The Islanders aren't boring

[Khelandros]

I'd take 10 shifts watching Matt Barzal over 10 shots on net by some talentless scrub any day!

I found the advance tracking metrics the NHL is using this Playoffs and here is the route Barzal takes for literally all of his shots,

 

[TGWL]

There isn't anyone playing on the ice whose as exciting as Barzal, so how can anyone possibly get bored?

Because Barzel doesn't have the puck for 60 minutes out of the 60 minute game time.

Either way, I found the first half of the game boring yesterday. The second half was more entertaining, but also rather sloppy. But I don't think it was just the play style of the Islanders that made the first half boring.

 

[holy]

Barzal is the sexiest player in the league, who cares where his shots come from.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Probably not boring if they’re your team. But if it’s Dallas-NYI final that might be the most boring final in a long time for a neutral fan.

 

[Barry Amsterdam]

If you have to declare “the (team X) is not boring”, they are boring.

leafs are boring. try and declare against it. you’ll only prove your own point.

 

[Oddbob]

I found the advance tracking metrics the NHL is using this Playoffs and here is the route Barzal takes for literally all of his shots,

Don't know how accurate or fair it is, however it still made me laugh!

 

[Master P]

They're incredibly boring. Effective, but boring none the less.

 

[Metroid]

Dont tell me how to feel.

 

[Oddbob]

leafs are boring. try and declare against it. you’ll only prove your own point.

The Leafs have lots of issues but I don't think boring is one of them honestly. However your point still stands, hehe!

 

[Oddbob]

Dont tell me how to feel.

You can't feel that way, knock it off, this is 2020!

 

[Barry Amsterdam]

The Leafs have lots of issues but I don't think boring is one of them honestly. However your point still stands, hehe!

No they aren’t haha

 

[Suntouchable13]

leafs are boring. try and declare against it. you’ll only prove your own point.

I'd love the Leafs to be this boring.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Is there a reason Komarov is still wearing the full cage?

Gotta be medical, no? I figured the league only allows it if he just had his jaw surgically repaired or something like that.

Just seems like he's had it for some time now.

 

[ThreeLeftSkates]

24 or 25 shots whatever they had in a game that went nearly 5 full periods is a horrible representation of the sport...

think about what they're competing with in the NBA. Murray and Jokic putting on a show versus Kawhi & PG, and an overtime thriller with a game saving block by the Heat against the Celtics. Not even close.

Allowing one goal against playing the highest scoring team in the league for almost 100 minutes, pretty good representation of how defense is played. Trying to win by scoring video game numbers may be exciting to you, but it does not seem to work in the playoffs. I do not watch basketball, because only the last two minutes matter.
It came down to someone on one team making a mistake. If it bores you, watch basketball.

 

[SotasicA]

What exactly makes for exciting hockey?

Goals, hits, fights, big saves. Scoring chances and emotion.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

Turning it off in OT because one team is too boring? That seems a little extreme.

Why?

 

[ThreeLeftSkates]

Is there a reason Komarov is still wearing the full cage?

Gotta be medical, no? I figured the league only allows it if he just had his jaw surgically repaired or something like that.

Just seems like he's had it for some time now.

Yes, broken jaw.

 

[LemmyUlanov55]

They will be grind'in 'til the end. Go Isles!

 

[Dr Pepper]

Yes, broken jaw.

Figured as much.

What's the recovery time for that?

 

[Frankie41987]

The Isles are playing Tampa very differently from the first 3 series. Against the Panthers, Caps and Flyers they played great defense but were also generating a ton of offensive opportunities (by xGF and HDCF) they also scored the most goals per game. They just flat out dominated with exciting hockey.

They are not doing that against the lightning and I think thats mostly by design. Tampa has just too much talent and unfortunately Vasilevsky's ability to play the puck neutralizes a lot of their fore-checking. Right now the team is essentially preventing anything from coming into the middle of the ice and the counter-attacking when they have an opportunity. That is boring but I'm ok with that cause i think that's the only way they can potentially beat a team like the lightning.

 

[kabidjan18]

There's no such thing as objectively boring or interesting. Everyone has a different taste.

That said. Despite the fact that I love extremely defensive hockey, I can recognize that most people find it boring. And I don't try to convince them otherwise. Other than the Stars, due to geography, I literally pick my favorite teams based on who, I think, will play the most "boring" style, because that is most interesting to me. I'm a defensive coordinator at heart. But it's fruitless to pretend that that's a common attitude, or that it's the right attitude, it's just me.

 

[SotasicA]

I figured the league only allows it if he just had his jaw surgically repaired or something like that.

Anyone can wear a cage, if they want to. Nobody does, because it's horrible.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Is there a reason Komarov is still wearing the full cage?

Gotta be medical, no? I figured the league only allows it if he just had his jaw surgically repaired or something like that.

Just seems like he's had it for some time now.

Why would the league not allow it in general if a player wanted to wear it?

 

[Goon42]

no yeah they are super boring

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Zzzzz......sorry, what were you saying?



That said, if it was my team still playing I’d be on the edge of my seat and wouldn’t find it boring.