Sports on Earth: 60 Predictions for the NHL Season

4 goals for 19 y/o Austin Matthews in his first game after being first pick in June draft. Had 3 goals on first 3 shots.

And the Leafs still lost, lol. Eff Toronto.

Heard a guy on the radio refer to them as the Maple Laughs

The Ringer: The Off-Kilter NHL Midseason Awards
A win streak in Columbus, fresh faces in Toronto, predictable greatness in Pittsburgh, and more of the best, worst, and weirdest of the season so far
https://theringer.co...b83b#.2xia73li6

BB has the Wild on a roll and in 2nd place in their division.   Say what you want about his post season abilities, but you can't deny his ability to improve a team and get them to the post season.

Sports on Earth: Who's Active On NHL's 100 Best Ever?

The NHL released its top 100 players. Didn't rank them because I guess they didn't feel like explaining to Orr, Gretzky, and Lemieux why they're ranked ahead of Gordie Howe. There were some glaring omissions. Here are five of them. 

http://fansided.com/...0-players-list/

BB has the Wild on a roll and in 2nd place in their division.   Say what you want about his post season abilities, but you can't deny his ability to improve a team and get them to the post season.

Looks like he has finally stumbled upon a great goalie too. Boudreau has been cursed by goalies in the postseason. I give up attempting to explain it. 

Something very interesting to keep an eye on regarding Trump's immigration ban (7 countries, including dual citizens of those countries): 

Mika Zibanejad of the New York Rangers might be drastically affected. He's a citizen of Sweden and was born there. However, his father was born in Iran and his mother is from Finland. His father fled Iran due to the Iran-Iraq War. From what I've read about Sweden's requirements for dual citizenship, Mika fits the requirements to be a dual citizen of Sweden and Iran. This could get ugly. 

Only posting this because this is the only time I'll ever mention Eric Lindros and Justin Bieber in the same sentence. 

https://twitter.com/...481161728225280

Only posting this because this is the only time I'll ever mention Eric Lindros and Justin Bieber in the same sentence. 

 

https://twitter.com/...481161728225280

If you're going to post something about Bieber it's gotta be Pronger slamming his face into the boards!

http://nhl.nbcsports...-after-2018-19/

Can we get that goddamn arena built somewhere downtown? Please?

They'll move to Quebec

They'll move to Quebec

Maybe...

Hartford’s making a pitch for the Islanders

Maybe then they can finally beat Vancouver again.

Somehow I missed this.  Apparently when the last collective bargaining agreement was reached, the NHLPA negotiated bye weeks for all of the teams.  Each team gets 5 days completely off without any practice at all and usually a whole week between games.  I hadn't heard about this at all until I heard them mentioning the Caps bye week (after tomorrow's game, they are off until the 18th).  Interesting concept, but then it does lead to a bit of a schedule crunch for teams when they resume play.

Expect a suspension for this....

http://nhl.nbcsports...rk-in-progress/

In a stat that should surprise nobody, teams are now 3-12-4 in  their first game back following their bye.  No games is one thing, but the fact that the teams aren't even allowed to practice during the break puts them at a disadvantage when they return to action.