It's flat out embarrassing seeing it happen over and over with the NHL

Bettman wont let that happen again

Some newer fans will leave and never come back.

Please avoid lockouts

@@nickh4354greed, only going to see more of these things happen as they get more and more opportunity for income.

I said this 20 years ago. At least the referees in the WWE have the decency to turn their backs when they're letting one wrestler break the rules. Hockey refs will just sit there and watch a player crosscheck someone in the face repeatedly.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣And call him a bust.

That's why I'm kind of glad that no one on WIP talks about the Flyers. The Eagles and Sixers takes are braindead enough, we don't need bad hockey takes to go with it.

Please make it 82 games

Benched after 10 minutes as GM tells coach he wants to preserve his trade value…

I detect jealousy. He's ours. And take's the spotlight away from Bedard. OOOOOH, ICAN'T WAIT. Go Flyers.

Should make it a percentage of salary

Why would the players want to give up more money?

​@@joshciviletti3032 ... to limit their own risk of getting injured from a cheap shot?

@@joshciviletti3032 Depends on if it can be put in the right framing. Hey players, you want to give up more money? Uh, No? Hey players, would you be okay with another player being slapped with a punishing fine if they were to injure you, thus acting as a deterrent for any player that would carelessly cut your career earning potential? ie: Your ability to *make* more money? Uh, Yes.

@@VonOzbourne Exactly there are plenty of players that have taken multiple cheap shots that would see the value in this. It's really only a bad thing if you're planning to go out and play dirty. The risk of accidentally doing something that you could get fined for is relatively low.

Be hopeful. Isn't 2K getting into FIFA? Hopefully they get back into NHL too although I doubt it because it's a niche market

​@@XaviRonaldo0NHL 2k6 is the best hockey game I've ever played, and I've played half the EA NHL games since then.

​@XaviRonaldo0 2k had various bugs and freezing issues with their hockey games. Can't remember with 2k9, but 2k6-8 had weird and bad logic when it came to salaries/salary cap too. They weren't bad games but they're a lot more flawed than people seem to remember

@@justjohnny420 yeah but competition can't hurt. The monopoly of EA is bad for having a reason to actually improve the game

@@Alex-js5lg I still remember ESPN NHL 2K4 and 2K5 for the PS2. Those were really good games. As for the NHL, this year should be much better revenue-wise for the sole reason of not having one team play in a 5000 seat arena. Fanatics jerseys should also be a storyline this year. Still sucks that they lost a big-name brand for their jersey manufacturer. I think Adidas tried harder than other manufacturers to make the league a fashion product, and its obvious they didn't feel their efforts were worth continuing the deal. The jury is out on whatever Fanatics produces.

One per team, minimum?

The Connor Cap!

It’s the new Ryan.

Any team that wants a second Bacon (ottercorrect) or Connor must first sign a Guy or a Gary.

Jake - Jake Guentz Jake Otteingr Jake DeBrsk Jake Alln Jake McCab Jake Evns Jake Bean Jake Middletn Jake Walmn Jacob Markstrm Jacob Chychrn Jacob Pelletie Jacob Lucchin Jakub Vran Jakub Lauk Jake Muzzn (will he come back or retire from inj, only 34?) Jake Gardinr (see above) Or Michael, Adam, Cole, William, & Alex

... and I don't think they'll be bad :)

I'll be watching them more to see how Stamkos and Marchessault pan out.

@@Mr.Quinlan888Skjei as well. They got better in a few places.

You know they will keep crying until the untax and Tax cities have a eqaul playing ground.

@@judistzoinkiski3395 Well that’s simply just not going to happen so they will be crying for a long time. Those states have been no tax for quite some time. People only started complaining when they began winning.

Yes. I’m in Philly. In the days after the Eagles won the Super Bowl some callers into sports radio stations were complaining about stuff.

Well, nothing is ever perfect and you can't make everyone happy. Plus some people just want to complain.

@@judistzoinkiski3395 Haters gonna hate, we just have to ignore those vocal minority and keep on having civilized conversations without them.

Connor Bedard’s a pretty cool guy, he was playing street hockey with a bunch of the kids at a block party I was at last week. Lowkey and quite friendly. Half the parents weren’t even familiar with where he’s playing, one of them asked how work was going in New York lmao

he is good for the league why is that an issue

@@JBTriple8it’s not but similar to the shit with Bronny or Caitlyn Clark they be making highlights or posts on shit that doesn’t matter whatsoever and that takes away from posts or highlights of other stars that did something way more interesting yet it doesn’t get covered because it’s overshadowed by some boring average pass bedard made.

@@obi-wankenobigoat lol what, he is good and isn't being backed by casuals like Clark

@@frankdobs I never said he wasn’t good please re-read, I’m saying like cc and bronny they use highlights of him making a mediocre pass and it overshadows a real highlight, he had plenty of legit highlights but also gets highlights that don’t matter

If he struggles moving to a new country, leaning a new language and adapting to a new league, or if he blows the doors off the league... neither would surprise me. Excited to see

Kind of like how concussions went _up_ when boxing added gloves because fighters could aim for the head without breaking their knuckles.

very true.

He's 41 goals away, so there won't really be big talk unless he gets something like 15 goals in the first 30.

I doubt he gets it this season. Unlikely he gets over 40 goals with how slow he is. He can't create his own shot anymore and when he tries to skate with the puck he gets dispossessed easily.

@@Fatazz They'll still be talking about it though. If he gets off to a fast start, they'll talk about whether or not he can break it next season. If he gets off to a slow start, they'll talk about whether or not he'll break it at all. So they'll be talking about it either way.

Granato did some great things.

I slightly disagree. While fewer nations than in football are realistic candidates, upsets can and do happen. In my opinion Canada is the gold standard, but on any given day I could see the US, Sweden (my team), Finland, or Czechia beating them. Also, while I of course understand that Russia cannot participate, it is a big loss in terms of the spectacle of the tournament.

The reason why there is a 4 Nations Cup is because the NHL only wants to use NHL players and make all the money for the NHL (Canada - 295), (USA - 207), (Sweden - 64) and (Finland - 36). Russia (41) will be there once they stop trying to take over the world. The Olympics and World Championships show us that many more than four countries should be included, but again, the NHL wants to make the $$$ here for themselves, not to foster the best competition and to be fair to other countries. The Czechs won the World Championship but their numbers aren't great if you are only picking NHL Czechs (23 players).

Fights are exciting! They've always intrigued people. The issue is that we now know more about concussions. Getting punched in the head can cause brain damage, so while sometimes they can be justified (IMO) they shouldn't be actively encouraged - if we care about the welfare of the players.

@@JunkratJoules who?

​@@gazingatmarsNew assistant coach for the Kraken🙂

I think you way over estimate how much he really cares about the day to day of the NHL, as far as the players are concerned. How does he manipulate them?

Somebody watches too much SDPN and just runs with everything they say.

I think when fighting/enforcement increases, stick work decreases & vice versa.

@@robkorsch3933I don’t disagree, but nowadays everything becomes so reactionary, I’m not sure the NHL could stand up to the scrutiny if someone really got hurt badly

​​@@spencer2365The topic needs to be looked at more broadly. The McDavid double cross-check in the Canuck series is a good example. If the Oilers had an enforcer like in previous years, would a play like that take place? Stick work can cause more serious injuries than fights.

Just stop. MacKinnon won it fairly and by a huge margin, both Peers and Critics agreed i.e. Hart and Lindsay

@@TheChief88 The Ted Lindsay was a toss-up, but the Hart should have definitely gone to Kucherov. They only gave it to Mack because he hasn’t won one yet. Seems like the Hart trophy has lost its original meaning and is just a popularity contest these days.

Depends what you mean by in the running for Celebrini. Tampa finished with 51 more points in the standings than the Sharks. I don't think any player has ever contributed anywhere close to 25.5 wins. If you mean in the bottom 11 then sure, it's possible he got them 7 wins.

@@alu.304 if these trophies are voted for by journalists and peers, then the awards are meaningless. it’s not an objective award, they just pick whoever they like more, not who they actually think should win.

@@rly-hq6wn I guess you have zero comprehension of what "Peers" refers to in this sense.

So Czechia and Slovakia/Switzerland? (Russia is persona non grata rn so it's a non starter)

@@neeltheother2342 of course Russia! It’s a professional NOT international tournament. Without the Russians and Czechs the “tournament” is a sideshow. Probably better than an all-star game, but still a huge missed opportunity.

@@joshpadraig I'm choosing to view it as a glass half full way in that it will be so much better than an all star game. And there is actually going to be some fun speculation on rosters leading up to it.

@@joshpadraigEph Ruzzia.

@RJM1972 1-2-3-4-5-6 This is how counting works.

No it isn't. World championship doesn't have a good portion of the best players from the league as they're still in the playoffs.

@RJM1972 No, it's not. It's more "World" than World Cup could ever be. Doubt the NHL will ever care of teams like Koreas or Turkmemistan.

@@Marixa1979 Yes but system is basically just like that, with even the weakest teams got chance to qualify through lower tier tournaments. It's the NHL that is outlier that doesn't really care. If they did, Worlds would propadly be held in some different date. Whole tournament developed during a century with NHL's indifference playing a role.

The new rule changes were pretty forgettable. In fact, I forgot all of them already...

True World Cup is World championship in the first place. Not tournament held exclusively in N. America. Should have kept Canada Cup brand. NHL ruined branding of international tournaments. For non hockey fans World Cup gets confused with Worlds and Olympics are confusing in being either one of best tournaments ever or tournament of less significance than Worlds, dependening on year.

Only once Poutine goes.

yeah if you're a capitals fan

Crosby

​@@patbromwell8701Crosby is from Nova Scotia, not Quebec

Is there really the market there? Wisconsin has teams in all the other 3 major sports.

Growing Metro region. Packers draw nationally. Maybe they can play in Madison on occasion as well.

If Rempe hones his skill on the ice and not in the ring he could become one of my favorite players. I like fighting, but not dangerous hits (the Trouba Flying Elbow Express)

I for one, thoroughly enjoyed the Rangers vs. Devils line brawl 😊

#4: Rempe being scratched for the 50th consecutive game before being sent down

@@sharkhaos_probablyideally he’s good at both

There is a blank spot on his pick board. Maybe he can put an insert into that blank spot.

Why do we need more teams? They play too many games as it is, with 2 or 4 more teams, the schedule will be even more ridiculous. There are usually half a dozen teams that endure playoff droughts for 8 or 10+ yrs. With 2 more teams that would mean like 8 to 10 teams that are horrendous for a decade - as it is usual for their to be repeat winners concurrently in a decade winning 2 or 3 Cups (Det, NJ, LAk, Pit, Chi, Tam) Why don't they start an (indoor) pro roller hockey league in the US?