Running 2022-23 NHL thread

A lot of that is because the bottom teams, with the exception of 3 or 4, are a lot stronger
The Red Wings have already surpassed last season’s totals in wins and points
They had 74 points last season and finished sixth in the Atlantic
They are on pace for 82 this season and are seventh

 

Not the NHL but, Frozen Four semis:

Minnesota 6, Boston U 2

Quinnipiac 5, Michigan 2

Championship is Saturday, no third-place game.

 

Fear the Gopher!

 

Quinnipiac wins 3-2 on a golden goal 10 seconds into OT.

Gophers led 2-0, went into a shell and the Bobcats scored twice to tie, final time with 2:40 or so left, outshot Minnesota 14-2 in the third period.

Great, great game, more than 19,000 in Tampa.

 

Fucking Minnesota sports. What the hell was that third period?! The OT loss was inevitable, but having it happen in 10 seconds really makes it the perfect Minnesota defeat.

 

The real winners are New Jersey (Luke Hughes) and Toronto (Matthew Knies), who get immediate help for the playoffs
Logan Cooley could be Arizona’s No.1 center next season

 

The Mighty Gopher sucked last night in the second and third periods. Quinnipiac dominated and was the better team. Deserved to win.

I didn't like the comment by the Gopher coach in the Strib about the tying goal. Yeah, it wasn't a great goal, but don't throw the goalie under the bus like that. You got outshot 25 to 8 the last two periods. How about that?

With 36 seconds left in the power play, Bobcats coach Rand Pecknold pulled Perets for an extra attacker. Quinnipiac didn't score on the power play, but Graf tied the score 2-2 on a rebound of a Metsa shot at 17:13.

"That second one should have never gone in," Motzko said.

Quinnipiac beats Gophers for men's Frozen Four title on goal 10 seconds into overtime

 

Yeah, that is a bit disappointing and very unlike Motzko, although he may get a pass this one time considering what an emotional mess he must have been.

The book on the Gophers hasn't changed from what it was under the prior regime. They get top-end recruits who look great when they can get odd-man rushes; if you don't let them do that, and clog the middle of the rink and make them play dump and chase, you can frustrate them.

 

Cooley may well turn out to be the ace of the draft. As a Habs fan I have no faith in Slafkovsky, and there is a weird energy around Shane Wright. I think he will be decent but underwhelm from the early (and possibly unfair) hype. I don’t know much about the D the Devils took.

 

Cooley is the real deal but he is not a finished product. He will try to beat guys one-on-one when he shouldn't, takes ridiculously long shifts, and loses his cool (see the late, game-changing penalty last night), all stuff he is going to have to change right away at the next level. Will eventually be a very good NHLer, though.

 

The Wings love Marco Kasper, the center from the Swedish league, who was scheduled to get a long look but played with a broken kneecap in his debut
They also have gotten a long look at Simon Edvinsson, the LHD who could be as good as Moritz Seider
At the trade deadline, Yzerman said: “I can’t worry about Boston, Toronto and Tampa. I worry about Buffalo, Ottawa and Montreal. When we get good, so will they.”

 

Barry Melrose was awful on ESPN. He didn't make sense at times and then he wouldn't speak for long stretches.