Around the NHL - Part XLII - (Playoffs Edition)

[KirkAlbuquerque]

I'm no fan of Pasta but its hard to do much when you're the only top player on your team, the opponent can zero in on you then you as the Bruins have to rely on Marchand to do everything and then beyond him you got a bunch of whack like are you really going to ask Morgan Geekie to be your savior?

 

[Kords]

I mean, did he really? The Oilers were in WCF two years ago, and lost last year to the cup champions. They were labelled by many (albeit a lot of the more vocal media is Canadian) as probably the favourites to come out of the West.

Good on Knoblauch, but "turning a lottery team to a cup favourite"? Nah. He simply corrected the course of a cup favourite. And for me, he does deserve an Adams nomination, especially because he's a rookie at the NHL level.

Idk, I kind of think you are arguing semantics here. He quite literally took a team that was second worst in the NHL and now they are a cup favorite to many. Sure, it’s a course correction. Maybe any coach could have done the same with this roster. Can only comment on the one who did, the rest is just conjecture. Recent success doesn’t make it any less impressive for me personally. Teams fall off all the time from season to season.

 

[duhmetreE]

meanwhile Lavy spills the beans that Fox has a knee injury smh

I mean Helen Keller knew that and she’s dead

 

[will1066]

I'm no fan of Pasta but its hard to do much when you're the only top player on your team, the opponent can zero in on you then you as the Bruins have to rely on Marchand to do everything and then beyond him you got a bunch of whack like are you really going to ask Morgan Geekie to be your savior?

That's what I see too. There isn't any more depth on that team, not with what they replaced their old depth with, and it's manifested in this series,

 

[will1066]

I mean Helen Keller knew that and she’s dead

I'm going to respectfully challenge this, because even though she's dead, she's blind. There's no way she could've seen the play.

 

[duhmetreE]

I'm going to respectfully challenge this, because even though she's dead, she's blind. There's no way she could've seen the play.

 

[Row I Goon]

Saturday morning in the Goon household.

Wifey got the Canucks Preds game on. Whether I get sum “luvvin’” today dependent on the outcome.

Go nucks….I guess.

 

[will1066]

I don't know if there's anything more Finnish sounding than Juuso Parssinen. Except for Kaapo Kakko

 

[Megustaelhockey]

I don't know if there's anything more Finnish sounding than Juuso Parssinen. Except for Kaapo Kakko

Reijo Ruotsalainen

 

[will1066]

Reijo Ruotsalainen

Meanwhile Arturs Silovs sounds like an arms dealer James Bond needs to dispatch while saving the world

 

[Leonardo87]

 

[TheDirtyH]

this nashville vancouver series is like 98% the most boring hockey ever played and 2% the most chaotic, beautiful mess of all the series being played.

of course the 2% has mostly been once I'm already asleep

 

[duhmetreE]

I keep repeating it but TNT/MAX is light years ahead of ESPN.

How is the gap that large? It makes no sense. From production, play by play, hosts and most important to me video quality.

I know ESPN might be good to help grow the game but I can’t wait until the deal is over

 

[will1066]

this nashville vancouver series is like 98% the most boring hockey ever played and 2% the most chaotic, beautiful mess of all the series being played.

of course the 2% has mostly been once I'm already asleep

I'm not lying when I say I can hardly keep my eyes open. And it's not even 8 pm yet

 

[will1066]

And at this point I feel like Vegas-Dallas are on every night

 

[TheDirtyH]

I'm not lying when I say I can hardly keep my eyes open. And it's not even 8 pm yet

I've actually appreciated it as a sleep aid bc it's been a stressful work week

 

[Leonardo87]

That period.

 

[CTTribe73]

This is mediocre foreplay before DAL/VG$

 

[will1066]

This is mediocre foreplay before DAL/VG$

@Row I Goon depends on it

 

[JRinNYC]

Why are the goal lights on while the kids are leaving the house at night time. They’re not playing so who’s scoring goals? Is it a pre goal light since the kids are gone and the parents going to score?

 

[SnowblindNYR]

.821

All due respect, bullshit.

Price and Lundqvist had to deal with prime Ovechkin, Backstrom, Malkin, Crosby, Staal and they were able to lock that shit down.

No excuse for a Vezina finalist.

Igor played a team that won the most consecutive playoff series in a row in 40 years and it was nothing like this.

 

[Cmox]

its insane how boring this is for an elimination game.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Is this Preds series as boring of a series as we can remember?

 

[will1066]

Is this Preds series as boring of a series as we can remember?

Not gonna lie. Rooting for Vancouver to close this out. Nashville is boring and their uniforms need to be donated to Goodwill.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Is this Preds series as boring of a series as we can remember?

It’s somehow more boring than our series with Washington lol