# NHL offseaon 2024

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-offseaon-2024/1006463>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** hockey-nhl\
**Created:** [August 30, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-offseaon-2024/1006463 "2024-08-30T13:21:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-offseaon-2024/1006463/1 "2024-08-30T13:21:42Z")

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Freaking drunken ratbastard, in attempting to drive around two vehicles, ends up running over and killing Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, who were on bikes.

> **[Columbus Blue Jackets' Johnny Gaudreau, brother Matthew Gaudreau killed in...](https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/columbus-blue-jackets-johnny-gaudreau-brother-matthew-gaudreau-killed-in-new-jersey-bicycle-accident-114632763.html)**
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> Gaudreau played 763 NHL games with the Flames and Blue Jackets.

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-offseaon-2024/1006463/2 "2024-08-30T15:01:20Z")

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In town to be groomsmen at their sister’s wedding, supposed to be today. 😢

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-offseaon-2024/1006463/3 "2024-08-30T15:11:46Z")

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Yeah, the story became more tragic with every sentence. Gaudreau dead, tragic. Also his brother, well shit. Killed by drunk driver while they were biking, oh fuck. Sister’s wedding was the next day, fucking a man, this family is wrecked.

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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-offseaon-2024/1006463/4 "2025-04-15T01:42:09Z")

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Anyone remember Chris Simon?

> **[Former Stanley Cup Champion Diagnosed with CTE](https://www.si.com/onsi/breakaway/news-feed-page/former-stanley-cup-champion-chris-simon-diagnosed-cte)**
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> In an awful update, another former NHL player and Stanley Cup champion has been diagnosed with CTE. Chris Simon, one of the toughest enforcers of his era and ch