Around The League LXXXII - It's The Final Countdown

[Butcher]

How on earth did the Kings and Flames play a playoff elimination game today with only one minor penalty called in the entire game?

 

[vanuck]

So fitting.

 

[IntangiBo]

How on earth did the Kings and Flames play a playoff elimination game today with only one minor penalty called in the entire game?

Calgary has been SH'ed 1 time in the last 4 game I believe.

 

[WTG]

Calgary has been SH'ed 1 time in the last 4 game I believe.

http://www.nhl.com/stats/team?fetch...usPenaltyKillSeconds&viewName=penaltyKillTime

 

[Jimson Hogarth*]

http://www.nhl.com/stats/team?fetch...usPenaltyKillSeconds&viewName=penaltyKillTime

that made me physically shudder in disgust

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

that made me physically shudder in disgust

Look at #25 and prepare to shudder even more

 

[Butcher]

No team ever goes an entire game without committing a penalty, let alone three in a row. I guess this is just another example of how fewer penalties are being called this year.

 

[Jimson Hogarth*]

Look at #25 and prepare to shudder even more

the entire thing is just gross

 

[Jyrki]

Bettman clearly favors the Calgary market and would like to see nothing more than the Flames going all the way - after all, Southern Alberta is the future of the NHL

Not surprising though, the Flames do rock a lot of soft-but-slick players. Hudler, Gaudreau, Wideman and Brodie are all top minute munchers who have historically taken few penalties.

Guess who's been in the Top 10 for PP-PK differential since '10? San Jose.

 

[Snatcher Demko]

Bettman clearly favors the Calgary market and would like to see nothing more than the Flames going all the way - after all, Southern Alberta is the future of the NHL

Not surprising though, the Flames do rock a lot of soft-but-slick players. Hudler, Gaudreau, Wideman and Brodie are all top minute munchers who have historically taken few penalties.

Guess who's been in the Top 10 for PP-PK differential since '10? San Jose.

It's a sign of good coaching and a great work ethic.

It takes focus and effort not to take stupid hooking/holding/slashing penalties.

 

[EpochLink]

Kings fans so mad on the main boards, calling Vancouver obscurities all over the place.

#byefelicia

 

[Booshami]

Kings fans so mad on the main boards, calling Vancouver obscurities all over the place.

#byefelicia

It's us against the world

 

[vanuck]

Kings fans so mad on the main boards, calling Vancouver obscurities all over the place.

#byefelicia

Did a Canucks poster piss them off or something?

 

[Luongos Knob]

Kings fans so mad on the main boards, calling Vancouver obscurities all over the place.

#byefelicia

Well Vancouver is known for being a hipster town

 

[Addison Rae]

Did a Canucks poster piss them off or something?

don't think so, they just seem ********.

man that penalty chart is mind boggling, how can Calgary get so many power plays when the opposition has the puck for nearly 60% of the game?

 

[vanuck]

don't think so, they just seem ********.

man that penalty chart is mind boggling, how can Calgary get so many power plays when the opposition has the puck for nearly 60% of the game?

#NHLreffing.

And now looking through the main board I see there's a thread asking if the Kings' missing the playoffs invalidates advanced stats. Never change, main board.

 

[WTG]

don't think so, they just seem ********.

man that penalty chart is mind boggling, how can Calgary get so many power plays when the opposition has the puck for nearly 60% of the game?

Wouldn't worry about it.

No team has consistently had such high PP to PK differentials throughout the years.

Refs will catch on.



Colorado had Vezina level goaltending that got them into the playoffs.

Calgary has 120+ more power play minutes than penalty kill minutes.

They all regress.

 

[Orca Smash]

don't think so, they just seem ********.

man that penalty chart is mind boggling, how can Calgary get so many power plays when the opposition has the puck for nearly 60% of the game?

Its something we have to be aware of, people might not worry about it right now, but if we need a power player and are tripped and dont get one its going to be frustrating. Would hate to see a repeat of the sharks series.

 

[vanuck]

You know the Tank Wars are bad when even NHL.com's official shop is making references to it...

http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2015/4/2/8338169/nhl-shop-tweets-tanking-joke

And yes, it's already been deleted.

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On another note, this is how not to fall into myths and hockey narratives - with the Penguins as an example. Would recommend reading:

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Ryan...guins-Myths-Versus-Penguins-Reality/177/67729

 

[vanuck]

Its something we have to be aware of, people might not worry about it right now, but if we need a power player and are tripped and dont get one its going to be frustrating. Would hate to see a repeat of the sharks series.

Sharks had nowhere near the reputation they deserved at the time for the **** they pulled. We outplayed them at 5v5 in that series but somehow we saw a 4-to-1 disparity in penalties or something ridiculous.

Going into Round 1 we're also the better 5v5 team but somehow CGY has had an extremely favourable penalty differential all year while we're 25th in that area.

If it sounds eerily familiar, that's because the circumstances for this really do seem like it. Have a bad feeling that we could see this happen again...

 

[vanuck]

How weird to see LA and SJ both out of the playoffs this year. Both for very different reasons too.

As has already been said, Doug Wilson overreacted after last year's 1st round collapse. They were the 3rd best team in the NHL by score-adjusted Fenwick but lost in 7 to the best team in the league who went on to a historic, record-breaking Cup run. The way it played out over the first 3 and last 4 games of that series seems like it was largely because of luck, and an injury to a key defender on their blueline didn't help either. It'll be interesting to see if DW can find his way again in acquiring players who aren't John Scott level of bad...

LA's record in OT/shootouts OTOH was just hilariously bad. It's still impressive that they ended up no. 1 in possession again somehow despite having played a ton of hockey over the past 3 springs. That said, it's hard not to see them take a step back as a team next year due to cap reasons (Richards, Brown etc). Losing guys like Williams and Sekera because of that is going to hurt them a lot collectively if that happens. And I'm loving the thought of it.

 

[Barney Gumble]

Wouldn't worry about it.

No team has consistently had such high PP to PK differentials throughout the years.

Refs will catch on.

Well if you're NOT a Canuckfan, I wouldn't worry about it. Yeah right, the Refs will catch on.

 

[PhilMick]

I thought it would be too annoying here (Calgary) if the Flames made the playoffs, but I actually prefer this exuberance to their usual "yeah we sucked again, but NO ONE WORKED HARDER THAN US".

 

[MrShift4]

I thought it would be too annoying here (Calgary) if the Flames made the playoffs, but I actually prefer this exuberance to their usual "yeah we sucked again, but NO ONE WORKED HARDER THAN US".

And just think about how enjoyable the next two weeks of office banter will be.

 

[Skobel24]

So, I'm finding that I no longer hate you all. That may change once playoffs start, but I'll say this now before it happens. Good luck. This is going to be a very entertaining series.