# NHL: November 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** hockey-nhl\ **Created:** [November 9, 2021, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2021/954078 "2021-11-09T23:43:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2021/954078/1 "2021-11-09T23:43:49Z")
Here’s a new thread for November. Not too surprising that Carey Price was in a rehab facility. > **[Canadiens' Price says he entered a treatment facility for substance use - TSN.ca](https://www.tsn.ca/montreal-canadiens-carey-price-says-he-entered-a-treatment-facility-for-substance-use-1.1718715?fbclid=IwAR1AZzu8CqNfD-cGMhnbtBmJDauU9irMf3EyAG0c6XrxsU92bmBu4FUT2H0)** > > Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price released a statement on Tuesday after returning to the team following his participation in the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program. Now he has to work with the trainer to get back into hockey shape. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2021/954078/2 "2021-11-10T01:52:54Z")
Good luck to him. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2021/954078/3 "2021-11-11T20:35:05Z")
The Blue Jackets are going to retire Rick Nash’s number. > **[Columbus Blue Jackets to retire Rick Nash's number 61 on Sat, March 5](https://www.nhl.com/bluejackets/news/columbus-blue-jackets-to-retire-rick-nashs-number-61-on-sat-march-5/c-327817276)** > > Club's all-time leading scorer will be the first player in franchise history to have his number retired Nash was a fine player, but I’m not sure he was good enough to warrant retiring his number. This seems like an attempt for the Blue Jackets to create a legacy that really hasn’t been there. I saw their first game in 2000 and they’ve been mediocre for most of the last 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2021/954078/4 "2021-11-15T20:55:59Z")
Here we go again, the next 3 Ottawa Senators games are postponed due to players in the Covid protocol. > **[Senators have three games postponed due to COVID-19 concerns](https://www.nhl.com/news/ottawa-next-three-games-postponed-due-to-coronavirus/c-327977610)** > > The Ottawa Senators had three games postponed as a result of 10 players in NHL COVID-19 protocol and "evidence of continued spread in recent days," the NHL announced Monday. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2021/954078/5 "2021-11-17T17:02:38Z")
I subscribe to the NHL Centre Ice package. The 2 games that I have seen via Centre Ice that came from ESPN/ Hulu have been terrible. It is pretty clear that the announcers are not actually at the game and the way they try and put crowd noise over them is cringeworthy. Last night I am not sure the play by play person and the colour guy were in the same location. The background tones were different and their voices seemed to be at different levels. Then there is the fact that all their commercials and some of their studio time are just dead air in Canada. It really is a bad product. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2021/954078/6 "2021-11-19T19:31:52Z")
Ouch, the Hockey News came out with their team rankings and Montreal is in dead last. Man, how that team has fallen. > **[THN Power Rankings: Hurricanes (Still) Causing Destruction](https://thehockeynews.com/news/thn-power-rankings-hurricanes-still-causing-destruction)** > > Carolina, Edmonton and Florida are still at the top of the power rankings, but Minnesota and Anaheim have forced themselves into the conversation. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2021/954078/7 "2021-11-19T22:10:36Z")
Heh - surprised the Canucks are ranked above them. It could be argued they’re in worse straights. ---
**Author:** ![keeganst94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@keeganst94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keeganst94)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2021/954078/8 "2021-11-20T04:58:21Z")
Anybody putting Montreal under the Coyotes is straight up factually incorrect - the Coyotes are in a league of their own. It may have changed recently, but as of a few days ago the Coyotes were on pace to have one of the worst point totals of all time (were on pace for 20), one of the worst plus/minuses of all time (approximately -200), and the lowest or one of the lowest goals for ever (approximately 150). They have been so absolutely, shockingly bad that it’s sort of interesting to watch. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2021/954078/9 "2021-11-20T21:27:54Z")
The article says ‘…I think it was low-key impressive the Coyotes won two of their past five…’ ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2021/954078/10 "2021-11-21T03:50:18Z")
Chicago Blackhawks already down 4-0 at Edmonton, I’m at a Chicago sports bar and no one is even watching. I switched to the Caps vs Sharks on my iPad ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2021/954078/11 "2021-11-21T18:03:55Z")
I’m hoping the Islanders’ slogan for this year is, “the sooner we fall behind, the more time we have to catch up!”. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2021, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2021/954078/12 "2021-11-23T03:10:38Z")
ok this is gross - brace yourself. Just leaked - the new alternate New Jersey jersey… > **[Leaked: New “Jersey” New Jersey Jersey](https://news.sportslogos.net/2021/11/20/leaked-new-jersey-new-jersey-jersey/hockey-2/)** > > In what could be the 2021 version of that old “Buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo…” routine, the possible new “Jersey” New Jersey Devils jersey was leaked earlier today on Twitter by the tandem of @GTAC13JERSEYS and @Scottyk9. Before we go any further... Like…everything about it is just so fantastically awful and putrid. Couldn’t give a horse’s ahem about the “throwback” striping. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2021/954078/13 "2021-11-23T14:20:11Z")
That’s terrible, but not as bad as the Gorton’s Fisherman’s jersey. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2021, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2021/954078/14 "2021-11-29T22:01:20Z")
During the Sunday game between Washington and Carolina, Aliaksei Protas scored his first NHL goal. The announcers said he was the sixth Cap to get their first goal this season. It’s an obscure statistic but seems like a lot. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2021/954078/15 "2021-11-30T01:19:09Z")
Not sure where the refs were during this slough-foot. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vnAD6pR-DnY/maxresdefault.jpg "Brad Marchand's "Dangerous, Dirty Play" Against Oliver Ekman-Larsson") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnAD6pR-DnY) Never got called, but luckily it didn’t get by the Department of Player Safety (always got a slight chuckle out of that title) (_and_ being run by George Parros), who gave the little weasel three games, which has been the longest suspension handed out this season. And pulling that crap right by the boards - dangerous as all-get-out. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2021/954078/16 "2021-11-30T15:40:05Z")
Seven round shootout in the Penguins-Flames games last night. The most were 20 and 15 rounds, both losses for the Capitals versus Florida and the NY Rangers respectively. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2021/954078/17 "2021-12-02T18:20:11Z")
Anybody want to place bets on how long it will be before the Houston Coyotes begin play? > **[Coyotes deny report of sale, say they're staying](https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/32771141/arizona-coyotes-deny-report-team-sale-moving-houston)** > > The Arizona Coyotes denied a report that the franchise is for sale and the idea that was floated of a move to Houston, calling it "totally false." ---
**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:** [December 5, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2021/954078/18 "2021-12-05T23:33:49Z")
I just wish that if they _did_ move, it would be to Quebec City instead, where the sport is oodles more popular, with a perfectly adequate facility all ready to go. Sure, they could fill a void in Houston after the AHL Aeros split the scene about eight years ago, but naaa this Canuck’s allegiances will say pooh to that.