NHL Offseason Thread: Plugged Up Cat Butts and Unknown Russians

[Vaspinne]

NHLPA officially filing grievance for Mike Richard's contract termination

[Cutriss]

http://deadspin.com/report-accuser-c...rap-1723073528

This is actually a rather good article (in terms of investigative analysis). Fair-use excerpt:

This is irresponsible reporting by the News. Brian Moritz and Alan Bedenko have already written about the inclusion of Croce’s account, and they’ve both done excellent jobs of it, so I urge you to read both of them. Moritz identifies this as what it is: victim-blaming. The implication is that the woman was drunk and attracted to Kane—neither of which has the least relevance to anything that may have happened later that night, or the question of consent. Bedenko calls out the News for failing to put Croce’s comments in the context of a biased bar owner attempting to avoid liability in any potential criminal investigations or civil suits that may spring from this incident.

[Vaspinne]

Man, Patrick Kane is not only a big face of the Hawks but he's one of the NHL's biggest icons too. If this goes anymore south than it already has his stupidity is gonna hurt the entire league.

[NynJa]

http://ownthepuck.blogspot.ca/2015/0...sby-scale.html

BK's gonna love this

[Ratatapa]

Spoiler: show

[Aksannyi]

Related:

[Brill Weave]

In the 8 years you've been here Rata I can honestly say that was your best post ever. Even though I'm sure it was shamelessly stolen from somewhere else.

[Sepukku]

Who the fuck let Kessel do a presser in cargo shorts lol This guy is so fucking weird, I hope him and Geno become best friends

[bluefan]

lol, Kessel never fails to entertain.

[BadKarma]

http://ownthepuck.blogspot.ca/2015/0...sby-scale.html

BK's gonna love this

old

[Bombur]

This was at Devin Setoguchi’s wedding. NHL players Kris Versteeg, Jason Demers, and others decided to put on a dance.

[Bregor]

In the 8 years you've been here Rata I can honestly say that was your best post ever. Even though I'm sure it was shamelessly stolen from somewhere else.

It's because there were no words in it.

A+ would rofl at Kessel again

E: Also the Dangle vine is good stuff. He's grown on me a lot in the last few years.

[Alderaan]

How can Toronto hate Kessel so much? He's pure gold. Has that "i really don't give a shit about the media" attitude that i absolutely adore. Maybe i answered my own question.

[Obsidian]

Toronto didn't hate him. Stupid fans who can't think for themselves and the Toronto media hated Kessel.

[Wulfgang]

Finally starting to get over last season and get back into hackey. My annual Central Division preview / predictions thread for the Nashville forum is below if anyone is interested.

http://hfboards.hockeysfuture.com/sh...#post106003223

Sorry Blue; someone has to be last.

[Aragon of Odin]

How can Toronto hate Kessel so much? He's pure gold. Has that "i really don't give a shit about the media" attitude that i absolutely adore. Maybe i answered my own question.

I still love Kessel, prolly one of the few that still wish we never traded him, but the guy's golden in my books. Disappoints me that he'll prolly become a 40-50 goal scorer and we'll still be paying 1M+ of his contract for the next 7 years. I hated how the media got down on him here and fucked with him. Not everyone has the social skills to address the mass media, shouldn't hate on a guy for that.

[Mythe_Seraph]

2015-16 prediction: Min and Nash lose to Chi in playoffs. Everyone is shocked.

[Ratatapa]

[Cutriss]

Kane dropped from cover of NHL '16

[Ratatapa]

Kane dropped from cover of NHL '16

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/...2958078100.png