NHL: Around the League 46

[RayP]

IMO that team was more annoying than dirty.

Yeah I don’t think they were anymore dirty than a typical team in the playoffs. It was just magnified with the diving at the same time.


Although I guess they did have Torres for a bit, but he’s kind of his own special issue.

Was it? Either way I'll take it.

Maybe, but could be wrong. And same!

 

[Pez68]

Refs doing their best to "manage the game" and keep Tampa in it. What a f***ing joke.

 

[deytookerjaabs]

Refs doing their job.

 

[CourtneyDagger50]

So only Tampa can get away with murder. Not Florida.

Got it.

 

[Pez68]

So only Tampa can get away with murder. Not Florida.

Got it.

The hit Stamkos threw when he buried a guy from behind was way worse than the one they just called.

 

[CourtneyDagger50]

The hit Stamkos threw when he buried a guy from behind was way worse than the one they just called.

And Acciari getting his knee taken out in the neutral zone

 

[Crow]

Great game in florida

 

[RayP]

I would pay money to watch/listen to a version of this game with the players and refs mic’d up.

 

[Pez68]

I would pay money to watch/listen to a version of this game with the players and refs mic’d up.

It would have to be on HBO. Seriously.

The league would never do it because the casual fan would be "appalled".

 

[CourtneyDagger50]

I would pay money to watch/listen to a version of this game with the players and refs mic’d up.

Imagine how much the league could make if they offered something like that?!

 

[deytookerjaabs]

It would have to be on HBO. Seriously.

The league would never do it because the casual fan would be "appalled".

NHL would get cancelled.

 

[RayP]

It would have to be on HBO. Seriously.

The league would never do it because the casual fan would be "appalled".

I know they’d never do it, but man would it be awesome.

 

[BobbyJet]

Eh, I don’t care if they meet now or in the ECF in a normal season just as long as they match up.

I disagree. These two teams are among the best in the league. It's a crime that one has to be eliminated in the first round.
It happens every year where good teams meet immediately. It is why I have called for the format of 1 vs 16 etc...or at the very least 1 vs 8 in each conference. But the NHL thinks their format creates rivalries which they think is more important than seeing the best teams in the finals.

 

[RayP]

I disagree. These two teams are among the best in the league. It's a crime that one has to be eliminated in the first round.
It happens every year where good teams meet immediately. It is why I have called for the format of 1 vs 16 etc...or at the very least 1 vs 8 in each conference. But the NHL thinks their format creates rivalries which they think is more important than seeing the best teams in the finals.

You have to beat good to great teams along the way. As a neutral fan I’d rather seem the play now while they’re both as healthy as they’re going to be in the playoffs.

 

[RayP]

Not sure why Q didn’t use his timeout there with 30 seconds left..... guess he’s trying to keep tired Tampa players on the ice.

 

[Styles]

Okay getting pumped for Canucks/Flames

 

[nmgrbhfn]

Okay getting pumped for Canucks/Flames

Love Hawk's board sense of humor!

 

[BobbyJet]

You have to beat good to great teams along the way. As a neutral fan I’d rather seem the play now while they’re both as healthy as they’re going to be in the playoffs.

Perhaps as a fan you enjoy that but it isn't fair to the teams that earn their spot in the RS. A top team shouldn't be up against another top team immediately.... and besides, the playoffs are a marathon and a matter of survival of the fittest. Winning a series later is much more difficult than sooner. Say TB win this one in the first round - that might not be the case if the same two teams met later in the playoffs

 

[RayP]

Bobrovsky made a few flashy saves here and there but at the end of the day let his team down for a guy with a 10M cap hit.

 

[CourtneyDagger50]

Bobrovsky made a few flashy saves here and there but at the end of the day let his team down for a guy with a 10M cap hit.

Rinse and repeat. I woulda started Driedger

 

[RayP]

Perhaps as a fan you enjoy that but it isn't fair to the teams that earn their spot in the RS. A top team shouldn't be up against another top team immediately.... and besides, the playoffs are a marathon and a matter of survival of the fittest. Winning a series later is much more difficult than sooner. Say TB win this one in the first round - that might not be the case if the same two teams met later in the playoffs

Yes, as a fan I enjoy seeing two of the top teams playing at their best and healthiest.

 

[deytookerjaabs]

Rinse and repeat. I woulda started Driedger

That'll be interesting to see. Personally, Bobs would be backup all series for me but I've never liked his game much and thought that contract was terribad from the get go.



Oh, let us not forget that one Tampa goal that was a Forsling shot/pinch gone wrong boom breakaway the other way and then Tampa almost got another in the third after Forsling has his pocket picked in the slot.

Some things never change!

 

[BobbyJet]

I wonder what JD thought of the Panther/Lightning game? A bunch of ruffians with the refs not calling every insignificant infraction they detected.... making for a great hockey game. The best game of the season to date and much more to come.

 

[Pez68]

I wonder what JD thought of the Panther/Lightning game? A bunch of ruffians with the refs not calling every insignificant infraction they detected.... making for a great hockey game. The best game of the season to date and much more to come.

It was a terribly officiated game. Multiple dangerous, reckless hits were ignored on both sides. I counted four missed knee on knee penalties. I counted at least four boarding penalties. Four to five elbows... A handful of charging penalties.

Want to know why players from 20-30 years ago are all meatheads, vegetables, and in danger of substance abuse/suicide? Officiating like this. Bravo for old school hockey, I guess? But hey, the boomer enjoyed it.

 

[crazyhawk]

Calgary with the two points. One more win Flames .. one more win!