Around the League 27: Why u do dis Dolan?

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hblueridgegal

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The Value of Turning Your Penalty Kill into a Power Kill (subscription required)

Mark Stone and Chandler Stephenson have played 53:04 shorthanded this year. Vegas is *up* 1-0 in those minutes. Wrote about them, Bergeron + Marchand, Aho + Necas, and how top forward duos are making things happen on the PK.

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Top forward duos...
 

TheReelChuckFletcher

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Good for Luke. I really liked his playmaking skills in his draft year, and it hasn't really changed since then. Still somewhat of a toothpick as far as width is concerned, but I thought that he showed enough talents for an ELC from somebody. I'm not shocked that it came from Seattle, since he came from the very last draft conducted under the lead scouts from the Francis regime before he started scooping them up after he was hired for the new club. The new scouts recruited by Tulsky/Yorke/Waddell after Francis started bring his folks into Seattle didn't have the opportunity to put their blueprint until the 2019 draft.
 
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Nikishin Go Boom

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Jul 31, 2017
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Playoff prediction:

East
Pittsburgh over NYI. 5, maybe 6.
Boston over Washington in 7

Boston over Pittsburgh

West
Colorado over STL in 6
Vegas over Minnesota in 7

Colorado over Vegas in 7

Central
Canes over Nashville in 5 or 6
TB over Florida in 7 with some controversy mixed in

Canes over TB in 6 (who is really beat up after the Florida series)

North
Either Toronto chokes to Montreal or they win because the division is a joke.
Toronto over Montreal in 5
Winnipeg over Edmonton in 6

Toronto over Winnipeg in 6.

Colorado vs Boston. Colorado in 7. Boston runs out of gas after the grueling Washington series and then a tight Pittsburgh series.
Canes vs Toronto. Canes in 5 or 6. Toronto isn’t ready for the energy of the Canes. Goalies let Toronto down.

start of Canes and Colorado matchups. Canes in 7.
 

GIN ANTONIC

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Playoff prediction:

East
Pittsburgh over NYI. 5, maybe 6.
Boston over Washington in 7

Boston over Pittsburgh

West
Colorado over STL in 6
Vegas over Minnesota in 7

Colorado over Vegas in 7

Central
Canes over Nashville in 5 or 6
TB over Florida in 7 with some controversy mixed in

Canes over TB in 6 (who is really beat up after the Florida series)

North
Either Toronto chokes to Montreal or they win because the division is a joke.
Toronto over Montreal in 5
Winnipeg over Edmonton in 6

Toronto over Winnipeg in 6.

Colorado vs Boston. Colorado in 7. Boston runs out of gas after the grueling Washington series and then a tight Pittsburgh series.
Canes vs Toronto. Canes in 5 or 6. Toronto isn’t ready for the energy of the Canes. Goalies let Toronto down.

start of Canes and Colorado matchups. Canes in 7.

My preferred outcomes...

East
NYI over PIT
WAS over BOS
NYI over WAS

West
COL over STL
VGK over MIN
COL over VGK

Central
CAR over NAS
FLA over TB
CAR over FLA

North
MTL over TOR
WPG over EDM
WPG over MTL

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COL over WPG
CAR over NYI

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CAR over COL

The league would absolutely hate it
 

Negan4Coach

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Aug 31, 2017
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Playoff prediction:

East
Pittsburgh over NYI. 5, maybe 6.
Boston over Washington in 7

Boston over Pittsburgh

West
Colorado over STL in 6
Vegas over Minnesota in 7

Colorado over Vegas in 7

Central
Canes over Nashville in 5 or 6
TB over Florida in 7 with some controversy mixed in

Canes over TB in 6 (who is really beat up after the Florida series)

North
Either Toronto chokes to Montreal or they win because the division is a joke.
Toronto over Montreal in 5
Winnipeg over Edmonton in 6

Toronto over Winnipeg in 6.

Colorado vs Boston. Colorado in 7. Boston runs out of gas after the grueling Washington series and then a tight Pittsburgh series.
Canes vs Toronto. Canes in 5 or 6. Toronto isn’t ready for the energy of the Canes. Goalies let Toronto down.

start of Canes and Colorado matchups. Canes in 7.

Yeah so long as we don't have to face Boston, I really like our chances of doing the whole thing. I don't think we've made quite enough changes to be able to match up well against them yet.
 
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