01.14.2024 - By NHL Hockey Fans Mike Bonn and Dale Hoard
In a wild week in hockey, William Nylander signed an 8 year, $11.5MM contract keeping him in Toronto for the long term. The Oilers continue their hot streak breaking a team record with a 10 game winning streak. What is the best line in the NHL right now? Ever? Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Title Player Russ Courtnall - 447 Assists Feedback - Arvids from Latvia Pat from Detroit News Nylander signs for $11.5/season - 13.7% of cap Comparables - McDavid 16.7% (when signed) Auston Matthews - 15.87% Nathan MacKinnon - 15.27% Big Extensions coming - how does Nylander affect- Sam Reinhart ($6.5MM)- UFA at end of season Elias Petterson ($7.35MM)- RFA at end of season Leon Draisaitl - ($8.5) 1 more year - can sign July 1 2. Cutter Gauthier traded for Jamie Drysdale What happened? - - was all in to be drafted by Flyers july 2022 - Totorella already coach -March 2023, Fletcher fired, Briere hired - after season ended (basically same time) Gauthier wanted to finish season with Flyers - shortly after, said he didn’t want to be a Flyer 3. Borje series- episodes 1 & 2 review 4. PWHL - Minnesota leads the league 3-0 - seem to be the team to beat Montreal - 2-1 Ottawa 1-0 5. Rumours - Markstrom to Carolina? pure speculation but makes sense - .910 SV% Calgary have some good players and sounds like they will be sellers Lindholm - UFA Hanifin - UFA Tanev -UFA All Star Sweaters - ugh 6. #81 Linesman - brutal - Ryan Daisy - lined game between Edmonton and Montreal 7. Double digit points streaks - 14 for McDavid - ties Lemieux. Next is Lafleur 15. Gretzky -31 Guess the 5th Listener Quiz? Best Line in Hockey Now? Ever? via moneypuck.com Goals For GF / 60 GF% Production Line 1947-52 - Detroit - Ted Lindsay, Gordie Howe, Sid Abel - 2 Cups, 3 Art Ross, 1-2-3 in scoring in 1949-50 Nitro line 1967-75 Boston - Phil Esposito, Wayne Cashman, Ken Hodge - 2 Cups, 1-2-4 in scoring in 73-74 (Bobby Orr was 20 Punch Line - 1942-48 Montreal - Elmer Lach, Toe Blake, Maurice Richard - 2 cups, 1-2-3 in scoring in 1944-45 Crazy Stat Hot / Not Atlantic FLA 9-1-0 / MTL 3-5-2 Metro CAR 7-1-2 / CBJ 2-4-4 Central WPG, COL 8-1-1 / CHI, MIN 2-7-1 Pacific EDM 10-0/ SJS 1-9-0 - SEA 9-0-1 DOPeS - heard people saying Cousins leapt into boards to embellish on Zucker hit. Watched again. No chance. 3 games was way too little. Borderline Hunter hitting Turgeon for 20 games. NHL “while Zucker insists this wasn’t retribution”. Why say that - there is no chance it wasn’t.