# NHL: February 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** hockey-nhl\ **Created:** [February 2, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2022/958811 "2022-02-02T19:38:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**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 27, 2022, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2022/958811/21 "2022-02-27T04:57:29Z")
IIRC, he was also a wife beater and a dead beat dad. I believe Brett is the only one of his kids who will even talk to him, and even they aren’t all that close. ---
**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 27, 2022, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2022/958811/22 "2022-02-27T04:59:54Z")
Considering that a lot of Russian players have family over there, they probably aren’t too eager to start pissing off Putin right now. ---
**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 27, 2022, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2022/958811/23 "2022-02-27T05:11:25Z")
Fair point - a scary one, too. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2022/958811/24 "2022-02-27T05:23:23Z")
First of all, I definitely like monthly threads, I abhor lengthy threads that go on forever. Second of all, I think a statue of Pekka Rinne is a bit much. > **[Nashville Predators to put bronze Pekka Rinne statue outside Bridgestone Arena](https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/nhl/predators/2022/02/24/predators-put-bronze-pekka-rinne-statue-outside-bridgestone/6930257001/)** > > Nashville Predators to put bronze Pekka Rinne statue outside Bridgestone Arena, they announced during Rinne's jersey retirement Thursday. The man was a fine, at times excellent, goalie. And, he’s probably been the most recognizable face of the Predators. But a statue seems like a need to find some history for a team that’s only been around 20 years or so. ---
**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 28, 2022, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2022/958811/25 "2022-02-28T04:54:31Z")
So should there be a vote on whether we continue monthly or make the thread one whole season? (Sorry - myself - Mr. Decider doesn’t care either way.) Or a poll? I’ve never had the insouciant temerity and gall to post a poll before, and probably won’t any time soon, so if someone else feels like it, otherwise not too sure how to go forward. 🤷‍♂️ 👍 ---
**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 28, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2022/958811/26 "2022-02-28T14:38:15Z")
Hockey isn’t that popular on this board. I once suggested a thread for OCT-DEC, one for JAN-APR, one for the playoffs and one for off season. None of those would have exceeded 100 posts. The monthly threads can break the conversation flow on the rare occasions there is real discussion. Four threads per year would be a good compromise. ---
**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 28, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2022/958811/27 "2022-02-28T14:40:46Z")
Yeah I can flow with that too. ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2022/958811/28 "2022-03-21T04:39:44Z")
dalej42 - Apologies for the late response…was going to get to this and just forgot about it. Statue? As long as no public money is involved, why not. Every city, every franchise, every fan judges worth differently. He put Nashville hockey on the map. If the team thinks that’s worth honoring, fine. Besides, a statue can always be removed later in the regrettable instance that he, ahem, proves to be less than worthy (=coughJoePaternocough=). Retiring the number? (Personally I’m against the idea of retiring something so generic as a number to begin with, but that’s another issue.) Ehhhhh…I would’ve waited a couple years. See how the team develops, if it can become a Cup contender again. Right now I’m not sure if he was _that_ special enough to warrant this. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2022/958811/29 "2022-04-01T05:19:31Z")
I don’t really watch hockey, but I found this amusing and thought y’all might, too: > **[NHL's two Ahos score goals at almost same time](https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/33642434/new-york-islanders-sebastian-aho-carolina-hurricanes-sebastian-aho-score-almost-same)** > > In a statistical oddity, the Islanders' Sebastian Aho and Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho scored within 34 seconds of each other in different games Thursday night. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2022/958811/30 "2022-04-01T14:42:54Z")
I knew it! I’m surrounded by Aho’s! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2022, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2022/958811/31 "2022-04-02T05:12:18Z")
As this thread has run its obvious course, I’ll now close it. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2022, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2022/958811/32 "2022-04-02T05:12:31Z")
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