2021-2022 NHL Regular Season Thread - Vaccinated and Back to Normal?

[Richybear]

At this point, just make it like MLB
Have your cap at $82.5M or whatever limit, but have a luxury tax system in place.
The NHL would love it because then the other teams would be supporting the Coyotes, the spending teams would love it because less cap gymnastics

Then we could go back to watching the Rangers throw money at everyone and still managing to fall flat on their face lol

[NynJa]

Gary would never go for that, "muh parity"

[Ratatapa]

Why would a team agree to reverse protect a pick?? That makes no sense.

Unless I misunderstood what this meant ?

The 2022 first-round pick is top-10 protected. If the pick goes to the 2023 Draft, the Canadiens will get an additional 2024 fourth-round pick.

[NynJa]

The “best thing” about toffoli trade is they if flames first rounder is not a top 10 then it gets delayed to 2023

Yes, so if the Flames pick in the top-10 this year, then we get their 2023 first round pick and a 2024 fourth-round pick. This happening is highly unlikely as, by point percentage, Calgary is 3rd in the West and 1st in their division, the only way such a collapse happens is Markstrom gets hurt.

[Vaspinne]

the only way such a collapse happens is Markstrom gets hurt.

*Laughs in superior goalie depth*

https://twitter.com/ToriePeterson/st...92808064913416

[Vaspinne]

Vladar (our backup) ain't too shabby either. 6-3-0 record, 2.64 GAA, .911% Sv%, 2 shutouts himself too. And he was one of the Bruin's top goalie prospects too

And he's currently backstopping the Flames in a 5-2 lead over LUMBUS with 12 minutes to go

[NynJa]

explain this:

[Vaspinne]

Yeah, that's clearly an error.

Chucky should be on the wing and Lindholm at center

[NynJa]

Icing 7 skaters and you cant even get my boy Toffoli over 10 minutes ToI.

[Vaspinne]

Icing 7 skaters and you cant even get my boy Toffoli over 10 minutes ToI.

Your boy just scored

[NynJa]

#FreeToffoli

[Obsidian]

*Laughs in superior goalie depth*

https://twitter.com/ToriePeterson/st...92808064913416

Just gonna remind you of the cautionary tale of the best AHL goalie there ever was, Garrett Sparks.

[Vaspinne]

He looks really happy to be here

https://twitter.com/27MilanLucic/sta...77289975107584

https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status...01427189342208

[Vaspinne]

On a serious note, doing that on 1 foot was fucking sick

[Salodin]

https://twitter.com/emilygar1218/sta...lUHOPF91A&s=19

Me just sitting here waiting for the cats to wake up

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[Richybear]

Obs, you got Brooks back

[NynJa]

How many (not unique) teams has Brooks been on this year?

[Obsidian]

Obs, you got Brooks back

While I doubt it matters much in the grand scheme of things, I did really like him. I guess this maybe also creaks open the door of possibly trading Kerfoot.

More center depth isn't a bad thing in my book.

Edit: He also has to clear waivers to go to the Marlies, so I wonder who's getting bumped from the Leafs' roster for him.

[Obsidian]

This shit hurts my brain https://twitter.com/EarlSchwartz27/s...45658654855169

[Richybear]

Just put Tavares on LTIR with Kucherovitis, acquire McDavid
Marner is allergic to his own skates or something (a la Hossa) and also get Draisaitl at the same time