2024 2025 Around the League Part 2

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[The Kingslayer]

Blues wont stop winning. They are peaking at the right time.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Blues wont stop winning. They are peaking at the right time.

Neither Thursday nor Saturday will be easy.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

I want nothing more than for the Blues to lose out on the playoffs on the final day of the regular season.

Anything that adds to the misery of that fan base is okay with me.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[Pokecheque]

Blues wont stop winning. They are peaking at the right time.

They always have a late-season surge.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

That's a very Kadri like thing to do.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Never should have let him go.

 

[McMetal]

 

[BaconNater]

Naz should be allowed to be paid 20 million and not count against the cap when he joins the Avs next summer

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[S E P H]

Lol

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Lol

You never know what to expect in the Uganda 3rd division.

 

[nammerus]

And we’re stuck with the carcass of EJ and Manson.

 

[Richard88]

Yeah, they just gotta dump it in more. They're built to play that way now and seem willing to do it when they have to.

Agree with your chip play idea. Always thought they should work on those and try them more often.

EJ might be the best in the league at that soft high lob out of the zone that doesn't get iced. Cale tried one the other game too, but it got blocked.

Instead of doing it deeper in the zone, maybe try it just inside your own blueline and have it land just on the other side of the offensive blueline, and have the forwards skate into it. Could catch the D flat footed and having to turn.

One of the best plays I ever saw Forsberg make was that QB pass from his own zone for Blake to skate into. It was only a few games into the playoffs after missing the whole year too. Incredible.

I'm not sure that was even a set play. I think Pete just took a glance at Blake, was so creative and good at reading the play that he just lobbed it to the perfect spot on the ice, and Blake saw the puck in the air where he could get to it, and just hustled to get it and score.

Nice slash by the Dman there

 

[Muffin]

Remember when the Oilers decided to use their cap space on Jeff Skinner and Arvidsson instead of re-signing Broberg and Holloway? Good times.

 

[Gatorbait19]

Speaking of shots, I haven’t seen much discussion about how good we’ve been at shot suppression since the deadline.

Avs haven’t allowed 30+ shots in any of the 8 games since the deadline. Pretty damn impressive.

Now 9th straight game allowing less than 30 shots. We’ve averaged only 22.6/shots against per game over that stretch.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Remember when the Oilers decided to use their cap space on Jeff Skinner and Arvidsson instead of re-signing Broberg and Holloway? Good times.
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Broberg, the defenseman, has 27 points, more than both Skinner and Arvidsson have individually

Lol

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[Foppa2118]

Nice slash by the Dman there

Scott Hannan. That was a fairly routine slash by the D man that pretty much never got called back then btw. That's why it was so hard for D men to adjust to the new rules.

 

[Richard88]

Scott Hannan. That was a fairly routine slash by the D man that pretty much never got called back then btw. That's why it was so hard for D men to adjust to the new rules.

Yeah I'm aware the rules have changed. Seeing that just put it in perspective because you don't see that as much nowadays

 

[Balthazar]

The Kuemper for PLD swap was really good for both players.

PLD:

 

[Foppa2118]

Yeah I'm aware the rules have changed. Seeing that just put it in perspective because you don't see that as much nowadays

Yeah, that's why I mentioned it. It's crazy watching these old clips to see how much players got away with. Half of every Forsberg hockey highlight looks like a rodeo highlight.

I'm not sure anybody in history took more abuse, obstruction, and uncalled penalties than Forsberg, because you just couldn't stop him, and when he would play through it, they just wouldn't call it.

Slashes were the major one though that's changed. Slashes on hands, even on breakaways, almost never got called. It was just a smart defensive play.

 

[the_fan]

I really think the Blues can upset the Jets if they meet up in the 1st round

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Mikko appears to have a huge black eye after taking that puck to the cheek.