lordstanley

NHL back to the Olympics for 2026 (Italy) and 2030 (France?). Good move. https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/02/02/nhl-players-to-return-to-olympics-in-2026-and-2030/

Wouldn't it be something if the Wings were to not only make the playoffs but also edge out Tampa or Toronto for the 1st wildcard spot. That would put the Wings onto the Metro side of the playoff bracket. There are no scary teams in that division this year. The WIngs would be 3rd in the Metro right now, 5 points behind 1st place NYR and 3 points behind 2nd place Carolina.

Not at all. 3rd rounders are mostly junk. Look at the 2018 draft, 6 years out and only 5 of 32 picks have played more than 25 NHL games. Only 2 of 32 picks have more than 6 career NHL goals. It seems like NBA picks need to be in the top 10 of the 1st round, NHL picks have value into the first half of the 2nd round, NFL is good for all 7 rounds, and MLB is all over the place. https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl2018e.html

Remarkable what decent goaltending, like that from Lyon, gets you in the standings.

Exactly. He has been a mystery case all season and I think is a perfect candidate to be revitalized with a new team and city.

At least the "figure everything out' line and the rest of the quote in the article is just from Monday. If he had put out a new statement expressing that again a few days later, I'd start to worry that he was considering retirement. I'm assuming for now that he just feels mentally and physically beat up and needs to get away from football for a few months.

Until this season, the Lions had never played past January 12 of any year, except for Sept-Dec.

Blockbuster. Canucks gave up quite a bit. but apparently not regarded as a deep draft this year. They’re going for it.

That was one of the most lopsided overtimes one will ever see. Sens win it.

Ottawa has probably been the better team tonight, but Larkin comes through to tie it at 2. Seven minutes left in regulation.

Agree. Just like Washington didn't owe him a job even though he took time out during playoff game preparations to speak with them.

Just walked in now as the 1st ended, seeing that the Wings lead 1-0 after 1 despite being outshot 7-3. Sprong with his 13th.

It is funny how the NHL is just dribbling into the All Star Break. Two games Sunday, one game last night, two games Tuesday, three games Wednesday, and then the break.

https://www.mlive.com/lions/2024/01/amon-ra-st-brown-gets-his-pro-bowl-nod-lions-rookie-rb-headed-there-too.html Pro Bowl: McCaffrey out, Gibbs in. Suck it, McCaffrey! Oh wait ...

Those who stay will be champions.

https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2024/01/nfc-championship-ratings-lions-49ers-nearly-57-million-viewers-fox/ With the underdog Lions on the brink of their first Super Bowl appearance, the NFC Championship was an especially massive draw. Sunday’s Lions-49ers NFC Championship averaged 56.69 million viewers on FOX, per Nielsen fast-nationals — up 7% from last year’s Bengals-Chiefs AFC Championship in the same window (53.13M) and the most-watched television program outside of the Super Bowl since the 2012 Giants-49ers NFC title game (57.64M). Keep in mind out-of-home viewing was not included in Nielsen viewership estimates until 2020 (or measured at all until 2016). Excluding the Super Bowl, only three NFL games have averaged more viewers dating back to the 1991-92 season, all of them NFC Championship games on FOX: the aforementioned 2012 matchup, Vikings-Saints in 2010 (57.93M) and Cowboys-49ers in 1995 (56.79M). San Francisco’s win — which peaked with 58.97 million viewers from 9:15-9:30 PM ET — increased 19% from last year’s 49ers-Eagles NFC title game, a blowout that aired in the early window (47.50M). The Lions’ near-miss averaged a 46.3 rating and 79 share in Detroit and a 30.5 and 78 in the Bay Area. Detroit’s previous playoff game (against the Buccaneers in the Divisional Round) averaged a 40.5/77 and their Wild Card matchup with the Rams had a 39.6/69.

Was it Gibbs' fumble that turned the Lions off the run? Or was it the fact that after that and the ensuing TD the Lions were no longer playing from ahead? 21 runs in the 1st half, 8 in the 2nd half. I still can't get over what a thing of beauty the first half was. Offensive line stout, backs (and receivers in Jameson Williams' case) breaking off long gains, running wide, backbreaking (to Niners fans) 3rd down conversions including a run on 3rd and 11 I believe? I wasn't counting chickens at halftime, but man, the Niners and the stadium felt defeated. The 4th and 2 fail seemed like it might be just a blip, it wasn't until the Aiyuk Fluke (as post-game Niners talk radio was dubbing it) that the crowd really came back. I was hearing comments like "I thought the Packers game was a fluke, but I guess this is who we are" and "The Lions have as many studs as we do, how do we come back from this" and "How were we so unprepared" and "Bigger hole than against the Packers, to a team that is better than the Packers". Third NFC title game in a row, no Super Bowl win since 1994, playing at home as the #1 seed, a gazillion All Pros in the Niners' lineback ...and the Lions came out and blew the doors off of them for a full 30 minutes. They were not happy campers, about one more 3rd quarter Lions score from turning nasty. I still think the 1st half was more remarkable and unexpected than the 2nd half.

Plus the one midway through the 3rd would have shortened the game by a couple minutes or more. Reynolds makes that catch like he should have and even if the drive had stalled after that the Lions would have given the ball back up 17 (because now it would have been easy field goal range) with only 3-5 minutes left in the 3rd. Exactly like at halftime but now with 2/3 of the 3rd quarter burned. And the one in the 4th, instead of giving the ball back at best tied with 7 minutes to go, a conversion on 4th and 3 would have set up a chance at a TD to go up 4 with under 5 minutes to go. Campbell!’S worst call was running on 3rd and goal with a minute to go, forcing the Lions to use a timeout and taking a Niners 3 and out out of the equation.

Still the most thrilling sports event and environment I’ve ever been part of. Haven’t read comments yet!

This is really happening. This is not a drill. This is not a test of the emergency broadcast system.

If they hassle me, I will smile. But if they bump me, i will bite a kneecap. And if they knock me down, I will bite another kneecap.

I’m in. Lions fans …we are not alone.

13 people in Lions gear on this flight. Not bad considering the flight is from Vancouver and only has around 140 passengers total. This game is like a reverse diaspora.

Rookies bar in San Jose tonight, per Reddit.