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three-headed-monster · 5 months
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they heard our cries HEADSHOTS ARE UPDATE!!!!
i'm kind of shocked they mostly look good this year
(shoutout to kent johnson who looked like he was gonna cry in last year's)
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Title: Slapshot Through the Heart for 1D Tour de Fic Fest
Author: areyoutherelarry
Summary: Being the third overall draft pick comes with a lot of pressure, pressure that Shawn Mendes feels like he’s cracked under until he joins the Florida Panthers and develops a massive crush on their illustrious captain, Niall Horan. However, now that Matthew Tkachuk, the sixth overall pick from Shawn’s draft year, is joining the team, maybe Shawn overexaggerated his and Niall’s connection, maybe he is the biggest draft bust, maybe he isn’t good for the team at all.
Or the Florida Panthers’ crazy 2022-2023 season but make it a friends-to-lovers Shiall Hockey AU with a dash of Matthew Tkachuk propaganda.
@1dtourdeficfest
LONG appendix below cut (Hockey people and glossary)
NHL People
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Matthew Tkachuk- (American) Rat king, nepo baby (his dad played for a long time), loves to start shit and plays very good hockey, thriving in Florida, is so obsessed with his new team, always munching on his mouth guard, went #6 in 2016 NHL entry draft, won 0 Stanley Cups (left)
Mitch Marner- (Canadian) tiny baby hockey player, adorable and smiley very good at hockey, went #4 in 2015 NHL entry draft, won 0 Stanley Cups (right)
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Dylan Strome- (Canadian) long-suffering, played with Connor McDavid in juniors, considered somewhat of a bust (I love him don’t come for me), went #3 in 2015 NHL entry draft, won 0 Stanley Cups (left)
Auston Matthews- (American) another great hockey player,, known for being fashionable and ✨cool✨, went #1 in 2016 NHL entry draft, won 0 Stanley Cups (right)
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Connor McDavid- (Canadian) long-suffering best player currently in the NHL, known for being boring af, went #1 in 2015 NHL entry draft, won 0 Stanley Cups (left)
Nick Foligno- (American-Canadian) I don’t know much about him, another nepo baby, went #28 in 2006 NHL entry draft, won 0 Stanley Cups (right)
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Alexander Ovechkin- (Russian) will probably break Gretzky’s record for # of goals scored, is a powerhouse, considered one of the best hockey players of all-time but people consider him a showboat but like yeahhhh duh, went #1 in 2004 NHL entry draft, won 1 Stanley Cup (left)
Phil Kessel- (American) Ridiculous hockey player but was good, think stereotypical Wisconsin dude and yep you’ve got him, known for drinking Coke and eating hot dogs, went #5 in 2006 NHL entry draft, won 3 Stanley Cups (right)
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Connor Bedard- (Canadian) Considered a generational talent like Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby but is only 18, hope he isn’t crushed by the Chicago sports ecosystem (I’m from Chicago), went #1 in 2023 NHL entry draft, won 0 Stanley Cups (duh) (left)
Sidney Crosby- (Canadian) One of the best players, hockey men consider him a whiner but boo to them, he is a big weirdo who has lots of superstitions and doesn’t have public social media, an enigma, went #1 in 2005 NHL entry draft, won 3 Stanley Cups (right)
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John Tavares- (Canadian) He’s such a dad, considered to have “abandoned” the Islanders, whatever, went #1 in 2009 NHL entry draft, won 0 Stanley Cups (left)
Ryan Lomberg- (Canadian) Lomberghini I don’t know much about him, chirper, went undrafted, won 0 Stanley Cups (right)
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Jonathan Huberdeau- (Canadian) Huby I don’t know much about him, regularly leads teams in points, went #3 in 2011 NHL entry draft, won 0 Stanley Cups (top left)
Claude Giroux- (Canadian) Scrappy hockey player who was captain of the Philadelphia Flyers for a long time, such a dad, went #22 in 2006 NHL entry draft, won 0 Stanley Cups (top right)
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Paul Maurice- (Canadian) *I’m missing how to find NHL coaches’ headshots so here’s a funny Paul pic* Says this year’s team has brought back his love of hockey, notably quit previously in the middle of the season because he just couldn’t anymore, also played but only juniors because he got hurt, won 0 Stanley Cups (left)
Sergei Bobrovsky- (Russian) Always seems long-suffering, people talk a lot of shit about Bob, went undrafted, won 0 Stanley Cups (top left)
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Keith Tkachuk- (American) *This picture is hella old but he looks so much like his kids* Has lots of points because he played lots of games, comes from an NHL family, pretty chirpy even with his own kids, went #19 in 1990 NHL entry draft, won 0 Stanley Cups (left)
Brady Tkachuk- (American) *The head tilt the Tkachuk brothers do* WILL FIGHT, once got bit during a fight, captain of his team has outrageously high number of penalty minutes compared to other captains, nepo baby, the Tkachuk brothers harass and love each other very much, went #4 in 2018 NHL entry draft, won 0 Stanley Cups (right)
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Tim Stützle- (German) I don’t know much about him, except he loves doing adorable antics, he and Brady are silly together, hilarious conspiracy that Matthew thinks he’s annoying, went #3 in 2020 NHL entry draft, won 0 Stanley Cups (left)
Thomas Chabot- (Canadian) I don’t know much about him, he hit a teammate in the face with his stick this year accidentally, went #18 in 2015 NHL entry draft, won 0 Stanley Cups (right)
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Kris Letang- (Canadian) eternally cursed, this poor man has had two TWO strokes during his career, his dad died not long after he had his second stroke, known for being French Canadian, beautiful, and obsessed with his hair, went #62 in 2005 NHL entry draft, won 3 Stanley Cups (left)
Evgeni Malkin- (Russian) is so moody, will fight you if you irk him just a little bit, also considered whiny with Sid, loves to chirp those he loves, loves jokes and is funny, went #2 in 2004 NHL entry draft, won 3 Stanley Cups (right)
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Eric Staal- (Canadian) homophobe, one of four Staal brothers who have played in the NHL, went #2 in 2003 NHL entry draft, won 1 Stanley Cup (left)
Marc Staal- (Canadian) homophobe, one of four Staal brothers who have played in the NHL, went #12 in 2015 NHL entry draft, won 0 Stanley Cups (right)
NHL Glossary (most of this was copy and pasted from around the internet)
The Presidents' Trophy- The Presidents' Trophy is an award presented by the NHL to the team that finishes with the most points during the NHL regular season. Teams get two points for each win, one point for each tie, and no points for a loss
The Presidents' Trophy Curse- Finishing with the best record in the regular season has become a dubious distinction: Only twice in 20 years has the Presidents' Trophy winner gone on to win the Stanley Cup — most recently a decade ago when the Blackhawks beat Boston in the final. Since then, only one team has made it past the second round. 
Captain- In ice hockey, the captain is the player designated by a team as the only person authorized to speak with the game officials regarding rule interpretations when the captain is on the ice. At most levels of play each team must designate one captain and a number of alternate captains (usually two or three) who speak to the officials when the captain is on the bench. 
BioSteel Camp- The annual BioSteel NHL CAMP is a four-day event where 30 of the top hockey stars and prospects go through both on- and off- ice training as the NHL season start is just around the corner.  
London Knights- The London Knights are a junior ice hockey team from London, Ontario, Canada, playing in the Ontario Hockey League, one of the leagues of the Canadian Hockey League. 
Memorial Cup- The Memorial Cup is the national championship of the Canadian Hockey League, a consortium of three major junior ice hockey leagues operating in Canada and parts of the United States. It is a four-team round-robin tournament played between the champions of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) and Western Hockey League (WHL), and a fourth, hosting team, which alternates between the three leagues annually. 
Chirp-Hockey insults are known as "chirps.” The basic theory behind any kind of trash-talking is that, by disrupting your opponent's concentration and confidence through chirping, you gain a competitive edge that might just help you win. 
The Show- Many players refer to the NHL as “the show” 
Training Camp- NHL training camp is the period when professional ice hockey clubs gather to prepare and enhance themselves for the next season. It starts before the start of the regular season. 
Development Camp- Development Camp provides an opportunity for  prospects to showcase their talents and show management and staff that they are progressing in the right direction. Players at camp are all looking to prove different things. Some camp goers will be looking to prove they're NHL-ready, some will be hoping to show the staff they've improved on areas of need based on last year's camp, some are looking to be signed and some are looking to make a good first impression, along with much more.
Prospect-  A prospect is typically a player who was drafted and/or signed by an NHL team, and is assigned to a development farm team. These development leagues are the American Hockey League and the ECHL. Besides these minor leagues, draft picks may continue playing for the team that they were drafted from in the Canadian Hockey League (consisting of the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, and Western Hockey League), the NCAA, the United States Hockey League, various European leagues such as the Czech Extraliga, Finnish Liiga, German Deutsche Eishockey Liga, Russian Kontinental Hockey League, Slovak Extraliga, Swedish Hockey League, the Norwegian Fjordkraftligaen or Swiss National League.
Messier Trophy- The Mark Messier Leadership Award is a NHL award that recognizes an individual as a superior leader within their sport and as a contributing member of society. 
Selke- The Frank J. Selke Trophy is an annual award given "to the forward who best excels in the defensive aspects of the game." The winner is selected in a poll of the Professional Hockey Writers Association at the end of the regular season.
Waivers- Waivers is an NHL labor management procedure by which an NHL team makes a professional ice hockey player's contract and rights available to all other NHL teams. Other NHL teams "waive" any claim to a player designated for assignment in the American Hockey League (AHL) or designated for release. This means another team could sign that player to their NHL team before they go to the minors. 
Celly- Slang for “celebration” and refers to the expression of joy after a player scores a goal; a celly comes in many forms and can range from a fist pump to sheathing a stick as if it were a sword to belly-sliding across the ice. The degree of celly is typically correlated to the importance of the goal.
Liney- The lines in hockey refer to the different lineups that teams utilize throughout the game. Each line typically consists of three forwards, a center and two wingers on either side of the center, and two defensemen. Usually, teams field four lines of forwards and three lines of defensemen. A liney is a player on the same line.
Cross Check- Cross-checking is “The action of using the shaft of the stick between the two hands to forcefully check an opponent.”
Empty Net- Empty net goals usually occur on two occasions in ice hockey: In the final minutes of a game, if a team is within two goals, they will often pull the goalie, leaving the net defenseless, for an extra attacker, in order to have a better chance of scoring to either tie or get within one goal. OR In the case of a delayed penalty, the non-offending team will often pull their goaltender for an extra attacker in this situation as well. 
Shift- A hockey shift is when a “line” takes their turn to play while the other lines take a break on the bench to rest. Each line rotates about every 45 seconds to keep the game intensity up and give players time to rest.
Holding- Holding is any action by a player that restrains an opposing player by impeding their progress whether or not they are in possession of the puck, or by such action prohibiting their ability to pass, shoot, receive, or otherwise propel the puck.
The Box- The penalty box or sin bin (sometimes called the bad box, or simply bin or box) is the area in ice hockey where a player sits to serve the time of a given penalty, for an offense not severe enough to merit outright expulsion from the game.
Powerplay- In ice hockey, a team is considered to be on a power play when at least one opposing player is serving a penalty, and the team has a numerical advantage on the ice (whenever both teams have the same number of players on the ice, there is no power play).
Shoot-out Goal- A hockey shootout is a penalty shot competition used to decide the result of a game that is tied after regulation time and is still tied at the end of overtime. In a shootout, a player starts with the puck at center ice and has a scoring opportunity 1-1 against the opposing team's goalie. The puck can only move forwards. If it moves backwards, the play is considered dead.
Gentleman’s Sweep- A gentleman's sweep is where a team wins a playoff series but loses one game leading to a 4–1 win. It is called a gentleman's sweep under the pretense that it would be rude and unsporting to embarrass a team with a 4–0 victory, so the winning team lets the other team win a game to save face.
Important References
2022 FL Panthers Primer
Matthew Tkachuk Daddy Issues
Hockey Fun Facts
Florida’s Schedule
Shiall Timeline
Dylan Strome Primer
2015 Draft Class
Matthew Tkachuk
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thrashermaxey · 5 years
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Geek of the Week: An Ad-Nazem Review
This week we’re going to discuss Nazem Kadri.  We’ll avoid talking about the “remainder of the series” suspension until the end of the article.  And we won’t be looking at the actual incident that garnered him the suspension (enough has already been said about that). 
Instead we’re going to try to put emotions around the player aside (positive or negative) and focus on fantasy value moving forward. 
Similar to buying a good blue chip stock, we must always remember to look at the underlying quality of the company (or player) and pit that against a poor quarterly result or negative short-term news (like a suspension or unsustainably low statistics).  This is where we will find value and the edge most fantasy managers are looking for.
The first stat that really stood out for me when looking at Kadri this season was his shooting percentage.  He took 184 shots and only converted on 8.7 percent of them for 16 goals (an 82-game pace of 207 shots and 18 goals). 
Shots on goal were slighty down this year from the previous two, but nothing to be overly concerned about as he’s still taking more than 2.5 shots per game. 
The shooting percentage is another story altogether.  Over the past two seasons Kadri converted at a rate of 14.3 percent.  Kadri’s career regular season shooting percentage is 11.6 percent. 
Essentially, Kadri is a better scorer than he displayed this season and there is no reason to believe he won’t regress positively next year.  It’s relatively safe to put him in the 11-14 percent conversion range next season, and if he is a bit lucky he could shoot over 15 percent, which would easily put him over 30 goals again.
Kadri put up 28 assists this year and totaled 44 points.  He has seen a two-year decline in point production from his high of 61 in 2016-17. 
Kadri is generally good for at least a hit per game. As well, he showed his best-ever performance in the face-off circle winning 55 percent of his draws this season. So if your league counts faceoffs, he was a pleasant surprise percentage wise, although he took less face-offs than he normally does. This is likely due to the addition of John Tavares.
Kadri’s Individual Points Percentage (IPP) was a bit low this season at 61.1.  We should expect that to be closer to 70 next year, which should help his point production.
If you’re in a cap league, Kadri comes in at a very palatable $4.5 million hit through to the 2021-22 season.  That contract already looks great and should age exceptionally well as each year passes.
Despite Kadri’s inconsistency from last season to this season as well as the addition of Tavares to the lineup, Mike Babcock has been remarkably consistent with Kadri’s deployment.  He continued to average over 16 minutes per game this season (room to improve), with just over two of those minutes coming on the power play.  The previous two seasons, Kadri averaged about one shift more per game and almost 30 seconds less power-play time per game than he did this year. 
The Leafs’ power play is always something to keep an eye on as they have a lot of candidates for the top unit.  At times Babcock has gone with a 1a/1b philosophy and if he’s not on the 1a then Kadri is all but guaranteed to be on the 1b unit.  So a drop in power-play time shouldn’t be a huge concern despite the plethora of talented forwards in Toronto.
Using standard Yahoo Head-to-Head Points scoring (private leagues only) we can see where Kadri ranked this season using the Fantasy Hockey Geek tool:  
Rank
Player
GP
G
A
+/-
SOG
PPP
BKS
Fantasy
Points
306
Blake Coleman
77
22
14
-19
210
3
44
389
307
Nazem Kadri
74
14
28
-6
183
13
14
389
308
Jimmy Vesey
79
17
18
-5
151
4
33
341
Not to take anything away from Coleman and Vesey, but Kadri is a better overall player than both of them in almost every way, and next season he will play on a deeper and more productive team (likely with better linemates) than either of them.  This is not the statistical company we should expect Kadri to be keeping by the end of next season. 
Savvy fantasy general managers ought to be rooting for an average to below average playoff performance for Kadri should the Leafs get past the Bruins in Round 1.  If the Leafs blow their first-round lead (would that shock anyone at this stage given the history?) then the stock in Kadri will remain low and it is very likely to carry over into a lot of drafts next season.
It would be irresponsible not to factor in the potential for Kadri to get suspended again next year (or the season after).  There is definitely a Brad Marchand-ian feeling around him currently.  
Leading the league in headshot suspensions is not an admirable NHL record to hold, and it leads one to believe it’s only a matter of time until we see another offense. 
The unorthodox “remainder of series” suspension shouldn’t cloud anyone’s judgement here.  Look at it as a five (playoff) game suspension that in the regular season would roughly translate to a 10-game suspension. 
It shouldn’t surprise anyone if Kadri’s next suspension comes in around the 15-20 game mark (or 10ish playoff games), especially if we see another head shot.
Regardless of how you feel about Kadri, if we are to look at drafting him it would be reckless not to consider a potential future suspension.  How much of a consideration will vary between league setup, roster, and general manager risk tolerance level. 
As things stand currenlty expect Kadri to fall in a lot of drafts next year.  Taking emotions out of it and making decisions around players like Kadri in the mid-later rounds is what makes this a whole lot of fun.
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from All About Sports https://dobberhockey.com/hockey-home/geek-of-the-week/geek-of-the-week-an-ad-nazem-review/
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thrashermaxey · 7 years
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Ramblings: Oshie, Luongo Injured; Smith Shines (Dec 5)
Ramblings: Oshie, Luongo Injured; Smith Shines, plus more…
I complete my trade with Steve by taking over the Tuesday Ramblings for him this week. The Monday schedule was a little lighter than what I’m used to with only four games, but there was some interesting news and film nonetheless.
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Monday’s matchup between the Sharks and Capitals wasn’t one where many stood out boxscore-wise. Alex Ovechkin scored his league-leading 20th goal of the season and added an assist. The goal was the 578th of his career, passing Mark Recchi for 20th in league history in just over half the number of games that Recchi played. Following a rare season in which he had more assists (36) than goals (33), Ovie has tipped back to his goal-heavy ways (20 goals to just 8 assists).
This was an eventful game, though, as it will be known more for the dirty headshot that Joe Thornton delivered on T.J. Oshie during the second period, forcing the Capitals’ winger to leave the game. As expected, Oshie will be re-evaluated tomorrow for what I would think would be a concussion.  
Joe Thornton should be suspended 40 games for this pic.twitter.com/ghomQGMcnL
— NHL Insider Dinger (@atf13atf) December 5, 2017
In the NHL, you’d have to kill or dismember someone to receive a 40-game suspension. Still, there’s the possibility of supplemental discipline for Thornton here, particularly since Thornton did not receive a penalty. Thornton was forced to answer the bell in the third period, taking one on that hard-to-miss beard from Tom Wilson.  
Tom Wilson fights Joe Thornton pic.twitter.com/2m9K379Gwa
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) December 5, 2017
Believe it or not, those weren’t the only highlights worth showing in this game. Check out not one, but two potential goals getting waived off on the same sequence. The first goal to Brett Connolly eventually counted.  
COUNT IT! #CapsSharks #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/f3Fd2tFVwj
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) December 5, 2017
With Oshie gone and the game getting chippy afterward, Connolly received 6:39 of power-play time with the big guns. Should Oshie miss games, don’t be surprised if Connolly’s fantasy value receives a major boost with this added responsibility. As it stands, Connolly has scored goals in back-to-back games, although his season total (6 points in 19 games) and icetime (10:25 per game) haven’t been anything to get excited about to this point.
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The Panthers/Islanders matchup also saw a prominent player leave with an injury. Roberto Luongo was helped off the ice early in the second period after making this save.  
Luongo injury: pic.twitter.com/RdroiMslfJ
— Cats On The Prowl (@Cats0ntheprowl) December 5, 2017
James Reimer took over in net, allowing three goals on 17 shots before eventually taking the loss in the shootout. Although we don’t know how serious the injury actually is, Luongo could be out for a while based on the way this looked. Reimer should receive considerably more starts over the near future, but his season 3.64 goals-against average and .894 save percentage combined with the Panthers’ team 3.35 goals against per game may make you think twice about adding him.
So it’s not a great state of affairs for Florida, who have lost three games in a row. But it wasn’t all bad for Panthers that may be on your fantasy team. Vincent Trocheck and Keith Yandle each recorded three points in this game. Even with Aleksander Barkov and Jonathan Huberdeau having great seasons, Trocheck leads the Panthers in scoring with 27 points in 27 games.
Another shoutout to Nick Leddy, who with an assist is now second among defensemen in scoring with 22 points in 26 games. I mentioned him last week, but I’ll just say again that he’s been one of fantasy hockey’s greatest steals this season.
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We all know about Matt Duchene’s struggles in Ottawa so far. Meanwhile, it’s been a different story in Nashville with the addition of Kyle Turris.  
Since acquiring Kyle Turris in a three-team trade on Nov. 5, his line, along with Kevin Fiala and Craig Smith, has produced a combined total of 32 points (13g-19a) in 12 games, in which the #Preds are 9-2-1.
— Nashville Preds PR (@PredsPR) December 5, 2017
On Monday, this line combined for seven points in a 5-3 Nashville win over Boston. Craig Smith scored two goals himself in the first period and added an assist on Kevin Fiala’s goal in the second period. Smith now has 11 goals on the season, placing him second on the team. That’s probably not something you expected, considering that Smith scored just 12 all of last season. But Smith is a three-time 20-goal scorer and appears to be well on his way to a fourth 20-goal season. Oh, and he’s available in less than 20 percent of Yahoo leagues.
In case you’re wondering about Turris, he has 10 points (2g-8a) in 12 games since the trade to the Music City. In 11 games since the trade, Duchene has two points… total.
Ryan Johansen was absent for Monday’s game with an upper-body injury, so Peter Laviolette seemed to put his other lines in a blender:
21.69%  EV           ARVIDSSON,VIKTOR – BONINO,NICK – SISSONS,COLTON
15.81%  EV           ABERG,PONTUS – FORSBERG,FILIP – JARNKROK,CALLE
15.81%  EV           FIALA,KEVIN – SMITH,CRAIG – TURRIS,KYLE
9.56%    EV           GAUDREAU,FREDERICK – SALOMAKI,MIIKKA – WATSON,AUSTIN
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Brian Elliott had a homecoming to remember in Calgary, stopping 43 of 45 shots to earn the struggling Flyers their first win in 11 games. During that dubious stretch, Elliott posted a 3.07 goals-against average and .906 save percentage. That could actually be worse when compared to some of the other numbers that we’ve seen from goalies this season.
Elliott is currently on pace to play just under 60 games this season. Elliott has not even played 50 games since the 2009-10 season, his second in the NHL. But you’d probably feel more positively about him if the Flyers were a better team.
With three assists in this game, Jakub Voracek is now tied for second with 26 assists. He didn’t miss a beat in spite of being recently moved off the top line with Claude Giroux and Sean Couturier. Here’s how the Flyers’ lines looked on Monday:
26.14%  EV           FILPPULA,VALTTERI – RAFFL,MICHAEL – VORACEK,JAKUB
20.75%  EV           COUTURIER,SEAN – GIROUX,CLAUDE – SIMMONDS,WAYNE
13.69%  EV           LAUGHTON,SCOTT – LEIER,TAYLOR – WEAL,JORDAN
13.28%  EV           KONECNY,TRAVIS – PATRICK,NOLAN – WEISE,DALE
In Voracek’s place was Wayne Simmonds, who scored a power-play goal on Monday. This appears to be an attempt to get Simmonds going, as he has scored just one other goal dating all the way back to October 21.
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Remember when Matt Moulson was a must-own on the John Tavares line? Then he was traded to Buffalo in the Thomas Vanek deal and it all went downhill from there. On Monday, Moulson was placed on waivers after scoring no points in 14 games. All to make room for Scott Wilson, who was acquired from Detroit on Monday. Moulson is owed $5 million both this season and next, a contract that is an anchor for a Sabres’ team that is now residing in the NHL’s basement.
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Finally, this news could pave the way for the NHL’s 32nd team. And if you’re hoping that it’s Quebec City, sorry. Gary Bettman probably has other plans.  
BREAKING: @SeattleCouncil votes 7-1 to approve $660m #KeyArena MOU package with @OvgSeattle.
It clears the way for a NEW Arena at Seattle Center by 2020, and potential #NHL franchise.
More details to come on @KING5Seattle.#Seattle pic.twitter.com/UQVPAaxGBH
— Chris Daniels (@ChrisDaniels5) December 5, 2017
If an NHL team does in fact come to Seattle, the Vancouver Canucks would finally have a true geographical rival. I don’t have actual numbers in front of me, but I believe the Canucks have the farthest distance to travel of any NHL team to the next-closest team.
Would hockey work in Seattle? Here are my thoughts included in a roundtable article published in 2014 at The Hockey Writers (back when I was writing more general hockey articles as well as fantasy hockey). Since that time, my thoughts haven’t changed much.
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from All About Sports http://www.dobberhockey.com/hockey-rambling/ramblings-oshie-luongo-injured-smith-shines/
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