#nhl ebug

[aerinfrankellove]

Ok. See I’m sure this is entirely knowable but! I’ve always wondered what would happen if two EBUGs were needed in one game. That is, both teams by whatever chance need an emergency backup goalie. From my understanding there is only one, so here’s my non comprehensive list of suggestions of what should happen in that case, in no particular order:

1. Dress a regular player as a goalie - there are varying levels of meanness to this one, you could have the player be from the team who’s already used the EBUG as a sort of payback, or have it have to be someone dressed for your team. If it’s extra mean, make it random so you could either have a defenseman who blocks so many shots he practically is a goalie or a playmaking forward who hasn’t worn the pads since peewee, or anyone in between.

2. Cabinet style order of succession - like the list for the presidency in order of murder, before each game a list of everyone present at the game for each team is generated and put into an envelope to be held solely by the assistant coach until needed. When a team needs an EBUG, but one is already in use, the envelope is opened and the first person on that list needs to gear up. Could be anyone present in the organization, from the GM themself or a random intern.

3. Hunger games reaping style from the crowd - you bought a ticket for the game? Cool you now have to pray your name isn’t called to be put in the net. Could potentially be made more interesting by a similar volunteer system to the hunger games

4. Both teams go empty net - I think this one speaks for itself. It would be entertaining at the very least

[naanima]

Only being able to carry two goalies and needing an EBUG - I love it bcos it is always AMAZING on multiple levels, but I hate it bcos like maybe we actually NEED 3 goalies. But anyways, this is amazing. Sen's EBUG running with his gear to make it to the game.

Go to the source for vid.

[chippergoose]

Some love for the Lightning EBUG

[rowdyluv]

EBUG IN. I REPEAT EBUG

[wildaboutmnhockey]

[fuzzytimes1]

EBUG online! Matt Berlin has a night to remember! -NHL

EBUG online! Matt Berlin has a night to remember!NHLCheck out the full coverage on Google News Source link

[znuletzt]

do u think kraken ebug was just at his day job and was hit up like "hey can u come play for an nhl team even though you havent played hockey in like 8 years lol" and he has to go to his boss like "hey bro i gotta go at 1 to play an nhl game lol"

[dmercer91]

ebug's sister, dm91

ok, first post where blake is blake!! also, excuse the absolute dumpster fire that is my life, and is the reason that this post is one post and not like 47

last season! (2022-23) part one / part two / part three / part four / part five / part six / part seven / part eight / part nine / part ten / part eleven / part twelve

(2023-24)! part one /

blakefriarr_

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blakefriarr_: so many things have happened since i last popped up on all your timelines and made them immeasurably better!

this is episode one of season two of i-am-both-the sister-of-the-devils-home-emergency-backup-goaltender-and-also-happen-to-be dating-dawson-mercer-forward-for-the-devils series!

these pictures are in no particular order, because, i am moving into a new place with afore mentioned dawson mercer and have spent the last several weeks making it look like it's not the most depressing back alley murderous apartment any of you have ever laid your eyes on

and apparently, i have a ball ton of stuff!

regardless, here's what i've caught up on;

the entire nhl draft! though i have not acquired any new adoptees, it did come to my attention that the anaheim ducks as an organization did personally victimize me during the 2023 entry draft (they also took a BALLSY amount of time to re-sign bitch one and bitch two. what the literal fuck, dudes). also- if you are seeing this and you need help to flee, blink twice (not you adam) (you know who you are)

2, the entire preseason was also missed while i was one, curing myself from jetlag and the absolute dread of going back to uni and two, moving my egregious amount of shit with a spiteful level of independence. the devils won every preseason game! dawson scored that clusterfuck of a goal on slide two and we also got to see goalie bonks again! (i told you those pics weren't in order and i meant it)

three, (or four, i forgot what came first) quinneth played his first regular season game as captain of the canucks ad they kicked ass against the edmonton dudes. goncrats captain ;p

four (probably) rookie had both his first reg season nhl game AND his birth on the same day! he cried on camera for thousands of viewers and made me question kidnapping his brother and locking him in an abandoned building in ohio (who am i kidding i don't want to be in ohio). the blue jackets have since been doing blue jacket things (losing)

five (it's all blended together these days) the devs started their regular season and now i get to go to the arena and watch in peace as nico makes dumb faces, jack gets into petty scrums and goes to the box (apparently? that ones new.) and dawson does dawson things (be hot)

sixth and finally, assistant coach and captain quinn (he should probably drop a title for his mental health, me thinks) turned 24! i giggled profusely at an edit of him as tracksuit rob. good job on aging, kid 🎉

that's all, i think. (probably not, what do i know)

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jj.friar31: remember when we were roomies??? siblings defying the odds?? i've been left out to dry. i'm MARINATING in my loneliness. you've basically shot me and left me out for dead, blakey.

→ blakefriarr_: this is a touch dramatic, that's MY thing

→ jj.friar31: if i agree to never steal your dramatics again will you come back

→ blakefriarr_: have u seen how pretty my boyfriend is?? no dude

→ jj.friar31: blake pls

adamfantilli: of every picture you could've used you just decided to screenshot me crying

→ blakefriarr_: hi im blake have we met??

→ adamfantilli: also, do not kidnap luca.

→ blakefriarr_: oh so you just don't want my love?? is that what this is??

→ luca.fantilli: do not kidnap me

→ blakefriarr_: BOOORRRINNNGGGGG

nicohischier: every day i wonder what it would be like if we didn't let the ebug's come into the room

→ blakefriarr_: do you want dawson to be lonely and bitchless

→ nicohischer: yeah kinda??

→ blakefriarr_: oh

jackhughes: why.

→ blakefriarr_ ehehehe your bucket doing weird things

_quinnhughes: ??????? why am i tracksuit rob????

→ blakefriarr_: who else would be tracksuit rob

→ _quinnhughes: nobody needs to be tracksuit rob, friar.

→ _blakefriarr_: WRONG! you do :)

_connorbedard: am i who i are???

→ blakefriarr_: no apparently you are timbaland

→ _connorbedard: oh. okay?

→ adamfantilli: @/_connorbedard you get used to it

→ _connorbedard: do i want to??

→ adamfantilli: eh. 50/50

dawson1417: oh how i've missed the chaos

→ blakefriarr_: fbejdbsjshdghshsb

→ dawson1417: sometimes it's almost like you say words

→ blakefriarr_: :p i love you

→ dawson1417: i love you too, my girl <3

tannercharlotte: this is my reality tv

→ blakefriarr_: i'll leave him for u say the word

→ dawson1417: HEY??

→ blakefriarr_: shhhh baby go sleep

→ tannercharlotte: don't leave him b he doesn't have to know

ryangraves27: she back

→ blakefriarr_: i back!!

nhlblackhawks: ??

→ njdevils: don't '??' her she's right

→ blakefriarr_: thank you (trade for charlie)

→ nyrangers: i can excuse hawks slander but i draw the line at trying to take our char

→ nhlblackhawks: you can excuse hawks slander?

→ jj.friar31: why do teams keep doing this you have ENOUGH leverage over me

trevorzegras: am i bitch one or bitch two

→ trevorzegras: actually yk what don't answer that i don't wanna know

→ blakefriarr_: too bad you're actually both jamie is an angel

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[njd-vs-the-gay-agenda]

semi serious question: does the pwhl have ebugs? bc like, thats one of my favorite parts of the nhl

[sergeifyodorov]

i started watching hockey like two months ago and i have a question if someone gets injured and leaves during a game do they just play with one player less? are teams not allowed to have reserve players they can dress in his place?

Yes in the immediate run, no in the grand scheme of things. For each individual game, you're only allowed to dress a maximum amount of players (18 skaters and 2 goalies). However, teams are allowed to "carry" more than that (I think the number is 23?), which usually means at least one or two extra at each position (sometimes without extra goalies) that can fill in if someone's out for a couple games, so they don't have to make actual roster moves like trade or call-up.

The no add-ins mid-game thing does lead to some fun* consequences (*it is never fun seeing a player get hurt), though: sometimes one or more defencemen will go down, and the coach will sub in a forward in his place, and sometimes if both goalies get hurt in a game, the team calls in an EBUG (emergency back up goalie), which the NHL mandates every arena has for this exact purpose.

[sportspuckball]

(another Cedar Park All Stars preview for Ch19)

“I’m glad I get to be part of hockey, still,” Matthew said carefully. It was true; if Addie had chosen another sport or hobby, he would have had to take a minute and grieve all over again. “Do I miss playing? Of course I do.”

“Especially because you still can,” Connor interjected. 

Matthew looked over at him, surprised. 

“Oh, trust me, I heard about four thousand times how you smoked Leo,” Connor said with a laugh. “I would have paid a game salary for a video of that.”

Matthew smirked and took another sip. “I’m sure Addie would be happy to film it next time.”

Connor burst into laughter. “Oh, god, you two are perfect.”

Not touching that with a barge pole. “I do a lot of what you guys do, except the diet plan and practice with other people. While Addie was at school the last few years, and before I went to the office, I’d worked it out with the rink to skate when there weren’t games or team practices. I followed the Sens’ workout plans pretty carefully. I didn’t want something as inflexible as a trainer, but I had to feel…”

I had to feel like I’d be ready, just in case.

“If I were you, I’d have to feel ready in case the NHL invented EBUGs, but for wingers,” Connor said.

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[laurastacey]

My ideas to make nhl all star weekend suck less

Bring back the all star draft

Have a coed asg and let women's players play in the actual game

Have each player pick a charity to play for. Award $ based on what team wins or points leader, most goals, etc

Zamboni racing

Celebrity judges to decide coach's challenges (like actual celebrities, not the people they got to judge the breakaway challenge last night. I've never even heard of those people)

Scrap the division 3-on-3 tournament and play a full length game. With the current format, some of the leagues biggest stars may only play 10 minutes all weekend.

Fun, marketable rivalries. Team Crosby vs. Team McKinnon or team ovi. Mini world up (can vs usa vs Sweden vs europe). Team mcdavid vs. Matthews.

Let team ebugs play a period

Just straight up don't even bother with an all star game and give players a weekend off. Players would clearly rather be on vacation than at the asg anyway.

[chippergoose]

I love when he comes back

[princesstillyenna]

The oilers ebug dressed for the game yesterday against the blackhawks and bc they were winning by 5 goals the team came together to ask the coach to put him in the net so he could play his first nhl game and idk why but this feels so wholesome

Friend it feels wholesome for two reasons

1. It is wholesome

2. Also the ebug was really cute!!! That's not a reason really but I saw a video of him and I was like "oh hello, you are very handsome Mr ebug!"

[cawnecny]

I turned off the oilers game to go to bed and I missed an EBUG??!?! Congrats to Matt Berlin for his first NHL game!!

[happyhornqvist]

dude. imagine being an ebug and ur first game in the nhl is a winter classic in fenway. like. bro.