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2020-2021 NHL Thread

Bender said:
I've heard anywhere between 48 & 60 game seasons.

Yeah, I've heard the same speculation.  48 to me makes the most sense. And it could very well be another hub scenario for the playoffs, unless there's vaccines made available to the players by April/May.
 
Frycer14 said:
Bender said:
I've heard anywhere between 48 & 60 game seasons.

Yeah, I've heard the same speculation.  48 to me makes the most sense. And it could very well be another hub scenario for the playoffs, unless there's vaccines made available to the players by April/May.
The fastest vaccine ever made was for the mumps and that took 4 years. People better get used to living with this for a while yet.
 
Guilt Trip said:
The fastest vaccine ever made was for the mumps and that took 4 years. People better get used to living with this for a while yet.

There's a better thread for this talk but there's also never been resources poured into vaccine development like this. Lots of pretty respected people in the field have talked about guarded optimism for at least the development of a vaccine within the next year.

Anyways, something I think people need to consider is that if my understanding is correct the MOU the NHLPA signed guaranteed the players get a certain percentage of their next year's salary regardless of what happened to revenues so I'd expect the NHL to drop every last possible game they can out of things.
 
Frycer14 said:
Bender said:
I've heard anywhere between 48 & 60 game seasons.

Yeah, I've heard the same speculation.  48 to me makes the most sense. And it could very well be another hub scenario for the playoffs, unless there's vaccines made available to the players by April/May.

Even if a vaccine is ready by then, uber-healthy athletes in their 20s and 30s are probably pretty low on the distribution list.

Then again, capitalism...
 
herman said:
https://twitter.com/maryprusak/status/1316547744534851589

I'd like to commend the zamboni driver for trying to get the unit off the ice while he was on fire. Have to make sure the ice doesn't melt.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
When I started seeing red on the ice after the zamboni I assumed something much, much worse was happening.

That was like Luke Skywalker leaving a trail of red
 
OldTimeHockey said:
I'd like to commend the zamboni driver for trying to get the unit off the ice while he was on fire. Have to make sure the ice doesn't melt.

Seriously. Isn't the fuel tank like next to or under his seat?
 
herman said:
OldTimeHockey said:
I'd like to commend the zamboni driver for trying to get the unit off the ice while he was on fire. Have to make sure the ice doesn't melt.

Seriously. Isn't the fuel tank like next to or under his seat?

It's just propane. No big deal.
 
OldTimeHockey said:
herman said:
OldTimeHockey said:
I'd like to commend the zamboni driver for trying to get the unit off the ice while he was on fire. Have to make sure the ice doesn't melt.

Seriously. Isn't the fuel tank like next to or under his seat?

It's just propane. No big deal.

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the propane tank is right beside the driver, why parents, instructors didn't have kids moving away from the Zamboni immediately after it caught fire is beside me.  If the tank blew everyone could have been killed. 
Was Ares driving the unit?
 
I highly doubt the god of war himself would deign to operate a resurfacer let alone one in Rochester of all places.
 
Frank E said:
How would the Leafs fare in a all-Canadian season?

I'm thinking they'd do pretty damn well.

Lessee... based on ly, they were:
GP-W-L-OTL
Jets
2-1-0-1
Canucks
2-2-0-0
Sens
3-3-0-0
Habs
3-0-1-2
Flames
2-0-1-1
Oilers
2-1-1-0

total
14-7-3-4
only 3 regulation losses so not bad
 
Frycer14 said:
Frank E said:
How would the Leafs fare in a all-Canadian season?

I'm thinking they'd do pretty damn well.

Lessee... based on ly, they were:
GP-W-L-OTL
Jets
2-1-0-1
Canucks
2-2-0-0
Sens
3-3-0-0
Habs
3-0-1-2
Flames
2-0-1-1
Oilers
2-1-1-0

total
14-7-3-4
only 3 regulation losses so not bad

They only went .500 against the sens last year?

Eeesch.
 
Not sure if we need a general rumours thread but some of the Laine trade talk interests me. I'm not sold that it's happening, I think they'll take a look to see if he can jumpstart things with Stastny but if it does I really wonder if it'll be the steepest decline of any player in the league in my lifetime that wasn't about an injury.
 
Nik said:
Not sure if we need a general rumours thread but some of the Laine trade talk interests me. I'm not sold that it's happening, I think they'll take a look to see if he can jumpstart things with Stastny but if it does I really wonder if it'll be the steepest decline of any player in the league in my lifetime that wasn't about an injury.

Is it player decline or more of a team-fit and self-efficacy issue?

The top half of the 2016 draft is a mess
 

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