# NHL February 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 1, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2019/828789 "2019-02-01T16:05:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2019/828789/1 "2019-02-01T16:05:21Z")
Was the Stamkos-Malkin fight the most expensive ever in terms of salary of the players involved? ---
**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:** [February 1, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2019/828789/2 "2019-02-01T18:39:08Z")
[It’s one of the lamest fights I’ve ever seen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjlj5t6e-sk), I know that. WOOT! 8 games tonight, and I gotta work all night until 5am so I won’t see any of them! Hey wait; that’s not woot-able… :mad: ---
**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:** [February 5, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2019/828789/3 "2019-02-05T19:09:28Z")
A tough loss to Carolina after a week off now gives way to playing the team with the best record in the league on their own ice… the Knights really need to find a way to win tonight. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2019, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2019/828789/4 "2019-02-06T03:34:01Z")
WOOT! Go Knights! Awesome shootout win in Tampa! Man, we needed that! ---
**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:** [February 6, 2019, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2019/828789/5 "2019-02-06T06:20:22Z")
Fuck, that SUCKED. Although [Dan Potash](https://twitter.com/ATTSportsNetPIT/status/1092927281641721857) did help a little. (I can’t wait to see what he has planned for 90s Night!) ---
**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:** [February 6, 2019, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2019/828789/6 "2019-02-06T06:46:32Z")
So, Auston Matthews signs in Toronto for an average of $11.63 M for five years. Personally, I think this is a great deal for all. Sure, it seems like an insane amount, but I’m convinced he will be the most dominant forward in the league by the time this contract expires. And he’ll only be 26 by then and who knows what his worth will be by then. Anyway, now they need to lock up Marner. I don’t know how Dubas can do it, but he will. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2019, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2019/828789/7 "2019-02-06T07:12:28Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > So, Auston Matthews signs in Toronto for an average of $11.63 M for five years. Personally, I think this is a great deal for all. Sure, it seems like an insane amount, but I’m convinced he will be the most dominant forward in the league by the time this contract expires. And he’ll only be 26 by then and who knows what his worth will be by then. I agree: this is a good deal for Matthews and for the Leafs, for all the reasons you listed. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2019/828789/8 "2019-02-06T13:50:37Z")
Maybe obscure/meaningless but Ovechkin passed Federov last night and now has the most NHL points of any Russian born player. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2019/828789/9 "2019-02-06T15:28:02Z")
> [@tim-n-va](#): > > Maybe obscure/meaningless but Ovechkin passed Federov last night and now has the most NHL points of any Russian born player. I saw that story late last night, too. I’ve said it before; I’ll say it again: Ove is a fucking monster! I can’t help but love the guy, he shows such joy in playing and he’s so ddamned _good_. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2019/828789/10 "2019-02-08T03:30:28Z")
I really wonder if the Washington Capitals aren’t kicking themselves for not making a new contract work with Barry Trotz. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2019, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2019/828789/11 "2019-02-08T03:38:53Z")
Good god, Pens, why are you doing this to me? You’re breaking my heart! ---
**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:** [February 8, 2019, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2019/828789/12 "2019-02-08T07:03:22Z")
Tonight was a Good Hockey Night but I do wish the Coyotes had somehow managed the upset. Ah well, can’t have everything; where would you put it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2019/828789/13 "2019-02-08T08:45:01Z")
Yup. But giving them a good run for their money are Jamie Benn (consistently one of my top five overall players, and a cool cucumber - all class) and Joe (no, not Shawn) Thornton, exchanging OODLES of connecting tags. I’d link it from youtube but I’m without a computer for a week until I get the new one, which asplodingly sucks. And I think they’ve had more than one tilt, actually. This is how coaches’ hair can get gray quickly. I wanna see Pettersson take on Chara :o ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2019/828789/14 "2019-02-08T08:55:42Z")
Oops. This is what happens when trying to get the hang of posting by phone, and doing slip-ups like repyling to an opening post before waiting for the remaining posts to load.:smack: And now, to read remaining posts. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2019/828789/15 "2019-02-08T09:20:33Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > So, Auston Matthews signs in Toronto for an average of $11.63 M for five years. Personally, I think this is a great deal for all. Sure, it seems like an insane amount, but I’m convinced he will be the most dominant forward in the league by the time this contract expires. And he’ll only be 26 by then and who knows what his worth will be by then. > > Anyway, now they need to lock up Marner. I don’t know how Dubas can do it, but he will. Yeah those numbers sound about right. Has to keep that shoulder in check. Marner will be a bit thornier. Would that make it a wbopping four players making ten or more? That would put extra pressure on them if they didn’t meet expectations, leading to salary disribution issues. And sealing the deal with Tavares, too. Solid. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2019/828789/16 "2019-02-08T15:01:07Z")
The Leafs are putting themselves in position to have about a 5-6 year window to win some Cups. When the contracts they are signing now for Nylander and Matthews and Marner expire, it will put the team in a serious cap space crunch. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2019/828789/17 "2019-02-08T16:45:54Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > The Leafs are putting themselves in position to have about a 5-6 year window to win some Cups. When the contracts they are signing now for Nylander and Matthews and Marner expire, it will put the team in a serious cap space crunch. I think they’re already coming up to a serious cap space crunch. Dubas says he can swing it. We’ll see. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2019/828789/18 "2019-02-10T18:27:07Z")
The Ducks are making moves ahead of the trade deadline: [they’ve fired coach Randy Carlyle again](http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/25966319/ducks-fire-coach-randy-carlyle-amid-losing-streak). > [@](#): > > The Anaheim Ducks’ free fall has cost coach Randy Carlyle his job. > > The team announced that general manager Bob Murray will take over for the rest of the season and then the team will begin a search for a new coach. > [@](#): > > After a promising start this year, Anaheim has plummeted to last in the West. > > The Ducks lost 12 straight from Dec. 18 to Jan. 15, then won two in a row, but they have lost their past seven games. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2019/828789/19 "2019-02-10T19:21:56Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > The Ducks are making moves ahead of the trade deadline: [they’ve fired coach Randy Carlyle again](http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/25966319/ducks-fire-coach-randy-carlyle-amid-losing-streak). Ah shit. I’ve always liked Randy. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2019/828789/20 "2019-02-10T21:13:28Z")
I caught the St. Louis/Nashvile game today (thanks NBC!). It sure seemed like St. Louis was cruising towards a win, but Nashville must have had a helluva talk before the 3rd period started. For 2 periods, the Blues were clearly the more aggressive and cohesive unit on the ice, but the Preds played hard and the 3rd was some excellent hockey that sent the game into overtime. All kinds of positioning mistakes left Tarasenko with a lot of room tho and the OT was over quickly (16 seconds). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2019/828789.md?page=2)