Random NHL comments/thoughts

[buddha]

canada's national boycott of the stanley cup continues.

all the leaf fans can stop pretending to be oilers fans now.

[lordstanley]

Too many men on the ice, lol

[buddha]

11 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

Edmonton didn't even show up tonight. This was a great series for 4 of the games with some really entertaining hockey bring played. But tonight was one of two stinkers in the series. 

they showed up.  florida shut them down.  

edmonton has two great players, florida has one great team.

[lordstanley]

1 minute ago, lordstanley said:

4 goals for Reinhart. Two into ENG, but still. 

Edited June 18 by lordstanley

[lordstanley]

 

 

[Mr.TaterSalad]

I remember back on the old boards laughing at Florida as an organization and as a fan base. Laughing at the fact that they never won a damn thing, laughing at their attendance, laughing that I thought they'd be forced to admit defeat and move hockey out of south Florida. What a turnaround.

From a personnel perspective, they are head and shoulders above most other teams in the league right now. A well run organization with a very well put together team. Watching them play hockey makes you further realize how miserably far behind our roster is compared to theirs. And next year, assuming they can keep the main core of their roster together, they'll be back again next year. 

[Mr.TaterSalad]

I have to hand it to Bettman. He got what he wanted. He's wanted hockey to fail in Canada and succeed down south. He's gotten multiple Stanley Cup winners down south in Florida over the past decade. 

[lordstanley]

This isn’t very neighborly. 

[buddha]

just become the 51st state and you too can win the stanley cup.

[GalagaGuy]

Heard them point out on 97.1 earlier that a US team has won the Grey Cup more recently than a Canadian team has won the Stanley Cup.  The Baltimore Stallions won the Grey Cup in 1995.  

Also, Stoney gave us the new Canadian National Anthem.  

 

Edited June 19 by GalagaGuy

[Shinzaki]

Toews will sign with Winnipeg when FA starts

[buddha]

our old friend joe veleno is on the move again.  traded to seattle for andre burakovsky.

[slothfacekilla]

1 hour ago, buddha said:

our old friend joe veleno is on the move again.  traded to seattle for andre burakovsky.

I didn't realize Burakovsky had such little value in the league.........

[slothfacekilla]

On 6/20/2025 at 8:32 AM, Shinzaki said:

Toews will sign with Winnipeg when FA starts

He can really make a lot of cash just from games played and making the playoffs wew.  Think these offseason contracts are going to be insane.

[lordstanley]

[Mr.TaterSalad]

I'm guessing this is a salary dump for Edmonton? Will they be in pursuit of a goalie this offseason? I can't imagine they want to keep rolling with Skinner.

[slothfacekilla]

Definitely a salary dump for the Oilers (or maybe Bowman draws the line at criminal activity against women but not men?) as they have ~$15.5 million in cap space with 5 UFA and Bouchard as a RFA this offseason.  I also didn't think Kane looked very effective these playoffs.