I agree it seems Calgary won this but perhaps not as one sided...Calgary absolutely took Vancouver behind the woodshed - Kuzmenko is having a bit of a sophomore slump but still only has one fewer goal than Lindholm does and Hunter Brzustewicz is the third leading scorer in the OHL as a defenseman.
Dreger [NHL insider] says Rangers want to move their 2024 1st RD pick to add at the deadline, but the owner James Dolan wants them to keep the pick so that they can be part of the spectacle at the Draft at the Sphere in Las Vegas, also owned by Dolan.
Feels like we are finally beating the end of the road in Arizona.
Salt Lake City Coyotes?
View: https://twitter.com/nhl_watcher/status/1755296905855127732?s=46&t=23orJRFkAhpzRtm4p3-oEw
Nothing official but the tea leaves seem to indicate the NHL is going to take control of the franchise (again) and then sell it. The sales price becomes the expansion fee.Why would they let the team move there instead of granting SLC an expansion team and collecting a $700 million fee that they don’t have to split with the players?
Maybe because Houston and Atlanta already called dibs/were promised an expansion team? IDK.Why would they let the team move there instead of granting SLC an expansion team and collecting a $700 million fee that they don’t have to split with the players?
They haven’t wanted to put another team in Canada because of the value of the Canadian dollar, but if they add 3 more US teams, having one more team up in Canada maintains the current percentage of teams collecting Canadian dollars for home dates, so maybe the other owners would go for it?Putting another team in Atlanta may be just what Quebec City needs to get a franchise by 2030.
Maybe if Arizona is such a great market (which it could be with a the right arena in the right location), NHL can move the current franchise, and then once a competent ownership group can have a firm arena plan in place do expansion to Arizona…Why would they let the team move there instead of granting SLC an expansion team and collecting a $700 million fee that they don’t have to split with the players?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/bidding-mystery-hockey-card-box-tops-2-million-1.7111123The bidding on a box of unopened hockey cards recently discovered by a Regina family has topped $2 million.
Rich Mueller of the Indiana-based website Sports Collectors Daily said the family's discoveries are similar to holding a winning lottery ticket.
Last month, they unearthed a crate of 1979 O-Pee-Chee brand hockey cards. The company selling the box, Heritage Auctions, estimates there could be more than two dozen Wayne Gretzky rookie cards inside.
In mint condition, Gretzky rookie cards can sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars each.
The Arizona Coyotes have put forward Adam Ruzicka on unconditional waivers to terminate his contract.
The move comes after Ruzicka posted to social media a video of a himself with a white powder appearing to be cocaine and a credit card on a counter. The team announced Friday that Ruzicka was going on waivers for termination purposes and said it would have no further comment at this time.
He does not have a Rosie future.Hey kids, don't post video of your cocaine usage:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/02/23/sports/adam-ruzicka-coyotes-cocaine/
It’s just one angle but his skates appear to be parallel to one another and the boards, and it looks like his upper body twists and is what causes the hit to look like a boarding. Like I said it’s just one angle but I don’t see how it’s a clear penalty (based on my belief that his back wasn’t turned to the player).How does the ref in the first clip who is standing right there not call that?
As written there actually is no need for the player to have his back to you. He just has to be in a vulnerable/defenseless position. This seems to meet that criteria.Boarding – A boarding penalty shall be imposed on any player who checks or pushes a defenseless opponent in such a manner that causes the opponent to hit or impact the boards violently or dangerously. The severity of the penalty, based upon the impact with the boards, shall be at the discretion of the Referee. There is an enormous amount of judgment involved in the application of this rule by the Referees. The onus is on the player applying the check to ensure his opponent is not in a defenseless position and if so, he must avoid or minimize contact. However, in determining whether such contact could have been avoided, the circumstances of the check, including whether the opponent put himself in a vulnerable position immediately prior to or simultaneously with the check or whether the check was unavoidable can be considered. This balance must be considered by the Referees when applying this rule. Any unnecessary contact with a player playing the puck on an obvious “icing” or “off-side” play which results in that player hitting or impacting the boards is “boarding” and must be penalized as such. In other instances where there is no contact with the boards, it should be treated as “charging.”
Jesus. Another tough guy too.Looks like Chris Simon passed away at the age of 52. No details yet as far as I could tell but that’s far too young.