Hurricanes thread is here: http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=541514

Everything else goes in this thread.

New NHL website design http://www.nhl.com/



Saturday, October 4 - Tampa Bay vs. NY Rangers (Prague, CZ) - 12:00 PM
Saturday, October 4 - Ottawa vs. Pittsburgh (Stockholm, SE) - 2:30 PM
Sunday, October 5 - NY Rangers vs. Tampa Bay (Prague, CZ) - 12:00 PM, VERSUS
Sunday, October 5 - Pittsburgh vs. Ottawa (Stockholm, SE) - 2:30 PM, VERSUS


Opening Night - Thursday, October 9 - Detroit vs. Toronto (Cup banner raising) - 7:00 PM, VERSUS




Wrigley Field - Detroit at Chicago - January 1st, 2009 - 12:00 PM, NBC




Montreal will host the 2009 NHL All-Star Game on Sunday, January 25 as part of their 100 year anniversary celebration.

2008/09 NHL television networks are once again NBC, Versus,, HD Net, and NHL Network in the United States.


Some of the notable offseason moves:

Mathieu Schneider to Atlanta
Ron Hainsey to Atlanta
Michael Ryder to Boston
Craig Rivet to Buffalo
Michael Cammalleri to Calgary
Todd Bertuzzi to Calgary
Joni Pitkanen to Carolina
Brian Campbell to Chicago
Cristobal Huet to Chicago
RJ Umberger to Columbus
Kristian Huselius to Columbus
Raffi Torres to Columbus
Fedor Tyutin to Columbus
Mike Commodore to Columbus
Sean Avery to Dallas
Marian Hossa to Detroit
Erik Cole to Edmonton
Lubomir Visnovsky to Edmonton
Cory Stillman to Florida
Keith Ballard to Florida
Bryan McCabe to Florida
Jarret Stoll to Los Angeles
Andrew Brunette to Minnesota
Owen Nolan to Minnesota
Marek Zidlicky to Minnesota
Marc-Andre Bergeron to Minnesota
Alex Tanguay to Montreal
Brian Rolston to New Jersey
Bobby Holik to New Jersey
Doug Weight to NY Islanders
Mark Streit to NY Islanders
Marcus Naslund to NY Rangers
Nikolai Zherdev to NY Rangers
Wade Redden to NY Rangers
Dmitri Kalinin to NY Rangers
Jarko Ruutu to Ottawa
Jason Smith to Ottawa
Oli Jokinen to Phoenix
Ruslan Fedotenko to Pittsburgh
Miroslav Satan to Pittsburgh
Dan Boyle to San Jose
Rob Blake to San Jose
Vaclav Prospal to Tampa Bay
Radim Vrbata to Tampa Bay
Ryan Malone to Tampa Bay
Mark Recchi to Tampa Bay
Gary Roberts to Tampa Bay
Andrej Meszaros to Tampa Bay
Matt Carle to Tampa Bay
Olaf Kolzig to Tampa Bay
Pavol Demitra to Vancouver
Steve Bernier to Vancouver
Kyle Wellwood to Vancouver
Jose Theodore to Washington

10/1/2008 8:46:42 PM

Cannot wait for the season to start!!!


GO CANES!!

10/1/2008 9:42:51 PM

yayaya

10/1/2008 9:45:07 PM

anyone thinking about going to the winter classic?

10/1/2008 11:46:31 PM

fuck bigger nets. widen the ice surface.

10/1/2008 11:48:57 PM

^ let's do neither of those things

olympic ice sucks

10/2/2008 3:20:05 AM

^ok, then at least shrink goalie gear.

10/2/2008 7:00:36 AM

It has been done.

10/2/2008 7:18:34 AM

To get everyone pumped: http://www.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?id=21593&catid=618

This may be the best ad campaign they have ever had. They are awesome.

10/2/2008 6:12:30 PM

they are very well done, some are simple and effective.

10/3/2008 12:10:38 PM

yeah, they're pretty fucking great. I just watched the Canes ones! good stuff.

10/3/2008 2:16:18 PM

how can a man get him some HNIC? is that broadcast in the US?

i need to hear "yaknow, you kids watching at home, that's why I always - ROLL THE CLIP -- that's why -- lookathis" EVERY WEEKEND

10/3/2008 3:42:35 PM

VERY weird coincidence that you just posted that. I was coming here to post this: http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hockey/comments/big_news_for_nhl_network_in_the_us/

Quote :

"With more live game coverage than ever before, NHL Network today unveiled its U.S. broadcast schedule for the 2008-09 regular season. It includes 75 regular-season games, all in HD. Highlighting the schedule is the inclusion of CBC’s award-winning Hockey Night In Canada, now available to U.S. fans through NHL Network for the first time. Every Saturday night, NHL Network will not only broadcast the live Hockey Night In Canada double-header, but also the CBC pre-game show Scotiabank Hockey Tonight and post-game show After Hours. More details and complete broadcast schedule below. Regular-season coverage on NHL Network gets underway in the U.S. on Saturday, Oct. 4 when the New York Rangers take on the Tampa Bay Lightning in Prague, Czech Republic and the Ottawa Senators and Pittsburgh Penguins meet in Stockholm, Sweden, in the Bridgestone NHL Premiere 2008™. Additional highlights for the 2008-09 NHL broadcast schedule include: * Live NHL games every Saturday night throughout the season * 26 double-headers and 1 triple-header * 17 Wednesday-night games featuring TSN’s broadcast of Wednesday Night Hockey * 5 games featuring the Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings * 7 games featuring the Pittsburgh Penguins and Sidney Crosby * 2 games featuring the Washington Capitals and last season’s Hart Trophy winner Alexander Ovechkin * 5 original NHL Network game productions “NHL Network is an important platform in super-serving our fans with the hockey content they demand, 24 hours a day,” said John Shannon, NHL Executive Vice President of Broadcasting and Programming. “With top-quality production of marquee match-ups on a consistent schedule, in addition to new original programming, NHL Network is creating appointment television for hockey fans nationwide.” NHL Network is the first 24-hour network dedicated to the National Hockey League with unprecedented access to the most comprehensive hockey coverage both on and off the ice. In addition to live NHL games, NHL Network will broadcast live college hockey and the Memorial Cup. The network also airs post-game press conferences, special event programming on-location from NHL events such as NHL Winter Classic™, NHL All-Star weekend, NHL Entry Draft and the Stanley Cup™ Final and its signature daily live highlight show – NHL on the Fly – which airs nightly throughout the hockey season. NHL Network is now accessible to more than 80 million homes through all of its carriage arrangements, including those with Cablevision, Charter Communications, Comcast, Cox Communications, DIRECTV, DISH Network® and Time Warner Cable. NHL Network launched in the U.S in October of 2007 and in Canada in 2001. This is the second season NHL Network will broadcast live NHL games in the U.S. 2008-09 NHL Network Regular-Season U.S. Broadcast Schedule October · Saturday, Oct. 4 NY Rangers @ Tampa Bay 12:00 PM ET · Saturday, Oct. 4 Pittsburgh @ Ottawa 2:30 PM ET · Saturday, Oct. 11 Montreal @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Oct. 11 Vancouver @ Calgary 10:00 PM ET · Saturday, Oct. 18 Toronto @ Pittsburgh 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Oct. 18 Calgary @ Edmonton 10:00 PM ET · Saturday, Oct. 25 Ottawa @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Oct. 25 Edmonton @ Vancouver 10:00 PM ET · Monday, Oct. 27 Ottawa @ Buffalo 7:00 PM ET · Thursday, Oct 30 Ottawa @ Florida 7:30 PM ET November · Saturday, Nov. 1 NY Rangers @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Nov. 1 Calgary @ Los Angeles 10:00 PM ET · Saturday, Nov. 8 Montreal @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Nov. 8 Minnesota @ Vancouver 10:00 PM ET · Saturday, Nov. 15 Toronto @ Vancouver 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Nov. 15 Colorado @ Edmonton 10:00 PM ET · Saturday, Nov. 22 Chicago @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Nov. 22 Detroit @ Calgary 10:00 PM ET · Wednesday, Nov. 26 Montreal @ Detroit 7:30 PM ET · Wednesday, Nov. 26 Los Angeles @ Edmonton 10:00 PM ET · Saturday, Nov. 29 Philadelphia @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Nov. 29 Vancouver @ Calgary 10:00 PM ET December · Saturday, Dec. 6 Washington @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Dec. 6 Edmonton @ San Jose 10:00 PM ET · Wednesday, Dec. 10 Calgary @ Detroit 7:30 PM ET · Saturday, Dec. 13 Washington @ Montreal 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Dec. 13 Vancouver @ Edmonton 10:00 PM ET · Wednesday, Dec. 17 Calgary @ Minnesota 8:00 PM ET · Saturday, Dec. 20 Toronto @ Pittsburgh 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Dec. 20 Chicago @ Vancouver 10:00 PM ET · Sunday, Dec. 21 Carolina @ Montreal 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Dec. 27 Montreal @ Pittsburgh 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Dec. 27 Ottawa @ Calgary 10:00 PM ET January · Wednesday, Jan. 7 Montreal @ NY Rangers 7:30 PM ET · Saturday, Jan.10 Toronto @ Philadelphia 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Jan.10 San Jose @ Vancouver 10:00 PM ET · Wednesday, Jan. 14 Ottawa @ Atlanta 7:30 PM ET · Saturday, Jan.17 Montreal @ Ottawa 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Jan.17 Phoenix @ Calgary 10:00 PM ET · Wednesday, Jan. 28 Buffalo @ Calgary 8:00 PM ET · Wednesday, Jan. 28 Nashville @ Vancouver 10:30 PM ET · Thursday, Jan. 29 Ottawa @ St. Louis 8:30 PM ET · Saturday, Jan.31 Pittsburgh @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Jan.31 Minnesota @ Vancouver 10:00 PM ET February · Wednesday, Feb. 4 Toronto @ Buffalo 7:30 PM ET · Saturday, Feb.7 Toronto @ Montreal 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Feb.7 Chicago @ Vancouver 10:00 PM ET · Wednesday, Feb. 11 Ottawa @ Buffalo 7:30 PM ET · Saturday, Feb.14 Pittsburgh @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Feb.14 Calgary @ Phoenix 10:00 PM ET · Wednesday, Feb. 18 Montreal @ Washington 7:30 PM ET · Saturday, Feb.21 Ottawa @ Montreal 3:00 PM ET · Saturday, Feb.21 Vancouver @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Feb.21 Calgary @ Edmonton 10:00 PM ET · Wednesday, Feb. 25 NY Rangers @ Toronto 7:30 PM ET · Saturday, Feb.28 Toronto @ Ottawa 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Feb.28 Minnesota @ Edmonton 10:00 PM ET March · Wednesday, Mar. 4 Montreal @ Buffalo 7:30 PM ET · Friday, Mar. 6 Montreal @ Atlanta 7:30 PM ET · Saturday, Mar.7 Edmonton @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Mar.7 San Jose @ Vancouver 10:00 PM ET · Wednesday, Mar. 11 Tampa Bay @ Ottawa 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Mar.14 Calgary @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Mar.14 Colorado @ Edmonton 10:00 PM ET · Wednesday, Mar. 18 Dallas @ Calgary 9:30 PM ET · Saturday, Mar.21 Toronto @ Montreal 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Mar.21 Vancouver @ Phoenix 10:00 PM ET · Wednesday, Mar. 25 Calgary @ Pittsburgh 7:30 PM ET · Saturday, Mar.28 Boston @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Mar.28 Minnesota @ Calgary 10:00 PM ET April · Wednesday, Apr. 1 Philadelphia @ Toronto 7:30 PM ET · Saturday, Apr.4 Montreal @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Apr.4 Vancouver @ Edmonton 10:00 PM ET · Saturday, Apr.11 Ottawa @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET · Saturday, Apr.11 Edmonton @ Calgary 10:00 PM ET * Subject to change, subject to local blackout "

10/3/2008 3:44:54 PM

Quote :

"i need to hear "yaknow, you kids watching at home, that's why I always - ROLL THE CLIP -- that's why -- lookathis" EVERY WEEKEND"

10/3/2008 3:46:34 PM

So will the NHL Network on TWC be in HD?

10/3/2008 4:29:30 PM

I, too, require a regular contribution of "Yaknow back when I coached the Boston Bruins --- Terry O'reilly --- What do you think about that Blue?"

10/3/2008 4:42:04 PM

Quote :

"fuck bigger nets. widen the ice surface. "

Quote :

"fuck bigger nets. widen the ice surface. "

Quote :

"fuck bigger nets. widen the ice surface. "

10/3/2008 7:46:18 PM

FUCK NO don't widen the ice surface that just slows down the game

[Edited on October 3, 2008 at 9:05 PM. Reason : *]

10/3/2008 8:59:33 PM

Quote :

"So will the NHL Network on TWC be in HD?"

doubt it.

I hope they had Game HD first.

(Center Ice in HD)

10/3/2008 11:21:04 PM

not only is widening the ice surface a stupid idea, it's also not happening under any circumstances

hell, the 2010 olympics will be played on NHL-sized ice

10/3/2008 11:51:28 PM

Can you order the NHL network through TWC?

10/4/2008 8:33:18 AM

^yes. it's part of the Digital Sports & Games package.

^^really, smaller ice for the olympics? I don't know how I feel about that.

10/4/2008 10:34:26 AM

good for america and canada

bad for sweden and russia

nothin says lovin like olympic double dions...i'm for it

10/4/2008 11:25:49 AM

Quote :

"olympic ice sucks"

I agree for the most part.

If the NHL was smart they would widen the ice to somewhere between 90 to 94 feet (not 100 like Int'l size).

Can you imagine a guy like Ovechkin or Kovalchuk coming down the wing and having an extra 3 feet or so of space on either side to blow by a defenceman? Widening the ice a few feet on each side would not affect the physical element of the game to any significant degree. It would give the skill players that extra 1/2 second to make a play before the no-skill d-man rubs them into the boards.

It only makes sense since the average player size/weight has increased tremendously since the early 1900's when the NHL size ice-surface became standard.

10/4/2008 11:46:00 AM

i like defense

i like crushing pesky forwards

i like trolley tracks

boo big ice

10/4/2008 12:03:55 PM

START OF THE REGULAR NHL SEASON TODAY!. LET'S GO RANGERS (need to beat Tampa)

10/4/2008 12:20:46 PM

my god the rangers d look scared, but on the lighter side how bout zherdev blocking shots

10/4/2008 12:57:17 PM

is the game on somehwere? I'm not watching it?

10/4/2008 12:58:06 PM

The games today are on NHL Network. Tomorrow they will be on Versus.

10/4/2008 1:10:41 PM

WOAHHH_OOOAAHHHHHH Markus Nasland scores the first goal of the regular season!!

10/4/2008 1:43:46 PM

are the games in Europe being played on big ice?

10/4/2008 2:03:03 PM

WOOOO OOOHHHHHH Brandon Dubinsky the baby faced killer scores!!!

10/4/2008 2:28:07 PM

hooray for regular season hockey!

10/4/2008 3:00:48 PM

Gerber is brutal

10/4/2008 5:27:11 PM

http://images.sportsline.com/u/ap/photos/PJO102100209_1024x768.jpg

ahahahahaha

10/4/2008 5:45:13 PM

10/4/2008 6:26:27 PM

^that was taken immediately after he was asked about putting (back!) more franchises in Canada

10/4/2008 6:58:12 PM

canes win, yah!

10/6/2008 12:06:31 AM

Sweet pics, probably more appropriate in this thread though: http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=541514

10/6/2008 9:22:36 AM

ah, totally missed that thread.

10/6/2008 11:56:46 AM

sup dudes

http://downloads.rangers.nhl.com/audio/RangersVictorySong.mp3
http://downloads.rangers.nhl.com/audio/RangersVictorySong.mp3

10/6/2008 12:39:41 PM

Quote :

"Canucks have acquired defenceman Shane O’Brien and right wing Michel Ouellet in exchange for defenceman Lukas Krajicek and right wing Juraj Simek from the Tampa Bay Lightning"

10/6/2008 2:11:27 PM

Flyers lose to the Phantoms 4-2

10/7/2008 11:08:40 PM

^Haha, I was just about ready to post that!

10/8/2008 8:02:59 AM

LOL @ Sean Avery on E:60.

10/8/2008 8:53:51 AM

lol


Also, HNIC theme song finalists http://anthemchallenge.cbc.ca/top5

[Edited on October 8, 2008 at 2:29 PM. Reason : .]

10/8/2008 2:27:43 PM

Gary Bettman ruined the NHL and the Dow.

10/8/2008 2:42:58 PM

After a rather poor showing last year (5 of 8 in the West and 5 of 8 in the East), here are my playoff picks for this season:

EAST
1. Montreal
2. NY Rangers
3. Washington
4. Pittsburgh
5. Philadelphia
6. Boston
7. Carolina
8. New Jersey
WEST
1. Detroit
2. San Jose
3. Calgary
4. Dallas
5. Anaheim
6. Chicago
7. Minnesota
8. Edmonton

10/9/2008 12:45:07 PM

And we have hockey.

10/9/2008 7:01:21 PM

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

10/9/2008 7:08:46 PM