# NHL season begins Jan 13 with new divisions **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** hockey-nhl\ **Created:** [December 21, 2020, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-season-begins-jan-13-with-new-divisions/928521 "2020-12-21T08:59:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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:** [May 22, 2021, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-season-begins-jan-13-with-new-divisions/928521/121 "2021-05-22T03:26:56Z")
Pity that Boston and Washington are already meeting first round. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-season-begins-jan-13-with-new-divisions/928521/122 "2021-05-22T20:54:04Z")
I hate Boston, but I REALLY hate Washington. And who’s the bigger asshole, Marchand or Wilson? Hmmm…who to root against? I’m seriously torn. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-season-begins-jan-13-with-new-divisions/928521/123 "2021-05-23T00:16:16Z")
😆 Torn as well. The Great Conundrum. _Torn between two a-holes,_ _Feelin…_ Betting the farm, {{{psychically}}}, that Ovi will pot a hat-trick tomorrow. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-season-begins-jan-13-with-new-divisions/928521/124 "2021-05-23T14:47:31Z")
Wilson is definitely the bigger asshole and should really be expelled from the league at this point. That fight with the Rangers was inexcusable, and then he took off his jersey to give them more crap. That should have gotten him expelled from the game and, in my view, the first round. His history of causing injuries should get him banned permanently. Nobody’s face is more punchable than Marchand, of course. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-season-begins-jan-13-with-new-divisions/928521/125 "2021-05-25T01:21:58Z")
First, the Penguins get a power play after a Penguin hits himself in the face with the stick. Then, Wahlstrom gets slammed into the boards while getting a stick in the neck and face, and no call. This officiating is ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-season-begins-jan-13-with-new-divisions/928521/126 "2021-05-26T00:38:12Z")
And… The Oilers get swept by the Jets. Why am I not surprised? Folding in the playoffs is what they do. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2021, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-season-begins-jan-13-with-new-divisions/928521/127 "2021-05-26T11:41:10Z")
Stunning, really. I don’t really follow the Western teams, but just how bad is the rest of the team? You’d think with McDavid and Dreiseitl the would be unstoppable. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-season-begins-jan-13-with-new-divisions/928521/128 "2021-05-27T00:03:23Z")
I miss Flower. ☹ ---
**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:** [May 27, 2021, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-season-begins-jan-13-with-new-divisions/928521/129 "2021-05-27T01:11:16Z")
Well, that’s that. 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 ---
**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:** [May 27, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-season-begins-jan-13-with-new-divisions/928521/130 "2021-05-27T01:14:46Z")
I came in to gloat, but with all those crying emojis, I just can’t. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-season-begins-jan-13-with-new-divisions/928521/131 "2021-05-29T00:04:11Z")
Tomorrow night is going to be great. A Toronto and Montreal playoff game game on Hockey Night in Canada for the first time in decades… ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-season-begins-jan-13-with-new-divisions/928521/132 "2021-05-29T00:39:51Z")
I have had the strangest luck with the goals scored in the games I watch. I either miss them entirely, or I’m glancing away from the screen at the exact moment they are scored. The Islanders-Penguins game from the other night is a good example. I tune in halfway through the second period with eight goals scored; not a one for the whole rest of the game. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-season-begins-jan-13-with-new-divisions/928521/133 "2021-05-29T01:08:10Z")
Never watch sports without a DVR. Never. Heck you need it just to skip most of the commercials to be able to remember which teams are playing despite the interruptions. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-season-begins-jan-13-with-new-divisions/928521/134 "2021-05-29T11:13:58Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Tomorrow night is going to be great. A Toronto and Montreal playoff game game on Hockey Night in Canada for the first time in decades… Fans limited to 2,500. Over 100 of those are on StubHub, where the minimum price has dropped from $1700 to $1200 in the last 24 hours. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-season-begins-jan-13-with-new-divisions/928521/135 "2021-05-30T00:58:26Z")
Eh, go ahead. I would’ve. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-season-begins-jan-13-with-new-divisions/928521/136 "2021-06-01T01:34:16Z")
If Toronto doesn’t have a curse to explain their inability to function in the postseason, they need to invent one post-haste! ---
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-season-begins-jan-13-with-new-divisions/928521/137 "2021-06-01T02:09:48Z")
[The Curse of Harold Ballard](https://editorinleaf.com/2020/08/30/multiple-curses-toronto-maple-leafs/3/) ---
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-season-begins-jan-13-with-new-divisions/928521/138 "2021-06-01T16:46:56Z")
It must be spring! The Leafs are out. Those guys have an unfair level of talent, and they stole Tavares from the Isles, so good riddance. On an unrelated note, the Isles have gained home ice advantage against the Bs! ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-season-begins-jan-13-with-new-divisions/928521/139 "2021-06-01T18:45:27Z")
It would be tragic if the Jets get all the way to the conference finals and we don’t get to see a single Winnipeg White-Out. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-season-begins-jan-13-with-new-divisions/928521/140 "2021-06-01T19:55:26Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > It must be spring! The Leafs are out. > > Those guys have an unfair level of talent, and they stole Tavares from the Isles, so good riddance. As dispiriting as this is for Leafs fans, calls to blow up the team are nuts. They haven’t been especially good for THAT long. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-season-begins-jan-13-with-new-divisions/928521.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-season-begins-jan-13-with-new-divisions/928521.md?page=8)