Around the League 2019-20 Pt. 2

[kingsholygrail]

Barring a miracle, Vancouver should be playing Vegas. Should be an interesting series.

 

[ru4reals]

Blues are done. What the heck happened to Terasenko? Injured? And is Binnington hurt or is he just a flash in the pants. They went back to Mr. Unreliable Jake Allen. I'm glad the Blues got bounced another round of Perron would be unbearable.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Gonna be some fun matchups next round!!

That should slap the smug out of Binnington's face.

 

[kingsfan28]

Gonna be some fun matchups next round!!

That should slap the smug out of Binnington's face.

Yeah, he has nothing to be smug about . 4.72 GAA and an .851 sv pct. And enough with the excuses NBC , he was bad and you can't blame it on bubble situation.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Nervous yet, Jordan

 

[kingsholygrail]

I hate everyone left in the West, so I guess go Flyers.

 

[KINGS17]

Anyone have the Islanders upsetting the Flyers in the second round?

I think I will take the Islanders over the Flyers in a close 6 or 7 game series.

 

[Sleeping Dog]

I’m predicting:

• COL in 6
• VAN in 6 (upset special)
• TB in 6
• NYI in 5

 

[Telos]

MacKinnon looks unstoppable.

 

[kingsboy11]

I just want anyone, but the Knights to win

 

[KINGS17]

I noticed Matt Nieto from Long Beach, CA is out there killing a penalty for the Avs.

 

[ru4reals]

MacKinnon looks unstoppable.

Please, please if only Byfield can be this good one day. I doubt it but man Kings really need a beast like Mac.

 

[KINGS17]

Please, please if only Byfield can be this good one day. I doubt it but man Kings really need a beast like Mac.

Got off to a less than stellar start in the NHL his 2nd-4th seasons, which allowed Colorado to get him on a good second contract, but he has come on like gangbusters the last three seasons.

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TSA	TOI	ATOI	FOW	FOL	FO%	BLK	HIT	TK	GV	Awards

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

2013-14	18	COL	NHL	82	24	39	63	20	26	16	8	0	5	30	9	0	241	10.0	388	1422	17:21	194	258	42.9	45	57	51	28	Calder-1
2014-15	19	COL	NHL	64	14	24	38	-7	34	11	3	0	2	20	4	0	192	7.3	323	1091	17:03	201	227	47.0	41	43	45	38
2015-16	20	COL	NHL	72	21	31	52	-4	20	14	7	0	6	21	9	1	245	8.6	417	1358	18:52	507	540	48.4	53	46	28	39
2016-17	21	COL	NHL	82	16	37	53	-14	16	12	2	2	4	25	12	0	251	6.4	435	1635	19:57	768	752	50.5	30	56	47	45
2017-18	22	COL	NHL	74	39	58	97	11	55	27	12	0	12	37	20	1	284	13.7	496	1473	19:54	484	672	41.9	22	38	36	41	AS-2,Byng-33,Hart-2
2018-19	23	COL	NHL	82	41	58	99	20	34	29	12	0	6	33	25	0	365	11.2	582	1812	22:05	518	666	43.8	31	54	48	64	AS-3,Hart-6
2019-20	24	COL	NHL	69	35	58	93	13	12

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[ru4reals]

Got off to a less than stellar start in the NHL his 2nd-4th seasons, which allowed Colorado to get him on a good second contract, but he has come on like gangbusters the last three seasons.

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TSA	TOI	ATOI	FOW	FOL	FO%	BLK	HIT	TK	GV	Awards

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

2013-14	18	COL	NHL	82	24	39	63	20	26	16	8	0	5	30	9	0	241	10.0	388	1422	17:21	194	258	42.9	45	57	51	28	Calder-1
2014-15	19	COL	NHL	64	14	24	38	-7	34	11	3	0	2	20	4	0	192	7.3	323	1091	17:03	201	227	47.0	41	43	45	38
2015-16	20	COL	NHL	72	21	31	52	-4	20	14	7	0	6	21	9	1	245	8.6	417	1358	18:52	507	540	48.4	53	46	28	39
2016-17	21	COL	NHL	82	16	37	53	-14	16	12	2	2	4	25	12	0	251	6.4	435	1635	19:57	768	752	50.5	30	56	47	45
2017-18	22	COL	NHL	74	39	58	97	11	55	27	12	0	12	37	20	1	284	13.7	496	1473	19:54	484	672	41.9	22	38	36	41	AS-2,Byng-33,Hart-2
2018-19	23	COL	NHL	82	41	58	99	20	34	29	12	0	6	33	25	0	365	11.2	582	1812	22:05	518	666	43.8	31	54	48	64	AS-3,Hart-6
2019-20	24	COL	NHL	69	35	58	93	13	12

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

I think Byfield will start off slow as many first overalls do, but so long as he improves the way Mac does in his 4th or 5th year where you see him just blow up then it's absolutely worth the wait. But if sooner then the better of course. Or even if we pick Stutzle either way it's time we get a game changer. Hopefully it's this year.

 

[ru4reals]

Sheesh the Avs are done without Grubauer. If he's out for a long time kiss your chances good bye Colorado. Really wanted the Avs too just personally don't like the Stars.

 

[kingsfan28]

Technically he wasn't fired, but...

NBC removes Mike Milbury from broadcast after ‘insensitive and insulting comment’ about women




Nobody will miss you!

 

[Bandit]

Technically he wasn't fired, but...

NBC removes Mike Milbury from broadcast after ‘insensitive and insulting comment’ about women




Nobody will miss you!

Don't let a shoe hit you on the way out...

 

[kingsfan28]

Don't let a shoe hit you on the way out...

He can join JR. Milbury will never work for nbc again.

 

[Reaper45]

What did he say?

 

[Herby]

What did he say?

A joke that you and your buddies have probably made a million times to each other.

It is pretty comical that Milbury is gone for what he said, yet Montresz Harrell has had zero happen to him, over 24 hours since his comments to Luka Doncic.

What a time to be alive.

 

[bouncesonly]

Sheesh the Avs are done without Grubauer. If he's out for a long time kiss your chances good bye Colorado. Really wanted the Avs too just personally don't like the Stars.

Stars all the way! Specifically Faksa, but only if he rides the rail again:

 

[Legionnaire]

A joke that you and your buddies have probably made a million times to each other.

It is pretty comical that Milbury is gone for what he said, yet Montresz Harrell has had zero happen to him, over 24 hours since his comments to Luka Doncic.

What a time to be alive.

I'm pretty close to walking away from the NHL after 30 some years. I do not support their racist and sexist politics.

 

[deeshamrock]

Anyone have the Islanders upsetting the Flyers in the second round?

I think I will take the Islanders over the Flyers in a close 6 or 7 game series.

I'm a Flyers fan and I have the Isles in 6, and I don't see that as an upset. Flyers were not the better team vs Habs, who had only a trio of finishers. Habs were better but couldn't score, due to most forwards shooting hide, wide and 3 feet to the side. Flyers had too much sloppy play, turnovers, giveaways and PP that is all but dead, hovering at 10%. Islanders have finishers on 3 lines.
Goaltending - even. Hart is 22 , talanted and has a nbright future, but for this playoffs, from all I've seen Varmalov has faced tougher competition
Defense= edge to Isles, whose system is defense structured. Playing them in the 3rd periods is like stickhandling ina phone booth. Have outscored the other team 11-4 in the 3rd
Offense- edge to Flyers on paper. But paper doens't put pucks in the net. Flyers offense is anemic, most of the goals that went past Price were body part goals, perimter shots that went off his own teammates as well as Flyers.
Special teams - almost even, but lack of PP for Fliyers and how often they lost the puck during the PP's gives edge to Isles.
Isles now are scoring 3.3 goals per game nad givint up 1.6
Coach- Isles, Trotz is alot better, a real tactician. I've never liked AV and even less so now , his love of medicocre vets (See Brauan and Thomson's ice time, despite how horrific they are) over talanted youth is something I've never liked. He's too old school and has been outcoached in his playoff runs.

How I saw the Flyers Habs, was the Habs lost the series, rather than the Flyers winning it.
Unless they clean up their act, I can't see them taking 4.

 

[Bandit]

I don’t think what Milbury said was that big of a deal, but since he should have been fired a hundred times over already for being an incompetent dongwad, I don’t feel bad about it. As for the rest, yeah it’s a real tough time to be a white guy in the US. Three or four hundred more years of this and we might finally know how the other side feels.

I also don’t think the Islanders winning would really be an upset. They seem to be getting hot at the right time, and sometimes that’s all it takes.

 

[KINGS17]

What did he say?

Something along the lines of the players don't have the "distraction" of having women inside the bubble.