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[GREMLIN]

50 000$ fine for Hartley holy crap

 

[Crusher117]

Wow. What a huge fine.
Im loving the start to these playoffs. Great games. And great drama!

 

[Nedved]

50 000$ fine for Hartley holy crap

?? what happened

 

[Bork]

Tampa bay owning Detroit... Here's to hoping that Detroit can still win the series..

 

[Deluded Puck]

Tampa bay owning Detroit... Here's to hoping that Detroit can still win the series..

They need their goalie(s) to repeat game 1 four times, unfortunately they don't have a Price who can rattle their shooters.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Still don't understand why the NHL is only making 1 winner. They should run the lottery until your ball comes up. That way they wouldn't reward Buffalo with a worst-case scenario of picking #2 overall. For instance, say Arizona wins #1 overall, then we keep the lottery going and perhaps San Jose comes up #2, Toronto #3 and so on. Wouldn't reward teams like Buffalo that did their best to field the worst team possible this year.

They're doing that next year for the first 3 spots in the draft. Next year, the last place team is only guaranteed pick #4. The first 3 are up for grabs to any non-playoff team.

Watch next year be the year that the Leafs finish dead last then lose the lottery to pick 4th.

 

[donghabs98]

50 000$ fine for Hartley holy crap

He put out his tough guys and started which kicked off a line brawl. The irony in all of this is it makes John Tortorella seem a little less crazy after what happened last year.

 

[Cole Caulifield]

The gameplan if we're playing Tampa at some point (if we beat the Sens first and they beat the Wings) is quite simple; Hit everything in sight. Slow their forwards down. Make those bruises appear on them. They have quite a lot of players who get out of their game quite a bit when they get hit/tossed (Stamkos, Hedman and Bishop are perfect examples. Johnson can be hit also, like last year), and while not overly physical, we have the elements to get them out of their gameplan.

Right now the series between Tampa and Detroit is ridiculously soft. Bolts players can do whatever the hell they want and they don't get roughed up. It's ridiculous. It doesn't look like playoffs hockey. If we end up having to play them, you just tell DSP, JDLR, Prust, Weise and Emelin to lay the body of everything moving. You tell Gallagher to do what he does even more against Bishop. And you don't miss an occasion to chirp Stamkos. The guy is a crybaby and is bound to do stupid **** when he gets engaged.

Bang on.

 

[Nedved]

He put out his tough guys and started which kicked off a line brawl. The irony in all of this is it makes John Tortorella seem a little less crazy after what happened last year.

that's it? i thought maybe he said will see more of this, or something...

the nhl is soff. i really don't like seeing hockey as a business. but that's what it is...

 

[bipolarhabfan]

I really hope McDavid won't be in our division.

The lottery is tonight a 20:00 EST on CBC,NBC,TVA Sports.

You can run a sim here. My 1st run : Buffalo.

http://nhllotterysimulator.com/#/

Ran it three times and got the following results: Devils, Avalanche, and then the Leafs. I hope the NHL does not place a team's ball in the freezer.

 

[CupInSIX]

50 000$ fine for Hartley holy crap

50,000 for good ol Broons hockey? For shame!

 

[GREMLIN]

He put out his tough guys and started which kicked off a line brawl. The irony in all of this is it makes John Tortorella seem a little less crazy after what happened last year.

Thats exactly what came to my mind when I was watching the game last night, still like Hartley though, he's emotional, he's an old school coach with such a likeable personnality that I dont see him losing his room anytime soon.

 

[Richiebottles]

The NHL is such a joke... really.

So Hartley gets fined 50 000 for playing his players but Cameron doesn't get anything because Murray talked to his buddy Campbell at the old boys club and everything is settled.

Ugh.

 

[Mathletic]

They're doing that next year for the first 3 spots in the draft. Next year, the last place team is only guaranteed pick #4. The first 3 are up for grabs to any non-playoff team.

Watch next year be the year that the Leafs finish dead last then lose the lottery to pick 4th.

Better than nothing. Hopefully they take that next step and do it for at least the first 14 spots.

 

[dzd ncnfzd]

50 000$ fine for Hartley holy crap

Really lame...it wasn't even much of a line brawl, what's happening to our hockey...
(Old curmudgeon me complaining)

 

[dzd ncnfzd]

that's it? i thought maybe he said will see more of this, or something...

the nhl is soff. i really don't like seeing hockey as a business. but that's what it is...

Yes, the NHL is now "soff_....ridiculous. What are they doing to our game oh!!!

 

[M.C.G. 31]

I look at Detroit vs. Tampa and I can't imagine that being a super exciting series. I haven't even bothered to watch any of the games yet. Nothing interests me there.

 

[Tuggy]

I'm expecting the Leafs to win the lottery.

 

[hototogisu]

Ran it three times and got the following results: Devils, Avalanche, and then the Leafs. I hope the NHL does not place a team's ball in the freezer.

Yeah I ran it a bunch, it kind of emphasizes just how not-great Buffalo's 20% chance of winning it is.

 

[Tuggy]

20% isn't that great of a chance. It's the best chance, of course, but only 1 in 5.

 

[Wats]

Pretty obvious Leafs will win.

 

[Born in 1909]

Go Pens!

Make it a series, please.