Why is everyone surprised that there has been on run on toilet paper?

I believe that, for business purposes, the "new" NHL season starts July 1st. Contracts expire June 30th.
- eichiefs9

I just didn't know if it specifically said the date or if it said something to the effect of it expires on the last day of the 2019-2020 league year. If contracts expire on specific dates then that really limits how long the league has to extend this season.

We can hope this will be over soon but recent examples indicate we're in for an extended "social distancing" period. I'd also wager that because our country is much larger that it will take more time to work its way through.

Ottawa, with these guys in their prime:

Hossa - Spezza - Alfredsson
Heatley - Duchene - Stone
havlat - yashin - Hoffman
macarthur - turris - bonk

chara - karlsson
redden - Chabot
phillips - volchenkov

Anderson
hasek (Ottawa hasek, not hasek in his buffalo prime)


that's a pretty damn good team.
- sensarmy_11

Do the Canes get Whalers era players too?

If not, Canes get

Jeff Skinner - Eric Staal - Jeff O'Neill
Erik Cole - Rod Brind'amour - Sami Kapanen
Ray Whitney - Sebastian Aho - Justin Williams
Andrei Svechnikov - Ron Francis - Teuvo Teravainen

Jaccob Slavin - Glen Wesley
Joni Pitkanen - Dougie Hamilton
Sean Hill - Justin Faulk

Cam Ward
Arturs Irbe

Luke Richardson, Mark Methot over Volchenkov

Luke Richardson, Mark Methot over Volchenkov
- Octavarium

are you kidding........there was a 2-3 year stretch where phillips and volchenkov were arguably the best shutdown pair in the league. volchenkov, is his prime, was a BEAST.....unfortunately injuries derailed him, and he was pretty awful in NJ

Ottawa, with these guys in their prime:

Hossa - Spezza - Alfredsson
Heatley - Duchene - Stone
havlat - yashin - Hoffman
macarthur - turris - bonk

chara - karlsson
redden - Chabot
phillips - volchenkov

Anderson
hasek (Ottawa hasek, not hasek in his buffalo prime)


that's a pretty damn good team.
- sensarmy_11

I think Yashin is your number 1. Mike Fisher needs to be on that roster

I think Yashin is your number 1. Mike Fisher needs to be on that roster
- mgriffen

damn, forgot fisher.....i'd put him in over turris, or move him onto right wing over bonk

in his prime, yashin was probably equal to spezza.....but it's hard to get over what a colossal ass hat he was....probably the same reason I have heatley on the 2nd line.

NJ Devils list here
Elias-Sykora-Muller
Lemieux-Holik-MacLean
Hall-Arnott-Richer
Kovalchuk-Parise-Gomez

Stevens-Niedermayer
Rafalski-Daneyko
Greene-Albelin

Brodeur-Burke

Coach is Lemaire

Hey EK...as a Season Ticket Holder since Day 1 of the San Jose Sharks (and a prior HBSL winner) I'm nominating the following team for the Sharks:

Marleau-Thornton-Owen Nolan
Pavelski-Damphousse-Selanne
Makarov-Larionov-Garpenlov
Roenick-Ricci-Couture

extra winger: Bernie Nicholls All lines have 2 Centers in case one gets tossed from the faceoff circle.

Blake-Boyle
E Karlsson-Vlasic
D. Wilson-Burns

4th D Pairing is Ozolinsh-Ehrhoff I tried to have a more responsible D Man paired with a definitely Offensive minded one

Ed Belfour
Mike Vernon
Mikka Kiprusoff
Evgeny Nabakov

Go Sharks!

Going by career success is how I ranked them...

NJ Devils list here
Elias-Sykora-Muller
Lemieux-Holik-MacLean
Hall-Arnott-Richer
Kovalchuk-Parise-Gomez

Stevens-Niedermayer
Rafalski-Daneyko
Greene-Albelin

Brodeur-Burke

Coach is Lemaire
- RussH1964

Tommy Albelin was a great team guy but he wasn't an outstanding defenseman.

Bruce Driver, Slave Fetisov, Sheldon Souray, Colin White, Lyle Odeline are all guys I'd take over him off the top of my head.

I'd also argue Brendan Shanahan and Peter Stasny might belong somewhere in the forward group. Jagr, Gilmour I'd leave out because they were only here briefly.

Resch>Burke but big bird had that great playoff run in '87-'88.


And (frank) KOVY!

Ottawa, with these guys in their prime:

Hossa - Spezza - Alfredsson
Heatley - Duchene - Stone
havlat - yashin - Hoffman
macarthur - turris - bonk

chara - karlsson
redden - Chabot
phillips - volchenkov

Anderson
hasek (Ottawa hasek, not hasek in his buffalo prime)


that's a pretty damn good team.
- sensarmy_11

NJ Devils list here
Elias-Sykora-Muller
Lemieux-Holik-MacLean
Hall-Arnott-Richer
Kovalchuk-Parise-Gomez

Stevens-Niedermayer
Rafalski-Daneyko
Greene-Albelin

Brodeur-Burke

Coach is Lemaire
- RussH1964

I don’t hate the list, but man, how could you break up the A line? You even have Arnott on there, but don’t stick him with the Czechs.

I think Yashin is your number 1. Mike Fisher needs to be on that roster
- mgriffen

*Assuming their healthy & in their prime*

Hossa - Yashin - Alfredsson
Heatley - Spezza - Stone
MacArthur - Turris - Duchene/Havlat
Vermette - Fisher - Kelly

Chara - Redden
Methot - Karlsson
Phillips - Volchenkov

Anderson
Emery (rip)

Blackhawks

B. Hull – Mikita - Kane
Secord - Toews – Hossa
D. Hull -D.Savard – Larmer
Sharp - Roenick – Amonte
Mush March as 13th forward (never saw him play but what a great name. He played 17 years for the Hawks 1928 to 1945. 0.5 pts per game)

D. Wilson - Chelios
Keith - Seabrook
Pilote – B Murray (Stapleton? White? Jarrett? K Brown? Magnuson?)

G. Hall (Esposito?, Crawford?)

Do the Canes get Whalers era players too?

If not, Canes get

Jeff Skinner - Eric Staal - Jeff O'Neill
Erik Cole - Rod Brind'amour - Sami Kapanen
Ray Whitney - Sebastian Aho - Justin Williams
Andrei Svechnikov - Ron Francis - Teuvo Teravainen

Jaccob Slavin - Glen Wesley
Joni Pitkanen - Dougie Hamilton
Sean Hill - Justin Faulk

Cam Ward
Arturs Irbe
- BINGO!

Early exit for them...not enough toughness on the wings

Early exit for them...not enough toughness on the wings
- just69sayin

No actual goaltenders, either.

Still love Irbe though

I think Yashin is your number 1. Mike Fisher needs to be on that roster
- mgriffen

Meh, they would still lose to the Leafs in the first round.

*Assuming their healthy & in their prime*

Hossa - Yashin - Alfredsson
Heatley - Spezza - Stone
MacArthur - Turris - Duchene/Havlat
Vermette - Fisher - Kelly

Chara - Redden
Methot - Karlsson
Phillips - Volchenkov

Anderson
Emery (rip)
- AlfieisKing

Why not Hasek over Emery?

Put Chris Neil on the 4th line instead of Kelly. Need some more toughness.

Also, Chabot over Methot or Volchenkov.

Bucyk-Esposito-Neely
Marchand-Bergeron-Pastrnak
Middleton-Savard-Hodge
Recchi-Oates-Cashman

Chara Orr
Bourque Clapper
Shore Hitchman

Thomas
Cheevers
Rask

Why not Hasek over Emery?

Put Chris Neil on the 4th line instead of Kelly. Need some more toughness.

Also, Chabot over Methot or Volchenkov.
- Kinger34

build your teams "all time toughest" lineup.

build your teams "all time toughest" lineup.
- ImThatGuy

Fighters or guys that could actually play?