Around the NHL: The 2024 NHL Playoff Thread

[CaliSabresfan24]

It's a miracle!

Well color me shocked...

 

[Ace]

A dive and a quick PP goal. Carolina up already

 

[Beerz]

You wouldn't think RBD was a good coach by listening to him talk

Why is Varmalov starring? Sorokin hurt?

 

[Zman5778]

Why is Varmalov starring? Sorokin hurt?

Varly has out-played Sorokin.

 

[MOGlLNY]

You wouldn't think RBD was a good coach by listening to him talk

Why is Varmalov starring? Sorokin hurt?

Varlamov has been amazing since Roy took over and Sorokin has been ok

 

[VaporTrail]

Since some fans here think of Casey Mittelstadt as a #1 center, you'd have to think then that the Avs are one of the top picks to win the cup with two #1 centers in MacKinnon and Mittelstadt.

 

[Chainshot]

Varlamov has been amazing since Roy took over and Sorokin has been ok

Varly was Roy's guy the year before Roy got sacked in Colorado. He's played well for Roy and the adjustments Roy has made have worked.

 

[Beerz]

Slavin with an Oscar performance

 

[OkimLom]

Since some fans here think of Casey Mittelstadt as a #1 center, you'd have to think then that the Avs are one of the top picks to win the cup with two #1 centers in MacKinnon and Mittelstadt.

Who and when did fans say that? There’s a difference in thinking Casey was our best center which people have said, and thinking Casey was a #1 center. I don’t remember anybody saying they thought he was a #1 center.

 

[OkimLom]

Heck of a game #1 entertainment wise. Carolina just has too much talent for Islanders to overcome. Carolina didn’t play their usual dominant puck possession game.

 

[Sabre the Win]

I've never seen Gary that mad/annoyed ever

 

[Old Navy Goat]

Life's great conundrum, do you want to win the team and city you've hated since the 60s or do you want the team that you despise because of their fans?

 

[Chainshot]

Bruins going for efficiency by scoring on their first shot.

 

[Beerz]

I feel so dirty rooting for Boston

 

[OkimLom]

Toronto so busy trying to show they won’t get out physical that they may give Bruins more opportunities.

 

[Old Navy Goat]

I feel so dirty rooting for Boston

Toronto is such a flawed team. Goaltending and defense are weak.

Watching the bodies fly and the sheer intensity I couldn't imagine the Sabres keeping pace

 

[Beerz]

Toronto is such a flawed team. Goaltending and defense are weak.

Watching the bodies fly and the sheer intensity I couldn't imagine the Sabres keeping pace

Was my first thought as well... majority of our team is not ready for this

 

[OkimLom]

I feel so dirty rooting for Boston

They have so much of what I like in a team. No issue cheering for them, especially vs Toronto.

 

[Zman5778]

Good lord.

If we were playing Boston in the playoffs........our forwards would all be out with injury by now. So physical.

 

[kirby11]

Toronto absolutely does not want the smoke. Bruins just crushing anyone that moves for the last 2 minutes or so

Toronto is such a flawed team. Goaltending and defense are weak.

Watching the bodies fly and the sheer intensity I couldn't imagine the Sabres keeping pace

They also obsess over adding more grit for every playoff run to the point that they have zero depth scoring, so if any of the big 4 either struggle or are hurt, they’re sunk offensively

 

[OkimLom]

Toronto absolutely does not want the smoke. Bruins just crushing anyone that moves for the last 2 minutes or so


They also obsess over adding more grit for every playoff run to the point that they have zero depth scoring, so if any of the big 4 either struggle or are hurt, they’re sunk offensively

Difference between physicality being a part of your team’s DNA and going out and getting physicality from the market to make up for it.

 

[Zman5778]

Could easily be 3-0 B's. 2 posts on a cleanly beaten Samsonov.

 

[Old Navy Goat]

Toronto is lucky to only be down by 1, those posts go in they'd be ran out of the building to go hide in their hotel rooms

 

[Beerz]

I like Beecher

 

[Chainshot]

Was my first thought as well... majority of our team is not ready for this

But they have to get there first to find out.