General 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs Talk

[Soldier13Fox]

I’m actually for Dallas since I hate the Aves more, so I hope I can reverse jinx them.

Good job!

 

[Soldier13Fox]

Thatcher Demko ... wow.

 

[HotDish]

Ah the 2nd round chuck fletcher exit special, followed up in the first round exit in a few years.

 

[57special]

was just thinking the same thing. I like Fletcher, but his teams have a habit of choking. Giroux and Konecny(an untouchable, according to Philly fans), were MIA.

 

[TaLoN]

was just thinking the same thing. I like Fletcher, but his teams have a habit of choking. Giroux and Konecny(an untouchable, according to Philly fans), were MIA.

Yeah, two instrumental Flyer players that Fletcher was responsible for acquiring....oh... wait...

 

[HotDish]

Dallas is in and now we wait to see who joins them.

I’m interested in see if Vegas tries to do any big tweaks this offseason.

go eastern conference!

 

[AKL]

Blaming Fletcher for PHI losing to NYI is next level dementia

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Anyone else kinda just want the playoffs to be over so we can start looking towards the draft? Go Tampa

 

[Minnesnota]

Anyone else kinda just want the playoffs to be over so we can start looking towards the draft? Go Tampa

Hopefully Tampa closes things out tonight and we can have SCF start on Friday.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Cirelli might be one of the best defensive forwards I’ve watched all year. So smart. Always in the righ position and he is just a workhorse down-low. Anders Lee is having trouble with him in the corners.

 

[thestonedkoala]

Another OT game.

 

[HotDish]

Cirelli with the game winner.

 

[thestonedkoala]

Cirelli with the game winner.

Most Southern Stanley Cup Final. Lol and they are playing in Canada. Wonder how that feels?

 

[AJ Thelen]

Dobby is keeping up his good play.
https://twitter.com/drosennhl/status/1307544235957252096?s=21

 

[Wild11MN]

I've been having a hard time getting excited for this SCF for some reason.

 

[Minnesnota]

I've been having a hard time getting excited for this SCF for some reason.

Dallas is terribly boring to watch and I think everyone knows Tampa is going to win this series.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Stammer being back made that game exciting, but I agree the cup finals just feel eh this year. It’s so hard to watch with no fans. I’ll probably watch on Saturday if it’s an elimination game

 

[Webster]

Looks like the Bolts will bring the Cup home, playing very physical and the Stars got spanked last night.

I wish Hedman was a member of the Wild...

 

[Wild11MN]

Stammer being back made that game exciting, but I agree the cup finals just feel eh this year. It’s so hard to watch with no fans. I’ll probably watch on Saturday if it’s an elimination game

Yeah honestly I think not having fans affects the watchability in some way. It just feels less exciting to me.

 

[HotDish]

Yeah I have watched pretty much every round except the finals. I just don't find Dallas interesting and while the Bolts aren't bad to watch. I feel like i know what I'm going to get from them each game.

 

[Wild11MN]

Very interesting article about life in the bubble. Sounds like the NHL mis-advertised some of the benefits. It also sounds pretty clear that NHL players would not sign off on any sort of bubble for the regular season.

NHL bubble confidential: Go inside the Toronto and Edmonton playoff hubs

 

[TaLoN]

Very interesting article about life in the bubble. Sounds like the NHL mis-advertised some of the benefits. It also sounds pretty clear that NHL players would not sign off on any sort of bubble for the regular season.

NHL bubble confidential: Go inside the Toronto and Edmonton playoff hubs

A bubble for an 82 game regular season just doesn't seem practical. Playoffs is one thing, much smaller in scale, fewer games etc. Regular season is just too big for a bubble.

 

[Wild11MN]

A bubble for an 82 game regular season just doesn't seem practical. Playoffs is one thing, much smaller in scale, fewer games etc. Regular season is just too big for a bubble.

There's been some talk about some sort of rotating bubble. Like four bubbles with 8 teams each, they all play each other for a while, then a break and rotate teams/locations.

I don't think that's a viable solution at all, but I've seen it mentioned a few times.

 

[TaLoN]

There's been some talk about some sort of rotating bubble. Like four bubbles with 8 teams each, they all play each other for a while, then a break and rotate teams/locations.

I don't think that's a viable solution at all, but I've seen it mentioned a few times.

Sounds like a convoluted mess to me.

 

[Wild11MN]

Then there's the Canada problem. Talk of an all-Canadian division for a year because of travel/quarantine restrictions between the US/Canada still.

Who knows, a lot can change in three months, but I think the logistics would make for an interesting season if they don't make an exception there.