Oh you will when you see Suter raise that cup.
Nothing to overcome in regards to Landy. Sure it would have been nice to get him back and would be a huge boon if he played at his former level, but this team hasn’t seen him for two years, he was not a part of them this year so nothing to overcome there imo. Nike on the other hand? Well, I think everyone already knows how we feel about him and I’ll leave it at that.Avs just couldn't overcome the loss of Landeskog and Nikushkin. I think they win this if they had both those guys in the lineup.
Maybe at some point they’ll regret it, certainly not yet.Avs should have kept Byram
I have zero animus towards Suter. He played huge minutes for MN, barely ever missed a game, and was a model citizen off ice, although his KwikTrip adds were regrettable. Somehow the local organization/reporters tried to make out that HE was the problem in MN, justifying the crippling buyouts, and replacing him with an over the hill Alex Goligoski.Oh you will when you see Suter raise that cup.
As opposed to Kucherov who lost in the first round of the playoffs and didn't even score a goal?Yet people claim he was the league mvp. His stats against top 10 teams showed he wasn't going to the carry the AVs before the post season started. Great player but the MVP shouldn't go to MACK.
Tied for 5th in D scoring last year. He had a bit of a down season overall this year in the regular season. I'm interested to see if he can get back to top 5ish in points next year or if that was an anomaly. I think he might score more on his natural side but he's always been needed on his right. He cranks it up offensively in the playoffs. He just doesn't seem as aggressive offensively in the regular season. He doesn't have the natural drive and hunger for scoring that someone like Makar does... And perhaps is trying to conserve a bit of energy for a long season with a lot of miinutes. But in the postseason he's obviously going balls to the wall more at both ends.He's always been one of my favorite players, but I caught of just bought into the narrative that Makar was leaps and bounds better, but this series would indicate otherwise
So you're one of the more reasonable Wild fan. I never understood the hate towards him from Wild fans, much like Av fans hating on Duchene. You'd think they came out and said they hated their time there. There are plenty of Stars fans that like to hate on Suter too, though he does just fine as a third pairing defenseman at this point of his career.I have zero animus towards Suter. He played huge minutes for MN, barely ever missed a game, and was a model citizen off ice, although his KwikTrip adds were regrettable. Somehow the local organization/reporters tried to make out that HE was the problem in MN, justifying the crippling buyouts, and replacing him with an over the hill Alex Goligoski.
You can see how that's working out for Minnesota.
While I think it'll be Florida/Dallas in the finals, a New York/Dallas match up with Dallas coming out on top would take the cake for storylines.Still waiting for an updated take on the Paper Tigers from Mr. Pavel.
Tim Donaghy says hiI really doubt there is some referee betting fix/ratings fix league-wide. The NHL would be over as we know it. How many people would have to be paid hush money? It's just a borderline ridiculous notion.
The reality is the ref made a call of goaltender interference in the moment, and there was some minor questionable contact so they were never going to overturn it, they were going to go with the on ice officials call.
As an avs fan, I thought they looked pretty flat most of the series.From a great hockey perspective, by far the highest quality series.
Two damn good teams. Real shame they played each other this early.
A little harder to do with the video review in toronto being done by 4+ people.Tim Donaghy says hi
He fixed the NBA. One person with the right motivation can easily fix the entire league without anyone in the league really knowing.
No paysoffs needed
The fact that it has been done before means it probably will be attempted again, or already has and no one got caught.
I think they match up well against both teams.[MOD]
Dallas fans, who do you think you match up against better moving into next round? I’d say Edmonton but that’s just as a casual observer.