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2019-2020 NHL Thread

Friedman is reporting that there won't be a World Cup in 2021, which means it will be at least 6 years since the last best on best World Tournament if they figure out Olympic participation or something.

 
Frank E said:
Rick Bowness just keeps working.  He must be 97 years old by now.

He's 64.
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That was my first thought as well. I was like "Rick Bowness!? Wasn't he a coach a long time ago!!?" Lol
 
Thinking a bit about the leafs, but does anyone know what the record of games in the league is before getting a first win from the backup. I realize it can be difficult to answer considering that some teams roll their backups a lot more, and some don't always have a clear starter.
 
Stebro said:
Thinking a bit about the leafs, but does anyone know what the record of games in the league is before getting a first win from the backup. I realize it can be difficult to answer considering that some teams roll their backups a lot more, and some don't always have a clear starter.
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I don't know what the record is, but I can tell you that Columbus is the only other team to not get a win from their back-up so far this season. New Jersey and Montreal both have just 1 win from their back-up(s).
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Stebro said:
Thinking a bit about the leafs, but does anyone know what the record of games in the league is before getting a first win from the backup. I realize it can be difficult to answer considering that some teams roll their backups a lot more, and some don't always have a clear starter.
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I don't know what the record is, but I can tell you that Columbus is the only other team to not get a win from their back-up so far this season. New Jersey and Montreal both have just 1 win from their back-up(s).
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Well, at least that says something in relation to the rest of the league :) I can't remember this being such an issue even when we were really bad.
 
Decided to see if any teams last season had yet to get a win from their back-up by this point. New Jersey and Vegas both had yet to get wins from their back-ups. Schneider was 0-5-1 while Subban in Vegas was 0-4. It took New Jersey until December 27th to get their first win from a back-up, and that was via Mackenzie Blackwood who they called up from the AHL. Subban didn't get his first win until December 29th and he went 8-5-2 from that time on.
 
The 92-93 Sens didn't get a win from their backup until Jan 10, and the 74-75 Capitals only got wins from one goalie.

These are the two worst teams of all time, yes, but, the record is quite clearly the full season.
 
bustaheims said:
The 92-93 Sens didn't get a win from their backup until Jan 10, and the 74-75 Capitals only got wins from one goalie.

These are the two worst teams of all time, yes, but, the record is quite clearly the full season.
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The 06-07 Devils only got one win from their backup and it was on February 25th.

Admittedly that's a bit of a cheat as Brodeur played 78 games that year but that might be the record for a real team.
 
Nope, I think I have it. The 08-09 Flames didn't get a win from their backup until April 11th, 2009.

That backup? Curtis McElhinney.
 
Nik Bethune said:
Nope, I think I have it. The 08-09 Flames didn't get a win from their backup until April 11th, 2009.

That backup? Curtis McElhinney.
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Only 5 starts from their backup, but also only 3 points earned - and they made the playoffs quite handily.
 
The other 1 win back-up I found was Tyler Moss from the 00-01 Hurricanes. But he got his win pretty early in the season.

One of the crazier things I discovered going down that list though was Bill Ranford playing 77 games in 1995-1996 during a season where he was traded. Edmonton played him almost every single night before he got traded to Boston where he played almost every single night.
 
Nik Bethune said:
The other 1 win back-up I found was Tyler Moss from the 00-01 Hurricanes. But he got his win pretty early in the season.

One of the crazier things I discovered going down that list though was Bill Ranford playing 77 games in 1995-1996 during a season where he was traded. Edmonton played him almost every single night before he got traded to Boston where he played almost every single night.
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Bill Ranford was a machine!

 
https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1206621896344817668

Kovalchuk was placed on unconditional waivers for the purpose of terminating his contract today.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
herman said:
LA still eats the cap hits, right? Just no real money paid out after yesterday?s signing bonus?
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Yes, only because he's a 35+ contract.
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i.e. the Leafs couldn't have done this with Marleau as it would not have solved the problem
 
Good to see the Senators are trying to kill their best player:

https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1207128940290031616
 
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