Miscellaneous NHL Talk XLI -- It's bigger than "humongous"

[patrick kitchin]

Missed it. What happened?

After Oshie scored he was punching the bench and snapped his stick on purpose.

 

[patrick kitchin]

So the day after the Leafs meltdown...they had an optional skate. And as far as I can see. most took it off except Nylander was mentioned as being there.

You would almost think, after that kind of night, that Keefe would have a mandatory practice and just bag skate them. Have a whole practice with no pucks. But nope, day off. Then on to sunny Tampa on Monday for a game Tuesday....then Florida Thursday. That will be 2 games to see how they react to all this....and possibly the deadline deals.

5 of their next 6 are on the road:

at Tampa
at Florida
Home vs Canucks
at SJ
at LA
at Ducks

Maybe getting away from Toronto will be the best thing for them. But man, it's some funny up here going from "worst game of the year" vs Pitt, to "best game of the year" vs Pitt, to "lost to a zamboni driver".

What a great 5 days it has been!

That was my favorite non flyer game in a long time last night. Awesome story from the Canes side anyway.

 

[Stizzle]

Or maybe he meant Milano for Sanheim. We can only hope.

I think one poster was so upset Milano went one pick ahead and we ended up taking Sanheim that he erased his account and quit the board.

That draft night was pretty entertaining here.

 

[patrick kitchin]

Sharks pulling off the upset here would be huge.

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

Go Sharks!!!!

They have looked really bad lately... can’t see it happening, but hoping for an upset.

 

[patrick kitchin]

They have looked really bad lately... can’t see it happening, but hoping for an upset.

Not looking horrible so far.

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

Not looking horrible so far.

I meant in general. For some reason I’ve seen them a few times lately and they have looked disinterested.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Guys. GUYS.


Their own Zamboni driver.

 

[Tripod]

Guys. GUYS.


Their own Zamboni driver.

Did you all know, that Ayers was the practice goalie today.....for the Toronto Maple Leafs optional skate?

Talk about rubbing it in " maybe I will bring the game puck to show them"

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Did you all know, that Ayers was the practice goalie today.....for the Toronto Maple Leafs optional skate?

Talk about rubbing it in " maybe I will bring the game puck to show them"

Could be a strong reason why so few attended the optional skate.

 

[DancingPanther]

Guys. GUYS.


Their own Zamboni driver.

On hockey night in Canada

 

[Striiker]

 

[Tripod]

It is crazy that he allowed the 1st 2 goals on the 1st 2 shots...then settled in.

Also funny as hell that Andersson allowed 3 goals during that same timeframe.

 

[patrick kitchin]

Islanders aren't going away. I just realized I gotta root for the Rangers Tue. Yuck.

 

[Tripod]

Islanders aren't going away. I just realized I gotta root for the Rangers Tue. Yuck.

Rangers are not going away either....and we play them 3 more times.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Tampa signed Bogosian.

 

[Curufinwe]

Hartnell looks to be in better shape than when he was playing.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Kovalchuk to Washington.

 

[tictactoe]

Kovy and Ovy. Not bad.

 

[Striiker]

Panarin is going nuts for the Rags...

1st in the league in 5v5 points (54)
4th in the league total points (83)

A 23 point gap between him and 2nd place on his team in scoring.
To compare, that's like the gap between our top scorer (Couturier with 55) and our 7th place scorer (Provorov with 31).

His most common linemate is Strome and...

Strome with Panarin (783:39)
57.57 CF%
60.91 xGF%

Strome without Panarin (437:34)
33.06 CF%
33.57 xGF%

 

[wankstifier]

Panarin is going nuts for the Rags...

1st in the league in 5v5 points (54)
4th in the league total points (83)

A 23 point gap between him and 2nd place on his team in scoring.
To compare, that's like the gap between our top scorer (Couturier with 55) and our 7th place scorer (Provorov with 31).

His most common linemate is Strome and...

Strome with Panarin (783:39)
57.57 CF%
60.91 xGF%

Strome without Panarin (437:34)
33.06 CF%
33.57 xGF%

Bummer he didn’t want to go to Philadelphia. He’s amazing

 

[Ironmanrulez]

Steve Dangle on the Leafs loss to Carolina and their Zamboni Driver ;D

priceless ;D

Saw the game life. So sweet to see the leafs got beat like that!

 

[Lord Defect]

Good for Ayers. I just watched that highlight and I have a huge goofy smile on my face for him.

 

[flyersjim73]

Panarin is going nuts for the Rags...

1st in the league in 5v5 points (54)
4th in the league total points (83)

A 23 point gap between him and 2nd place on his team in scoring.
To compare, that's like the gap between our top scorer (Couturier with 55) and our 7th place scorer (Provorov with 31).

His most common linemate is Strome and...

Strome with Panarin (783:39)
57.57 CF%
60.91 xGF%

Strome without Panarin (437:34)
33.06 CF%
33.57 xGF%

Panarin is going nuts for the Rags...

1st in the league in 5v5 points (54)
4th in the league total points (83)

A 23 point gap between him and 2nd place on his team in scoring.
To compare, that's like the gap between our top scorer (Couturier with 55) and our 7th place scorer (Provorov with 31).

To be fair, Zibanejad has played 12 less games than Panarin. He has had a damn good year as well.

 

[Striiker]

To be fair, Zibanejad has played 12 less games than Panarin. He has had a damn good year as well.

Sure, I didn't mean to imply that Panarin was the only one playing well, just that he's had the biggest impact on the team.

It's not Zibanejads fault he was hurt, but if he's not in the lineup then he can't help the team.