2019-2020 NHL season thread

Anderson has been great for the Leafs.

 

Capitals had Ryan Zimmerman in goal this morning.

Hmm.

No he wasn’t, well, maybe he was first off the ice.

 

Fair enough. I haven't watched enough of them to really have a feel.

 

I'll update with video when I see it, but y'all need to see the Tom Wilson pass on Ovechkin's hat trick goal tonight. Backhand cross-ice pass through a defenseman's legs to a wide-open Ovechkin in front of the net. Sick, sick, sick.

EDIT: Here's the vid

 

Boston has placed David Backes on waivers. What a dumb deal that turned out to be. I thought it at the time, still do today.

 

Unreal game on Long Island.

Isles lead the Caps 4-1 after two. Holtby is pulled again. Caps then score five goals (one empty netter) to win 6-4. Samsonov makes a few clutch saves. Ovechkin scores a silly sick goal to cut it to 4-3 and ends up with his second straight hatty (and eight goals this week). I think it's official now, Braden Holtby is a backup goalie. Oh, and Ovi passes Lemieux for 10th on the all-time goals list.

Hell of a way to go into the break.

 

I know it's blasphemy but I think he's going to challenge the Great One's goal record

 

They’ve had three ridiculous comebacks this year, including winning when down 4-2 with a minute left against San Jose. Were down big in Vancouver and won too. They double shifted Ovechkin in the third because they really wanted to prove a point. I’m enjoying every second of this.

 

Not at all. He’s the best goal scorer of all time and the Russian chemists will slow the aging process.

 

Ovechkin, a very very great player, needs 205 goals to catch Gretzky. Not happening.