League News: NHL Talk - (News n' Scores n' Stuff) - 2020 Bubble Hockey Edition - Vol. 9

[Devil Dancer]

This is a good outcome, I don't really hate either of these teams.

 

[Calicaps]

Perfect start the SCF. Bravo!

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Awesome win for the Finnish Stars!

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Tampa needs to make some adjustments. Dallas outplayed them most the game like the score shows.

I wonder if playing metro trap teams like CBJ and NYI made tamp forgot how to open it up. Dallas definitely not a trap team and looked way faster.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

and if Tampa shits the bed in the finals I think Cooper might be fired. Babcock would definitely be interesting in that group of players

 

[sycamore]

I was almost certain Dallas would take game 1. Tampa coming off 2 OT games, only having one day off before Game 1, going
up against a rested Dallas team. Too much to handle.

Still think they will win the series though.

 

[sycamore]

I hate the Eagles more than the Cowboys so I don’t really care about another team from Dallas winning. I’d like to see Pavelski get a cup also, let’s go Stars.

Are you sure you're from Washington?

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Most Cowboys fans in DC don’t even know the Stars are in the finals

 

[Langway]

and if Tampa shits the bed in the finals I think Cooper might be fired. Babcock would definitely be interesting in that group of players

Nah. Not much to be done about it if they lose IMO. Just re-structure the roster yet again and keep building. I still think they need a bit more size up front. Maroon is not nearly enough. Coleman & Goodrow are dogged but aren't that big.

I don't think it'll be a sweep or anything but there's a fair bit of Cbussing to the Stars. They can play it any way they need to and have the speed to be dangerous on the counter-attack. Tampa will be better but they're going to be on the losing side of the attrition war.

 

[max21]

Are you sure you're from Washington?

I’m from VA beach but have had way worse interactions with Eagles fans than cowboy fans.

 

[g00n]

I’m from VA beach but have had way worse interactions with Eagles fans than cowboy fans.

This is always going to be the case because of the fan dynamics, but from a rivalry standpoint Dallas is enemy #1.

Philly fans are very....animated and confident and irreverent...compared to most other fans. But that's for every sport. That's just the city. It's a regional pride. There aren't many Iggles bandwagoners nationwide, even after the SB win.

I don't see the same from Dallas fans. Most Cowboys fans are bandwagoners who actually secretly enjoy the back and forth with WFT fans. I know may of them, and none care one bit about other Texas teams. Because both WFT and Cowboys have sucked for so long the rivalry is much cooler than it was in the 70s, 80s, and early 90s, which also makes things more collegial instead of hostile.

You will see Philly fans rooting against DC in all sports. Cowboys fans usually couldn't care less about the Wizards, Capitals, or Nats and may even root for them. But they will never root openly for WFT.

 

[Corby78]

Most Cowboys fans in DC don’t even know the Stars are in the finals

probably because most cowboy fans aren’t from dallas

 

[tenken00]

This is always going to be the case because of the fan dynamics, but from a rivalry standpoint Dallas is enemy #1.

Philly fans are very....animated and confident and irreverent...compared to most other fans. But that's for every sport. That's just the city. It's a regional pride. There aren't many Iggles bandwagoners nationwide, even after the SB win.

I don't see the same from Dallas fans. Most Cowboys fans are bandwagoners who actually secretly enjoy the back and forth with WFT fans. I know may of them, and none care one bit about other Texas teams. Because both WFT and Cowboys have sucked for so long the rivalry is much cooler than it was in the 70s, 80s, and early 90s, which also makes things more collegial instead of hostile.

You will see Philly fans rooting against DC in all sports. Cowboys fans usually couldn't care less about the Wizards, Capitals, or Nats and may even root for them. But they will never root openly for WFT.

There's a lot of Cowboys fans that grew up in DC and has never set foot in Texas. These people are the origin of trolls.

 

[chilimac]

40+ years listening to and watching the Caps and last night’s game was the first Finals game that I have ever watched that didnt involve the Caps. In the past, when the Caps season was over, then I was ‘done’ with hockey until the next season started... but I must say that I enjoyed last night’s game and outcome.

 

[BallardEra]

Go Stars.

I remember my younger brother being a Minnesota North Stars fan since the Broten, Beaupre and Ciccarelli days.

Way back in the 1980s our mom bought him a Minnesota jersey with no numbers or decals on it. Just the Minnesota colours. I remember taking a black marker and writing a big 20 on the back of it along with Ciccarelli's name.

My brother wore it with such pride and growing up in Toronto he always hated the Leafs.

 

[Lobodomy]

Awesome win for the Finnish Stars!

 

[Corby78]

I love hockey

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Stamkos playing??

 

[Corby78]

Caps played physical won the cup
Blues played physical won the cup
Stars playing physical.....

 

[caps4cup]

Pens apparently trading Hornqvist for Matheson. Yikes...

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Pens apparently trading Hornqvist for Matheson. Yikes...

Please oh please let this trade go through.

 

[max21]

Pens board is comical right now lmaooooo

 

[caps4cup]

Pens board is comical right now lmaooooo

It’s funny how a few certain posters try to talk themselves into every terrible move Rutherford has made lately.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

always fun to see penguin fans go full meltdown

 

[Dr John Carlson]

Big fan of that trade.