NHL 2023-2024 Out of Town: Stanley Cup Playoffs - Round 2 & the Field of Eight

[ODAAT]

I like Jon Cooper a lot.

If Tampa doesn’t run it back, someone will scoop him up in a heartbeat.

Cooper going nowhere, he simply is looking at a team whose window as a top contender has closed after an amazing run. I like him too, far more than Maurice who , like Rod in Carolina, I just wanna punch every time I see it, too bad, loved RBA as a player

 

[KnightofBoston]

If I did wouldn't the very nature of that ailment mean I woudn't know about it?

you personally yes but you need to check your pip-boy, that's wasteland survival 101

 

[DKH]

The Bruins abused it in the exact same method. Stone was legitimately injured with the spleen this year. It was very convenient for Vegas, but trying to moralize how the Bruin method was okay and not Vegas when it's the same exact method. Laughable

I was proud of Donny doing it

 

[Elvis P]

Baby, you can drive Makar. Cale has played well in the first round.

 

[TCB]

 

[BruinDust]

Baby, you can drive Makar. Cale has played well in the first round.

I used to like Cale Makar. Now the ball-washing and Orr comparisons are way over the top.

 

[Aussie Bruin]

I used to like Cale Makar. Now the ball-washing and Orr comparisons are way over the top.

Yeah but that's not his fault is it? Makar seems like a nice guy as far as I can tell, and there's no question he's a phenomenal player. Whether or not the Orr comparisons and the like are valid is a matter of opinion, but I don't think they should detract from what a talent he is irrespective of how you describe it. And he's fun to watch.

Would you really cease to like a player for reasons that are entirely beyond his control?

 

[BruinDust]

Yeah but that's not his fault is it? Makar seems like a nice guy as far as I can tell, and there's no question he's a phenomenal player. Whether or not the Orr comparisons and the like are valid is a matter of opinion, but I don't think they should detract from what a talent he is irrespective of how you describe it. And he's fun to watch.

Would you really cease to like a player for reasons that are entirely beyond his control?

I think it's turned me from him to be honest. I mean, it's not his fault. It's kinda the same way I felt about Carey Price (despite the team he played for) The hype was just too over the top.

That goal from the other day where he went "coast-to-coast" wasn't anything special to me, a D carried a puck up ice and gained the zone and fired from the high slot with 3 defenders still to navigate. Not a great goal allowed by Hellebuyck. I thought it was routine but the Twitterverse felt it was something special.

 

[Aussie Bruin]

I think it's turned me from him to be honest. I mean, it's not his fault. It's kinda the same way I felt about Carey Price (despite the team he played for) The hype was just too over the top.

That goal from the other day where he went "coast-to-coast" wasn't anything special to me, a D carried a puck up ice and gained the zone and fired from the high slot with 3 defenders still to navigate. Not a great goal allowed by Hellebuyck. I thought it was routine but the Twitterverse felt it was something special.

Twitter in this case was simply following ESPN's lead - their panel fawned all over it. I thought it was a very good goal, largely because it showed supreme confidence. It probably wasn't super amazing though.

And to each their own. Just personally it seems strange to me to let the perceptions and noise of others influence one's own opinion. It was the same with Bedard at the start of this year - people were hating on him before he'd even set foot on the ice because the hype around him was way over the top. Sure some of the adulation was annoying, but that's not his fault. Just let the kid be and evaluate him on his own terms.

 

[TobanWest]

Ughhhh

 

[Aussie Bruin]

Funereal scenes in Winnipeg. Yes their playoff performance has been poor, with two things that held them in such good stead in the regular season - defense and Hellebuyck - going completely missing. Sucks to lose so early in the postseason, and so decisively. But they should console themselves that they lost to a clearly better team and one that has serious Cup credentials. Colorado had their flat hangover year last season, now they look right back on top of their game. Beating them was always going to be an extremely tough ask for the Jets. They shouldn't overreact to this.

 

[Terrier]

All even in Vancouver, twelve to go.

 

[Terrier]

McDonagh basically has an open net on a rebound, flubs the shot, still 1-1.



Preds up 2-1, seven to go, shot from 60 feet out.

 

[Terrier]

The Preds survive, 2-1, glad we weren't the only ones who f'd up this evening.

 

[Alicat]

Cooper is a good coach and guy. Glad he acknowledged he messed up and apologized

 

[smithformeragent]

Inside the tumultuous tenure of the Coyotes in Arizona and their stunning move to Utah

The franchise's relocation was somehow both lightning fast and painfully slow. Here's how it all fell apart in Arizona, and what lies ahead.

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[Terrier]

2-2 in Dallas, game off to a flyer.

 

[SPLBRUIN]

Great game between Dallas and Vegas with Dallas winning 3-2, electric atmosphere. Sad to contrast that with the Bruins game yesterday.

 

[sarge88]

Dallas coming up big!

 

[the negotiator]

Dallas- Vegas was a fun game to watch

Also made it clear how much distance there is from their level to the Bruins game

 

[SPLBRUIN]

Dallas- Vegas was a fun game to watch

Also made it clear how much distance there is from their level to the Bruins game

It's bad enough that Dallas and Vegas are clearly better then Boston but what really disappoints is the clear lack of an all out desperate effort that you saw in these teams tonight.

 

[sarge88]

It's bad enough that Dallas and Vegas are clearly better then Boston but what really disappoints is the clear lack of an all out desperate effort that you saw in these teams tonight.

True…

But they both lost 2 home games and each had at least a game where they played poorly overall.

16-28 games….there’s bound to be ups and downs.

 

[Babajingo]

Wow, gift call on LA. Think the NHL wants McJesus to advance?

 

[Mione134]

Wow, gift call on LA. Think the NHL wants McJesus to advance?

Is that even a question?

 

[Aeroforce]

Wow, the crowd in Dallas was electric. Ryan Callahan explained the "Otter" masks, but how about the guy outside the Vegas penalty box with a dog mask?

The Stars' whole game day presentation is top notch. From the opening and player introductions, to the music, including the best goal song in the NHL, to the dance team - which PK Subban clearly is a fan of.

The analytics guys want us to dismiss the eyeball test; but some of the other series look to be on another level compared to Boston/Toronto. Perhaps both the Bs and Leafs are playing scared, since whoever loses will be labeled chokers.

Ultimately lack of discipline cost Vegas. Pietrangelo took an unnecessary roughing penalty - perhaps retaliatory - and Jason Robertson netted the GWG on the PP.

Even the Panthers steered clear of a lot of their post-whistle shenanigans. Scarily, they look even tougher to beat without them.

I posted my first round predictions several pages back, and may actually go 8-for-8. But let's hope not - I picked Toronto in 7!