicle in his driveway in January that I have on order.

Suped up K-car?

 

[ZBBM]

JT is getting a Prius?

Matthews is getting a combine harvester.

A Lexus combine harvester.

With a Tesla sidecar for Mitchy.

 

[dappleganger]

JT is getting a Prius?

Matthews is getting a combine harvester.

A Lexus combine harvester.

With a Tesla sidecar for Mitchy.

Mitchy is getting one of these: https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/2/22813719/tesla-cyberquad-for-kids-pricing-features-availability


Also, the best car is a 2016 Audi A7 TDI. All-wheel drive, hybrid fuel economy, fun to drive, can tow (3,900lbs braked), good trunk space. Missing a manual transmission.

 

[ZBBM]

JT is getting a Prius?

Matthews is getting a combine harvester.

A Lexus combine harvester.

With a Tesla sidecar for Mitchy.

Mitchy is getting one of these: https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/2/22813719/tesla-cyberquad-for-kids-pricing-features-availability


Also, the best car is a 2016 Audi A7 TDI. All-wheel drive, hybrid fuel economy, fun to drive, can tow (3,900lbs braked), good trunk space. Missing a manual transmission.

That's a deal-killer for me, I really like driving a stick.

But do they even make those any more?

 

[Kin]

I mean...at some point you have to think the NHL just gets the picture. The Coyotes have been there for almost a quarter of a century. Hockey doesn't seem to work there. It's a successful league otherwise. Why would they keep fighting for these headlines every 6 months.

Because Bettman?

I guess but Bettman doesn't seem like the overly sentimental type. When they didn't have a viable path forward in Atlanta the team left, pretty matter of fact. I know some people want to tie Bettman's tenure to the Coyotes in particular but I've never got the sense that was something he was particularly hung up on.

 

[L K]

The Blackhawks just let Tyler Johnson have disc replacement surgery so now we have an N of 2 to evaluate how hockey players recover.

Nik I?ll let you know about your joint pain but it?s going to have to be in private.  Have to keep that information on a knee to know basis

 

[Kin]

Nik I?ll let you know about your joint pain but it?s going to have to be in private.  Have to keep that information on a knee to know basis

I just need to be in good enough shape to play 1st line minutes for the Sabres.

 

[Joe S.]

I mean...at some point you have to think the NHL just gets the picture. The Coyotes have been there for almost a quarter of a century. Hockey doesn't seem to work there. It's a successful league otherwise. Why would they keep fighting for these headlines every 6 months.

Because Bettman?

I guess but Bettman doesn't seem like the overly sentimental type. When they didn't have a viable path forward in Atlanta the team left, pretty matter of fact. I know some people want to tie Bettman's tenure to the Coyotes in particular but I've never got the sense that was something he was particularly hung up on.

I was mostly trying to be funny. But it seems to me that he?s been stubbornly trying to keep the team in Arizona despite every indication that this was a failed venture. It almost seemed personal at times. This is all conjecture from memory so I don?t have anything tangible to back this up.

 

[Bullfrog]

Nik I?ll let you know about your joint pain but it?s going to have to be in private.  Have to keep that information on a knee to know basis

I just need to be in good enough shape to play 1st line minutes for the Sabres.

Have you tried beer? Might help ease the pain. Will likely not affect your skating.

 

[ZBBM]

You guys are in good form today.

Sent from my moto g(7) power using Tapatalk

 

[Highlander]

As someone who has spent a lot of time in AZ over the past 10 years and seen many hockey games at Gila, I believe there is a future for the team.  When they were located downtown at what is now the Talking Sticks Arena, they were drawing a lot of fans.  However, I say this knowing that Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, etc. are growing at an exponential rate, the most growth in the US over the last several years. Corporation after Corporation are moving there, the population is growing and many of these people are from hockey areas of the N.E.  In 5 more years with a new arena in a better area, it will work. 
But then again I could be wrong.  Hockey in a desert can work, cause it works in Vegas, albeit for different reasons.

 

[L K]

Nik I?ll let you know about your joint pain but it?s going to have to be in private.  Have to keep that information on a knee to know basis

I just need to be in good enough shape to play 1st line minutes for the Sabres.

Just do a few wind sprints before puck drop and you should be good to go.  We generally don?t recommend surgery for ACL tears in Buffalo

 

[Kin]

When they were located downtown at what is now the Talking Sticks Arena, they were drawing a lot of fans.

So this isn't particularly true. ESPN's attendance figures only go back to 2000 but their last few years in Downtown Phoenix they were basically drawing about as much as they have for most of their history in Glendale, give or take about 1,000 people, which is a pretty far cry from "a lot". They may have been drawing more before that but, if so, that's pretty clearly just a bump from being new in town.  ?

Regardless, the difference between being financially viable or not isn't the 2000 or so fans that would bump the Coyotes attendance up to middling levels.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Islanders are now 0-8-3 in their last 11 games. Yikes.

 

[Bender]

Islanders are now 0-8-3 in their last 11 games. Yikes.

But what if we had Lou?

 

[bustaheims]

Islanders are now 0-8-3 in their last 11 games. Yikes.

It's almost like loading your roster with role players and declining (or, in some cases, should have already retired) veterans while letting many of your skilled offensive pieces go isn't a great recipe for success...

 

[rdowdall]

Islanders are now 0-8-3 in their last 11 games. Yikes.

It's almost like loading your roster with role players and declining (or, in some cases, should have already retired) veterans while letting many of your skilled offensive pieces go isn't a great recipe for success...

Matthews has scored 8 goals since he realized that he would need to shave his mustache.  Coincidence?  I know what Lou thinks.

 

[bustaheims]

Matthews has scored 8 goals since he realized that he would need to shave his mustache.  Coincidence?  I know what Lou thinks.

He'd be second on the Islanders in goals this season based solely on his play since mustache removal was confirmed. In those 6 games, he's outscored their entire roster 8 to 7.

Definitely facial hair policy. No doubt. Just need to change that policy every few weeks. Keep the players on their toes.