OT: Around Hockey and the NHL

[Xirik]

Thought Lightning fans would enjoy an awesome clip of their ol boy Palat.

 

[JoVel]

That camera guy is lucky to still have his fingers intact.

 

[Stammertime91]

That guy definitely forgot about Drej

 

[DMB06]

Colorado and now Vegas finding out making consecutive Cup finals is a bit difficult. I don't think we'll see anyone match our three straight trips for a very long time.

 

[FinnLightning26]

Who are we cheering for here of the 8 teams left? I want either Dallas or Vancouver to win it all.

Dallas or Carolina for me. I doubt Carolina has the goaltending to win the Cup though.

 

[Felonious Python]

Rest is initially considered a weakness, but the longer the series goes, the more it pays off.

 

[Point21]

 

[Felonious Python]

The best day of the year. The WHL Bantam Draft.

Elite Prospects - WHL Bantam Draft 2024

WHL Bantam Draft 2024 - full list of selections with facts and stats.

www.eliteprospects.com

No Jaydens or Braydens through the first six rounds. Only one Kayden. The era is over.

A few kids named Hudson and Cash.

The Miracle on the Hudson (Sully Sullenberger) was Jan 2009, which would probably explain why the name is so popular with this birth year.

and I don't know why all these hockey parents starting calling their kids Easton suddenly, but here we are.

 

[DaBolts]

After a long business trip, get home, log into HFB Tampa. See's this news. Now I have beer snorting out of my nose. Stay classy Laffs...

 

[Felonious Python]

 

[Felonious Python]

This is the exact thing that I like to tear apart on a conceptual level. My day has come.


Putting aside the obvious funding question, or why Dangle is the one to break this story, how do you fill an arena in a sizeable enough market (in a fall league?) in order to cover a $30 million dollar salary cap with 24 minute games? Those arenas are pretty much busy in the fall. Is that even the idea?

The most reasonable way to work that would either be by touring, or the Overwatch League model, where teams only superficially represent different markets. They're all actually housed in LA or Toronto, or wherever. You can see three different games with that day's ticket. Why have teams in Oklahoma or Nebraska, though?

Why is there a marquee player restriction? Marquee player rules are more about exceeding the cap. The best logic would either be cost control (which is what the cap was for), or becoming a WHA, and getting Gretzky before he's in the NHL. USports guys in particular don't end up in the NHL very often, so that seems unlikely.

So, a pretty solid plan, IMO. 8/10


edit:
Here's how it could reasonably work.

30 million dollar league cap (all the players combined cost 30 million). That's $1.875 m per team.

Have a few different hub cities, or the mini-league idea I keep bringing up. Four teams in LA, four teams in Minneapolis/St. Paul, four teams in Toronto, etc. Teams take on names for different markets, but it's mostly meaningless.

The hub cities play three games in one day (can also go on tour with this). Teams would only need to carry one goalie each. A house goalie could sub in for everyone. Zamboni between games. There is some occasional travel between the hub cities for schedule variety.

 

[Felonious Python]

 

[Felonious Python]

ASMR? Videos like these make me vom my guts out. My body physically can't handle the poison of seeing an ice rink getting destroyed.

 

[Hockeyville USA]

This is the exact thing that I like to tear apart on a conceptual level. My day has come.


Putting aside the obvious funding question, or why Dangle is the one to break this story, how do you fill an arena in a sizeable enough market (in a fall league?) in order to cover a $30 million dollar salary cap with 24 minute games? Those arenas are pretty much busy in the fall. Is that even the idea?

The most reasonable way to work that would either be by touring, or the Overwatch League model, where teams only superficially represent different markets. They're all actually housed in LA or Toronto, or wherever. You can see three different games with that day's ticket. Why have teams in Oklahoma or Nebraska, though?

Why is there a marquee player restriction? Marquee player rules are more about exceeding the cap. The best logic would either be cost control (which is what the cap was for), or becoming a WHA, and getting Gretzky before he's in the NHL. USports guys in particular don't end up in the NHL very often, so that seems unlikely.

So, a pretty solid plan, IMO. 8/10


edit:
Here's how it could reasonably work.

30 million dollar league cap (all the players combined cost 30 million). That's $1.875 m per team.

Have a few different hub cities, or the mini-league idea I keep bringing up. Four teams in LA, four teams in Minneapolis/St. Paul, four teams in Toronto, etc. Teams take on names for different markets, but it's mostly meaningless.

The hub cities play three games in one day (can also go on tour with this). Teams would only need to carry one goalie each. A house goalie could sub in for everyone. Zamboni between games. There is some occasional travel between the hub cities for schedule variety.

Feels very CART/IRL to me, except worse planned but with (potentially) more funding

 

[Felonious Python]

Feels very CART/IRL to me, except worse planned but with (potentially) more funding

It feels like someone is sportwashing, but the teams are staying in NA, I guess.


NHL Network analyst David Pagnotta basically backed Dangle up on Twitter. That tweet seems to be deleted as well.

3-on-3 got pretty boring in the last year, anyway.

 

[Stammertime91]

It feels like someone is sportwashing, but the teams are staying in NA, I guess.


NHL Network analyst David Pagnotta basically backed Dangle up on Twitter. That tweet seems to be deleted as well.

3-on-3 got pretty boring in the last year, anyway.

I wonder if he'll include that as a "dang it" moment

 

[Felonious Python]

More about Major League Hockey.


He's also saying it's Saudi money.

It's a bit tougher to find Canadian market sizes, but Regina is way smaller than Winnipeg.


Max Chambers tried to buy the Orlando Seals 20 years ago, rename them the Orlando Spiders (coached by Butch Goring), and put them in the new WHA.

 

[Peacefool]

World Championship

Hagel scored, Paul with awesome assist to Bedard

 

[Felonious Python]

Max Chambers is hockey's Prester John.

 

[Outl4w]

Who loved seeing Marchand trying to deliver a late check on bennett and absolutely getting blown up. Marchand laid on the ice and wouldn't try to fight Bennett. They say he got a concussion but he played the rest of game. Doesn't make any sense. The rat got rated and the Bruins fans are crying. Ironically if the nhl suspended him per the rules for 10 games for shoving a ref he wouldn't have been playing. KARMA got him.

 

[Felonious Python]

 

[Hoek]

Time to put an asterisk on that Avs cup.

 

[Stammertime91]

Doping cup

Let's see Colorado win a cup without using PEDs.

/sarcasm

 

[Felonious Python]

Steve Dangle explains what happened with the MLH story.

It's the first thing they talk about.

 

[Felonious Python]