It’s time.

Battleborn

Hockey season has begun and the real season starts tonight! Who you got this season?

frazzdaddy

We will see how my boys look tonight.  Canes/Redwings 7:30 
54 games will nearly make every game a playoff game. Should be a blast.

New taxi squad rules and covid will make it very interesting for sure. 

nolaegghead

Good thing covid doesn't spread through blood.

Predsegger

Just glad hockey is back!  Not hoping for too much here in Smashville, might make the playoffs but get bounced pretty quickly is the general expectation from most.

Battleborn

frazzdaddy said:

We will see how my boys look tonight.  Canes/Redwings 7:30 
54 games will nearly make every game a playoff game. Should be a blast.

New taxi squad rules and covid will make it very interesting for sure. 

Taxi squad is interesting. VGK is rolling with 13 forwards and 5 D-men with 2 overpriced goalies to start. Top 2 D pair are going to log a ton of minutes. 

frazzdaddy

Battleborn said:

frazzdaddy said:

We will see how my boys look tonight.  Canes/Redwings 7:30 
54 games will nearly make every game a playoff game. Should be a blast.

New taxi squad rules and covid will make it very interesting for sure. 

Taxi squad is interesting. VGK is rolling with 13 forwards and 5 D-men with 2 overpriced goalies to start. Top 2 D pair are going to log a ton of minutes. 

There is a lot to unpack with the new taxi rules. I think that alone will make for some interesting games.

keener75

I love the new divisions! It's going to rekindle some fantastic rivalries. I think Calgary and Edmonton play each other 10 times in 56 games. Whoa Baby!
I hope they are able to avoid any major covid issues.

frazzdaddy

keener75 said:

I love the new divisions! It's going to rekindle some fantastic rivalries. I think Calgary and Edmonton play each other 10 times in 56 games. Whoa Baby!
I hope they are able to avoid any major covid issues.

The east will be brutal.

fishlessman

frazzdaddy said:

keener75 said:

I love the new divisions! It's going to rekindle some fantastic rivalries. I think Calgary and Edmonton play each other 10 times in 56 games. Whoa Baby!
I hope they are able to avoid any major covid issues.

The east will be brutal.

if the bruins could go back to their old ways, first line somewhat elite, second, third, and fourth line power hitting gorillas...it sure would be interesting for the season. would be nice to see big corners on the rink again for the good hip checking and cross checking action just for one season, bring back the memories

MJG

Very much looking forward to seeing the Bruins on tonight!  

Battleborn

fishlessman said:

frazzdaddy said:

keener75 said:

I love the new divisions! It's going to rekindle some fantastic rivalries. I think Calgary and Edmonton play each other 10 times in 56 games. Whoa Baby!
I hope they are able to avoid any major covid issues.

The east will be brutal.

if the bruins could go back to their old ways, first line somewhat elite, second, third, and fourth line power hitting gorillas...it sure would be interesting for the season. would be nice to see big corners on the rink again for the good hip checking and cross checking action just for one season, bring back the memories

I love VGK’s team this year. Two pretty dang good top lines, a third decent line and fourth line goons. Top two D pairs have a good mix. It should be fun to watch. 

The western division is historically advantageous for them. 

fishlessman

Battleborn said:

fishlessman said:

frazzdaddy said:

keener75 said:

I love the new divisions! It's going to rekindle some fantastic rivalries. I think Calgary and Edmonton play each other 10 times in 56 games. Whoa Baby!
I hope they are able to avoid any major covid issues.

The east will be brutal.

if the bruins could go back to their old ways, first line somewhat elite, second, third, and fourth line power hitting gorillas...it sure would be interesting for the season. would be nice to see big corners on the rink again for the good hip checking and cross checking action just for one season, bring back the memories

I love VGK’s team this year. Two pretty dang good top lines, a third decent line and fourth line goons. Top two D pairs have a good mix. It should be fun to watch. 

The western division is historically advantageous for them. 

would have been something to pull montreal down into the eastern division

frazzdaddy

Well sir, that was pretty!

DonWW

Battleborn

DonWW said:

Booooooooooo!!!! 

cheeaa

Op, how you like petro so far?  

Blues whoop avs in our first game. Avs returning the favor tonight. 🙄

cheeaa

Predsegger said:

Just glad hockey is back!  Not hoping for too much here in Smashville, might make the playoffs but get bounced pretty quickly is the general expectation from most.

Man I'm gonna miss beating you and the hawks this year!! 😈

For real, definitely gonna be weird not playing you guys at all. 

Battleborn

cheeaa said:

Op, how you like petro so far?  

Blues whoop avs in our first game. Avs returning the favor tonight. 🙄

He played well last night, took a little bit to get comfortable playing with the guys. The chemistry will come. He seems to be a first class guy. Excited to have an elite D-man on the team. 

cheeaa

Yeah I was a big fan. Miss reaves too. Should be a great storyline when we play you guys! 

DonWW

Battleborn said:

DonWW said:

Booooooooooo!!!! 

Yeah, I understand..... Really I do.  Going down 4-1 hurts.  That's OK, it's a whole new season.  Good luck to you. 

frazzdaddy

Ouch

Battleborn

DonWW said:

Battleborn said:

DonWW said:

Booooooooooo!!!! 

Yeah, I understand..... Really I do.  Going down 4-1 hurts.  That's OK, it's a whole new season.  Good luck to you. 

Not super worried about, Stars are 6-8-0 against the Knights. At the end of the day Dallas and Vegas didn’t win anything last year. Dallas has a good squad and it should be a good little rivalry in the future. 

frazzdaddy

W is a W but man the D has to get better and my god just shoot the #$%$$ puck!

Battleborn

frazzdaddy said:

W is a W but man the D has to get better and my god just shoot the #$%$$ puck!

In the three games so far, VGK has been terrible in the 1st, not great in the 2nd and terrific in the 3rd. Early in the season with no exhibition games to work out the kinks. 

frazzdaddy

Battleborn said:

frazzdaddy said:

W is a W but man the D has to get better and my god just shoot the #$%$$ puck!

In the three games so far, VGK has been terrible in the 1st, not great in the 2nd and terrific in the 3rd. Early in the season with no exhibition games to work out the kinks. 

I know and you're right. Very happy with the 4 points. Thank the hockey gods for Svech and Reimer! 

frazzdaddy

Canes Preds PP due to covid

frazzdaddy

Canes playing well. Toe to toe

frazzdaddy

Holy hot start batman! Mrazek 3 games 2 shut outs.

cheeaa

Blues have been weird so far. Clearly not at their best but still doing pretty well. 

And of course petro would be the reason for the postponed game the other night. 🤣

Battleborn

cheeaa said:

Blues have been weird so far. Clearly not at their best but still doing pretty well. 

And of course petro would be the reason for the postponed game the other night. 🤣

I think Petro caught it from Lehner, cause he looked like trash against the Blues. Now a week, at least, with no hockey. 

At least our brand new AHL team won their first game last night. 

frazzdaddy

My boys are lightnin tha lamp!