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The official NHL 2013 short season thread

16,501 1,226 January 6, 2013 at 05:18 AM
Sounds like the NHL and NHLPA finally agreed on a deal.

Now who's ready for some hockey??
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emelvee
01-06-2013 at 05:29 AM.
01-06-2013 at 05:29 AM.
So the entire regular season is going to be, what, best-of-seven?
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01-06-2013 at 09:56 AM.
01-06-2013 at 09:56 AM.
Woot
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01-06-2013 at 10:18 AM.
01-06-2013 at 10:18 AM.
Whee
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01-06-2013 at 10:21 AM.
01-06-2013 at 10:21 AM.
Go Islanders!
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menace33
01-06-2013 at 12:13 PM.
01-06-2013 at 12:13 PM.
So the start of the season is either Jan 19th if it is going to be a 48 game season or Jan 15th if it is going to be a 50 game season.

This will make for some really interesting fantasy hockey.
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PaintTheSkyGrey
01-06-2013 at 12:51 PM.
01-06-2013 at 12:51 PM.
Yay!

Go Thrashers!

Oh, wait. Sadwalk Mad
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01-06-2013 at 01:59 PM.
01-06-2013 at 01:59 PM.
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Iaaaiws
01-06-2013 at 02:09 PM.
01-06-2013 at 02:09 PM.
This could end up being one of the best NHL seasons ever. Since each game could be that much more important maybe the intensity will be a lot higher than in many regular season games. As far as I am concerned the sooner we get to the playoffs in any NHL season the better.
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menace33
01-06-2013 at 02:46 PM.
01-06-2013 at 02:46 PM.
Quote from Iaaaiws :
This could end up being one of the best NHL seasons ever. Since each game could be that much more important maybe the intensity will be a lot higher than in many regular season games. As far as I am concerned the sooner we get to the playoffs in any NHL season the better.
Or it could be sloppy, poorly played on defense, and will be a run and shoot affair. After the last lockout, it wasn't pretty defensively as defensemen were out of shape and out of rhythm so they didn't hit their stride until the playoffs.
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Iaaaiws
01-06-2013 at 02:50 PM.
01-06-2013 at 02:50 PM.
Quote from menace33 :
Or it could be sloppy, poorly played on defense, and will be a run and shoot affair. After the last lockout, it wasn't pretty defensively as defensemen were out of shape and out of rhythm so they didn't hit their stride until the playoffs.
Yeah, so it will probably just suck like every other regular season. At least it won't seem so endlessly long.
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menace33
01-06-2013 at 02:53 PM.
01-06-2013 at 02:53 PM.
Quote from Iaaaiws :
Yeah, so it will probably just suck like every other regular season. At least it won't seem so endlessly long.
And there will be some offensive sputtering on those back to back to back nights that they'll have as they cram in too many games in a week. But I will say, it'll be more like arena football but for hockey and that isn't so bad. I wonder what the fan support will be like.
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w3kn
01-06-2013 at 04:43 PM.
01-06-2013 at 04:43 PM.
Quote from menace33 :
So the start of the season is either Jan 19th if it is going to be a 48 game season or Jan 15th if it is going to be a 50 game season.

This will make for some really interesting fantasy hockey.
If the person that ran the SD fantasy hockey league would restart it...
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01-06-2013 at 04:52 PM.
01-06-2013 at 04:52 PM.
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Yay!

Go Thrashers!

Oh, wait. Sadwalk Mad
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01-06-2013 at 05:06 PM.
01-06-2013 at 05:06 PM.
Quote from w3kn :
If the person that ran the SD fantasy hockey league would restart it...
Oh and who is this?
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