OT: Around the NHL - Give us 101 games of Florida and Tampa!

[Pittsburgh1776]

So...did we still want Lehner?

 

[Ginormousthumbs]

Is that not interference?

 

[cygnus47]

And omg the Avs are absolute savages. They handle the puck so well in the neutral zone, you try to hit them and they just go around you. They want to score every shift. They’ll be hard to stop if they stay healthy.

 

[Dangles78]

Watching the Av's is like playing on rookie mode in NHL 21. Sheeeeeeeesh

 

[Pittsburgh1776]

Deboer has this weird thing with Fleury and did last year too. He always seemed like an idiot to me.

 

[cygnus47]

Can you not challenge that? That seems like an obvious penalty leading to a goal.

 

[Gurglesons]

Avs are about to go on a 2008 Pens run through a bunch of inferior opponents only to get schooled on playoff hockey in the finals by the Lightning or Bruins eh?

 

[vikingGoalie]

I'm sure Fleury will just smile when asked about it, but he's gotta be ticked that he is a vezina candiate, has a .931 in the playoffs so far and is riding the pine.

He *is* 36 and extra rest is never bad if it doesn't lose you the game/series. But if I'm playing with a 1.71GAA and 93%+ save percentage i'd let the coach know exactly what i think of not starting.

i'm gonna reverse course on myself. Fleury played less then 48 hours earlier, he's 36, and if you go back and look at his games he was dynamite the first few and there is a definite tapering off. Either Peter D. is being saavvy and resting MAF, or he's a douche bag and is stabbing him with a sword again. Lehner is getting lit up, if we don't see Fleury for game 2 and on i'd be shocked.

 

[bathroomSTAAL]

I'm in awe. This is a privilege to watch

 

[HuskerTornado]

Ummmm, wow

 

[Pittsburgh1776]

Wow

 

[Turin]

Watching the Bruins Islanders game. Bergeron went for the pass off the pads multiple times and they created chances every time. We haven’t done that in sooo long.

Edit. Boston had more prime chances in game 1 than we had in the first 4 games combined. Wonder if Sully is starting to realise that a defensive system that gives up mostly screened shots from the point isn’t the best idea against a team that can’t do much else.

This just isn’t true. This isn’t like the Islanders 2019. The chances were there. The goals were there. The saves were not.

 

[ZorkEnchanter]

Yeah, this has stubborn Mike Sullivan all over it. I bet Lehner start next game.

 

[Clare2904]

Avs radio commos need to change their pants after that

 

[cygnus47]

Watch for at least one Av to get boarded now and for the refs to do nothing. Reaves throwing punches in play already.

 

[Dangles78]

Deboer has this weird thing with Fleury and did last year too. He always seemed like an idiot to me.

Flower has a .931 (1.71 gaa) this playoffs and is sitting on the bench. This should tell you everything you need to know about DeBoer.

 

[bathroomSTAAL]

MacKinnon true heir to Sid unlike PRETTY BOY McDavid

 

[cygnus47]

This just isn’t true. This isn’t like the Islanders 2019. The chances were there. The goals were there. The saves were not.

Im not saying we didn’t get any chances. I’m saying the Bruins got a lot more.

 

[Gurglesons]

MacKinnon true heir to Sid unlike PRETTY BOY McDavid

yeah. MacKinnon is so much more built for playoff success.

 

[wheelz87]

While we’re speaking of Mac.. dude had a good rookie campaign, then had 3 pretty crappy years. Then turned into a superstar. What happened during those years??

 

[Pittsburgh1776]

I also prefer him to McDavid. McDavid is a lot more one-dimensional than people want to admit. Watching this is definitely memories of the early Pens for sure.

 

[Ginormousthumbs]

Possibly Lehner’s last game as a Knight unless Fleury gets hurt or DB gets dumb again. And I would never want to see Lehner on the Pens.

 

[Gurglesons]

While we’re speaking of Mac.. dude had a good rookie campaign, then had 3 pretty crappy years. Then turned into a superstar. What happened during those years??

diet and commitment issues according to himself. He basically started training with Sid after their WC together and exploded.

 

[Dangles78]

MacKinnon true heir to Sid unlike PRETTY BOY McDavid

I mean....it helps actually having a good GM...team has been constructed almost perfectly.

 

[Ginormousthumbs]

I love that people still can’t spell Fleury’s name right. First time I’ve seen Flurry