2018/2019 NHL Thread: We got the BLUES

[The Incredible Hulk]

First off, Congrats to the Capitals on their first ever Stanley Cup Championship

Free agency started July 1st, at Noon EDT, and with it the official dawn of a new league season.....

Will Alex Ovechkin ever be sober again?

Can the Caps repeat?

Why has John Tavares forsaken me?

Is Don Cherry ever going to die?

What will the Vegas Golden Knights do for an encore?

Will the San Jose Sharks be teal enough?

Will a team from Canada ever win a Cup? (Narrator: They Won't)

Who is going to have the worst new third jersey?

The answers to these questions and more, coming soon!

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Summary of major free agent signing so far:

Alright let's get this out of the way to start:

*chokes back tears*
*top lip starts to quiver*
*takes a shot of Jack Daniels*
*begins bawling like a small child*

John Tavares to TOR

yeah, that one stings.

Grabner to ARZ

Halak and Moore to BOS

Hutton to BUF

Derek Ryan to CAL

Mrazek to CAR

Cam Ward, Chris Kunitz, and Brandon Manning to CHI

Ian Cole and Matt Calvert to COL

Riley Nash to CBJ

Roman Polak, Anton Khudobin, and Blake Comeau to DAL

Mike Green, Johnathan Bernier, and Thomas Vanek to DET

Tobias Reider and Kyle Brodziak to EDM

Michael Hutchinson to FLA

Plekanec back to MTL

Eric Gryba to NJD

Filppula and Komarov (?) to NYI

JvR back to PHI

Tyler Bozak and David Perron to STL

Antoine Roussel and Jay Beagle (?) to VAN

Paul Stastny and Nick Holden to VGK

Also the Sabres have traded Ryan O'Reilly to the Blues for Tage Thompson, Sobotka, Berglund, and a 1st and 2nd round pick

 

[Themanofbat]

James Neal to Calgary
Joe Thorton stays in San Jose

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

The Wayne Gretzky trade to the Kings was 30 years ago today.

Decent read: https://theathletic.com/464516/2018...ht-wayne-gretzky-to-los-angeles-30-years-ago/

 

[ih8nyy]

The Wayne Gretzky trade to the Kings was 30 years ago today.

Decent read: https://theathletic.com/464516/2018...ht-wayne-gretzky-to-los-angeles-30-years-ago/

I remember being on vacation in NH when this news hit. My immediate reaction was "He's gonna have to get custom purple blades now.".

Little did I know the uni's were changing to silver and black.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Training camps open Thurs/Fri

Regular season starts in less a month.

 

[Themanofbat]

Excellent...

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Total cheap shot by Max Domi


only suspended for the rest of the preseason. What a joke.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

uhhhhh

 

[Immortalfire]

Wtf

 

[Themanofbat]

OMG... that is both hilarious AND disturbing... Hahahaha...

 

[Pink Ranger]

uhhhhh

Meh, just the average Flyers fan when she forgets to shave in the morning.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

this transcends the uniform thread

 

[Jesse]

Can't believe how many goals Matt Murray gave up at the Pens home opener.
At least they won in OT but it should never have come to that.

 

[Pink Ranger]

It's like Pavel Bure and Markus Naslund had an awesome baby together.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Was in Vegas for work last week and scored a ticket to the Golden Knights home opener. Possibly one of the most fun experiences I've had at an NHL game in years.

Highly recommend.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

The first two are fine but "Regular Season Western Conference Champions" is one of the saddest things I've ever read

 

[Pink Ranger]

The first two are fine but "Regular Season Western Conference Champions" is one of the saddest things I've ever read

As a Canucks fan, I hate seeing banners like that in our rafters. It might as well read, "Did well in regular season, lost in the playoffs."

 

[PhasedPlasma101]

Good Caps win against the Rangers in OT. Nice exhibition of entertaining hockey for the country.

 

[Immortalfire]

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Good Caps win against the Rangers in OT. Nice exhibition of entertaining hockey for the country.

Making the country watch the Rangers this year seems a bit cruel IMO.

 

[Jesse]

Matt Murray finally found his glove last night as he shut out the Toronto Maple Leafs great performance!

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Crosby....filthy


LOL Oilers

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Suck it, Crosby!