NHL Thread

[Jimcanuck]

Holy s***, Matthews!

[havok24]

Matthews' shot is insane.

[Dr. Dinger]

Matthews might score 50 even after missing a month. This kid is bonkers.

[P2F]

 

I would never wish harm on anyone, but karma's a real ****, isn't it, Tom?

[Spanky__99]

 

I would never wish harm on anyone, but karma's a real ****, isn't it, Tom?

 

He'll get suspended.

[Krylian]

He'll get suspended.

 

He didn't

[Dr. Dinger]

Wilson turns his head away at the last millisecond = a dirty blindside?

 

That hit was fine IMO. There was no time to change course.

[Laika]

He'll get suspended.

 

Why the f*** would he? Or should he?

 

- No head contact

- Wilson had *just* touched the puck

- Wilson put himself in the vulnerable position

- It's not even a traditionally vulnerable spot on the ice, where you might expect the hitter to be cautious. It's open ice and Wilson took a weird route to make himself vulnerable and then watched his own pass like an idiot.

[Horses Fart]

Just have an adblock up, you'll be fine. http://www.sportshd.me/

 

Just squash the ads that pop up, you'll be gold, best on the internet, save it for all events, including... PPV

 

Hey Spank, will this work on PS4?

[Boxcar]

Why the f*** would he? Or should he?

 

- No head contact

- Wilson had *just* touched the puck

- Wilson put himself in the vulnerable position

- It's not even a traditionally vulnerable spot on the ice, where you might expect the hitter to be cautious. It's open ice and Wilson took a weird route to make himself vulnerable and then watched his own pass like an idiot.

 

Spank is a very emotional guy. He goes with his heart rather than his brain. Sometimes the liquor over his brain, too.

 

Plus he probably doesn't really know a ton about hockey aside from clapping like a monkey everytime the Leaves make the red beacon light up.

[Krylian]

Why the f*** would he? Or should he?

 

- No head contact

- Wilson had *just* touched the puck

- Wilson put himself in the vulnerable position

- It's not even a traditionally vulnerable spot on the ice, where you might expect the hitter to be cautious. It's open ice and Wilson took a weird route to make himself vulnerable and then watched his own pass like an idiot.

 

Cause Spanky cries for suspensions after any physical contact.

[Krylian]

Nylander to make his season debut tomorrow against Detroit.

[L54]

Any suggestions on where to sit with my gf for tomorrow night’s Leafs game? Looking to spend between $200 and $250 a piece

[Spanky__99]

Why the f*** would he? Or should he?

 

- No head contact

- Wilson had *just* touched the puck

- Wilson put himself in the vulnerable position

- It's not even a traditionally vulnerable spot on the ice, where you might expect the hitter to be cautious. It's open ice and Wilson took a weird route to make himself vulnerable and then watched his own pass like an idiot.

 

Just assumed cause it was Reaves, plus I only looked at it once while lit...

 

Hey Spank, will this work on PS4?

 

Can't see why not?

 

Cause Spanky cries for suspensions after any physical contact.

 

Okay.

[King]

The Ducks kept Maxime Comtois up (1) game past the threshold to burn a year of his ELC, only to send him back to junior. He will now be eligible to be taken in the expansion draft.

 

This is absolutely unexcusable and no one has even seemed to notice. What the f***!

[Brenner]

The Ducks kept Maxime Comtois up (1) game past the threshold to burn a year of his ELC, only to send him back to junior. He will now be eligible to be taken in the expansion draft.

 

This is absolutely unexcusable and no one has even seemed to notice. What the f***!

 

That seems stupid...

[Spanky__99]

The Ducks kept Maxime Comtois up (1) game past the threshold to burn a year of his ELC, only to send him back to junior. He will now be eligible to be taken in the expansion draft.

 

This is absolutely unexcusable and no one has even seemed to notice. What the f***!

 

Why can't they protect him, if they own his rights?

[King]

Why can't they protect him, if they own his rights?

 

They have no choice but to protect him now. If they held him back his contract would have slid and he would have been ineligible to be taken.

[Spanky__99]

They have no choice but to protect him now. If they held him back his contract would have slid and he would have been ineligible to be taken.

 

Yeah, okay I got you now, stupid mistake no doubt. I initially thought you meant he couldn't be protected. (some rule I wasn't aware of)

[Pendleton]

They have no choice but to protect him now. If they held him back his contract would have slid and he would have been ineligible to be taken.

 

It was a weird move but they should be in good shape for this expansion draft either way, won't have veterans with NMC's clogging up their list this time.

[JG34]

Happy Nylander day!

[King]

It was a weird move but they should be in good shape for this expansion draft either way, won't have veterans with NMC's clogging up their list this time.

It's not even about the expansion draft. Keeping a prospect up 1 game past his limit to burn a year of his ELC only to send him down is just blatantly stupid. If I were a Ducks fan I would be infuriated. I'm infuriated and I'm not even a Ducks fan.

[jays4life19]

I'm pretty infuriated too fwiw

[Laika]

It's not even about the expansion draft. Keeping a prospect up 1 game past his limit to burn a year of his ELC only to send him down is just blatantly stupid. If I were a Ducks fan I would be infuriated. I'm infuriated and I'm not even a Ducks fan.

 

I don't know a lot about hockey. Maybe they are expecting to call him back up this year?

[King]

I don't know a lot about hockey. Maybe they are expecting to call him back up this year?

you can't callup a player from junior unless it's for emergency purposes

[Laika]

you can't callup a player from junior unless it's for emergency purposes

 

I expected an answer like this. Wow. Quack quack.

[Pendleton]

It's not even about the expansion draft. Keeping a prospect up 1 game past his limit to burn a year of his ELC only to send him down is just blatantly stupid. If I were a Ducks fan I would be infuriated. I'm infuriated and I'm not even a Ducks fan.

 

To be fair, he was injured in that tenth game which may have completely changed their plans.

 

I will also point out that burning an ELC year isn't always a negative. There are cases where it has likely helped teams to get a player signed to a more reasonable second contract prior to a breakout in their third full season. I'm not saying it's something you can plan for, but it could very well turn out in the Ducks favor.

[King]

but it could very well turn out in the Ducks favor.

 

this means nothing when The Process is bad

[Laika]

To be fair, he was injured in that tenth game which may have completely changed their plans.

 

I will also point out that burning an ELC year isn't always a negative. There are cases where it has likely helped teams to get a player signed to a more reasonable second contract prior to a breakout in their third full season. I'm not saying it's something you can plan for, but it could very well turn out in the Ducks favor.

 

This is like saying it's good that your rookie SP had TJS in June because he might cost less in arbitration.

[Pendleton]

this means nothing when The Process is bad

 

Was it that bad though? It was certainly the right choice to have him up at the start of the year, the team was missing 6 of it's top 10 forwards and Comtois easily had the highest impact of the rookies/depth guys in their place. At the 9 game mark it would have been tough to send him down, the team was still beat up and Comtois was at nearly a PPG. Then he himself gets hurt, the Ducks get a bunch of bodies back and suddenly the entire outlook is different.