Pre-Game Talk: nyrcar
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WreckingCrew
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I'm going with Coke...don't know about the rest of y'all (or is it ya'll or just yall? would y'all all be y'al'l?)
AD Skinner
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Pepsi is the taste born in the Carolinas
cptjeff
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"All y'all" would be the traditional usage, though "rest of y'all" is certainly grammatically valid.
cptjeff
Reprehensible User
And Cheerwine is the best soda born in the Carolinas.
Nikishin Go Boom
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I think 2-4 LW is wide open, much like the entire bottom 4 of the defense.
Dzingel, Nino, and Foegele will battle for the 3 LW slots.
Marty, McGinn, Bishop, and Geekie battle for the other 4th line spots.
SAT
X-Tro-Jr
X-Staal-Williams
X-X-X
Slavin-Hamilton
X-X
X-X
and who is starting in net?
we got battles all over the place when this starts. Hopefully its more of a raise the level of play thing instead of when you have 2 QBs you have 0 starting QBs thing. Im not 100% sold on Williams being a lock for 3rd RW. This long break will be harder on the 35+ year old veterans.
Dzingel, Nino, and Foegele will battle for the 3 LW slots.
Marty, McGinn, Bishop, and Geekie battle for the other 4th line spots.
SAT
X-Tro-Jr
X-Staal-Williams
X-X-X
Slavin-Hamilton
X-X
X-X
and who is starting in net?
we got battles all over the place when this starts. Hopefully its more of a raise the level of play thing instead of when you have 2 QBs you have 0 starting QBs thing. Im not 100% sold on Williams being a lock for 3rd RW. This long break will be harder on the 35+ year old veterans.
Just really hope we eliminate them. Their fans constant gloating and mocking of us as the sketchy cowards of the league has gotten old quickly. Lots of bulletin board material available out there for our coaches to use.
WhiteTrashAmerican
WHY DID IT END
This entire playoffs will be a shit show. Look for multiple upsets, injuries and just in general wacky in game stuff. Long time off, no fans, playing in the same place on the same ice. Some team is going to win this thing and everyone is going to be butthurt and call it not a legit stanley cup win.
May as well be the Hurricanes
May as well be the Hurricanes
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Not so sure about that. The break could benefit Williams more than younger players. At this point Willy has played 20 games—enough to show he still belongs, yet not enough to have him suffer serious wear. Some older athletes seem to excel after a layoff (Federer in the 2017 Australian Open being a prime example).
Not saying it will be a huge advantage, but not sure it is a bad thing.
Nikishin Go Boom
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The older veterans will be fresher later in the playoffs than normal. At the same time, it takes the older folks a little bit longer to knock off the rust and grease the wheels.
tarheelhockey
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It depends on how he handled the time off, and how the Canes handle their "back to practice" phase.
If he can get a couple of weeks of good warmup, find his legs, generally get back to where he was in early March, then the pause was definitely a good thing. There was nothing to gain for him from grinding through another month of hockey, other than to help his team get into the bracket. You bring in Justin Williams for a playoff run, and here we are.
AD Skinner
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I agree there are going to be injuries galore. I hope none are too serious but going from nothing for months to elimination games is asking for it, begging for it.
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There is hopefully going to be at least a month of phase 2 training with on ice allowed, 3 weeks of training camp, and possibly a couple of exhibition games. Sure, there may be more injuries, but I'd think that's enough to get back in some semblance of hockey shape. And the injuries may be canceled out a bit by guys being more rested than they've ever been going into a playoff scenario. Not to mention guys like Hamilton that weren't rushed back for the playoffs as they may have been in normal circumstances.
TheReelChuckFletcher
Former TheRillestPaulFenton; Harverd Alum
The players signed off on it and the vast majority of them clearly want to play. We'll see which teams are the most well-conditioned to pull it off. Based on how our season went in terms of injuries, outside of that freak leg break that Dougie experienced, we seem to be one of the better-prepared ones in terms of physical shape. We'll see how it goes.
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So have we officially made the playoffs, or is this round robin thing a precursor to making the playoffs?
Unsustainable
Seth Jarvis is Elite
Williams is an X factor, imo. While he still found a way to get on the score sheet, he skated like 38 year old that signed half way through the season. With everyone out of game rhythm, perhaps he could benefit. The forward group looks so much more imposing if he can be a 2nd option on a line with Aho, allowing Svechnikov and Teravainen to create matchup problems on another scoring line. The strong correlation between how the team took off in January 2019 and Brind'Amour separating the Finns still resonates with me.
Niederreiter - Aho - Williams
Svechnikov - Staal - Teravainen
Foegele - Trocheck - Necas
McGinn - Geekie/Martinook - Martinook/Dzingel
Niederreiter - Aho - Williams
Svechnikov - Staal - Teravainen
Foegele - Trocheck - Necas
McGinn - Geekie/Martinook - Martinook/Dzingel
My interpretation is that no, we have not made it. If we don't win our play-in vs. the Rangers, we are eligible to win the draft lottery. That doesn't say "in the playoffs" to me.
AD Skinner
Registered User
I think officially we have not, as you say MJB. I also think that playing the same team in a nest of series where one advances and one is eliminated is playoffs no matter what else you want to call it so to me yes they have
bleedgreen
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We shouldn’t let anyone counted on for offense to be with Staal, who’s much more effective as a number 3. Even if Trocheck hasn’t found his way he plays a more offensive game. Seeing Staal with two offensive players in your lineup gave me a sad.
AD Skinner
Registered User
I agree bleed, but credit where it's due Staal did turn it on in the playoffs last year. 10 points in 15 games tied for 3rd on the team. It wouldn't completely shock me if he has another strong playoffs but it wouldn't shock me if he's invisible either
GIN ANTONIC
Registered User
It is true that playoff Staal (Eric or Jordan) is usually beast Staal. With the Trochek trade and bringing back Williams I just love looking at our forward line combos. Anyway you slice it we can roll 3-4 really good lines
TheReelChuckFletcher
Former TheRillestPaulFenton; Harverd Alum
Holy shit, Pesce may actually try to pull this off and return before playing the Rangers, according to Don Waddell!
The rest of the NHL looks at Slavin/Hamilton/Skjei/Pesce/Gardiner/Vatanen and says, "f***ing hell."
The rest of the NHL looks at Slavin/Hamilton/Skjei/Pesce/Gardiner/Vatanen and says, "f***ing hell."
Unsustainable
Seth Jarvis is Elite
I still think you keep Pesce shelved unless Sami or TVR blows it.
TheReelChuckFletcher
Former TheRillestPaulFenton; Harverd Alum
Against the Rangers, the team that swept us 4-0 in the regular season and has a right side of Trouba/Fox/DeAngelo? Screw that, go best lineup available all the way.
