Hockey Thread! (NHL etc.)

[SkyPikachu]

I'm so sick of Chicago winning the damn cup. Lightning fans should be proud of their team though they are a young hot team.

[SkyPikachu]

Huge stuff announced last couple of days.

1. We're going straight to 3 on 3 hockey when OT starts.
2. Coaches Challenges are coming in.
3. Price won 4 awards. (Hart,Vezina,Lindsay and Jennings)
Karlsson won the Norris
Ekblad won the Calder
Hudler won the Lady Byng
Bergeron won the Selke
Flames coach Hartley won the Jack Adams
Dubnyk won the Bill Masterton
Toews won the Messier
Yzerman (Tampa Bay) won the GM of the year
4. Red Wings play Toronto (And Babcock) in the wings home opener.
5. And lastly this is the NHL 16 cover art.

[SkyPikachu]

So 3 on 3 hockey will be fun to watch it's not ideal but anythings better than a shootout.

Coaches Challenges are long overdue.

Price did amazing and Ekblad deserved the Calder.

That red wings v babcock game will be fantastic.

The NHL 16 cover art is horrific. The design, The presentation and the color just looks dull. It looks like a high school kid made it who's learning to use photoshop. Not to mention.

1. Should be an action shot as they look so much better.
2. Toews and Kane have been on the cover before.
3. That's 3 covers that Chicago's had this decade.
4. It should have Price or Benn or even fucking Perry.

Nonetheless I'm back to hating EA so all is normal in the world.

[SkyPikachu]

The Colorado Avalanche trade Ryan O'Rielly and Jamie McGinn to the Buffalo Sabres for JT Compher, Nikita Zadorov, Mikhail Grigorenko, and the 31st overall pick.
ZADOROV HYPE! No more ROR HYPE! (Avs draft 1st tomorrow)

Carl Soderberg signs a 5 year contract with the Colorado Avalanche with a $4.75M AAV.
Pricey but probably worth it.

The Los Angeles Kings trade the 13th overall pick, Martin Jones and Colin Miller for Milan Lucic (50% salary retained)
As a fan of a western team I'll be the first to say. Fucking hell. Half price Lucic is pretty amazing.

McDavids went to Edmonton and Eichel went to Buffalo
No surprises.

[VictorViper]

The Los Angeles Kings trade the 13th overall pick, Martin Jones and Colin Miller for Milan Lucic (50% salary retained)
As a fan of a western team I'll be the first to say. Fucking hell. Half price Lucic is pretty amazing.

I never pay much attention to trades, especially teams I don't follow, but yes, this got me to jump in and say fucking hell with ya!

[SkyPikachu]

Kessel traded to Pittsburgh. (The return was crap too and Toronto Retained 1.2 mil)

HAHAHA @ any metro team fans.

[VictorViper]

$1.2M for seven more years. He's the gift that keeps on giving.

[Kong Wen]

Obviously they felt it was worth it just to get him out of their locker room. He can score, but I wonder what effect he'll have on already-kinda-sorta-motivated guys like Evgeni Malkin.

Saad to Columbus, Green and Richards to Detroit, other Richards getting sacked, and Williams to the Capitals seemed to be the other big stories so far. Sather stepping down could also be a good one.

[SkyPikachu]

Toronto only got a little bit more back then Chicago did with the Saad trade it still feels like they (Toronto) got ripped off.

[Kong Wen]

Toronto only got a little bit more back then Chicago did with the Saad trade it still feels like they (Toronto) got ripped off.

Maybe a bit. My sense is that even if they didn't get anything back, getting that guy out of their organization is a win for them.