NHL Master Thread

[CountValentine]

Is it that hard to put a respectable team on the ice? I am not talking even about a .500 team.

[CountValentine]

If by some crazy chance he gets 1k, does that change anything? Possible GOAT talk?

https://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/articles/can_alex_ovechkin_become_hockeys_first_1000_goal_scorer/s1_16958_38249366

[yuneeq]

Is it that hard to put a respectable team on the ice? I am not talking even about a .500 team.

2 words.
Connor Bedard.

[yuneeq]

If by some crazy chance he gets 1k, does that change anything? Possible GOAT talk?

https://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/articles/can_alex_ovechkin_become_hockeys_first_1000_goal_scorer/s1_16958_38249366

No. It would be tremendous but still would have him behind Wayne, Howe, Orr, Mario.

[CountValentine]

Hopefully they will both be traded and given one more chance at a cup!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nhl/it-s-been-a-good-ride-patrick-kane-and-jonathan-toews-are-set-to-play-their-1-000th-game-together-with-the-chicago-blackhawks-tonight/ar-AA15pjcS?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=7ab050e3fcdd4f88b685080b30ab8c9c

[yuneeq]

Lucky number 7 in Chicago tonight.
7 goals from 7 different players to secure 7th straight win, Hawks with 7th straight loss.

[CountValentine]

Lucky number 7 in Chicago tonight.
7 goals from 7 different players to secure 7th straight win, Hawks with 7th straight loss.

Is it that hard to put a respectable team on the ice? I am not talking even about a .500 team.

[NTorch]

Lucky number 7 in Chicago tonight.
7 goals from 7 different players to secure 7th straight win, Hawks with 7th straight loss.

And in the last Rangers loss before the 7 game win streak which also happened to be the last Blackhawks win before their 7 game losing streak, there were a total of 7 goals scored.

[yuneeq]

Only playing hockey because they can't make it in soccer

I’ve never seen anything like that before.

Makar told the refs not to call a penalty on Barzal and they didn’t. #isles pic.twitter.com/wq9fUf2dHk

— YESUV🚙 (@IslesWhiteSUV) December 20, 2022

Alex Ovechkin declines a penalty. What a guy pic.twitter.com/z5P4nkspUH

— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) April 21, 2022

[yuneeq]

https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/zqxlok/wayne_gretzky_stat_charts_to_contextualize_how/

[yuneeq]

Is it that hard to put a respectable team on the ice? I am not talking even about a .500 team.

Bedard keeps looking better and better by the day. Never a better time to tank hard for Bedard. Record setting World Juniors performance and back to torching the WHL again.

The only times I‘ve seen similar levels of hype was for Crosby, Ovi, and McDavid.

https://www.tsn.ca/craig-s-list-connor-bedard-rises-to-generational-status-in-nhl-draft-ranking-1.1904128

[CountValentine]

Patrick Kane to the Rangers? That would be interesting.

[NTorch]

I am not making a case for the GOAT but a case for top ten.

The Athletic just finished their top NHL players of the post-expansion era. Ovie was ranked #6

https://theathletic.com/3550299/2023/02/08/nhl99-ranking-the-greatest-players-in-modern-nhl-history/

[CountValentine]

Patrick Kane to the Rangers? That would be interesting.

Stick a fork in this one. No chance now.

[CountValentine]

Stick a fork in this one. No chance now.

Looks like the fork should be removed. What is going on with NY?

[yuneeq]

Looks like the fork should be removed. What is going on with NY?

More about Kane than NY. Kane made himself clear that he is only willing to go to NY, which means they don't have to bid against anyone and the ask is much lower. Now they have to make cap space. Given the fact that Kane is already sitting out, it's a done deal.

[yuneeq]

Only the 9th time in NHL history

WE GOT A GOALIE GOAL!!!! LINUS ULLMARK SCORES A GOALIE GOAL pic.twitter.com/aS1PHPdpFe

— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) February 26, 2023

[CountValentine]

Kane made himself clear that he is only willing to go to NY,

Not correct. There were/are other teams with Toronto being one of them.

[yuneeq]

Not correct. There were/are other teams with Toronto being one of them.

That may have been true earlier, but it’s no longer true.

From what I’m hearing, Patrick Kane is only considering the Rangers. There are other teams interested in him, but they don’t appeal to him as of now.

The Blackhawks have a morning skate in about five hours. We could know more by then.

— Scott Powers (@ByScottPowers) February 25, 2023

- If anything has become clear in the last 24-48 hours, it's that Kane pushed HARD for #NYR. I firmly believe the Rangers hadn't planned for both him and Tarasenko. But belief is Kane's urging has dropped the trade price to a point where Rangers felt it was too good to pass up.

— Vince Z. Mercogliano (@vzmercogliano) February 24, 2023

This is the only reason the Rangers are even in the running when they are not willing to give up what other teams are.

[yuneeq]

Oh and almost forgot that Kane publicly expressed disappointment that he wasn’t traded to the rangers after the Tarasenko trade, something I’ve never heard a player do before.

https://www.si.com/.amp/nhl/2023/02/10/chicago-blackhawks-new-york-rangers-patrick-kane-vladamir-tarasenko-trade-disappointment