# NHL April 2018 & post-season **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 2, 2018, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611 "2018-04-02T00:27:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/361 "2018-06-27T23:21:36Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > there are those of us who didn’t like how he flushed a bunch of history down the toilet when the league changed all of the conference and division names to “me too” dreck. I don’t see how changing from “Campbell/Wales Conference” to “Western/Eastern Conference” and “Adams/Norris/Patrick/Smythe Division” to “Atlantic/Metropolitan/Central/Pacific Division” was of any benefit. Read up on your hockey history and you’d be a little more okay with changing those division and conference names, because a lot of those hockey founding fathers were rat bastards. It’d be the equivalent of naming baseball divisions after Charlie Comiskey, Tom Yawkey, George Steinbrenner, and Marge Schott. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/362 "2018-06-28T01:56:25Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I do. “Eastern” is a pretty clear geographic distinction; “Campbell” isn’t a clear distinction of any kind except from “not-Campbell”. I can prolly assume that Seattle’s team will be in the Western Conference, not the Eastern. you need a conference name to tell you where Seattle is? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/363 "2018-06-28T04:02:40Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > you need a conference name to tell you where Seattle is? Was your post deliberately obtuse or was that unintentional? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/364 "2018-07-01T17:35:51Z")
Welcome, John Tavares! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/365 "2018-07-01T18:36:57Z")
Aye: Tavares heads back to Toronto, Cullen heads back to Pittsburgh, Couture stays in San Jose… [lots of action on trades today](https://apnews.com/b01fce63903244cdb6c44f871cc44065/The-Latest:-Couture-signs-with-Sharks,-Stars-sign-Khudobin)! I was glad to see Jay Beagle go to Vancouver only because the guy caused a lot of trouble for the Knights in the Stanley Cup games. 😃 I hope he enjoys his time in Vancouver, where his talent is less likely to ever be contributing to anything larger. Overall I thought Pittsburgh made some strong moves but I question the age of the team they are building. I thought the Lightning wisely held on to some good guys, but they also are looking at the beginning of a potential age problem. I’m not happy about losing Perron but the Reaves trade worked out well for Las Vegas and I was initially against that, so I’ll wait and see who the Knights bring in. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/366 "2018-07-14T15:13:39Z")
Knights signed Fleury to another 3 year extension, so we have him for 4 more years now. He says he hopes to finish his career here, which is awesome. Flower Power! Woot! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/367 "2018-07-15T20:01:09Z")
Former Goalie Ray Emery has died. [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21086879&postcount=949](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21086879&postcount=949) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/368 "2018-07-16T00:19:02Z")
Oh man; that’s heavy. 35 years old. RIP Mr. Emery. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/369 "2018-08-13T20:34:02Z")
NBC sports twists themselves into a pretzel trying to explain that they don’t just show the Rangers/Flyers/Penguins/Capitals/Blackhawks/Red Wings NBC Sports - ProHockeyTalk: Your 2018-19 NHL on NBC TV schedulehttps://nhl.nbcsports.com/2018/08/13/your-2018-19-nhl-on-nbc-tv-schedule/ ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/371 "2018-09-02T17:13:20Z")
> [@adam.akim](#): > > Naturally, some readers will argue certain players were snubbed, while others might say certain names in the top 100 don’t quite belong. We get it, our list won’t be the same as your list, but generating conversation among hockey fans is kind of the point of the exercise. [https://www.isitsafetips.com/](https://www.isitsafetips.com/) Reported ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/372 "2018-09-02T18:21:47Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Reported Damn. And I thought something interesting must have happened. I guess we do need a new thread though… ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/373 "2018-09-02T18:31:52Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Damn. And I thought something interesting must have happened. > > I guess we do need a new thread though… Makes sense, since training camps will be opening soon. I’d like to maintain monthly threads once the season starts, I think there’s enough NHL interest on the SDMB. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611.md?page=18)