Pucking Lamplighter
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Luckily, Trouba won't be around much longer this season.
2022-2023 NHL Misc. Thread
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TheBigKahuna
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Looks like it's NJ advancing. Handily tonight
CanadaCanes
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PNC arena will at least be a bit more comfortable now! The Devils are a fast and skilled team but the Rangers are a bunch of assholes with the fans to match.
I’m sure we’ll hate NJ by Saturday morning.
Punzil
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Yeah, and whichever player thinks they're the new Scott Stevens.
With all the coaching vacancies, and maybe one more to come, there is lots of chatter about Quenneville returning. Dreger notes that he’s suspended by the league and any team wishing to hire him must get approval from the league first. But he makes it sound like a slam dunk approval process.
In other news, the British Columbia Hockey League is going independent, it will not renew its agreement with Hockey Canada. While all provinces have a Junior A league for players wishing to maintain NCAA eligibility, the BCHL is first among equals, with more than 400 alumni on NCAA rosters last season. Canes prospects Cade Webber, Kevin Wall and Massimo Rizzo all came through the BCHL.
In other news, the British Columbia Hockey League is going independent, it will not renew its agreement with Hockey Canada. While all provinces have a Junior A league for players wishing to maintain NCAA eligibility, the BCHL is first among equals, with more than 400 alumni on NCAA rosters last season. Canes prospects Cade Webber, Kevin Wall and Massimo Rizzo all came through the BCHL.
cmaleski2
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New Jersey Devils brutally troll New York Rangers on Twitter with 'Taken' edit
The Devils used the Rangers' Liam Neeson promo against them ... and enlisted Puddy from "Seinfeld" to help out.
An under rated part of the Canes and Devils squaring off is the duel between two of the more modern, edgy and engaging social media teams in the NHL.New Jersey Devils brutally troll New York Rangers on Twitter with 'Taken' edit
The Devils used the Rangers' Liam Neeson promo against them ... and enlisted Puddy from "Seinfeld" to help out.www.espn.com
Here are the referees and linesmen for the 2nd round.
scoutingtherefs.com
NHL Referees and Linesmen for Round 2 of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs
The National Hockey League has named the NHL Referees and Linesmen advancing to the Conference Quarterfinals (Round 2) of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
scoutingtherefs.com
As I read the post loss reporting from these various markets I'm struck with just how little we seem to learn about the dynamics of good teams. A couple of thoughts ...
1. Writers will NEVER be comfortable with lineup flexibility so whenever you lose, no matter how it happens, if you shift your lines and pairings around, then your tinkering caused instability and led directly to your defeat. God forbid you employ a goalie rotation and then lose in the first round, because you have screwed up so many ways that the writers pool can't even count that high. And look, it doesn't matter if you extend the rotation into the playoffs or if you try to ride one keeper ... if you lose, then whatever you did was brain dead.
2. Nobody ever seems willing to carry the remainder over from the trade deadline in case they discourage GMs from entertaining everyone at the trade deadline. Boston and the Rangers both made significant rental moves at the deadline to great applause and general approval. Meanwhile, neither team made themselves all that much better, since both finished the regular season in roughly the same place they would have done if they sat pat. Tellingly though, both teams made moves that made them significantly weaker defensively and it bit them in the ass in the playoffs. Sure, over the course of a full season you'd like to think some of those guys add enough offense to make up for the historically awful defensive play (Kane and Tarasenko) and the never ending string of turnovers (Bertuzzi), but given the compressed nature of the rental that almost never happens. Will anybody remember and count the cost next year when it's deadline fever time? Nah. You'll all get angry at me for pouring cold water on your trade ideas again.
3. Even though almost all bad thinking in hockey comes from the top down, it's REALLY rare to see ownership get much blame when a team flames out. Coaches, GMs, star players (especially old ones), goalies (especially young ones) all take withering fire of varying accuracy, but only a few designated villains among the ownership group ever catch any real flak.
1. Writers will NEVER be comfortable with lineup flexibility so whenever you lose, no matter how it happens, if you shift your lines and pairings around, then your tinkering caused instability and led directly to your defeat. God forbid you employ a goalie rotation and then lose in the first round, because you have screwed up so many ways that the writers pool can't even count that high. And look, it doesn't matter if you extend the rotation into the playoffs or if you try to ride one keeper ... if you lose, then whatever you did was brain dead.
2. Nobody ever seems willing to carry the remainder over from the trade deadline in case they discourage GMs from entertaining everyone at the trade deadline. Boston and the Rangers both made significant rental moves at the deadline to great applause and general approval. Meanwhile, neither team made themselves all that much better, since both finished the regular season in roughly the same place they would have done if they sat pat. Tellingly though, both teams made moves that made them significantly weaker defensively and it bit them in the ass in the playoffs. Sure, over the course of a full season you'd like to think some of those guys add enough offense to make up for the historically awful defensive play (Kane and Tarasenko) and the never ending string of turnovers (Bertuzzi), but given the compressed nature of the rental that almost never happens. Will anybody remember and count the cost next year when it's deadline fever time? Nah. You'll all get angry at me for pouring cold water on your trade ideas again.
3. Even though almost all bad thinking in hockey comes from the top down, it's REALLY rare to see ownership get much blame when a team flames out. Coaches, GMs, star players (especially old ones), goalies (especially young ones) all take withering fire of varying accuracy, but only a few designated villains among the ownership group ever catch any real flak.
The fact that L'Ecuyer makes it as a standby speaks volumes. You only need 14 competent refs to make the full pool and you can't even manage that without including obvious dolts. Congrats.Here are the referees and linesmen for the 2nd round.
NHL Referees and Linesmen for Round 2 of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs
The National Hockey League has named the NHL Referees and Linesmen advancing to the Conference Quarterfinals (Round 2) of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
See items 2 and 3 above.
polarbare
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I should definitely go and boo it.I’m sure you will be in the TD Center in Boston when they raise that banner up!!!
Among the list of officials that were eliminated were the pair of Charron and Brenk who called Canes/Isles game 2. Linesman Travis Gawryletz was also cut. Maybe the uncalled high stick by Marty on Mayfield wasn’t viewed well by the league.
They got 2 more games after that; Leafs/Lightning game 3 and Devils/Rangers game 4.Ahh...Charron and Brenk, facilitators of a game where the PPs were 6-0 Carolina vs. the Islanders. That right there will immediately get you booted from the rest of the playoffs, complete lack of game management.
cmaleski2
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Ok, so not immediately (that would be hard, they were already scheduled), but it definitely is going to make you targets to not advance past round 1.
Most of those refs moving on the round 2 are the usual vet guys who are likely to drive every coach, player, and fan crazy at some point in the next round.
Most of those refs moving on the round 2 are the usual vet guys who are likely to drive every coach, player, and fan crazy at some point in the next round.