2024-2025 NHL Regular Season Thread: The One Where Everyone is Injured

[Cail]

Well boys, the NHL is back! Regular season starts tomorrow in Prague with NJ&BUF playing a back2back Friday+Saturday while other teams are playing preseason games still.

We got big names already out for months including Doughty and Laine. Panarin & Celebrini are currently day-to-day. Who knows whats going on with Demko.

[Cail]

Oh hey look, we already got cap circumvention too!

https://x.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1841862028505342117

[Cail]

https://x.com/NHLPlayerSafety/status...38507330777180

[Obsidian]

Why the fuck are they playing regular season games a week before the home openers, lol.

[Richybear]

Look, each team needs 47 preseason matches to get back into game shape, but also gotta have Euro games because dammit, the people of Prague deserve to see Jason Zucker

[Cail]

https://x.com/habsinhighheels/status...C22RdOkV5t6tVA

[Bombur]

Oh hey look, we already got cap circumvention too!

https://x.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1841862028505342117

Well isn't that nice for Vegas.

Price should skip medicals, Habs have been handicapped 10.5M for 4 years now.

[Bombur]

https://x.com/NHLPlayerSafety/status...38507330777180

This is the hit to Hedman, that caused all this.

https://x.com/GinoHard_/status/1841636395246617005

[Bombur]

Mcdavid throwing F-bombs after a game, during the Cup final.

https://x.com/NHL/status/1841855825616195994

[Richybear]

Nah, Amazon is lying, was during the preseason game last night vs the Kraken. lol j/k

But it's cool to see him amped up and not like his usual autistic robot self during most interviews. That being said, it's why I love how Spittin Chiclets brings that out of guys rather than "110%. pucks deep. full 60, team effort... zZzzzZzzZzZzzzzZzZzzZzZzzzz"

[Cail]

https://x.com/frank_seravalli/status...aSH6JJMfOGKrZg

[Cail]

Predictions:


Atlantic: Toronto/Florida/Tampa/Boston
Metro: Rangers/Devils/Caps/Canes
Central: Colorado/Dallas/Nashville/Winnipeg
Pacific: Edmonton/Vancouver/Kings/Vegas

Stanley Cup: Edmonton
President's: Edmonton
Hart: McDavid
Vezina: Shesterkin
Norris: Dahlin
Art Ross: McDavid
Calder: Michkov
Selke: Barkov
Richard: Matthews
Jack Adams: Spencer Carberry

Bonus: Ovi does not pass Gretzky this year but gets within 10

[Cail]

https://x.com/renlavoietva/status/1842252219195748681

[Cail]

https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/statu...60520285462994

save of the year candidate in game 1

[Obsidian]

SOTY candidate a week before the season even starts (for everyone else) lol.

[Cail]

https://x.com/reporterchris/status/1...C22RdOkV5t6tVA

[Cail]

https://x.com/walsha/status/18423341...aSH6JJMfOGKrZg

[Cail]

also,

https://x.com/JeffMarek/status/1842316056401993937

[Cail]

https://x.com/reporterchris/status/1...gIRK2bOMcBVXxg

[Obsidian]

Leafs end the preseason 4-2, with 4 straight wins.

Overall, I like the look of this D core a lot more than past years. I think Timmins is more a placeholder than anything and I think Liljegrin is going to get traded at some point because this guy just looks mid as hell and he's being paid way more than a mid person should be. The PK has also looked much improved, time will tell if the PP can be even remotely threatening but early signs are at least encouraging. The whole team feels like it has a little more bite to it and some of the depth D they have like Rafai and Myers give them some more while also looking like usable defenders.

Will Auston hit 70? Can Woll play more than 4 games without pulling his groin? Will Marner ever score a playoff point again? Find out this season, on Maple Leafs Z.