the senators keep trading players out of their division only to have them traded back into the atlantic. and somehow it’s always to the panthers??? (see; hoffman, wideman)
and more! i am so sorry to the people who’ve reblogged every version of this thinking it’s the end.
dougie hamilton requested a trade out of calgary (which i believe but i can’t find any articles about? fine calgary, keep your secrets) and then they did trade him. but the report that came out after was that he was traded because he would go to museums instead of going out to breakfast/bars/restaurants/etc with the rest of the team which apparently put a strain on the team? idk. (via an anon, @nhlinfluenced and @gaudrhoes)
jeff skinner was apparently traded for ‘character issues’ which bullshit, he’s the human embodiment of sunshine, thanks
i forgot ??? lickgate ?? somehow ???? thanks to the anon for reminding me and therefore being the reason i’m adding another part
during the first round of the 2017-18 playoffs brad marchand decided he was going to lick leo komarov (pardon the don cherry). that drew enough criticism but he went on to lick ryan callahan during round two of the playoffs. then the nhl apparently asked him to stop licking players, brad said it was false, the nhl said it was false, and we were all confused
so andrew ference had words for the oilers. he called them out for not putting in the work to be better (he was talking 13-15. aka, the oilers while he was there, excluding the connor mcdavid season) and essentially said they could have whichever players they wanted but it wouldn’t mean shit if they were out until 5am partying (via @drakecaggiula91)
[more on the blues fighting each other] sanford was sent down after the fighting and hasn’t played an nhl game since. idk if he’s been called up since but he certainly hasn’t played. (via @islandofthelostsoul)
al montoya (while playing for edmonton) straight up ignored a reporter’s question in the post game after that reporter had tweeted earlier about how montoya doesn’t talk on game days. the reporter said he’s either more fragile in his preparations or he’s ducking responsibility. so montoya just… ignored him….
i meant to add the coaches getting fired but i didnt so here we are
so, during 2018 there have been eleven (11) coaching change. five of those have game in the past three months. the kings/hawks/blues/oilers/flyers have all fired their coaches this season. (via @azurecrescent)
dylan strome was on the spittin chiclet’s podcast and his episode dropped on nov. 19, where he was talking hypothetical’s where arizona tells him he’s apart of their future and blah blah blah. tumblr was pretty into it. and then on the 25th he got traded… it was a bit of a whiplash moment for tumblr going from ‘oh did az say he was a future piece??’ to ‘oh he’s in chicago now.. okay then’ (via @bisexualnerds and then i got new information by an anon so this is slightly different than what i had at first)
nate schmidt got suspended for twenty (20) games at the beginning of the 18-19 season because they found performance enhancement drugs in his blood despite the number being so microscopic it’s laughable that the nhl penalized him on that. (via @bisexualnerds again)
so i’m uhh kinda dumb, and messed up and reblogged it from a previous edition to the one i meant to so, uh, if you see a version of this ending with the jets… sorry please don’t think i’m a dumbass. here’s the missing pieces that are in that section though
the jets brought in a retired referee to talk to them about penalties because apparently they take too many. he also apparently visited the wild and flyers. idk if this is drama but it is interesting (via @segwins who i also can’t tag because, see above)
Jori Lehtera is charged with, and faces five months in jail for his involvement in a Finnish cocaine ring (source)
