The Official 2017-18 NHL thread

[EagerBeaver]

Ottawa is well out of the playoff picture at the moment. And so are the Rangers who have 30 points to the Canadiens 29 which makes no sense. The last two wild cards for the playoffs are Washington and NY islanders.

 

[Sol Tee Nutz]

There are still 50 games left.

 

[gaby]

..and Doc....bizarre....j'ai le sentiment que Karlsson va quitter les Sens....

 

[gaby]

..and btw the JETS with 38 pts ont rejoint TBAY en première place de la ligue.....what an impressive team!!!

 

[jalimon]

..and Doc....bizarre....j'ai le sentiment que Karlsson va quitter les Sens....

As Doc wrote below, he is not the same without Methot who was a master at covering him defensively while Karlsson would help the attack. He does not have that backup anymore.

As for going out of Ottawa actually the city and the team is not a factor. He went the best $$ deal as possible. As Bergevin said last year, in hockey if you want loyalty buy a dog

Cheers,

 

[gaby]

True..et de plus j'ai l'impression qu'il ne file pas le parfait bonheur avec Boucher...évidemment toujours plus facile de congédier l'entraîneur...mais Karlsson considérera toutes les offres surtout en provenance des équipes aspirantes à la Coupe.....et elles seront nombreuses.

 

[Sol Tee Nutz]

The Oilers have three plans for their goaltending issue, Talbot is cold too many games plus he is hurt.
1) Looking for a trade like Chad Johnston from Buffalo, he was good in Calgary but sucks in Buffalo.
2) Bakersfield farmhand Nick Ellis for his first NHL game
3) Nothing, just blowing smoke and will keep Brossoit.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Rangers NHL's Most Valuable Team

http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/...york-rangers-again-nhl-most-valuable-team-15b

 

[gaby]

Tonight...PREDS---VEGAS and SUBBAN VS SUBBAN....who will win? Would bet on PREDS....should b fun to watch....

 

[gaby]

Vegas 4-3....Malcolm 42 saves and perfect in 6 rounds of s/o.....great performance.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Vegas 4-3....Malcolm 42 saves and perfect in 6 rounds of s/o.....great performance.

Subban v. Subban battle goes to young Subban!!!!!!!!!

 

[Sol Tee Nutz]

Lots of stories about the Flames moving out of Calgary.

 

[gaby]

Wow great again...Vegas 5-3 on Dallas. Lagacé was spectacular....almost at mid season GKnights are 19-9-1...incredible....pas de superstar...mais un travail d'équipe et une cohésion remarquable pour une jeune équipe.....qui devrait servir d'inspiration à plusieurs.....

Ottawa lost again 5-0 against San Jose....terrible terrible terrible....Boucher is in a hot seat......and what about my Wings......incroyable pour une dynastie.semblable....là aussi un grand ménage s'impose.

 

[tiga]

Beaucoup d'équipes qui normalement sont meilleures en difficultés sérieuses cette année et de nouvelles qui sont de façon inattendue dans le haut du classement.

 

[gaby]

Effectivement qui aurait dit entre autre que les Pens, Hawks et Oilers se battraient pour une place dans les séries..et que les Jets, Kings, TBay-Vegas joueraient du hockey de cette qualité.

 

[tiga]

Et les Islanders...

 

[Sol Tee Nutz]

Oilers still sucking, hard to put 2 games in a row, thankful their entire division is not doing well, 8 points out and many games to go.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Oilers still sucking, hard to put 2 games in a row, thankful their entire division is not doing well, 8 points out and many games to go.

I actually thought they played a great game last night but the only difference was the Toronto goalie (Mclhinney) being a brick wall throughout the night. The Oilers considerably outshot Toronto bombed the Leafs goalie throughout the game and ended up losing only 1-0. I found the Edmonton goalie (Brossoit) to be very good also.

McDavid will have to learn to shoot more instead of always looking to pass the puck when a good scoring chance presents itself. But most importantly he'll have to greatly improve on the face-offs. He was terrible in that department last night and it's hard for a team to win games when your best player regularly loses 8 out of 10 face-offs and the other team gains control of the puck every time.

But other than that i found that the Oilers played very well and had it not been for the Leafs goalie's heroics the score may have very well been similar to the Oilers/Habs game the previous night.

As for the Leafs, strong goaltending has been their story all season long and Frederik Andersen has been the team's MVP thoughout the season. Thankfully the Leafs gave him the night off last night and it didn't hurt them. Mclhinney was nothing short of magnificient and the Leafs really needed him to be great considering Auston Matthews was out with an upper-body injury, suffered with he collided with Morgan Rielly in the third period of Saturday night's game.

Nice seeing Gretzky and Coffee watching the game together. Even nicer was seeing Auston Matthews and Connor McDavid's fathers watching the game together in one of the private booths and McDavid's dad congratulating Mr. Matthews once the game was over.

 

[gaby]

Good news..Fleury is back on ice....they will need him in good shape for the rest of the season.

Bad news....Byfuglien is out for some weeks.....ne connaissait pas la saison la plus prolifique mais quand même un rouage important à la défensive........de plus je l'avais dans mes pools:Cry:

 

[EagerBeaver]

Good news..Fleury is back on ice....they will need him in good shape for the rest of the season.

He only played 4 games and Vegas has been very successful without him. If you want my opinion, Vegas should start Subban and use Fleury as a back-up. Subban is the future. Fleury is a relic of the past.