League News: NHL Talk - (News n' Scores n' Stuff) Vol. 5

[Sam Spade]

The color commentator called his performance a great response to adversity. I'm actually pretty disgusted with a take like that being vocalized.

A ton of people reacted to this on twitter, even our own Khurshudyan:

 

[Calicaps]

A ton of people reacted to this on twitter, even our own Khurshudyan:

I don't even understand this tweet

 

[895]

Beagle dumped the puck in on a breakaway yesterday. Vancouver fans absolutely hate him. From what I gather, he's declined to the point where he isn't even NHL calibre anymore.

So it looks like even if he took a massive paycut to stay, it would've been bad for us.

Happy for his family though to get such a nice career end payout.

 

[zappa4ever]

a bit of a lol dump-in/clear, albeit on PK and maybe a long shift, no idea
Beagle made it into the NHL purely on hard work
He was an O.K. AHL level player that put in so much work that it got him to be a NHL 4th liner; then thru more hard work actually made it to 3C for awhile
THAT is a success story.
Caps were brilliant to let him go when they did
Would've been a success for him to be in the League for 3-4 years and he outdid that by several more, good for him, and made some good $$$ taboot taboot
Now he joins the Brooks Laich/Alzner/Chris Clark files

 

[hb12xchamps]

You really can’t judge how he’s playing by a gif that has no context. Could have been gassed after a long PK shift. Regardless, are Canucks fans ever happy with their team?

 

[tenken00]

 

[tycoonheart]

Lmao. Looks staged tho?

 

[Silky mitts]

Free center ice trial on fios

 

[tenken00]

Lmao. Looks staged tho?

Lol it's hard to see in the gif but when they were showing it in NHL Network there is a cable running across the ice when Andersson trips over it.

 

[Silky mitts]

Watching Mccann and Taney do nothing on these 2 great passes from Malkin has filled me with glee

 

[Raikkonen]

Glanced at Pens boards. They think they're done. Many of them.

 

[895]

Glanced at Pens boards. They think they're done. Many of them.

Aside from Caps wins, reading Pens boards during their struggles is so much fun. Also respect to the Carolina front office because I find myself hating them again after years of irrelevance.

 

[kicksavedave]

The Pens post game talk starts out with this:

 

[Corby78]

Bura with a couple nice shifts in his first game in Colorado. Hope it works for him

 

[AussieCapsFan]

Bura with a couple nice shifts in his first game in Colorado. Hope it works for him

Yeah I've been watching with interest as well.

On a side note I have to say, omg MacKinnon is an amazing player....

 

[Sam Spade]

Hot take alert after two days of NHL hockey and watching all the games, except last period of the two late ones yesterday and today.

The Sharks are bad, Karlsson in the lineup or not.
The Pens are slow, or the Sabres are really fast. Either way only Tanev looked like he could skate with them.
The Rangers are all offense, exciting to watch for sure.
Panthers, do you understand why you never pay a goalie that kind of money?
Boudreau will be gone as the Wild coach really soon. Old and slow team, Guerin's got his work cut out for him. At least they have some good prospects.

 

[Raikkonen]

Hot take alert after two days of NHL hockey and watching all the games, except last period of the two late ones yesterday and today.

The Sharks are bad, Karlsson in the lineup or not.
The Pens are slow, or the Sabres are really fast. Either way only Tanev looked like he could skate with them.
The Rangers are all offense, exciting to watch for sure.
Panthers, do you understand why you never pay a goalie that kind of money?
Boudreau will be gone as the Wild coach really soon. Old and slow team, Guerin's got his work cut out for him. At least they have some good prospects.

Who do we play in 2nd round? Canes?

 

[Sam Spade]

Who do we play in 2nd round? Canes?

I think the Pens are slow, right now, I didn't say they wouldn't make the playoffs. So of course the Pens.

 

[Silky mitts]

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Would warm my heart see Crosby end his career on a shit team.

 

[Foots]

Glanced at Pens boards. They think they're done. Many of them.

Good. They have been depressed ever since we beat them in the playoffs.

 

[hb12xchamps]

The Penguins do have Crosby, Malkin and Letang as potential burn it down and start all over pieces. They could probably get some solid young players and a lot of draft picks for those guys. They'd never do it though and Crosby will never be moved unless he wants out.

 

[tenken00]

It's still unbelievable how Tom Wilson single-handedly broke the Penguins franchise

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

It's still unbelievable how Tom Wilson single-handedly broke the Penguins franchise

pretty good for a guy so many quit on or pooped on early.

 

[tenken00]

pretty good for a guy so many quit on or pooped on early.

I admit. I pooped.