He sure is one hell of a goaltender.
Vegas should've made more of that 5-on-3 in the third period, though.
Vegas should've made more of that 5-on-3 in the third period, though.
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He has a history of being streaky and is currently on a very hot oneComment
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That is going to leave a mark on Vegas.Comment
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The clubs lose enough money as it is without having to go through the season on 20% crowds.Comment
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While the NHL carefully conducts the 2019-20 Stanley Cup Final in a quarantined bubble in Edmonton, the KHL is already well into its 2020-21 regular season. In the face of a global pandemic, the KHL felt they were prepared to conduct a full-fledged season, with inter-country travel and fans in arenas.
The KHL pushed ahead with their plans despite 116 KHL players testing positive for COVID-19 heading into the regular season.
Already, the KHL has run into significant problems, with multiple teams reporting positive COVID-19 cases. For instance, the lone Latvian team in the league, Dinamo Riga, was unable to complete their first road trip through Russia when one of their opponents, Barys Astana, reported 12 cases of COVID-19, causing the game to be postponed. When they returned to Latvia, Riga reported five positive cases of their own, with government officials enforcing a quarantine and demanded that more games be postponed.
Earlier this week, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl forfeited a game against Kunlun Red Star when they simply didn’t show up. Lokomotiv hasn’t confirmed how many positive cases they’ve had, but the entire team has been quarantined.
In most cases, KHL teams with positive COVID-19 cases are not being quarantined and are instead simply replacing their sick players with players from their junior teams.
Reports indicate that “more than half” of the roster for SKA tested positive for COVID-19, as did their coaching staff ahead of their game against Sibir on Wednesday. As a result, SKA iced the youngest lineup in KHL history, as 10 players made their KHL debut.
With no coaches available, SKA’s billionaire vice president, Roman Rotenberg, stepped behind the bench as head coach.
It’s incredible that the game even went ahead as scheduled given these circumstances. The league has been criticized for forcing through games with junior players as well as their decision to hand Finland-based Jokerit Helsinki a forfeit loss when they refused to travel to Minsk, Belarus in the midst of their political unrest.
In addition, the KHL's decision to have fans in arenas without enforcing strict social-distancing or masks seems extremely foolhardy.
Contracting COVID-19 could have unforeseen consequences, as scientists are as yet unsure of the long-term effects of the virus.
Meanwhile, the NHL should be paying close attention to the troubles the KHL is having with their regular season as they make plans for their own 2020-21 season. They simply can’t be as blas? to the dangers of COVID-19 as the KHL has been. — Daniel Wagner, Pass it to Bulis
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To be fair to Dallas, they’re not going down easily.Comment
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At least everyone gets to sleep in today
Three overtime's of Finals intensity in two nights is just insaneComment
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It's a lot of fun for the neutral viewer.Comment
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I’m very sad about this. I want one - just ONE fucking thing to go right in 2020. If the Bolts blow this, it will make my nephew very upset and I really want his senior year living in fucking Florida to have one happy memory. Of course, the Rays could win the World Series, but the odds of that seem pretty negligible.Comment
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It is too early to panic
And the Rays have a genuine shotComment
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He also somehow decided he’s a Dodgers fan, so he’s hedged his bets well there.
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Told you not to worry
Best team wins. Film at 11.Comment
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Indeed! They really got it together when they needed to. An impressive run. Very relieved. I hope there isn’t an impromptu rally in Tampa that causes an outbreak, but it’s very possible.
I was a little surprised Hedman is Conn Smythe over a Point, but they both had a great playoffs and Hedman has 10 pts in the series as a defenseman.
According to my count, a D has won the Conn Smythe nine times since the trophy was first awarded in 1965. That’s more than I would have expected.Comment
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I think that Hedman playing almost an hour in that insane game against Columbus stuck in the voters' mindsComment
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Looking forward to the draft. I hate the idea of Stutzle ending up in Ottawa, but he will probably go 2nd or 3rd.Comment
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So bye-bye to our season MVP. Jacob Markstrom signs for Calgary (yech!) $6 million per year for six years. A tough call and a hard one to swallow but probably the best call under the circumstances.Comment
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We are all Thatcherites now . . .Comment
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Alex Pietrangelo to Vegas after the Blues closed the door on him by signing Torey Krug. The Golden Knights seem to be going all in again and I'm not sure it is going to pay off.Comment
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St Louis closed the door because Pietrangelo was looking for more than they were willing to pay in both salary and term, as indicated by him getting seven years at USD 8.8 million per from Vegas. I think the Blues got the better of this, as did the Canucks, who add Nate Schmidt from Vegas in a salary dump. That makes three ex-Caps in Vancouver now: Holtby, Schmidt and Beagle.
The Bruins still seem to be in the Ekman Larsen sweepstakes, notwithstanding their lack of a first round pickComment
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Cory Schneider signs on to be NYI's 3rd goalie. Devon Toews traded to Denver for 21 2nd round drafts picks to be used to induce someone to take on a bad contract.
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Whatever happened to Schneider, he was so promising in Vancouver?Comment
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He was good for a few years on some bad Devils’ teams and then got injured and never really recovered, I guess.Comment
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