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Forum: NHL19 hours ago
Thread: 2022-23 NHL Season Discussion Thread #9: Bruce, There it Goes
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MatthewsFan</b></div><div>Some random goal eh. For starters, the game was tied 2-2 at the end of overtime, the game went to a shootout. It was the the first shootout in franchise history for Montreal. The franchise that drafted Crosby’s father, Sidney’s boyhood favourite team growing up. His rookie season. Crosby’s first game against a Canadian team.

Yes, I do believe this would have blown up on Twitter.

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I mean the tweet said they won 1-0 so where was I supposed to get 2-2 from lol. I’m sure it meant a lot to Crosby individually, and it’s a cool goal for the week’s highlight reel (pretty standard deke), but this was back when the Penguins were a poverty franchise without a super hardcore base. Who would even be on twitter to get excited about that? Like there’d be some Canadians pointing out that it’s interesting, maybe some Habs fans complaining about the loss, but it doesn’t seem particularly special outside of that when compared to literally any other major moment you could’ve picked in 85+ years of NHL history considering you had first crack at this.
Forum: NHLYesterday at 1:08 a.m.
Thread: 2022-23 NHL Season Discussion Thread #9: Bruce, There it Goes
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MatthewsFan</b></div><div><div class="tweet"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What sports moments that occurred pre-Twitter (July 2006) would cause chaos on the app if it existed at that time?</p>— Eric Robinson (@_Eric_Robinson) <a href="https://twitter.com/_Eric_Robinson/status/1619698823647088640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">January 29, 2023</a></blockquote>

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<div class="tweet"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This day in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PGHistory?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">#PGHistory</a>: Sidney Crosby scores the first shootout goal in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Penguins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">#Penguins</a> history, helping Pittsburgh to a 1-0 win over Montreal. (2005) <a href="https://t.co/XR9EqJofFy" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/XR9EqJofFy</a></p>— Pittsburgh Clothing Company (@PGHClothingCo) <a href="https://twitter.com/PGHClothingCo/status/929031850500214784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">November 10, 2017</a></blockquote>

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There's no way some random shootout goal in a 0-0 game between Pittsburgh and Montreal is the first thing that came to mind for the NHL 💀💀 Like I can think of two SHOOTOUTS that woulda been better (first ever between Sens/Leafs and the Marek Malik goal). Then you get into the whole realizing the lockout was actually a thing that was happening, the Bertuzzi-Moore incident, the Sakic-Bourque cup pass, and those are only the first things that come to mind in the 21st century without doubling up on reasons (panic, outrage, wholesome).
Forum: NHLJan. 3 at 3:25 a.m.
Thread: Prospect Discussion Thread #3
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>aadoyle</b></div><div><div class="tweet"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Logan Mailloux suspended three games for going overboard with punches to the helmet of a player who ran into his goalie. He follows it up with lots of chirping with someone on the ice. <a href="https://t.co/TK9o1YSpZg" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/TK9o1YSpZg</a></p>— Grant McCagg (@grantmccagg) <a href="https://twitter.com/grantmccagg/status/1609268332338757632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">December 31, 2022</a></blockquote>

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Funnily enough, I was on the receiving end of a similar temper tantrum in one of my last games of competitive hockey. There was 9 seconds left in OT in an elimination playoff game and the opposing defenseman punches my head several times for digging at a loose puck. A penalty in OT was a penalty shot, which I scored on to send that team home and keep mine alive. Moral of the story: players like Logan Mailloux lose you hockey games, and more specifically, important hockey games. And he’s still a POS too.
Forum: NHLDec. 28, 2022 at 9:15 p.m.
Thread: Prospect Discussion Thread #3
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>KSIxSKULLS</b></div><div>I love Dvorsky. I'd love to see Montreal get him with their 2nd 1st round pick. Hoping Florida can hover around 10th overall and we somehow get him.</div></div>
I don't think Dvorsky falls to 10 tbh. He'd be my pick to round out the top 5 right now, but even if he slips, talented centres with 1C upside don't fall very far, and when they do, it's usually because there are good defensemen. This draft lacks D, and it's hard to see too many wingers (even ones as talented as Benson, Sale, etc.) going ahead of legitimate 1C candidates. I could maybe see Yager, and perhaps one of the top wingers (Anaheim doesn't really need a C, and Arizona could maybe afford to take a winger too) or potentially Will Smith going ahead of Dvorsky, but I don't think he falls to 10. Maybe 7 or 8.
Forum: NHLNov. 21, 2022 at 11:38 a.m.
Thread: 2022-23 NHL Season Discussion Thread #5: Montreal’s youngster wonders
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Db1899</b></div><div>Congrats on the shutout
<div class="tweet"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="de" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Leafs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">#Leafs</a> netminder Erik Kallgren has never faced the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Isles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">#Isles</a>.</p>— Stefen Rosner (@stefen_rosner) <a href="https://twitter.com/stefen_rosner/status/1594726687157231617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">November 21, 2022</a></blockquote>

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I mean he’s played 22 career games. There are 15 teams he’s never played lol, it’s not that special. Crosby scoring his first ever goal in the United Center last night was surprising though
Forum: NHLNov. 14, 2022 at 7:25 p.m.
Thread: 2022-23 NHL Season Discussion Thread #4: Just Keefe Drowning
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>McGruff</b></div><div>Quick - 2 Cups, Conn, OLY Silver...IN
Osgood should make it.
Barrasso too.
And Vernon.</div></div>
2 cups + Smythe for a goalie doesn’t mean much, we’ve seen that. Barasso has 2 cups + Vezina + Jennings + Calder, Vernon has 2 cups + Jennings + Smythe, Osgood has 3 cups + 2 Jennings. All those guys did what Quick has done long before he was around and they’re still waiting. Maybe if he reaches 450 wins, but CuJo did that too, and isn’t in. Olympic silver means nothing when he didn’t even play in that Olympics lol, the USA didn’t medal when he was the starter. Quick’s 4th or 5th in line for fringe goalies, behind the locks like Lundqvist and Price. Hell, there’s even a solid argument for Rask over Quick.
Forum: NHLNov. 14, 2022 at 7:06 p.m.
Thread: 2022-23 NHL Season Discussion Thread #4: Just Keefe Drowning
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>McGruff</b></div><div>Along those same lines...If the NHL stopped today, what current roster players go to the HHOF?

<strong>Locks</strong>:
Ovi
Sid
Malkin
Bergeron
Vasi
Kuch
Stamkos
Hedman
Perry
Price
Kopi
Doughty
Quick
E Staal
Kane
Toews
MAF (edit)

<strong>Bubbles</strong>:
LeTang
Marchand
Phil
McDavid
Tavares
Giroux (edit)
Backstrom (edit)</div></div>
If Osgood, Barasso, and Vernon aren’t in, Quick isn’t close imo. McDavid (arguably the most talented player of all time) and Kessel (purely because hockey people respect the iron man streak above most records) are way closer to locks than Eric Staal or Kopitar (think those guys might be stuck in the hall of very good). I also think injuries prevented Backstrom from reaching even a fringe case. No individual hardware, not a lot of goals, only barely a thousand points, and only the 3rd best forward on a single cup victory.