Around the League - PLAYOFFS!?

[1specter]

These late season surges from Ovi are crazy. He looked like he wasn't even gonna score 20 this year and now it looks like he'll breeze past 30.

 

[BallardEra]

These late season surges from Ovi are crazy. He looked like he wasn't even gonna score 20 this year and now it looks like he'll breeze past 30.

Something was clearly off with him in the first half of the season and he even missed 3 games about a week before the ASG.

He’s on a 62 goal pace over 82 games in his last 24 games with 18 goals and 29 points.

 

[sxvnert]

"scored with the power of friendship"

 

[PromisedLand]

this is a crazy stat. Thats some TEAM

 

[PromisedLand]

LMAO

 

[Menzinger]

this is a crazy stat. Thats some TEAM

That's superm interesting. I'd definitely lean towards "no" but I'd love it if Biz manages to put this together

 

[PromisedLand]

Reinhart scores 50. so what we have three 50 goal scorers this season so far.... (Matthews, Hyman, Reinhart)

and with that win.... Boston drops to 2nd with Panthers in 1st place now in the division

 

[PromisedLand]

when was the last time the race to President's Trophy this close and this spread out?

 

[Nineteen67]

when was the last time the race to President's Trophy this close and this spread out?

With ~ 4 weeks to go there is lots of jockeying for positions, but not many teams in the race to make the playoffs.

 

[Warden of the North]

LMAO

Imagine the calm death stare that Lou has watching this?

 

[Al14]

Imagine the calm death stare that Lou has watching this?

And I thought our Leafs were the only NHL team playing clown hockey at times !!!

 

[Leaf Rocket]

this is a crazy stat. Thats some TEAM

Yeah people are crazy over here about the Reds. It was nice to see and get the recognition for sure. City and the entire province has been buzzing. Its been fun to watch them

 

[Darcy Tucker]

Jason Robertson
Last Year: 46 goals
This Year: 24 goals

Tage Thompson
Last Year: 47 goals
This Year: 22 goals

Don't take what Matthews and Nylander are doing for granted.

 

[BallardEra]

Crazy that McDavid already has more assists this season than the 2014-15 scoring leaders had points!

 

[MSZ]

Crazy that McDavid already has more assists this season than the 2014-15 scoring leaders had points!

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Dead puck era 2.0

The top 8 goalies of that season all had .920 + save percentage.

 

[sxvnert]

People complain about Matthews low assist totals: 58 goals, 34 assists
while never mentioning Hymans: 50 goals, 19 assists

 

[ACC1224]

People complain about Matthews low assist totals: 58 goals, 34 assists
while never mentioning Hymans: 50 goals, 19 assists

I'm sure more would if he was the highest paid player in the league.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Crazy that McDavid already has more assists this season than the 2014-15 scoring leaders had points!

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Damn, the skill back then doesn't even compare to today's NHL....no offence to some of the players on that list lol

 

[TheTotalPackage]

Damn, the skill back then doesn't even compare to today's NHL....no offence to some of the players on that list lol

Jamie Benn was a great player and power forward in his hay day, but to me he still sticks out like a sore thumb as the most unlikely and random Art Ross winner of all time. Or at least, for as long as I've been a fan and can remember.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Jamie Benn was a great player and power forward in his hay day, but to me he still sticks out like a sore thumb as the most unlikely and random Art Ross winner of all time. Or at least, for as long as I've been a fan and can remember.

If Tavares didn’t have as much integrity as he does he’d have probably won the Art that year.

https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs/news/maple-leafs-captain-john-tavares-chose-to-get-it-right-over-winning-the-art-ross-trophy-in-2015

In his piece, Auerbach talked about Tavares' run to the Art Ross Trophy. Part of Auerbach's duties with the Islanders are to communicate with the league if a player on the team came to him feeling they deserved credit for a point on a goal.
Tavares would never do that, even when points were crucial.

In fact, he did the opposite.

"That season, Tavares had me check video with the league to see if he earned assists on two separate goals. Both times, he was right—he should not have been awarded assists—so the points were taken away from his stat line," Auerbach wrote."The NHL heads of statistics were baffled when I went to them to check the goals. They told me they had never been asked by a player to take points away."

 

[BallardEra]

People complain about Matthews low assist totals: 58 goals, 34 assists
while never mentioning Hymans: 50 goals, 19 assists

Hyman locking down the "Cy Young" since January 27:

 

[stickty111]

Knights and Blues is a big game today.
Also big game for LA. They still have a chance at getting 2nd in the division. Getting home ice against the Oilers could make a big difference

 

[kb]

People complain about Matthews low assist totals: 58 goals, 34 assists
while never mentioning Hymans: 50 goals, 19 assists

He's winning the NHL's Cy Young Award.

 

[Leaf Rocket]

Rooting for the Kings tonight, its nice to see their season turned around. Still dont like PLD though, and he'll likely be shipped in the off-season?

 

[PROUD PAPA]

Rooting for the Kings tonight, its nice to see their season turned around. Still dont like PLD though, and he'll likely be shipped in the off-season?

Not sure there would be a market. He ends up miserable everywhere he goes, under performs, then wants a change of scenery because the situation doesn't suit him. Strikes me as the type who should invest in a mirror.
If there is a sucker, I hope the idiot works for one of our rivals.

Decent scrap between Schenn and McNabb