Random NHL comments/thoughts

[buddha]

6 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

So how did the firing of Jim Montgomery work out, Bruins? They fired him 20 games into this season after 135 and 109 point seasons, and they're as abysmal as the Wings now, at 69 points through 73 games. Meanwhile, the Blues who were 9-12-1 before Montgomery have gone 30-16-6 since hiring him, including 14-2-2 since the 4 Nations break.

it was a blessing for montgomery.  the bruins were due for a big regression.

speaking of which, would the wings sign marchand?

[lordstanley]

I am sure this will have cap implications.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6245657/2025/03/31/nhl-rogers-sportsnet-broadcasts/

 

The National Hockey League and Canadian telecommunications giant Rogers have agreed to a new 12-year national broadcasting deal worth $7.7 billion that will begin in 2026, according to multiple reports Monday.

Rogers declined comment when contacted by The Athletic.

Sportico first reported the story Monday, and the Associated Press confirmed it, citing “a person familiar with the deal.”

The new agreement will come at the conclusion of the previous 12-year deal agreed to by both parties, which was signed in 2013 for $5.2 billion Canadian. The deal is expected to allow Rogers to sell some games to other networks like Amazon Prime, which is broadcasting games on Monday nights in Canada through 2026.

Last June, Amazon declined comment when asked if Amazon Prime Monday games would be a gateway to getting more games once Rogers’ current deal expires next year.

The NHL also has broadcasting deals with ESPN and TNT in the United States. Both channels and the NHL agreed to a seven-year contract worth $4.5 billion in 2021.

Canadian NHL teams will continue to have regional deals with either Sportsnet or TSN to broadcast their games. The Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames both agreed to 11-year broadcasting deals with Sportsnet in 2024. The Vancouver Canucks’ current deal with Rogers expires in 2033. Bell recently acquired content rights for the Toronto Maple Leafs last September in a 20-year deal. The Winnipeg Jets, Montreal Canadiens and Ottawa Senators each have broadcasting deals with Bell’s TSN or RDS that run through 2026.

[Motor City Sonics]

Absolutely incredible fact here. 

 

Gretzky 894 goals in 1487 games

Ovechkin 892 goals in 1485 games.  

 

I really want him to score two goals in the next to games because the chances of that are astronomical.   

 

I think it also shows Ovie is the better goal scorer because the number of goals in the NHL in the 80s was quite a bit higher, right? 

[buddha]

ovechkin is a great goal scorer.  maybe the greatest of all time.

but wayne gretzky also had 1200 more assists than ovechkin.  yes, it was a higher scoring era, but gretzky was an offensive phenomenon who made everyone around him better in a way ovechkin could never be by lining up at the left circle and waiting to shoot.

[buddha]

"Minnesota Wild’s Marco Rossi, Toronto Maple Leafs’ Matthew Knies, Edmonton Oilers’ Evan Bouchard, New York Rangers’ K’Andre Miller and Will Cuylle, New York Islanders’ Noah Dobson and Alexander Romanov and Buffalo Sabres’ JJ Peterka and Bowen Byram."

All those guys will be rfas unless they re-sign before the offseason.

if you sign one for $4.58 million it will cost you a second round pick if the other team doesnt match.  $4.5-6.8 costs you a first and a third.  6.8-9.1 costs you a first, second and a third.  $9.1-11.4 costs you two firsts, a second, and a third.  over 11.4 costs you four firsts.

i'm not sure if you could sign any of those guys for 4.5m per year.  if so, i would do it if it put the other team in a cap bind.  but with cap going up, i dont see too many situations where teams wouldnt match a 4.5m offer for any of those guys.  MAYBE the rangers.  

would you pony up a first and a third to sign miller to an offer sheet at 6.8m per season?  i'm not sure i would if the wings are picking top 10.  but that's probably the only way you can get one of the guys on that list.

 

[buddha]

i guess if the leafs re-sign marner for big money and still want tavares they wouldnt sign knies, but i wouldnt give up a first and third for him.  maybe a second.  big winger who can score?  

[slothfacekilla]

Would love Knies on the Wings but it feels like a pipedream to me for some reason