Salary caps suck
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 10 July 2023 13:52 (ten months ago) link
lol
We have placed defenseman Tony DeAngelo on unconditional waivers.— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) July 14, 2023
― mookieproof, Friday, 14 July 2023 16:14 (ten months ago) link
happy retirement to Thomas Greissdid not expect Jarry to sign with the Pens long term - he was not good the few times I saw him play this year
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 15 July 2023 00:48 (ten months ago) link
my understanding is that they had limited options and considered him the least-bad one. certainly the fans aren’t thrilled about it
― mookieproof, Saturday, 15 July 2023 08:25 (ten months ago) link
Oppenheimer is the 2nd consecutive Christopher Nolan movie to feature a prominent cameo by former New York Rangers forward Sean Avery. this is very strange and important to me.— david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) July 18, 2023
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 17:51 (ten months ago) link
Loled at this
Can confirm Phil Kessel's day with the Stanley Cup was today.And once again, he had it in Toronto.What a legend.— Nick Alberga (@thegoldenmuzzy) July 19, 2023
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Thursday, 20 July 2023 14:11 (nine months ago) link
VGK Phil Kessel keeps it relatively quiet (except for the birthday party 🙂) after his 3rd Cup victory. BTW, there were no hot dogs. (Toronto, ON). #StanleyCup @GoldenKnights @NHL @HockeyHallFame pic.twitter.com/DBNBkgfOOu— Philip Pritchard (@keeperofthecup) July 19, 2023
3 cups since 2016, wonder if that's the most in the time period
― symsymsym, Thursday, 20 July 2023 18:21 (nine months ago) link
pat maroon won three in a row from 2019-2021 with the blues and lightning
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 21 July 2023 12:08 (nine months ago) link
https://theathletic.com/4716841/2023/07/25/patrice-bergeron-retirement-bruins/
Bergeron, done
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 25 July 2023 14:22 (nine months ago) link
RIP Perfection
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 25 July 2023 17:59 (nine months ago) link
Not to drag you into this cesspool, but there's now a hockey Immaculate Grid:
https://www.immaculategrid.com/hockey
I got 6/9 on today's Original Six-only grid...which was kind of a miracle.
― clemenza, Friday, 28 July 2023 05:34 (nine months ago) link
Start flinging Sutters in there and see what happens
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 28 July 2023 12:12 (nine months ago) link
wanna see how many days in a row i can use jagr
― mookieproof, Friday, 28 July 2023 12:22 (nine months ago) link
today's grid really points out the ridiculousness of ~winnipeg jets franchise history~
no one cares about the sanctity of coyotes/thrashers records! give the old jets back to the new jets
― mookieproof, Saturday, 29 July 2023 22:29 (nine months ago) link
seems like a lot of money/term for tom wilson, but when you find a guy who can score some goals *and* injure opponents you need to lock that down
― mookieproof, Friday, 4 August 2023 16:51 (nine months ago) link
Last week I looked at the 10 worst contracts in hockey.Tom Wilson's new deal would've ranked fifth.https://t.co/2e7gUHw28i pic.twitter.com/B3qUxsfzr3— dom 📈 (@domluszczyszyn) August 4, 2023
― mookieproof, Friday, 4 August 2023 16:55 (nine months ago) link
*points at thread title like Buck Turgidson*
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 4 August 2023 18:08 (nine months ago) link
https://thesouloftheplot.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/hellseethebigboard_drstrangelove1.png
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 4 August 2023 18:09 (nine months ago) link
I think only a caps fan could love tom wilson so probably all for the better for us lowercase folks
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 4 August 2023 18:57 (nine months ago) link
pretty pleased by this trade for the penguins
- brought in a 100-point right-handed defenseman - dumped two of hextall’s worst acquisitions (granlund, petry)- gained $3m in cap space?!?!
― mookieproof, Monday, 7 August 2023 00:51 (nine months ago) link
incredible for the habs too
so i guess that means the sharks lose? :(
― sean gramophone, Monday, 7 August 2023 01:56 (nine months ago) link
Good trade on the books for PIT, but they are still incredibly old and top heavy (as befitting a 3-time champion refusing to tear it down).
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Monday, 7 August 2023 11:56 (nine months ago) link
oh, absolutely. but if you're gonna go for one last ride there's no point in doing it halfheartedly
btw sid turns 36 today ffs
― mookieproof, Monday, 7 August 2023 20:45 (nine months ago) link
Rip Rick Jeanneret
https://theathletic.com/4786304/2023/08/17/rick-jeanneret-nhl-obituary/
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 18 August 2023 03:20 (nine months ago) link
aww
MAY DAY
― mookieproof, Friday, 18 August 2023 03:22 (nine months ago) link
Ah, that sucks, always kinda felt like the Sabres were my second team
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Friday, 18 August 2023 03:45 (nine months ago) link
classic babcock
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 23:18 (eight months ago) link
loooooool babcock out
― mookieproof, Sunday, 17 September 2023 20:19 (eight months ago) link
do kind of hate bissonette being proved right tho
― mookieproof, Sunday, 17 September 2023 20:30 (eight months ago) link
Biz is a major league chode, but this was one helluva scoop by him. CBJ is a super young team, Babs thought he could pull his old stunts with them, and instantly lost their trust. The team will be better off without him, and I don't think he'll ever coach in the NHL again. He's a bully.
― A. Begrand, Sunday, 17 September 2023 20:56 (eight months ago) link
Babcock departs with the fourth-best win percentage in Blue Jackets franchise history.
― mookieproof, Sunday, 17 September 2023 22:46 (eight months ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F6Zif8JW4AAO8ph.jpg:small
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 18:35 (eight months ago) link
Sheesh.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 19:02 (eight months ago) link
TIL modano never busted 100 pts in a season
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 30 September 2023 13:51 (seven months ago) link
haha same
― mookieproof, Saturday, 30 September 2023 21:39 (seven months ago) link
it's a great day for hockey
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 11 October 2023 00:14 (seven months ago) link
He is so smol
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 11 October 2023 00:30 (seven months ago) link
secondary assist for his first point, just like he'd always dreamed
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 11 October 2023 01:58 (seven months ago) link
off to a great start
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 11 October 2023 04:04 (seven months ago) link
I don't know that I hate ESPN showing a little graphic with the puck carrier's name, but it's very video game-y. Were they doing this last season?
― symsymsym, Wednesday, 11 October 2023 04:11 (seven months ago) link
this is not how I expected the first Canucks game to go
― symsymsym, Thursday, 12 October 2023 04:44 (seven months ago) link
guys the sharks are 0-10-1
they have scored 12 goals and allowed 55
― mookieproof, Sunday, 5 November 2023 06:40 (six months ago) link
Shorks
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Sunday, 5 November 2023 15:27 (six months ago) link
Back where they belong
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 5 November 2023 15:41 (six months ago) link
20 goals against in the last two games
― symsymsym, Sunday, 5 November 2023 15:52 (six months ago) link
what if they never win a game
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/second-former-blackhawks-player-makes-210303411.html
― omar little, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 17:06 (six months ago) link
Absolute fucking garbage organization. In a just world they'd have their 2010 Cup vacated, Bedard removed from the team and sent to Anaheim and lost their right to playoffs and Top 10 draft picks for the next decade. Hell, even better if the organization was dissolved entirely, right down to their racist ass logo, but I know that's not going to happen.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 18:27 (six months ago) link
jvc otm
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Thursday, 9 November 2023 14:10 (six months ago) link
oilers in disarray
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 November 2023 21:18 (six months ago) link
that was the most soul-crushing sports thing i've ever seen
― mookieproof, Saturday, 4 May 2024 21:30 (two weeks ago) link
Still remember a teacher I was working with at the time telling me about his grandson, five or six at the time and just becoming a fan, crying uncontrollably. Hooked for life, no doubt. Was thinking today about my own odd connection to the Leafs: born in Toronto, lived there till we moved 30 miles away in the summer of '67, a month or two after the last Cup (which I wasn't fan enough to remember--I became a fan for the next three or four years, till that got pushed aside for baseball around '71).
― clemenza, Saturday, 4 May 2024 21:38 (two weeks ago) link
Boston can’t blow another 3-1 lead can they?
Well, Leafs are certainly the team to show them how it's accomplished
― Hongro Hongro Hippies (Myonga Vön Bontee), Saturday, 4 May 2024 23:35 (two weeks ago) link
Baseball anxiety I can handle; hockey, much tougher.
― clemenza, Sunday, 5 May 2024 01:07 (two weeks ago) link
otm
― mookieproof, Sunday, 5 May 2024 01:29 (two weeks ago) link
Toronto's played tough so far. Whatever happens, I don't think they've at least avoided the stupefaction that accompanied some of their recent disappointments.
― clemenza, Sunday, 5 May 2024 02:14 (two weeks ago) link
(eliminate that "don't")
here we go
― mookieproof, Sunday, 5 May 2024 02:41 (two weeks ago) link
― mookieproof, Sunday, 5 May 2024 02:44 (two weeks ago) link
who names their child 'hampus'
― mookieproof, Sunday, 5 May 2024 02:54 (two weeks ago) link
The Leafs didn't fall apart when they lost the lead, so that's something. Not sure I should subject myself to the overtime. Genuine sympathy for the real fans who live and die with them.
― clemenza, Sunday, 5 May 2024 03:06 (two weeks ago) link
I was going to say the same thing
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 5 May 2024 03:06 (two weeks ago) link
Re: hampus
this has all the makings of a four-overtime game
which means it will probably end within the first five minutes
will there be an odd number of penalties called? i say no
― mookieproof, Sunday, 5 May 2024 03:09 (two weeks ago) link
HOCKEY IS THE BEST
― mookieproof, Sunday, 5 May 2024 03:10 (two weeks ago) link
well fuck
― mookieproof, Sunday, 5 May 2024 03:21 (two weeks ago) link
at least they made it nearly as painful as possible
― mookieproof, Sunday, 5 May 2024 03:25 (two weeks ago) link
Sigh. That was a beautiful goal, and also kind of fluky to get such a perfect carom. But the announcer called it a hometown goal, that the puck was intentionally placed to get exactly that carom, so I'll defer to him. Sorry to all the Leafs fans here. I was all set to send a gloating email to those guys I bowl with.
― clemenza, Sunday, 5 May 2024 03:30 (two weeks ago) link
That was 100% a set play
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 5 May 2024 04:55 (two weeks ago) link
MAPLE LEAFS MODEL OF CONSISTENCY
― francisF, Sunday, 5 May 2024 12:54 (two weeks ago) link
i'm gonna need the rangers to lose a fucking game
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 8 May 2024 03:15 (one week ago) link
(not that i don't appreciate pittsburgh's own vincent trocheck)
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 8 May 2024 03:18 (one week ago) link
End of bos/fla game 2 is tiresome
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 9 May 2024 02:07 (one week ago) link
good luck vancouver
― mookieproof, Thursday, 9 May 2024 02:49 (one week ago) link
xp yeah it's absurd but also those are two teams i don't mind getting punched
― mookieproof, Thursday, 9 May 2024 02:51 (one week ago) link
this Canucks team is unbelievable
― symsymsym, Thursday, 9 May 2024 05:24 (one week ago) link
god bless them
― mookieproof, Thursday, 9 May 2024 05:25 (one week ago) link
wow, bruins didn't even bother cheap-shotting ppl much in the third tonight
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 May 2024 01:57 (one week ago) link
symsy how are you doing
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 May 2024 05:13 (one week ago) link
(fwiw i wrote that before the goal, sorry)
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 May 2024 05:21 (one week ago) link
that was another intense one. canucks are not capable of playing a normal playoff game
― symsymsym, Saturday, 11 May 2024 05:32 (one week ago) link
the McD breakaway goal was a beauty. too bad he's allowed to high stick canucks with impunity.
oilers are such a one-line team, but their best line can still dominate half the game. hard to see it working against colorado or dallas.
― symsymsym, Saturday, 11 May 2024 05:35 (one week ago) link
was having steve nash flashbacks when quinn hughes was sent to the bench for bleeding from the uncalled high stick
― symsymsym, Saturday, 11 May 2024 05:39 (one week ago) link
From the glory days:
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ron-ellis-who-played-over-1-000-games-with-maple-leafs-dead-at-79-1.6883241
― clemenza, Saturday, 11 May 2024 20:37 (one week ago) link
well at least the fucking rangers finally lost a game
― mookieproof, Sunday, 12 May 2024 01:39 (one week ago) link
after multiple slow motion/freeze-frame looks at that hit the other night, a new angle shows sam bennett absolutely sucker-punched brad marchand
🚨 New angle just dropped of Sam Bennett punching Marchand in the face 🚨 pic.twitter.com/fL8dNXWeR7— Spittin' Chiclets (@spittinchiclets) May 12, 2024
otoh, marchand punches people an awful lot (if mostly after the whistle), so i can't say i feel too bad
at any rate this whole thing barely fired up the bruins for one period before they got completely outclassed
― mookieproof, Monday, 13 May 2024 02:29 (six days ago) link
also
BROCK BOESER
― mookieproof, Sunday, April 28, 2024 8:03 PM (two weeks ago)
― mookieproof, Monday, 13 May 2024 02:35 (six days ago) link
fuuuuck marchand forevs
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Monday, 13 May 2024 02:57 (six days ago) link
this sort of stuff needs to be run out of the game. HOWEVER maybe marchand's nose will be straight after that
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 13 May 2024 03:46 (six days ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2eZiRrqes8
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 01:59 (four days ago) link
canucks still incapable of playing a normal game
― symsymsym, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 04:52 (four days ago) link
intersting article on goalie positioning (athletic/nyt; sorry, not sure how to make an athletic gift link):
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5493020/2024/05/15/nhl-goalies-lundqvist-rvh
― mookieproof, Thursday, 16 May 2024 00:16 (three days ago) link
actually, maybe try this https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5493020/2024/05/15/nhl-goalies-lundqvist-rvh/?source=emp_shared_article
― mookieproof, Thursday, 16 May 2024 00:17 (three days ago) link
disappointing
― mookieproof, Friday, 17 May 2024 01:46 (two days ago) link
Canes really got all our hopes up for a second
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 17 May 2024 02:56 (two days ago) link
no one should so badly blow a 3-1 third-period lead (leafs excluded) at home but carolina is a team explicitly built to *not* do that
― mookieproof, Friday, 17 May 2024 03:09 (two days ago) link
oh yeah they’ll be thinking about that for awhile during the offseason
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 17 May 2024 03:36 (two days ago) link
omg
― mookieproof, Friday, 17 May 2024 04:47 (two days ago) link
picked a pretty good game to go to!
― symsymsym, Friday, 17 May 2024 06:16 (two days ago) link
Canucks overcame some truly atrocious reffing
― symsymsym, Friday, 17 May 2024 06:36 (two days ago) link