The Official 2023-24 Season Talk Thread

[bhurst99]

Quote: Originally Posted by bhurst99

I'm enjoying the Edmonton Oilers downward spiral more than I should be enjoying another Canadian team suffering.

This did not age well. Don't think they've lost since I posted this.

[Majingir]

I don't know who hates the Leafs more right now, the Islanders fans or that anthem singer. That was brutal.

Singing the anthem at 2x the speed while also changing the tone and then missing a whole section of the anthem....

[DrJones]

Quote: Originally Posted by bhurst99

This did not age well. Don't think they've lost since I posted this.

In retrospect, seems pretty clear the early season disaster was largely that new "defensive scheme" and McDavid being less than 100%.

[Kobalt]

Oilers had bad shooting luck to begin the year, and were always gonna regress to the mean as the season went on.

Rantanen going after a teammate's dad in a postgame interview was not on my bingo card this year.

[bhurst99]

The scheduling can get odd at times.

Ottawa has played only 23 games while four teams have already played 30. Of their first 23 games, Ottawa has only played six road games. Seems really bizarre. Not sure if it's simply a quirk in the schedule or if there's a reason.

[Majingir]

Thursday:
Leafs down 5-0, lost in OT

Today:

Leafs up 5-0, we'll see....

[Majingir]

DJ Smith gone as Sens coach

Jacques Martin who hasn't been a head coach in over a decade and is now in his 70s takes over. This will be his 5th different decade coaching.

Alfredsson is now an assistant coach.

In other news, Fleury was supposed to start tonight vs the Pens in what was likely his last game in Pittsburgh....but the Wild are sitting him.

It's night 1 of a back to back, so he's playing today or tomorrow regardless, they just decided to hold him out until Boston (despite Nedeljkovic being much better vs Boston than Pittsburgh in his career too).

[Kobalt]

Bedard scored a Michigan goal, wonder how long it takes for someone to say that's bad for the game.