OT: Around the NHL: Is the North division set yet?

[TNT87]

You could see that coming in that sequence after the Avs couldn't convert on their odd man break.

 

[FreeBobbyFarnham]

That Vegas team never quits

 

[Tom Hanks]

Lol NBCs take is Ryan Reaves in the game would make the difference. Brutal take. I don’t know, maybe your goalie doesn’t try a cross bodied catch on a lob short side with 1 second left in a period.

Mike Milbury enters the chat …… looking for his job back

 

[canadianguy77]

Now we see if the Avalanche have the mettle to become champions.

 

[Shady Machine]

Damn I went downstairs for 10 minutes and it’s 2-2. Crazy shit

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Two awful turnovers go the other way for goals. Self-inflicted mistakes.

Burakovsky and Landeskog. Girard completely abandoned March next to the net too. Ugh.

 

[Gurglesons]

That Vegas team never quits

They literally quit until Burky gave the game away lol.

 

[Gurglesons]

LOL Rantanen...

 

[FreeBobbyFarnham]

They literally quit until Burky gave the game away lol.

I mean they still had to score another goal to tie it up.

 

[Gurglesons]

Nichuskin missing every opportunity ever. He is truly west coast ZAR.

 

[Shady Machine]

Nichushken can’t shoot for dick

Edit: I can’t spell his name for dick

 

[BHD]

I don't have a problem with Trotz, but I'm also not going to pretend I've ever enjoyed watching any team he's coached.

I respect him, but if every coach coached the way he did this sport would be boring as piss. I doubt Islanders fans care about that and he hardly shackled the Caps offense down while there, but few coaches can get rosters to consistently overperform like he has.

Either way his career arc is an interesting one. His teams have won at least as many playoff games in 3 of the past 4 seasons than they did in any of his first 18 seasons coaching. 15 years with the Predators and they never once won 7 playoff games in one Spring and suddenly he's the coach who gets the playoffs.

Of course if the referees called penalties by the book and not by the scenario it'd all come crashing down, but you can't begrudge the guy for coaching his team to do what the refs steadfastly refuse to call in the playoffs.

Winning the Cup really changed how people view him. Prior to that, the knock on him was that he could only coach teams - average or outstanding - to the first or second round. His teams would would put together wins in the regular season, but could never follow it up in the postseason.

 

[ZorkEnchanter]

That Vegas team never quits

Yeah these are two fun teams to watch. (They kinda quit that 1st game tho)

 

[FreeBobbyFarnham]

I would kill to have Tuch on our team. He'd look great with Geno.

 

[Dangles78]

my only complaint with MacK is that he tries to do too much himself. Like dude, look at your supporting cast....use them.

 

[Pittsburgh1776]

MacKinnon is going to get wrecked coming across the blueline one of these days. He skates with his head down.