Around the League | Round 1: FIGHT!

[Blue and Green]

Dobson has zero heart lost a puck battle on the 4-3 goal tonight and when it was 2-1 last game with goalie pulled same thing. Evan Bouchard=Noah Dobson.

From the faceoff onward, I have no idea what Dobson thought that he was trying to do there. That touch of the puck in the neutral zone...

Anyway, Carolina dominated that game, it just took awhile for the scoreboard to catch up to the run of the play.

 

[bbud]

Oilers often come out red hot st home but can't sustain that pace for 60 minutes. This game will settle down and then LA might start to chip away.

It's doing it for game after game that's harder

Lol vegas 100 mil lineup kicking stars so far

 

[PG Canuck]

LA looks like dogshit.

 

[ForecheckBackcheck]

Kings look like shit. Hard to believe we have struggled so much against them this season.

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

I can’t believe people thought it was a good idea for the Canucks to Vegas in first round.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

LA looks like dogshit.

They just need to get Richards to stop McDavid and also need that 70's line to step up. Carter has been shit. Hopefully Quick can shut the door in the 2nd.

 

[SillyRabbit]

Vancouver matches up decently against them. It would be a tough series but definitely winnable

I feel like we actually don't know how we match up.

When we met them early in the season it was a completely different Canucks team and completely different Oilers team (in terms of how they were performing).

The last game we played them was sans McDavid.

I'm certainly scared of the Oilers, I view them as a better team than both LA and us.

It just so happens that the Canucks coaching staff can't figure out how to beat LA's 1-3-1.

Both opponents would be hard for us.

But not as hard as going through the Central.

 

[Nucker101]

I can’t believe people thought it was a good idea for the Canucks to Vegas in first round.

It was people underrating them based on their regular season but how many games did they play with Stone/Eichel/Marchessault/Hertl/Karlsson/Stepehenson/Barbashev/Mantha/Roy with Petro/Theo/Hanifin/McNabb all in the lineup?

Zero


That's a stacked lineup because it's well over the cap, especially when factoring in retention.

 

[PG Canuck]

I can’t believe people thought it was a good idea for the Canucks to Vegas in first round.

I have my doubts Demko would be running a .600SV% halfway through the game.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

I feel like we actually don't know how we match up.

When we met them early in the season it was a completely different Canucks team and completely different Oilers team (in terms of how they were performing).

The last game we played them was sans McDavid.

I'm certainly scared of the Oilers, I view them as a better team than both LA and us.

It just so happens that the Canucks coaching staff can't figure out how to beat LA's 1-3-1.

Both opponents would be hard for us.

But not as hard as going through the Central.

Just Bobby Clarke McDavid and we will be fine.

It was people underrating them based on their regular season but how many games did they play with Stone/Eichel/Marchessault/Hertl/Karlsson/Stepehenson/Barbashev/Mantha/Roy with Petro/Theo/Hanifin/McNabb all in the lineup?

Zero


That's a stacked lineup because it's well over the cap, especially when factoring in retention.

Ya cause half those f***ers were on BS LTIR.

 

[Bojack Horvatman]

"Hits Trevor Lewis. Trevor Lewis? He's still playing" -Kevin Bieksa

 

[Flik]

Oilers in the second round, Winnipeg in the third, that'd be my personal path.

But honestly, as good as we are right now, I feel like anything beyond doing damage in round 2 is gravy. We've still got a few holes to patch up (scoring winger, 2nd RD, etc).

We're close! But still a notch below the top tier teams.

Who knows though, Demko could go full bubble again lol

 

[Nucker101]

Just Bobby Clarke McDavid and we will be fine.


Ya cause half those f***ers were on BS LTIR.

Exactly why they should've been feared though, why would I want to play against a $100M team in R1?

 

[Josepho]

edmonton is just way faster than la and la's trap system crumbles against quick teams

we have the best skating defenceman on the planet so we probably stand a slightly better chance

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

Wow @ the Islanders collapse.

 

[Baby Pettersson]

edmonton is just way faster than la and la's trap system crumbles against quick teams

we have the best skating defenceman on the planet so we probably stand a slightly better chance

Said it all season long and I'll say it again. Oilers don't scare me one bit!

 

[Bubbles]

Anyone calculate Vegas's salary hit today?

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Honestly the shenanigans in the final regular season game may pay off big. Pushing Vegas to the Central is a big boost for a deep run. No way Edmonton was going to beat them.

 

[arttk]

Surely they had some sort of plan coming into this series? How do you get send home two straight years against the same team and make no adjustments?

They change to hardcore 1-3-1 lol

 

[EpochLink]

Wow @ the Islanders collapse.

Horvat showing that playoff experience

 

[Nucker101]

Anyone calculate Vegas's salary hit today?

Their 20 players dressed today at full cap hit would be like $94-$95M but that's excluding retention

Edit: Canucks last night would be around $79M I believe

 

[SillyRabbit]

Their 20 players dressed today at full cap hit would be like $94-$95M but that's excluding retention

Yeah screw the Flyers for helping to enable this BS.

That same franchise offer sheeted Kesler back in the day.

 

[AwesomeInTheory]

Anyone calculate Vegas's salary hit today?

1.5 Scrooge McDuck Moneybins.

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

Beauty setup. I love McDavid so much. Hate that he plays in our division lmfao.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

LA looks like dogshit.

They’re never going far with that core group