2024-25 NHL regular season thread

It’s going to be weird to watch NHL pace after this. Ridiculous pace and skill.

 

Better team won. We need all games to start with 3 fights.

 

As a guy who grew up enjoying the Orange and Black and because it was in Montreal all I needed was the Boxcar and a half dressed Dave Brown at the start of the game last night. And yet after the start they were able to play a really good hockey game.

 

The combination of elite talent and skill, plus the passion/industry/hatred that both sides have, was unreal.

Just praying there is a rematch in the finals.

 

This was so good I'm watching again ... alongside Michigan-Ohio State hoops.

 

Haven't thought of Ed Hospodar in a minute.
Thanks!

 

Guy I know who was there said he'd never seen a first period like that in his life. That was a playoff game

 

Canada-Finland in about 30 minutes.
Makar on ice for warm-ups.

 

Any word on how bad Tkachuk's injury is? Good that they don't need him today, I guess.

 

All I've read is it's lower body. Otherwise, crickets.

 

From an NHL.com story, FWIW:

U.S. forward Brady Tkachuk said his brother, who was the focal point throughout the game Saturday, won’t miss the final. Matthew’s fight with Canada forward Brandon Hagel after the opening face-off set the tone for everything that followed. He had two goals and an assist in a 6-1 win against Finland on Thursday.

“He’ll be good to go for Thursday,” Brady Tkachuk said. “Smart for him to rest up knowing that we’ll already be there Thursday, and he’ll be ready to go.”

Matthew Tkachuk out for United States against Sweden with lower-body injury | NHL.com

 

McDavid and MacKinnon give Canada a quick 2-0 lead.