Running 2017-18 NHL thread

I read that Stamkos (goal, 3 assists on Saturday) and Kucherov (two goals, assist) are the first teammates to score a point in the first nine games of the season since Doug Weight and Pavol Demitra did it for the Blues in 2001-02.

Lightning took advantage of a worn down Penguins team on the second leg of a back-to-back with a 7-1 win. Had everything going from the start. Crosby spent most of the first 12 minutes in the penalty box after getting a misconduct call but he still played 18:01.

 

Ducks winger Patrick Eaves diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome (immune system attacks the nervous system). Full recovery is expected but there was no mention on how long the recovery takes. Eaves missed all of training camp. He played two games a couple of weeks ago and has been out ever since.
Ryan Getzlaf played the same two games Eves played, but his ankle injury prevented him from playing in any others. He got hurt during training camp and re-aggreviated the injury in the games he played. He is supposed to return Tuesday night.
Ryan Kesler will be out until Christmas because of four large bone chips in his right hip. He couldn't push off with his right leg from about midseason on last season. He had surgery in June.
Hampus Lindholm played with a bad shoulder during the playoffs. He had surgery in June. He is expected to play his first game Tuesday night.
Sami Vatanen had a worse shoulder injury than Lindholm. He played with it in the playoffs, had surgery in June and will probably miss several more games.
Cam Fowler injured his right knee going into the boards last Friday and could be out 4-6 weeks.
Don't forget, hockey players play hurt and don't complain.

 

The Caps aren't much better. Niskanen already out for a bit. Burakovsky just put on IR. They can't get through a period without taking like eight minors. They're spending more time in the box than Justin Timberlake's dick. There's a lot of season left, but making it to the playoffs out of the Metro won't be easy. Better figure out something quick.

 

Watched the first period in Vancouver last night before succumbing ... Not sure if they do VORP for hockey but I've got to imagine Nick Backstrom's number compared to Chandler Stephenson's would be astronomical. Niskanen out. Backstrom sick. Now Connolly's hurt. All while playing the toughest schedule to start the season to boot. Starting to think it may be a very tight squeeze just to earn a wild card for the Caps.

 

The Caps looked like they had the Roxy flu last night.

 

They look really, really bad.

 

Failed to mention Burakovsky out too. All of the no-injury good karma from last year has taken a 180-degree turn.

 

All I know is Holtby is killing my fantasy team.

 

The offseason moves are killing them even more than the injuries. They're playing three rookie defenseman even before Niskanen got hurt.