NBA/NHL 2021 seasons

[Arcademan]

So as the updated NHL scheduling goes, the Coyotes will end up playing St. Louis seven times in a row (AZ went 3-1 there this past week), then they'll play the currently COVID stricken Minnesota and Colorado the following eight games after that.

So far, there's been nearly 30 games postponed and rescheduled. However the Canadian teams which play their games separate from the U.S. teams have reported ZERO cases of COVID amongst all of the players.

 

[famicommander]

So as the updated NHL scheduling goes, the Coyotes will end up playing St. Louis seven times in a row (AZ went 3-1 there this past week), then they'll play the currently COVID stricken Minnesota and Colorado the following eight games after that.

So far, there's been nearly 30 games postponed and rescheduled. However the Canadian teams which play their games separate from the U.S. teams have reported ZERO cases of COVID amongst all of the players.

It's Canada, they have like 6 people

 

[Arcademan]

A nice bump and as the NBA season marches on, Utah and Phoenix are setting the pace. With James out over at Lakerland and the Clippers on a losing streak, Denver is taking advantage and moving up fast. As far as the standings, the East has only 5 teams with winning records while all 8 playoff qualifying teams out West all are above .500.

Coyotes had a nice streak going until last night when they got spanked by the Avs 9-3 as they start their 9 game road trip. Could be worse: Buffalo had an 18 game losing streak that they finally snapped. With only 7 wins and 30 points out of 3rd place out East, they are sucking hard

D-backs lose on opening day. No shock there. At least the Rattlers return to play in the IFL in a couple of weeks

 

[racecar]

denver is nice team to watch , AG is a good fit and he seem to be playing good D .

 

[famicommander]

Avs gonna win it all this year. Nugs can make noise but if the Lakers are fully healthy they're a tough out.

 

[famicommander]

Avs won again tonight. They're 11-0-2 in their last 13 games. Putting up 4.62 goals per game, giving up 1.85.

 

[Fygee]

Seeing Phoenix do this well is cleansing of my sports soul.

10 years (sans the 13/14 season) of losing failure and absurd blowouts. Now they're the second best team in the league.

Excited to see their game against the Jazz on Wednesday. Prime opportunity to move up a notch towards first place.

Glad to see the Lakers tanking with Lebron and Davis out. My biggest fear, however, is they end up the opposite seed against the Suns with James and Davis back and healthy.

 

[famicommander]

Avalanche just snapped Minnesota's 11 game home winning streak.

Avs are now 13-0-2 in their last 15 games.

 

[Lets Gekiga In]

Columbus Blue Jackets are still in the playoff race, but have a hard road ahead having to play the Lightning four more times. Even if CBJ makes it, I think the division will be very tough to get to the NHL semis. Lack of a first line center, they play down to teams that are worse than them, and get outshot nearly every game. Merzlikins and Korpisalo are solid goaltenders, but need more offense.

 

[racecar]

Seeing Phoenix do this well is cleansing of my sports soul.

10 years (sans the 13/14 season) of losing failure and absurd blowouts. Now they're the second best team in the league.

Excited to see their game against the Jazz on Wednesday. Prime opportunity to move up a notch towards first place.

Glad to see the Lakers tanking with Lebron and Davis out. My biggest fear, however, is they end up the opposite seed against the Suns with James and Davis back and healthy.

All they needed was Chris Pauls leadership

 

[Lets Gekiga In]

Never saw a team pull their goalie when down 3-0, but I guess Lightning had to be that team. Good thing CBJ won 4-2.

 

[Tripredacus]

Never saw a team pull their goalie when down 3-0, but I guess Lightning had to be that team. Good thing CBJ won 4-2.

I had watched an old game where the Winnipeg Jets pulled their goalie for an extra attacker against the Oilers in the second period. I can't find what game it was. The team went with an extra attacker for a really long time.

 

[Hattori Hanzo]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1381017992545308674

 

[Schnitzel]

Avalanche just snapped Minnesota's 11 game home winning streak.

Avs are now 13-0-2 in their last 15 games.

assblasters

 

[Schnitzel]

Is this Mantha guy the Caps traded for any good? Seemed like a steep price.

 

[famicommander]

Is this Mantha guy the Caps traded for any good? Seemed like a steep price.

He's a solid scorer and he's huge. Not too many forwards in this league are 6'5" and 235 pounds. Hard to move him from in front of the net, vicious checker, and he'll get you 20-30 goals + 20-30 assists in a normal year.

 

[famicommander]

Avs added some solid depth without trading any roster players or high picks. I'll take it.

They brought back a forward and a defenseman who used to play here, Carl Soderberg and Patrik Nemeth. Soderberg figures to play on the lower lines and add size and depth scoring. Nemeth is probably just injury insurance as the Avs are already really deep on defense.

And after ending up playing their fourth option at goalie two years in a row in the playoffs due to injury, they picked up Devan Dubnyk to compete for the #2 spot. Grubauer is playing out of his mind this year but he has had problems staying healthy for a lot of his career.

Avs won tonight, 4-2. Best record in the NHL right now with 62 points.

 

[famicommander]

welp, there goes the Nuggets season. Looks like Jamal Murray just blew a knee out.

 

[evil wasabi]

Is this Mantha guy the Caps traded for any good? Seemed like a steep price.

Chances were that Vrana wasn’t re-signing so it was ok. And our picks are always at the ass end of the round.

 

[Fygee]

That Phoenix / Utah game last week was some of the most exciting regular season basketball I've seen in a while. Fantastic game.

Suns also broke all kinds of three point records in yesterday's Houston game (which is just odd considering how close it was for the Rockets being really bad).

Phoenix is now ranked Number 1 on the NBA power ratings. I believe that's the first time since the mid 00's.

 

[famicommander]

Torn ACL confirmed for Jamal Murray. 9-12 months.

This is what it is like to be a Nuggets fan.

 

[Lastblade]

Terrible on Murray, I was hoping Denver to come out of the West but it looks like the stars and lining up for Lakers (again).

 

[Fygee]

I hope not. They're slowly trending downward while Lebron and LeBrow are out with injuries. None of that matters though as long as they're back before the playoffs begin.

 

[racecar]

Terrible on Murray, I was hoping Denver to come out of the West but it looks like the stars and lining up for Lakers (again).

big lost, hopefully the bench will step up and adjust , joker and mpj going to have to score more buckets .

 

[Tw3ek]

Terrible on Murray, I was hoping Denver to come out of the West but it looks like the stars and lining up for Lakers (again).