The Official 2024-2025 NHL Season: Let’s Get It Started, in Here

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Christ. I mean that is pretty outrageous

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At least these games are reliably entertaining. Obviously hometown hero hockey boys the apple of every cop's eye are difficult to sympathise with but it's fairly outrageous to charge poor downtrodden trudeau-bankrupted patriots multiple thousands of dollars to watch players who barely get paid, and it gets terribly ugly when they start to rain boos on them

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Finland tied the game on a high-sticking penalty that their guy sold

Sweden back in control

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Sweden gives up a squeaker under the pad but I think it’s offside

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Wings prospect Kiskinen gives Finland the lead

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Sweden went ahead on a lucky PP goal, Finland took it back

Sweden’s goalie looks iffy

Bobby Mac looks like he has the aging making from the last act of Beetlejuice

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Sweden loses in OT, brutal goal to give up

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ASP played a ton. Can’t see him being a PK guy in the pros though

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US best youths

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Incredible pass by Buium on the gwg

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I assume Ryan Leonard is joining the Capitals for the post season

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Safe bet

Nothing against MBN but I still wish Yzerman had traded up for Buium. Wings keep getting the lesser brother.

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NYR claimed Kaliyev, gotta believe there were gonna be some claims further down the priority list.

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There was a discussion about Lane Hutson's next contract on HFBoards that was basically "Lock him up at 7.5 to 8 for 8 years" with some people saying you'd need to go higher. Granted, I am A Hater, but I wouldn't give him that much money/term until it's clear he's not a defensive liability.

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Oh come ON I have to deal with the Habs being in a playoff spot?

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I'll be honest: the Wings getting Ottawa on the ninth game of a road trip is a best-case scenario.

No doubt! I think that's a likely L (although, also no offense tho I'm sure you "get it", it's probably one of the two most winnable games on the trip). Hopefully they can manage to keep the whole thing from being a disaster. I think 3-5-1 or 3-4-2 would actually be a pretty good result (sadly)

I also agree Calgary's not a pushover I'm just comparing it to the rest of the games!

Well, we're here.

Currently 4-4 which is pretty bad considering how it started but about right considering the Ullmark injury and flu situation. Merilainen is the only competent option to play goal and I have to assume he'll be in tonight.

Forsberg has been terrible since his double-knee injury and I imagine his career is just about over. Sogaard, if he's going to be any good, will need a few years in the AHL (or elsewhere) to figure out his body. He's so big but somehow managed to move himself out of the way of shots.

JBD, who's been surprisingly solid on the 4th pair with Kleven, looks to have seriously injured his leg yesterday in practice.

On the good news front, Hamonic is also injured!

Called up Matinpalo and Guenette to fill in.

[sutterfamily]

There was a discussion about Lane Hutson's next contract on HFBoards that was basically "Lock him up at 7.5 to 8 for 8 years" with some people saying you'd need to go higher. Granted, I am A Hater, but I wouldn't give him that much money/term until it's clear he's not a defensive liability.

I'm a hater but... he looks really good. Good enough offensively that you deal with some bad defense.

[Grand Moff Larkin]

There was a discussion about Lane Hutson's next contract on HFBoards that was basically "Lock him up at 7.5 to 8 for 8 years" with some people saying you'd need to go higher. Granted, I am A Hater, but I wouldn't give him that much money/term until it's clear he's not a defensive liability.

I'm a hater but... he looks really good. Good enough offensively that you deal with some bad defense.

I guess the question is whether he ends up at Gostisbehere levels defensively (i.e., gotta shelter him) or comes closer to Quinn Hughes

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I'll be honest: the Wings getting Ottawa on the ninth game of a road trip is a best-case scenario.

No doubt! I think that's a likely L (although, also no offense tho I'm sure you "get it", it's probably one of the two most winnable games on the trip). Hopefully they can manage to keep the whole thing from being a disaster. I think 3-5-1 or 3-4-2 would actually be a pretty good result (sadly)

I also agree Calgary's not a pushover I'm just comparing it to the rest of the games!

Well, we're here.

Currently 4-4 which is pretty bad considering how it started but about right considering the Ullmark injury and flu situation. Merilainen is the only competent option to play goal and I have to assume he'll be in tonight.

Forsberg has been terrible since his double-knee injury and I imagine his career is just about over. Sogaard, if he's going to be any good, will need a few years in the AHL (or elsewhere) to figure out his body. He's so big but somehow managed to move himself out of the way of shots.

JBD, who's been surprisingly solid on the 4th pair with Kleven, looks to have seriously injured his leg yesterday in practice.

On the good news front, Hamonic is also injured!

Called up Matinpalo and Guenette to fill in.

A .30 dropoff from Ullmark to the other goalies who've suited up is rough.

It's a huge game for the Wings. Win and they're a point back of [deep groan] Montreal, lose and they're four back of Ottawa while having played an extra game.

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Ottawa was terrible against Dallas and St Louis, I think they'll likely come out hard tonight (esp after 4 days off + guys like Stutzle having had time to recover from illness) but... yeah, huge game for the wings + they are playing a lot better.

Before the trip started, I originally predicted a SNES OT loss and that feels like it would be pretty good at this point.

Not that it matters much - if Ullmark is out a long time (and at this point it's just week-to-week with no skating) they basically have to make a G trade to have any hope of staying it in it. And who's even available that they can afford to pay for?