NHL offseason thread

Sedins, Daniel Alfredsson, Roberto Luongo, Riikka Sallinen, Herb Carnegie elected to Hockey Hall of Fame

 

Swedish twins.

(They should have inducted the Sedins for this commercial alone.)

 

Kings get Kevin Fiala from Minnesota for a No. 1 and prospect, sign him to a seven-year, $8 mil AAV contract

Los Angeles Kings Minnesota Wild Kevin Fiala Brock Faber - TSN.ca

 

Don’t know if people south of the border are aware, but Hockey Canada is in an absolutely epic shitstorm.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/scotiabank-sponsorship-hockey-canada-1.6504003

They settled a lawsuit for $3 million where the plaintiff claimed that she was assaulted by 8 members of the 2018 Canadian World Junior squad.

In the lawsuit, the players were identified as John Does. From what I understand, and I’m happy to be corrected, the plaintiff doesn’t want to deal with the other extra attention/backlash that might come with identifying the players.

London (Ont) police investigated and nobody was arrested or charged.

Rick Westhead and Katie Strang are covering it closely, and now Hockey Canada officials have been dragged into Parliament. Sponsors are jumping ship - in some cases redirecting their money to the girls/womens programs.

 

There’s talk Jeff Blashill will take Lalonde’s job in Tampa

 

Lalonde even admits he looks like Uncle Fester

 

Close enough for government work.

Stanley Cup accidentally delivered to Gabriel Landeskog's neighbors after Avalanche championship win