2018-19 Stanley Cup Playoffs part III: Final 4

[kingsfan28]

Burns has been pretty terrible in his own end this entire postseason. I feel like there is a bad goal against him in every game.

Tell that to the media. all they see is pointzzzz!

 

[riznat]

Parayko is damn big and damn good

 

[kingsholygrail]

Sharks are great punishers of mistakes, but that seems to be all they do. If you play disciplined enough and minimize your mistakes, they don't do much.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Really weird seeing guys like Tarasenko and Schenn looking like actual adults instead of fresh faced babies.

 

[kingsfan28]

Parayko is damn big and damn good

all those icings kept him off the ice in game 3 when couture tied it up . He had him wrapped up the entire game until then.

 

[Legionnaire]

Burns has been pretty terrible in his own end this entire postseason. I feel like there is a bad goal against him in every game.

Let's not forget Karlsson's atrocious play either.

 

[Reclamation Project]

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Spit out my beer

 

[deaderhead28]

Probably taken at the Shark tank bathrooms.

 

[The Tikkanen]

Won't surprise me to se Karlsson go under the knife as soon as their season is over. He's skating like Corey Perry, zero explosiveness.

 

[Herby]

Karlsson is playing on one leg and looks terrible (for him). I don't think he's player that is going to age well. He was a superstar because he was simply so much more talented than just about anyone else, but his game sense isn't at the levels of guys who played forever like Leetch, Bourque, Lidstrom. He will still get the contract he wants this summer because if he returns to form you are getting a 1st Ballot HOF type talent for money only. But if he doesn't get back his previous explosiveness it's going to be an awful contract for someone.

 

[KINGS17]

The Blues are looking resilient. This series will probably one-goal games the rest of the way. Go Blues!!

 

[KINGS17]

Karlsson is playing on one leg and looks terrible (for him). I don't think he's player that is going to age well. He was a superstar because he was simply so much more talented than just about anyone else, but his game sense isn't at the levels of guys who played forever like Leetch, Bourque, Lidstrom. He will still get the contract he wants this summer because if he returns to form you are getting a 1st Ballot HOF type talent for money only. But if he doesn't get back his previous explosiveness it's going to be an awful contract for someone.

Karlsson may get the contract he is seeking 7-8 years for $70M+, but it will be a huge mistake for the GM giving it to him.

 

[Herby]

Karlsson may get the contract he is seeking 7-8 years for $70M+, but it will be a huge mistake for the GM giving it to him.

I agree. And feel that way about Doughty, that's why I would have moved him. There is just to much downside to signing guys nearing 30 to that type of deal.

 

[kilowatt]

I agree. And feel that way about Doughty, that's why I would have moved him. There is just to much downside to signing guys nearing 30 to that type of deal.

Doughty’s just about the only guy I’m not worried about signing a deal like that. One underrated aspect of Doughty’s game - similar to Kopitar, actually - is his durability. Doughty’s most underrated skill is his ability to avoid contact without selling out on the play. Not to mention, his skillset doesn’t rely on footspeed or strength. He’s the smartest player on the ice (just don’t listen to his interviews) and you don’t lose something like that.

 

[tny760]

Doughty’s just about the only guy I’m not worried about signing a deal like that. One underrated aspect of Doughty’s game - similar to Kopitar, actually - is his durability. Doughty’s most underrated skill is his ability to avoid contact without selling out on the play. Not to mention, his skillset doesn’t rely on footspeed or strength. He’s the smartest player on the ice (just don’t listen to his interviews) and you don’t lose something like that.

exactly how i feel about him, he's got the intuition a lot of players are lacking

yeah maybe the footspeed will go with time but he can become a suter/mitchell type defenseman quite easily

 

[cyclones22]

Yep, he's had one bad season, which coincidentally happened when virtually everyone on the entire team did. Doughty's game is not predicated on speed or fast twitch skills. I'm not saying he's going to age like Chris Chelios, but I bet he'll age as well or better than Blake, who was still a good NHL defenseman at age 36.

 

[Little Psycho]

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

 

[Vamos Rafa]

f*** the Sharks

LMAO @ Authentic Fan signs. What the f*** are they even trying to say there?

 

[kingsholygrail]

That series is still the closest the Leafs have come to the SCF since the 60s.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

That series is still the closest the Leafs have come to the SCF since the 60s.

It’s all Kerry Fraser’s fault.

 

[kingsboy11]

LOL Karlsson turns it over and then proceeds to screen his own goalie. What an awful play

 

[Vamos Rafa]

"Let's go Sha-arks"

That chant alone makes it perfectly okay to punch all Sharks fans in the face.

 

[Bandit]

Milbury shredding jones. Love it.