Ongoing NHL Thread

[mattola]

 

[higgyfan4]

@WharnsbyCBC
R. Klesla on unconditional waivers by #Sabres

 

[forty_three]

First post back from a meeting and I have now covered the front of my shirt with Coke Zero.

 

[dash]

Katie Carrera @kcarrera
Follow Ovechkin on Oates saying he quit: “He’s the head coach and I get the blame from it, but in that moment I think everybody quit on the play.”

Oh yeah, this is going to end well.

 

[dash]

More from OV:

“Of course you can’t compare Beags and Backstrom but we try to create because we lose Brooks Laich, we lose Grabo, we try to have second line center and we try Beags. Me and Backy play separate and sometimes it works and sometimes it’s not,” Ovechkin said. “But I think Beags tries his best and again the whole moment if [Oates] puts me with somebody else I have to play. I can’t say, ‘You know what I’m not going to play with this guy.’ It’s disrespectful to my teammates and of course I can be angry about it but I still have to play.”

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Ovechkin being in a considerate guy for once in his life?

No longer the me, me, me player?

 

[forty_three]

 

[Comeds]

Is that a laser crease?

 

[Comeds]

Go fuck yourself PJ.

Not sure anything about PJ Stock belongs in an NHL thread though.

 

[mattola]

Hockey Tracker ‏@Hockey_tracker 19m
Boston Globe notes the #Bruins will carry a $4.5M cap penalty next year for exceeding the cap with the Iginla, Hamilton & Krug bonuses

this true? thats huge

 

[evolver115]

 

[puckhead]

member's bounce

 

[forty_three]

 

[Cobiemonster]

Nathan Horton of Blue Jackets can make NHL history by not playing vs. Stars | Home Ice - SI.com

If this happens it will be a good trivia question 10-15 years down the road

 

[mattola]

Nathan Horton of Blue Jackets can make NHL history by not playing vs.*Stars | Home Ice - SI.com

If this happens it will be a good trivia question 10-15 years down the road

that is crazy. I still dont understand why they are playing a full 60 mins

 

[dare2be]

I agree. Just start the game at the point where it was halted. If Horton doesn't play, it'd be like he went to the locker room at that point in the game and never returned. He'd get the goal/ice-time/stats credit, and everything would add up.

 

[forty_three]

Nathan Horton of Blue Jackets can make NHL history by not playing vs.*Stars | Home Ice - SI.com

If this happens it will be a good trivia question 10-15 years down the road

Yeah, they were talking about it on the Jackets broadcast last night. Pretty funny. I don't think he'll play. He skated in sweats today and the Jackets called up Skille.

that is crazy. I still dont understand why they are playing a full 60 mins

I think the rule is to restart whatever period the game was called in. So if it was the second, they'd play 40. I don't like it either. Gives the Stars more time to take the lead away.

 

[mattola]

canucks are the second lowest scoring team in the NHL next to the sabres (187 to 150) holy 150.... Well Bossman at least our teams are 1 and 2 in something this year

 

[jstewismybastardson]

John Gibson gets first NHL start in goal for the Ducks against Canucks tonight

 

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John Gibson gets first NHL start in goal for the Ducks against Canucks tonight

If he gets the win, can we call it Gibson's finest.