NHL Hockey thread

[PRC]

I've given up on the Bluejackets. Totally hopeless.

Too many injuries unfortunately. 

[Neil]

Oilers fired their coach today.  My wife is quite amused by the depths of Oiler failure.  Still, they need to be seen to do something, and they can't fire the players.

[katmai]

Gomez signed by Devils has 1g, 3a for 4 points in 8 games.

[viper37]

Oilers fired their coach today.  My wife is quite amused by the depths of Oiler failure.  Still, they need to be seen to do something, and they can't fire the players.

firing the GM isn't an option?  Or did they already do it?

[Grey Fox]

Oilers fired their coach today.  My wife is quite amused by the depths of Oiler failure.  Still, they need to be seen to do something, and they can't fire the players.

firing the GM isn't an option?  Or did they already do it?

Not an option. Dude is a Stanley Cup winner with the Oilers, that's not allowable under Lowe management(another Stanley Cup winning Oilers).

[viper37]

Oilers fired their coach today.  My wife is quite amused by the depths of Oiler failure.  Still, they need to be seen to do something, and they can't fire the players.

firing the GM isn't an option?  Or did they already do it?

Not an option. Dude is a Stanley Cup winner with the Oilers, that's not allowable under Lowe management(another Stanley Cup winning Oilers).

If found what I was searching for:
Oilers need to get rid of GM and President

[Neil]

Oilers fired their coach today.  My wife is quite amused by the depths of Oiler failure.  Still, they need to be seen to do something, and they can't fire the players.

firing the GM isn't an option?  Or did they already do it?

To be fair, the GM is a pretty new on the job and might have some solutions (although they would take a while to have any effect on a team so devastated by years of mismanagement), but the real problem is the team President, Kevin Lowe.

[Barrister]

Oilers fired their coach today.  My wife is quite amused by the depths of Oiler failure.  Still, they need to be seen to do something, and they can't fire the players.

firing the GM isn't an option?  Or did they already do it?

To be fair, the GM is a pretty new on the job and might have some solutions (although they would take a while to have any effect on a team so devastated by years of mismanagement), but the real problem is the team President, Kevin Lowe.

Other than having been coach for a number of years beforehand, and other than the fact his acquisitions have been universally terrible.

[Neil]

GM and coach are two different things.

At any rate, MacTavish will fail no matter what, unless Lowe is driven out.  And if Lowe going means that MacTavish goes too, then that'd be fine.

[sbr]

Apparently the PA system died during the singing of the American National anthem at the recent Toronto-Nashville game, and the fans responded by finishing the song themselves.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/11/20/when-the-mic-died-during-the-u-s-national-anthem-in-toronto-thats-when-the-canadians-did-something-pretty-cool/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=story&utm_campaign=ShareButtons

I saw someone mentioning this elsewhere today.  Pretty cool.

[Barrister]

Jets win 8-2 over Florida, and Mathieu Perreault scores 4 goals.  Luongo is chased from the game.  It may not have been exciting, but a good old fashioned curb-stomping sure does feel good once in a while.   

[Jacob]

Jets win 8-2 over Florida, and Mathieu Perreault scores 4 goals.  Luongo is chased from the game.  It may not have been exciting, but a good old fashioned curb-stomping sure does feel good once in a while.   

When Lou collapses he collapses. It happens.

[Barrister]

Jets win 8-2 over Florida, and Mathieu Perreault scores 4 goals.  Luongo is chased from the game.  It may not have been exciting, but a good old fashioned curb-stomping sure does feel good once in a while.   

When Lou collapses he collapses. It happens.

I didn't make any great predictions of Jets world domination.  It's just nice to see them dominate a game like that (and they kept it up against Florida's backup Montoya, who they signed from Winnipeg).   

[Barrister]

And the odds of a CCR sighting are low, but nevertheless I wanted to point out that the Jets are now 3-0 against the Blackhawks in Chicago this year.   

[Grey Fox]

On Wednesday I was sick at home & in the afternoon Sportnet showed game #2 of the Stanley Cup final between the Minnesota North Stars & the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1991.

Wow. I was not ready for how the game has changed since then. I was screaming at my tv for a good defensive coverage?! No wonder Lemieux would score so many goals, no one is challenging him at the blueline.  Goalies can't play the puck nor skate. Defense do nothing but collapse to defend their own net.

Damn thing was atrocious to watch.