GDT: NHL Playoffs

[NHL1674]

Hurricanes making it look easy. What must that feel like? We are so SO far away from being a competitive team that it's sickening. These next few seasons are going to suck arse.

 

[2Pair]

Hurricanes making it look easy. What must that feel like? We are so SO far away from being a competitive team that it's sickening. These next few seasons are going to suck arse.

You see an average team making a run as a bad sign for the Wild?

 

[Wabit]

I didn't think the NYI would go far in the Playoffs this year. They don't have an elite player; and goalie tandems are great in the Regular season, but don't work in the Playoffs. They are a sound team overall, but a more talented would be their demise (kind of like the Yeo Wild).

 

[thestonedkoala]

Hurricanes making it look easy. What must that feel like? We are so SO far away from being a competitive team that it's sickening. These next few seasons are going to suck arse.

Based off the forums we are going to be a legitimate contender next year as this year was a fluke.

 

[Digitalbooya]

I’m so happy Carolina kicked the shit out of the Islanders.

 

[NHL1674]

Thank you for finishing it tonight, Bruins!

Nino vs. Coyle

 

[NHL1674]

Hell yeah, Burns!!!!

 

[NHL1674]

Landy should be in the box for the crosscheck after the goal.

 

[NHL1674]

Arghh...of course dip@#$! scores the winner.

 

[Wild11MN]

Blues up 25-2 in SOG since some point in the first period!

Still tied at 1.

 

[gphr513]

Shots 31-3 since the 1st period, wow.

I'd be nervous as f*** if I was a St. Louis fan

 

[Wild11MN]

My goodness, how can St. Louis not score?? It just feels like Dallas will win on a counter-attack.

 

[Bazeek]

I didn't like it at the time, but holy **** does the O'Reilly trade look bad now.

 

[57special]

I wish I could believe that Dubnyk could ever deliver the level of playoff goaltending that we are seeing this year from Rask, Bishop, and Binnington. He always let's in the one softy, and in the playoffs, that is one too many.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I didn't like it at the time, but holy **** does the O'Reilly trade look bad now.

Yeah, probably would’ve been nice to get in on that action.

 

[Wild11MN]

Go Sharks go!

 

[Hall of Faber]

Good to see the hockey gods repaid the Avs back on offsides after our game 5 in 2014....

 

[Dakota Sioux]

 

[AKL]

Dougie Hamilton is having a great night for the Bruins

 

[Bazeek]

I like the Ninos, but methinks the Coyles take this series.

 

[Engebretson]

Dougie Hamilton is having a great night for the Bruins

He makes up for his play with dat mullet

 

[OmazingGrace]

I truly think the worst move the Wild ever made was trading Burns.

 

[AKL]

I truly think the worst move the Wild ever made was trading Burns.

Yeah we would have been much better off letting him walk in free agency like Gaborik

 

[SupremeNachos]

Yeah we would have been much better off letting him walk in free agency like Gaborik

Or being exactly where we are now.

 

[BagHead]

Or being exactly where we are now.

True, we really can't say for certain. And over the course of time, the moves tend to level out. Three generations down the line, a piece in a bad trade turns into an AHL player who you trade for a cap dump and a draft pick that turns into a superstar, who you let go for nothing, then sign a mediocre player using that saved cap space, and begin the cycle again.

I don't think our team would be much better at this point if we'd been able to handle Gaborik or even Burns differently. Those years where we were good but not great probably would have come sooner, but with different players, but even that's hard to say for sure. Gaborik fell off just before Burns took off. We could have Gaborik and Burns, but probably wouldn't have Dumba and Brodin, and definitely wouldn't have Suter.