Hockey Randomness

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Sat Sep 19, 2020 8:11 am

They’re definitely navy.

Postby **NTP66** » Sat Sep 19, 2020 8:12 am

HTML color picker concurs - that's in the blue family.

Postby **meow** » Sat Sep 19, 2020 9:12 am

Postby **willeyeam** » Sat Sep 19, 2020 10:35 am

Hmph. Meow is wrong again, hate to see it

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Sat Sep 19, 2020 11:58 am

Given meow’s goaltending career it’s of little surprise that he has vision problems.

Postby **meow** » Sat Sep 19, 2020 1:04 pm

Hey screw you Bickie Bunn

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Sat Sep 19, 2020 4:47 pm

meow how did you handle loose pucks and rebounds that were directly in front of your body...actively? Passively like Varly?

Postby **meow** » Sat Sep 19, 2020 6:24 pm

Pretty situational play, honestly. Maybe go paddle down if a hack and whack session was about to happen and look to cover it. Maybe a poke check if was off a rush type play. I would play it passively if it was at a bad angle or if we had numbers in front.

Postby **iamjs** » Sun Sep 20, 2020 9:32 pm

Digging up some old info this weekend, which caused me to get distracted enough to start going through the first two months of the Johnstown Chiefs.

From 2/16/1988, this might be my favorite article that I've read from that season. It reads like an outtake from Slap Shot:

* Usher comes down from the top of the arena to punch a player in the penalty box.
* Coach is doused with beer and eventually has to use a players' stick to fend for himself against fans.
* Police gives the coach directions (and probably a very direct request) to leave town.

God bless the old AAHL.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Sun Sep 20, 2020 11:06 pm

That's awesome.

Postby **dodint** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 7:34 pm

Stamkos skates.

Postby **NTP66** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 7:48 pm

Let me know if he makes it through warmups without pulling a muscle.

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 7:50 pm

Stamkos out.

NHL released the award winners. Too lazy to post them.

Postby **MR25** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 10:00 am

Apparently the league made players pay for their room service/food in the bubble.

Postby **nocera** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 10:02 am

They should've had a per diem. It definitely shouldn't be an all or nothing thing, because if it was 100%, you know players would take advantage and order a ridiculous amount of ****. I mean, I would. But to not cover meals? That's just shitty.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 10:28 am

They're on the road, so didn't they have a per diem...?

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 10:29 am

I'm just not going to get too upset over players having to pay for their own meals.

Postby **meow** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 2:39 pm

They are complaining about having to pay for food...?

I’m as pro-player as they come, but come the **** on.

Postby **dodint** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 2:43 pm

The fact that they had no choice in where to get the food does sway me in their direction some. It's not like they could go get groceries and eat like a normal person. Sounds like it was months of room service.

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 2:46 pm

Didn't the NHLPA have to sign off on an agreement to resume play in a bubble? I'd have thought that this topic would have been covered in there somewhere.

Postby **meow** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 2:46 pm

Even during a normal season, do you think they eat “like a normal person”?

Because they don’t

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 2:47 pm

Half the league probably can't cook for themselves...they're kids, genetically superior kids...

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 2:56 pm

The original Tweet got nuked, but it was from an ESPN article: https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/299 ... ayoff-hubs

Interesting stuff in there. I didn't know Wyshynski could actually do his own reporting, I thought his schtick was to make snarky summaries of other people's work.

Postby **dodint** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 2:59 pm

Even during a normal season, do you think they eat “like a normal person”?

Because they don’t

No, I don't. Which goes to my point. What were they paying for this stuff? Hotel prices? $22/plate for some scrambled eggs and sausage every single morning?

Postby **meow** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:08 pm

Boy. That’s not a good look for the players. Really sound like a bunch of brats.