10 NHL Storylines I Believe Will be Prominent This Coming Season

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@saltywingsandavsfan 25 дней назад

I hope the CBA comes to an agreement. I just can’t handle another lockout.

@nickh4354 25 дней назад

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

@TheHeston83 25 дней назад

Bettman wont let that happen again

@Phil00484 25 дней назад

Some newer fans will leave and never come back.

@NoahProGamer 25 дней назад

Please avoid lockouts

@TjayK2 25 дней назад

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

@Alex-js5lg 25 дней назад

I want to see them get rid of the constant cross-checking. There are probably a hundred cross-checks in a playoff game, and it's ridiculous. We need a year like we had with hooking and slashing where they were super strict for a season and it changed how the players played.

@SteveM1959 17 дней назад

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.

@joeb2151 25 дней назад

Michkov scores 0 goals, 0 assists in first 8 minutes of season. Flyers fans and media panic.

@peterolbrisch8970 25 дней назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣And call him a bust.

@wooderice64 24 дня назад

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.

@chickenfkeryay 24 дня назад

Please make it 82 games

@tomk.3428 23 дня назад

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

@lawrencefine5020 22 дня назад

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

@gabrielrockman 25 дней назад

For the next CBA, players need to agree to the department of player safety being allowed to give larger fines. It's ridiculous how low the current maximum is, given the player salaries.

@XaviRonaldo0 25 дней назад

Should make it a percentage of salary

@joshciviletti3032 25 дней назад

Why would the players want to give up more money?

@Alex-js5lg 25 дней назад

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

@VonOzbourne 25 дней назад

@@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.

@Nichaelas 24 дня назад

@@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.

@sharkhaos_probably 25 дней назад

If there's another lockout after the fiscal year the league just had, it would be the most NHL thing to happen to the NHL. Hoping we aren't forced to play NHL 26 for a season. I don't think I could take that.

@XaviRonaldo0 25 дней назад

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

@Alex-js5lg 25 дней назад

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

@justjohnny420 24 дня назад

@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

@XaviRonaldo0 24 дня назад

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

@outsideredge 24 дня назад

@@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.

@TerryCole-s2f 25 дней назад

Thank you for all you do. I've spent a lot of years watching ECHL and last year was my 1st NHL. You have helped make this experience so great!

@aaronreeve1414 25 дней назад

The next CBA needs a rule limiting the number of players in the league named “Connor”.

@DneilB007 25 дней назад

One per team, minimum?

@Statsy10 25 дней назад

The Connor Cap!

@jordanholmes9943 24 дня назад

It’s the new Ryan.

@geoffroi-le-Hook 24 дня назад

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

@mannyoliveira776 24 дня назад

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

@GWh135 25 дней назад

No matter what the league changes, fans will always find something else to complain about.

@judistzoinkiski3395 25 дней назад

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

@TjayK2 25 дней назад

@@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.

@musicstewart9744 25 дней назад

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.

@Alex-js5lg 25 дней назад

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

@jkliao6486 25 дней назад

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

@TjayK2 25 дней назад

I feel like the Preds will be a pretty big story this year regardless of if they’re good or bad.

@jeffparcels2410 25 дней назад

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

@Mr.Quinlan888 25 дней назад

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

@TjayK2 24 дня назад

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

@zjsz4954 22 дня назад

32 teams truly is perfect symmetry. 16 each conference, 8 per division. Half the teams from each conference make the playoffs the other half are in the lottery. It’s perfectly balanced.

@tobris6809 25 дней назад

I think we're going to hear a lot more about the "loyalty" of teams to players. IE Vegas and Tampa.

@chrisguardiano6143 25 дней назад

One storyline that I will be following closely this season when it comes to broadcasting is the addition of Amazon as a broadcaster in Canada for Monday night games & in the US (specifically in Seattle) as the streaming home for the Kraken. It will be interesting to see if they cover the NHL in the same way they do Thursday Night Football & be better than Sportsnet, ESPN & TNT.

@Darrakkii 25 дней назад

NHL be like: Our number 1 story for the next 15 years is CONNOR BEDARD, CONNOR BEDARD, CONNOR BEDARD.

@ajbolt7 25 дней назад

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

@TheHeston83 25 дней назад

he is good for the league why is that an issue

@obi-wankenobigoat 25 дней назад

@@TheHeston83it’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.

@frankdobs 24 дня назад

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

@obi-wankenobigoat 24 дня назад

@@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

@quag311 24 дня назад

Gary Bettman Zoom Call at 1M subs.

@gregrehkemper8196 25 дней назад

I thought for sure you'd mention Broadcasting rights, with Bally's going away and more teams setting up their own streaming services

@DanielNYR 25 дней назад

I would pay whatever they ask for NHL network, if that's still a thing, if they had content even half this good.

@JasonTzzz 25 дней назад

Last season was hands down the best season in the past decade. Rempe-mania made games exciting again where you could anticipate a fight and it could actually happen.

@Jmanrocks321 24 дня назад

Offense wins games, defense wins championships.

@abrootalkitty 25 дней назад

Comparing Michkov’s rookie season to other notable rookies, and seeing if the hype was worth it, will be very prominent for me.

@TheMrTwizter 24 дня назад

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

@briggsy5893 25 дней назад

I know you weren't listing stories about individual players, but I think it will be really interesting for the league how the Nichushkin situation plays out in November or later.

@Kyt2024 22 дня назад

Yep. Matthews' down season of 40 goals was largely due to him playing through multiple injuries. Some people talked after that season like he was already in decline and those injuries would hold him back from scoring at his high level again. Then he scores 69 in 81 games. Insane. I hope he hits 70 this year and Connor gets 150 points again. These things are good for hockey.

@schmidty2go312 24 дня назад

Awesome content, great topics to be looking at. We need more fighting to limit the cheap shots.... cheap shots are on the rise because there is no enforcers on the ice to make them pay.

@larslan1975 25 дней назад

I will always love you -“Whitney Houston” and Whoop there it is- “Tag Team” were 1 & 2 ,last time Canadian team won Stanley Cup 😅

@obi-wankenobi7041 24 дня назад

I would say Yzerplan is also partially on the line this season, it’s been working so far but enough people have been questioning it and with how close the wings were to the playoffs last season if they don’t make it this season, well…

@PickledHeartbreak 24 дня назад

If you sold THG Jerseys, I'd buy one.

@TheHeston83 25 дней назад

most of the CBA Demands have been met in another video you pointed out we should be okay Bettman doesn't want another lockout

@Nichaelas 24 дня назад

I think as usual one of the storylines is going to be if any teams that have been on the bubble of making the playoffs and trying to exit the rebuild will take a step forward and make it in which also raises the question of which team that made it before is going to fall off in order to let that team in. I think a lot of eyes are going to be on teams like Detroit, Buffalo, Ottawa, etc.

@Fatazz 25 дней назад

I think the prevailing thought is that Ovi won't get there until 25-26 at the earliest. So he'll be watched, but he won't really be on the clock unless something lights a fire under him.

@kurtwpg 25 дней назад

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

@XaviRonaldo0 25 дней назад

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.

@gabrielrockman 24 дня назад

@@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.

@snafaofficial 25 дней назад

In the four nation cup, should include allso at least Russia, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, and maybe Slovakia !

@Shuffledhearts 24 дня назад

Matthews is 53 goals away from having the most goals for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He'll probably set that record this upcoming season.

@jopiorienteering 25 дней назад

Could you do some videos commenting on your predictions from couple years ago and ranking how did you do? 😂

@sirekumasutra7022 24 дня назад

To me a big story would be which of Ottawa/Detroit/Buffalo finally makes the playoffs.

@jakobk8782 25 дней назад

thanks! best video so far for me :)

@DavidBlack-os9pl 23 дня назад

I'm interesting in Expansion. I think it's really close to happening. I see Atlanta with a lock, Phoenix too and Houston as a maybe. There are a couple of outside cities, as well. Sacramento and Louisville. Portland seems to be outside the duscussion; too bad.

@patch8376 25 дней назад

Players are also wearing body armor compared to the padding they used to have, which encourages playing with more reckless abandon.

@Alex-js5lg 25 дней назад

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

@shellysmith1037 25 дней назад

very true.

@KptKrunch9481 24 дня назад

World Cup works in Soccer because there dozens of 'premiere' leagues around the world, Europe, North America, and South America - that are pretty much all equal as the best players are scattered everywhere. In Hockey, there's the NHL, and after that all the other leagues are a clear step down - so fewer players to make a 'world cup of hockey' truly competitive. By that I mean, theres only ever two or three nations that can win a hockey gold, in Soccer - there's a legit 6 to 8 teams that can win - Italy, Spain, France, England, Netherlands, Germany, Argentina, Brazil just off the top of my head.

@roberttabell3070 24 дня назад

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.

@jeffreym.8957 12 дней назад

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).

@FalseCredential 25 дней назад

I definitely expect Michkov to be under a microscope this coming season and to be talked about a lot. I truly hope it fuels him.

@johnparker7191 25 дней назад

lets go! good video shann

@GizmoBeach 24 дня назад

I’m just looking forward to a full season of UPL in net for Buffalo. Hopefully the team gels quickly under Lindy; no matter what his mistakes, Granato definitely turned things around rather quickly after his hiring.

@jeffreym.8957 12 дней назад

Granato did some great things.

@durockps 23 дня назад

I loved the tournament with North Am, Europe and Young guns. My favorite hockey tournament is the olympics!

@DarrenMcI 24 дня назад

Shannon,nothing to do with this clip,I just wanted to thank you for introducing The Warning to my wife and I.I really hope they play anywhere in the maritimes,cheers and keep up the awesome work!

@Bogieking78 24 дня назад

I remember the "Broad Street Bullies" lol. Fighting in hockey is something that just is, but I agree it gets less and less. Looking forward to the new season!

@jeffreym.8957 12 дней назад

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.

@PauMaz 25 дней назад

My biggest complaint about officiating is the “assumed call.” If you didn’t see it because you had a bad angle or you had an obscured view then don’t call the penalty.

@TWISTEDSUNRISEKI 25 дней назад

Ive been hearing that nhl will soon be coming to Milwaukee like reloactiong or expansion

@JFoxman 22 дня назад

NHL in Houston!

@mattlovespeebee 25 дней назад

As a lawyer, Bettman knows that if he leaves everything in gray areas then he can’t be held accountable for not maintaining a standard that he never sets. He LOVES being the emperor in the coliseum randomly giving the thumbs up/down and having the power to manipulate His players

@csolivais1979 25 дней назад

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?

@Marixa1979 24 дня назад

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

@dmonsef 24 дня назад

Shannon, let us not sugar coat officiating as it's bad. There is a rulebook, so they should damn near call what is in the rulebook and not do this obvious game management of the game!

@jmahan2828 25 дней назад

you missed a big topic here: The new rule changes.

@jeffreym.8957 12 дней назад

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

@lawrencefine5020 22 дня назад

One word... Michkov. Nuff said. Go Flyers.

@JD200_ 25 дней назад

THG gotta mediate between the NHLPA and league owners

@Brent21 24 дня назад

How about the 2 different sets of rules between reg season and layoffs?

@zjsz4954 22 дня назад

People always forget to check their biases when it comes to officiating

@kfnwuwbw9s 24 дня назад

I mean, the NHL is really close to being dead against its competition. Tix are unaffordable for 90%+ of fans, younger people can't really afford to even play the game anymore, the NHL displays clear favoritism towards certain teams that has hurt fan loyalty more than ever before, each CBA is basically guaranteed revenue loss due to lost play, and the NHL is perfectly okay with being stagnant when all of its competition has grown exponentially faster over the last 30 years. In 15 years or so, the NHL will be a shell of the already flustering League it is today. And that just sucks.

@GizmoBeach 24 дня назад

They definitely need to make games more accessible; no more regional blackouts, and stop doing things like allowing CapFriendly to be bought/shut down, having a crap company take charge of jersey manufacture/sales.

@jeffreym.8957 12 дней назад

Hockey HL is $600 vs. $280 for soccer. Equipment can be bought at used stores or borrowed from other people. Hockey costs more than soccer because it's worth it.

@wifishark8 25 дней назад

Utah's season will be interesting, but whatever happens, the effects of Meruelo's rein will have an impact.

@Boris_Chang 24 дня назад

How was the tv attendance for the SCF series?

@JunkratJoules 25 дней назад

I think we will hear a lot about Jessica Campbell.

@gazingatmars 23 дня назад

@@JunkratJoules who?

@zjsz4954 22 дня назад

11:24 scoring drops but winning increases in the late 20s

@neeltheother2342 25 дней назад

A benefit of seeing scoring go down for next season is that it makes Shannon's 80s magnets during reviews more special.

@jamesruscheinski8602 14 дней назад

discussion of starting Canadian hockey league?

@joshpadraig 25 дней назад

I’d be excited if it were 6 nations tbh

@neeltheother2342 25 дней назад

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

@joshpadraig 25 дней назад

@@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.

@crushdavis7048 25 дней назад

@@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.

@JonDoe-ln6nl 25 дней назад

@@joshpadraigEph Ruzzia.

@joshpadraig 24 дня назад

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

@anthonyruggiero1988 24 дня назад

You forgot to mention that open ice hits while a player skates with his head down mid shift are now frowned upon and seen as something you're not supposed to do. There's this code now with a lot of guys, not all, but a lot, where if you’re not near the boards, you don’t check someone.

@jceggert7163 25 дней назад

4 nations cup just seems like allstar games minus the skills competition

@hsjensen2617 25 дней назад

Only 82 days left until hockey!

@spartanworrior4519 24 дня назад

Feel like the 4 nations cup should be a 6 nations cup so we would get Czechia and then maybe invite another country?

@robertr997 9 дней назад

Charging is rarely called anymore and happens on almost every hard check. Not a complaint, just an observation. Also the running into the Goalie is out of control and rarely penalized.

@cams1552 25 дней назад

A true World Cup of hockey would have Russia in it also

@laughingbeast4481 25 дней назад

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.

@JonDoe-ln6nl 25 дней назад

Only once Poutine goes.

@timw4369 25 дней назад

CBA negotiations always get done due to pressure. When their is no pressure nothing happens so don't expect it to get done early.

@laughingbeast4481 25 дней назад

What you describe as "true World Cup of hockey" is World championship.

@Marixa1979 24 дня назад

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.

@laughingbeast4481 24 дня назад

@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.

@laughingbeast4481 24 дня назад

@@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.

@gregbayers7214 24 дня назад

I still have a hard time understanding why the NHLPA would agree to the escrow

@johnny2003 25 дней назад

Kuch not getting the hart was wrong.

@jamesruscheinski8602 14 дней назад

do video on escrow?

@astrobot3038 25 дней назад

11. Mitch Marner

@diggergeensen860 24 дня назад

I’m not stoked about the 4 nations cup either.

@ToABrighterFuture 25 дней назад

Why not have helmet cams for the referees? I mean, they're not omniscient, and sometimes, they really won't see something that looks obvious up in the nosebleeds.

@bobby_pilgrim4528 25 дней назад

Storylines: Injuries and point streaks!

@spencer2365 25 дней назад

Fighting can still hang in there, but I think we are one serious injury or ugly incident on the ice from it seriously being in danger of going away

@robkorsch3933 25 дней назад

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

@spencer2365 25 дней назад

@@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

@robkorsch3933 25 дней назад

@@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.

@jamesruscheinski8602 14 дней назад

does expansion revenue help raise salary cap?

@domcagney2352 25 дней назад

I hope they tinker with the offside review rule. Idk how they could change it, that’s why I don’t make the big bucks…but this review for a player that was an eyelash offside 20 seconds before the goal was scored thing is getting a little ridiculous . I want everything to be right but that’s not the spirit of the rule and it often times has nothing to do with the play. It’s starting to feel like the NFL where any time something cool happens, you’re looking through your fingers for a flag. Again, idk how they fix it or change it, but it’s getting a little out there

@augustsmith9633 25 дней назад

So what drug have you been taking that makes you think Utah will improve that roster by 20pts in that conference?

@KingKronik42o 24 дня назад

Id like to see the nhl/nhlpa allow buyouts without cap penalties. It hinders the NHL from being able to ice the best possible product, and penalizes fans for GM made decisions. Look at all of the long term deals signed this free agency, how many gms last 7-8 years, they can make deals that cripple orginizations, the players, the fans and the league from being the best product possible. Mr bettman, tear down this wall.

@peterolbrisch8970 25 дней назад

We shall see....

@Paul-ud7pt 24 дня назад

The 4-Nations Cup is just to replace the NHL All-Star game. That's why it is only open to NHL players. It is like Rendez-vous '87, not a Canada Cup or the Olympics. I think it will be cool. Cooler than an All-Star game anyway.

@kenyonbitter8444 25 дней назад

That is a medical release of a Doctor

@mattwilliams7454 24 дня назад

Patrik Laine redemption arc!

@skippy127 25 дней назад

Calder Race and breakout stars. NHL is ripe for new blood this year. Huge draft year. Lots of call ups and entry level contracts. Celebrini, Smith, Parekh, Michkov, Stankoven, Lekkhermaki etc. Going to be a cuththroat year for Rookies. Almost feels like a changing of the guard.

@Phil00484 25 дней назад

It’s time for NHL hockey in Milwaukee.

@XaviRonaldo0 25 дней назад

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

@Phil00484 25 дней назад

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

@louannsen 25 дней назад

Maybe the Ducks trying to make the playoffs this coming season

@michaelkeller5927 24 дня назад

If the CBA goes to a lockout and we miss a season of McDavid, Bedard, Makar, Matthews, MacKinnon, Draisaitl's careers (maybe even Crosby's final year) Bettman should not only be fired, he should be drawn and quartered.

@goadamson 22 дня назад

Nothing about Fanatics? Might end up being a mute point this year given they are using Adidas factories until 25-26.

@dantonliam 24 дня назад

Officiating was aweful

@DennieWilliamson 25 дней назад

If there’s a labor stoppage there would be a strike not a lockout the owners are happier than ever

@timw4369 25 дней назад

I think 9 out of 10 of your points won't even be looked at.

@josephj-dw6sn 23 дня назад

totally agree about world-cup thoughts that it should mimic soccer/olympics to be a real world cup, which at this point it ain't. 4-nations cup is also not attractive.

@aaronking2824 25 дней назад

When expansion does happen, is shannon going to commission a new puck board for power rankings?

@jacobdill4499 24 дня назад

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

@ninchubs 25 дней назад

i think Ovi goal chase should be 1

@TheKitKatThe 24 дня назад

yeah if you're a capitals fan

@RinkrattHockey 24 дня назад

Yeah, I’m not excited at all for the 4 Nations Cup. There is a lot of good players that won’t be in it and besides Canada doesn’t have a lot of goaltender options.

@Ole66 24 дня назад

Players love expansion it’s 50 more jobs

@mannyoliveira776 24 дня назад

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?

@user-mh6nn5ju7g 25 дней назад

The Canada no Stanley Cup drought is perplexing 😮

@TheBlazingMonkey 25 дней назад

its pretty simple... 7 canadian teams... 25 american teams.. thats just math

@XaviRonaldo0 25 дней назад

I just hope it ends soon because I hate seeing the idiotic conspiracy theories.

@DneilB007 25 дней назад

It’s just the New York Rangers x7, really. Partway through a proper rebuild, someone decides to cheat a little bit on the timeline, which results in the team institutionalizing a roster flaw that cannot be corrected without blowing up the roster. Short of blind luck, the Leafs cannot fix their top-3 defenseman shortage, the Oilers cannot fix their goaltending problems, and the Canucks can’t get a good second pairing.

@michaellord9745 24 дня назад

Bring the NHL back to Minnesota !!!

@kylejohansen689 25 дней назад

A World Cup of Hockey where lower level nations compete to qualify for it would be cool, but at the end of the day there are only a few elite hockey countries, compared to the futbol which has Spain, Germany, France, Argentina, England, Italy, Croatia, Brazil, Uruguay, Portugal, Netherlands, etc. 4 Nations Cup will be cool to see because we haven't seen any best on best in ages. And sounds like the rosters will be stacked. Q. Hughes, Fox, and McAvoy vs Hedman, Karlsson, and Forsling? Yes please. Barkov, Aho, and Rantanen vs Crosby, McDavid, and MacKinnon? Awesome.