Out of town 2022-23

[folatre]

I like Pelletier but, yeah, he is not a priority for the reason you mention. However, I would trade Gallagher (50 percent retained) and the Flames 5th rounder (we currently have possession of it) for the kid. Jeje, I imagine Treliving would hang up on me.

[Willie Dog]

Woohoo.. the Rags beat the panthe4s,weneedsome more losses

[NWTHabsFan]

Bettman with another absurd hot take. Just like how well those digital board ads are loved by all, right Gary?

[Willie Dog]

Jan 25, 2023 16:21:51 GMT -5 NWTHabsFan said:

Bettman with another absurd hot take. Just like how well those digital board ads are loved by all, right Gary?

I guess the Hawks and Yotes kept all their productive players... What a Buttman.

[folatre]

Well, okay, I suppose as Chief of the Integrity Police then naturally Bettman chooses to find the integrity of the game to be impeccable. Of course, common sense and eyeball test say that teams do indeed tank.

The weighted lottery makes it impossible to guarantee that a tank mission ends up precisely where it wants to. But the weighted lottery certainly does not create a disincentive for tanking, particularly when there is generational talent(s) in the draft.

[frozone]

Jan 25, 2023 18:03:51 GMT -5 folatre said:

Well, okay, I suppose as Chief of the Integrity Police then naturally Bettman chooses to find the integrity of the game to be impeccable. Of course, common sense and eyeball test say that teams do indeed tank.

The weighted lottery makes it impossible to guarantee that a tank mission ends up precisely where it wants to. But the weighted lottery certainly does not create a disincentive for tanking, particularly when there is generational talent(s) in the draft.

Maybe if he would have said that players don't tank, there would be some accuracy to his statement.

But teams obviously tank. I mean come on, Bettman... what do you call a rebuild?

[NWTHabsFan]

Sens win! Now if only the Knuckleheads can win two in a row.

[Willie Dog]

Jan 25, 2023 22:05:47 GMT -5 NWTHabsFan said:

Sens win! Now if only the Knuckleheads can win two in a row.

Yep...

[NWTHabsFan]

Jan 26, 2023 10:21:49 GMT -5 Willie Dog said:

Jan 25, 2023 22:05:47 GMT -5 NWTHabsFan said:

Sens win! Now if only the Knuckleheads can win two in a row.

Yep...

They could not, and it was not even close.

[Willie Dog]

We really need the Nucks to pick things up

[seventeen]

Tocchet is finding out what Boudreau knew....Rutherford, and Benning before him, have screwed up the roster, and Demko getting hurt was a killer. Demko is close to returning, so that will help Mr. Tocchet, but after Hughes, there's not a lot of quality at the back end.

[NWTHabsFan]

Bruins lose another!

[seventeen]

Jan 27, 2023 11:23:15 GMT -5 NWTHabsFan said:

Bruins lose another!

It's only a matter of time.

[NWTHabsFan]

Jan 27, 2023 13:34:35 GMT -5 seventeen said:

Jan 27, 2023 11:23:15 GMT -5 NWTHabsFan said:

Bruins lose another!

It's only a matter of time.

I just want them out of that conversation sooner rather than later.

[Willie Dog]

Woohoo Kings beat the panthers in regulation and the Hens pumped the leafs 6-2

[NWTHabsFan]

Jan 27, 2023 21:42:34 GMT -5 Willie Dog said:

Woohoo Kings beat the panthers in regulation and the Hens pumped the leafs 6-2

It was a pretty favourable out of town scoreboard after the late gams too.

Florida lost

Both Ottawa and Vancouver won

SJ got a loser point

Boy oh boy, Samsonov could not stop a beach ball last night. Hope the Sens did not use up all their offense last night!

[Willie Dog]

Jan 28, 2023 10:23:27 GMT -5 NWTHabsFan said:

Jan 27, 2023 21:42:34 GMT -5 Willie Dog said:

Woohoo Kings beat the panthers in regulation and the Hens pumped the leafs 6-2

It was a pretty favourable out of town scoreboard after the late gams too.

Florida lost

Both Ottawa and Vancouver won

SJ got a loser point

Boy oh boy, Samsonov could not stop a beach ball last night. Hope the Sens did not use up all their offense last night!

Go sens go

[drkcloud]

Loser Bruins give up a tying goal with 1.4 seconds left in regulation against Florida. Where's the luck

[NWTHabsFan]

Frigging Bruins. My buddy who is a Bs fan living in Florida was at the game and I conceded that I was likely cheering for his team to win. I feel even dirtier now 😝.

[seventeen]

Am watching the Bruins/Canes game with the Canes leading 1-0. The pundits (as I call everyone on the Bruins broadcast crew) are 'commenting' that the Bruins aren't playing like they did earlier in the year. They're making it seem like its so simple. You just play like you did and you will continue to dominate. There is one tiny flaw with that approach. The reason they're playing like they are now is because they played like they did early on.

One of the great mythic statements (IMO) in soccer, is to 'let the ball do the work'. I understand the underlying thinking. It means that the ball is moving quickly so it's hard for the defense to keep up and maintain their shape, or defensive structure. I agree with that, but I understand that in order for the ball to move quickly and therefore to do all that work it is reported to do, there has to be someone open to get the ball to. And, strangely enough since transporters haven't yet been invented, a player has to work hard to create that space. So the ball working hard is nothing more than the team players working hard. That's what the Bruins did early in the year. As we know, ad infinituum, the pace picks up in the NHL, either in 20 game or 30 game segments. The Buins don't have a lot more to give as they were already playing near their (tachometer) red line. It's now 2-0 Canes and Jack Edwards just said "the Bruins are being beaten to loose pucks". Maybe if they had the talent of the 76/77 Habs, they could win games playing at 80%. They don't. They can't. Case closed.

(Now watch the jerks come back and win the game).

[NWTHabsFan]

Canes taking it to the Bs. 3-0 now.

Darn, 3-1 now.

[seventeen]

4-1,final for Carolina. Also, Ovechkin didn’t score tonight. Go back to Russia, Ovie.

[Willie Dog]

It's so nice to be part of a group that hates the Bruins and leafs and sens and lightning as much as I do...

[NWTHabsFan]

They don’t make old hockey barns like they used too 😂. Somewhere is Sasky, I believe.

[Willie Dog]

Feb 1, 2023 8:13:45 GMT -5 NWTHabsFan said:

They don’t make old hockey barns like they used too 😂. Somewhere is Sasky, I believe.

Reminds me of the old barn in Cornwall

[folatre]

Obviously with the dearth of games tonight my son and I were watching the Bruins-Leafs. Solid game, for sure. Bruins were the better team, but both teams skated hard and competed for pucks in all three zones.

Unfortunately, though, my lasting impression of the game was Bunting’s antics. This dude got cut across the bridge of his nose and neither ref saw it. Okay, deal with it and move on. But no, Bunting is screaming at the ref while still on the ice. Meanwhile, the wanker himself got away with a slash or two but hey that cannot be poor officiating, can it?

And then on a breakout in the third period, Marchand separated the puck from Bunting’s stick with a sneaky hold on his top hand. And Bunting goes berserk, raising both hand high the air, gesticulating at the ref, literally frothing at the mouth. What the frick does this clown think he is – God’s gift to the NHL? This is a joke. So what if the refs missed a call. He is crossing a line that even superstars do not cross. Heck, Mario was easily top five all time in this league and a pure joy for hockey fans to watch, and he played a good portion of his career in the clutch and grab era, putting up with all kinds of crap, and he never acted like a clown showing up the refs and engaging in cheap theatrics like this dude who was in the AHL two years ago.

Bunting is an embarrassment. I do not really care if his coach publicly dresses him down, but if Keefe sees himself as a steward of this great sport, then he should privately tell this dude to cut it with this ****. Not in the least because this is a cowardly puke that not only demeans the refs he also whacks and stirs the pot and yet has zero fights in his NHL career.

I reminded my son tonight that hockey deserves intensity and also integrity.

[Andrew]

Feb 1, 2023 22:29:30 GMT -5 folatre said:

Obviously with the dearth of games tonight my son and I were watching the Bruins-Leafs. Solid game, for sure. Bruins were the better team, but both teams skated hard and competed for pucks in all three zones.

Unfortunately, though, my lasting impression of the game was Bunting’s antics. This dude got cut across the bridge of his nose and neither ref saw it. Okay, deal with it and move on. But no, Bunting is screaming at the ref while still on the ice. Meanwhile, the wanker himself got away with a slash or two but hey that cannot be poor officiating, can it?

And then on a breakout in the third period, Marchand separated the puck from Bunting’s stick with a sneaky hold on his top hand. And Bunting goes berserk, raising both hand high the air, gesticulating at the ref, literally frothing at the mouth. What the frick does this clown think he is – God’s gift to the NHL? This is a joke. So what if the refs missed a call. He is crossing a line that even superstars do not cross. Heck, Mario was easily top five all time in this league and a pure joy for hockey fans to watch, and he played a good portion of his career in the clutch and grab era, putting up with all kinds of crap, and he never acted like a clown showing up the refs and engaging in cheap theatrics like this dude who was in the AHL two years ago.

Bunting is an embarrassment. I do not really care if his coach publicly dresses him down, but if Keefe sees himself as a steward of this great sport, then he should privately tell this dude to cut it with this ****. Not in the least because this is a cowardly puke that not only demeans the refs he also whacks and stirs the pot and yet has zero fights in his NHL career.

I reminded my son tonight that hockey deserves intensity and also integrity.

I have no respect for that guy. Here's Bunting in their last meeting with the Bruins. How this didn't earn him a hearing is beyond me.

youtu.be/3kpLqbMIRvk

[Willie Dog]

Feb 2, 2023 12:02:32 GMT -5 Andrew said:

Feb 1, 2023 22:29:30 GMT -5 folatre said:

Obviously with the dearth of games tonight my son and I were watching the Bruins-Leafs. Solid game, for sure. Bruins were the better team, but both teams skated hard and competed for pucks in all three zones.

Unfortunately, though, my lasting impression of the game was Bunting’s antics. This dude got cut across the bridge of his nose and neither ref saw it. Okay, deal with it and move on. But no, Bunting is screaming at the ref while still on the ice. Meanwhile, the wanker himself got away with a slash or two but hey that cannot be poor officiating, can it?

And then on a breakout in the third period, Marchand separated the puck from Bunting’s stick with a sneaky hold on his top hand. And Bunting goes berserk, raising both hand high the air, gesticulating at the ref, literally frothing at the mouth. What the frick does this clown think he is – God’s gift to the NHL? This is a joke. So what if the refs missed a call. He is crossing a line that even superstars do not cross. Heck, Mario was easily top five all time in this league and a pure joy for hockey fans to watch, and he played a good portion of his career in the clutch and grab era, putting up with all kinds of crap, and he never acted like a clown showing up the refs and engaging in cheap theatrics like this dude who was in the AHL two years ago.

Bunting is an embarrassment. I do not really care if his coach publicly dresses him down, but if Keefe sees himself as a steward of this great sport, then he should privately tell this dude to cut it with this ****. Not in the least because this is a cowardly puke that not only demeans the refs he also whacks and stirs the pot and yet has zero fights in his NHL career.

I reminded my son tonight that hockey deserves intensity and also integrity.

I have no respect for that guy. Here's Bunting in their last meeting with the Bruins. How this didn't earn him a hearing is beyond me.

youtu.be/3kpLqbMIRvk

He pushed the refs... wtf

[jkr]

I came to post on the Bunting crap but you guys beat me to it. This guy is a complete tool and a failed prospect that had the good fortune to play with Matthews and Marner and when Matthews was having an incredible year. He has no self awareness at all - he doesn't realize that he is where he is through an incredible stroke of luck. I'm surprised that no one on the bench told him in no uncertain terms to sit.the. f---.down.

I cant imagine Shanahan was pleased & he was probably embarassed by the tantrum. Bunting doesn't realize that guys like him aren't that hard to find. Dubas is probably wishing he had found the money to re-sign Zach Hyman. He should be in their offices right now listening to someone scream at him.

The best comment I read under the youtube clip was " has anybody called the WAAAmbulance"

And Folatre, I dont expect anything from Keefe. I was watching the Leafs play the Blues ( at the home of a Leaf fan). At the end of the 3rd there was a similar non call. Well, Keefe was at the front of the bench just screaming at the refs. His head looked like a fricking tomato. It was embarassing but at least it got him fined 25K.

[Disgruntled70sHab]

Feb 1, 2023 8:13:45 GMT -5 NWTHabsFan said:

They don’t make old hockey barns like they used too 😂. Somewhere is Sasky, I believe.

That stairwell is awesome ... I remember a rink buried deep in Westboro, Ottawa, when I was growing up (late 60s) and the 'Zamboni' resembled this one, though it didn't look this pretty ... the guy didn't wear skates, he wore homemade spikes that were strapped to his feet ... I still remember the 'click-click-click' as he walked by us making new ice ...