Equally Obnoxious Hockey Trash Talk Thread, eh?

[rhags138]

Well that was different. 9 in a row. It would be nice to see the Flyers get all lines firing at the same time, in the same game.

 

[day_trippr]

Bolts too feisty for da Brunes tonight and take the season series 3-1. Tough game, lots of nuggies thrown.
They'll no doubt meet again...

Cheers!

 

[passedpawn]

Bolts too feisty for da Brunes tonight and take the season series 3-1. Tough game, lots of nuggies thrown.
They'll no doubt meet again...

Cheers!

If you watched the game, quite a spectacle. How’d you like to see same in a playoff series?

 

[day_trippr]

Obviously I watched the game. And I'd rather take a fish hook in the eyeball than have the B's face the Bolts again, but the odds are that's exactly what'll eventually happen.

It wouldn't be the first time a TB team has stood in the way of a Boston team championship

Cheers!

 

[GilSwillBasementBrews]

Well that was different. 9 in a row. It would be nice to see the Flyers get all lines firing at the same time, in the same game.

That would be nice. Especially since we play the B’s on Tuesday.

 

[day_trippr]

Tuukka celebrated his 33rd birthday with a 2-0 shutout win helping the B's beat the hottest team in the league of late and end the Flyers 9 game win streak.

Solid game all around for the Bruins, they have to be happy about taking the game to Philly.

Cheers!

 

[Genghis]

Andersen bests Vasilevsky in goalers duel as Leafs top T-Bay 2-1. Big W ferda!

 

[GilSwillBasementBrews]

Tuukka celebrated his 33rd birthday with a 2-0 shutout win helping the B's beat the hottest team in the league of late and end the Flyers 9 game win streak.

Solid game all around for the Bruins, they have to be happy about taking the game to Philly.

Cheers!

Yeah it was his birthday. Flyers figured they’d let the B’s win 1 of the 4 regular season games.

 

[day_trippr]

Settle down, Mister "Six Place - and So Salty About It"...

Cheers!

 

[GilSwillBasementBrews]

Settle down, Mister "Six Place - and So Salty About It"...

Cheers!

Salty???? Hardly.... I’m so used to the flyers being 15+, 6th feels like a dream lolol.

 

[day_trippr]

Go figure, the Bruins are on top of the entire league...and suddenly the lights are turned off.
If by some stroke of fortune they can restart the league in, say, a month, they'll be testing the ice machines into July

 

[schematix]

Good news for the VGK. Their top players are all injured and this gives them time to heal.

However, this whole thing is BS. Mass fuking hysteria. Let's get on with this. Absolute non sense.

 

[day_trippr]

Ummm...no, it's definitely not nonsense. Look at the carnage in the hot spots.

As much as the whole sports shut-down is disappointing it makes no sense to encourage tens of thousands of people to gather in arenas across the country right now - especially as it has become obvious that there can be viral shedding going on with little to no symptoms...

Cheers!

 

[schematix]

Ummm...no, it's definitely not nonsense. Look at the carnage in the hot spots.

As much as the whole sports shut-down is disappointing it makes no sense to encourage tens of thousands of people to gather in arenas across the country right now - especially as it has become obvious that there can be viral shedding going on with little to no symptoms...

Cheers!

I disagree. This is blown way out of proportion. Yes people can and will die, but it's a slim majority of those infected, like every other seasonal cold/flu/whatever. Certain people will be hit but the vast majority it's just uncomfortable for a short time.

This is a manufactured crisis. Drop the ******* puck.

 

[day_trippr]

Yes people can and will die, but it's a slim majority of those infected

Writing can be hard

Still...look at Italy. The death rate there is staggering, and aggravated by facilities being so swamped - especially ventilators - the patients are being triaged as to their perceived likelihood of survival with the clear knowledge some are being consigned to the Check Out line. The fatality rate is at the least in the single digit percentages and perhaps as high as 3%. That's at least an order of magnitude above the typical "flu" damage.

Wrt the USA, this is definitely going to get worse before it's run its course for the year, and that's if reasonable pro-active countermeasures to "flatten the curve" prevail. And I read an article that said there's something like 80,000 critical care beds in the entire USA. In a country of 350 million souls. If half the country gets infected, and only 1% of them need to be in one of those beds, they're gonna be stacked to the ceilings and then some.

Let that sink in...

Cheers!

 

[JohnSand]

If you're going to debate the severity of Coronavirus or the response, please take it to the debate forum. There is an active thread ongoing.

I'm kind of at a loss without hockey too. I'm reading at night!

 

[rhags138]

Luckily EA sports has the solution...

 

[day_trippr]

So, if the NHL can't find a way to truncate the regular season and conduct some stripper-version playoffs to a conclusion, the league rules will award The Cup to the Boston Bruins.

Imo, if that comes to pass (effin' sad, but it's looking that way) the Bruins should accept The Presidents' Trophy - and find some way to politely decline the Championship.

Because no Boston fan attending a future game in "Da Gahdin" is going to want to see that banner hanging from the rafters...

 

[Genghis]

So, if the NHL can't find a way to truncate the regular season and conduct some stripper-version playoffs to a conclusion, the league rules will award The Cup to the Boston Bruins.

Imo, if that comes to pass (effin' sad, but it's looking that way) the Bruins should accept The Presidents' Trophy - and find some way to politely decline the Championship.

Because no Boston fan attending a future game in "Da Gahdin" is going to want to see that banner hanging from the rafters...

Citation needed. The only place I see this is on Bruins Twitter. The league rules contain nothing about awarding the cup.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Not sure about NHL but in European soccer it's been adamantly stated that titles won't just be handed out. Either the season is finished or the season is null and void. And it seems that anything up to completely cancelling the next season to finish this one is on the table.

 

[Genghis]

Whalers vs. Nordiques 2021? Let's see it!

https://www.nhl.com/news/avalanche-may-wear-nordiques-jerseys-next-nhl-season/c-316897976

 

[day_trippr]

I don't care if they wear retro bathing suits honoring the 1936 USA olympic womens' water ballet team, I just wanna see someone play the freakin' game!

 

[Genghis]

Raleigh's down with it. Let's see some dusty old tarps!

 

[day_trippr]

The NHL "return to play" plan is out. Straight to the playoffs, 24 teams.
Bruins take it in the short pants as the best record in the league doesn't mean what it normally would, but whatareyagonnado?
Also, I need to find a better written article because from this one it looks like finishing first carries zero seeding weight, which definitely isn't right...

Cheers!

https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/...ayoff-format-details-its-return-to-play-plan/

 

[passedpawn]

Lightning playoffs baby!

 

[jcav]

Yes sir, Go Bolts!

 

[Genghis]

Hockey twitter was amusing last night after the draft lottery results, with "Placeholder E" winning the #1 pick.

So the eight teams that are officially in (Boston, Tampa, Washington, Philly, St. Louis, Colorado, Vegas, and Dallas) can't get the first overall pick, and neither can the seven teams that are officially out (Ottawa, Detroit, Buffalo, NJ, LA, and Anaheim. SJ already pulled themselves out of contention by sending their first to Ottawa in the Karlsson deal).

Of the eligible sixteen teams, it could go to:

- Pittsburgh, who finished seventh overall in the league
- Arizona, which would really cement Taylor Hall's reputation as the "Lottery Whisperer"
- Toronto, who a lot of people think the league rigs things in their favor, despite having done nothing of substance in 50+ years. Carolina does technically hold this pick as a result of the Marleau buyout, but it is lottery protected
- Edmonton, because what's one more after Hall, the Nuge, and McJesus. I'll include Yakopov for completeness, but man, what a whiff that was

At least this will give the sportswriters something to chew on until the puck actually drops... whenever the heck that is.

 

[Genghis]

At least this will give the sportswriters something to chew on until the puck actually drops... whenever the heck that is.

August 1st! Schedules are up for Edmonton and Toronto! 6 games per day during the qualifiers.

I should take the month off.

 

[day_trippr]

[...] 6 games per day during the qualifiers.[...] I should take the month off.

%#@&! I'm gonna have to get in shape quick!

Cheers!

 

[passedpawn]

I'm excited. I like Boston to win it all.

This game, just before the virus took over, was pretty awesome.



(jussssst kidding, GO BOLTS!!!!)