[OOT] January 20 with five games.

[memphusk]

Is there an NHL on demand where you can just buy games for 5 bucks and choose who you want to watch?

[blender]

Late to the thread on this one, but watching some portions of the Oilers-Leafs game and is it me or did both teams look pretty poor?

For some reason I have been a bit worried about the Leafs as Calgary's real competition in the division, but watching them against the Oilers, who other than a better-than-usual performance from Koskinen looked exactly what they are, and I'm not worried about the Leafs as much.

I won't put much stock in Sunday's result,in an afternoon game after a week off, but beyond that I would expect the Flames to own the Leafs with the way they looked tonight.
Hope I'm right.

[dino7c]

Lol Vancouver getting owned by former players again

[djsFlames]

Canucks really half-assed their lower bowl.

They are also a herd of dickbutts.

[activeStick]

Originally Posted by memphusk

Is there an NHL on demand where you can just buy games for 5 bucks and choose who you want to watch?

Nope. Full or half season options only.

[alnigi]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

Canucks really half-assed their lower bowl.

They are also a herd of dickbutts.

I take exception to that,
are you sure they half-assed their lower bowels
and somehow butted a herd of dicks

[getbak]

Originally Posted by memphusk

Is there an NHL on demand where you can just buy games for 5 bucks and choose who you want to watch?

You can get a Sportsnet Now+ 7 day pass for $10, which includes NHL Live: https://secure.snnow.ca/pricing

You should be able to watch any NHL game during that time.

[Inferno]

It looks like Hamonic is already turning into a whipping boy in Vancouver. He's trending right now on Twitter but not in a good way.

[TheScorpion]

This VGK/ARI game is becoming a rout. 5-1 for the Knights.

[SuperMatt18]

Hamonic almost directly responsible on two of Montreal’s goals.

James Neal’s signing gets all the hype, but I still think trading for Hamonic is Treliving’s worst move as GM.

A 1st and 2 2nds for Hamonic is criminal and was just a terrible trade from day 1.

[mrdonkey]

He doesn’t just look bad, he looks Anders Eriksson/Nik Grossman bad.

[blender]

I don't disagree that the Hamonic trade was a bad move, but he never looked this bad as a Flame. He was trending this way for sure, but this is a new low.

[AC]

Myers with a pizza up the middle.

[SeanCharles]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

This VGK/ARI game is becoming a rout. 5-1 for the Knights.

Arizona looks bad this year.

Kuemper looks very mediocre.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Hamonic almost directly responsible on two of Montreal’s goals.

James Neal’s signing gets all the hype, but I still think trading for Hamonic is Treliving’s worst move as GM.

A 1st and 2 2nds for Hamonic is criminal and was just a terrible trade from day 1.

He was a good player at one time and other teams were offering similar trades...his game just fell off a cliff fast.

[ComixZone]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Hamonic almost directly responsible on two of Montreal’s goals.

James Neal’s signing gets all the hype, but I still think trading for Hamonic is Treliving’s worst move as GM.

A 1st and 2 2nds for Hamonic is criminal and was just a terrible trade from day 1.

Those picks ended up being:

2018 12th overall - Noah Dobson (notable picks made after Noah Dobson and in the first round would be Joel Farabee, Ty Smith, Liam Foudy)

2018 43rd overall - Rusland Iskhakov

2019 57th overall - Samuel Bolduc

Yeah, that Travis Hamonic trade was bad regardless of whether or not any of the actual chosen players turn into anything special. You simply do not pay that price for a player that slots into the depth chart in the spot Hamonic did (played as a #4, should have been a #5 or #6).

The argument at the time was that his contract was valuable, so the deal was going to be worth it - but in reality, Hamonic was mis-slotted as a #4, and there's no way around the fact that it was just a significant overpay. He was an expensive bottom-pairing defenceman being played in the top-4.

The even more baffling decision was made shortly after that when Treliving gave Michael Stone a 3 year, $3.5M AAV contract. So after that summer, we were paying Michael Stone and Travis Hamonic a combined $7,357,143 per season. That is one awful off-season.

2015 - Acquired Dougie Hamilton (very nice)
2016 - Signed Troy Brouwer (awful), acquired Brian Elliott (awful)
2017 - Acquired Travis Hamonic (awful)
2018 - Signed James Neal (horrendous), acquired Elias Lindholm and Noah Hanifin (very nice)
2019 - Traded James Neal for Milan Lucic (...decent)
2020 - Signed Jacob Markstrom (very nice)

/random look back at off-season highlights of years previous

[Textcritic]

Hahaha.

Tofoli scores the hat-trick with 3:41 left in the third to put the Canadiens ahead 5-4.

[dino7c]

lol TT with the Hatty, you can't make this stuff up

[AC]

LOL, Toffoli hattrick against the Canucks.

[Textcritic]

... and Boeser ties it.