What would NHL be like without dem fights? Discuss lads.
>>64149327
first
NHL would lose a lot of the passion, and the NHLPA would have a supernova sized fit about it if they actually took it out.
2nd for fuck grease
>>64149398
fail
Lmao
Look
Hello, /hoc/. Im new to hockey and have yet to find a team that I want to root for. What are some ways to determine which team will be my favorite?
Some information about me:
I live in Nebraska.
Defense is the most exciting position for me. I generally believe that an aggressive and fast defense is better than a good offense. Goalie is also very important defense-wise.
I would prefer an underdog team, nothing hopelessly shitty, but nothing OP and super popular.
I like dark colors, so black team colors are nice, but not essential. As a side note I really don't mind the Sharks colors. I dislike a red white and blue color scheme. It's too cheesy and 'Murican.
Exciting or sometimes unpredictable players are appreciated.
So. Who could my favorite team be?
Good defense, exciting players, nice uniform and logo, underdog but not shit.
Thanks for any opinions.
Posting this again because I didn't get very many helpful responses.
At
>>64149475
stars
>>64149475
Fuck off with this shit attention whore
>>64149475
Pick the Blues.
They match your color preferences. They are good but always suck in the playoffs so you will not be glory hunting. They are geographically close to you. Their core is young so they aren't going to go to shit in the next few years. Tarasenko is one of the most exciting young players in the league. He scores beautiful goals when they matter, not just in blow outs. YouTube his highlights if you're intrigued
>>64149475
Panthers
>>64149524
Why don't you fuck off with your non answer.
>>64149475
FUCK OFF WERE FULL
>>64149475
If you don't mind Canadian teams, then I say you should go for the Jets. They don't have superstars on their team but they're organized and they're competitive in the Central Division.
Alternatively, you might wanna check out the Bruins since they're unpredictable and physical.
I WANT TO WALK IN YOUR PARK
'CAUSE I 'M ALONE
I WANT TO WALK IN YOUR HEART
WHERE ARE YOU? I DON'T KNOW
>>64149607
look at this reddit cock sucking fag
>>64149475
Probably try the Ducks. They lead the NHL in penalty kill, which is somewhat of a defense. The Blues are a pretty good team also. Whatever you do, don't pick the Kings. They have mite of Mexicans then the Ducks.
>>64149327
i love hockey and have watched it my entire life. but i cant believe this is an actual accepted part of a sport. most canadian shit of all time
>>64149693
>unironically responding to bait
>being wrong and a faggot
>>64149698
>i cant believe this is an actual accepted part of a sport
Then you don't love hockey, and you don't understand the sport or why it's an integral part of the sport.
You want to take fighting out of the game?
Reduce roster sizes to 15, and give a misconduct to anyone who fights.
>>64149745
i played since i was 6 you faggot. i understand the importance of fighting and how it can impact the momentum of a game but there should be another way of going about doing that
read the derek boogaard article about how he got CTE. shit is very sad
>>64149698
if you had some guy talking shit to your face or hitting you like an autistic retard with his stick, you'd want to knock him the fuck out too wouldn't ya?
>>64149787
So an article about a goon who didn't even make it into the NHL? Fighting is much safer than it was back then, they didn't even have fight training during Boogaards time in the minors.
>>64149798
yeah definitely. theres plenty of room in sports for scuffles and shit talking
but the fact that the game completely stops cause these fuckin inbred canadian retards have to pull their dicks out in front of 15000 people is absurd
hey /hoc/ I'm looking for a team to be a fan of.
First, I am a huge football (soccer) fan and I LOVE teams with history and great traditions.I am not against rooting for multiple teams because hey they rarely play each other anyway right? I want a young team so that when they're good in a few years I can make fun of my friends. They better play a really entertaining style and score a lot of goals but also be really good on defense. the team must have at least one person that is not white because hey its 2015. also I'm gay are there any gay players in the nhl so I can root for them? thanks for the responses!
>>64149792
KINGS@PENGUINS GAMETHREAD -->
>>64149792
KINGS@PENGUINS GAMETHREAD -->
>>64149792
KINGS@PENGUINS GAMETHREAD -->
>>64149792
KINGS@PENGUINS GAMETHREAD -->
>>64149327
> Ducks in OP image
> Playing against the Canes tonight
How can a team beat the best in the league but get btfo by literal whos?
>>64149929
that's what I 've been asking!!
>>64149855
usually happens between the whistles.
Fights like while games are going are usually just heavily escalated interaction between players somehow. I mean i tend to like fights, especially while i'm at a game, gets the home crowd loud just like a heavy hit.
>>64149926
most people have tripfags filtered and will not see your thread you newfag. OP's are never allowed to trip
hey /hoc/ I'm looking for a team to be a fan of.
First, I am a huge patriot and I LOVE teams that win championships. Especially recent ones. Additionally, I want a team with Canadian talent, I don't want no foreigners winning my team's games. So if there's a Canadian team, full of Canadian players with some recent cup wins, that's my team. Who should I be a fan of?
>>64149698
You can't have hockey without hits and the occational fight. Important to avoid head injuries, though
so clean hits
>>64149475
Yotes
>>64149965
Leafs
>>64149965
>canadien team
>recent cups
Lel
>>64149475
Colorado is closest, so Colorado.
J.T. Miller
>>64150321
Your Dad
>>64150321
he looks like the type to skin a gerbil if coach benches him
>>64150321
McDavid
wongs thread where?
>>64149847
>didn't even make it into the nhl
found the fucking idiot
>2005-2010 Minnesota wild
>2010-2011 New York rangers
Are the rumors true? If so which one of them stays and which one is gone?
Hi guys, just wanted to tell you that i like hockey especially this good ol canadian boy right here.
>>64150488
What rumors?
>>64150512
This too? :)
>>64150424
Make one.
>>64150562
naw fuck that ayy lmao lookin frenchie
>>64150562
Two other faggots made threads and didn't both linking either one to here.
>>64150609
can you please link??
Tomas Plekanec
>>64149698
Maybe divegrass is more your speed, Sally
>>64150642
Shut up and go find it in the catalog you fucking retard
>>64150677
link now you lazy shitbird
>>64150383
>that mspaint scribble in the upper left
wongs/debbuls
>>64150449
>>64150562
Toews isn't Canadian dumbass
>>64150787
Actually toews is Canadian
>>64150859
no, kaner is canadian and toews is a dumb frenchie.
>kane is canadian
>>64150371
Strangly, ibsee what you mean. Poor gerbils.
more like kaneadian lol
>>64150859
>>64150929
We can all agree that Toews has a much bigger head size than Kane though.
>>64148761
>>64148780
>>64148800
Norfolks AHL name is the Admirals their logo is pretty based
>>64150787
>>64150859
gee i wonder why he plays in Chicago
GLEN SATHER BANNER CEREMONY
>>64151907
>>64151907
>>64151907
>>64151907
OILERS AND >RAGS
>>64151907
>>64151907
>>64151907
GLEN SATHER BANNER CEREMONY
>>64151656
Yeah because the AMERICAN Stan Bowman put together one of the most successful teams in the NHL since his father did the same thing.
Hello.
>>64153333
witnessed.
also how are stars doing. missing first two periodss
>>64153408
>implying dumb frogposters actually watch the games
>>64149869
Flyers changed hockey forever and also will have the best defense in NHL history within the next 3 years.
>>64153271
>US AMERICAN gm
>only 3 players from US, one is a rapist
>45% of the roster is Canadian
>Captain and both Alternates are Canadian
>>64153455
jesus christ are you actually from reddit
>>64153462
>>64151545
Team no longer exists, it's the Milwaukee Admirals now in the AHL
Has this article been discussed yet?
http://www.theplayerstribune.com/patrick-osullivan-nhl-abuse/
>>64153408
Neuvirth has been busy let just say that.
>>64153408
Playing well.
Neuvirth is also playing well.
I think that first penalty called on the Flyers should've been reciprocal, but the second one was deserved.
Minnesota Wild @ Arizona Coyotes thread
>>64153767
>>64153767
>>64153767
Pedosota Mild @ Sparkledogs
>>64153408
Best team in hockey m8.
[spoiler]0-0 first intermission[/spoiler]
>>64153506
Umm retard Norfolk still exists just in ECHL and Milwaukee is a completely different franchise.
>>64153271
Found the faggot
>>64153679
Reciprocal? Which Star should have gotten a penalty for Simmonds cross checking Nichushkin in the back while he lay on the ice?
>>64154100
Correct, sorry I wasn't clear.
But Milwaukee have been Admirals for a while so apparently both teams had the same name in the AHL?
Post shit meme goalers
I'll start
HE CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT
>>64154397
Pretty much all the Canadian ones people pretend are good
>>64154299
Yup both rocked the same name for a number of years, kinda strange.
Gostisbehere makes me so happy
HE JUST KEEPS RAPING
>>64154643
based
What do you think of this setup?
Center - Playmaker
Wingers - Snipers
Defense 1 - Defensive
Defense 2 - Offensive
Goalie - Guards the goalbox.
>>64155147
absolute madman
>>64155147
I think you might be mentally handicapped
>howard
>>64155187
I think I might be too, but can you explain why? Lol.
>>64155228
>le loser point franchise
>>64155228
WHERE THE FUCK IS THE ANON THAT TRIED TO TELL ME HOWARD IS BETTER THAN MRAZEK THIS MORNING
NOW DO YOU WANT TO TELL ME WHO HAS MORE OT LOSSES
Why is the NHL, and more specifically Canada the only sports fans that care about where a player is from? Did anyone give a shit that the 90's Blue Jays were full rosters of Americans? No. Does Wisconsin give a shit that Aaron Rodgers if from California? Brady from Michigan? Derek Jeter from New Jersey?
Why is Canada so insecure?
Played some pond hockey today lads
Feels good
>>64155358
i think youre just a pussy that cant handle the bantz
>>64155420
I'm not being a pussy. I'm calling the Canadians pussies, friend.
You fly the freedom flag, yet you stand with them? Fuck off fag for real faM.
>>64155499
pussy
God it feels good to be a Kings fan
>mfw canada will never know my feel
>>64155345
You now remember Alexandre Daigle.
>>64155552
Also
>1993
>canacuks
>>64155552
No but Mexico does, and that's disgusting
>>64155569
the Maradonna of hockey?
we had a discussion on Datsyuk in the game thread, please reply to this
(anon said Datsyuk's career id drawing to an end)
it's not like he's a defenseman and needs his bones and speed. I don't know, his reflexes could still be crisp even if his stamina drops.
FUCKING REFPUCK AGAINST THE FLYERS ALL GAME FUCK THAT SHIT FUCK THE STOORS.FUCING MEME ARENA AND MEME FANS.
Kyle Palmieri
>rags
>>64155701
MAD AT THE STARS?
>>64155989
>yfw the Oilers are now elite
hello
is it too late to bandwagon the stars?
>>64156151
Never too late to bandwagon The Best Team in Hockey m8.
>>64156089
Nope, just playing a leastern conference team that relies on goaltending. Same reason they dominate the >hasb
>>64156151
Your picture would make more sense if the Kings weren't in the middle of a 6 game win streak and dominating the Pacific.
>>64156364
it's from when they
>missed the playoffs
Post your rare Seguins lads.
>>64156151
>>64156301
>reading Dallas morning news last week
>checking Mavs box score
>as i flip the page, I encounter an unfamiliar box of team names and "points"
>see Dallas team atop the standings
>research further
>discover something called the "NHL"
going to a game next week, already got a Jamie Benn jersey on the way! Lets go Stars, loved yall for years :^)
Can we stop bullying a Rangers fans?
>yeah if you wanna get a skirt wear an earring
americaitlyns btfo by glen sather
>>64156589
>rags
>>64156589
'no'
Shit team
Shit fans
Shit franchise
>>64156589
>>64156151
Yes, go back to your team we don't need faggots
>>64156589
>rangers
I think you mean
>rags
>>64155814
I miss Palmieri in Ducks uniform. Is he a fit in the Devils?
>>64156775
I didn't realize Texas was in Mexico.
>>64156850
Teams in states along with the border that also have high hispanic populations have a larger proportion of hispanic fans.
I'm shocked, just shocked.
>>64156961
you are such a faggot
>>64156961
Ah yes the much touted 2% of hockey fans who are hispanic.
Probably only outnumbered by black Atlanta Thrashers fans.
>>64156705
>>64157010
dude is clearly upset at canada
i wonder why desu
>>64157010
>nhl network ad at 11pm on a friday night
>alcohol and addiction center commercial
>i never knew I could live without alcohol or drugs
damn they know their market
>>64149475
Ducks
ok flyers, I'd rather you didn't
>>64157168
philly has 19 shots and dallas has 42 jesus christ
>bags
Lmao
ITT: not binland
>>64157383
wrong>>64155181
BEST TEAM I HACKEY
>Cryers
what is this face trying to convey, /hoc/?
>>64157498
When you guys get btfo and lose in the first round it will be beyond glorious.
1. Gretzky
2. Jagr
3. Messier
4. McCabe
5. Howe
Thoughts?
The Stars are fucking ELITE
>>64157539
Thus desu senpai
>>64157501
Christmas Cheer
>>64157572
thanks for the upvote!
>>64157539
>>64157572
>Mad at a team that hasn't been good in some time
wew lads you should move up north so there is no shortage of salt this winter.
>>64157539
SALTY
A
L
T
Y
Drunkanon in the Hawks/Jest thread is destroying my sides rn familia
can he be a meme, please
>Paul Marner, the father of Maple Leafs draft pick Mitch Marner, chuckled knowingly when he was asked about his son’s experience with autographing. "Mitch would be hard-pressed right now if you asked him to write an assignment on paper. I don’t think he could do it. I don’t think he could write it.”
laffs confirmed for drafting retards
>>64156850
Is that diarrhea on top of tots?
>>64157624
fuck off
>>64157624
>fuggkin DRUNK DUDE LOL XDDDDD
No.
>>64157710
anon please
>>64157130
seconded
Ducks need fan help
Send help!
How can 1 team be so based, /hoc/?
>>64157745
the ducks haves fans
pic related
>>64154488
absolutly based canadian player right there
>>64157777
They deserve better fans.
>>64157545
1 WAYNE GRETZKY
2 JARI KURRI
3 MARK MESSIER
4 GLENN ANDERSON
5 PAUL COFFEY
>>64157777
Quads confirm. Four-peat incoming.
>>64157545
>McCabe
Why is he only #4?
Domi is dying lads
>>64149475
Considering you live in Nebraska and no team in Nebraska wins shit you might as well root for a team that actually wins something so root for Chicago.
Fuck St. Louis, fuck Dallas, fuck LA, and fuck Minnesota
>>64157985
Diabetus baka
>>64158016
Possibly but he fell into a knee headfirst, took a stick to the face and now a deflected puck, he got facefucked.
Is Dallas the best pure hockey city in the US?
>>64157036
>tfw part of the 2%
>>64158055
>nothing hockey related in pic
>mexican brick weed
lmao
t. norcal
>>64158093
Scott Gomez pls go
so there was a one punch knockout in a women's hockey game? that's great.
>Jordan Nolan of the Kings appeared to shove a linesman during the game with the pens
10 game suspension incoming.
>>64157777
Its the regular season. Calm down Dallas.
Prove yourselves in the playoffs and we can have this discussion
>>64158171
that would help the kings if he was suspended for 10 games.
>>64158174
The funniest part is that the Stars goalie situation is still so dire yet are paying more than anyone for their goalies.
>>64158261
That's just anti-Finnish racism m8.
Who can stop us?
>Lundqvi5t
pulledqvist desu
>gags
>rags
>>64158261
Yeah if they don't get it together Dallas isn't going to go far in the Playoffs
>>64158289
Considering one of them helped Chicago break a 49 year old drought no. Its called being realistic.
funny how Columbus were okay for one year and everybody was saying how amazing they were and how they were contenders
then last year
then last year
>muh injuries
then this year they're just shit again
why are some cities just always shit at hockey
isn't being shit for awhile supposed to make your team eventually better through picks
>rags
>lundqvi5t
bald guy: Sabres
second guy: Oilers
why in the fuck do the laffs get a week off right before xmas?
>>64158484
ohio is a cursed state for everything but college football bud
>>64158824
because laffs = views, and most people take off time around christmas which results in people more likely to watch games, so broadcasters have to double down on that and let the laffs rest before making them play on average every other day for 2 weeks.
Let's get this shit started
>rags
>rags
>rags
how can one team be that embarrassing?
LGTSS:
>RAGS
>king
>no ring
>rags
With Finns u win
>>64159081
>>64159090
>>64159123
>>64159142
>>64159143
>>64159149
>rags
>r7gs
RAGS
A
G
S
What's his name?
Kane is a pretty good hockey player
Also,
>rags
>Ducks
Meanwhile in Canada
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/stefonknee-wolschtt-transgender-father-leaves-family-in-toronto-to-start-new-life-as-a-six-year-old-a6769051.html
What went wrong?
I was legitimately expecting 40 goals
>>64159253
classic canada
>>64159199
>99
Leon Draitzky
>rags
>>64159253
>rags
Ducks haven't been at .500 since the season opener when they were 0-0.
RNH 0p -3
Eberle 0p -3
McDonagh 0p -4
lmao busts
>>64159253
looks like a typical manchild laffs fan to me
>>64159253
>Quits his job and moves in with adopted family to pretend he's a kid again
Holy fuck that's an option? Where do I sign up?
>rags
>>64159264
I was glad to see him leave but hoped he would do better. Seems he is just a complete bust.
Fighting is retarded because we're in an era where the players almost universally don't get hyped for it.
Like it's one thing if it's captain vs captain, like Landeskog vs Ladd or something like that but the entire forced tapping of the sticks and yelling for two goons who fight every other game is at this point simply just out of nicety.
I see the obsession has started already. :)
Don't worry /hoc/, the Rangers will turn it around and go back to being the best team in hockey. Then you can all pretend to forget the Rangers even existed.
>>64159264
new coach is awful, even Crosby is shit now
>>64159264
If you thought he was actually good, you don't know shit about hockey. He's a piece of shit, and will always be a piece of shit.
>>64159344
>the Rangers will turn it around
This is things turning around though, they were getting lucky all along senpai. Just look at their PDO.
>>64159344
>rags
>>64159344
>rags
>>64159377
>advanced statistics
>>64159435
>PDO
>advanced
"no"
>rags
>>64159344
>rags
>>64159435
>needing advanced statistics to tell you the rags are shit and will choke in the playoffs
>rags
How is this fucking real?
>thought the Hurricanes might be being smart and actually giving Lack a chance
>they play again tomorrow so it's probably just memes and they're still going with Ward
Will they learn?
>>64159532
Well you can't go 0-82, you have to fluke a few wins during the season
>>64159532
>rags
>Lauri Korpikoski has a hat trick
Shit team
Shit fans
Shit franchise
>>64159535
they both are terrible, there is no right or wrong decision
http://gonestreaking.ca/
>klefbom doubtful for next game
It's only the second day of winter break and im already bored of everything
what do lads?
>>64159199
Gretzky confirms he is Dr. Drai
The Final Solution had four assists today, he is arming his teammates for the coming storm and is ready to secure an Aryan homeland for the Stanley Cup for 1000 years
>>64159939
Reminds me of the DiPi site. I forgot the url, but it was the same sort of bad fan-made page that asked if Rick was healthy. It was updated with his scheduled starts, but it might as well have been a stagnant "no."
Why is Nilsson decent now? And in Edmonton to boot
>>64160312
Apparently he had some vitamin deficiency when he was with the Islanders. Must have been short on HGH.
I don't know shit about hockey, how the fuck are the Edmonton Oilers so bad if they've had the 1st overall pick in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015?
>>64160371
first overall picks don't mean much if you don't surround them with good depth players too
>>64160371
Shitty management that took forever to get fired because they are the owner's childhood heroes. When they got McDavid in 2015 the owner finally wised up and reassigned them. They were also pretty unlucky. 2011 was a meh draft and 2012 was a shit draft.
>>64160312
I remember that site, I wonder what that guy is up to nowadays? Broadcasting still?
Nilsson spent a year in the KHL which is a goalie friendly league and started playing a technical Reverse VH style. The larger ice surface made him a much more paitent goaltender, he rarely never bites or flinches on shooters.
Not to mention the Oilers team defense actually improved but now there is a huge challenge facing Nilsson. Oscar Klefbom suffered a fractured finger tonight so now they'll have to try to win without their #1 defender for an extended time on an already thin blueline.
>>64160371
They didn't get any help from their teammates. It's not Basketball where one or two players can carry a team. You need 4 lines and 3 pairings of solid talent, the Oilers of 2009-2014 usually only had 2 lines and 1 pairing that was NHL calibre.
Scrivens shut out Dallas Eakins new team lel
>fuck you for ruining my career with your shitty systems
Is Ben Scrivens elite? He just got a shutout... in the ahl
dont you oilc ucks have work in the morning? Oh wait NDP LOL
