NHL April 2018 & post-season

[bmoak]

@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.

[jz78817]

@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?

[Snowboarder_Bo]

@jz78817

you need a conference name to tell you where Seattle is?

Was your post deliberately obtuse or was that unintentional? :dubious:

[Leaffan]

Welcome, John Tavares!

[Snowboarder_Bo]

Aye: Tavares heads back to Toronto, Cullen heads back to Pittsburgh, Couture stays in San Jose… lots of action on trades today!

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.

[Snowboarder_Bo]

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!

[Leaffan]

Former Goalie Ray Emery has died.

https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21086879&postcount=949

[Snowboarder_Bo]

Oh man; that’s heavy. 35 years old. RIP Mr. Emery.

[dalej42]

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/

[Guinastasia]

@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/

Reported

[Leaffan]

@Guinastasia

Reported

Damn. And I thought something interesting must have happened.

I guess we do need a new thread though…

[dalej42]

@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.