2023-24 NHL Season Thread.

[Zeoni]

That is the one thing I don't miss, most of you enjoyed the Kings/BHawks series last year more than I did, it was agonizing. It was awesome when it was over but it was so draining, it is nice to watch games I'm not invested in.

Man I'm just nervous all day thinking about the game and when it finally gets to game time I'm just a wreck. So far so good in this game though!

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Dick move on Perry. Without Perry season is over.

[Zeoni]

They went 7-2 without Perry, he's not that important.

[Greeney]

Dick move on Perry. Without Perry season is over.

Against Calgary with 1 game left? Probably not.
Against Chicago? Yes.

investment and hate are different

Hate leads to investment.

[Stommped]

Goooo Flames!

[draynay]

...and the refs have swallowed their whistles, if a blatant trip in the neutral zone that results in a turnover isn't a penalty, what is?

[Zeoni]

...and the refs have swallowed their whistles, if a blatant trip in the neutral zone that results in a turnover isn't a penalty, what is?

Unreal man, the reffing in this game has been horseshit. They're calling every little tug or small tap with the stick but that goes through? Yikes.

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...and the refs have swallowed their whistles, if a blatant trip in the neutral zone that results in a turnover isn't a penalty, what is?

Puck first, no penalty.

[Tradewind]

Dick move on Perry. Without Perry season is over.

What dick move? They ran into each other on a turn. As usual Perry acting like he got sniped.

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What dick move? They ran into each other on a turn. As usual Perry acting like he got sniped.

Perry forgives you.

[Tradewind]

Ah well, go Hawks. Time to dust off the Toews jersey.

[glo]

That quite clearly shouldn't have counted as a goal, second major blown call/non call today along with the delay of game on New York.

[Tradewind]

That quite clearly shouldn't have counted as a goal, second major blown call/non call today along with the delay of game on New York.

Nah, it's cool when Perry is crawling on your goaltender in the crease lol.

[Nazrark]

Ah well, go Hawks. Time to dust off the Toews jersey.

Captain Serious is hard not to like. I've met the guy at a Stanley Cup party in Winnipeg and after 5 minutes he's got you. Pulled you in and you can easily call him a friend.

[Tradewind]

Captain Serious is hard not to like. I've met the guy at a Stanley Cup party in Winnipeg and after 5 minutes he's got you. Pulled you in and you can easily call him a friend.

Hawks are definitely my #2 for a while.

and after all of this, I can't wait 'til October now.

[glo]

Nah, it's cool when Perry is crawling on your goaltender in the crease lol.

I wasn't really rooting for either, it's just disappointing that the NHL is going the way of the NBA with ignoring calls for certain players and situations in favor of flashy plays and scoring. It's turning into a joke.

Don't even get me started on the whole removing crease interference change, but shit, we need calls when the scoring team has a player laying on top of a goalie.

[Reg]

Hawks are definitely my #2 for a while.

and after all of this, I can't wait 'til October now.

Yeah, I would say out of the West, the Hawks would be my next favorite team after the Rangers. Watching Kane play is pretty cool, and then Toews is just a great player and captain. Not many people on that team I dislike.

[jackofwind]

Thank god we don't have to listen to the Canadian telecasters sucking the Flames dicks like they were going to ejaculate payraises for them anymore.

My favorite part about the Sportsnet cast yesterday was after the Flames had lost and the panel kept going on and on about how they "had taken Anaheim to the brink", and "given Anaheim all they could handle" in a fucking 4-1 series.

Sorry, they didn't do anything remotely close to that - they blew the first two games and then barely managed to not get swept. I get that some people like the scrappy underdog cliché, but pretending that Anaheim was ever worried in this series is pretty hard to believe.

[draynay]

I sense no canuck bitterness, none at all.

[jackofwind]

I sense no canuck bitterness, none at all.

Why would I not be bitter? I am unabashedly a Canuck fan and my team underperformed in the postseason again - it's tough.

I don't know how much you know about the dynamics of western Canada either but BC (where I'm from) and Alberta (where Edmonton and Calgary are) have very different cultures and a pretty strong rivalry in many things other than hockey as well (and, in a lot of cases, a strong dislike for each other) - so it stings just a bit more to lose to them.

That being said, if you watched the Sportsnet telecast yesterday you'd know I wasn't lying at all.