2017-2018 NHL Thread

[herman]

#Flames announce a 6-year, $32.1 million extension for Selke candidate Mikael Backlund. That’s an AAV of $5.35M.

— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) February 17, 2018

Nooooooooooooooo

[Nik]

Nooooooooooooooo

Herman, remember Matthew 7:26. "The foolish man who built his house on sand".

[herman]

Nooooooooooooooo

Herman, remember Matthew 7:26. "The foolish man who built his house on sand".

I’m quite surprised that you’d cross over to the New Testament.

[Nik]

Nooooooooooooooo

Herman, remember Matthew 7:26. "The foolish man who built his house on sand".

I’m quite surprised that you’d cross over to the New Testament.

It's true, I've never been one for that Yeshua fellow but I'm a strict devotee of Homer's work:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQVkq0HJGWI

[herman]

It's true, I've never been one for that Yeshua fellow but I'm a strict devotee of Homer's work:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQVkq0HJGWI

Epic comeback, right there.

[herman]

Next season:
McDavid + Draisaitl = $21M

Gaudreau + Monahan + Ferland + Backlund = $20.225M

— Matchsticks & Gasoline (@MatchsticksCGY) February 17, 2018

Boom. Roasted.

[CarltonTheBear]

Next season:
McDavid + Draisaitl = $21M

Gaudreau + Monahan + Ferland + Backlund = $20.225M

— Matchsticks & Gasoline (@MatchsticksCGY) February 17, 2018

Boom. Roasted.

I mean you know me I'm all for trashing the Oilers, but would anyone actually make either of these trades if you're Edmonton:

McDavid ($12.5mil) for Gaudreau and Monahan ($13.125mil)

Draisaitl ($8.5mil) for Backlund and Ferland ($7.1mil)

[Frank E]

Many, if not most, of the hockey "experts", including many around here, had predicted the Oilers comfortably in the playoffs this season, if not a Cup contender.  It really hasn't gone as planned, but with a few changes, I think they're a definite threat next season.

This pile on the Oilers stuff is more to do with people still sour about them winning all the draft lotteries because of constant underachievement.

[herman]

Err I thought the Oilers were screwing themselves over with the moves Chiarelli’s been making.

[Nik]

This pile on the Oilers stuff is more to do with people still sour about them winning all the draft lotteries because of constant underachievement.

As opposed to the fact that they haven't been able to build a consistently competitive team despite having 4 #1 picks and a slew of other top 10 picks? Or the fact that for their tire fire of a team they needed hundreds of millions in public funding to display it?

[herman]

#NJDevils: Taylor Hall said the last time he had this much fun playing hockey in February was in Junior.

— Amanda Stein (@amandacstein) February 20, 2018

[Nik]

Nik, did the Oilers blow a 2 goal third period lead at home by giving up three unanswered including the winner with 1:04 to go?

Yes they did, other Nik. Yes they did.

[herman]

Nik, did the Oilers blow a 2 goal third period lead at home by giving up three unanswered including the winner with 1:04 to go?

Yes they did, other Nik. Yes they did.

[herman]

🚨 NSFW: #KLUTCHEROV 🚨 pic.twitter.com/sPrc7mbJhp

— Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) February 21, 2018

[CarltonTheBear]

There was some talk the other day about how everyone bought into the media pre-season predictions for the Oilers (including myself) and how they likely aren't actually this bad, but this was their line-up for last nights game:

Maroon-McDavid-Caggiula
Lucic-Draistaitl-Cammalleri
Khaira-Strome-Slepyshev
Puljujarvi-Letestu-Kassian

They're missing RNH, but still that's dreadful. I honestly don't understand what all the hype was about. That has to be one of the worst collection of wingers in the entire league.