Around the League VII

[geebaan]

This is the Jets team that people thought they were

 

[Fire Benning]

This is the Jets team that people thought they were

Patrik Laine redemption tour.

 

[valkynax]

And...the BJs up 2-0

Goodness...

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Stamkos doesnt care about playoff hockey.

 

[EpochLink]

Tampa can kiss my ass, frauds

 

[geebaan]

Winnipeg is gonna have to weather a huge storm here

 

[valkynax]

Yikes Tampa, yikes...

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

If I'm the Tampa GM...I sell Stamkos, Gourde and Sergechev.

Awful performances the past 2 games. Gourde just sucks, legit mailed it in after signing the extention.

 

[geebaan]

Aaaaaand Binnington finally lets in a bad one

Never mind, thought the back handed went straight in

 

[StreetHawk]

If I'm the Tampa GM...I sell Stamkos, Gourde and Sergechev.

Awful performances the past 2 games.

NMC for Stamkos. Gourde, his new contract which contains a full ntc kicks in on July 1. No chance they move the kid D.

 

[Fire Benning]

If I'm the Tampa GM...I sell Stamkos, Gourde and Sergechev.

Awful performances the past 2 games. Gourde just sucks, legit mailed it in after signing the extention.

Overreacting to a disappointing playoff result, always the smart thing to do.

 

[Stormblessed]

Aaaaaand Binnington finally lets in a bad one

Never mind, thought the back handed went straight in

Theres your bad one

 

[geebaan]

Now THAT was his first bad goal haha

 

[TruKnyte]

There goes my work pool, rip

 

[Josepho]

Sergachev is a younger Ristolainen and it'd be smart if Tampa sold high on him.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Overreacting to a disappointing playoff result, always the smart thing to do.

They'll be forced to make moves soon enough. May as well shuffle the deck as their stars have vanished their past 6 playoff games.

 

[DarrenX]

This is the Jets team that people thought they were

They're still fragile... I don't trust them.

 

[pahlsson]

i knew tampa were frauds when we beat them in november

 

[Stormblessed]

I really dont think the Jets have the goaltending to sustain a playoff run, your goalie doesnt have to be amazing (it certainly helps of course) but I just dont see the consistency out of Hellebuyck to make me think he can manage to hold them into a close fought series...

I wouldn't mind being wrong but just don't see it on this one.

 

[StreetHawk]

They'll be forced to make moves soon enough. May as well shuffle the deck as their stars have vanished their past 6 playoff games.

The drawback of having a favourable tax situation is that it only benefits the player if they are still on that team. The only other places that have the same benefits as TB would be FLA, Dal, LV, and possibly Nash.

So, anyone who factored that in and took a lower cap isn’t going to waive and take a pay cut.

Stamkos isn’t going anywhere.
Johnson, Palat have full ntc until July 2021. killorn until July 2020. Gourde kicks in on July 1.

So some guys can’t be moved.

 

[Results]

Columbus dominated this game, but all this really tells us is that 1) Columbus is better than their record, which we knew, 2) that they loaded up at the deadline, which we knew, and that 3) playing without the reigning Art Ross and Norris trophy winners makes your team worse. Which we probably knew.

Also, it helps when your terrible power play is suddenly, impossibly red hot. Who knew?

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Hot take: CBJ wins the cup IF they sweep Tampa
If Tampa wins this series, they win the cup

 

[me2]

Columbus dominated this game, but all this really tells us is that 1) Columbus is better than their record, which we knew, 2) that they loaded up at the deadline, which we knew, and that 3) playing without the reigning Art Ross and Norris trophy winners makes your team worse. Which we probably knew.

Also, it helps when your terrible power play is suddenly, impossibly red hot. Who knew?

any decent playoff team, which CBJ is, can win 3 in row, even 4 in a row. Even good to great teams can lose a few in a row as Tampa are doing. Teams do these sorts of runs all the time. Even a terrible team like Buffalo went on a huge winning streak during the season. The worrying thing for Tampa is not that they are losing but that they don't look good in these games.

 

[Boose Brudreau]

Columbus dominated this game, but all this really tells us is that 1) Columbus is better than their record, which we knew, 2) that they loaded up at the deadline, which we knew, and that 3) playing without the reigning Art Ross and Norris trophy winners makes your team worse. Which we probably knew.

Also, it helps when your terrible power play is suddenly, impossibly red hot. Who knew?

playoff hockey is a different animal; finesse doesn't get you so far.....and unbalanced teams get exposed.

 

[geebaan]

Vegas is soooo good. I’m completely jealous of that team.