2020 NHL Playoffs Thread: Hubs: Blame America!

[Richybear]

Waiting for the wrong crowd noise and shit to happen. Like during Calgary vs Winnipeg a "go habs go!" chant starts up or after a goal Chelsea OMGJUSTFUCINGKILLMEdagger starts playing

[Cail]

John Carlson may have got hurt in the 3rd period. Left with 10 minutes to go and didnt come back.

https://twitter.com/TheReplayGuy/sta...04922892767233
https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/st...11545765883905

[NynJa]

He looked fine skating off, seems just precautionary.

[Richybear]

If not, it'll be a Lower-Central Hemisperic injury because NHL never has to explain anything lol

[NynJa]

nah, they said theres no obligation to disclose injuries this year.

[Cail]

Another exhibition fight. Lemiuex v. Boychuk

[Richybear]

nah, they said theres no obligation to disclose injuries this year.

Yeah, but they never have to anyways hence "Lower body injury" "upper body injury" for explanations for years. But it's because of a lack of betting on hockey, so they don't have to give full disclosure like say the NFL does where you can't say "upper body injury" while duder has a concussion. It changes how people will bet if say Mahomes has a sprained ankle and can't stand up vs saying "Lower body"

[Cail]

Yikes Vancouver

[NynJa]

Yeah, but they never have to anyways hence "Lower body injury" "upper body injury" for explanations for years. But it's because of a lack of betting on hockey, so they don't have to give full disclosure like say the NFL does where you can't say "upper body injury" while duder has a concussion. It changes how people will bet if say Mahomes has a sprained ankle and can't stand up vs saying "Lower body"

no, I mean they literally dont have to disclose ANYTHING this year.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...layoff-restart

[Vaspinne]

I didnt mind the artificial crowd noise yesterday. But its way way too loud and overbearing during this Caps game

From my understanding it's used on the broadcast and not pumped into the arena like in baseball. So the volume is all on NBC/Sportsnet

[Cail]

Sportsnet seems to use it at a much moderate volume in the broadcasts I’ve had on NHLN

[Cail]

John Carlson didnt practice today but it sounds like it wasnt a serious injury

[Cail]

Tyler Seguin is not playing in the exhibition but is expected to be ready for the round robin

[Cail]

Puljujarvi says return to Oilers 'may be possible': report

Jesse Puljujarvi hasn't ruled out returning to the Edmonton Oilers after playing this season in Finland.

"You can never say no," the 22-year-old restricted free agent forward told Finnish news outlet Tampere Iltalehti. "I have grown and I see things a little differently. There's now a different GM (Ken Holland) and head coach (Dave Tippett) out there. They're building a winning team in Edmonton. It may be possible that I will still be playing there."

Puljujarvi left the Oilers at the end of last season and said he would never play for them again. He signed with Karpat in Liiga, Finland's top league, on Aug. 27, and scored 53 points (24 goals, 29 assists) in 56 games. Although his NHL contract expired after the 2018-19 season, the Oilers still hold his rights.

"It was a good and constructive conference call," Puljujarvi said of his recent talk with Holland and Tippett. "However, I will not go into the details. The call left a positive overall picture."

[Cail]

Max Pacioretty not playing in the exhibition and still not with the team. "Not playing tonight," coach Peter DeBoer said. "Not here yet, but improving quickly. That's about all I have."

[Cail]

David Pastrnak will play in tonight's exhibition.

"He's ready to play," Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said Wednesday. "I just want to make sure we're not rushing it. But at the end of the day, I would suspect he'll play."

[Richybear]

The Puljujarvi thing is funny cuz while it was still Chiarelli, JP would've had some more pull. Ken Holland would be like "I'm not gonna let some 22 year old kid try and pull weight when I've dealt with far superior players with less ego in Detroit, rot in Finland if you choose."

[Wulfgang]

Perds! Exhibition game and Seguin out, but they looked pretty good in a SO. Ready to bathe in all-day hackey.

[Cail]

Perds! Exhibition game and Seguin out, but they looked pretty good in a SO. Ready to bathe in all-day hackey.

Dont forget to make your predictions stranger!

[Cail]

AHL moves 2020-21 start date to Dec. 4

American Hockey League President and CEO Scott Howson has announced a revised start date for the 2020-21 AHL season, as approved by the league’s Board of Governors during its 2020 Annual Meeting held today via conference call.

At the recommendation of the AHL’s Return to Play Task Force, the Board of Governors has approved moving the anticipated start of the 2020-21 regular season to December 4, 2020, due to the ongoing COVID-19 public health crisis. The AHL will continue to work with its member clubs to monitor developments and local guidelines in all 31 league cities.

Further details regarding the 2020-21 American Hockey League schedule are still to be determined.

In operation since 1936, the AHL serves as the top development league for all 31 National Hockey League teams. Nearly 90 percent of today’s NHL players are American Hockey League graduates, and more than 100 honored members of the Hockey Hall of Fame spent time in the AHL in their careers.