Speaking of girgensons and how awesome he's been playing lately.....

How many guys in the nhl currently have played in an Allstar game and captained an Olympic team?

I'm thinking crosby, ovi, McDavid and girgensons.
Maybe a few more top notched guys?

Not okposo nor dahlin yet
- Boss34

This post is elite level

Go away
- homiedclown

Sorry!! I will try harder

Beane has been…….. not great recently especially in the draft.
- ImThatGuy

He mentioned that too. But he also built what many football minds thought was the best roster in the league this year. Was coaching and scheme a issue?

Probably your best post ever tooth.

We're gonna be at the arena with ziigybuffalo when the Sabres finally hang great28's banner next to ryan miller in 2054.
- Boss34

God willing im able to live long enough for that moment!

Except if you give up more goals then you score, you lose the game.

Scoring puts people in seats, playing defence gets you the hardware.

Boston and Carolina do both at an elite level, hence their records.
- Swedish_Jesus

I’m gonna need to fact check this.

Just to be clear, you’re saying if you have less goals than the other team, you won’t win?

you should stop drooling over an nhl player that scores less than beavis
- homiedclown

Defensive ability is underrated

God willing im able to live long enough for that moment!
- ZiggyBuff

Better hire one of those Companies that freeze your Head, you have better chance of someone thawing you out by accident than that happening with Girgensons.

Funny Ethan Bear the guy that gets thrown in my face all the time has as many points as Girgs.
- Buff36

I betcha a lot of guys get thrown in your face. 🤔

I would be willing to make a friendly wager.

Both bear and girgs have 10 points this season.

Care to make a small meaningless wager? Who ends with more points regardless of injuries / trades ect.

Defensive ability is underrated.
- Lunaion

Ability, maybe. Being able to accurately track and rate defense is far, far, far from a perfect science and produces sketchy results more often than not.

Like actually thinking Jack Eichel is great defensively or thinking Asplund went from our best defensive forward to our worst defensive forward this year

Head on down to the grocery store in Lockport. I heard there was some fun to be had.
- Da_Cashman

😀
Well played.

I tried to send you a pm, wont let me.
Try and send me one, I'll respond if possible.

Not exactly earth shattering news.

Why would the Sabres trade for Meier now when we could have had Cat for a song in the offseason? Makes little sense to me. Don't get me wrong, bring Meier on. I think the notion we're going to trade for him is silly.

Better hire one of those Companies that freeze your Head, you have better chance of someone thawing you out by accident than that happening with Girgensons.
- Buff36

Walt Disney, myself , tooth9 and ziggy will be there.

It will be magical. Players in attendance to celebrate great28.

Eichel, bogo, ror , ek9 , reinfart, KA, Ralph, botts
Ted nolan for sure.

I betcha a lot of guys get thrown in your face. 🤔

I would be willing to make a friendly wager.

Both bear and girgs have 10 points this season.

Care to make a small meaningless wager? Who ends with more points regardless of injuries / trades ect.
- Boss34

Wasn't Girgensons already supposed to be at 15pts by this time according to you when we had this discussion about 3 months ago. Your Boy can't even keep up with a Dman and he had a 11 game lead to start.

Wasn't Girgensons already supposed to be at 15pts by this time according to you when we had this discussion about 3 months ago. Your Boy can't even keep up with a Dman and he had a 11 game lead to start.
- Buff36

28 points over 3 years for 6.6m is great value. Just give him the same deal again.

Wasn't Girgensons already supposed to be at 15pts by this time according to you when we had this discussion about 3 months ago. Your Boy can't even keep up with a Dman and he had a 11 game lead to start.
- Buff36

That whole conversation between us got confusing.

You suggested you weren't gonna respond to me until gurgs had 30 points or something like that.

We've since mended fences.

I'll take the 11 game lead , your guy has a much better ppg. Leans towards you.

Secret weapon - extra girgensons when were close in on a playoff spot.

What did you think of the line yesterday late in the game.

Girgensons cozensons okposossons

I think you're gonna see more of that when the games are on the line. Less peterka, quinn and krebs.

*although krebs getting smashed into the boards head first may have prompted the brilliant coaching move.

28 points over 3 years for 6.6m is great value. Just give him the same deal again.
- Lunaion

I'll pick you up on the way to the Jersey hanging for great28. Fun night : tooth9 , lun and ziggybuff.

I'll let walt know he's out

Can someone write a separate personal blog about Z train? As much as I love the guy, I just don't think he continues to warrant taking over every blog.

If one of you write a specific blog about him you can continue to snipe at one another without demolishing Hank's blog.

I'll pick you up on the way to the Jersey hanging for great28. Fun night : tooth9 , lun and ziggybuff.

I'll let walt know he's out
- Boss34

Latvia is a long drive, not sure I'm up for that.

Can someone write a separate personal blog about Z train? As much as I love the guy, I just don't think he continues to warrant taking over every blog.

If one of you write a specific blog about him you can continue to snipe at one another without demolishing Hank's blog.
- lacaprup

Sabres blog pal. If you don't like it. Lump It.

Wanna talk about more trades that will never happen?

Being dog people , thirtysixensons, I appreciate ef bear a lot more after reading this article. Love my dogs....

Hockey world slowly making strides when it comes to mental health

Mark Spector | @sportsnetspec
January 24, 2023, 6:35 PM
0
EDMONTON — Ethan Bear missed a National Hockey League game on Saturday night because his dog died.

If he were a fan, and he simply chose to stay home and mourn the passing of his pup, most everyone would understand. If that fan took a day off of work, would anyone bat an eye?

That Bear is a defenceman on the Vancouver Canucks however, caused some — not all, but some — to question his commitment.

It’s to be expected, frankly. In a sport where players were once made to attend a team practice ahead of the birth of a child, taking a game off after the death of a pet is quite a change indeed.

Or is there another word for it?

Progress…?

“Some people would be completely fine. Sad and upset, but it wouldn’t affect their day-to-day life,” said Oilers winger Zach Hyman, whose family dog is a Husky named Lady. “And for some people, it would absolutely crush them. They wouldn't be able to get out of bed.

“You can't judge somebody on how they feel. It's an individual question.”


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The hockey world has always been a hard place, when it comes to displaying emotions. Only in recent years have we come to the realization that the size of one’s pay cheque does not run in direct proportion to their ability to handle stress or sadness.

Today, Stuart Skinner is granted leave from a road trip to be at his wife’s side for the birth of their first child. Fifty years ago, a player wouldn’t even have asked.

“You didn’t even miss a practice,” said Gerry O’Flaherty, whose NHL career played out in the 1970s. “It was a different story, a different life, a different game.

“I don’t want to condemn the old ways. The game treated me very well. It gave me a life. It’s just how the guys were back then. The old GMs, it was hockey first.”

Brent Sutter played a decade later on the New York Islanders' dynasty teams.

“Mr. (GM Bill) Torrey and Mr. (Coach Al) Arbour, they would have let guys come home. No question they would have,” Sutter said on Tuesday. “But to be honest, during those Stanley Cup years I don’t ever remember a player missing a game for that. Mr Arbour would have said yes, but I don’t remember a single teammate ever asking.”

As a 21-year-old summer student at the Edmonton Journal back in 1987, I went to work the same day my 16-year-old dog went down. Coco had been around for virtually my whole life, but I’d only had that coveted job for a couple of months.

So down to the Canadian Cycling Championships I went, where the legendary Curt Harnett — who’d made the mistake of asking me how my day was going — gave me as good an interview as I’ve had in the ensuing 35 years, because he was a dog guy.

He knew.

Would I go to work today, if we lost our family pet? Or would I call it a mental health day and stay home?

“A lot of people are going through things within their own mind that are hard to cope with,” said Darnell Nurse, who has a pair of Doberman Pinschers at home. “If you could go around the room — go around your work, go around your family — everyone's been affected in one way or another.

“It's important to take into account,” he said. “Athletes go out there and perform. Play the game and get paid lots of money. But there's still a mental aspect to it. I think that gets lost for sure.”


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In the playoffs last season, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’s dog Sophie died between Games 4 and 5 of the Oilers’ series against Calgary. Nugent-Hopkins played Game 5 because it was a playoff game — the responsibility is baked into him — but reckoned on Monday that if the same scenario unfolded in the regular season, he’d likely take the night off.

“It hurt to see him go through that, because it affected him and Bree (wife Breanne),” said Nurse. “For him to play, it wasn't easy.”

And, respectfully, Nugent-Hopkins wasn’t great in that game. Who would be?

Fans look at players like part of the ticket price; entertainers who are cheating us out of part of the admission fee.

If you pay NHL prices to see the Oilers, you damned well expect to see Connor McDavid play — and his dog or his personal life isn’t part of the equation.

But should the player have the right to a night off for his child’s Grade 1 graduation? What about if that child needs their father when the family pet ceases to be?

What’s more important here? Parenting, or pulling an NHL sweater over a head that is elsewhere?

“It's no different than if a player is dealing with anxiety or depression,” Hyman said. “Guys deal with emotions and feelings differently. Some people go through really hard times.

“It’s a different type of injury, right? You go seek medical help.”

Maybe when a player has the courage to call the coach and tell them, “Man, I just can’t play through this,” we’re getting somewhere.

Maybe they’re becoming humans who play hockey, and not simply “hockey players,” like some painted steel cut-outs on a table hockey board.

“Back in the day, were dads given paternity leave? No,” stated Hyman. “But they give them paternity leave now. So it's not a hockey question anymore. It's a societal question.

“We've matured as a society to be understanding of different circumstances. It's not that old, ‘Be a man,’ type of persona. I think that's changed.”

And we can thank Ethan Bear and his dog (rest in peace), for keeping that change going in the right direction.

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Why would the Sabres trade for Meier now when we could have had Cat for a song in the offseason? Makes little sense to me. Don't get me wrong, bring Meier on. I think the notion we're going to trade for him is silly.
- lacaprup

Uhh Meier is a lot better at the whole playing hockey thing to be fair

Can someone write a separate personal blog about Z train? As much as I love the guy, I just don't think he continues to warrant taking over every blog.

If one of you write a specific blog about him you can continue to snipe at one another without demolishing Hank's blog.
- lacaprup

Everyone kinda told hank that the video boards don't bother them on page 1 and 2.
That kinda ended that.

I'm sorry if your offended, you're welcome to join us at the ceremony. I know where you'll be sitting 🙂

Latvia is a long drive, not sure I'm up for that.
- Lunaion

😀

I'll swing by on the way back .......

Uhh Meier is a lot better at the whole playing hockey thing to be fair
- Swedish_Jesus

Cat had two 40 goal seasons coming into this year and is younger. The notion we're interested in Meier makes no sense at all.

Being dog people , thirtysixensons, I appreciate ef bear a lot more after reading this article. Love my dogs....

Hockey world slowly making strides when it comes to mental health

Mark Spector | @sportsnetspec
January 24, 2023, 6:35 PM
0
EDMONTON — Ethan Bear missed a National Hockey League game on Saturday night because his dog died.

If he were a fan, and he simply chose to stay home and mourn the passing of his pup, most everyone would understand. If that fan took a day off of work, would anyone bat an eye?

That Bear is a defenceman on the Vancouver Canucks however, caused some — not all, but some — to question his commitment.

It’s to be expected, frankly. In a sport where players were once made to attend a team practice ahead of the birth of a child, taking a game off after the death of a pet is quite a change indeed.

Or is there another word for it?

Progress…?

“Some people would be completely fine. Sad and upset, but it wouldn’t affect their day-to-day life,” said Oilers winger Zach Hyman, whose family dog is a Husky named Lady. “And for some people, it would absolutely crush them. They wouldn't be able to get out of bed.

“You can't judge somebody on how they feel. It's an individual question.”


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The hockey world has always been a hard place, when it comes to displaying emotions. Only in recent years have we come to the realization that the size of one’s pay cheque does not run in direct proportion to their ability to handle stress or sadness.

Today, Stuart Skinner is granted leave from a road trip to be at his wife’s side for the birth of their first child. Fifty years ago, a player wouldn’t even have asked.

“You didn’t even miss a practice,” said Gerry O’Flaherty, whose NHL career played out in the 1970s. “It was a different story, a different life, a different game.

“I don’t want to condemn the old ways. The game treated me very well. It gave me a life. It’s just how the guys were back then. The old GMs, it was hockey first.”

Brent Sutter played a decade later on the New York Islanders' dynasty teams.

“Mr. (GM Bill) Torrey and Mr. (Coach Al) Arbour, they would have let guys come home. No question they would have,” Sutter said on Tuesday. “But to be honest, during those Stanley Cup years I don’t ever remember a player missing a game for that. Mr Arbour would have said yes, but I don’t remember a single teammate ever asking.”

As a 21-year-old summer student at the Edmonton Journal back in 1987, I went to work the same day my 16-year-old dog went down. Coco had been around for virtually my whole life, but I’d only had that coveted job for a couple of months.

So down to the Canadian Cycling Championships I went, where the legendary Curt Harnett — who’d made the mistake of asking me how my day was going — gave me as good an interview as I’ve had in the ensuing 35 years, because he was a dog guy.

He knew.

Would I go to work today, if we lost our family pet? Or would I call it a mental health day and stay home?

“A lot of people are going through things within their own mind that are hard to cope with,” said Darnell Nurse, who has a pair of Doberman Pinschers at home. “If you could go around the room — go around your work, go around your family — everyone's been affected in one way or another.

“It's important to take into account,” he said. “Athletes go out there and perform. Play the game and get paid lots of money. But there's still a mental aspect to it. I think that gets lost for sure.”


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In the playoffs last season, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’s dog Sophie died between Games 4 and 5 of the Oilers’ series against Calgary. Nugent-Hopkins played Game 5 because it was a playoff game — the responsibility is baked into him — but reckoned on Monday that if the same scenario unfolded in the regular season, he’d likely take the night off.

“It hurt to see him go through that, because it affected him and Bree (wife Breanne),” said Nurse. “For him to play, it wasn't easy.”

And, respectfully, Nugent-Hopkins wasn’t great in that game. Who would be?

Fans look at players like part of the ticket price; entertainers who are cheating us out of part of the admission fee.

If you pay NHL prices to see the Oilers, you damned well expect to see Connor McDavid play — and his dog or his personal life isn’t part of the equation.

But should the player have the right to a night off for his child’s Grade 1 graduation? What about if that child needs their father when the family pet ceases to be?

What’s more important here? Parenting, or pulling an NHL sweater over a head that is elsewhere?

“It's no different than if a player is dealing with anxiety or depression,” Hyman said. “Guys deal with emotions and feelings differently. Some people go through really hard times.

“It’s a different type of injury, right? You go seek medical help.”

Maybe when a player has the courage to call the coach and tell them, “Man, I just can’t play through this,” we’re getting somewhere.

Maybe they’re becoming humans who play hockey, and not simply “hockey players,” like some painted steel cut-outs on a table hockey board.

“Back in the day, were dads given paternity leave? No,” stated Hyman. “But they give them paternity leave now. So it's not a hockey question anymore. It's a societal question.

“We've matured as a society to be understanding of different circumstances. It's not that old, ‘Be a man,’ type of persona. I think that's changed.”

And we can thank Ethan Bear and his dog (rest in peace), for keeping that change going in the right direction.

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- Boss34

They do become like one of your kids!