# NHL January 2014

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-january-2014/678587>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [January 12, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-january-2014/678587 "2014-01-12T16:48:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-january-2014/678587/1 "2014-01-12T16:48:33Z")

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Didn’t see a thread for this month. The Winnipeg Jets have finally fired Claude Noel. The Jets have chronically underperformed so it’s about time. Hopefully the first move will be to give Al Montoya a shot to be the #1 goalie.

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**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-january-2014/678587/2 "2014-01-12T18:07:18Z")

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I’m not entirely sure that Paul Maurice is the solution to their problem, but I really don’t think he can do much worse.

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**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-january-2014/678587/3 "2014-01-26T04:41:19Z")

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Not that it is normally a problem, but one thing about this outdoor LA game; this game has most easily differentiable team uniforms of any game I have ever seen. Which is probably good for the people way up in the nosebleeds.

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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-january-2014/678587/4 "2014-01-26T21:28:58Z")

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I think this is the first New Jersey Devils game I’ve seen all year, but what a stinker of a game they put on in the stadium series. Losing Kovalchuk has really hurt this team.

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**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:** [January 27, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-january-2014/678587/5 "2014-01-27T20:54:51Z")

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Between weather and out of town guests, I only made it to one game in January but there were only five scheduled at home. The way the Caps were playing I was probably better off at home.