Around the League: Capitals and Ovie are Stanley Cup Champions

[Cleetus]

looks like Hossa is officially retiring.

 

[ShaneFalco]

looks like Hossa is officially retiring.

Seems. Like that dude has been around forever

 

[Cleetus]

Seems. Like that dude has been around forever

yup drafted in 1997 wow lol

 

[Al14]

looks like Hossa is officially retiring.

Finally! I guess he finally decided that the blinding of one opponent was all he was good for!

 

[Buds17]

looks like Hossa is officially retiring.

(First ballot?) HOFer?

 

[Cleetus]

(First ballot?) HOFer?

id say 525 goals, 609 assists, 1134 pts, 1309 games played.

 

[Buds17]

id say 525 goals, 609 assists, 1134 pts, 1309 games played.

Definitely agree for HOF. Could go either way for first ballot.

 

[htpwn]

looks like Hossa is officially retiring.

He's still owed $3 million from the Blackhawks. I doubt he'll make it official and file his retirement papers just yet.

 

[htpwn]

The 2006 Hurricanes were questionable? Look at that roster and come back to me. That team was loaded up front, and they had God mode Cam Ward in net. That team was not questionable in the least.

Huh. I guess I have to eat some crow... their offensive production was a lot better than I remember it. Names like Stillman, Williams, even Brind’Amour don’t exactly conjure up the thought of ‘elite offensive producer’ but that’s exactly what they were that season (and most had a strong follow-up in 06-07 too). Their regular season record and goal differential was also more impressive than I thought. At the same time… IIRC they weren’t favourites at the time and certainly Cam Ward’s emergence and Conn Smythe-winning .920SV% helped pushed them over the top. They missed the playoffs the following year too.

 

[Daisy Jane]

The expansion Las Vegas Knights made up of castoffs finished 8th in the league in best goals against (using 5 different goalies) during the regular season and they won 51 games and their Div.

Are you saying 82 regular season games and now 14 playoff games of goals against results (96 games) are "Fluke" or just happening?

Our Leafs have never ever in 100 years won 51 games in a regular season.

i'm saying you are going to believe what ever you want Mess, so there's no point in discussing anything with you. you're just gonna continue, blah blah "defense wins championships." you also think plus/minus is a good way to argue how good a player is , so i dunno.

the knights are having a very magical year. i'm not denying that.
however. it's not because they are like wizards defensively. it's because everything is coming up roses.
when they have years of success and this style of play, then come back to me and say this makes sense.

it's a dumb, tired trope.
you can be defensive all you want, but you need to be able to score.
you need to be able to score, but you also have to defend.
you need your goalie to be able to steal you some games.

you need to be good. and you need to be lucky.
but we've seen teams win the cup who wasn't that strong defensively. there are many ways to win a cup, and it's getting really tiring you banging this "defense rules all"and then wanting to be all what vegas has done and what the Leafs hasn't. who gives a poo. (yes even if they win a cup. it will suck, but again, who gives a poo, because at the end of the day someone's gonna win it, and it's not the Leafs so i don't really care regardless)

 

[Clark4Ever]

I think it's a great story and all, but enough is enough. I want Vegas out. It's an embrassment to the league. I hate Winnipeg and I still wanted them to win the series.

It looks like it will be up to Tampa Bay or Washington to put an end to the madness.

 

[inthe6ix]

I think it's a great story and all, but enough is enough. I want Vegas out. It's an embrassment to the league. I hate Winnipeg and I still wanted them to win the series.

It looks like it will be up to Tampa Bay or Washington to put an end to the madness.

Yup, pretty much my sentiment as well.

Hate not seeing a Canadian team in the Cup Finals, but VGK wants it more right now. They have made a mockery of how hard it is to get to the Finals with this ridiculous season that won't end.

 

[Superstar]

Why is this site so slow for me?! Loading errors all the time?! Just happened a few days ago.

 

[Brobust]

The Great One 3.0 couldn't take his team to the playoffs, couldn't medal in the championships.

I thought if you pay a $12.5 million, the playoffs should be all but guaranteed.

 

[Isaac Nootin]

Why is this site so slow for me?! Loading errors all the time?! Just happened a few days ago.

Having the same issue. Page either won't load or takes forever to load. What's going on?

 

[socko]

I think it's a great story and all, but enough is enough. I want Vegas out. It's an embrassment to the league. I hate Winnipeg and I still wanted them to win the series.

It looks like it will be up to Tampa Bay or Washington to put an end to the madness.

I was/am completely rooting for Winnipeg since I'm not Canadian and therefore don't hate the other Canadian teams. You have to give Vegas credit though, especially Fleury, guy is playing fantastic this year. Wish we would have had some of that from Andersen, who stunk the joint up.

 

[Trapper]

i'm saying you are going to believe what ever you want Mess, so there's no point in discussing anything with you. you're just gonna continue, blah blah "defense wins championships." you also think plus/minus is a good way to argue how good a player is , so i dunno.

the knights are having a very magical year. i'm not denying that.
however. it's not because they are like wizards defensively. it's because everything is coming up roses.
when they have years of success and this style of play, then come back to me and say this makes sense.

it's a dumb, tired trope.
you can be defensive all you want, but you need to be able to score.
you need to be able to score, but you also have to defend.
you need your goalie to be able to steal you some games.

you need to be good. and you need to be lucky.
but we've seen teams win the cup who wasn't that strong defensively. there are many ways to win a cup, and it's getting really tiring you banging this "defense rules all"and then wanting to be all what vegas has done and what the Leafs hasn't. who gives a poo. (yes even if they win a cup. it will suck, but again, who gives a poo, because at the end of the day someone's gonna win it, and it's not the Leafs so i don't really care regardless)

I think it's a balance between offense/defense.
You need to be good in all 3 zones and have the commitment for it.
If you are only good in 1 of 3 zones chances are you aren't winning.

 

[Nineteen67]

I think it's a great story and all, but enough is enough. I want Vegas out. It's an embrassment to the league. I hate Winnipeg and I still wanted them to win the series.

It looks like it will be up to Tampa Bay or Washington to put an end to the madness.

You don’t like great stories?

 

[Suntouchable13]

The whole league is a sham then if Vegas wins the cup. How can a team that was literally just put together last summer win the whole darn thing? Beating teams that have been together for a few years. Other teams have been building and building for years while this team wins in the first year together. It definitely makes some franchises look pathetic, like ours.

 

[Leafs at Knight]

Unreal lol

 

[member 262271]

Can't wait for the Vegas/Seattle final next year. Nice league.

 

[Leafs at Knight]

Fleury already has the Smythe locked up.

 

[Daisy Jane]

Can't wait for the Vegas/Seattle final next year. Nice league.

don't blame Vegas for taking advantage of Dale Tallon like that

 

[Nineteen67]

The whole league is a sham then if Vegas wins the cup. How can a team that was literally just put together last summer win the whole darn thing? Beating teams that have been together for a few years. Other teams have been building and building for years while this team wins in the first year together. It definitely makes some franchises look pathetic, like ours.

It’s coaching , defensive hockey, goaltending and skill. Look at how easy they cleared the zone in the last period calmly banking it off the boards or glass with a man high to help get it out . And they are constantly on their check when they don’t have the puck.

I’ve watched them all year and they deserve to be in the Cup Final

 

[Menzinger]

don't blame Vegas for taking advantage of Dale Tallon like that

Yep.

And at the end of the day, they’ve been the better team everybseries, and not a single person would have guessed this would have happened at the start of the season. Personally, I think it’s great.