2020-2021 NHL Thread

[herman]

Lupul'd.

6M for this year and next left on the table. Is this LTIR or retirement?

[CarltonTheBear]

Johnny Boychuk, who suffered a gruesome-looking eye injury just days before the NHL season was paused in March because of the coronavirus pandemic, told Newsday on Wednesday that he's fully recovered and will be ready to play if the season resumes.

The Islanders defenseman needed 90 stitches to repair a cut above his eyelid, which he suffered when he was hit by the skate of the Montreal Canadiens' Artturi Lehkonen on March 3. He didn't suffer any damage to the eye itself.

"My eye seems to be almost like 100 percent," Boychuk told Newsday. "There's going to be a little bit of discomfort, but not much. Nothing to have me worried about being on the ice again."

[Deebo]

Good for the Isles, I wouldn't be surprised to hear about a Barzal signing.

Will the rest of the hockey world whine about this as much as they did when it was Lupul?

[herman]

#Isles release says Boychuk's career is over, not that he's retiring. Will try to get some clarification but assume this means he's going to be on IR, either long-term or regular, until his contract runs out after 2021-22.

— Arthur Staple (@StapeAthletic) November 25, 2020

[CarltonTheBear]

Last time the NHL and NHLPA talked was a week ago now. It’s obvious that we’re not close to a deal but that doesn’t mean that it’s the end of the story. You have to expect that talks will resumed at one point. We just don’t know when.

— Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) November 26, 2020

So... January 1st eh?

[L K]

Honestly, I'm not sure I can handle a 3rd lockout in 15 years.  If the NHL said "we are shutting down for the 20/21 season due to COVID and feel that safety is paramount for our players and their families" I'm good with it.  But if it is more of this "poor owners" vs. "rich players" crap I might lose interest in it altogether.

The first two lockouts have cut my passion down quite a bit and a 3rd one is really not something I'm sure I'm interested in supporting.

[Heroic Shrimp]

The same contest also sees Penguins' 22-year old winger Markus Naslund score 3 times for his 1st of 11 career NHL hat tricks. Just under 4 months later however (March 20, 1996), after 52 points (19G-33A) in 66 games Naslund gets dealt to the @Canucks in exchange for Alek Stojanov https://t.co/gguouUUmyh pic.twitter.com/Bxo4pODe42

— StatsCentre (@StatsCentre) November 29, 2020

What a brutally one-sided trade that was. Career numbers:

Naslund
1117-395-474-869

Stojanov
107-2-5-7

Stojanov was a winger picked #7 overall.

[Bender]

The same contest also sees Penguins' 22-year old winger Markus Naslund score 3 times for his 1st of 11 career NHL hat tricks. Just under 4 months later however (March 20, 1996), after 52 points (19G-33A) in 66 games Naslund gets dealt to the @Canucks in exchange for Alek Stojanov https://t.co/gguouUUmyh pic.twitter.com/Bxo4pODe42

— StatsCentre (@StatsCentre) November 29, 2020

What a brutally one-sided trade that was. Career numbers:

Naslund
1117-395-474-869

Stojanov
107-2-5-7

Stojanov was a winger picked #7 overall.

What a fleecing.

[herman]

#CBJ players are returning to Nationwide Arena this week after a two-week break following a COVID-19 outbreak.

Club is doing COVID tests, obviously, but also cardiac testing on players, per GM Jarmo Kekalainen, before they’re permitted to return.

1/2

— Aaron Portzline (@Aportzline) November 30, 2020

[Nik]

If some of the things I've been reading about what the next 6-8 weeks might look like in the states comes true then there's going to be a point where all the testing needed to make a sports season work is going to look very, very bad if front line care workers can't get them.

[CarltonTheBear]

{unconsciously screaming} pic.twitter.com/FlwawEKI05

— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) November 30, 2020

lol

[Frycer14]

If some of the things I've been reading about what the next 6-8 weeks might look like in the states comes true then there's going to be a point where all the testing needed to make a sports season work is going to look very, very bad if front line care workers can't get them.

Heh, I'd take it further than testing...where money trumps morals, I can see athletes getting access to a vaccine through the side entrance at the same time as at-risk populations.

[Frank E]

If some of the things I've been reading about what the next 6-8 weeks might look like in the states comes true then there's going to be a point where all the testing needed to make a sports season work is going to look very, very bad if front line care workers can't get them.

Heh, I'd take it further than testing...where money trumps morals, I can see athletes getting access to a vaccine through the side entrance at the same time as at-risk populations.

I'd 100% bet on the leagues contacting the pharma companies and buying their own supply.

[CarltonTheBear]

If this is in response to the item in Insider Trading, Force Majeure could be applied if the NHLPA legally challenged a cancelled season by trying to establish an illegal lockout. Neither side wants to cancel the season. This was purely in response to speculation on PA strategy. https://t.co/lsLpJi4iHU

— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) December 2, 2020

We all should have known that CBA extension went way too smoothly.

[Nik]

Until the PA can get it together to the extent that they can win a labour standoff there's really no downside for owners to keep coming back and asking for more. All of the rumblings about Force Majeure or anything else is just going to be window dressing for the owners thinking, with good reason, that if they withhold a couple of paychecks the players will fold as quick as you like.