***Official 2017-18 NHL Season Thread***

[ChiefsCountry]

The thread to talk about the NHL.

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Joe.1			Otter
OnThe.1			OnTheWarpath58
Joel.1			CaliforniaChief
DaFace			DaFace
Leafs win the Cup	Gadzooks
William.2		?????
Noah			CaliforniaChief's Kid
c.o_THjtt		Al_Bundy
frozen chief		frozen chief
One Magnificent Bracket	KCtotheSB
KC_Lee			KC_Lee
j.1			Shag

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Winnipeg atmosphere is insane. Better crowd and less dumb chants than the Preds

[Otter]

Originally Posted by KCtotheSB

Enjoy your lone playoff victory of the 2018 playoffs.
Live it up.

We shall see.

[CanadianChief]

Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball

Winnipeg atmosphere is insane. Better crowd and less dumb chants than the Preds

Great first two games for the Jets. The whiteout is a great experience. Hoping for a long playoff run!

[CaliforniaChief]

Vegas has definitely been the aggressor and stronger team. That said, this thing's headed to OT where anything can happen.

If LA can pull this off without Doughty and Muzzin, that would be YUGE. Good chance Muzzin is back next time too.

[DaFace]

Bonus hockey? I might have to tune in.

[DaFace]

Time for 2OT. I love these games aside from the fact that it's past my bedtime.

[CaliforniaChief]

OT playoff games are the best unless your team is playing. What a showcase by Quick and Fleury so far.

[DaFace]

This game could go to 4OT. Quick is playing out of his mind, but the Kings aren't getting many chances.

[DaFace]

Or not. Quick can't stop 'em all I suppose. 56-30 in shots is insane.

[CaliforniaChief]

Ouchie.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Gadzooks

Welp, seems like the Leafs are out of the running. 5 and a game + a 3 game suspension on any team's 2nd line center in the first game will do that...
A bit harsh if you ask me.

I think it's only harsh in the sense that the NHL is typically terribly weak with handing out fines and suspensions.... the guy left is feet and launched himself at a guy who was on his knees, hip checked him in the head, into the boards, at the end of a 4-1 game.

If Doughty's hit is worth 1 game, Kadri pretty easily deserves 3.

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by Gadzooks

Welp, seems like the Leafs are out of the running. 5 and a game + a 3 game suspension on any team's 2nd line center in the first game will do that...
A bit harsh if you ask me.

Originally Posted by Bearcat

I think it's only harsh in the sense that the NHL is typically terribly weak with handing out fines and suspensions.... the guy left is feet and launched himself at a guy who was on his knees, hip checked him in the head, into the boards, at the end of a 4-1 game.

If Doughty's hit is worth 1 game, Kadri pretty easily deserves 3.

I agree Bearcat. There is no place for a hit like that. Deliberately driving his head into the boards with his hip. Could have broke his neck and he had plenty of time to know what he was doing.

The issue here isn't that they gave him 3 games. Honestly I'd be fine with him gone for the entire series. The problem is that they are all over the place with their decisions and that's why a punk like Marchand gets to be the player he is instead of just being known as the skilled player he should be known as.

P.S. What's with all the Flyers fans in here? Ugh.

[Gadzooks]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

I think it's only harsh in the sense that the NHL is typically terribly weak with handing out fines and suspensions.... the guy left is feet and launched himself at a guy who was on his knees, hip checked him in the head, into the boards, at the end of a 4-1 game.

If Doughty's hit is worth 1 game, Kadri pretty easily deserves 3.

For some context, I'm not sure if you noticed that Wingels had just finished giving Marner an elbow to the head, with no call, prior to getting hit by Kadri. The Bruins were taking tons of liberties throughout the game and the refs did nothing. Maybe, if the refs were calling head shots, boarding or roughing throughout the game, this wouldn't have happened.
And BTW - **** the instigator rule, Kadri would have more likely dropped his gloves and straightened Wingels out that way. But no, the NHL panders to all the pussies who say "I don't like hokey. There's too much fighting" They wouldn't like hockey regardless. So now we have head shots instead of allowing the players to police the games themselves when the refs refuse to do so.

[Otter]

Originally Posted by NJChiefsFan

P.S. What's with all the Flyers fans in here? Ugh.

Door, ass, you know the drill.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Gadzooks

For some context, I'm not sure if you noticed that Wingels had just finished giving Marner an elbow to the head, with no call, prior to getting hit by Kadri. The Bruins were taking tons of liberties throughout the game and the refs did nothing. Maybe, if the refs were calling head shots, boarding or roughing throughout the game, this wouldn't have happened.
And BTW - **** the instigator rule, Kadri would have more likely dropped his gloves and straightened Wingels out that way. But no, the NHL panders to all the pussies who say "I don't like hokey. There's too much fighting" They wouldn't like hockey regardless. So now we have head shots instead of allowing the players to police the games themselves when the refs refuse to do so.

Yeah, Wingels launched into Marner... still can't do that though. That is one case where fighting makes sense, as you said.... I get annoyed when someone wants to fight after a clean hit to a teammate, but in that case it would have sent a message without hip checking the guy's head into the boards.