2025-2026 NHL Offseason

mrussel1

Wobbie said:

a5pj said:

Glad Aho got 2 highlight reel goals. On to next season

get him a Capri Sun and some orange slices!

You bright orange slices for street the game? All the kids must have hated you. I brought them Big League Chew and candy cigarettes. 

Wobbie

mrussel1 said:

Wobbie said:

a5pj said:

Glad Aho got 2 highlight reel goals. On to next season

get him a Capri Sun and some orange slices!

You bright orange slices for street the game? All the kids must have hated you. I brought them Big League Chew and candy cigarettes. 

check your spellcheck.

mrussel1

Wobbie said:

mrussel1 said:

Wobbie said:

a5pj said:

Glad Aho got 2 highlight reel goals. On to next season

get him a Capri Sun and some orange slices!

You bright orange slices for street the game? All the kids must have hated you. I brought them Big League Chew and candy cigarettes. 

check your spellcheck.

Yeah..swipe gone wrong.  Let me try that again.

You brought orange slices for kids after the game?  All the kids must have hated you.  

igotid88

Going for Edmonton 

igotid88

Weird that the state of Florida has had so many Finals appearances recently 

Johnny Abruzzo

Dallas Sucks!

Okay, here I go again rooting for the first team that ever broke my heart in sports.

Wobbie

looks like TNT has the SCF. neither their announcers nor ESPN's are great but I like ESPN's less. at least I don't have to suffer through any more emily kaplan.

Both intermission crews are good but PK's VR was terrible.

I will join 95% of the planet in rooting for edmonton.

Hawkshore

Oilers are on a role, but I think they are going to miss Hyman's physicality big time against the Panthers

Oil has home ice this time and that should help as lot of their metrics especially the PP are better at home 

Johnny Abruzzo

That McDavid goal was sensational. It's nice to win the lottery I guess.

F Me In The Brain

Wobbie said:

looks like TNT has the SCF. neither their announcers nor ESPN's are great but I like ESPN's less. at least I don't have to suffer through any more emily kaplan.

Both intermission crews are good but PK's VR was terrible.

I will join 95% of the planet in rooting for edmonton.

Agree on VR

a5pj

Wobbie said:

after watching way more hockey than normal for the past few weeks, I’m thinking these guys might be the most skilled professional athletes of ALL professional athletes. It’s insane, skating at whatever MPH and making pinpoint passes (usually) and (usually) knowing exactly where you should be, whether on offense or defense.

Football? yeah, you have your “skill positions” but we all know how to run, throw and catch. plus, there’s plenty of O Line positions where the biggest qualifier is being 350 pounds.

Baseball? they say hitting a major league pitch is the hardest thing in professional sports and I believe it. but you can be a one tool player like big sloppi and still make millions.

NBA? some guys are crazy skilled but others, like rudy gobert, are just tall. rudy can’t really dribble or shoot and has hands of stone.

Tennis? no way I could even return a serve.

Golf? a lot of skill but I don’t consider a lot of those guys athletes.

soccer? no.

I am 1000% with you on this. I tried playing ice hockey for a bit, and let's just say I'm athletic. I was drenched just passing back and forth.
So add the speed, strength (their legs are crazy), and then the on the fly strategy. Coaches are making decisions / changing matchups every stoppage and line change that you never see.
Yeah their bodies take a toll compared to other sports.
No other sport loses teeth at the same rate either lol.

And mentioning soccer in your post lol? I can't stand their flops.
puck to face - stitches and face guard - back to finish the game - let's go!

mrussel1

a5pj said:

Wobbie said:

after watching way more hockey than normal for the past few weeks, I’m thinking these guys might be the most skilled professional athletes of ALL professional athletes. It’s insane, skating at whatever MPH and making pinpoint passes (usually) and (usually) knowing exactly where you should be, whether on offense or defense.

Football? yeah, you have your “skill positions” but we all know how to run, throw and catch. plus, there’s plenty of O Line positions where the biggest qualifier is being 350 pounds.

Baseball? they say hitting a major league pitch is the hardest thing in professional sports and I believe it. but you can be a one tool player like big sloppi and still make millions.

NBA? some guys are crazy skilled but others, like rudy gobert, are just tall. rudy can’t really dribble or shoot and has hands of stone.

Tennis? no way I could even return a serve.

Golf? a lot of skill but I don’t consider a lot of those guys athletes.

soccer? no.

I am 1000% with you on this. I tried playing ice hockey for a bit, and let's just say I'm athletic. I was drenched just passing back and forth.
So add the speed, strength (their legs are crazy), and then the on the fly strategy. Coaches are making decisions / changing matchups every stoppage and line change that you never see.
Yeah their bodies take a toll compared to other sports.
No other sport loses teeth at the same rate either lol.

And mentioning soccer in your post lol? I can't stand their flops.
puck to face - stitches and face guard - back to finish the game - let's go!

I agree on the nightly damage a player takes but so many of them play into their late 30s and 40s. Look at Perry still getting it done. So while it is obviously very physical, players have much longer careers than in football where the shelf life is about ten years. 

What I love about hockey is that you don’t have to be big to be great. So many examples of smaller guys being great. That being said, I think NBA players are out of this world athletically. Look at LeBron. 6 9”, monstrous and ran a 4.4. How is that possible?  And the soft skills to have touch, finesse, passing ability, etc has always led me to think they are the most elite. I’d want them on my side in a battle royal. 

cutz

Are you sure about that=LOL

https://youtu.be/qG6hS4XkLYM?si=xbcLleum0fbb-8mm


I don't care who wins as I just want to see a good back and forth Series that goes 6-7 games.

Wobbie

mrussel1 said:

a5pj said:

Wobbie said:

after watching way more hockey than normal for the past few weeks, I’m thinking these guys might be the most skilled professional athletes of ALL professional athletes. It’s insane, skating at whatever MPH and making pinpoint passes (usually) and (usually) knowing exactly where you should be, whether on offense or defense.

Football? yeah, you have your “skill positions” but we all know how to run, throw and catch. plus, there’s plenty of O Line positions where the biggest qualifier is being 350 pounds.

Baseball? they say hitting a major league pitch is the hardest thing in professional sports and I believe it. but you can be a one tool player like big sloppi and still make millions.

NBA? some guys are crazy skilled but others, like rudy gobert, are just tall. rudy can’t really dribble or shoot and has hands of stone.

Tennis? no way I could even return a serve.

Golf? a lot of skill but I don’t consider a lot of those guys athletes.

soccer? no.

I am 1000% with you on this. I tried playing ice hockey for a bit, and let's just say I'm athletic. I was drenched just passing back and forth.
So add the speed, strength (their legs are crazy), and then the on the fly strategy. Coaches are making decisions / changing matchups every stoppage and line change that you never see.
Yeah their bodies take a toll compared to other sports.
No other sport loses teeth at the same rate either lol.

And mentioning soccer in your post lol? I can't stand their flops.
puck to face - stitches and face guard - back to finish the game - let's go!

 I think NBA players are out of this world athletically. Look at LeBron. 6 9”, monstrous and ran a 4.4. How is that possible?  And the soft skills to have touch, finesse, passing ability, etc has always led me to think they are the most elite. I’d want them on my side in a battle royal. 

true, but like I said, you also have the rudy goberts...guys that are just tall...and making $37M per year.

that said, there are crazy skilled guys in the NBA.

mrussel1

cutz said:

Are you sure about that=LOL

https://youtu.be/qG6hS4XkLYM?si=xbcLleum0fbb-8mm


I don't care who wins as I just want to see a good back and forth Series that goes 6-7 games.

Ok fair but I’d stop rather have him with me in a bar fight vs Martin St Louis. But not Bob Probert. 

F Me In The Brain

Tony twist or Tie Domi
Ftw

josevolution

Let’s go Oilers I’m hoping they get to drink from the cup! 

Wobbie

just watched a 30 for 30 and learned, for the first time, of the John Dpano/Islanders debacle. That was some crazy shit.

I would have thought Spano might have learned his lesson but he’s served time for fraud (at least) two times since.

nautical_disaster

Wobbie said:

just watched a 30 for 30 and learned, for the first time, of the John Dpano/Islanders debacle. That was some crazy shit.

I would have thought Spano might have learned his lesson but he’s served time for fraud (at least) two times since.

That 30 for 30 was wild!

Hoping for the Canadian hockey team curse to be lifted this year. We'll see tonight if McDavid is actually hurt or not. 

mrussel1

What a hockey game!