2025-2026 NHL Offseason

pjhawks

eeriepadave said:

Anyone watch the All Star skills competition last night? I hadn't watched it in a few years but decided to check it out. NHL knows what they are doing for the All star break. Glad they still had some of the old school skills and it was cool to see some of the new ones as well. Only one I didn't really care for was the breakaway competition. It was fun but that was about it, not much skill involved plus the wrong person "won" I think. Only other thing I don't understand it the actual game itself. So it's just gonna be the Pacific division vs the Metropolitan guys? No central or Atlantic players in the game? They should go back to East vs West, IMO

All four divisions play a round robin of I think 4 on 4 and I think its 10 minute games but not sure.

incorporating Vegas in it with the Bellagio and the blackjack on the Strip was kind of cool
  

eeriepadave

pjhawks said:

eeriepadave said:

Anyone watch the All Star skills competition last night? I hadn't watched it in a few years but decided to check it out. NHL knows what they are doing for the All star break. Glad they still had some of the old school skills and it was cool to see some of the new ones as well. Only one I didn't really care for was the breakaway competition. It was fun but that was about it, not much skill involved plus the wrong person "won" I think. Only other thing I don't understand it the actual game itself. So it's just gonna be the Pacific division vs the Metropolitan guys? No central or Atlantic players in the game? They should go back to East vs West, IMO

All four divisions play a round robin of I think 4 on 4 and I think its 10 minute games but not sure.

incorporating Vegas in it with the Bellagio and the blackjack on the Strip was kind of cool
  

it was a decent all star. Concept was interesting. I still prefer the east vs west but it was different. Glad to see Giroux get MVP

pjhawks

eeriepadave said:

pjhawks said:

eeriepadave said:

Anyone watch the All Star skills competition last night? I hadn't watched it in a few years but decided to check it out. NHL knows what they are doing for the All star break. Glad they still had some of the old school skills and it was cool to see some of the new ones as well. Only one I didn't really care for was the breakaway competition. It was fun but that was about it, not much skill involved plus the wrong person "won" I think. Only other thing I don't understand it the actual game itself. So it's just gonna be the Pacific division vs the Metropolitan guys? No central or Atlantic players in the game? They should go back to East vs West, IMO

All four divisions play a round robin of I think 4 on 4 and I think its 10 minute games but not sure.

incorporating Vegas in it with the Bellagio and the blackjack on the Strip was kind of cool
  

it was a decent all star. Concept was interesting. I still prefer the east vs west but it was different. Glad to see Giroux get MVP

G always has been better in meaningless games 😂

Wobbie

Marchand is a POS.

dankind

Wobbie said:

Marchand is a POS.

Indeed.

I may have shared this before, but both of my kids have had an opportunity to meet him on separate occasions. Both times, he was at their rink, getting one of his kids ready for a practice after one of my kids was getting out of one of their practices. Both times, I refused to let them meet him.

Garbageperson.

Meltdown99

What was the first clue about Marchand being a pos..the dude licked another player.  He came unhinged years ago…perfect team for him is Boston…

a5pj

dankind said:

Wobbie said:

Marchand is a POS.

Indeed.

I may have shared this before, but both of my kids have had an opportunity to meet him on separate occasions. Both times, he was at their rink, getting one of his kids ready for a practice after one of my kids was getting out of one of their practices. Both times, I refused to let them meet him.

Garbageperson.

Good for you!

mpedone

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Wobbie

for the time being, I’d kick all russians out of the NHL.

mrussel1

Wobbie said:

for the time being, I’d kick all russians out of the NHL.

Would you have interned all the Japanese too?

pjhawks

Wobbie said:

for the time being, I’d kick all russians out of the NHL.

I really dislike this attitude.  Why would we punish them because their leader is an asshole?  Should we have pulled Americans off the ice for all the terrible things we have done at times including unleashing Trump on the world?  It is not the Russian people's fault.  

Wobbie

pjhawks said:

Wobbie said:

for the time being, I’d kick all russians out of the NHL.

I really dislike this attitude.  Why would we punish them because their leader is an asshole?  Should we have pulled Americans off the ice for all the terrible things we have done at times including unleashing Trump on the world?  It is not the Russian people's fault.  

that is very true. very true.

that said, I feel like you have to put all the pressure in the world on putin….make him as unpopular with his own people as he is with the rest of the world….if the population gets fed up enough, maybe they will rise up and strip that asshole of his power.


suspend the russian players until peace comes. the NHL could even issue a “we know it’s not their fault” statement.

mrussel1

Wobbie said:

pjhawks said:

Wobbie said:

for the time being, I’d kick all russians out of the NHL.

I really dislike this attitude.  Why would we punish them because their leader is an asshole?  Should we have pulled Americans off the ice for all the terrible things we have done at times including unleashing Trump on the world?  It is not the Russian people's fault.  

that is very true. very true.

that said, I feel like you have to put all the pressure in the world on putin….make him as unpopular with his own people as he is with the rest of the world….if the population gets fed up enough, maybe they will rise up and strip that asshole of his power.


suspend the russian players until peace comes. the NHL could even issue a “we know it’s not their fault” statement.

What about the ones with dual citizenship?

You know these players don't pay Russian taxes? Why would this put any pressure at all on Putin?

F Me In The Brain

Wobbie said:

pjhawks said:

Wobbie said:

for the time being, I’d kick all russians out of the NHL.

I really dislike this attitude.  Why would we punish them because their leader is an asshole?  Should we have pulled Americans off the ice for all the terrible things we have done at times including unleashing Trump on the world?  It is not the Russian people's fault.  

that is very true. very true.

that said, I feel like you have to put all the pressure in the world on putin….make him as unpopular with his own people as he is with the rest of the world….if the population gets fed up enough, maybe they will rise up and strip that asshole of his power.


suspend the russian players until peace comes. the NHL could even issue a “we know it’s not their fault” statement.

Yeah, I do not support this.  Even Putin's pal, Ovi, spike against this, in some way.
Putin won't care and the Russians you are aiming to motivate to speak out likely want their players back on KHL ice, anyway.

Wobbie

I knew my "hot take" would raise some eyebrows...

mrussell...I'm not suggesting interment camps.

hawks...as bad as trump was (is), he didn't invade any sovereign countries. had he done so, I would have been all for banning americans on foreign teams.

to clarify...don't kick the russians out of the NHL....just suspend them until putin stops his aggression.

mrussel1

Wobbie said:

I knew my "hot take" would raise some eyebrows...

mrussell...I'm not suggesting interment camps.

hawks...as bad as trump was (is), he didn't invade any sovereign countries. had he done so, I would have been all for banning americans on foreign teams.

to clarify...don't kick the russians out of the NHL....just suspend them until putin stops his aggression.

My point about internment camps, is that the US made a horrible mistake during WWII about how we treated (in many cases) US citizens of Japanese heritage.  It's yet another huge blight on our history.  While kicking them out of the league pales in comparison to internment, the mindset is the same.  You are seeking to punish a person because of his heritage even though these players are neither supporting or benefiting from Putin's actions.  The response is punitive in nature rather than being productive. 

Wobbie

^^^ I need a little more than Ovie’s weak sauce. I respect your opinion but we need pressure, pressure, pressure from wherever it comes.

mrussel1

Wobbie said:

^^^ I need a little more than Ovie’s weak sauce. I respect your opinion but we need pressure, pressure, pressure from wherever it comes.

Ovie is different.  He has been a Putin stooge for over a decade. 

pjhawks

So excited for the playoffs.   I think this is the year the Leafs win the Cup.  A brutal path for them with Tampa and most likely Florida though.   So I am going a bit off the board and going with Leafs over the Wild.  

F Me In The Brain

pjhawks said:

So excited for the playoffs.   I think this is the year the Leafs win the Cup.  A brutal path for them with Tampa and most likely Florida though.   So I am going a bit off the board and going with Leafs over the Wild.  

I think the Leafs lose in first round, again.