Around the NHL 2019 - 2020

[hockey diva]

Now, they are dead.

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

Top seeds in both conferences look like they're about to go 1-8 in the playoffs.

 

[drwpreds]

Every time I watch another team's power play another little piece of my soul dies

 

[Cashville]

Playoff Colin Wilson with 2g; rip Flames

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

Playoff Colin Wilson with 2g; rip Flames

That's 5 less goals than James Neal has this year.

 

[drwpreds]

Top seeds in both conferences look like they're about to go 1-8 in the playoffs.

And the top 4 overall teams in the league are 5-13

 

[Aardvarksson]

Rantanen is scoring at will lol

 

[PredsV82]

Why the hell couldnt Smith have been a sieve like this in 2012?

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

This Smartfeed thing that they put between the posting box and the links to get back to the board you're on are awful. No, I won't also like whatever it is you're suggesting I might like.

 

[Mass]

Calgary getting spanked like that is low-key awesome. No more diving hobbit until next year.

 

[sparkle twin]

So far, home teams in a game 5:

Calgary (trailing 3-1) - L
San Jose (trailing 3-1) - W
Winnipeg (tied 2-2) - L
Boston (tied 2-2) - L

NYI - no game 5 needed
TB - no game 5 needed

Washington (tied 2-2) - ?
Nashville (tied 2-2) - ?

 

[Scoresberg]

Also, seems like this year you can see that the teams that were playing well down the stretch into the playoffs are carrying that momentum there. Hasn't always been the case.

 

[Scoresberg]

Also, put me into the Avs' bandwagon if the Preds go out here in round 1.

 

[NoNecksCurse]

Also, put me into the Avs' bandwagon if the Preds go out here in round 1.

ill jump on dallas' bandwagon.

 

[PredsV82]

Also, put me into the Avs' bandwagon if the Preds go out here in round 1.

ill jump on dallas' bandwagon.

Ill be back for the draft.... only time i actually bandwagoned was when Chicago got Kimmo a Cup

 

[NoNecksCurse]

Ill be back for the draft.... only time i actually bandwagoned was when Chicago got Kimmo a Cup

bandwagon may not be the right term.

I'll be half way zoned out after we are out and will root for Dallas in the games I watch since they are a southern team in Texas. that shit drives the up north snobs crazy. Carolina in the east.

 

[PredsV82]

bandwagon may not be the right term.

I'll be half way zoned out after we are out and will root for Dallas in the games I watch since they are a southern team in Texas. that **** drives the up north snobs crazy. Carolina in the east.

I get what you mean. I suppose if it came to it id root for the Isles because of Trotz and how big a dagger to the heart of Toronto it would be if they won.

 

[NoNecksCurse]

I get what you mean. I suppose if it came to it id root for the Isles because of Trotz and how big a dagger to the heart of Toronto it would be if they won.

damn forgot about trotzy! islanders too then

 

[drwpreds]

So far, home teams in a game 5:

Calgary (trailing 3-1) - L
San Jose (trailing 3-1) - W
Winnipeg (tied 2-2) - L
Boston (tied 2-2) - L

NYI - no game 5 needed
TB - no game 5 needed

Washington (tied 2-2) - ?
Nashville (tied 2-2) - ?

Maybe the Preds will look around at what is happening and take some extra motivation in the fact that as bad as things feel right now with the Preds, we actually are in better shape at this moment than:
Tampa
Boston
Pittsburgh
Winnipeg
Calgary
San Jose

 

[drwpreds]

The playoffs are always so fascinating- the twists and turns in a given series. Take the Calgary/Colorado series.

Avs with a dominant performance, win in 5 games.

But if you really look at it-

Calgary won game 1 in a blowout

And in 2 of the other 4 games, had a lead in an empty net situation in the final 2+ minutes.

What happens if they don't blow the lead at home in game 2?

They easily could have been up 3-1 going into last night- yet are now going home in 5

You see stuff like that all the time in playoff series- fascinating stuff....

 

[Armourboy]

Yeah while it looks like Colorado dominated the series that one could have been very different. Still the two best regular season teams are sitting at home, crazy.

 

[INDhockeyfan]

I never really thought Calgary would go very far. They may have had the most points in the west but felt like they weren't really that good and didn't have any playoff experience as a favorite. It is much easier to be the underdog. I really think anybody can win the cup this year.

 

[bdub24]

Fun to see someone who the canadian hockey media tried their damndest to prop up when he came into the league (Johnny Hockey, really?) absolutely expose himself as the little bitch he actually is.

 

[LCPreds]

So this is what you get if you suck for a decade? Granted I wouldn't trade our 10 year run for Colorado's but they're stacked now thanks to those top picks. I'm not convinced the Preds aren't at their absolute ceiling simply due to an inability for Poile to let them truly suck.

Crazy to think the only reason we even have Jones --> Joey is because of a Duchene offsides that didn't get called.

 

[hockey diva]

The way the NHL is now, you have to build from within and add as needed. And the fact that we almost always finish middle of the pack draft-wise means we never have a chance at a Mackinnon or McJesus. On the flip side, the fan base here is fickle and probably would not support the team if we were basement dwellers.