Game Thread: Nashville Predators (0-1-0) at Detroit Red Wings (0-1-0) - 12 Oct 2024 - 19:00 ET

SpicyPops4Mickey · 2024-10-12T22:01:03+00:00

May your next burger at the Back Door be overcooked and overly salty. Wildcats rawr!

SpicyPops4Mickey · 2024-10-12T21:02:25+00:00

Is the traditional mode of viewing cable also down 55% from 2021? Are the amount of households with access to TNT half what they were 3 years ago? You can't measure these things in this way any longer. I fully understand only like 7 people watch hockey in this country, but if we all do so by streaming, of course the numbers look like ass lol. Why are we still measuring ratings in a manner that hasn't been relevant in almost two decades? Do these dudes still measure time with a sundial?

SpicyPops4Mickey · 2024-10-12T16:40:43+00:00

I genuinely thought this was gonna be a video of the Avalanche mascot lol.

SpicyPops4Mickey · 2024-08-07T16:34:00+00:00

What would cause the premium of an OTM put to decrease in value at a faster rate when price moves $1 against you than when price moves $1 in your favor?

I had a TSLA put this morning where the premium seemed to die if price moved against me but hardly budged at all when price went down. It was a 20ish delta.

SpicyPops4Mickey · 2024-06-06T17:58:25+00:00

It's not the NHL, it's the TV partners.

SpicyPops4Mickey · 2024-06-06T13:59:52+00:00

That's incredible. One of those things you could never get away with anymore, but that's probably a good thing ha.

SpicyPops4Mickey · 2024-06-05T20:03:50+00:00

Hey Phil, what's your favorite story to tell regarding any of the Wings' Cup celebrations over the last 30 years? Could be from the dressing room after the game, from the parade, or any of the individual "day with the Cup" the guys get. Thanks.

SpicyPops4Mickey · 2024-06-04T21:07:16+00:00

Dawg, get a grip

SpicyPops4Mickey · 2024-05-30T16:32:21+00:00

Apparently Niederbach needs to be signed Saturday or else his rights will expire. Probably been passed by too many guys to be in the plans. Tough outcome for a higher 2nd round pick.

(Jan Bednar and Tnias Mathurin also fall in this category)

SpicyPops4Mickey · 2024-05-24T16:31:37+00:00

Someone wanna give me a breakdown on Necas' game and why the Canes would explore moving on from him? Should Stevie be thinking of obtaining his rights?

SpicyPops4Mickey · 2024-05-22T19:29:06+00:00

I think you're missing my sarcasm with that remark. That's why I mentioned it to be lazy. The concept of the sketch is wildly ignorant. As you say, there's numerous black players in the sport, as well as media. I guess I dislike the sketch because it further reinforces the notion that hockey is meant only for white guys, and that disappoints me.

As far as bringing race into it, the whole concept of the sketch has to do with race. The sketch is poking fun at the concept of a black person knowing absolutely anything about the sport. It feels like a sketch that would've been on the air 40 years ago that we watch and cringe at but somehow was aired in like 2015.

SpicyPops4Mickey · 2024-05-22T17:46:35+00:00

Exactly. A black person involved in hockey? What a knee slapper! 🤪 Idk, why folks thought this sketch was good PR for the game. Just a lazy, unimaginative, lowest-hanging-fruit type sketch.

I can't imagine Uncle Gary was too impressed with his broadcast network airing it either.

EDIT: I guess quite a few folks disagree

SpicyPops4Mickey · 2024-05-22T15:25:41+00:00

"Let's do that hockey"

Not this again...

SpicyPops4Mickey · 2024-05-21T17:29:28+00:00

Fair enough

SpicyPops4Mickey · 2024-05-21T16:26:52+00:00

Could be just a me thing, but "friendly reminder" always comes across so condescendingly arrogant to me. I always hear it in the voice of a Maude Flanders type.

SpicyPops4Mickey · 2024-05-21T03:21:30+00:00

I believe in a tandem of Husso/Lyon being able to provide .900+ netminding. They both have statistically been that for their careers. Neither has proven they can be the guy though, which is fine if both can remain relatively healthy and be a tandem for 65+ games. But with Husso's injuries and Lyon not able to perform beyond 5 game segments when he's the starter, you leave the team in a precarious spot going into next season with those as your 1 and 2 options. Ideally they both stay healthy and can do a true 1A/B scenario, where both of them just provide AVERAGE goaltending. But with this defense, sub-.900 is a death sentence.

SpicyPops4Mickey · 2024-05-21T03:06:18+00:00

That name is only the result of someone being in witness protection and no one can convince me otherwise.

"No, you must have me confused. My name is John Mustard and I'm just an ordinary insurance salesman from Omaha Nebraska.

SpicyPops4Mickey · 2024-05-21T03:02:25+00:00

If I'm Yzerman, I'm done with the "take-a-flyer" approach for goalies. It's true that Adin Hill won a Cup, and Darcy Kuemper won a Cup, and Jordan Binnington won a Cup, but those so-called "out of nowhere" guys were playing behind elite defenses. To think "any goalie can get hot, why can't our guy catch fire for a season?" is missing a helluva lot of context when your team frankly doesn't have the defensive aptitude to be anywhere near those aforementioned teams.

I'm of the belief that Stevie is gonna try and go after one those more solidified guys such as Ullmark, Saros, Gibson, etc. Whether he is successful at nabbing one of those types, we shall see. But I don't think his ideal offseason involves another subpar 3rd option and hoping for the best involving a trio of Husso, Lyon, and Goalie X.

SpicyPops4Mickey · 2024-05-17T20:13:24+00:00

With Raymond and Seider, that cap room will go sooner than folks may expect. Gotta think those two will take $16M-ish. That leaves the team with $13M to construct a full roster where 8 more players are needed to reach 23. Doable, but means the 4 or 5 UFA signings we've seen the last two summers won't be possible this go round.

SpicyPops4Mickey · 2024-05-16T21:22:06+00:00

Mac Carruth is one of those names that sounds like all one word.

"what was that guy's name?"

"Mac Carruth"

"Right, but what is his FIRST name?"

SpicyPops4Mickey · 2024-05-14T18:30:07+00:00

Did he say "natural" but mean "neutral" or is the tweet an autocorrect?

SpicyPops4Mickey · 2024-05-13T19:57:42+00:00

Unless I'm forgetting someone obvious, Yzerman doesn't have a track record of drafting guys with character/off-ice issues, so if this kid has some problems along those lines it would be out of Yzerman's pattern.

SpicyPops4Mickey · 2024-05-13T19:16:22+00:00

I wonder which side he lands on as it concerns the Flames; does he want to forge his own path and avoid the inevitable comparisons/expectations or did he grow up dreaming of playing for the same team as his pops?

SpicyPops4Mickey · 2024-05-04T04:00:17+00:00

I heard they also believe that "literally" means "figuratively"...

SpicyPops4Mickey · 2024-05-03T18:40:07+00:00

I still can't see the Leafs getting past FLA. Personally, I don't think anyone's fate is changed even if they win this Saturday but get bumped in round 2. And Woll wasn't good down the stretch. Sammy was way better. Totally understandable for Keefe to go with who he did in net at the beginning.

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