2021-22 NHL News

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38 minutes ago, BigTed3 said:

Anyone who's played organized sports knows that it's not uncommon for coaches and managers to be verbally abusive or worse. Unfortunately, it's built into the culture that you can motivate players by yelling at them and that you build toughness by doing so. A lot of people just buy into the mentality that it's acceptable because it's sports. Same culture behind fighting in hockey, playing hurt, and so on. It's the Don Cherry mindset. Don't know what Murray did, but wouldn't be surprised if these types of stories keep coming out. You look in our own barn at the 24 Habs documentary and you saw Therrien just lambasting players at times and talking about making Subban a better person and so on, and I absolutely wouldn't be surprise to find out Therrien was verbally abusive to players and crossed lines. Vigneault's been accused of crossing lines already. Mike Babcock apparently is showing little to no remorse over how he treated players and thinks his way made Marner a better player. The culture needs to change from the top, but you have guys like Bettman and Daly and Campbell in place who care only about money and don't give a care about player safety.

Exactly!  These people need to be held accountable. This abuse has gone on for far too long. Don't feel sorry for any of them.

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When Arizona Coyotes and Seattle Kraken met last Saturday, little did anyone know that goalie Scott Wedgewood would be setting a record. To be clear, he wasn’t even scheduled to play since he had just been picked up on waivers a couple of days prior. Head coach Andre Tourigny wanted him to at least get to practice with the team, so he started Karel Vejmelka. Well, that didn’t work out too well as Vejmelka surrendered two quick goals just 59 seconds into the game. Enter Scott Wedgewood.
First of all, the history behind Wedgewood’s record is pertinent here. On October 30, 2017 he was on the Coyotes roster and started the game in net. The 2017-18 Arizona Coyotes had started the season in exactly the same fashion as the current season going 0-10-1. Wedgewood stopped 28 of 31 shots headed his way. The game went into overtime before Alex Goligoski scored with 15 seconds remaining in overtime. Scott Wedgewood got the win and ended the horrid losing streak at 11 games. His statistics for 2017-18 weren’t that impressive. Just a 5-9-4 record with a .893 save percentage and a 3.45 goals-against-average.   On February 21, 2018, the Coyotes dealt Wedgewood along with forward Tobias Rieder to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for goalie Darcy Kuemper. Kuemper was unimpressive in the 10 games he played in that first year in Arizona. But over the next three seasons he sparkled in between the pipes for the Yotes. He collected a 55-48-15 record with a .920 save percentage and a 2.43 GAA. Arizona definitely won that trade.

Wait, it Gets More Interesting…

So, not only did Wedgewood duplicate his feat of ending an 11-game losing skid by the Coyotes in his return back to Arizona, but there are other bizarre coincidences too. By winning the game Saturday Wedgewood helped Tourigny gain his first NHL victory behind the bench. Guess what? He did the exact same thing back in 2017 when Rick Tocchet won his first NHL game as a head coach!  Buckle up, there’s more. The coach of the Philadelphia Flyers back in 2017 was Dave Hakstol. And, who do you think was behind the Kraken bench on Saturday night? Yep, Dave Hakstol. Strange, huh? Very strange.

The odds of these circumstances happening again are astronomical. That’s why this freaky record will stand forever.

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GM bob Murray placed on leave due to mental and verbal abuse  . 
 

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The league is taking a beating this year 

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/ducks-place-gm-bob-murray-leave-due-professional-conduct-investigation/

Ducks place GM Bob Murray on leave due to professional conduct investigation

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https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl-bettman-mother-of-high-school-player-assaulted-by-brad-aldrich-furious-blackhawks-scandal-response-040124753.html

Mother of 'John Doe 2' in Blackhawks scandal furious with NHL, Bettman

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13 hours ago, Regis22 said:

GM bob Murray placed on leave due to mental and verbal abuse  . 
 

 

1 minute ago, Regis22 said:

The league is taking a beating this year 

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/ducks-place-gm-bob-murray-leave-due-professional-conduct-investigation/

Ducks place GM Bob Murray on leave due to professional conduct investigation

Yeah. Kinda been talking about this.

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Nathan MacKinnon out three weeks for Avalanche with lower-body injury
Center injured against Blue Jackets, tied for Colorado lead in points.

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23 hours ago, electron58 said:

The Anaheim Ducks placed executive vice president and general manager Bob Murray on leave Tuesday amid an ongoing investigation into his conduct.

The Ducks said in a statement they recently became aware of accusations of improper professional conduct against Murray, who is the third-longest-tenured general manager in the NHL.

The team did not specify the behavior Murray is accused of.

“After internal review, we enlisted (law firm) Sheppard Mullin to perform an independent investigation. Upon recommendation from their initial findings, we have decided to place Bob on administrative leave pending final results,” the statement said.

Assistant general manager Jeff Solomon will assume Murray’s duties on an interim basis.

And it goes on and on and.........

Ducks GM Murray resigns, will enter alcohol abuse program.

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Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares,  did not take part in warmups before Wednesday’s contest in Philadelphia against the Flyers and was scratched from the game.

The extent or the nature of the injury wasn’t immediately known. Kirill Semyonov will make his NHL debut in Tavares’ place.

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Chicago Blackhawks forward  Brandon Hagel is expected to miss two weeks with a left shoulder injury.

Hagel got hurt in the third period of Sunday night's 2-1 overtime victory against Nashville.

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Islanders To Terminate Leo Komarov’s Contract
Komarov was signed by the Islanders in 2018 after spending five seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Throughout his nine-year NHL career, the 34-year-old appeared in 491 games scoring 63 goals and 170 points. He only appeared in one game this season, against the Florida Panthers on October 16, before being sent down to the Bridgeport Islanders of the AHL. He did not play for the AHL Islanders. Now, Komarov is reportedly heading to the SKA Saint Petersburg of the KHL.  Hearing this is official now. Believe Komarov will be on unconditional waivers tomorrow to terminate his Isles contract.

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1 hour ago, electron58 said:

Ducks GM Murray resigns, will enter alcohol abuse program.

Bob Murray is reportedly under investigation for verbal abuse and toxic behaviour.  More details have started to emerge after the Anaheim Ducks placed general manager/executive vice president Bob Murray on administrative leave, with an investigation into his professional conduct pending.  Murray is alleged to have repeatedly, verbally abused players, coaches and other personnel within the Ducks organization, according to Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli.

“Working for Bob Murray was pure daily mental warfare,” an unnamed source told Seravalli. “The abuse was endless. Crazy text messages to players and staff, berating them for their performance and threats of job security happened with regularity. These weren’t one-time slip-ups or mistakes. These were regular explosions and eruptions.”

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7 minutes ago, electron58 said:

Bob Murray is reportedly under investigation for verbal abuse and toxic behaviour.  More details have started to emerge after the Anaheim Ducks placed general manager/executive vice president Bob Murray on administrative leave, with an investigation into his professional conduct pending.  Murray is alleged to have repeatedly, verbally abused players, coaches and other personnel within the Ducks organization, according to Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli.

“Working for Bob Murray was pure daily mental warfare,” an unnamed source told Seravalli. “The abuse was endless. Crazy text messages to players and staff, berating them for their performance and threats of job security happened with regularity. These weren’t one-time slip-ups or mistakes. These were regular explosions and eruptions.”

The NHL is falling apart. 

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45 minutes ago, kinot-2 said:

The NHL is falling apart. 

It's all over.  The world is falling apart.

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On 10/23/2021 at 11:27 AM, electron58 said:

The U.S. Center for SafeSport has opened up an investigation into current Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin's potential role in an alleged sexual assault cover-up, according to Rick Westhead of TSN.  Erin Skalde, and her husband, Jarrod — who was an assistant coach for the Pittsburgh Penguins’ American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, alleged in a lawsuit that former AHL Penguins head coach Clark Donatelli sexually assaulted her while the three were in a car in Providence, Rhode Island, on a road trip in November of 2018. The lawsuit was filed against the Penguins in November of 2020.  Jarrod filed the lawsuit after being fired by the Penguins in May of 2020. He suggests that the team used COVID-19 cuts as an excuse to terminate his contract, and that the real reason had to do with his complaints against Donatelli.

Seven months after filing the suit, Jarrod claimed that then-Penguins assistant general manager Bill Guerin told him not to speak of the alleged assault when it was brought to the latter's attention at the 2019 NHL Draft.

Former minor-league coach Jarrod Skalde and his wife, Erin, have reached a settlement with the Pittsburgh Penguins in connection to sexual assault allegations levied against former American Hockey League coach Clark Donatelli.

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On 11/8/2021 at 9:06 PM, electron58 said:

The Ottawa Senators added forwards Connor Brown and Dylan Gambrell to the NHL's COVID-19 Protocol on Monday.  Head coach DJ Smith said both players will miss Tuesday's game against the Boston Bruins after they tested positive, but are being retested to ensure they were were not false positives

 

On 11/8/2021 at 9:13 PM, electron58 said:

The Senators have placed defenceman Nick Holden (and associate coach Jack Capuano) in the NHL's COVID-19 protocol.  In a related move, the team has recalled defenceman Erik Brannstrom.

 

On 11/9/2021 at 9:41 PM, electron58 said:

The Ottawa Senators have placed defenceman Victor Mete in NHL's COVID-19 protocol Tuesday.

The team has also recalled goaltender Filip Gustavsson from the AHL. 

Matt Murray and Alex Formenton were the seventh and eighth players placed in NHL COVID-19 protocol by the Senators on Thursday. 

Murray, a goalie, and Formenton, a forward, join defenseman Josh Brown, Victor Mete and Nick Holden, and forwards Austin Watson, Connor Brown and Dylan Gambrell.

The Senators host the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday (7 p.m. ET; TSN5, RDS2, BSW, ESPN+, NHL LIVE).

"All you can do is just keep playing," Senators coach D.J. Smith said. "We want to get a win to get everyone feeling good. It's not the ideal situation, but no one feels bad for you in this League. We're privileged to play and be in the NHL and we're going to go out there and give it all we've got."

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On 10/20/2021 at 10:37 PM, electron58 said:

The Edmonton Oilers announced today that goaltender Mike Smith landed on the team’s Injured Reserve (IR). That removes the netminder from their active roster, leaving a spot filled by Stuart Skinner from their AHL club. Skinner was recalled from the Bakersfield Condors in the same move, the team announced.

Oilers goalie Mike Smith has suffered a "setback" and returned to Edmonton to have more tests done, coach Dave Tippett said on Thursday.

"The update on Mike Smith is he left to go back to Edmonton yesterday, had a setback in practice, so he's gone back to get some further evaluation in Edmonton," Tippett said Thursday. "It's a concern, for sure, because it looks like he takes some steps ahead and goes out and works a little bit, and then has taken another step back. 

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The first jersey hung in the rafters of Nationwide Arena will belong to Rick Nash.

The Columbus Blue Jackets announced on Thursday that the franchise's all-time leader in goals, assists and games played will have his No. 61 retired on March 5 against the Boston Bruins.

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Dallas Stars forwards Blake Comeau and Tanner Kero and Nashville Predators forward Rocco Grimaldi have all been placed on waivers Thursday. 

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52 minutes ago, electron58 said:

 

 

Matt Murray and Alex Formenton were the seventh and eighth players placed in NHL COVID-19 protocol by the Senators on Thursday. 

Murray, a goalie, and Formenton, a forward, join defenseman Josh Brown, Victor Mete and Nick Holden, and forwards Austin Watson, Connor Brown and Dylan Gambrell.

The Senators host the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday (7 p.m. ET; TSN5, RDS2, BSW, ESPN+, NHL LIVE).

"All you can do is just keep playing," Senators coach D.J. Smith said. "We want to get a win to get everyone feeling good. It's not the ideal situation, but no one feels bad for you in this League. We're privileged to play and be in the NHL and we're going to go out there and give it all we've got."

9 now.

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The NHL announced on Thursday afternoon that Carolina Hurricanes defender Tony DeAngelo has been fined $2,000 under the league’s diving/embellishment rule.

This was DeAngelo’s second offense for diving, prompting the $2,000 fine.

Some guys are born to acting, even bad actors.

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Former Hab prospect, goalie Zach Fucale will make his NHL debut Thursday in a start for the Capitals against the Detroit Red Wings, head coach Peter Laviolette told the media. Ilya Samsonov will be the backup.

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Braydon Coburn retired from the NHL on Friday after 16 NHL seasons.

The 36-year-old defenseman last played in the 2020-21 season when he had two assists in 19 games for the Ottawa Senators and New York Islanders.

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On 11/8/2021 at 9:43 PM, electron58 said:

Forward Jack Eichel  said Monday he is relieved the blockbuster trade that sent him from the Buffalo Sabres to the Vegas Golden Knights is behind him and he is looking forward to being on the ice with his new team, even though it may take about three months.  Eichel will have his preferred choice of surgery for his neck injury Friday and is thankful the Golden Knights have been supportive of the procedure he feuded with the Sabres over, triggering discontent with the organization.

Jack Eichel‘s artificial disk replacement surgery in his neck has been completed, and early reports say that the procedure went well, Sportsnet’s Jeff Marek reports.

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Canucks defenceman Tucker Poolman has been suspended two games for high-sticking, the department of player safety announced, stemming from an incident on Thursday in which he hit Avalanche forward Kiefer Sherwood in the head with his stick.