The Official 2014-15 Regular Season Talk Thread

[TheMatrix31]

The regular season is upon us. Go Sabres!

Four games on Wednesday night. Canadiens/Leafs, Flyers/Bruins, Canucks/Flames, and Sharks/Kings.

[DrJones]

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[gopher_guy]

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The wait is over. Woo!

[Twenty Four]

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So incredibly excited. Unfortunately gotta wait 1 more day for some Lightning hockey.

[KmK]

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I'm pumped up! Gonna be good watching tonight.


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[DaRK]

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Devs on like a four game road trip before the home opener... still can't wait!

I'm liking the new NHL app, too.

[DrJones]

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Simply amazing. Are we only a season or two away from Matt Cooke, NHL Discipline Czar?

https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/chris-pronger-joins-nhl-s-department-of-player-safety--won-t-rule-on-flyers-153457960.html

[rdnk]

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I happy to see Andrej Nestrasil (3rd rounder 2009) make the roster. He's a 6'3'', 210 lb winger with a righty shot, all things the Wings could use out of a young guy. Tomas Jurco made the roster as well, what was no guarantee when they brought back Cleary. This may be the youngest Wings roster I've ever seen out of training camp.

From what I hear, the plan is for Dan Cleary to have a phantom injury and be put on IR for the rest of the year once Datsyuk comes back. It'll be the best of all worlds: he can be the lockeroom guy Babcock likes but he won't take up cap or roster space.

Kindl and Lashoff are on thin ice... the only reason Oulette got sent down was to ensure he could be logging heavy minutes each night. As much crap as Holland got for bringing back Quincey once he struck out, I'd rather have him on the ice over Lashoff (who is a borderline NHL'er) and Kindl (who needs a change of scenery badly).

[ImTellinTim]

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Simply amazing. Are we only a season or two away from Matt Cooke, NHL Discipline Czar?

https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-p...153457960.html

[Kobalt]

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My predictions!

Eastern Conference

1. Pittsburgh
2. Boston
3. Tampa Bay
4. NY Rangers
5. Philadelphia
6. NY Islanders
7. Montreal
8. Washington
9. Detroit
10. Columbus
11. New Jersey
12. Ottawa
13. Toronto
14. Florida
15. Carolina
16. Buffalo

Pittsburgh over Tampa Bay

Western Conference

1. St.Louis
2. Anaheim
3. San Jose
4. Chicago
5. Minnesota
6. LA Kings
7. Colorado
8. Nashville
9. Dallas
10. Vancouver
11. Winnipeg
12. Arizona
13. Edmonton
14. Calgary

Chicago over LA. I'll be shocked if it isn't Chicago vs. LA in the Western Conference finals. They're like the Giants/Cardinals in baseball.

Chicago over Pittsburgh in the finals.

Hart - Stamkos
Norris - Weber
Vezina - Lundqvist
Art Ross - Crosby
Rocket - Stamkos
Calder - John Gibson
McDavid - Carolina
Eichel - Buffalo

[TheMatrix31]

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I'll have fun and say Minnesota and New York in the Stanley Cup Finals.

[ImTellinTim]

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I'll have fun and say Minnesota and New York in the Stanley Cup Finals.

That was Melrose's pick last year.

[slickdtc]

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Simply amazing. Are we only a season or two away from Matt Cooke, NHL Discipline Czar?



https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-p...153457960.html

Seems kind of political to me. We know about the NFL's concussion issues, well these players are on a surface and using an apparatus that allow for even more velocity and ferocity as far as collisions go. Pronger's history is well documented, but as an offender and as an example of the other side. The NHL can say they're trying by having formed the DPS and working with ex-players.

Also, and I'm not clear on the money situation, but I don't like this as a Flyers fan. I know we made the deal with Pronger so it's kind of a tough luck situation, but he's hanging on for what reason? I hope he's not screwing us over by doing that. Pretty sure not because there would be an uproar over it, but even working with the "enemy" as technically a current employee rubs me the wrong way.

Am I off base here? I kind of feel like an ******* even bringing this up because I don't want to see players losing years off their lives for our enjoyment. I guess mostly I'm just very uninformed to the whole Pronger situation.

[RandyBass]

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I'm liking the new NHL app, too.

Are you on the PS4? I was logged in last night watching classic games, now I can't get past the login screen.

[TracerBullet]

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Pacioretty goal to start the year. Me like.