NHL 2019-20 season Fantasy & Chat thread

[mr. leisure]

been a terrible season

lots of 2-3 game slates every month

It`s been weird all year long .

[yisman]

1/19: 4 games

1/20: 2 games

1/21: 5 games

1/22: 2 games

1/23-1/26: 0 games

1/27: 6 games

1/28: 2 games

1/29: 6 games

1/30: 3 games

[mr. leisure]

Hertl out for season for Sharks because of knee injury

Forward tore ACL, MCL in loss to Canucks

Tomas Hertl will miss the remainder of the season for the San Jose Sharks because of a torn ACL and MCL.

The 26-year-old forward sustained the knee injury in the first period of a 5-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday when he went into the end boards with Canucks defenseman Christopher Tanev.
Hertl is second on the Sharks with 36 points (16 goals, 20 assists) in 48 games and was named an all-star for the first time as an injury replacement for teammate Logan Couture, who is out with a fractured ankle
"That's not something you like to see," Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson said after the loss to the Canucks. "He's been playing good for us lately. He's a big part of this team, especially with [Couture] out."
This is the second significant knee injury for Hertl, who had surgery to repair damaged ligaments in his right knee as a rookie in 2013-14.
Hertl also injured his right knee in Game 2 of the 2016 Stanley Cup Final against the Pittsburgh Penguins, missing the rest of the series, and had surgery again for a sprain in his right knee during the 2016-17 season.

[yisman]

that injury was a crusher for me in DFS showdown

lost a 3 man on the ENG by Vancouver because I had Hertl

Sad to hear he's out for the season although SJ wasn't going anywhere anyway

[mr. leisure]

Okposo out weeks for Sabres because of upper-body injury

[yisman]

Kapanen a healthy scratch for Toronto

Kreider left today's game early

[yisman]

Head coach Sheldon Keefe said Kapanen was scratched for "internal accountability" Saturday, Kristen Shilton of TSN.ca reports.

[mr. leisure]

Barkov day to day for Panthers with lower-body injury

Center had MRI, will not play against Maple Leafs

[yisman]

Kreider a GTD

Zadina for Detroit going to be out a while

[yisman]

huge slate tonight after all the days of 2-3

[mr. leisure]

huge slate tonight after all the days of 2-3

Great slate of games tonight .

[mr. leisure]

Sabres owners 'frustrated with results,' GM says

Buffalo sixth in Atlantic Division, hasn't qualified for playoffs since 2011

The Buffalo Sabres owners are not happy with how the team has played this season, general manager Jason Botterill said.

"My conversations with (Sabres owners) Terry and Kim (Pegula), they're frustrated," Botterill told WGR 550 in Buffalo on Tuesday. "They're frustrated with the results. They want better results. Our dialogue, we're in constant dialogue, the dialogue goes to, 'What are the solutions? What are we doing to get better?'
The Sabres were defeated by the Colorado Avalanche 6-1 at KeyBank Center on Tuesday, their fourth loss in five games (1-4-0).
"I think it's all coming down to the players at this point," Sabres forward Sam Reinhart said. "I think that the systems and the game plans that are set out for us give us an opportunity to have success. I think it goes back to what I'm trying to preach here. Guys need to demand more out of themselves, and a lot of guys need to step the [heck] up."
The Sabres (23-23-7) are sixth in the Atlantic Division, 11 points behind the third-place Florida Panthers, and 12 points back of the Philadelphia Flyers for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference.
Buffalo, which has not qualified for the playoffs since 2011, is 14-21-6 since starting the season 9-2-1.

"Let's be totally honest. We had two games last week against Ottawa (5-2 loss) and Montreal (3-1 loss) that we had to win," Botterill said. "We should win. … I think you look at our home-ice record (15-9-3). We've done a fairly good job with that but in crucial situations, when you have an opportunity to have a team come in that's below you in the standings, you have to capitalize on that."
The Sabres, who host the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday (7 p.m. ET; NBCSN, NHL.TV) play five of their next six games at home.
"It's all of us -- coaches, players -- all of us together," Buffalo coach Ralph Krueger said. "This is on all of us. We need to pull together and react to this. We have a game here at home in two nights. We need to show a different side, for sure."
Asked what the Sabres might do before the 2020 NHL Trade Deadline at 3 p.m. ET on Feb. 24, Botterill said it depends on the next few weeks.
"We have [nine] games before the [deadline]," Botterill said. "We want to see what materializes in these 10 games. You're having conversations with teams on both sides to be prepared for both scenarios. … We have an opportunity for home games here to get some results and that's what we're going to be looking for."
Buffalo has allowed 3.13 goals per game (tied with the Los Angeles Kings for 21st in the NHL) and is 26th on the penalty kill (74.5 percent), tied with the Kings and Nashville Predators.
"There's always urgency to do something … I think you look at our team, you look at portions of our season, we've played very well," Botterill said. "But over the course of the bulk of it, the majority of the season, we haven't gotten the results we wanted. … The entire group… we haven't done it well enough.
"I can understand our fans' frustration. Our organization is frustrated."

[yisman]

Sabres have underperformed for sure, but not as much as the Devils and Predators.

[mr. leisure]

Campbell, Clifford traded to Maple Leafs by Kings

Toronto acquires goalie, forward for Moore, two draft picks

TORONTO -- Jack Campbell and Kyle Clifford were traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs by the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday for Trevor Moore, a third-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft and a third-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft.

[BigSpoon]

Campbell, Clifford traded to Maple Leafs by Kings

Toronto acquires goalie, forward for Moore, two draft picks


TORONTO -- Jack Campbell and Kyle Clifford were traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs by the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday for Trevor Moore, a third-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft and a third-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft.

They needed to get a decent backup goaltender much earlier.

[yisman]

Red Wings amazingly got a road win

against the disappointing Sabres

[yisman]

William Nylander a late scratch. Illness.

[mr. leisure]

Andersen to miss at least next two games for Maple Leafs

Goalie doesn't play against Ducks, won't against Canadiens because of neck injury

Good thing they just picked up Campbell .

[yisman]

Radulov out tonight

[yisman]

Raanta was named starter today but was scratched in warmups

[mr. leisure]

Detroit with a nice win against Boston to end their 6 game winning streak .

[hotcross]

Campbell, Clifford traded to Maple Leafs by Kings

Toronto acquires goalie, forward for Moore, two draft picks


TORONTO -- Jack Campbell and Kyle Clifford were traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs by the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday for Trevor Moore, a third-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft and a third-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft.

They needed to get a decent backup goaltender much earlier.

Kyle Clifford is very important for Toronto in that trade.

Obviously they needed the backup goalie, no question.

Clifford has a great attitude "team first" and locker room presence. Also some grit in his game which the Leafs have been lacking. The surprising thing is the Kings general manager Rob Blake was previously on the record saying that Clifford would be one of the last guys they'd want to trade out.... obviously we know now he is the first.... so kinda spells the writing on the wall for the Kings fire-sale upcoming.

[yisman]

Deja vu.

Today Boston named Halak the starter but scratched him in warmups.

[yisman]

Seth Jones on IR. Out indefinitely.

[hotcross]

Sergei Bobrovsky playing in his 500th NHL game tonight, starting in net for Florida on the road at Philadelphia.

Coincidentally, his first NHL game was also in the state of Pennsylvania, back on Oct.7, 2010 in a road win at Pittsburgh.

Florida has lost 3 of their last 4, while Philly is just the opposite with 3 of 4 wins, including a shellacking of Washington 7-2 road victory in their last game on Saturday. This is the second of 3 season meetings between these teams. Florida won the first time on Nov.19 when at home by 5-2 score. They play each other again in Sunrise on Feb.13 so tonight is the only matchup played in Philly this season.

[BarkingToad]

Seth Jones on IR. Out indefinitely.

Big loss

[yisman]

MIN trades Jason Zucker to PIT for Galchenyuk, 2020 first-round pick and Calen Addison.

[yisman]

McDavid a quad injury; out 2-3 weeks according to Ken Holland.

[mr. leisure]

Kadri out indefinitely for Avalanche with lower-body injury

Center fell awkwardly during second period of victory against Wild

[yisman]

Jay Bouwmeester collapsed on the bench.

Blues/Ducks postponed (a period had been played).

[BarkingToad]

Jay Bouwmeester collapsed on the bench.

Blues/Ducks postponed (a period had been played).

So sad, prayers for a successful recovery

[mr. leisure]

Jay Bouwmeester collapsed on the bench.

Blues/Ducks postponed (a period had been played).

Scary scene , hope he is alright .

[yisman]

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Doug Armstrong said "things are looking very positive" for Jay Bouwmeester, who is undergoing tests today to determine "the how and why of what happened last night."

[yisman]

No Stamkos, Kucherov or Cirelli tonight.

[mr. leisure]

Radulov placed on injured reserve by Stars