The Official 2021-22 Season Talk Thread

[Majingir]

Mikheyev out 2 months

Matthews out at least this week


This season already getting off to a lackluster start and it hasn't even begun yet.

[Kobalt]

My SC prediction is Islanders over Vegas

[DrJones]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kobalt

My SC prediction is Islanders over Vegas

That'd be a hell of a feat. I can't help thinking their style of play isn't conducive to three lengthy playoff runs over a compressed time frame, but we'll see.

[Fiddy]

Well, didn't expect the Pens to head into Tampa and pull that off. But, hot dang I'll take it.

[Jeffrey99]

Not a big fan of the drone camera or whatever ESPN was using last night. Just way to far from the action and couldn't see anything.

[pietasterp]

It was good to see hockey back on ESPN, though. It was immediately noticeable how much more coverage hockey got on "Sportscenter" right off the bat (insomuch as there was coverage, unlike the past 20 years or so). And the iconic NHL on ESPN theme music always warms the heart as well...

Watched the Kraken debut. I like that they went clean with their sweaters; didn't succumb to the 'expansion team' zaniness of using odd color combinations or overly 'market tested', Disney-fied looks. Minor minus points for using teal, but it sort of fits with Seattle (Mariners use a similar shade, and I generally like the idea of cities having a relatively uniform "theme" color palette for the pro sports franchises, like Pittsburgh with black-and-gold). That ended up being a pretty exciting game as well.

Also, good laugh of the night when Scott Van Pelt mentioned the "NHL 94" move on one of the goals...I know that joke gets old, but I laugh every time.

Bonus anecdote only meaningful to me: in college, I lost about 100 straight games of NHL 94 on Sega Genesis to my roommate (yes, I'm old, but that game was old even at that time - it was not a new release when I was in college, so save your insults LOL). He basically did the exact same move that everyone knows over and over and over again (skate straight at one side of the goal, make a hard-90-degree turn to the other side of the goal, release shot - rinse, repeat, ad infinitum until you win the game 12-8), and I eventually got so pissed off that I complained that if I could control the goaltender, he would never be able to score a goal because I wouldn't fall for that play.

So he looked up how to take control of the GK (I think hold down "C"?) to call my bluff, and the very next game, I won 2-1, the last 2 minutes of the game consisting of me icing the puck repeatedly to burn the clock. My roommate claimed my icing the puck at the end was not within the spirit of the game (although he used language that was not quite as erudite...I'm pretty sure he referred to me as female dog at one point) and threw down the controller in disgust.

We never played again.

[DrJones]

NHL 94 was a new release when I was in college, LOL

[Majingir]

Leafs new helmet sponsor (formerly Scotiabank)?

Mastercard?
Molson Canadian?
Rogers?
Bell?

Nope, TikTok, no joke.