"These boycotts do absolutely nothing!!"
-screams the frustrated sports fan who is now engaged in a discussion about Black Lives Matter that would not have occurred otherwise
Interesting note per
@wyshynski
from the
@espn
article on Zegras being the cover athlete.
"The Zegras" has been confirmed for NHL 23.
Full article:
#NHL23
The United States men's ice hockey team secured its first victory against Canada at a Winter Olympics in 12 years on Saturday, conjuring comparisons to the "Miracle on Ice" team of 1980
Couple notes on Luongo:
- His 2003-04 season is statistically one of the greatest of all time
- The Canucks should retire his
#1
immediately
- He is a first ballot hall of famer
- He had a below league avg SV% once from 2000 to 2018
- THE CANUCKS SHOULD RETIRE HIS
#1
IMMEDIATELY
This has to be a set play, right?
Merritt pulls the goalie, but sends the extra attacker out late. He's able to sneak off to the side undetected and the faceoff goes directly to him 🤣
By acquiring a first-round pick,
#NYR
now have nine picks in the 2018 NHL Draft, including six picks in the first three rounds and four picks in the first two rounds.
If Vancouver received their NHL franchise today and came out with "Canucks" people would be mocking it mercilessly.
Kraken is a fun, marketable name and the logo/uniform is fantastic. Y'all need to calm down.
Grubauer's contract w/ the
#SeaKraken
was rejected by the NHL central registry for violating the front-loaded contract requirements:
-1.5M increase between 22/23-23/24 exceeds 25% of 1st year salary
The contract needs to be restructured and resubmitted
Totally unrelated, but does anybody know any good women's shelters or anti-domestic violence organizations in the Pittsburgh area? I feel like making a donation.
Returning and contributing to the Penguins "means the world" to Casey DeSmith.
Read more about this year's Masterton Trophy nominee, as voted by the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association:
The year is 2034. An unprecedented NHL offseason continues with 46 goaltenders changing teams. A 37-year-old Connor McDavid remains cupless.
Mike Smith re-signs with the Edmonton Oilers for 2 years.
It will be 14 days without Dubois in their lineup for the Winnipeg Jets. In a 56 game season, 14 days is a crucial period and the
#GoJetsGo
can be in serious trouble by then
Nice catch by
@ScottRintoul
, he mentioned on the show today.
Tyler Toffoli, flying across the ice, shows the proper way to ease up on a player scoring an empty netter
One small detail about
#NYR
Dylan Garand that I noticed tonight. I love how he battles for sight lines.
Listed at 6’1” on the WHL website - this is the type of anticipation and energy you need to find the puck while on the PK.
I don't know why the
@AVBulldogs
have a Waving Inflatable Tube Guy that pops up in the corner of their rink after they score, but I am 100% here for it
A couple of jaw-dropping stories in this interview with Georges Laraque
- He had to bike to the rink as a kid after his parents stopped going to games due to the racism in the crowd
- The NHL placed a microphone on him during games so they could have evidence of racial slurs
“There was so much racism when I was a kid that (my parents) refused to go to games because they were going to fight in the stands,"
@GeorgesLaraque
said in an appearance on
@FAN590
.
Some tough hockey news as Mike Vaughn (maker of Vaughn equipment) has announced on Instagram that long-time NHL goaltender Andy Moog is battling cancer.
Here’s hoping he has a full recovery
With Nail Yakupov leaving for the KHL, there's a lot of talk about how disappointing the 2012 NHL draft was. It was pretty great from a goaltending perspective, though.
Hmmm. Vegas is good, but perhaps some of their flaws are being masked by their goalie who has saved them an extra SEVENTEEN goals against this post season.