Around The NHL 2022-23 Regular Season

[Taro T]

5 minutes ago, K-9 said:

Hard to believe he’s just 19. 19!

Because he's WAAAAY older than that.  He's been 20 for almost 3 full weeks.  😉

[Curt]

5 minutes ago, K-9 said:

Hard to believe he’s just 19. 19!

The reason that I find it so hard to believe that Power is just 19 is because he is actually 20.

[K-9]

5 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Because he's WAAAAY older than that.  He's been 20 for almost 3 full weeks.  😉

Thanks for the clarification. Much appreciated.

5 minutes ago, Curt said:

The reason that I find it so hard to believe that Power is just 19 is because he is actually 20.

Thanks to you as well. Power is an old man now. Still not old enough to drink legally, but one helluva D man.

[bunomatic]

23 minutes ago, K-9 said:

Thanks for the clarification. Much appreciated.

Thanks to you as well. Power is an old man now. Still not old enough to drink legally, but one helluva D man.

18 in Alberta😝

[PerreaultForever]

11 hours ago, matter2003 said:

Power is going to be a freaking stud back there within a few years.

Definitely could be. 

[Getpucksdeep]

4 hours ago, SwampD said:

To bring this back around to the NHL, the attendance of the Penguins/Blue Jackets game looks pretty close to a Tuesday Sabres game.

I think the Guins are done.

My son is hoping to go Saturday. He's a student at Pitt, gf is a student at Duquesne. They are offering something like $30 tickets for best available seat for Duequesne college students, day of deal only.  Yeah https://www.nhl.com/penguins/tickets/student-rush  It's a good idea TP should consider. Though, on the other hand not sure I want 4 hammered UB kids puking on me in my Chet & Muffy half-season package for $30 a pop. Can go to a Bills game for that nonsense, hehe.

[sabremike]

This is incredible.

[shrader]

14 hours ago, Curt said:

The reason that I find it so hard to believe that Power is just 19 is because he is actually 20.

Yeah, but was he born prematurely?  He may still be 19 if we go by gestational age.😁

[Thorny]

Couple of noteworthy Sabres mentions in this thread, an early season stats-based awards take.

Dahlin 4th mention for Norris

Quinn 1st mention for Calder

Peterka 4th mention for Calder

[Porous Five Hole]

Old friend Bogo going hunting (NSFW)

[Zamboni]

35 minutes ago, Porous Five Hole said:

Old friend Bogo going hunting (NSFW)

I can’t make out exactly what he said. Besides ahhhowwww 😂

[Scottysabres]

3 hours ago, Zamboni said:

I can’t make out exactly what he said. Besides ahhhowwww 😂

I believe F was involved as a letter

[Carmel Corn]

Didn't realize that Will Carrier already has 8 goals for VGK...always liked his speed and rugged game, but nice to see he's developed a scoring touch now.

[mjd1001]

A little off topic, but I had a discussion the other day about a 'players around the league issue'

If/When there ever is another World cup of hockey, or Olympics, how close would the USA be now to matching Canada's top lines up front. 

With McDavid and McKinnon for Canada down the center, tough to match...but....the USA would be able to roll out somthing like:

Mathews, Thompson, and Eichel at Centers....with Wingers including Jason Robertson, both Tkachuks, Jack Hughes (at C or wing) Gaudreau and Maybe Kreider or Kyle Conner.

I might prefer Canada up front overall, but I could see a USA team/lineup like that having games where they are better.

Edited December 9, 2022 by mjd1001

[bob_sauve28]

 

[SwampD]

1 hour ago, bob_sauve28 said:

 

Nice dive. Durzi was just pissed that he missed Engvall's head.

[Contempt]

1 minute ago, SwampD said:

Nice dive. Durzi was just pissed that he missed Engvall's head.

Uhm, no.

[SwampD]

1 minute ago, Contempt said:

Uhm, no.

So you are saying that the hit caused him to fall?

Uhm, no.

The hit was bad enough. He dove to draw even more attention to it. Lame.

 

[drnkirishone]

12 minutes ago, SwampD said:

So you are saying that the hit caused him to fall?

Uhm, no.

The hit was bad enough. He dove to draw even more attention to it. Lame.

 

That is a wild take

[Contempt]

18 minutes ago, SwampD said:

So you are saying that the hit caused him to fall?

Uhm, no.

The hit was bad enough. He dove to draw even more attention to it. Lame.

 

That's not a dive.

[Marvin]

On 12/7/2022 at 11:33 AM, Thorny said:

Couple of noteworthy Sabres mentions in this thread, an early season stats-based awards take.

Dahlin 4th mention for Norris

Quinn 1st mention for Calder

Peterka 4th mention for Calder

How is Power not in the argument for the Calder?

[SwampD]

26 minutes ago, Contempt said:

That's not a dive.

So, you are saying that he was hit so hard by the stick that he was knocked out causing him to fall?

No.

[Thorny]

1 minute ago, Marvin said:

How is Power not in the argument for the Calder?

No idea. It’s based on a singular, particular (but well regarded) advanced stats model though 

Edited December 9, 2022 by Thorny

[Contempt]

Just now, SwampD said:

So, you are saying that he was hit so hard by the stick that he was knocked out causing him to fall?

No.

I didn't say he was knocked out. I'm saying you watched someone get whacked in the back of the head in slow motion. Your body's reaction to getting hit there when not expecting it is to lurch forward away from the impact and there's a little delay in that while your brain processes what the hell happened. He's standing on skates and lost his balance. If you'd like me to whack you with a hockey stick while we film it in slow motion I'm willing. 

That's not a dive.

[SwampD]

1 minute ago, Contempt said:

I didn't say he was knocked out. I'm saying you watched someone get whacked in the back of the head in slow motion. Your body's reaction to getting hit there when not expecting it is to lurch forward away from the impact and there's a little delay in that while your brain processes what the hell happened. He's standing on skates and lost his balance. If you'd like me to whack you with a hockey stick while we film it in slow motion I'm willing. 

That's not a dive.

I disagree.