Around the League '15-'16: PP Points Don't Count Edition

[Ziggy Stardust]

So do we see Scrivens tomorrow and the guaranteed game of his season 2-1 loss?

He is the backup goalie, so it would make a lot of sense to see him get a shutout or limit the Kings to one goal.

I also remember how enamored the organization was with Mathieu Garon when he performed phenomenally against the Kings.

Little did Taylor know that it was just another backup having the game of his career against his team.

 

[Model62]

Ugh, why couldn't this Ducks team have shown up Sunday?

 

[Model62]

Oy! Eller with the chance for the winner.

 

[kingsfan28]

Elars had the right side open and whiffed wide. Very Trevor Lewis like.

 

[kingsfan28]

They Ducks got away with having 4 guys on the ice, and it wasn;t even close.

 

[Tecumseh]

Ducks got away with too many men penalty. Even Brian Hayward was screaming for the penalty

 

[kingsfan28]

And the Ducks caught the Kings with that SO win.

 

[TheSentinel]

And the Ducks caught the Kings with that SO win.

 

[onlyalad]

And the Ducks caught the Kings with that SO win.

Oh no
16-1-1
How did Montreal fair after the Hamburgerler got them in last year?

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

The Kings probably want to finish second so they could face the Sharks in the opening round. Cruise into the playoffs by playing half assed hockey then turn it on in April.

 

[The Night King]

Ugh, why couldn't this Ducks team have shown up Sunday?

Kings games are always circled on their calendar.

 

[Little Psycho]

Kings games are always circled on their calendar.

And we have ex flyer Luke Schenn to confirm that.

 

[The Pale King]

Oh no
16-1-1
How did Montreal fair after the Hamburgerler got them in last year?

Montreal knocked out the Sens and the Burgerchilde, no?

 

[kingsfan28]

The Kings probably want to finish second so they could face the Sharks in the opening round. Cruise into the playoffs by playing half assed hockey then turn it on in April.

Yep, then face the Ducks, and win game 7 in convincing fashion once again at the Ponda Center.

 

[Reclamation Project]

The Carey Price excuse is so nauseating to listen to. People just can't face the truth - Montreal is not a very good team. They are a collection of a couple very good players and the rest are average. The hype train around that team 10 games in was ridiculous. Not if they were going to win the Stanley Cup, but rather how many. Carey Price is a world-class player and I'm not taking anything away from him, but if the Habs were so elite, they wouldn't have folded like a lawn chair after he went down. The entire team is average - from the majority of their players, to Michel Therrien, to Marc Bergevin. All average. Just another overrated Eastern Conference team up there with the Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Gallagher did run over Gibson behind the net with no call earlier in the game. I see no issue trying to get under a goalie's skin. It works most of the time.

I'm all for net crashing--I have ZERO problem with Perry the other night, for example, or even in the playoffs when Quick gave him the junk blocker--because that's just flow-of-play stuff. I just have issues with the league being okay with players treating goalies like they're part of the scrum, hitting them high, and so on (unless the goalie starts it, of course). Like Perron checking Quick wasn't like he hit him hard or anything, that's just a code no-no and you would think the refs would give anyone near him license to whoop Perron a bit. And that is escalating, which is gonna cause some heat somewhere, whether it's Quick or not. I guess I'm just kind of shocked that the league isn't stepping up to protect them more and it's actually going kind of the other way (i.e. every time there's been something near Quick the refs just even it up--you would think they would let the players police it a bit more). TLDR goalies shouldn't have to protect themselves from non-hockey plays.

Also reminds me of when Mike Brown did nothing the rest of the series but you KNOW the Sharks sent him out there to just absolutely annihilate Voynov into Quick completely away from the play. Getting under a goalie's skin is one thing, taking shots should be a huge penalty (not a major, but a 10/suspensions...otherwise **** it, send Andreoff out to run Jones, etc.).

 

[kingsholygrail]

The Carey Price excuse is so nauseating to listen to. People just can't face the truth - Montreal is not a very good team. They are a collection of a couple very good players and the rest are average. The hype train around that team 10 games in was ridiculous. Not if they were going to win the Stanley Cup, but rather how many. Carey Price is a world-class player and I'm not taking anything away from him, but if the Habs were so elite, they wouldn't have folded like a lawn chair after he went down. The entire team is average - from the majority of their players, to Michel Therrien, to Marc Bergevin. All average. Just another overrated Eastern Conference team up there with the Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers.

They were cracking before Price went down. The dam just broke when he got hurt, but I'm pretty sure they were starting to lose games due to their awful defense and neurotic offense.

 

[KingsKnight]

Tomorrow could be a big day:

Best case scenario:
1 LAK 80
2 ANA 78
3 SJS 74

Worst case scenario:
1 ANA 80
2 LAK 78
3 SJS 76

Likely scenario:
1 LAK 80
2 ANA 80
3 SJS 76

 

[kingsfan28]

They were cracking before Price went down. The dam just broke when he got hurt, but I'm pretty sure they were starting to lose games due to their awful defense and neurotic offense.

For as well as they started, even losing Price shouldn't have been as bad as it got. When Quick went down we rode two unproven guys and still maintained an average pace until he returned. The team never collapsed and the room never became divided like it seems in MTL.

 

[Reclamation Project]

Kings are contenders and that's what contenders do. Habs are pretenders.

 

[YP44]

The Carey Price excuse is so nauseating to listen to. People just can't face the truth - Montreal is not a very good team. They are a collection of a couple very good players and the rest are average. The hype train around that team 10 games in was ridiculous. Not if they were going to win the Stanley Cup, but rather how many. Carey Price is a world-class player and I'm not taking anything away from him, but if the Habs were so elite, they wouldn't have folded like a lawn chair after he went down. The entire team is average - from the majority of their players, to Michel Therrien, to Marc Bergevin. All average. Just another overrated Eastern Conference team up there with the Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers.

Agreed..goaltending has not been their issue at all. Their forward depth is appalling.

 

[gnarls barkley]

The Carey Price excuse is so nauseating to listen to. People just can't face the truth - Montreal is not a very good team. They are a collection of a couple very good players and the rest are average. The hype train around that team 10 games in was ridiculous. Not if they were going to win the Stanley Cup, but rather how many. Carey Price is a world-class player and I'm not taking anything away from him, but if the Habs were so elite, they wouldn't have folded like a lawn chair after he went down. The entire team is average - from the majority of their players, to Michel Therrien, to Marc Bergevin. All average. Just another overrated Eastern Conference team up there with the Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers.

they never were a "very good" team, anyone who thought they were going to win anything with that atrocious center depth is out of their minds. Price/Subban/Pacioretty are about it, they have some other talent that hasn't really manifested fully yet, and more importantly there seems to be about zero cohesiveness or leadership with Price out (who's the captain again?).

Canadian teams always get overblown though, how much did we have to listen about the miracle Flames, or the Sens last year?

and as much as I don't like them, the Rangers are still a clear step in front of the Habs at this point in time. Pens I'll agree with, poor coaching and management has wasted a lot of Crosby/Malkin unfortunately.

 

[YP44]

they never were a "very good" team, anyone who thought they were going to win anything with that atrocious center depth is out of their minds. Price/Subban/Pacioretty are about it, they have some other talent that hasn't really manifested fully yet, and more importantly there seems to be about zero cohesiveness or leadership with Price out (who's the captain again?).

Canadian teams always get overblown though, how much did we have to listen about the miracle Flames, or the Sens last year?

and as much as I don't like them, the Rangers are still a clear step in front of the Habs at this point in time. Pens I'll agree with, poor coaching and management has wasted a lot of Crosby/Malkin unfortunately.

Try living here.. Canadian teams dominate sportscentre to a frustrating level. I will say the wild's run last year has got just as much air time as the find a way flames or the hamburgerlar.

 

[gnarls barkley]

Try living here.. Canadian teams dominate sportscentre to a frustrating level. I will say the wild's run last year has got just as much air time as the find a way flames or the hamburgerlar.

i pretty much consider the Wild a Canadian team anyways

same undue levels of hype, same levels of disappointment when people realize that they aren't anywhere near the real contenders in the West

 

[WHOneedsSOX]

Who's the tougher first round matchup, Nashville or San Jose? I think San Jose would be tougher just because of familiarity.