[Trade] Pens trade Brett Kulak to Avs for Samuel Girard + 2028 2nd

[DoubleK]

Originally Posted by Finger Cookin

I would like to build a time machine so I could go back in time and assassinate whoever coined the term "weaponize(d) cap space".

Totally agree

GMs "weaponizing cap space" is what made Vegas the team that they are.

[jayswin]

For me it would "tidy bit of business" or "nice piece of business". Not sure where that started but literally everyone says it now in regards to hockey moves.

[Sylvanfan]

Originally Posted by traptor

wwaponoze cap space

I too am sick of weaponizing cap space.

But I am all in to find out what wwaponoze of cap space is. Like you wwap it like you would a mole while simultaneously creating a ponzi scheme? That would be very intriguinging.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by jayswin

For me it would "tidy bit of business" or "nice piece of business". Not sure where that started but literally everyone says it now in regards to hockey moves.

"Retooling" is the one I hate. It just grates on me for some reason. It's just making roster changes, you don't need a cute word for it.

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by Jetfire

In the Olympics? He was both injured and extremely ill with norovirus.

Was the whole US team sick with norovirus too?

[Phaneufenstein]

How about "use rest as a weapon" from Gulutzan and Wills both... yuck

[saillias]

Originally Posted by jayswin

For me it would "tidy bit of business" or "nice piece of business". Not sure where that started but literally everyone says it now in regards to hockey moves.

Something semi recent, been popping up since 2020ish, people stopped using adjectives to describe prospects. They will say "He's a player." Didn't know the english language could be so useless

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by saillias

Something semi recent, been popping up since 2020ish, people stopped using adjectives to describe prospects. They will say "He's a player." Didn't know the english language could be so useless

I legit can't even!

[Toonage]

Gamer

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by saillias

Something semi recent, been popping up since 2020ish, people stopped using adjectives to describe prospects. They will say "He's a player." Didn't know the english language could be so useless

Or calling junior players "studs". Just sounds gross.

[blender]

Originally Posted by Lewis_D

Yeah pretty good asset management by Dubas, Pens will also have tons of cap space next season. Will be an interesting team to follow this offseason.

McDavid to Pittsburgh incoming. Book it, Lol!

[united]

Marek has some petty and corny but valid ones. I respect it.

Slot area, as opposed to just slot
Scoring chance, as opposed to just chance
Good goal, as opposed to just goal
Highsticking, as opposed to lowsticking?
Icetime, as opposed to just time.
Centre ice, as opposed to just centre.
Puck possession, as opposed to just possession.
Goalpost, as opposed to just post (goalcrossbar?).
Two-minute minor, as opposed to just minor.
Why is there a penalty for elbowing - it’s a head contact penalty
Fighting not being a match penalty - by definition a fight is trying to injure your opponent.
A 0-0 game is not a scoreless game, it is a goalless game.

110%
Nothingburger

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by united

Marek has some petty and corny but valid ones. I respect it.

Slot area, as opposed to just slot
Scoring chance, as opposed to just chance
Good goal, as opposed to just goal
Highsticking, as opposed to lowsticking?
Icetime, as opposed to just time.
Centre ice, as opposed to just centre.
Puck possession, as opposed to just possession.
Goalpost, as opposed to just post (goalcrossbar?).
Two-minute minor, as opposed to just minor.
Why is there a penalty for elbowing - it’s a head contact penalty
Fighting not being a match penalty - by definition a fight is trying to injure your opponent.
A 0-0 game is not a scoreless game, it is a goalless game.

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Nothingburger

Most of those objections are ridiculous.

‘Good goal’: Only used when the officials review a goal to see whether it was scored legally. The adjective emphasizes that the legitimacy of the goal was in question.

‘Highsticking’: That is and has always been the official name of the infraction in the rulebook. There is no rule against having your stick as low as you please.

‘Icetime’: Refers to the time on ice for a particualr player, as opposed to total elapsed time in the game. Useful for that purpose.

‘Centre ice’: Distinguishes the location from the player known as a centre.

‘Goalpost’: Originally, in hockey and in all the early varieties of organized football, the posts were the only markers indicating where the goal was. They were therefore called goal posts. Nobody is going to change this long-established usage just because somebody thinks it doesn't make sense in one of the many games in which such posts are used.

There is a penalty for elbowing because that was an infraction long before head contact became illegal. In fact, you don't have to hit someone in the head with your elbow to get an elbowing penalty.

Fighting is not a match penalty because a match penalty automatically results in the ejection of the offending player. The rules were written to penalize fighting in such a way that it did not result in ejection.

And yes, a 0-0 game is a scoreless game, because neither team has scored.

[bluejays]

Originally Posted by saillias

Something semi recent, been popping up since 2020ish, people stopped using adjectives to describe prospects. They will say "He's a player." Didn't know the english language could be so useless

Before people used to use the person's last name, or say the guy is good. Now everyone tries to sound like an insider and say "The player". Often it goes a little something like this, "Kadri's been playing well. I like the player." Normally it would be "Kadri's been playing well. I like the guy". Friedman and all that started talking in those terms and it spreads to the masses.