League News: NHL Talk - (News n' Scores n' Stuff) - COVID Season Edition - Vol. 2

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

Huge penalty kill by the Habs.

 

[hb12xchamps]

Poor Jumbo Joe. Dudes never gonna win a cup as a player.

I’d much rather target Nylander over Marner. Lower cap hit, had instant chemistry with Backstrom and has solid playoff numbers.

 

[Langway]

I’d much rather target Nylander over Marner. Lower cap hit, had instant chemistry with Backstrom and has solid playoff numbers.

Agreed. Adding or targeting Marner would be bananas. They'd have two of the top three winger AAVs and have...no particular advantage when it counts.

 

[twabby]

Poor Jumbo Joe. Dudes never gonna win a cup as a player.

I’d much rather target Nylander over Marner. Lower cap hit, had instant chemistry with Backstrom and has solid playoff numbers.

I don’t think Toronto is going to part with Nylander is the problem. Nylander has been a Playoff Performer.

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

Trotzes up 2-1.

 

[Corby78]

And last year he had 17 points in 15 playoff games. You also may want to look at the boxcar stats or a certain Anthony Mantha this post-season. It’s almost as if 5-10 game samples of point totals against 1-2 teams are highly noisy and don’t really speak to the quality of play...

What does Anthony Mantha have to do with the two young guys we let go that I keep hearing was a mistake? Nice strawman

 

[hb12xchamps]

I don’t think Toronto is going to part with Nylander is the problem. Nylander has been a Playoff Performer.

Fair enough. Guess it depends which version of Dubas you get that day lol.

 

[maacoshark]

We are talking about the 2009-2010 Caps/Habs playoff series that went to 7 games, in which Halak played for the Habs and was absolutely ridiculous and arguably singlehandedly defeated the Caps (hence, the Caps got "Halak'd"), correct?

I know exactly what you are talking about. I watched every minute of that series. Halak didn't really stand on his head. We took a ton of shots on him. Most erect long range low percentage shots with no traffic in front of the net. Halak didn't single handedly defeat us. We beat ourselves.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Feel for Leafs fans, if this result holds up. 2018 erased (almost) all of the pent up pain and anger from all the times the Caps stepped on and tripped over their own dicks but that is not a fun feeling as a fan.

I remember having a talk with Leafs fans after they pushed the Caps in 2016 and they were filled with optimism and hope. I tried explaining that the transition from youthful bliss and excitement to choking dogs and a very real sense of impending doom and “will they ever get over the hump” happens quickly and they didn’t buy it. Welp.

 

[HeyMattyB]

I know exactly what you are talking about. I watched every minute of that series. Halak didn't really stand on his head. We took a ton of shots on him. Most erect long range low percentage shots with no traffic in front of the net. Halak didn't single handedly defeat us. We beat ourselves.

Ooookaaaay dude.

 

[Calicaps]

I know exactly what you are talking about. I watched every minute of that series. Halak didn't really stand on his head. We took a ton of shots on him. Most erect long range low percentage shots with no traffic in front of the net. Halak didn't single handedly defeat us. We beat ourselves.

Both things are true. Low percentage isn't no percentage. The Caps absolutely dominated that series. And Halak absolutely made some huge saves that got into the Caps' heads and that's when they started just throwing useless pucks at him. But they didn't start out playing that way.

 

[Calicaps]

Agreed. Adding or targeting Marner would be bananas. They'd have two of the top three winger AAVs and have...no particular advantage when it counts.

All of this. But Nylander? All in.

 

[Calicaps]

Go Habs!
Go Bruins! **barf**

 

[maacoshark]

Both things are true. Low percentage isn't no percentage. The Caps absolutely dominated that series. And Halak absolutely made some huge saves that got into the Caps' heads and that's when they started just throwing useless pucks at him. But they didn't start out playing that way.

The Caps made it too easy for Halak to see the puck in that series. Any decent goalie would have had the same success.

 

[maacoshark]

Go Habs!
Go Bruins! **barf**

No way. Go Isles.

 

[Calicaps]

No way. Go Isles.

Never

 

[maacoshark]

Ooookaaaay dude.

Try watching the series again.

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

Trotzes up 3-1. Interesting...

 

[HeyMattyB]

Try watching the series again.

Dude, you're straight-up being weird. Stop being weird. Or don't. I don't care. That's what the ignore list is for.

Life's too short for humorless obsessives, and being a Caps fan is already frustrating enough.

 

[895]

HAHAHAHAHAH SUCK IT LEAFS

 

[HeyMattyB]

Hooray 4 Habs

 

[Langway]

Pretty soon there will be players in the league not born the last time the Leafs won a round. Sheesh.

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

3-0 Habs. It's all over but the crying for the Make Believes.

 

[Dr John Carlson]

I remember having a talk with Leafs fans after they pushed the Caps in 2016 and they were filled with optimism and hope. I tried explaining that the transition from youthful bliss and excitement to choking dogs and a very real sense of impending doom and “will they ever get over the hump” happens quickly and they didn’t buy it. Welp.

I do remember Leafs fans being very happy-go-lucky before the series started and then being like 'well Washington's cup window is about to close while ours is just opening' when they lost. Yeah, about that...

 

[twabby]

Playoff Performer William Nylander with a key goal