Around the League | Round 1: FIGHT!

[Vector]

sorokin didn't play a single minute in game 1

I’m guessing my tabs got jumbled up then.

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

Kind of shitty for the Isles this series should be 2-2

 

[credulous]

people are gonna bag on the isles and stars for losing their series but the hurricanes and knights are juggernauts. no shame in losing to either of them

 

[LemonSauceD]

Once LA gets bounced again Blake and Robitaille are gone.

They really need to properly rebuild. Too many of their prospects and young players over the years have busted (Bjornfot, Turcotte, Dolan, Fagemo, Moverare, Kupari), traded (Grans, Faber, Vilardi, Durzi), or have been underwhelming (Byfield, Kaliyev). Kopi and Doughty past their prime.

They’ve got a poor prospect pool but they do have Brandt Clarke who should pan out to be a #1 defenseman.

but yeah bleak future ahead.

 

[credulous]

los angeles are fine. they have a great cap structure. this summer they lose matt roy, victor arvidsson and all their goalies and have 21m to sign byfield, kaliyev, spence and some depth pieces

the following year they have another 15m to replace gavrikov and add if they want. the dubois contract could turn out to be a problem but the rest of their cap sheet is very, very good with fiala, danault and anderson on great contracts

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Once LA gets bounced again Blake and Robitaille are gone.

They really need to properly rebuild. Too many of their prospects and young players over the years have busted (Bjornfot, Turcotte, Dolan, Fagemo, Moverare, Kupari), traded (Grans, Faber, Vilardi, Durzi), or have been underwhelming (Byfield, Kaliyev). Kopi and Doughty past their prime.

They’ve got a poor prospect pool but they do have Brandt Clarke who should pan out to be a #1 defenseman.

but yeah bleak future ahead.

I thought the Kings were getting themselves into a position to be quite competitive, but they made some really counter intuitive moves - giving away Durzi and the Dubois trade are two pretty high profile mistakes, IMO. Obviously Faber is a great piece, but Fiala has been really good for LA.

They've had a few significant swings and misses on the draft board, but they've had some great hits, too. IMO, it's the trades where they've kind of shot themselves in the feet repeatedly.

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Didn't expect the Isles to manage to win one. I thought they and the Caps were going out in 4 each.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

OEL coming up clutch.

Van could use a guy like that on the back end.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

With the exception of Bieksa, the US TV crews for hockey are just blowing Canada's out of the water.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

OEL coming up clutch.

Van could use a guy like that on the back end.

Good for OEL, and glad he's landed on his feet. Seems like a good guy and he was a popular teammate.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Good for OEL, and glad he's landed on his feet. Seems like a good guy and he was a popular teammate.

Not his fault he was overpaid and was part of arguably the worst trade in Canucks history.

Should have retired in Utah.

 

[arttk]

With the exception of Bieksa, the US TV crews for hockey are just blowing Canada's out of the water.

Not sure, the tbs panel is pretty boring…

 

[Nopefully]

I really like the CBC crew, Bieksa and Friedman badgering each other is entertaining.
I was flabbergasted yesterday though when Ron Maclean called our two periods a “Masterpiece.” That was probably the best thing he’s ever said about the Canucks.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

I really like the CBC crew, Bieksa and Friedman badgering each other is entertaining.
I was flabbergasted yesterday though when Ron Maclean called our two periods a “Masterpiece.” That was probably the best thing he’s ever said about the Canucks.

Probably being sarcastic that creepy bastard.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

OEL coming up clutch.

Van could use a guy like that on the back end.

Good for him. He seems like a good guy who was just part of a terrible trade by our former GM.
He’s turned out to be a good bottom pairing guy for Florida. He’s been through a rough few years.
Speaking of a guy we could use, it’s a shame we don’t have Forsling. Guy is a beast.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Toronto should win this one.

 

[arttk]

Toronto should win this one.

Getting your jinx ready eh

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Getting your jinx ready eh

Every Toronto-Boston series goes 7 games. It's an inevitability and the universe will not permit any other outcome.

 

[Bojack Horvatman]

With the exception of Bieksa, the US TV crews for hockey are just blowing Canada's out of the water.

This is my Ron Maclean haiku

Ron Maclean is ass
Should of been canned with bigot
Get off my TV

 

[ziploc]

OEL coming up clutch.

Van could use a guy like that on the back end.

You know what, you raise an interesting point here.

I don't hate OEL. Don't even dislike him. While he certainly underwhelmed in his time here, he is not ultimately to blame for his rancid contract and especially for the putrid, no vaseline deal that M. Benning perpetrated to bring him to Vancouver.

But the idea that a player with his notorious legacy as a Canuck, who we have essentially paid and will continue to pay in crippling cap space penalty for years, should go on and potentially win the Stanley Cup, perhaps even contributing to his new team's success along the way - well, that, my friends, sticks in my craw just a little.

I don't mind confessing that I am not overfond of that idea, no sir, no way, no how.

I can just about endure the ignominy - I say ignominy - for the greater good of the Panthers beating a team like the Maple Leafs, the Bruins, or, heaven forfend, the Oilers or the Golden Knights. But that is about the extent of noxious bile that I can suppress.

In summation: Go Canucks.

 

[arttk]

Every Toronto-Boston series goes 7 games. It's an inevitability and the universe will not permit any other outcome.

Feels like the leafs losing is the only thing that is inevitable. Trievling made changes to ensure the time required is expedited.

 

[Nomobo]

Marchand at his rattiest.

 

[valkynax]

That goal by JVR was so...wrong.

 

[ziploc]

That goal by JVR was so...wrong.

And yet...so right

 

[DarrenX]

Every Toronto-Boston series goes 7 games. It's an inevitability and the universe will not permit any other outcome.

I think Toronto will change it up this year... they look like they'll be lucky to get past 5.

 

[valkynax]

And yet...so right

And Marchand's PPG just now made it 2-0.

On that JVR goal, it was an unlucky bounce, and then everyone scrambled, finished with Samsonov shitting the bed. So wrong, yet, like you said, so right.

I do have to say the call against Domi for cross check was pretty f***ing weak, it was barely a nudge.