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NHL Season 2021-22

Well, Crap! Sid finally returns from wrist surgery, then tests positive for Covid. Another 10 days minimum. I was actually excited after the first three games of the season but since then the wheels have (almost) completely fallen off. Half the roster is either injured or out with Covid. Bummer seeing the words "last-place Penguins" in an article today!
 
Well, Crap! Sid finally returns from wrist surgery, then tests positive for Covid. Another 10 days minimum. I was actually excited after the first three games of the season but since then the wheels have (almost) completely fallen off. Half the roster is either injured or out with Covid. Bummer seeing the words "last-place Penguins" in an article today!
Not to worry, only a couple of more weeks and you get to play the Leafs again!
 
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Jack Eichel is finally out of Buffalo! Vegas send Krebs, Tuch, and a first and a third for Eichel and a third.

I guess Eichel can get the surgery he wanted now. And Buffalo gets a boatload of cap space and a top prospect in Krebs.
I had heard yesterday, that Vegas and Calgary were the two teams in the hunt for Eichel. Both teams had apparently agreed to allow Eichel to get the neck surgery he wanted, that Buffalo declined.
I hope for both Vegas and Eichel's sake that the surgery goes well and gets back to playing instead of fighting with management.
Fishheadjoe
 
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I had heard yesterday, that Vegas and Calgary were the two teams in the hunt for Eichel. Both teams had apparently agreed to allow Eichel to get the neck surgery he wanted, that Buffalo declined.
I hope for both Vegas and Eichel's sake that the surgery goes well and gets back to playing instead of fighting with management.
Fishheadjoe
From what I'd read, the Sabres potential deal with Calgary would have brought them Matthew Tkachuk, and then the Sabres had a deal in place to flip him to St Louis for a package of players/prospects, which supposedly would have included Tarasenko. I guess we'll never know now.
 
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I had heard yesterday, that Vegas and Calgary were the two teams in the hunt for Eichel. Both teams had apparently agreed to allow Eichel to get the neck surgery he wanted, that Buffalo declined.
I hope for both Vegas and Eichel's sake that the surgery goes well and gets back to playing instead of fighting with management.
Fishheadjoe
Yes, he is a very special player, if he can come back from this injury he is really going to leave his mark on the game.
 
Well that was one heck of a game....hey @GonePlaid...that is one special goalie you have there...
Unfortunately, b/c I'm in the Panthers viewing area, I only get to see the Bolts if I'm in Orlando or they're on NHL(or playing the Panthers), but, yeah, 88's pretty dang good. Congrats to yer Leafs. At least we got 1 point.
 
Last nights game was like the tale of two teams in one! The Leaf's looked underwhelming for the first half of the game, slow and uninspired. By the middle of the 2nd period, they started to skate and the results show the effort. Campbell played his best game of the season so far so that was a plus as well.
I still have no idea how all this will play out over the season, but it seems pretty clear that half arsed efforts will not serve this team well.
Fishheadjoe
 
They were predicted to be very good this year.
I watched a good chunk of the game against Winnipeg and they just looked bad, all over the ice. I know they've been dealing with drama, but they are still pro hockey players that have been playing all their life. I wanted to say it looked like the had no plan and weren't coached well, but it looked liked a bunch of guys that didn't know each other, got together for a last minute street hockey game.
With some of the vets on the team, they should hardly need a coach.
Kane was just skating around like he didn't feel like being there.
It's sad to see them fall apart like this. I mostly feel bad to watch Fleury end his career on a note like this. He played his rear end off in Vegas. It would have been cool to see him retire on a cup win and then hand it off to Lehner.
 
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Tonight was Flyers vs. Carolina. Or more accurately, "Carter Hart vs. Carolina". Flyers eked out a 2-1 victory in regulation, but really it was all Hart. He was amazing, but once again the Flyers had a hard time scoring. Only 11 goals in their last 7 games.