Let's Talk: NHL 2021 Inaugural Season Discussion
January 13, 2021 2:48PM
edited January 13
Hey, NHL fans!
This week we are going to mix it up by stepping outside of the digital rink and discuss the start of the NHL 2021 season! Although, we did simulate the NHL season in NHL 21 to see who won. Check out the results here!
The puck will be dropping for the NHL 2021 season at 5:30PM ET with the Penguins and Flyers! Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the regular season has been reduced to 56 games, tentatively scheduled to be held from January 13 to May 8, 2021. The Tampa Bay Lightning and Colorado Avalanche are the top two ranked teams heading into tonight.
It will be strange to have little to no fans in the stands too, even for those teams that played without fans in the stands in the 2020 postseason.
But if you missed hockey, don't miss it.
"Hopes are high," Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. "Guys have put in a long offseason training to get ready for this. Excitement, jitters, all the stuff that comes with opening night, with the exception of fans cheering us on in our building, I think all those feelings and emotions that players normally go through, they're still there."
ESPN NHL Scoreboard/Schedule
ESPN NHL 2021 Season Power Rankings
ESPN Division Winner Predictions
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- What are your predictions for this NHL 2021 season?
- Favorite team(s)?
- Let's discuss the NHL 2021 season!
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I for one is glad NHL starts tonight (!), isn't that the reason why we like to play this game, (hockey).
Anyway, I put my money on Colorado this time, and Calgary as an outsider.
But holly molly, alot of teams can go all the way, I dont really have a clue yet.
And the all Canada league, mucho interesting! 😬
I have prepared all day to watch the battle of pennsylvania tonight. Let the games begin!
And, basically, he's tired of pretending like EA care about their fanbase or the sports they try to represent in video games.
Also, he shouldn't be shamed for having a "non positive" opinion. It's been proven that being ether positive or negative, or anything in between, does nothing to change EA's EAvil ways. The EAvil has gone on for too long and nothing has changed. How much patience are we supposed to have? Another decade's worth?
I won't be shamed for saying it: EA doesn't deserve loyalty or the rights to put NHL on their boxes.
And FWIW: yes yes yes to the NHL season. Let's Go Isles. And what's even better news for today, is that EA will no longer have exclusive rights to Stars Wars after 2023. Disney is not renewing the exclusivity and other publishers already have deals to make Star Wars games.
Yeah I understand. Some of the criticism is justified, no doubt.
I just think its sad that it seem to be impossible to start a more 'fun thread' without having this type of comments.
I dont mind the comment itself, but maybe start a own thread about the broken game or comment in already existent threads.
To separate diffrent topics.
Well well, won't go further OT with this.
Have a happy NHL evning! 😊
I don't think I can believe this was done using NHL 21.It almost seems as if team overalls actually matter and performance isn't just a random mess...
Hope that my Sharks will (b)eat up the Coyotes tonight✌️
Buffalo and ottawa has something coming, but maybe not this year.
Canada league and East Division has most of my intrest.
Fantasy owners of simmonds was probebly excited for a second, when he missed an open net... 🧐😬
Nothing to see here, totally normal...🙄
First NHL goal, what a way to do it...
.. And the man thats old enough to be he's father, Joe Thornton, did he's first goal as a leaf.
😊
Havent had a chance to see him yet, but 1 point in 4 games and last place in +/-... - 6.
The outdoor game looked amazing with the settings and the lake just beside the rink. Too bad with the ice though.
Watching 'battle of alberta', Mcdavid is on another level, insane how good that man is. He might be the best we ever had on the ice. Wonderful to watch.
I love he's voice and passion. Would be fun to hear him commentate our own game.
😄👍
I’m a guy who thinks every play-by-play guy (except Chris Cuthbert) only makes the game worse and Jack Edwards is THE worst of the worst.
I’d probably smash my PlayStation if I somehow heard his voice while playing NHL.
Haha I was just waiting for that type of respons..
Sure you not already are smashing your ps4 though.. 🙄😊
And how could you not love that mans voice.. But okey.. Gotta respect that 😉
You should hear our commentators here were I live.. Sounds like a dead fish..
Gilbert Gottfried
Ben Stein
That “yuuuup!” Guy from storage wars
Roseanne Barr
Fran Drescher
Add that to the fact that I believe all play-by-play and colour analyst comments should be 100% neutral (even though very few actually are) and it’s easy to see why Edwards is everything wrong with play-by-play. I say this as someone who likes the Bruins.
As the main voices heard for 2.5 hours during a game, play-by-play and colour analysts have the ability to influence the perception of the fan base. There are countless toxic fan bases in the NHL and a lot of the reason certain teams have such annoying fans points to that team’s TV crew.
Hehe nice to hear. I will check this names out, that you dropped.
I didn't knew who this edwards was until this season. Had to look up he's name.
I just find hes voice and the way he delivers words, pretty relaxing. Abit fast-minded and fun now and then too..
It's importen part of the game, for me it is..the way they give us their view of the game.
Would be cool to get a 'new voice' to our hockey game, thats all. 😊 (or a bunch of diffrent commentators that randomly would commentate our games.. But might be too much work)
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