NHL 2021-22 season Fantasy & Chat thread

[mr. leisure]

Anaheim top team in the pacific division .

[yisman]

The enhanced protocols include restrictions on indoor dining for teams on the road, wearing masks and social distancing in team facilities and testing on non-off days. It's also been recommended that players receive their COVID-19 booster shot if eligible.
The NHL, like several other professional sports leagues, has seen a recent surge in positive cases. A total of 18 players were placed into the league's COVID protocol on Tuesday and another 13 had been added by Wednesday afternoon.

[mr. leisure]

Edmonton at 6 losses in a row .

[Checkerboard]

Is Vasilevskiy best goalie ever?

He's on track to give Brodeur a run for all time shutout list. Will depend in part upon longevity.

[BarkingToad]

Is Vasilevskiy best goalie ever?

[Checkerboard]

Getting dicey with trying to follow who is going to be out on covid protocol

Meaning probably not going to place many wagers for awhile, see how this shakes out

True this.

[yisman]

Forwards Brad Marchand and Craig Smith were placed in NHL COVID-19 protocol Tuesday.
NEW YORK - The National Hockey League announced that, as a result of four additional Carolina Hurricanes Players entering the NHL's COVID Protocols earlier today, the team's game tonight against the Minnesota Wild will be postponed. The decision was made following consultation by the NHL's, NHLPA's and Club's medical groups. The League will provide a further update tomorrow.

[hotcross]

Getting dicey with trying to follow who is going to be out on covid protocol

Meaning probably not going to place many wagers for awhile, see how this shakes out

[Otters27]

No games tonight .

Wow. Was supposed to be 1 game

[jrgum3]

No games tonight .

Even though I like hockey and will tune in if there's a game being played this is probably a good thing for me as I've been getting crushed betting hockey it seems lately. Maybe a day off will help me get back on track this week.

[mr. leisure]

Khudobin placed on waivers by Stars

[yisman]

No games tonight .

strange scheduling.
a lot of it

[BarkingToad]

No games tonight .

There’s already a Covid discussion thread for this, joking. I’m tired of hearing about cap and Covid, although the Blues Covid Express, Nathan Walker is off to a great start.

[Checkerboard]

No games tonight .

Eek!

[mr. leisure]

No games tonight .

[yisman]

Jacob MacDonald was taken off the ice on a stretcher after the Colorado Avalanche defenseman was hit by Florida Panthers forward Ryan Lomberg at 2:14 of the second period at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, on Sunday.

[Checkerboard]

Hotcross on the ball!

[mr. leisure]

Yeah, we kinda got 2 for 1 on bad goalie play by Detroit there!


For today, sorry for the late post, John Gibson the Pittsburgh native is starting in the nets. Every game he has played in Pittsburgh in the more recent years, he didn't allow more than two goals (excluding 2 games in the early years of his career when he allowed 6 goals in those two games). I don't know if Anaheim will win the game, but doubt there will be much scoring.

I hope you took the under .

You are seeing the game clearly Hotcross

[Otters27]

The NHL announced it made the wrong call in disallowing what would have been the Buffalo Sabres’ tying goal in the final minute of a 2-1 loss to the New York Rangers.
In a statement released by the league on Saturday, senior executive VP Colin Campbell said Victor Olofsson’s goal scored with 57 seconds remaining Friday night should have stood because video replays could not “definitively determine” whether the Sabres were offside entering the zone.

Damn if you lost a big bet on that....

[yisman]

The NHL announced it made the wrong call in disallowing what would have been the Buffalo Sabres’ tying goal in the final minute of a 2-1 loss to the New York Rangers.
In a statement released by the league on Saturday, senior executive VP Colin Campbell said Victor Olofsson’s goal scored with 57 seconds remaining Friday night should have stood because video replays could not “definitively determine” whether the Sabres were offside entering the zone.

[hotcross]

He played most of the game and gave up 3 goals after Greiss started and only lasted 10
mins . Detroit got routed 7- 3 .

Yeah, we kinda got 2 for 1 on bad goalie play by Detroit there!


For today, sorry for the late post, John Gibson the Pittsburgh native is starting in the nets. Every game he has played in Pittsburgh in the more recent years, he didn't allow more than two goals (excluding 2 games in the early years of his career when he allowed 6 goals in those two games). I don't know if Anaheim will win the game, but doubt there will be much scoring.

[mr. leisure]

Not confirmed yet, but if Detroit starts goalie Alex Nedeljkovic tonight at Colorado, expect a lot of goals. His save percentages in his past 3 games are .870, .875 and .833 so maybe they give Greiss a start instead.

He played most of the game and gave up 3 goals after Greiss started and only lasted 10
mins . Detroit got routed 7- 3 .

[Checkerboard]

Good defense and goalie play .

+ Connor 3rd in overall scoring, 5th on points list.

[yisman]

Despite having not yet announced where they'll play next season, and after some embarrassing lapses in payments to the city of Glendale and the state of Arizona, Bettman said "there's no issue" with the Arizona Coyotes and that the team is not a threat to relocate.
"[Owner] Alex Meruelo is committed to Arizona and is working on a plan for a new arena, which is probably what's agitating the city of Glendale," NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said Friday after the second day of the NHL's board of governors meetings.

[hotcross]

Not confirmed yet, but if Detroit starts goalie Alex Nedeljkovic tonight at Colorado, expect a lot of goals. His save percentages in his past 3 games are .870, .875 and .833 so maybe they give Greiss a start instead.

[mr. leisure]

Jets are hot lately

Good defense and goalie play .

[Otters27]

Jets are hot lately

[BarkingToad]

Blues Nathan Walker recalled under emergency conditions gets hat trick in his first game of the year. First Australian in NHL history to score a hat trick.

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Avs dominated that game against the Rangers .

Logan O'Connor scored a pair of goals within 22 seconds of each other.

[yisman]

During a game against the New York Islanders on Thursday, forward Trenin checked Sebastian Aho hard into the boards, which for obvious reasons didn’t sit well with Chara. The duo dropped the mitts and went at it in the first period, but Trenin came out of the fight with his face a bloody mess.

[mr. leisure]

Colorado Avalanche have scored at least 6 goals in 8 of their past 12 games.

Nazem Kadri did not return to the game after sustaining a lower-body injury on Wed. Dec.8 at NYR

Avs dominated that game against the Rangers .

[hotcross]

Colorado Avalanche have scored at least 6 goals in 8 of their past 12 games.

Nazem Kadri did not return to the game after sustaining a lower-body injury on Wed. Dec.8 at NYR

[Checkerboard]

Lets see what they can do against Boston tonight .

Canucks now 2-0 under new coach. JT Miller 7 points in last 5 games. Next hosting Jets Friday. Should be a great game.

[yisman]

The Arizona Coyotes appear to be running the risk of losing access to their arena even sooner than expected, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday.
The news was first reported by The Athletic, which says that the City of Glendale will lock the Coyotes out of Gila River Arena if the club does not pay its delinquent tax bills and unpaid arena charges by Dec. 20.

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https://youtu.be/LnyuB4ObXgc

Fantastic goal by the Ducks

Nice. Everybody's gonna be tryin' that now!