**** that is what soccer is supposed to have but it is still terrible/

The Avs are are used to facing the Wild, but what if a guy like Ryan Reaves takes out Kadri on Feb 14th, (or something along those lines).
Now there's a blood feud between Vegas and Colorado with 3 more consecutive games.
Vegas is typically an afterthought to an Avs fan in normal times but now it's a war since they're in the same division.
In the North Division, you have teams spanning 3 of the 4 previous divisions across conferences. You could have the Canadiens and Canucks fighting to the death over 3 games which would never happen under normal circumstances.
While things may get out of hand, the whole setup looks like fun to me.

I was listening to Don Cherry's podcast and it reminded me that every game this year is now a 4 point game.

Pity points, (OT loser), will also have a huge impact on the standings.

I'm excited for Wednesday.

Hockey!

Pretty lame that they put Avs/Blues on so late tonight, but I'll take it.

I've been researching Sling and other sports-heavy streaming sites, so still debating if I want to buy Dish's Center Ice or be done with these assholes and just do the online nhl.tv. :hmmm:

This is the perfect time to start though... no more MNF/TNF (mostly just to have on while doing other stuff), no more CFB, the IIHF World Juniors was great, don't even know what's happening with college hockey (used to see it 2-3 times/week).... needed something besides just CBK to fill the void during the week.

Favorites my ass. Grubaur is trash. Not enough depth.

ROFL

Didn't take you long. Impressive.

Well to be honest. I'm not wrong ROFL

Ball Arena. Cracks me up that is what the Pepsi Center got renamed as.

We got big Ball(s).

The NHL realignment for this year. St. Louis fans are pissed about going West. If the Blues were in Kansas City I don't think the rumbles would be as loud about the division realignment. St. Louis as a city always does look east as its peers.

*** Official 2021 NHL Thread ***
 

I can't find a thread for this season, so let's get things going.

Blues looking like complete ass tonight. Wow...

Still haven't purchased nhl.tv, but looks like the Avalanche bounced back.... definitely feels like preseason, a lot of goals being scored and not many close games yet.