Out of Town Thread - Playoffs Edition

[MarkovsKnee]

That'll do it. ENG. 6-4 Vegas.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

That's actually a PPG.

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

Thats why i hate NHL officiating

I get the call and by the rules its too many men but there where about 10 calls that were ignored in the 3rd alone

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Insane that they had 2:30min and called him in so late.

Just dump the puck and go fight for it, it’s like they absolutely wanted to enter with possession.

Yeah, I was expecting them to pull Skinner just after 2 minute mark. He left it really late.

 

[expy]

Both teams sucked. Skinner was the worst. Can't win with that kind of goaltending.

 

[MadMslm]

What a play by Eichel in the end on McDavid.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Thats why i hate NHL officiating

I get the call and by the rules its too many men but there where about 10 calls that were ignored in the 3rd alone

Too many men can be called by linesman. It's an auto call. It was too many men. They had 7 players on the ice. Nothing unfair about it.

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

Sloppy as F type game. Dont think either team should be happy

Looks like it will be entertaining tho with suspect D and goaltending. Could be a firewagon hockey series

Too many men can be called by linesman. It's an auto call. It was too many men. They had 7 players on the ice. Nothing unfair about it.

Its the optics of the game. Like i said, its a penalty.

My problem is its a penalty like all the others that were ignored

 

[Canad13ns]

Both teams sucked. Skinner was the worst. Can't win with that kind of goaltending.

I think the defense was the worst. Skinner made many big stops. The number of HDC was crazy. The GM should be ashamed of himself for this dismal D. Are they gonna waste McDrai’s best years like this (like we wasted Price’s?) I hope they can play better next game..

 

[Sorinth]

Sloppy as F type game. Dont think either team should be happy

Looks like it will be entertaining tho with suspect D and goaltending. Could be a firewagon hockey series



Its the optics of the game. Like i said, its a penalty.

My problem is its a penalty like all the others that were ignored

Yeah that's one of the big problem with how the NHL officiating works and the whole "let them play" attitude (Which is more let them cheat), they'll let it go when someone's getting punched in the head but then something way less flagrant ends up getting called. At the end of the day not calling a penalty is the "refs deciding the game" just as much as calling it is, so you might as well just be consistent no matter the time of the game.

 

[Skip Bayless]

If Eichel wins this series vs McDavid it's low key a story line

 

[Kennedys]

Eichel was better than Mcdavid for 2 secs and suddenly Eichel > McDavid. Hfboards

 

[26Mats]

I think the defense was the worst. Skinner made many big stops. The number of HDC was crazy. The GM should be ashamed of himself for this dismal D. Are they gonna waste McDrai’s best years like this (like we wasted Price’s?) I hope they can play better next game..

I was hoping Holland would give us a 1st for Savard at the TDL.

Anyways, they probably should have used the 1st to get the younger Gavrikov and Korpisalo.

 

[PeteWorrell]

The only storyline is Eichel barely being able to maintain any sort of PPG pace but being paid like a superstar.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Holy smokes that third period reminded me of watching my sons u11 house team. One player trying to do too much surrounded by a bunch of players that can't do anything, backed by a goalie that just cant seem to make a save.

The Oilers certainly don't resemble a cup winning team right now.

 

[Shabs]

Holy smokes that third period reminded me of watching my sons u11 house team. One player trying to do too much surrounded by a bunch of players that can't do anything, backed by a goalie that just cant seem to make a save.

The Oilers certainly don't resemble a cup winning team right now.

I think our sons play on the same team

 

[1909]

Teams are playing all season to have home ice advantage in the Playoffs. So far, visitors are 33-20.

 

[Rapala]

Yeah that's one of the big problem with how the NHL officiating works and the whole "let them play" attitude (Which is more let them cheat), they'll let it go when someone's getting punched in the head but then something way less flagrant ends up getting called. At the end of the day not calling a penalty is the "refs deciding the game" just as much as calling it is, so you might as well just be consistent no matter the time of the game.

The two officiating system sucks balls in many respects. In a recent game I noted one ref was making all the calls. The defending team (his end) were getting the majority of the penalties 2 out of 3 periods. The funny thing was the team who had the other ref in their end were getting away with more stuff and got frustrated when those were getting called the next period. I don't mind minor stuff not getting called as long as it doesn't result in a lost scoring chance at one end or a goal at the other. The blatant infractions have to be called throughout and Teams have to be warned when scrumming starts getting out of hand that the ref will take one guy the next time.

 

[Scintillating10]

How is Montour so good

I thought he showed signs with the Ducks. When he went to Buffalo, stumbled. I wanted Montreal to get him around first covid year.

 

[A55P2]

I was hoping Holland would give us a 1st for Savard at the TDL.

Anyways, they probably should have used the 1st to get the younger Gavrikov and Korpisalo.

They absolutely should have. If Jeannot lands a first and many other picks, Savard is probably worth close to a late first. Given their situation, it would have been a good move.

 

[sampollock]

hey all

I seen a tweet or something like that where Yvan Cournoyer commented on the bruins lost.
he said somehting like " difference between the 76-77 habs and the bruins season record, is that the habs won the cup"

any of you know where I could find that quote??

 

[OldCraig71]

Teams are playing all season to have home ice advantage in the Playoffs. So far, visitors are 33-20.

The way that officials implement game management tactics has to be a factor in what we are seeing.

 

[Chili]

This is a list of all the goaltenders who played 40 or more games in the regular season this year, plus some others still active in the playoffs:

​	Reg Season​	Rd 2 Playoffs​
Connor Hellebuyck​	65​	​
Juuse Saros​	64​	​
Alexandar Georgiev​	62​	​
Jake Oettinger​	62​	Starter​
Ilya Sorokin​	62​	​
Jordan Binnington​	61​	​
Andrei Vasilevskiy​	60​	​
Jacob Markstrom​	59​	​
Igor Shesterkin​	58​	​
Darcy Kuemper​	57​	​
Ville Husso​	56​	​
Carter Hart​	56​	​
John Gibson​	53​	​
Vitek Vanecek​	52​	Backup​
Sergei Bobrovsky​	51​	Starter​
Karel Vejmelka​	50​	​
Stuart Skinner​	50​	Starter​
Linus Ullmark​	49​	​
Martin Jones​	48​	Backup​
Tristan Jarry​	47​	​
Marc-Andre Fleury​	46​	​
James Reimer​	43​	​
Jake Allen​	42​	​
Ilya Samsonov​	42​	Starter​
Jonathan Quick​	42​	Backup​
Samuel Montembeault​	40​	​
Philipp Grubauer​	39​	Starter​
Jack Campbell​	37​	Backup​
Frederik Andersen​	34​	Starter​
Antti Raanta​	28​	Backup​
Matt Murray​	26​	Backup​
Scott Wedgewood​	22​	Backup​
Akira Schmid​	18​	Starter​
Alex Lyon​	15​	Backup​
Laurent Brossoit​	11​	Starter​

Found this interesting, coincidence or not, only one guy who played more then 52 games is still active in the playoffs.