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He also posed with a barrel that had a Hockey Canada logo taped on it during the celebrations. A few Canadians thought it was supposed to be a trash can or something and reporters pressed him about it following the game. Personally, I couldn't care less. Even as a Canadian, their WJ rosters are always sooo bratty (see: the embarrassing temper tantrum one player threw after the ref blew for a frozen puck with ~3 minutes left in the game) it's almost amusing to see them lose. Maybe he'll bring that same energy and pose next to a toilet after he dominates a game where some morons in yellow were throwing catfish at him

The league now has sponsored divisions. Woof, imagine hanging a 2021 Honda West Champions banner from your rafters. For our sakes, let's at least hope being the Honda Center's home team comes with some nice conflict of interest tier perks.

Better way to put it lmao. I can see any of those big 3 teams winning it all this year though. They'll probably all finish with top 5 records because of the competition (or lack thereof) in the division.

Man, I really wish this roster was in a stronger state heading into this new season. The condensed 2k13 year was some of the most fun I've had watching hockey even if it eventually cooked Selanne to the point of no return. Divisional matchups and the baseball-esque series scheduling is going to result in some real intense games. The downside is how strong our new division is. Colorado, Las Vegas & St. Louis will likely run away with it and I can't imagine Anaheim making any noise in a rush for that 4th spot unfortunately. As long as we beat San Jose often and help keep them in the gutter I guess. Side note, the Canadian division is going to be an absolute gongshow. I wonder if they'll even bother covering American games up here. They're guaranteed 4 playoff teams and watch none of them go far.

I just learned that Las Vegas won't have to participate in this draft. For comparison's sake, the Mighty Ducks lost Mikhail Shtalenkov in the 1998 expansion draft after 5 years of existence. The Knights will be completing their 4th year by the time of this draft and were already blessed with the harshest set of expansion draft protection rules to build their roster. It's kind of bogus and I'm still bitter we gave Bieksa of all people a NMC.

Hopefully the pants will help pull it out of the gutter. I was enthusiastic at first about it since I can't stand that pointy toilet seat Dallas calls a logo. The lack of colour on this set really does make it look incomplete though. They could've just flipped the colours on a Modano era jersey and ended up with a keeper.

Every team is required to a uniform, are they not? What exactly is wrong with discussing or being enthusiastic about how the sport will look when 31 new uniforms are unveiled at the same time? Don't even wanna touch the second part of that comment.

The Lakers and Kings both started wearing the same colours during the Kings' inaugural season when the LA Forum opened. You're not wrong at all here but the Kings had their most significant years once they ditched them for black and silver. The Lakers have been piling up championships in purple and gold since the 70s. It's a part of Kings history but those colours are synonymous with the Lakers now.

The Wild Wing sweaters have always been horrendous. That said, I think embracing goofy works for a team with our history and branding. I actually like that we brought these back. It's a pretty obvious nostalgia cash grab but irony is hot these days so watch these sell way more units than any other alternate we've thrown together in the last few years. Personally I'm hopeful the largely positive response to dusting off these monstrosities will signal to the franchise that it's time to consider moving away from this black and gold webbed D era entirely. It's not the worst look in hockey, it's just too generic. It worked when Chris Pronger was getting suspended every other week or Corey Perry was stealing trophies away from Sedin twins. Now not so much. I know this forum isn't too kind to the eggplant and jade but the more years we run with our current brand, the more I'm convinced Disney got it right the first time. The rest of these sweaters are really nice for the most part. Boston bringing back the old sans-serif B, Dallas returning to the 90s all star game template, and Los Angeles rocking the Lakers colours are all big wins. I'm also a huge fan of Ottawa, San Jose, Florida and Tampa all ditching their nauseating modernized logos for the far superior ones they used to have a couple of decades ago. The only real bad ones are Detroit (how do you manage to screw up a Red Wings sweater wtf), Columbus (this is a Caps sweater from the 80s nice try), St. Louis (should've went with their late 60s baby blue instead of red.. your team is literally named Blues), Winnipeg and of course, Nashville (although this might legitimately be the best looking sweater to come out of that god forsaken metallic buck-toothed cat branding). Not sure how I feel about Colorado and Carolina using the Nordiques and Whalers looks but both uniforms are still wonderful. Also, can you tell Lamoriello runs the Islanders now?

Thornton is washed and Leaf fans really need to temper their expectations with this signing. They already have Spezza who is basically the exact same player as Thornton at this stage of their careers. At a Cup chasing league minimum, it's hard to complain about the contract but that bottom six was eaten alive last season and adding another ill-fitting dinosaur hardly seems like the solution Toronto needs. I fully expect this to become a big media controversy in March (or June or whenever the hell the midseason point will be) when the team realizes they have to scratch one for the other to get the best out of their lineup.

At least he seems to be prioritizing handedness over nationality when he's determining fit now. Unless MacKenzie happens to a Swedish first name all of a sudden

Granty McGronald doesn't roll off the tongue as easily

Is this the highest profile UFA we've landed since Saku Koivu? Obviously Niedermayer and Fedorov came before but I'm seriously drawing a blank on any names that could even be in the same area code as Koivu in the time since.

Don't forget how this guy went like 100 games over 5 seasons without a goal in his career before he wound up here. I would have preferred a 1 year deal so we could just keep this scam going whenever the next trade deadline is but it's clear Anaheim is where he's at his best.

Tampa Bay just beat Dallas in Edmonton to win a Stanley Cup in September but the Ducks selecting a Russian in the draft is hands down the strangest thing about hockey in 2020.

Not all that familiar with him honestly but it really sounds like we traded Kase to select another Kase which is fine by me

Oh man that awkward lack of reaction hahaha Please world, no more Zoom drafts

Yeah I can't wait for them to trade him straight up for Michael Frolik at the deadline in a year or two

Just realized the Sens went back to their 90s logo Nice

Looks like the Kings finally got their Visnovsky replacement. Don't think I'll ever have it in me to dislike Byfield in spite of the sleaze and filth he's now associated with.

With that OT goal, Perry is now tied for 3rd place on the all-time playoff overtime winners list behind only Joe Sakic and Maurice Richard. What's crazy is how he didn't score his first one until he was 30. IIRC it was that one year they bullied the Flames so bad, they glued Gaudreau to the bench and tried kneeing Perry out of the playoffs only for him to come back a period later to send them golfing. I love how they're all basically the same chaotic goal almost every time too. He just parks himself right in front of the goalie and he either bangs at his own rebound until it goes in, or he patiently waits for the panicking goalie to make a move so he can slip the puck around his reach.

I don't like the Norris cause it's an award for a single position but the voting criteria isn't consistent and the goal posts seem to shift on a year to year basis. One season it can go to the highest scoring defenceman. Cool. Carlson would have ran away with the scoring race if play wasn't suspended and unlike some previous high scoring d-men to win the Norris, he can actually hold it down in his own end. Other years it does what it claims to and goes to the best overall player at the position. Again, cool. Hedman is in the Stanley Cup Final and would have a reasonable shot at the Conn Smythe should they win it. This year the Norris went to neither. Both Carlson and Hedman deserved it more. Josi? Barf. He is great.. At grabbing the wrong side of his face and pirouetting the second a stick blade approaches his visor. Or hiding behind a zebra after he crosschecks someone in the chin. Or skating off to let his bigger teammates fight his wars for him after he spends a shift slashing up a storm in front of his own net. It's one thing to be a sneaky pest but at least own up to it. Yeah, I'm salty as hell to the point where I'm disregarding his actual on-ice talent clearly but his level of punk-assness is what I despise most about the current NHL. Even though I stand by my opinion that the award was between Carlson and Hedman, I'll admit I am wayyy too biased here to give him credit. Award it to Seth Jones or something if this is the season voters want to start thinking outside the box.

Throw the whole Norris trophy in the trash. What a joke that award has become.

I hope Dallas wins the Cup in overtime off a Perry goal where he inadvertently runs over the goaltender at the very edge of where the crease and white ice meet. Controversy and chaos is what this year's finals will need since this is still DALLAS we're taking about here.

Oh man, I completely forgot about him to the point where I had to google it to confirm that your post wasn't just some satirical dig at BM's passion for dumpster diving in search of overpaid grit. Wow what a miserable season. On a side note, imagine how insane our current centre depth would've looked in 2011 in the days before Getzlaf, Kesler & Backes all had maybe one healthy lower body between the three of them. I wonder if Selanne still has the keys to that time machine?