Around the League | Round 1: FIGHT!

[StreetHawk]

He’s about to win his second Vezina, I think he’s just tired or he’s been figured out.

When you easily make the PO, there should be no reason your goalie is tired. Forget seeding come March. Ensure your #1 guy is rested and ready to go.

 

[Deeds26]

The cut on Dillon's hand

 

[Jyrki]

Kings getting clowned on then trying to cheapshot the rest of the way lol

 

[TruKnyte]

Just want their series to go 7 in case we get out of the first

 

[SillyRabbit]

Jets and Kings completely unravelling tonight.

Can't say I feel too bad for either of them though.

 

[EpochLink]

Kings are straight mabaho

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Helly exhausted from the season?

Been absolute brutal.

Jets should be down 3-0 if Georgiev didn’t let every shot in during Game 1.

 

[Flik]

Oilers PP coming in at 50% right now against the vaunted Kings and their 1-3-1

 

[VanillaCoke]

Can you imagine if the Canucks played the Avs instead of the Preds in the third period tonight. It would have been a massacre.

@Peen
Whatcha think of the first round matchups now ?

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

Kinda hilarious Hellebuyck will win the Vezina then the playoffs come around and he's like Campbell.

 

[valkynax]

Glad to see Oilers trouncing the Kings.

Yeah that's what you f***ing get for playing your p***y bitch ass 131.

 

[Peen]

@Peen
Whatcha think of the first round matchups now ?

My mindset is always the same. If we played the washington capitals in round 1 and won 4-0 or played the knights in round 1 and lost 4-2.. like those are the “same” result to me.

Not by result, just by the way I contextualize it.

Now… if we were like the leafs facing the bruins or lightning years in a row, at some point you just have to win. I get the coinflip argument… but you just have to get over the hump at some point. I don’t know if any of this makes sense

 

[Hammer79]

Glad to see Oilers trouncing the Kings.

Yeah that's what you f***ing get for playing your p***y bitch ass 131.

I want it to go the distance at least to give Demko's knee a few more days. Also, the Oilers are going to be a lot for us to handle if we are giving up one turnover chance per game to what passes for the Preds offense. Oilers will get 3 per game off of quick break turnovers if we don't smarten up! I like our matchup against the Oilers, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't want the Kings instead, I do.

 

[EpochLink]

Kinda hilarious Hellebuyck will win the Vezina then the playoffs come around and he's like Campbell.

I think this is Hellebuyck’s problem, great regular season goalie but when the playoffs happen, his GAA balloons up the ass.

 

[kanucks25]

Glad to see Oilers trouncing the Kings.

Yeah that's what you f***ing get for playing your p***y bitch ass 131.

Can't hate on a team for doing what it takes to win.

If it was the Canucks' best route, you would embrace it.

The problem is running into a team with players like McD and Drai who are simply too good to care about any defensive structure the other team can throw at them.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

I think the Oilers and Avalanche are destined to face off in the conference finals.

MacKinnon vs McDavid would be some of the greatest hockey we've seen in many years.

 

[Kryten]

I think the Oilers and Avalanche are destined to face off in the conference finals.

MacKinnon vs McDavid would be some of the greatest hockey we've seen in many years.

2 years to be exact

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

Kings have been whomped in two out of the three games played..If McDavid,Draisaitl, and Hyman are having an off night, the Kings stand a chance of possibly keeping it close enough to eke out a victory.

This series is probably going to mirror last years playoff matchup between these two teams..The Kings may win another one, but the ultimate winner of this series isn't really in doubt.

 

[StreetHawk]

So what do the kings do if they fall to Edm this season? Another year closer to retirement for their top duo. No goaltender to be their 1 next season? Didn’t get much out of PLD and he doesn’t appear to be engaged most nights?

Aside from Clarke who would be expected to join the kings roster from the A?

 

[timw33]

So what do the kings do if they fall to Edm this season? Another year closer to retirement for their top duo. No goaltender to be their 1 next season? Didn’t get much out of PLD and he doesn’t appear to be engaged most nights?

Aside from Clarke who would be expected to join the kings roster from the A?

I think Rob Blake will finally get the axe, and whoever comes in will consider using the 1/3rd buyout of Dubois before it becomes a 2/3rd buyout.

 

[arttk]

So what do the kings do if they fall to Edm this season? Another year closer to retirement for their top duo. No goaltender to be their 1 next season? Didn’t get much out of PLD and he doesn’t appear to be engaged most nights?

Aside from Clarke who would be expected to join the kings roster from the A?

Well cap is going to go up, better get an actual goalie, change the system away from 1-3-1, contemplate trading 1 of Kopitar/doughty for cap and assets to get more depth…. Pray that PLD is not completely checked out because he got the bag, hope Byfield and Clarke take the next step.

 

[StreetHawk]

Well cap is going to go up, better get an actual goalie, change the system away from 1-3-1, contemplate trading 1 of Kopitar/doughty for cap and assets to get more depth…. Pray that PLD is not completely checked out because he got the bag, hope Byfield and Clarke take the next step.

How much of that cap room do they use to pay byfields next contract? Just finished his elc with a 55 point season. $7.3 mill saved from Arvidsson and Roy hitting ufa but need replacements.

 

[Grumbler]

I was going to cheer for the oilers to shit on the kings 1-3-1, but then I looked at the oilers boards with 3 pages of trash talk against us...f*** both teams.

 

[calnuck]

Absolutely f***ing absurd that hitting a puck mid air and out of play can result in a delay of game penalty.

 

[Vector]

Absolutely f***ing absurd that hitting a puck mid air and out of play can result in a delay of game penalty.

Should always be treated as icing. NHL, like with the trapezoid, overreacted to a few teams have success with a limited strategy (Lemaire with the Wild and Turco & Brodeur). Bizarre that it hasn't been adjusted and no one in the media or NHL cares.