GDT: Around the League 2019-20 v24

[Oilhawks]

Vegas has so many games in this playoffs alone where they shot 40 plus and have went out with a loss. This can't be a coincidence.

 

[T-Funk]

Two game 7's to bring that evil tyrant Drivesaitl down.

 

[PaPaDee]

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neat

 

[bellagiobob]

So a castoff third string goalie has won 2 straight to get his team to a game 7. A rookie goalie stands on his head, wins his first two playoff starts in elimination games, and leads his team to a game 7. And another young goalie, coming off a benching, wins two straight elimination games to send his team to a game 7. Just when I think 2020 can’t possibly take another strange twist, here we are.

 

[Cloned]

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Stole the words right outta my mouth.

 

[Cloned]

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Stole the words right outta my mouth.

 

[Gordievsky]

"Canada's" team wins again.

Interesting. I never really put that together but you're right. Not often it's the American boys carrying a good playoff team.

 

[Oilhawks]

neat

Not sure what happened there...and my phone wasn’t cooperating with the edit

Fixed

 

[Three On Zero]

Vegas has so many games in this playoffs alone where they shot 40 plus and have went out with a loss. This can't be a coincidence.

They are very high volume shooters. They did have some high dangerous chances but not a lot

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Stole the words right outta my mouth.

You can say that again.

 

[Cloned]

So a castoff third string goalie has won 2 straight to get his team to a game 7. A rookie goalie stands on his head, wins his first two playoff starts in elimination games, and leads his team to a game 7. And another young goalie, coming off a benching, wins two straight elimination games to send his team to a game 7. Just when I think 2020 can’t possibly take another strange twist, here we are.

Welcome to the modern NHL, where star players mean nothing and randomness plays an ever increasing role in determining who wins.

 

[Oilhawks]

So a castoff third string goalie has won 2 straight to get his team to a game 7. A rookie goalie stands on his head, wins his first two playoff starts in elimination games, and leads his team to a game 7. And another young goalie, coming off a benching, wins two straight elimination games to send his team to a game 7. Just when I think 2020 can’t possibly take another strange twist, here we are.

And people want to burn a 1st on a goalie. There are no guarantees

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Welcome to the modern NHL, where star players mean nothing and randomness plays an ever increasing role in determining who wins.

Except when it comes to our team, naturally.

 

[Oilhawks]

Welcome to the modern NHL, where star players mean nothing and randomness plays an ever increasing role in determining who wins.

 

[Gordievsky]

I mentioned a few days back and I'll say it again - the Nucks are killing them in the faceoff circle. They don't deserve to win games like this but credit where credit is due - the little things do make a difference. Oil should take notice.

Anyway if this this Demko Jacques Plante impersonation wasn't frustrating enough, I've also been cheering for the Isles... who I think are now in big trouble.

 

[bellagiobob]

Welcome to the modern NHL, where star players mean nothing and randomness plays an ever increasing role in determining who wins.

We need to draft a bunch of these randomness guys.

 

[CupofOil]

Welcome to the modern NHL, where star players mean nothing and randomness plays an ever increasing role in determining who wins.

In a way, that's what makes the NHL playoffs better than the other sports. The unpredictability, although I still maintain that the better teams usually win out at the end. It's generally the early rounds that have weird occurrences. You don't see many cinderella runs anymore.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

I so badly want to see Lehner shit the bed tomorrow and see DeBoer squirm. Apparently Lehner is 1-7-1 with an .889 in b2b games. Idiot DeBoer should have ran with Fluery tonight knowing there could be a b2b situation.

 

[Cloned]

Except when it comes to our team, naturally.

Not really. If star players meant anything the Oilers would be pretty decent.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Not really. If star players meant anything the Oilers would be pretty decent.

Unfortunately they're bogged down by a slew of tweeners and AHLers. If we had a star player on defense or in net things might be different.

 

[Cloned]

In a way, that's what makes the NHL playoffs better than the other sports. The unpredictability, although I still maintain that the better teams usually win out at the end. It's generally the early rounds that have weird occurrences. You don't see many cinderella runs anymore.

I don't personally like to see a team outshoot another team by double, have one of their players randomly break a stick on a mundane play leading to a loss. All in OT where the winning team looked like they were barely holding on for 95% of the game.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Nothing better than Game 7s though

 

[bellagiobob]

I so badly want to see Lehner shit the bed tomorrow and see DeBoer squirm. Apparently Lehner is 1-7-1 with an .889 in b2b games. Idiot DeBoer should have ran with Fluery tonight knowing there could be a b2b situation.

Yup

 

[bellagiobob]

 

[Delicious Pancakes]

That's his first SO ever Louie. Dude just had the 2 best games of his NHL career 2 games in a row.

Is somebody going to come in and say Demko's performance is unsustainable again? Yeah it's unsustainable over a long term but the Hamburglar played out of his mind for 20 games to get Ottawa in the playoffs so even a below average NHL goalie can go on a run and carry a team to success.