Ongoing NHL Thread Part V minutes for fighting

[esls79]

So the Avalanche have a 4 goal 1st period at Washington.

Doesn’t count - Holtby is a sieve - they’ve only got 1 against a competent NHL goalie

 

[dash]

 

[thedddd]

Somewhere in Calgary sitting on his sofa James Kneel is thinking....

 

[thedddd]

Source: Penguins Have Called Islanders About Ho-Sang

Ummmm he would have to get a new number, oh wait nevermind didn't he recently go with 26?

 

[wingsauce7]

Doesn’t count - Holtby is a sieve - they’ve only got 1 against a competent NHL goalie

That's a pretty shity stat line for holtby, but I'm pretty sure they still count.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Doesn’t count - Holtby is a sieve - they’ve only got 1 against a competent NHL goalie

 

[forty_three]

Just showed that to my son. His response was "what the fuck?"

 

[obxyankeefan]

Just showed that to my son. His response was "what the fuck?"

You might want to talk to your son about his language

 

[forty_three]

You might want to talk to your son about his language

His mother took care of that.

 

[elocomotive]

I get that scheduling all the teams isn't easy and there are a lot of conflicts to work around. But how in the hell do we have several teams that have played 7 games and there are still two teams that have only played 3!

 

[jstewismybastardson]

In ancient times when i worked at a casino, he was in there every night the canucks werent on the road, playing poker, and not successfully

 

[mattola]

In ancient times when i worked at a casino, he was in there every night the canucks werent on the road, playing poker, and not successfully

Terrible but hope he gets sorted out

 

[forty_three]

In ancient times when i worked at a casino, he was in there every night the canucks werent on the road, playing poker, and not successfully

I don't know if all teams do it, but the Blue Jackets spend a whole day at rookie camp over the summer going over financial planning, living on their own, how to grocery shop, make meals, etc. Seems like a small thing but when you realize these guys have never learned basic skills and suddenly have all this money heaped on them it becomes pretty critical. Honestly, surprised more of these stories don't happen.

Good luck Donald.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

I don't know if all teams do it, but the Blue Jackets spend a whole day at rookie camp over the summer going over financial planning, living on their own, how to grocery shop, make meals, etc. Seems like a small thing but when you realize these guys have never learned basic skills and suddenly have all this money heaped on them it becomes pretty critical. Honestly, surprised more of these stories don't happen.

Good luck Donald.

Ferraro tells the story about when he left the game ... he didn’t have any experience doing basic things like booking a flight for himself or opening a bank account.

 

[gob]

I don't know if all teams do it, but the Blue Jackets spend a whole day at rookie camp over the summer going over financial planning, living on their own, how to grocery shop, make meals, etc. Seems like a small thing but when you realize these guys have never learned basic skills and suddenly have all this money heaped on them it becomes pretty critical. Honestly, surprised more of these stories don't happen.

Good luck Donald.

Haha, yeah, every year there's a story about the cooking class. I think one of the rookies this year got sick on undercooked chicken sometime in the past.

 

[DragonfromTO]

I don't know if all teams do it, but the Blue Jackets spend a whole day at rookie camp over the summer going over financial planning, living on their own, how to grocery shop, make meals, etc. Seems like a small thing but when you realize these guys have never learned basic skills and suddenly have all this money heaped on them it becomes pretty critical. Honestly, surprised more of these stories don't happen.

Good luck Donald.

I don't have any kids but I always assumed that preparing them for adulthood would have been part of my "job if I did. Do hockey parents not generally take that approach these days? They're not all just trying to sell books, are they?

I mean, I personally wasn't really prepared for adulthood either but my dad was just awful in that regard (and it rubbed off on my mom). I love him but I can see that clearly now.

And to be clear I do still think it's great that teams do this.

 

[gob]

I don't have any kids but I always assumed that preparing them for adulthood would have been part of my "job if I did. Do hockey parents not generally take that approach these days? They're not all just trying to sell books, are they?

I mean, I personally wasn't really prepared for adulthood either but my dad was just awful in that regard (and it rubbed off on my mom). I love him but I can see that clearly now.

And to be clear I do still think it's great that teams do this.

It's just athletes in general. I remember hearing about how Chad Johnson didn't know what a checking account was

 

[DragonfromTO]

Ferraro tells the story about when he left the game ... he didn’t have any experience doing basic things like booking a flight for himself or opening a bank account.

I had a charge-off on my report for 7 years because I came home after my freshman year with a slightly negative balance in my US bank account (my first one ever) and just left it like that all summer. Brilliant kid with zero idea what he was doing.

 

[DragonfromTO]

It's just athletes in general. I remember hearing about how Chad Johnson didn't know what a checking account was

I don't know a ton about Chad Johnson's life and childhood but it seems quite possible to me that's not just (or possibly at all) a function of him playing sports.

Like I said I do love that teams do this, don't get me wrong here. I just kinda shake my head that it's such a necessity.

 

[forty_three]

I don't have any kids but I always assumed that preparing them for adulthood would have been part of my "job if I did. Do hockey parents not generally take that approach these days? They're not all just trying to sell books, are they?

I mean, I personally wasn't really prepared for adulthood either but my dad was just awful in that regard (and it rubbed off on my mom). I love him but I can see that clearly now.

And to be clear I do still think it's great that teams do this.

Common sense tells you that it should be the parents' job.

As a coach, I have seen some parents start that "hockey parent" track when their kids are like 8 years old. My son's Bantam season, he played with a kid whose dad was already contacting colleges to come scout his kid.

Bantams are 12-13. I think a parent that is doing shit like that isn't really thinking too much about whether little Timmy knows how to write a cheque.

When you look at kids that make it to the NHL, most are identified early, and go off to live with billet families to play in Junior. at 15 or 16. So the likelihood that good parental involvement is common is that much lower.

I just kinda shake my head that it's such a necessity.

Absolutely.

I would hope that Junior teams would do it also, just haven't heard about it.