The Official 2020-2021 Season Talk Thread

[nikethebike]

Quote: Originally Posted by Majingir

Playing the same few teams all the time will be fun.

You think seeing the same game over and over for a full season is fun?
I'm glad this is hopefully temporary myself. Much better than nothing, but I like seeing different teams play. But who knows perhaps I will change my mind?

[Majingir]

Quote: Originally Posted by nikethebike

You think seeing the same game over and over for a full season is fun? I'm glad this is hopefully temporary myself. Much better than nothing, but I like seeing different teams play. But who knows perhaps I will change my mind?

If it's the NBA then that's a diff story because if you see Lakers vs Suns 10 times, the Lakers are probably winning at least 9 times. In the NHL, anyone can win on any given night, and you feel those rivalries more when it comes to playing the same team over and over again.

You could see Leafs vs Sens where Leafs win 5-1 one night, and Sens win 3-2 the next.

[nikethebike]

Quote: Originally Posted by Majingir

If it's the NBA then that's a diff story because if you see Lakers vs Suns 10 times, the Lakers are probably winning at least 9 times. In the NHL, anyone can win on any given night, and you feel those rivalries more when it comes to playing the same team over and over again. You could see Leafs vs Sens where Leafs win 5-1 one night, and Sens win 3-2 the next.

While that's true to a degree, I like seeing McDavid face Crosby or Ovechkin vs Matthews. Not getting to see the best face eachother at all is kind of a letdown. But as I said hopefully this is temporary.

[Majingir]

So from what I read, the Canadian government has already approved letting teams play here? Guess it got buried in the news with everything I've been doing the past 2-3 days.

So now we can focus on hockey! Still feels more like a lockout than anything else, especially right now when NFL is going on, NBA is back and world juniors is on. At least we know NHL will be back in just over 2 weeks!

[ImTellinTim]

The combination of not having Fox Sports North and being on the West Coast half the time means I will be basically watching no Wild games. *shrugs*

[Majingir]

NHL randomly having 2 outdoor games. On the plus side, at least they can do so without needing fans.

And most shocking, Chicago isn't part of it, although Boston still is.

They're playing at Lake Tahoe Edgewood Resort.

Will be interesting to see how it all looks on TV.

[Majingir]

Spurgeon named the 2nd full time captain in Wild history (they had a rotating list of guys from 00-08)

Canucks signing Hamonic to a PTO.

[Majingir]

NHL will be naming the divisions.

So what will we see? Wales and Campbell, Norris and Smythe? Howe, Gretzky, Orr, Lemieux?

Wrong. It'll be Scotiabank, Honda, Discover, MassMututal.

Seriously. Good news at least is that it helps the league financially, and the official division names will still be North, east,central,west.

Scotiabank North Division
MassMututal East Division
Honda West Division
Discover Central Division