2023-24 NHL Season Thread 🏒

[JGibson]

This thread focuses on the happenings of the 2023-24 NHL season.

Vegas Golden Knights won their first ever Lord Stanley trophy by beating Florida Panthers 4 games to 1 to win the Stanley Cup for the 2022-23 season.

 
Connor Bedard went #1st overall in the 2023 NHL Draft, selected by the Chicago Blackhawks.
 

The NHL All-Star Game will be held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on February 3rd, 2024 at Scotiabank Area.
 

The Winter Classic will be held on January 1st, 2024 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle between the Seattle Kraken and the Vegas Golden Knights. The Stadium Series will be held on two different dates: February 17th between the Philadelphia Flyers and New Jersey Devils for New Jersey supremacy, and February 18th between the New York Rangers and the New York Islanders for New York City bragging rights. Both Stadium Series games will be held at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Who do you predict as your Division winners or your Stanley Cup winner?



2022-23 Thread: https://talkelections.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=520611.0

[T'Chenka]

Carolina and New Jersey will continue to be great teams. The Atlantic (Boston Tampa Florida Toronto) is IMO a little less predictable. Rangers should be good too.

Arizona, Chicago, San Jose will continue to be very bad. Anaheim too probably.

[JGibson]

Brian Boucher is headed to TNT to be part of the NHL on TNT crew. Boucher's arrival at TNT reunites the #1 NHL on NBC crew of him, Kenny Albert, and Eddie Olczyk in its final season (the COVID-shortened 2020-21 season).

Awful Announcing:

TNT’s NHL coverage is getting the band back together.

The New York Post’s Andrew Marchand reported Tuesday that Brian Boucher will join TNT as its “between the benches” analyst, reuniting with his former NBC teammates, Kenny Albert and Eddie Olczyk, in the process. He’ll fill the position that was opened up when Keith Jones became the Philadelphia Flyers President of Hockey Operations.


[...]

Boucher gives TNT a recognizable game analyst. He played in the NHL (from 1999-2013) and has been a notable media figure since his playing career. At the start of the 2015-26 NHL season, Boucher joined NBC Sports as an “Inside the Glass” reporter and studio analyst. From 2018 to 2021, he worked as an “Inside the Glass” reporter with the lead broadcast team of Mike Emrick and Eddie Olcyzk. He shared the role with McGuire, who he eventually replaced. And Albert eventually replaced Emrick as the lead play-by-play voice following the latter’s retirement announcement in October 2020.

As per Marchand, while Boucher’s main role will be between the benches, he additionally could be utilized for some studio work.

[JGibson]

Connor Bedard made his Blackhawks debut tonight, as he scored a hat trick against their biggest rivals in the St. Louis Blues at the Tom Kurvers Prospect Showcase. His First official NHL game will be the first regular season game the Hawks play. 

[JGibson]

Calgary Flames VP of Hockey Operations Chris Snow passed away at 42 after a battle with ALS.

https://www.nhl.com/news/flames-assistant-gm-chris-snow-dies-of-als-at-42

[JGibson]

The NHL season will be officially beginning soon.

[dead0man]

LGB!

[JGibson]

LGB!

I could see this team being playoff spot contenders. We're still far away from being Western Conference champions-worthy, let alone Stanley Cup-worthy.

[dead0man]

LGB!

I could see this team being playoff spot contenders. We're still far away from being Western Conference champions-worthy, let alone Stanley Cup-worthy.

it's been a pretty sh**tty year for us Cards/Blues fans, I'll be happy content with a .500 team that sneaks into the playoffs.

[T'Chenka]

Auston Matthews starts off the year with a hat trick. Connor Bedard has 1 goal and 1 assist in his first two NHL games.

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

I think tonight was the first time in 3 years that the people at the sports bar saw me get so heated and excited over any sports game. I was so pissed when Tampa Bay scored with 7 seconds left when they were absolutely crowding the crease like a subway during rush hour. But hey, Buffalo ended up winning in the end, so I'm happy. I really hope they can actually go all the way to the playoffs and win this time. Too bad Rick Jeanneret isn't alive to see that even if it does happen...

[T'Chenka]

I think tonight was the first time in 3 years that the people at the sports bar saw me get so heated and excited over any sports game. I was so pissed when Tampa Bay scored with 7 seconds left when they were absolutely crowding the crease like a subway during rush hour. But hey, Buffalo ended up winning in the end, so I'm happy. I really hope they can actually go all the way to the playoffs and win this time. Too bad Rick Jeanneret isn't alive to see that even if it does happen...

Buffalo has a very talented young team, with good depth. They should be good very soon, and stay good for a long time.

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

Close loss for BUF tonight, 4-3.

[JGibson]

ESPN and ESPN+ had Frozen Frenzy last night, in which game start times were staggered every 15 minutes.

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

couple of BS calls against Buffalo tonight but Levi manages to carry the Sabres to a 3-2 win

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

last night was an absolutely horrible performance by the Sabres for Okposo's 1000th game. Tage Thompson was injured and put back onto the ice the next period, and now he might be out for many games because obviously that only exacerbated his injury.

Levi had a bad night, clearly, and that only was made worse by him going up against the Bruins for the first time. He might need to move down to the AHL for a little bit, but that's not to say he isn't a promising goalie. He definitely has a lot of potential to continue the legacy of Hasek and Miller.

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

Sabres ended their losing streak last night

[JGibson]

Blues and Coyotes were scoring at will, but St. Louis got the win and the 2 points as the Blues won 6-5.

[Badger]

Bruins looking very strong at this early stage of the season. Wonder if they'll be able to break the President's Cup curse this time.

[OuterCoat100]

I wondering if the Oilers are going to continue their winning streak.

[OuterCoat100]

Hoping the Oilers can turn things around, but not looking good for their winning streak right now.

[JGibson]

Penguins G Tristan Jarry scored an empty net goal in Thursday's game against the Lightning.

https://twitter.com/BarDown/status/1730419806917066814

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

my feelings on the Sabres throughout this season:




please guys be consistent you're killing me

[dead0man]

Penguins G Tristan Jarry scored an empty net goal in Thursday's game against the Lightning.

https://twitter.com/BarDown/status/1730419806917066814

the only thing better than that is when two goalies fight

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

my feelings on the Sabres throughout this season:




please guys be consistent you're killing me

…when I said be consistent, I didn’t mean consistently s**t… pain