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2018-2019 NHL Thread

Craig Button's take on Leafs lunch: "Habs signalling to the rest of the league that Weber is available on trade" :D
 
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/qa-marc-bergevin-trades-attitude-carey-price/

This Eric Engels interview with Marc Bergevin was really good. Engels doesn't really pull his punches. Bergevin however goes into full defensive mode because of it... never once accepting any blame really for any of the Habs' failures the past couple seasons. He blames the teams compete level, he blames the top scorers for not scoring, he blames Radulov for not being loyal to the Habs, he blames Markov for not accepting the contract offer Bergevin offered him. He also talks about how he was forced to overpay for Alzner, he gets asked to name his worst transaction and dances around the question, he states that his best transaction was a waiver pick-up that he even admits they were lucky to get. It's truly an amazing interview.

And yet the most amazing thing Bergevin's said publicly today wasn't from that interview, it was from a RDS radio hit:

https://twitter.com/Potsy_70/status/1046906299211034624

Please Molson, never fire this guy.
 
This is my kind of jam

https://theathletic.com/553200/2018/10/02/blade-whisperers-on-ice-tests-and-a-tijuana-trip-how-an-nhl-player-is-fitted-with-the-perfect-stick/

The way [Kevan] Miller and Adam Oates, his skills coach, see the situation, the old Warrior stick the Bruins defenseman was using on March 5, 2016, put his livelihood at risk. When Brad Marchand sent a rim around the TD Garden boards, Miller could not pick the puck cleanly off the wall. As Miller bobbled the puck, he exposed himself to be trucked by a lethal opponent: Alex Ovechkin, the 6-foot-3, 235-pound puck predator.

[...]

Oates was watching. In the ex-Bruin?s opinion, the curve and lie of Miller?s stick prevented the defenseman from settling the puck. So through Peter Fish, Miller?s agent, Oates offered his services, which included a suggestion: a new stick.

Miller listened. He tried a Warrior model with dimensions per Oates?s recommendations. It was a career-changing revelation.

What were the differences?

?How you carry the puck, how you pass, how you shoot,? Miller said. ?It makes you stand up more. You see the ice differently. You see angles differently. Honestly, it changes how you skate. It?s weird.?
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CarltonTheBear said:
And yet the most amazing thing Bergevin's said publicly today wasn't from that interview, it was from a RDS radio hit:

https://twitter.com/Potsy_70/status/1046906299211034624

Please Molson, never fire this guy.
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giphy.webp
 
https://twitter.com/TSN1040/status/1047210181543776256

Man if I was a NHLer I'd love being on a team that puts restrictions on how I spend my (very limited) free time.
 
Vancouver: No more video games, this will be essential to our team success

Dubas: SHIELD POP DOWN! MITCHY, HOW ARE YOU ON MATS??? MOVE TOWARD THE BUBBLE GO GO GO
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Dubas: SHIELD POP DOWN! MITCHY, HOW ARE YOU ON MATS??? MOVE TOWARD THE BUBBLE GO GO GO
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Full disclosure I have no idea what any of this meant or if it makes sense, I just googled "fortnite terms".
 
CarltonTheBear said:
CarltonTheBear said:
Dubas: SHIELD POP DOWN! MITCHY, HOW ARE YOU ON MATS??? MOVE TOWARD THE BUBBLE GO GO GO
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Full disclosure I have no idea what any of this meant or if it makes sense, I just googled "fortnite terms".
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What's the bubble?
 
Fortnite Battle Royale's are a timed 100 player shooting fest. As the time ticks down, the "eye of the storm" slowly shrinks. If you're caught in the storm you take damage. You're safe within the bubble that slowly shrinks. It forces you to get in on the action rather than hiding out on the edges.

I've never played, but my 9-year old does on occasion.
 
Well, looks like barring arena issues, a Seattle NHL team is going to be a thing.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/bettman-nhl-executive-committee-recommends-seattle-expansion/

Fits right into the 16th team in the West, but I have to think that Nashville would eventually want to move to the East.
 
Frank E said:
Well, looks like barring arena issues, a Seattle NHL team is going to be a thing.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/bettman-nhl-executive-committee-recommends-seattle-expansion/

Fits right into the 16th team in the West, but I have to think that Nashville would eventually want to move to the East.
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Would a team in Seattle not make their travel easier on them though. I'm sure they would like to move east but at least now, they'll get a couple more road games out of the way while visiting Vancouver.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
https://twitter.com/TSN1040/status/1047210181543776256

Man if I was a NHLer I'd love being on a team that puts restrictions on how I spend my (very limited) free time.
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https://torontosun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs/up-close-and-personal-with-maple-leafs-gm-kyle-dubas

Beards are back, Auston was just in a GQ magazine fashion layout. You seem to be in favour of player expression far more than Lou Lamoriello. He had rules such as rookies could not do national TV interviews. Can we expect more of that and do you see that approach as beneficial to the team?

?We want them to have interests outside of hockey, to be able to express themselves as individuals. My philosophy has been if a person feels they?re at their best as an individual, they?re going to have their most to give to the team.

[...]

"I think players expressing themselves as individuals and having interests is great. I know some people would say ?Just focus on hockey?, but hockey takes up four hours of their day. There?s 20 more hours that we need them to have fulfilment. If it?s fashion, clothing, golf, Fortnite, whatever, as long as they?re filling those other hours and we?re helping and encouraging them, I think they?ll be better when coming to perform.?
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Part of me thinks that's a decent burn but the other part thinks it's Laine trying to convince the Jets to let him keep playing the only thing keeping him sane in Winnipeg.
 
Nik the Trik said:
Part of me thinks that's a decent burn but the other part thinks it's Laine trying to convince the Jets to let him keep playing the only thing keeping him sane in Winnipeg.
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I'm not sure Laine is sane.
 
https://twitter.com/NBCSCapitals/status/1047673063805001728

Marchand threw about 3-4 punches here before Eller even dropped his gloves. All because he celebrated a goal.
 
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