I dont have NHL Network here in the US so I wont be able to watch but ill be listening. Should be really exciting and Bedard just looks ridiculous out there.
Kings lost steam in third period while road-team Bruins kept the engine running hard.
538:
No shame in losing to the Bruins this year.
Wow. Kings pull their goalie (Phoenix) less than a minute into the game after he gave up two goals. Kings pull ahead 3-2. Then get beat down. 5-3.
Kings and their goalies this seasonâŚCopley at least has been decent otherwise.
Happy to see that the playoff races look like theyll be fun this year. Lots of teams in the mix 45-50 games into the season. In the East it was basically over by Thanksgiving last season
East is interesting. Bruins still dominating. Hurricanes and Leafs look for real. Devils have taken the next step in their rebuild. Sabres, Redwings, and Sens hope that they arenât far behind. Panthers confusingly inconsistent.
West probably more interesting. Stars look legit. Jets with a nice rebound season. Kraken with probably the most surprisingly good season in the league. Vegas starting to crack. Feels like weâre waiting on the Flames and Oilers to dominate. Avs we know are good but injuries kept them down.
Kings finally beat a Met Division team!!
Came back from 3 one-goal deficits., win in OT.
While CAR are a pretty damn good team, LAK should not waste 3-goal leads like that.
Tarasenko to NYR, Horvat to NYI. Metro starting to load up. The East just keeps getting more stacked.
Where are Meier and Kane going?
Kings blow a 4-goal lead, but pull out a win in the Shootout.
Probably just human nature to shift focus, even a little, to defense when comfortably ahead in any sport, but hockey is a dynamic game in which a team cannot control possession for minutes at a time. Better to keep doing what youâre doing and anticipate expect a change in your opponentâs tactics.
On Friday, Phoenix Copley, the latest in a series of replacements for Quick in goal, got a match penalty for throwing fists with his blocker on after a Duck sucker-punched him.
Meanwhile, Diamond Sports Group, a subsidiary of giant corporation Sinclair Group, which owns Ballyâs Sports Networks (formerly of Fox, then shortly of Disney), didnât pay an interest payment, which means they might go into bankruptcy, affecting baseball teams according to this story, which I guess is more important than, say, the pro hockey and pro basketball and local college and high school sports organizations getting paid for getting shown on their networks. Quick search shows some stories on NHL and NBA.
Hereâs one from back in September, in which three sports leagues were planning to buy Ballyâs:
https://www.si.com/mlb/rangers/news/mlb-nba-and-nhl-may-buy-ballys-regional-sports-networks-news
Guessing that hasnât happened, yet.
NHL held an emergency meeting six days ago:
Diamond Sports is reportedly $9 billion in debt, however in the meantime they are expected to conduct âbusiness as usual.â
Uh, yeah, keep on doing that great businessing youâre doing.
Got to go to the Stadium Series game this weekend. Very cool. It would seem the Canes have a shot!
âŚsans Bruins.
Vancouver Canucks continue their recent spree of Russian acquisitions with Kravtsov from Rangers. Five now on their roster. Presumably they are getting them at a good discount because of geopolitical concerns but I preferred it when they loaded up with Swedes.
Things are happening.
Meier to New Jersey
Jeanott to Tampa
Barbashev to Vegas
Neiderreiter to Winnipeg
Dadonov to Dallas
Kane to NY Rangers (basically)
Those are just the recent ones.
Got them set before the Friday deadline
A ton more trades happening. Hard to keep up. Lets wait for Friday night to figure things out lol
Quick to Columbus. Thank you for your service.
Good news is that Quick and CMH are coming to LA on March 16. Might have to spring for a ticket that night to thank him in person for his service.
Quick had a quick tenure with Columbus. Off to Vegas baby!
Good thing I hadnât bought that ticket yet.
Letâs seeâŚno more home games v VEG. See you in the playoffs!
Max Domi gone as well. At this point Chicago just feels like a farm team for the rest of the league. Been rebuilding for 5+ years and literally nothing to show for it.