Hockey Randomness

Post by **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 5:52 pm

Yikes

Post by **MR25** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 6:31 pm

"Kid, it's about time you moved out of the house."

Post by **nocera** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 10:57 pm

NHL rumblings: 84-game schedule being considered for 2026-27, and could league cancel ’26 All-Star Game?
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/620189 ... ff-format/

I feel like I’m the only fan who wants less games. We dont need to be playing hockey in June.

Post by **Ad@m** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 11:06 pm

69 game season is enough.

Division opponents 3X a year, all other teams twice.

Post by **meecrofilm** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 11:07 pm

I'd love for it to go back to 76 personally, but that would obviously never happen. 84 is too many, a lot of games are already mailed in as is.

Post by **mikey** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 11:13 pm

72 or 76 is fine. Going back up to 84 doesn't make sense, especially if they're gonna do play-in game nonsense...

Post by **Ad@m** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 10:33 am

Adin Hill signs 6-year/ $6.25M deal

Post by **shoeshine boy** » Mon Mar 17, 2025 11:31 am

nocera wrote: ↑Thu Mar 13, 2025 10:57 pm NHL rumblings: 84-game schedule being considered for 2026-27, and could league cancel ’26 All-Star Game?
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/620189 ... ff-format/

I feel like I’m the only fan who wants less games. We dont need to be playing hockey in June.

the NHL also doesn't need to expand but ATL and Houston are coming in 2028......

Post by **Dickie Dunn** » Mon Mar 17, 2025 1:29 pm

Atlanta? We going with the "third times a charm" approach?

Post by **shoeshine boy** » Mon Mar 17, 2025 2:59 pm

Dickie Dunn wrote: ↑Mon Mar 17, 2025 1:29 pm Atlanta? We going with the "third times a charm" approach?

no, we're going with the "sorry the NHL **** you over and let you have shitty owners" approach.

I'm still not convinced it'll take. ATL is a transplant city. those people that flee NYC, Buffalo, Detroit, Philly, Boston, etc never give up their childhood teams and also teach their children to cheer for a team in a place they maybe visit once a year during the holidays.
now, if the team can win some playoff games in say, the first 5 years, there's hope. every team from the late 90s draft class was screwed over by the NHL. with the sad quality of players they had to choose from, they were all destined to lose for a long, long time. the Preds are the only one of those 4 teams to even sniff the Stanley Cup and that took almost 20 years.

Post by **nocera** » Mon Mar 17, 2025 3:23 pm

Eh. So is LA, Vegas, DC, Tampa, Phoenix (okay maybe Phoenix isn't the best example). As you said, all it takes is winning. And with the way the NHL has been handling expansion, that isn't as difficult as it used to be. Look at Vegas. Atlanta is a huge market. In fact, Houston and Atlanta are the last two top ten markets without an NHL team. It makes a lot of sense from that perspective. 34 teams in the league is ... a lot though.