NHL 15-16: wife-beaters, adulterers, cokeheads, rapists, pill-poppers, AND METHODISTS

[HedleyLamarr]

*looks at Chris Tamer jersey* I liked them before people started liking them before they were cool.

[Kevin W.]

*looks at Chris Tamer jersey* I liked them before people started liking them before they were cool.

Is that some kind of Hipsterception? WE NEED TO GO DEEPER.

[The_Admiral]

It's Tornado-Sparrows all the way down!

[BigEd76]

A swap of defensemen as the Pens send Scuderi to the Blackhawks for Daley

[The_Admiral]

The social-justice/Blackhawks twitter community is up in arms, basically that Scuderi is bad, Daley is also bad, Blackhawks fans didn't like Daley because he's black so they'll like this trade, but both players are bad, so Stan Bowman is also bad. I feel like the real loser of this trade is me.

[Sodboy13]

Or you could argue that Daley was bad, Scuderi is worse, and the last couple of seasons have showcased a completely unnecessary kneecapping of the system's defensive depth as the team keeps skating Michal Rozsival.

Or you could mumble something about SJWs out of the corner of your mouth not holding your vape pen, then go back to liking @Drunk_Kaner tweets.

[The_Admiral]

Haha, I wouldn't be caught dead vaping.

[Sodboy13]

Kodiak?

[The_Admiral]

I don't drink or do drugs.

Anyway, bad trade, the only saving grace is maybe that Scuderi can eat minutes in home games or that he can just be buried to bring up Pokka or Gustafsson, who are playing well in Rockford.

[DEAD!]

Oilers in a playoff position? Go figure...

[The_Admiral]

Why are we surprised? The feeling was that McLellan would have the Oilers, if not necessarily a playoff team, at least out of the cellar. Here they are, out of the cellar, and their #1 center will be back eventually.

[Morgan33]

Flames are also on a 5 game winning streak. Hopefully a Battle of Alberta that actually means something is in the not too distant future.

[twi]

Things not going so great in Lightning Land. So. Many. Injuries. The last two games Cooper has gone with an 11F and 7D lineup and subsequently lost a forward to injury in the first period. Tough to play the last two games with 10 forwards. Bishop has been a saving grace this season, sporting a sub 2 GAA.

Oh yeah and the Stamkos thing. No way is he worth what he wants at the rate he's played the last two seasons. I hate to say it (and couldn't have imagined doing so 12 months ago) but I think the best course for the team is separating if something "reasonable" can't be agreed on.

[FGM13]

I like it when my sports teams win.

[Crabcake]

Caps embarrass the Pens on their home ice with their new coach debuting, 4-1.

Caps are now 21-6-2. Let that sink in for a moment.

[The_Admiral]

Okay, it sunk in. The Capitals are winning lots of regular-season games as they've been doing for several years. The only time they didn't was when they had a stupid handjob for a coach.

[CS85]

An old guy who plays 100% defense and has no offensive ability? Quenneville's Christmas come early. That being said, as a fan, I don't care. Team's gonna get in the playoffs, probably challenge for a cup, and as far as I'm concerned we're just playing with house money at this point. I've seen them win 3 cups and that's an amazing feeling and experience.

Acquiring some old bum for some young bum doesn't change anything.

[Crabcake]

Okay, it sunk in. The Capitals are winning lots of regular-season games as they've been doing for several years. The only time they didn't was when they had a stupid handjob for a coach.

The Caps have been a great regular season team since I started following the NHL (2010-11), and while admittedly the Caps teams of those days were probably good, this has been the best and most complete one I've seen. Obviously Ovi and Backstrom have been lights out, but this year we have an excellent defense corps (Carlson could be a sleeper Norris candidate, Alzner and Niskanen are very good players, and Orlov is coming into his own), secondary scoring behind Ovi (Kuznetsov, Williams, Oshie, etc.), and a Vezina candidate in goal (Holtby). While their season will definitely be judged on their postseason success, I feel like they need to be getting way more recognition for their start.

[cmm]

Sorry, I felt like being an ass this morning.

[The_Admiral]

An old guy who plays 100% defense and has no offensive ability? Quenneville's Christmas come early. That being said, as a fan, I don't care. Team's gonna get in the playoffs, probably challenge for a cup, and as far as I'm concerned we're just playing with house money at this point. I've seen them win 3 cups and that's an amazing feeling and experience.

Acquiring some old bum for some young bum doesn't change anything.

Daley has been in the NHL just as long as Scuderi, maybe longer by a couple weeks. Crazy to think about Daley being in the league since before Lockout II.

The shred of hope I have with Scuderi is that for all the complaining Pens fans have been doing about him, a check of his stats shows that he's been playing like 20 minutes a night! Well, obviously, that's stupid! Play him like ten minutes a night and maybe he won't be so bad. That and the fact that he probably won't play every night, but then again, Brandon Mashinter is STILL HERE...