2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs general talk

[the_fan]

That was a nice shot

 

[Balthazar]

oh oh

 

[The Shermanator]

He's human afterall.

 

[JWK]

Give me 5OT

Spoke too soon

 

[the_fan]

And they are everywhere in Florida (and called lightning bugs).


Not going to acknowledge Point?

I have. Point is obviously important for them, but they dont lose more than one player to injury which helps

 

[sethro109]

And they are everywhere in Florida (and called lightning bugs).

I always thought it was some sort of Bee.

 

[Balthazar]

damn lol

 

[flyfysher]

Yes!

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Holy shit!

 

[the_fan]

Yeah that's a good goal

Or was it goalie interference?

 

[sethro109]

Oh wow, that might be GI.

 

[Avsboy]

Smacked his glove hand

Edit: nvm, that puck was going in anyway

 

[Spleenless Wonder21]

Well that was a quick rebuttal.

 

[The Merchant]

Bruh it was shot right into your glove

 

[the_fan]

NY should challenge that

 

[forsbergavs32]

That might be GI, bumped his glove.

 

[nammerus]

My god. Look at the sauce on both those passes.

 

[sethro109]

Wow no challenge? He skated through the blue and hit his glove.

 

[Eltuna]

Rangers have been outclassed this series, they are lucky to not be down by 4 in this game. I’m happy that goal went in I hate it when teams dominate and lose.

 

[henchman21]

Center advantage will depend largely on Kadri and Point though. I think at this point its not secret Point will be back, but how effective he'll be remains to be seen. I'd also argue its pretty like Kadri comes back at some point as well but again the question is about effectiveness. I dont think they have much of a Center advantage if Kadri was 100% healthy tbh. He's been just as good as any of the Tampa Centers all year and JTC has been great in the playoffs.

Obviously he wont be 100% though so the Bolts likely do have an advantage down the middle but the Avs have the advantage on the back end by quite a bit as well.

I think its ultimately going to come down to what the Avs goaltending does. Especially against Vasi, our guys cant afford to be giving up a soft goal every game like they pretty much have been. Its probably only going to take 3 Tampa Goals for the Avs to be in a lot of trouble each game and we cant afford to have 1 of them be a freebie every night either.

Even with Kadri, Tampa has a large center advantage with Point back. Without Kadri it isn’t even close.

Bolts aren’t as good at pushing the play offensively as Tampa, but Tampa (with their system) is much better defensively. Their ability to win games 1-0 or 2-1 is incredible.

Goaltending will play a huge role. Avs can’t give up soft goals at all. Vasi might give away 2-3 soft goals the whole series.

 

[The Shermanator]

Yeah I don't know how I feel about that. He has to go through the glove to get there so I don't think that should count.

 

[the_fan]

Come on, give NY another PP so they can tie it up again

 

[AvsFan29]

Risky challenge

 

[Avsboy]

Wow no challenge? He skated through the blue and hit his glove.

Puck bounced off Stamkos' body first. Shesterkin had no control of that puck and it was not near the glove

 

[Balthazar]

what a save