NHL Thread

[P2F]

Pens win. Really weird game; I didn't find it particularly enjoyable.

[Spanky__99]

Pens win. Really weird game; I didn't find it particularly enjoyable.

 

Lots of whistles and HS

[P2F]

What a first period that was. Now THAT was good hockey.

[John_Havok]

Well, game 3 is now must win territory for Nashville. Hope they put a fight and this doesn't end in 4 or 5

[Spanky__99]

What a pass by Fisher...

[Spanky__99]

We've got a series!

[Spanky__99]

Smashville got smashed!!!

[P2F]

Welp. Crosby continues to strengthen his legacy.

 

Edit:

http://i.imgur.com/OWrVOoi.jpg

Edited June 12, 2017 by P2F

[Spanky__99]

Welp. Crosby continues to strengthen his legacy.

 

Edit:

http://i.imgur.com/OWrVOoi.jpg

 

Incredible... congrats to the Pens!

[BTS]

Call me when he can grow a beard.

[Frag]

Drouin traded to Montreal for Sergachev.

[JG34]

Drouin traded to Montreal for Sergachev.

 

Interesting trade. Curious to see how Drouin does.

[Stoneyen]

This seems like a very good trade for Montreal at first glance. They've got Drouin on a great contract too, 6x33M

[Spanky__99]

There's going to be plenty more trades like this up to the protection deadline. The Habs get the edge, but Sergachev is going to be a stud, and the Lightning don't have to protect him. Good deal both ways, imo.

 

It's going to be an interesting trade period.

[JG34]

There's some good names on the unprotected list for the expansion draft. https://www.nhl.com/news/protected-list-for-vegas-golden-knights-nhl-expansion-draft/c-289972722

[jays_fever]

It would be pretty hilarious if Vegas made a lot of deals with teams to not take certain players if they exposed them and then just renaged on everyone

[JG34]

It would be pretty hilarious if Vegas made a lot of deals with teams to not take certain players if they exposed them and then just renaged on everyone

 

Vegas may get a better deal from another team for a player on a non protected list then the team they are picking from. I heard they're up to 3 1sts in the coming draft so far.

[P2F]

Vegas may get a better deal from another team for a player on a non protected list then the team they are picking from. I heard they're up to 3 1sts in the coming draft so far.

 

They'd be much better off taking Brock Nelson or Josh Bailey from the Islanders than to accept the 15th overall selection, imo.

[GoldBull]

They'd be much better off taking Brock Nelson or Josh Bailey from the Islanders than to accept the 15th overall selection, imo.

 

I feel like if they didn't have the deal in place, NYI would have just exposed Pelech and Pulock and protected a bunch of their forwards. Vegas getting De Haan + #15 instead of Ryan Pulock is a pretty good deal.

[Spanky__99]

Vegas may get a better deal from another team for a player on a non protected list then the team they are picking from. I heard they're up to 3 1sts in the coming draft so far.

 

Shannon said yesterday Vegas had up to 9 deals near conclusion in concerns of not taking players that are unprotected.

[Spanky__99]

There's going to be plenty more trades like this up to the protection deadline. The Habs get the edge, but Sergachev is going to be a stud, and the Lightning don't have to protect him. Good deal both ways, imo.

 

It's going to be an interesting trade period.

 

Heh... Vegas took care of this on their own, the only other deal was Smith going to the Flames, nice deal for them. What do you Flame fans think?

[TheHurl]

They'd be much better off taking Brock Nelson or Josh Bailey from the Islanders than to accept the 15th overall selection, imo.

 

It's a D-Man like De Haan plus the 1st though.

[Spanky__99]

It's a D-Man like De Haan plus the 1st though.

 

That's what the insiders are saying, it was leaked.

[P2F]

It's a D-Man like De Haan plus the 1st though.

Yeah. I guess I just think Brock Nelson is that good, though I'll admit to having no clue as to what the advanced metrics say about him.

[P2F]

I feel like if they didn't have the deal in place, NYI would have just exposed Pelech and Pulock and protected a bunch of their forwards. Vegas getting De Haan + #15 instead of Ryan Pulock is a pretty good deal.

That's a great point. This seems pretty likely, and just goes to show that I probably shouldn't be commenting too deeply on such hockey matters

[JG34]

Vegas making some good trades to eat money. Punting several picks but have made a few good ones as well!

[Governator]

Awards from votes are kinda dumb

[Jimcanuck]

Awards from votes are kinda dumb

 

Agreed, cringy.

 

I was pleased to see Laine's reaction to losing ROY, tho.

[P2F]

The Panthers leaving Marchessault unprotected doesn't make sense to me.

[JG34]

The Panthers leaving Marchessault unprotected doesn't make sense to me.

 

Apparently they traded him as incentive to eat Smith's contract.