NHL Playoffs (ice hockey) + bracket challenge!

[Juju]

Yeah, it was a bit confusing.

But yeah, I ain't gonna lie, the Penguins are one of my favourite teams and they're without any doubt one of the best teams in recent years. Winning more than a cup in a row is probably no longer the same deal as in the 70s, so gg guys. Also Crosby winning his 2nd Conn Smythe in a row, which happened only 3 times in history of the NHL. Coincidentally, last time it was Mario Lemieux in 91-92...

[xlibman]

I never liked the Pens much personally. I always found Crosby to be sort of a crybaby >.<. If the Nordiques ever return before he retires I bet one of those days the fans will do like during Eric Lindros' first game at Quebec Colisée with the Flyers and wear baby costumes and throw hundreds of pacifiers on the ice.

I kinda like Nashville mostly because of Subban but since Nashville seems to be essentially a Montreal Canadiens player dumping ground, I like them less whenever they acquire crappy Habs players like the Kostityn brothers a few years ago.

[Unicorn]

Well, im bummed. Pittsburg is jst too good. They don't deserve to win another cup in a while imo.

[Juju]

WHAT

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN@nhl pls pic.twitter.com/fAfuOl0phS

— Julien Yuki Savard (@juju2143) June 16, 2017

I need answers.

Oh, and expansion draft explained.

[xlibman]

I would more like to know exactly where those pictures are from. Are they just from some old 2012-13 expansion realignment ideas that were suggested on HFBoards or was this posted today on some site?

Since the dollar doesn't look like it's gonna go back to parity anytime soon, if TVA absolutely wants to stop losing money on TVA Sports TV channel then they probably need a team of their own as soon as possible, but on the other hand it depends how much money they lose per season.

Plus the NHL might be starting to see the negative effects of the Canadian dollar:
-Less revenue sharing for the Arizona Coyotes, Florida Panthers, Carolina Hurricanes, New York Islanders, etc
-Considerable decrease in Canadian revenues (including the TV contract, which is paid in CAD$)
-Attendance decline in Canadian arenas because of the increased life costs (since most of our goods are imported from USA and paid in US dollars)

I'll probably believe it when I see it, though (the return of a team here), because I noticed in the last year or so that most article sharing on hockey websites related to relocation rumors are just reposts of old articles from 1-5 years ago or clickbait.

[Juju]

2 seconds into the expansion draft video on NHL.com I linked in the above post where they explain what's happening with the Vegas Golden Knights. I dunno where they took that map but, as coming directly from the NHL an/or Sportsnet, this is quite weird.

Of course, an expansion isn't quite ruled out yet, but the most plausible and popular theory is a relocation, especially if they want a team for this year.

[xlibman]

Apparently it's an old map that Sportsnet took and for whatever reason the NHL put it on their site without removingvQuebec

[xlibman]

So Las Vegas played their first pre-season game last night. I wonder how well will they do this year.

[Juju]

Yeah, I'm really curious about that. They have a Stanley Cup-winning lead goalie from arguably one of the best teams in the NHL and quite a few good players on their roster.

Also, watched that pre-season game, that was ridiculous, tons of goals, power plays and power play goals. I mean, both teams probably scored half of their goals in power play (or in the case of Vancouver, half of them on 5-on-3 plays, literally). Gotta watch this new guy playing for Vegas though, Tyler Wong, he did a hat trick on his first game. Nice.

[xlibman]

So the Arizona Coyotes beat an NHL record: They became the first team to not win a single game at their first 20 attempts in regulation time.

Their first ever regulation win this season came against Montreal

[xlibman]

Winnipeg is on fire this season so far

(They're like 4th overall in the entire league and 2nd or so in their division)

[Unicorn]

What about vegas tho!

[Juju]

Vegas vent from not even existing to completely on fire.

[_iPhoenix_]

Vegas vent from not even existing to completely on fire.

If you are on an ice rink, isn't that bad?

[Juju]

Vegas vent from not even existing to completely on fire.

If you are on an ice rink, isn't that bad?

I dunno, they're probably defying the laws of physics. Blame Gary Bettman for that, I guess.