NHL Around the NHL XXIV - Bubble Hockey Continues..............

[KrejciMVP]

Kevin Bieska said last night that Milan Lucic is still the top sheriff in the game, high praise from a former Canuck. Don't know what Beaulieu was thinking when he challenged Lucic to that fight last night.

Would be nice to Lucic to help his team to a finals berth. Calgary definitely won't be pushed around.

 

[Blowfish]

Sorry, but it is the playoffs for those 2 teams and I don't see how the Jets not having a couple of their big guns does anything whatsoever to detract from the reality that Milan Lucic played well in that series. Like somehow the presence of Scheifele and Laine would make Lucic contribute far less than he did? C'mon Blowfish you're better than this.

We shall see...that Jet team is not quality. That's a fact. Normally is but not this play in round.

The playoffs will be a completely different story with a complete team like the Avs or the Blues.

 

[JCRO]

Kevin Bieska said last night that Milan Lucic is still the top sheriff in the game, high praise from a former Canuck. Don't know what Beaulieu was thinking when he challenged Lucic to that fight last night.

Wow the linesmen actually let them go! I am shocked.

 

[KrejciMVP]

Wow the linesmen actually let them go! I am shocked.

that was great by Lucic

 

[UConn126]

hahahahahahahahahahha

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(breathe)

Hahahahahahahahahahahahah

I'll have what you're havin'!


6 potential elimination games today, how many teams do we think make it to the weekend?

Personally, I think Florida and Minnesota are done today. If I had to pick a third lock to lose, I'm goin Pitt, because I feel like Crosby and Malkin have never played well, especially in the playoffs, against Julien coached teams (I have no empirical evidence to back up such a bold claim though).

Nashville and Edmonton can certainly still win I think, though I am actively rooting the Coyotes in that series.

Toronto-Columbus will be interesting for sure. This will be the ultimate test for Toronto's young guns to see if they can learn from their previous failures and get it done when it matters most.

Should be a great day of hockey!

 

[Fenway]

HF Sportsbook odds for Friday 8/7

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[Fenway]

 

[mikelvl]

Matt

I'll have what you're havin'!


6 potential elimination games today, how many teams do we think make it to the weekend?

Personally, I think Florida and Minnesota are done today. If I had to pick a third lock to lose, I'm goin Pitt, because I feel like Crosby and Malkin have never played well, especially in the playoffs, against Julien coached teams (I have no empirical evidence to back up such a bold claim though).

Nashville and Edmonton can certainly still win I think, though I am actively rooting the Coyotes in that series.

Toronto-Columbus will be interesting for sure. This will be the ultimate test for Toronto's young guns to see if they can learn from their previous failures and get it done when it matters most.

Should be a great day of hockey!

Duchene might be the ultimate cooler.

 

[Grimey]

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Coach should just teach that whole team the Heimlich maneuver

 

[Fenway]

 

[Bruinaura]

Me preparing to watch the Leafs game tonight

 

[smithformeragent]

 

[Caper Bruins fan]

Any ideas as far as what the schedule will look like next round ? Do they start up on Wednesday?

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

Any ideas as far as what the schedule will look like next round ? Do they start up on Wednesday?

NHL is showing commercials for Tuesday.

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

Angry Fishsticks score first.

 

[prizminferno]

Isles goal

we're gonna control our destiny to play a very weak team

 

[Caper Bruins fan]

Isles goal

we're gonna control our destiny to play a very weak team

So if the islanders win today and the Bruins win on Sunday we get the Islanders ?

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

Beauvillier can't stop scoring....2-0 Gordon's Fishermen

 

[prizminferno]

So if the islanders win today and the Bruins win on Sunday we get the Islanders ?

As long as Montreal closes out Pitt, which seems likely

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

 

[talkinaway]

NHL is showing commercials for Tuesday.

Monday is their travel day - no reason they shouldn't be playing on Tuesday.

They did explicitly block off the tenth on the initial playoff schedule. I imagine each site will have early and late games - 1/7-ish in Toronto and 4/10-ish in Edmonton would likely give wall-to-wall hockey. They might adjust the late game in Edmonton, particularly if there are Central time zone teams. While Bruins potentially playing at 1 on a weekday sucks, it gives them max time to prep the ice, along with a good buffer in case of OT games.

The good news is for round 2 and round 3, the active arenas only have 4 teams (or 2 matches) each. By playing every other day, each arena should have 1 game per day except for weekends, so no weird game times.

 

[smithformeragent]

Probably wouldn’t be the worst thing to give the ice surfaces a bit of a breather, even if it’s just for a day.

They’ve been taking an absolute beating.

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

Monday is their travel day - no reason they shouldn't be playing on Tuesday.

They did explicitly block off the tenth on the initial playoff schedule. I imagine each site will have early and late games - 1/7-ish in Toronto and 4/10-ish in Edmonton would likely give wall-to-wall hockey. They might adjust the late game in Edmonton, particularly if there are Central time zone teams. While Bruins potentially playing at 1 on a weekday sucks, it gives them max time to prep the ice, along with a good buffer in case of OT games.

The good news is for round 2 and round 3, the active arenas only have 4 teams (or 2 matches) each. By playing every other day, each arena should have 1 game per day except for weekends, so no weird game times.

I'm concerned about the ice. Glad that by design it will get better as the rounds go on.

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

That empty net.....

 

[Bruinaura]