The Official 2022-23 Season Talk Thread

[bhurst99]

One of the least surprising things of the season: Winnipeg is better off without Paul Maurice and Florida is worse than last year with Maurice at the helm

He's one of the biggest frauds in NHL coaching history. Amazed how many years he has coached.

[pietasterp]

Wings beat the Leafs for the first time in however many years....never thought I'd see the day.

[bhurst99]

There's 38 games left and it looks like we're already locked into a Toronto-Tampa first round series.

The Leafs aren't catching Boston for first in the division after losing tonight to Boston and are 11 points behind the ridiculously hot Bruins.

Tampa might take second place in the division from Toronto but neither of those teams are likely to drop to fourth place. Toronto is 14 points up on Florida which is in fourth place.

This isn't the first time the Leafs have been locked into a playoff opponent early in the season. It just makes it's so hard to get into the rest of the season when there is so little at stake and it's such a weird place to be since they've played well this season and currently have the third most points in the league.

[Majingir]

Quote: Originally Posted by bhurst99

There's 38 games left and it looks like we're already locked into a Toronto-Tampa first round series. The Leafs aren't catching Boston for first in the division after losing tonight to Boston and are 11 points behind the ridiculously hot Bruins. Tampa might take second place in the division from Toronto but neither of those teams are likely to drop to fourth place. Toronto is 14 points up on Florida which is in fourth place. This isn't the first time the Leafs have been locked into a playoff opponent early in the season. It just makes it's so hard to get into the rest of the season when there is so little at stake and it's such a weird place to be since they've played well this season and currently have the third most points in the league.

Which is why I hate the current format.

I don't care who the Leafs play. They can beat or lose to literally anyone.

But it takes away excitement when you know in JANUARY who you're playing in 3 months.

With normal 1-8 standings (let's say division winners get top 2 seeds), Leafs could face anyone from Lightning,Devils,Rangers,Caps,Islanders,Pens.

It makes things unpredictable, and you actually pay attention to the rest of the conference. Nowadays, I don't care what happens in the other division because it doesn't impact the Leafs in rd1 (or even 2..if that ever happens).

[DrJones]

I've already moved past Denial and Anger, and am swiftly approaching the "Should my Jared McCann Kraken jersey be navy or white" level of Canucks fandom.

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/vancouver-can...ller-1.1906844

[Majingir]

Provorov refused to take warmups for the Flyers because they were wearing their pride night jerseys.

Flyers still played him, just sent out a generic press release defending themselves, and Torts basically said he respects Provorov standing up for his beliefs/religion......

Not that anyone should be surprised, it is hockey culture after all.

[ImTellinTim]

I absolutely love the Wild locking down Boldy on that 7 year 49 mil deal

[Kobalt]

Sam Girard going from a borderline team Canada to a barely NHL player makes me sad