Around the NHL 2025-26 Season

[PerreaultForever]

30 minutes ago, Stads said:

Are you Jeremy White from WGR 550? He's been pushing for that for quite some time 

Nah, I don't do Springsteen imitations. 

Oh wait, different Jeremy 🙂

(I don't know WGR 550 at all but glad to hear I'm not alone)

[SwampD]

54 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

Loser points give you too much imo.

I really think the league needs to look at a 3,2,1 system. 3 points for a regulation win. 2 points for an OT win and 1 point for the OT loss. I think that might put it back on track for .500 actually meaning .500

but maybe not. I'm just speculating. 

Who cares, really? It just doesn’t matter. It’s not like the Sabres would make the playoffs if points system were different. 

[Taro T]

40 minutes ago, SwampD said:

Who cares, really? It just doesn’t matter. It’s not like the Sabres would make the playoffs if points system were different. 

Well, if home wins were 4 points and road wins only 1 point, that might get them pretty darn close.  They have to have one of the better home records to go with the league worst road record.

[PerreaultForever]

56 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Well, if home wins were 4 points and road wins only 1 point, that might get them pretty darn close.  They have to have one of the better home records to go with the league worst road record.

That used to be the old school indicator. Everybody could win at home, but the good teams, the playoff teams, were the ones who could win on the road. 

It changed a little because originally the rinks were so different in sizes and quirks the home teams truly had home advantage and now uniformity makes that less special  but maybe the old adage still applies to some extent. 

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Team USA jerseys go on sale in 90 minutes. I try not to be much of a consumer these days, but I’ve wanted an Olympic jersey as long as I can remember. I’ll be getting matching one for me, my dad, and my son as our Christmas presents. Matthew Tkachuk for my son, blank for my dad, McAvoy for me.