Around the NHL 2023-24 - playoff thread

[HughJazz3dg]

"Don't bring his wife into it!"

"...Uncle daddy!!"

Mostly memeing...

 

[Clam Jensen]

Trouba is such a loser. Absolute clown.

 

[My3Sons]

Trouba is such a loser. Absolute clown.

I tend to think he's misguided. He essentially shot back at that critical video by saying it really got to him in a roundabout way. Something tells me if a rational thoughtful person could sit him down and in a non-threatening way go over the chicken wing stuff with him he'd see it. I bet he really thinks he "just plays hard" or something along those lines. He's probably never allowed himself to actually dwell on what he does and how disrespectful it is to his fellow players and how he's contributing to exactly what he wants to stop. Contrary to what he thinks, elbowing guys in the head is neither good defense nor will it get him another contract when this one is up.

 

[britdevil]

Trouba is such a loser. Absolute clown.

He's absolutely perfect as the Captain of that joke franchise. Fits like a glove.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Same fanbase that cried to the league about Tom Wilson for what he did to Panarin is out here defending Captain Pylon on the main board

 

[Clam Jensen]

I tend to think he's misguided. He essentially shot back at that critical video by saying it really got to him in a roundabout way. Something tells me if a rational thoughtful person could sit him down and in a non-threatening way go over the chicken wing stuff with him he'd see it. I bet he really thinks he "just plays hard" or something along those lines. He's probably never allowed himself to actually dwell on what he does and how disrespectful it is to his fellow players and how he's contributing to exactly what he wants to stop. Contrary to what he thinks, elbowing guys in the head is neither good defense nor will it get him another contract when this one is up.

I always appreciate the thoughtful responses, but he’s a 30 year old vet who got called out and is trying to save face. I don’t buy it from him.

 

[JrFischer54]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1798521448887132237

That’s a shocking number so I had to look back at what the nhl is getting and hot dang what a bargain! What’s the next tv deal for nhl going to look like?

 

[My3Sons]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1798521448887132237

That’s a shocking number so I had to look back at what the nhl is getting and hot dang what a bargain! What’s the next tv deal for nhl going to look like?

If they continue to ref the playoffs to slow the game to a crawl maybe a few hundred dollars on the next tv deal.

 

[MadDevil]

 

[HBK27]

Should be a good series. Unfortunately only 6 episodes as it's a tight timeline to edit everything down between the end of the SCF and the start of the season.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1798695680007176601

 

[Rhodes 81]

Very interested to see if there is any personality shown in this. Drive to Survive is relatively watered down, I can't imagine how vanilla it will be having to get sign off from NHL PR teams.

I keep thinking about how the All or Nothing for the Leafs had a whole segment intro about how Nylander is such an outgoing and wild character and then it just showed him maybe sort of cracking some jokes at practice or something.

 

[My3Sons]

Very interested to see if there is any personality shown in this. Drive to Survive is relatively watered down, I can't imagine how vanilla it will be having to get sign off from NHL PR teams.

I keep thinking about how the All or Nothing for the Leafs had a whole segment intro about how Nylander is such an outgoing and wild character and then it just showed him maybe sort of cracking some jokes at practice or something.

Pasta seems like an interesting and sincere guy. McDavid has struck me as very plain vanilla when I've seen him interviewed.

 

[Satans Hockey]

Should be a good series. Unfortunately only 6 episodes as it's a tight timeline to edit everything down between the end of the SCF and the start of the season.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1798695680007176601

Show looks good but it feels very NHL like to me to post something like this and it doesn't even have a title lol

 

[HBK27]

Show looks good but it feels very NHL like to me to post something like this and it doesn't even have a title lol

It is NHL like, though I don't think they have anything to actually do with that as (as far as I'm aware) they don't really have any production input into the show itself.

 

[Patrik26]

Pasta seems like an interesting and sincere guy. McDavid has struck me as very plain vanilla when I've seen him interviewed.

Dull would be a better description IMO.

 

[Its Always Sundstrom]

I tend to think he's misguided. He essentially shot back at that critical video by saying it really got to him in a roundabout way. Something tells me if a rational thoughtful person could sit him down and in a non-threatening way go over the chicken wing stuff with him he'd see it. I bet he really thinks he "just plays hard" or something along those lines. He's probably never allowed himself to actually dwell on what he does and how disrespectful it is to his fellow players and how he's contributing to exactly what he wants to stop. Contrary to what he thinks, elbowing guys in the head is neither good defense nor will it get him another contract when this one is up.

I agree with you on the misguided part. I think in a lame, not well thought out way he’s citing these facts to show that he is aware of them or that he “gets it”. Still doesn’t absolve him from being a hypocrite and intentionally trying to injure players. But the real blame should be on the league for not making an example out of him and allowing this on ice behavior to continue.

 

[My3Sons]

I agree with you on the misguided part. I think in a lame, not well thought out way he’s citing these facts to show that he is aware of them or that he “gets it”. Still doesn’t absolve him from being a hypocrite and intentionally trying to injure players. But the real blame should be on the league for not making an example out of him and allowing this on ice behavior to continue.

hence the sociopath strategy. Why not elbow the best guys on the other team? The league clearly doesn't care and shocking to me the NHLPA doesn't care either.

 

[Oneiro]

I’m with Nichols - go with Mammoth purely for the jerseys.

 

[jkrdevil]

If they continue to ref the playoffs to slow the game to a crawl maybe a few hundred dollars on the next tv deal.

What ever is 7 times less than what the NBA is getting. The NHL and NBA tv deals have been roughly at that ratio for several decades now.