2024-25 NHL Thread

[herman]

#njdevils announce Jack Hughes has undergone season-ending surgery and will be placed on LTIR.

He is expected to be ready to play against in September.

— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) March 5, 2025

Oof. Some cash to splash on deadline day now.

 

[herman]

lmao pic.twitter.com/JmNfuzCtSr

— Marina Maher (@marinakmaher) March 7, 2025

Today is probably going to suck for Leaf fans, so let us relish in this moment, in their pain.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I only hate Marchand when the Bruins are in the playoffs. Thankfully that might never be an issue again.

FFS

 

[cabber24]

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/articl...pes-to-get-matthew-tkachuk-back-for-playoffs/

Lol, “I don’t think it says anything other than we have cap space," Zito told reporters. "Matthew is going to be out for an extended period of time, and we hope to get him back for the playoffs.”

Cheating bastards! Marchand!

 

[Zee]

How weird would it be if Boston sneaks into the wild card and play Florida in the first round?

 

[herman]

pic.twitter.com/Vxdf8K5fX6

— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) March 8, 2025

Ready to make a splash, eh? Really likes acquiring players he’s familiar with, hm? Lots of cap space prepared?

 

[herman]

The NHL has suspended #FlaPanthers Aaron Ekblad 20 games, without pay, for violating the terms of the league'a performance enhancing substance program.

— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) March 10, 2025

Through the @NHLPA, Aaron Ekblad releases the following statement: pic.twitter.com/L8cCL59Hzd

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) March 10, 2025

Whoa nelly (can it be 40 games?)

 

[Frank E]

How convenient for him to get a 20 game rest and be back in time for playoffs.

How fortunate.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

They should probably take a week or two or three to triple check the results before his suspension officially starts.

 

[Bill_Berg]

Two games of the playoffs at least?

 

[Ozzie]

pic.twitter.com/Vxdf8K5fX6

— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) March 8, 2025

Ready to make a splash, eh? Really likes acquiring players he’s familiar with, hm? Lots of cap space prepared?

Soo Greyhounds gonna get rich!

 

[herman]

Two games of the playoffs at least?

Yes. If the testing completed earlier last week, the Panthers would’ve had 8.5M of free cap space for the deadline.

 

[Bill_Berg]

Yes. If the testing completed earlier last week, the Panthers would’ve had 8.5M of free cap space for the deadline.

Well I hope they planned this to avoid that then!

 

[herman]

NHL PED testing seems almost designed to catch nothing

Why haven't there been more PED cases in the NHL?

Do hockey players really not dope or is the system designed to allow them to hide? We ask NHLers, along with experts in the sports science field.

www.espn.com

A maximum of 60 players are tested in the offseason, and they are selected randomly.

Every team is subject to teamwide, no-notice testing once during training camp and once during the regular season. Individual players can be selected for random testing during the regular season and playoffs. Any time the testing takes place, it must be done "at work on the day of a scheduled practice or meeting." Testing does not occur on game days.

An official from another sports-governing association who works closely with the drug policy reviewed the NHL's guidelines and said, "Trust me, if a guy is using, he can slip through the cracks. Easy. It's the unlucky or truly careless guys that get caught."

Panthers’ blueline now sports two defensemen who’ve been caught for PEDs (Schmidt when he was with Vegas).

 

[herman]

Bruins came back from 0-2 in the mid 3rd to win 3-2 in regulation!

And the Hurricanes swept through the Lightning 4-1

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1899632505872916509

Oh my goodness

 

[Guilt Trip]

I'll take, Something we'll never see 88 do for 1000 Alex...lol

 

[dappleganger]

Yes. If the testing completed earlier last week, the Panthers would’ve had 8.5M of free cap space for the deadline.

Could you imagine if this suspension would have come down the day before the deadline? People would have lost their minds!

 

[Ozzie]

Could you imagine if this suspension would have come down the day before the deadline? People would have lost their minds!

That doesn't make sense to me. Suspensions due to infractions will impact the cap like LTIR?

So guys can just go and get a five game suspension first week of March and their pay doesn't count towards the cap?

 

[Guru Tugginmypuddah]

That doesn't make sense to me. Suspensions due to infractions will impact the cap like LTIR?

So guys can just go and get a five game suspension first week of March and their pay doesn't count towards the cap?

Suspensions resulting from an on ice incident count towards the cap. Incidents not on ice related do not count towards the cap while suspended.