Around the League Thread | Playoffs Approaching Edition

[BWJM]

If both Kings and Knights lose today... it will make having Horvat hurt sting extra hard.

 

[StickShift]

One night only—it’s the Edmonton Bro-ilers!

That’s a big out of town result tonight. If it holds.

 

[Paradise Circus]

Go Oilers!



weeirdd

 

[Paradise Circus]

I've never been so excited for a Blue Jackets/Kings game in my life

 

[StickShift]

I've never been so excited for a Blue Jackets/Kings game in my life

We are all… Blue Jackets?

 

[BWJM]

Lets go Blue Jackets! Lets go Sharks!

 

[arttk]

Lol VGK

 

[mathonwy]

Makar just destroyed Staal

 

[mathonwy]

Damn Nate with the spina-rama

 

[canuckking1]

Gaudreau being +55 is bonkers to me. I don't think there's a big cherry picker in the league right now.

 

[vancityluongo]

not that this hasn't been said thousands of times over the past few weeks, but jfc arizona

on the other hand, perfectly happy to see tkachuk and gaudreau pad their stats for the season in an absolutely meaningless game

 

[canuckking1]

not that this hasn't been said thousands of times over the past few weeks, but jfc arizona

on the other hand, perfectly happy to see tkachuk and gaudreau pad their stats for the season in an absolutely meaningless game

2 players likely to put up 100 points. Calgary is gonna be in tough this off season

 

[VanillaCoke]

2 players likely to put up 100 points. Calgary is gonna be in tough this off season

Not really though

 

[Bad Goalie]

Kings win 2-1

 

[canuckking1]

Not really though

Why not? Those are gonna be some extremely pricey contracts and they have a couple of RFA that are due raises.

 

[Melvin]

not that this hasn't been said thousands of times over the past few weeks, but jfc arizona

on the other hand, perfectly happy to see tkachuk and gaudreau pad their stats for the season in an absolutely meaningless game

At least they know they’re garbage.

 

[Jyrki]

I hate bringing up Jimbo over and over, but Tkachuk is about to break 100 points... and Juolevi is a regular scratch in Detroit.

ughhhh

 

[Aphid Attraction]

Gaudreau being +55 is bonkers to me. I don't think there's a big cherry picker in the league right now

Is it even possible for him to go back over half way?

 

[VanillaCoke]

Why not? Those are gonna be some extremely pricey contracts and they have a couple of RFA that are due raises.

They have several options and their rfas should be reasonable.
This year and the next 2 are a clear window I'm sure they're going to go for.

 

[me2]

Arizona must be close to some record or another for most goals against in a 5 game stretch or largest deficit. Off the top of my head I can't remember anything this bad during the cap era.

 

[racerjoe]

I hate bringing up Jimbo over and over, but Tkachuk is about to break 100 points... and Juolevi is a regular scratch in Detroit.

ughhhh

I don’t know if heard, but defenseman take longer.

 

[VanillaCoke]

Arizona must be close to some record or another for most goals against in a 5 game stretch or largest deficit. Off the top of my head I can't remember anything this bad during the cap era.

Just a late season slide with a bunch of youngsters and old garbage.
Surely they'll be way better with half of high-school football crowd for a few years.

 

[AppleHoneySauce]

Arizona must be close to some record or another for most goals against in a 5 game stretch or largest deficit. Off the top of my head I can't remember anything this bad during the cap era.

Detroit when ned was slipping might be as high.

 

[F A N]

@wetcoast
Since Kadri has been out the Avs are on a winning streak and they have Bryam back on defense to make it possibly the best defensive group in the NHL and oh ya Landeskog might be back for the playoffs...the Avs are the team to beat in the west even with their goaltending.

My point is that they have weaknesses. Goaltending is a wild card and they lack C depth. If either Kadri or MacKinnon is out, their 2C is Newhook or Compher. The ability to win in the regular season with key player(s) injured means nothing.

 

[mossey3535]

Grubauer might have sucked for the Kraken but he had decent numbers for Colorado. Maybe he didn't give them totally elite goaltending but they went from being a powerhouse regular season team to getting stymied by Sharks, Stars, and Knight's in the last three years... They've never even made it to the conference final since 2001, and they were last in the quarters in 2010...

I think Colorado is going to choke in the playoffs again, and it's going to be because Bednar won't be able to coach them past a trap team.