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the non family friendly boredom thread for Rich
alta:
The Blue Jackets and the Coyotes will need new coaches for next season
alta:
the taxi squad roster has changed...
https://novacapsfans.com/2021/05/10/capitals-re-assign-martin-fehervary-pheonix-copley-and-phil-maillet-to-taxi-squad/
the Caps must've had yesterday off, there has been zero news from/about them
richkrt99:
Moving Copely to Taxi is interesting. That tells me Sammy is still days out from return (or won't return before Tuesday).
I was assumed Vitek would be in net for Boston with ANderson as backup and I guess Copely is just emergency backup....so maybe it's just for the one game until Sammy is ready. Or are they just fed the fuck up with Sammy and planning on him not playing the rest of the season (or ever)?
And I'm curious....Have not ALL the players been vaccinated and isn't the NHL letting up on protocols as a result?
Maybe this doesn't apply until playoffs, but....
https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-modifies-covid-19-protocols-for-fully-vaccinated-during-playoffs/c-324482424
Did anyone ever hear anymore about Kuzy and Sammy other that they were on protocol list? WHY were they?
richkrt99:
Rags beat Isles making end of season just a bit more interesting..
Hens have locked up 1st, Caps have locked up 2nd, but....
Boston lost and Isles won so Isles are now only 1 point back so they play Boston Monday and could jump over Boston into 3rd with a regulation win (isles last game).
Boston then plays the Caps the following night....and if Caps win (and the Isles win Monday) then Isles end up in 3rd and Boston 4th.
Monday Isles vs Boston should be interesting. If Boston beats the Isles Monday, then Tuesday's game is completely meaningless for everyone.
Any word on when playoffs start? I assumed with a condensed season we'd be staring sooner (by the weekend) but some teams out west still play Wednesday. Last game in the east is Caps/Boston on Tuesday. Everyone else in the east is done Monday - except Hens and Rags finished Saturday
Shocker the Hens finish the season the soonest so get the most rest before playoffs. So unlike the NHL to provide any type of favorable scheduling for Hens or Rags.
Central is also all done with one last game tonight.
Most of the playoff teams are set with very little room for any changes. Tampa Bay has lost 2 and FLA has won 5 in a row so FLA is 2 points up on TB for #2 spot. Both have one game remaining. Tampa must win and FLA lose and Tampa wins the Tie breaker to put them back into 2nd. They will be facing each other come playoffs no matter what so only thing to decide is who starts at home.
In the North, Winnipeg (59) and Montreal (57) could flip flop for 3/4 spots and technically Calgary (49) could still get in by winning all last 4 and Montreal loses last two ending them tied in points, but that's unlikely.
Anyway....enough jibber jabber for the boredom thread. WTF do the playoffs start?
alta:
The NHL hasn't said much about how players get put on the wuhan list. There's more to it than just testing positive or breaking protocol. When the NFL started back up last year they had quite a few problems with players getting false positives. That's why I want to know what test/s the NHL is using, but appearently it's a secret
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