NHL 2021-22 season Fantasy & Chat thread

[yisman]

Can't remember a single day with no games in America going

Does anybody remember a day when this happened?

not really. unless you include the multiple months last year during COVID shutdown. April-June?

12/24 was always deadest day of the year but we always had the Hawai'i Bowl.

[Checkerboard]

Not one thing to bet on today .

Team Santa plays Whoville Grinches later this aft.

[Otters27]

Can't remember a single day with no games in America going

Does anybody remember a day when this happened?

Mostly Middle Eastern Soccer today. Can't believe they cancelled the Hawaii bowl

[hotcross]

Can't remember a single day with no games in America going

Does anybody remember a day when this happened?

[mr. leisure]

Not one thing to bet on today .

[BarkingToad]

Was there supposed to be games on Christmas day?

No, Christmas break every year

[Otters27]

Was there supposed to be games on Christmas day?

[Checkerboard]

It's the most wonderful time of the year, except for hockey.

[mr. leisure]

having withdrawal already.

There are 14 games on the NHL schedule Monday.


Lets see if they can play half of these .

[yisman]

having withdrawal already.

[mr. leisure]

Knew the olympic cancellation was coming .

[Checkerboard]

Montreal in the basement after last year's playoff madness

'Pain for Shane' banners are in the building. They want the 'Wright' top draft pick next year.

[BarkingToad]

Vasilevskiy has a record 64 wins in a calendar year.

[yisman]

[COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.72)]The next time the NHL has the opportunity to go to the Olympics, 12 years will have passed since its players last played on the biggest stage of them all.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.72)]No one should be surprised with Tuesday’s news that the NHL will be withdrawing from the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. There were warning signs when the league and its players agreed to go back in September, which escalated into alarm bells over the last few weeks since COVID-19 cases have spiked significantly.[/COLOR]

[mr. leisure]

Early to bed and early to rise means you can’t watch West Coast games. I’ll make an exception tonight as Tampa vs Vegas will be the last good hockey we’ll get for a while.

Its going to be a long week .

[Checkerboard]

Pavelski and Lindell scored on the Stars' first two shots on goal in their 7-4 win over the Stars last night. Fiala scored twice for Minnesota.

[BarkingToad]

Early to bed and early to rise means you can’t watch West Coast games. I’ll make an exception tonight as Tampa vs Vegas will be the last good hockey we’ll get for a while.

[yisman]

The NHL and NHLPA have agreed to suspend all operations from December 22 to 25, per @DailyFaceoff
No practice or testing will be conducted during those days.

[mr. leisure]

Not looking good for the league right now .

[Checkerboard]

Jets' Stastny had a big 3 point night in their win over the Blues.

[Otters27]

Montreal in the basement after last year's playoff madness

[yisman]

The NHL has temporarily postponed cross-border games through Dec. 23 and has also shut down six teams as COVID-19 continues to spread across the league.
The National Hockey League announced the move to halt games between the United States and Canada in a joint statement with the NHLPA on Sunday, citing "concern about cross-border travel" and "the fluid nature of federal travel restrictions."

[Checkerboard]

Skjei had a good night for the Hurricanes in their romp over the Kings, plus/minus was 3, with 2 assists.

[mr. leisure]

With all the game cancellations NHL should cancel going to Winter Olympics.

Good idea

[jrgum3]

With all the game cancellations NHL should cancel going to Winter Olympics.

I agree the NHL should cut its losses and shut things down for a short period of time instead of risking the health and safety of its players and staff around the league with the widespread cases of COVID forcing games to be postponed.

[BarkingToad]

With all the game cancellations NHL should cancel going to Winter Olympics.

[yisman]

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has reduced the suspension of Toronto Maple Leafs center Jason Spezza from six games to four for kneeing the head of Winnipeg Jets defenseman Neal Pionk on Dec. 5.

[mr. leisure]

Bruins game at Canadiens postponed by NHL due to COVID-19 concerns

Boston has six players in protocol; Montreal hosted Flyers with no fans Thursday

[BarkingToad]

Tarasenko scores twice tonight. Blues sweep home and home vs. Stars.

Big night for him and the Russian line

[Checkerboard]

Tarasenko scores twice tonight. Blues sweep home and home vs. Stars.

[yisman]

The NHL has postponed all Calgary Flames, Florida Panthers and Colorado Avalanche games through Christmas because of COVID-19 concerns, the league announced Friday.

[Checkerboard]

Are Leafs playing pretty again during regular season, and then they go one and done come playoffs?

[BarkingToad]

What’s the latest on Kyle Beach who got sexually assaulted with forced to get a bj by video coach half his size? It’s been like 2 months, yet Chicago didn’t act fast enough getting rid of video coach 2 weeks after allegations came to light?

[mr. leisure]

Montreal and Edmonton both end their losing streaks tonight .

[Checkerboard]

Need the Florida and Tampa to lose tonight so idle Leafs can stay atop overall.