#vgk@stl

[sevennone]

240325 VGK@STL | overtime cellies with marchy and the tendie

[olivette-branch]

https://x.com/colacolaing/status/1777748786162323507?s=46&t=mY4MYcqj5Kc1gEDa1cVe2Q

aka if you’re a VGK hater, simply be a blues fan tonight/rest of regular season :)

[mad-komet]

1966 Canadiens to 1977 Canadiens (LEAFS)

1978 Canadiens to 1991 Penguins

1992 Penguins to 2004 Lightning

2006 Hurricanes to 2017 Penguins

2018 Capitals to now

and really can't you see how these line up pretty well with different eras in the nhl?

[hauntedppgpaints]

The results of the 23-24 blind stats bracket challenge!

Hey everyone! Thanks to all that participated in the last couple of weeks with every round of the challenge. I had fun working on it, and it was a great learning experience for future ones i would like to do.

Here is a link to the master post of the challenge, with links to all the individual polls.

The winner of the blind stats bracket challenge was:

Player 13. Sidney Crosby. 42G/52A for 94P in 82GP. 40PIM. Center.

I'm sure most of us are not surprised LMAO

and the runner-up for the challenge was:

Player 22. Zach Hyman. 54G/23A for 77P in 80GP. 48PIM. Left Winger.

Below the cut will be a list of all the players I used, attached to the number they were assigned when I made the bracket, the round they got knocked out in, along with a picture of the bracket I drew for a visual aid!

Martin Necas, CAR, round 1

Pavel Zacha, BOS, round 3

Johnny Gaudreau, CBJ, round 1

Alex Tuch, BUF, round 2

Luke Hughes, NJD, round 1

Moritz Seider, DET, round 2

Bo Horvat, NYI, round 1

Carter Verhaeghe, FLA, round 4

Chris Kreider, NYR, round 3

Cole Caufield, MTL, round 1

Travis Sanheim, PHL, round 2

Jakob Chychrun, OTT, round 1

Sidney Crosby, PIT, round 5 (FIRST PLACE)

Brayden Point, TBL, round 1

Tom Wilson, WSH, round 1

Matthew Knies, TOR, round 2

Seth Jones, CHI, round 3

Radko Gudas, ANA, round 1

Ross Colton, COL, round 1

Jonathan Huberdeau, CGY, round 2

Jason Roberston, DAL, round 1

Zach Hyman, EDM, round 5 (SECOND PLACE)

Jake Middleton, MIN, round 1

Vladislav Gavrikov, LAK, round 2

Ryan O'Reilly, NSH, round 4

Mikael Granlund, SJS, round 1

Pavel Buchnevich, STL, round 2

Jared McCann, SEA, round 1

Sean Durzi, UTA, round 3

Tyler Myers, VAN, round 1

Adam Lowry, WPG, round 1

Nicolas Roy, VGK, round 2

[claraxbarton]

23-24 NHL Season Recap: Jo and Nate

I dunno who needs or wants this, but I was doing some research for my outline and, well. If anyone wants or needs a full season recap of the Jo and Nate show, here you go:

September. 

9-24 preseason against wild lose 3-4 none of the big guys play.

9-25 preseason against vgk 3-2 win. Jo 1a. Nate doesn’t play. AT HOME.

9-28 preseason against the wild. Lose 2-4. None of the big guys play.

 October: 

10-1 preseason game HOME vs Dal. win 4-3 OT. Jo 1a. Nate 1a.

10-3 preseason game IN DAL loss 1-3. Jo does nothing.

10-5 preseason against VGK. 3-4 loss. Jo 2a. Nate 1g.

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10-11:1st game of the season is in LA against the kings. Nate scores 1st goal, Jo gets assist. Jo also gets a penalty for holding.

10:-14 IN SJ. Avs win. Jo gets ANOTHER holding penalty.

10-17 win in SEA, nothing from Jo

10-19 HOME opener, against CHI, nothing from Jo again. (Nate gets a goal). 

10-21 HOME against CAR, Jo -1; Nate another goal - and cross checking Penalty. SCRAPPY game:

10-24 IN NY against Islanders, another blowout, another nothing from Jo. Another goal for Nate

10-26 IN PIT. Lose 0-4. Sid scored the 4th goal. Nate had a penalty. Jo went -1 (Nate went -3).

10-29 IN BUF. Lose 0-4 AGAIN. Nathan got a 2 and A 10???!!! BUDDY WTF. MUST research. Jo -1. 

Nate -2. OH DUDE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK31uHvabsc So Cale gets hit, 

no penalty called, Nate loses his shit and says SOMETHING and gets the penalties.

November: 

11-1: HOME against STL. Jo a healthy SCRATCH. They win 4-1. Nate gets 2As (so does Cale)

11-4 IN VGK. LOSE 0-7. Jo back in. Goes -3. 

11-7 HOME vs NJ, win 6-3. Nate goal and assist. Jo nothing.

11-9 HOME vs SEA, lose 3-4. 3pt night for Nate. Jo scratched.

11-11 HOME vs STL. lose 2-8. Jo gets an assist. Nate is -2 on the night.

11-13 IN SEA win 5-1. Jo gets a goal - his 1st as an Av. 3pt night for Nate, including assist on Jo.

Also another Jo penalty for hooking. 

11-15 HOME vs Ducks win 8-2. Jo penalty for holding. 2as for Nate

11-18 IN DAL 6-3 win. Jo penalty for high sticking. Nate penalty for holding. Jo -1, Nate +2

11-20 IN NASH 3-4 loss. 2pts for Nate. Jo has nothing.

11-22 HOME vs VAN. 5-2 win. 1g1a for Jo. 1a for Nate.

11-24 IN MIN 3-2 win. Jo penalty for tripping. 1a for Nate.

11-25 HOME vs CAL 3-1 win. Goal for jo assisted by Nate. Nate has a goal also.

11-27 HOME vs TB (former Jo team #1): 4-1 win. 2as for nate. Jo is +1 on the night. 

11-30 IN ARI 3-4 OT Loss. 1G for nate. Nothing for Jo.

December

12-2 IN LA vs Ducks 3-4 SO loss. ALEX KILLORN ON DUCKS! He tied it up to SEND IT TO OT.

Jo 1st up in SO, no goal. Killorn next up, no goal. Then Nate no goal. Leo Carlsson goal

12-3 IN LA vs Kings 1-4 loss. 1a for Nate. -1 for Jo.

12-5 HOME vs Ducks 3-2 win. 3pt night for Nate. 2pt night for Jo. He assisted on Nate’s goal and LOCs

12-7 HOME vs Jets 2-4 loss. Nate 1g1a. Jo -3 on the night.

12-9 HOME vs PHIL 2-5 loss. Nate gets 1g BUT Nate also called for interference, PHI gets PS and 

scores.

12-11 HOME vs CAL 6-5 win. 1g1a Nate. -1 Jo. 

12-13 HOME vs BUF 5-1 win. Nate 2a Jo 1a.

12-16 IN WIN 2-6 loss. 1g Jo. both he and Nate -1.

12-17 HOME vs SJ 6-2 win. 2as Jo. 2g2a Nate plus a slashing penalty.

12-19 IN CHI 2-3 loss. 1a Jo, 1a Nate.

12-21 HOME vs OTT 6-4 win. Jo assists on Nate’s 1st Goal. Nate gets 4g1a. 

12-23 HOME vs ARI 4-1 win. Nothing for Jo. 1a and high sticking for Nate.

12-27 IN ARI 4-5 loss. Jo 1g, Nate 1g1a.

12-29 IN STL 2-1 win. 1a Jo

12-31 HOME vs SJ 3-1 win. 2a Nate. hooking penalty Jo.

January 

1-2 HOME vs NYI 5-4 OT win. Jo 1g1a. Nate 1g2a. 

1-4 IN DAL 5-4 OT win. 2g for Jo. 2g1a for Nate.

1-6 HOME vs FLA 4-8 loss. 1g Jo, 1a Nateside note Matty had 1g3a and 4minutes for roughing.

1-8 HOME vs BOS 4-3 SO win. 1a for Nate. Jo was on ice 28 minutes. Only Nate, Cale, Mikko and 

Toews for longer than him. 

1-10 HOME vs VGK 3-0 win. 1a Jo. 1aNate

1-13 AT TOR 5-3 win. Jo 1g1a. Nate 1g1a This is the game they were down 0-3 end of the first and JO is the one to start the comeback. Nate gets the GW goal.

1-15 AT MONT 3-4 loss. 1a Jo. 1a Nate. 1ST game back against last former team.

1-16 AT OTT 7-4 win. Nate 1a. Jo -1.

1-18 AT BOS 2-5 loss. 1g Nate. Jo -2.

1-20 AT PHI 7-4 win. Jo slashing penalty. Jo 1a. Nate 2g2a

1-24 HOME cs CAPS 6-2 win. Jo high sticking. Jo 1a. Nate 4g1a. ANOTHER DICK TRICK

1-26 HOME vs Kings 5-1 win. Jo 1a. Nate 1g1a.

February

All Star. Sid wearing Nate’s hoodie

2-5 AT MSG/RAGS 1-2 loss. Nate 1g.

2-6 AT NJ 3-5 loss. Jo 2s. Nate -1 on night.

2-8 AT CAR. 2-5 loss. Jo tripping. Jo interference. 

2-10 AT FLA 0-4 loss. 

2-13 AT CAPS 6-3 win. Nate 2as and hooking penalty.

2-15 AT TB 3-6 loss. 1a jo. 2a Nate.

2-18 HOME vs ARI 4-3 win. 1a jo. 1g1a tripping for Nate.

2-20 HOME vs VAN 3-1 win. 1a Nate.

2-22 IN DET 1-2 loss. Nate 1g. Jo tripping TWICE

2-24 HOME vs TOR 3-4 loss. 3a Nate.

2-27 HOME vs DAL 5-1 win Jo 1a. Nate 1g1a.

2-29 AT CHI. 5-0 win. Jo 1a. Nate 1g1a.

March 

3-2 AT NAS 1-5 loss. 1g Nate.

3-4 HOME vs CHI 5-0 win. Jo 1g1a. Nate 2g2a

3-6 HOME vs DET 7-2 win. Jo 1g1a. CALE HAT TRICK NIGHT. Nate goal 40 and 3a.

3-8 HOME vs MIN 2-1 win. 2a Nate.

3-12 AT CAL 6-2 win. Nate 1g1a.

3-13 AT VAN 4-3 OT win. JO OUT. Nate 1g1a.

3-16 AT EDM 3-2 win. Jo takes penalty shot and misses. Jo 1a. Nate 1a.

3-19 AT STL 4-3 win. 2a jo. 1a Nate.

3-22 HOME vs COL 6-1 win. 2a Jo. 1g1a Nate.

3-24 HOME vs PIT 5-4 OT WIN. THIS GAME. 1G3A for SID. 2G1A for JO- including the OT winner. 

1g2a for Nate including on both of Jo’s goals.

3-26 HOME vs MTL 1-2 loss. 1g Nate.

3-28 HOME vs RAGS 2-3 SO loss. Nate interference. 

4-30 HOME vs NASH 7-4 win. 1g1a Jo. 2g2a and interference for Nate.

April 

4-1 AT COLUM 1-4 loss. Talk about April Fool’s Day…

4-4 AT MIN 5-2 win. Jo hooking. Jo 2g1a. 1g2a Nate.

4-5 AT EDM 2-6 loss. PERRY scores 1st goal of game. THEN JO SCORES, assist from Nate. 

4-7 HOME vs DAL 4-7 loss. 1g Jo. 2a Nate.

4-9 HOME vs MIN 5-2 win. 3a for Jo 3g for NATE 1A

4-13 HOME vs win 0-7 LOSS. Nate hooking.

4-14 AT VGK 3-4 OT loss. Nate 1a.

4-18 HOME vs EDM. PERRY. Nate 1a. 2nd period JO gets the skate cut on his thigh. IS OUT 

PLAYOFFS.

4-21 AT WIN. Jo still out. 6-7 loss. 1g Nate.

4-23 AT WIN. Jo still out. 5-2 win. 1a Nate.

4-26 HOME vs WIN. Jo still out. 6-2 win. 1g 1a Nate.

4-28 HOME vs WIN. Jo still out. 5-1 win. 2a Nate. (was this the fight game???with all the blood?)

4-30 AT WIN. Jo still out. 6-3 win. 2a Nate.

May 

PLAYOFFS ROUND 2

5-7 AT DAL Jo still out. 4-3 OT Win. 1g1a Nate

5-9 AT DAL. Jo still out. 3-5 loss. Nate delay of game. 

5-11 HOME Jo still out. 1-4 loss. 1a Nate.

5-13 HOME JO IS BACK. 1-5 Loss. Jo assists on the 1 AVS goal. 

5-15 AT DAL 5-3 win. Tripping penalty jo. 1a Jo. 1g1a Nate.

5-17 HOME vs DAL 2-1 2OT loss. Jo 1a and 29 minutes played. 

23-24 season: career high goals for mac, assists and points. Played all games.

23-24 season: career high points for Drou. Career high assists. Most games in a season at 79.

June 

6-27: NHL awards in Vegas. Nate gets the Hart AND the Ted Lindsey. He says to media that Jo is his favorite teammate he has ever had.

July

July 1: Jo gets re-signed for 1year at 2.5mil.

[kevinskorchinski]

Everything you need to know so far about the NHL all-star weekend ↴

[article: NHL All-Star, this is just a summary]

📍Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, CANADA

🗓️ February 1-3

FAN VOTE IS BACK: you will get to vote for 12 players, 8 skaters and 4 goalies. You can submit a ballout 10 times.

FEBRUARY 1: PLAYERS DRAFT

A player (the captain) will be paired with a celebrity. They will pick 11 players (9 skaters and 2 goalies)

Entertainment

Man of the Year will be announced

PWHL (Professional Women's Hockey League) will have a 3-on-3 (more information below)

FEBRUARY 2: SKILLS COMPETITION

12 Players will compete in 8 events. The player with most points takes home $1 million (USD) (or $1,329,136 in CAD). Each player will compete in 4 of 6 events. THE EVENTS:

Fastest Skater

Hardest Shot

Stick-Handling

One-Timers

Passing

Accuracy Shot

Top 8 point-earners will advance to the 7th event: the SHOOTOUT-> each player will choose a goalie to shoot against.

The top six point-earners will advance to the 8th and final round: the OBSTACLE COURSE-> points doubled.

FEBRUARY 3: ALL-STAR GAME

3-on-3 tournament between 4 teams, winning team receives $1 million (USD)

There has already been a player chosen from each team (here are the players): [Name, team, position]

Frank Vatrano, ANA, F

Clayton Keller, ARI, F

David Pastrnak, BOS, F

Rasmus Dahlin, Buff, D

Elias Lindholm, CGY, F

Sebastian Aho, CAR, F

Connor Bedard, CHI, F (injured)

Nathan Mackinnon, COL, F

Boone Jenner, CBJ, F

Jake Oettinger, DAL, G

Alex DeBrincet, DET, F

Connor McDavid, EDM, F

Sam Reinhart, FLA, F

Cam Talbot, LAK, G

Kirill Kaprizov, MIN, F

Nick Suzuki, MTL, F

Filip Forsberg, NSH, F

Jack Hughes, NJD, F

Mathew Barzel, NYI, F

Igor Shesterkin, NYR, G

Brady Tkachuk, OTT, F

Travis Konecny, PHI, F

Sidney Crosby, PIT, F

Tomas Hertl, SJS, F

Oliver Bjorkstrand, SEA, F

Robert Thomas, STL, F

Nikita Kucherov, TBL, F

Auston Matthews, TOR, F

Quinn Hughes, VAN, D

Jack Eichel, VGK, F (injured)

Tom Wilson, WSH, F

Connor Hellebuyck, WPG, G

Vincent Trochek (New York Rangers) and Kyle Connor (Winnipeg Jets), to replace Connor Bedard (Chicago Blackhawks) and Jack Eichel (Vegas Golden Knights).

FEBRUARY 1st ENTERTAINMENT

PWHL 3-on-3 showcase

There will be 2 teams 12 players on each, 10 skaters and 2 goalies.

Team King (Cassie Campbell-Pascall): named after Billie Jean King

Team Kloss (Meghan Duggan): named after Ilana Kloss

MASCOT SHOWDOWN

Thursday 1st, 6:00-7:00 p.m: Dodgeball

Friday 2nd, 5:00-6:00 p.m: Skills Competition

Saturday 3rd, 12:00-1:00 p.m: Street Hockey Game 

Sunday 4th, 1:00-2:00 p.m: Musical Chairs

2:00 PM: Championship Trophy and "Most Valuable Mascot" Belt Presentations

THE FAN VOTE RESULTS: [name, team, position, votes]

Thatcher Demko, VAN, G: 1,398,699

William Nylander, TOR, F: 1,393,578

Cale Makar, COL, D: 1,065,367

Elias Pettersson, VAN, F: 976,716

Leon Draisaitl, EDM, F: 967,975

Mitchell Marner, TOR, F: 946,154

J.T. Miller, VAN, F: 839,215

Morgan Rielly, TOR, D: 830,480

Brock Boeser, VAN, F: 762,378

Sergei Bobrovsky, FLA, G: 712,100

Alexandar Georgiev, COL, G: 584,071

Jeremy Swayman, Boston Bruins, G: 578,739

10 players have been selected and you can vote for 2 more skaters:

Auston Matthews

William Nylander

Nathan MacKinnon

Cale Makar

Connor McDavid

Leon Draisaitl

Nikita Kucherov

Jack Hughes

David Pastranak

Elias Pettersson

Quinn Hughes and J.T. Miller were voted in to participate in the All-Star skills competition.

NHL All Star Jerseys:

🔴Pacific Division

🔵Atlantic Division

⚪Metropolitan Division

🟡Central Division

THE CAPTAINS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED!

Team Matthews: Auston Matthews, Justin Bieber. Assistant Captains: Morgan Rielly.

Team McDavid: Connor McDavid, Will Arnett. Assistant Captain: Leon Draisaitl.

Team Mackinnon: Nathan MacKinnon, Tate McRae. Assistant Captain: Cale Makar.

Team Hughes: Quinn & Jack Hughes, Michael Bublé.

[korshrimpski]

NHL captains in order of height (tallest to shortest)

Teams without a captain: Ducks, Coyotes, Sabres, Blackhawks, Seattle

The tallest NHL captain is Adam Lowry of the Winnipeg Jets, he is 196cm (6’5ft)

7th: at 193cm (6’4ft) Jordan Staal (CAR), Brady Tkachuk (OTT) and Mark Stone (VGK)

6th: 6 captains are tied at sixth tallest standing at 191cm (6’3ft) those people are:

Alekander Barkov (FLA)

Anže Kopitar (LAK)

Andres Lee (NYI)

Jacob Trouba (NYR)

Sean Couturier (PHI)

Alex Ovechinkin (WSH)

5th: at 188cm (6’2ft) Boone Jenner (CBJ) and Jamie Benn (DAL) are tied at 5th shortest)

4th: 9 captains are tied at fourth standing at 185cm (6’1ft) those people are:

Gabriel Landeskog (COL)

Dylan Larkin (DET)

Connor McDavid (EDM)

Roman Josi (NSH)

Nico Hischier (NJD)

Logan Couture (SJS)

Brayden Schenn (STL)

Steven Stamkos (TBL)

John Tavares (TOR)

🥉: at 180cm (5’11ft) Mikael Backlund (CGY), Nick Suzuki (MON) and Sidney Crosby (PIT) are tied for third shortest NHL captain

🥈: at 178cm (5’10ft) Quinn Hughes (VAN) is the second shortest NHL captain

🥇: at 175cm (5’9ft) Brad Marchand (BOS) and Jared Spurgeon (MIN) are tied for shortest NHL captain

[tapedsleeves]

Thank you <333 Everyone is so loveable 😭 I'm so glad you added Hutton cause I vaguely remember him playing in a few games but the lip sync video is sooo funny

One last batch of questions if you're up to it cause I adore how you describe everyone <3 looking at the roster I think the last guys left are Barbie and ammo? (the funniest nicknames 😂) and guys like Dorofeyev, brisson, and jiri patera but I think they might fall under the Henderson duckling group?

also if you don't mind, I keep seeing patches and Reilly smith pop up when I scroll thru himbeaux's blog. I've heard a lot about marc andre fleury before but I didn't realize how many other ex-players were also so beloved! I'd love to hear about any of them if you have the time

There are actually a couple I haven't talked about in depth, but Hertl & Hanifin have only been on the team since the trade deadline. I don't know probably more about them than you do.

So, here's the list of current roster guys I'm gonna touch on: Ivan Barbashev, Michael Amadio, Pavel Dorofeyev, Brendan Brisson, Brett Howden, and Jonas Rondbjerg

and the traded guys I'm gonna talk about: Marc-Andre Fleury, Reilly Smith, Max Pacioretty, Robin Lehner, Ryan Reaves, Erik Haula, and Dylan Coghlan.

Now you see why I was like "I don't know if I can do it all in one ask" - because not only is team chemistry defined by who's there currently it is SO informed by who's been there.

These blurbs are probably gonna be shorter, because there's (counts) 14 of them.

That's many. And there are some that I don't know a whole bunch about. That's truer for some than others.

Ivan Barbashev Traded to VGK at the trade deadline in 2023. Learned about the trade at the same time as his wife (she screamed in the other room). was very excited to play with petro again, since they're good friends. got headbutted by LT and was very cute about it. his little face when jack yells He's actually just. giggly in general. he was part of the 12 Knights of Giving and was VERY VERY cute about giving ppl their groceries for free. his face on this save is REALLY CUTE. He fell off the bus during the STL parade. this supports my theory that he's made of like. variable density. it's impossible to knock him over and yet he is SO fast and agile? it's fucking wild.

he's got really good taste in sunglasses

2. Michael amadio: UNDERRATED!!!! i love Ammo. based on getty, i think either he and nic roy have very similar schedules or ride in together bc they are almost always in walkin photos together. i'm just now finding this out.

I don't know a lot about him, because he's very quiet, but he's got really nice eyelashes and his face looks very soft. even his beard. even his voice is soft & deep. he seems really nice. just a cool room guy.

3. Pavel Dorofeyev: Dorothea!!!. Ok so this is not his actual nickname. I call him this bc when Dave Goucher says his name on the broadcast it sounds like Dorothea. And when Dave had Laryngitis, and he said his full name, it truly sounded like he said "pebble dorothea." this is his name in my head.

Dorothea is SO cute. He looks like a Tall Bitty to me, and i can't get that out of my head.

I know that's not very informative, but that's just.

true.

when Brendan Gallagher busted his teeth in, alec martinez picked them up and carried them to him. Dorothea is one of the HSK guys, who are the closest.

4. Brendan Brisson - son of famous agent Pat Brisson. babysat by Sidney crosby. Umich guy. lots of ppl know more about him than me. always wants to tuck himself into a hug. this is very funny hwen the other guy is shorter than him

lots of people who followed him at umich know more about him than me, i'm sure.

5. Brett Howden: Bread!!! Just a sweet young manitoban guy. Childhood friend of nolan patrick went through Tampa & New York before coming to Vegas. changed his play style to play with Mark. Was part of the 2018 WJC team, but hasn't been implicated in any crimes :(

Grabbed Marchy by the jersey and yelled "we did it we did it" when they won the cup

Jonathan Marchessault followed up with him after and said "oh i had to tell you, when i had my vision of winning the cup, we weren't wearing the white (away) jerseys. we were wearing the gold ones"

indicating that??? Marchy??? has prophetic visions?? and shares them with brett howden???? what the hell is happenign here i love this so much. (seriously this video has SO MUCH. keegan kolesar kissing marchessault on the face SO MUCH. jack and marchy beign sO romantic about Marchy's conn smythe win "I did it for - you did it for me." / "that's the best thing i've ever seen" and all the i love yous. I just. love them)

6. Jonas Rondbjerg - Ronny is just a really sweet, quiet HSK guy! he's not the main roster, so when he gets called up, he hangs with the guys he knows. He was best friends with Jake Leschyshyn before he got traded to the NYR.

Notable Guys who've been traded

Marc- Andre Fleury - found out he got traded on twitter. Known prankster. Everyone loves him, excellent but aging goalie who is going to retire after 24-25. After retirement, he's moving back to Vegas to live during the non-summer months. If he hadn't been a goalie, probably he'd have been captain. I love him so much and he tried to fight jordan binnington while he was on the Wild.

Reilly Smith - OG Golden Misfit, traded to VGK with Jonathan Marchessault. Jonathan Marchessault said of him that he was relieved when they got drafted / traded that wasn't scared to go to a new place bc he would know somebody. And when Smitty joined VGK for their White House Cup Visit, Jonathan said in the interview after "Everywhere he is is home a little bit"

Reilly started the Battle For Vegas, a charity baseball game during the summer, which is a great time which Jack Eichel took over since Smitty got traded. Said "What a time to be alive" with an absolutely blasted voice while on the ice right after they won the cup.

Max Pacioretty - Traded to Vegas after doing frankly a nuclear option with his prior agent (switching to Allan Walsh on draft day) because talks with Montreal had gotten so bad. was SO happy to be in Vegas. When Stone was traded in February, was kind of worried bc they'd been such rivals during their time in MTL & OTT respectively. but they were almost immediately complimentary of each other. They were best friends. Patch says that he knew, almost as soon as Mark came in that he was gonna be the captain. Which is WILD. Bc it had been almost 3 season without them having one. but Mark is their captain. He was right.

Ryan Reaves - is a GREAT room guy, and a WONDERFUL guy off the ice. Loves a prank. ate spicy chocolate. He's done B4V a couple of summers (he did it last year iirc) and it's just. Really sweet. A lot of these guys just. really really bonded for life during that first year, you know? I know that Belly is still friends with a bunch of the OG Misfits, and so is Reavo (he was pumped to play on the wild with flower, for instance). Reavo said that when mark stone fought tomas hertl that "Those hands aren’t made to fight; they’re made to dance. They’re supposed to be soft." basically "I'd rather they let ME do the fighting, their hands are meant for better things" like. ReAVO MY GUY. UGH.

i love him

Erik Haula - Another guy who does B4V, got traded to the Canes (who mistreated him) and is now with the Devils (who love him). Is still best friends with Karly.

Dylan Coghlan - came to VGK in the Erik Haula trade from the Canes system. Was VERY VERY good friends with the younger guys, Haguer, Roysie, Whitecloud, Keegan, Howden, etc. Went to a concert with Jack, Haguer, & HOwdy/ Also still does B4V and excels at it. Is a defensemen, but when we didn't have any forwards, filled in. I would know him by his teeth anywhere (very distinctive). adorable.

[sergeifyodorov]

codys 32 asg picks

get ready 2 clown on me when they drop tonight and i am incredibly wrong

BOS - jeremy swayman. could be pasta but there's no fucking GOALTENDERS in the atlantic so they might pick sway and "have the people vote" pasta in later

FLA - sasha barkov

TOR - auston matthews

TBL - nikita kucherov

DET - alex debrincat

MTL - nick suzuki

BUF - rasmus dahlin

OTT - brady tkachuk

NYR - artemi panarin

CAR - sebastian aho

NYI - noah dobson

PHI - travis konecny

NJD - jack hughes

WSH - dylan strome

PIT - sidney crosby

CBJ - adam fantilli

COL - nathan mackinnon

WPG - connor hellebuyck

DAL - miro heiskanen (because i am delusional but i am free)

NSH - filip forsberg

ARI - clayton keller

STL - let's be honest who is even on this team. robert thomas

MIN - let's be honest who is even on this team and not injured. marc-andre fleury

CHI - connor bedard

VAN - quinn hughes

VGK - jack eichel

LAK - anze kopitar

EDM - connor mcdavid

SEA - vince dunn

CGY - it certainly won't be jonathan huberdeau! (nazem kadri)

ANA - sigh. zegras. it would be dostal or gibson if the nhl weren't cowards but that ship has well sailed.

SJS - tomas hertl

[restingbuchface]

Ivan Barbashev: Stanley Cup Champion (STL 2019 | VGK 2023) and Light of My Life

Bonus:

[vgkmarc]

STL @ VGK

12.23.22

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[reavenedges-lies]

Tonights NHL Schedule:

TOR @ WSH: 6PM EDT

ANA @ CBJ: 6:30PM EDT

BUF @ OTT: 6:45PM EDT

CAR @ TBL: 7PM EDT

NJD @ MTL: 7:15PM EDT

DAL @ PIT: 7:30PM EDT

SJS @ FLA: 7:45PM EDT

COL @ NYI: 8PM EDT

SEA @ DET: 8:15PM EDT

BOS @ CHI: 8:30PM EDT

STL @ WPG: 8:45PM EDT

EDM@ MIN: 9PM EDT

VAN @ NSH: 9:15PM EDT

NYR @ CGY: 9:45PM EDT

ARI @ LAK: 10:30PM EDT

PHI @ VGK: 11PM EDT

[readyfreddy]

Just curious… got a few favourite leafs prospects/ones to watch?

I haven't been following leafs prospects as much this year bc of school, but I've always been impressed with the Sarnia Sting's Ty Voit (Leafs 2021, 5th round, 25th, 153 OA). A total steal of a draft pick for the leafs.

From Sarnia I also really like Sasha Pastujov (ANA, 3rd round, 2nd pick, 66th AO), he was originally was drafted by the Guelph Storm, but then got traded to Sarnia this season. He knows that he's good, a little cocky, and his work ethic isn't the greatest, but is doing better with Sarnia from the sounds of it. Fun fact: his parents are circus performers.

From the Kitchener Rangers:

I really like Danny Zhilken (WPG, 3rd round, 12th pick, 77th OA) C. Really good hands, looks like he's having fun while playing, started off with Guelph, then got traded to Kitchener at trade OHL trade deadline.

Undrafted: Ben McFarlane, C. We love a short king. He leaves it all on the ice, and has one of the best work ethics of anyone that I've seen play in juniors. Always seems happy on the ice, and plays 110% in the crucial moments. Somewhat similar to Brad Schlegel, in terms of being a great hockey player, but would more suited to more international hockey than NHL hockey. Would likely do really well in the NCAA system, but cannot due to no longer being considered an amateur.

Guelph Storm:

Michael Buchinger (STL 2022, 3rd round, 23rd pick, 88th OA) defence.

Matt Poitras (BOS 2022, 2nd round, 22nd pick, 54th OA). A really creative playmaker, a steal of a pick for Boston. C

Jake Karabella (WSH 2022, 5th round, 19th pick, 149th OA), just really fun to watch. LW

Henderson Silver Knights (VGK's affiliate): Daniil Chayka (VGK 2021, 2nd round, 6th pick, 38th OA) D. Really tall and needs to bulk up a little bit, uses his size to his advantage. Haven't been following him since Henderson, but he has great hands for a defenseman too.

Undrafted: Ben McFarlane, C. We love a short king. He leaves it all on the ice, and has one of the best work ethics of anyone that I've seen play in juniors. Always seems happy on the ice, and plays 110% in the crucial moments. Somewhat similar to Brad Schlegel, in terms of being a great hockey player, but would more suited to more international hockey than NHL hockey. Would likely do really well in the NCAA system, but cannot due to no longer being considered an amateur. Favourite player on the Guelph Storm, currently in his over-ager year. Wishing him all the best in his career.

Cameron Allen (2023 draft eligible) OHL ROTY, finalist for CHL ROTY. Defense, has a great sense of the ice for being so young, throws his weight around. Not one to mess with, at the start of the season was ranked to go high in the first round, now has dropped to mid-late first or early 2nd. He's dropped due to injuries and Guelph's horrible start to the 2022-2023 season. Played well in the KCHLTP game. Comparable to Drew Doughty who also played for the Guelph Storm.

Henderson Silver Knights (VGK's affiliate): Daniil Chayka (VGK 2021, 2nd round, 6th pick, 38th OA) D. Really tall and needs to bulk up a little bit, uses his size to his advantage. Haven't been following him since Henderson, but he has great hands for a defenseman too.

From the Moose Jaw Warriors:

Jagger Firkus (SEA 2022, 2nd round, 3rd pick, 25th OA). LW. Great player to watch, also has a cool name.

From the Regina Pats:

Connor Bedard (2023 draft eligible). It feels like I don't even need to justify this one. Literally unreal, wicked, unlike any player I've seen live or on TV. Truly a generational player, excited to see how his career plays out.

Stanislav Svozil (CBJ, 3rd round, 5th pick, 69th OA (nice lol)). Another fun player to watch, has great sense of the ice, throws his weight around. Played well at this past world juniors.

Alexander Suzdalev (WSH, 3rd round, 6th pick, 70th OA). Absolute magic playing on the same line as Bedard.

[hauntedppgpaints]

Hey yall. I'm gonna keep a little record of the trades going on the week of the trade deadline here!! You can like it for your own records, I will update this as more news comes out. Reblogs will be off for now, until the trade deadline has passed. Reblogs are now on! Congrats to everyone who made it through the trade deadline!

Bolded means a player4player trade.

march 1: MacDermid (COL) -> NJD for a prospect & 7th round '24 pick

march 5: Mantha (WSH) -> VGK for 2nd round '24 & 4th round '26 picks

march 6: Tarasenko (OTT) -> FLA for conditional 4th round '24 & 3rd round '25

march 6: Walker (PHI) & 5th round '26 pick -> COL for Ryan Johansen & conditional 1st round '25

march 6: Mittlestadt (BUF) -> COL for Bowen Byram

march 6: Henrique (ANA) and Carrick (ANA) -> EDM in a three way trade with ANA, EDM, and TBL (ANA & TBL get future picks)

march 6: Wennberg (SEA) -> NYR for 2nd round '24 & conditional 4th '25

march 6: Hanifin (CGY) -> VGK for Daniil Miromanov & 1st round '25 & conditional 3rd '25. Three-way trade with PHL, who gets a 5th round in '24

March 7: Edmundson (WSH) -> TOR for 3rd round ‘24 & 5th round ‘25

March 7: Perreault (ANA) -> MTL for Jan Mysak

March 7: Stetcher & 7th round ‘24 (ARI) -> EDM for 4th round ‘27

March 7: Duhaime (MIN) -> COL for 3rd round ‘26

March 7: Trenin & rights for Sward (NSH) -> COL for Jeremy Hanzel & 3rd round ‘25

March 7: Beauvillier (CHI) -> NSH for 5th round ‘24

March 7: Webber (CAR) -> TOR for 6th round '26

March 7: Damiani (DAL) -> CGY for Mathias Emilio Pettersen

march 1: MacDermid (COL) -> NJD for a prospect & 7th round '24 pick

march 5: Mantha (WSH) -> VGK for 2nd round '24 & 4th round '26 picks

march 6: Tarasenko (OTT) -> FLA for conditional 4th round '24 & 3rd round '25

march 6: Walker (PHI) & 5th round '26 pick -> COL for Ryan Johansen & conditional 1st round '25

march 6: Mittlestadt (BUF) -> COL for Bowen Byram

march 6: Henrique (ANA) and Carrick (ANA) -> EDM in a three way trade with ANA, EDM, and TBL (ANA & TBL get future picks)

march 6: Wennberg (SEA) -> NYR for 2nd round '24 & conditional 4th '25

march 6: Hanifin (CGY) -> VGK for Daniil Miromanov & 1st round '25 & conditional 3rd '25. Three-way trade with PHL, who gets a 5th round in '24

March 7: Edmundson (WSH) -> TOR for 3rd round ‘24 & 5th round ‘25

March 7: Perreault (ANA) -> MTL for Jan Mysak

March 7: Stetcher & 7th round ‘24 (ARI) -> EDM for 4th round ‘27

March 7: Duhaime (MIN) -> COL for 3rd round ‘26

March 7: Trenin & rights for Sward (NSH) -> COL for Jeremy Hanzel & 3rd round ‘25

March 7: Beauvillier (CHI) -> NSH for 5th round ‘24

March 7: Webber (CAR) -> TOR for 6th round '26

March 7: Damiani (DAL) -> CGY for Mathias Emilio Pettersen

March 7: Duclair & 7th round '25 (SHS) -> TBL for Jack Thompson & 3rd round '24

March 7: Guentzel & Smith (PIT) -> CAR for Michael Bunting & prospects Ponomarev & Koivunen & rights for Lucius & conditional 1st & 5th round '24

March 8th: Subban (STL) -> CBJ for 'future considerations'

March 8th: Kuznetsov (WSH) -> CAR for 3rd round '25

March 8th: Okposo (BUF) -> FLA for Calle Sjalin & conditional pick '24

March 8th: Meyers (COL) -> ANA for 5th round '24

March 8th: Ruhwedel (PIT) -> NYR for 4th round '27

March 8th: Petan (MIN) -> NYR for Turner Elson

March 8th: Kostin (DET) -> SJS for Radim Simek & 7th round '24

March 8th: Toffoli (NJD) -> WPG for 3rd round '24 & 2nd round '25

March 8th: Zucker (ARI) -> NSH for 6th round '24

March 8th: Maroon (MIN) -> BOS for Luke Toporowski & conditional 6th round '26

March 8th: Johnson (BUF) -> PHI for 4th round '24

March 8th: Peeke (CBJ) -> BOS for Jakub Zboril & 3rd round '27

March 8th: Gurianov (NSH) -> PHI for Wade Allison

March 8th: Hellberg (PIT) -> FLA for Ludovic Waeber & conditional 7th round '25

March 8th: Allen (MTL) -> NJD for conditional 3rd round '25

March 8th: Dumba & 7th round '25 (ARI) -> TBL for 5th round '27

March 8th: Okhotiuk (SJS) -> CGY for 5th round '24

Marth 8th: Cooley (BUF) -> SJS for 7th round '25

March 8th: Miller (NJD) -> WPG for 4th round '26

March 8th: Hertl & 3rd round '25 & 3rd round '27 (SJS) -> VGK for David Edstrom & 1st round '25

March 8th: Roslovic (CBJ) -> NYR for conditional 4th round '26

March 8th: Dewar (MIN) -> TOR for Dmitri Ovchinnikov & 4th round '26

March 8th: Vanecek & 7th round '25 (NJD) -> SJS for Kaapo Kahkonen

[hockeysorting]

Poll Results

Poll 1: SJS > TBL Poll 2: TOR > STL Poll 3: WPG < MIN Poll 4: LAK < WSH Poll 5: COL > DET Poll 6: EDM < DAL Poll 7: CBJ < VAN Poll 8: FLA > VGK Poll 9: PIT > CHI Poll 10: BUF < NYI Poll 11: NYR < OTT Poll 12: NJD > CGY Poll 13: MTL < CAR Poll 14: PHI > BOS Poll 15: SEA > ARI Poll 16: ANA > NSH Poll 17: TOR > SJS Poll 18: STL < SJS Poll 19: STL < TBL Poll 20: WSH < MIN Poll 21: WSH < WPG Poll 22: DAL < COL Poll 23: DAL > DET Poll 24: EDM > DET Poll 25: FLA < VAN Poll 26: FLA > CBJ Poll 27: VGK < CBJ Poll 28: NYI < PIT Poll 29: NYI > CHI Poll 30: BUF > CHI Poll 31: NJD > OTT Poll 32: CGY < OTT Poll 33: CGY < NYR Poll 34: PHI < CAR Poll 35: PHI > MTL Poll 36: BOS < MTL Poll 37: ANA < SEA Poll 38: ANA < ARI Poll 39: MIN > TOR Poll 40: WPG < TOR Poll 41: WPG < SJS Poll 42: WPG > TBL Poll 43: WSH > TBL Poll 44: LAK < TBL Poll 45: LAK < STL Poll 46: VAN > COL Poll 47: FLA > COL Poll 48: CBJ < COL

[lovethegoalies]

St Louis I need you to do something for me

ignore the fact, that :

VGK has 4 games remaining and I think 3 of them they can win ;

STL had 3 games remaining and only one might be a win