Around the League - 2023/24

[Tralfamadore]

Ed game is now meaningless

 

[the_fan]

Might be worth resting all the starters until Game 3

That’s exactly what I would do if I was Bednar. Mack won’t catch Kucherov for the Art Ross and I’m not sure why play the top guys. They’d be getting enough rest after getting knocked out of the 1st round anyway

 

[GeoRox89]

Did PHI really f*** over the Wings by not knowing the out of town scores? What is the exact timeline here?

Yea but I’m choosing to believe they kept the goalie out when it was too late as a big ol f*** you to make sure the Pens were out

That’s exactly what I would do if I was Bednar. Mack won’t catch Kucherov for the Art Ross and I’m not sure why play the top guys

If you were Bednar you’d rest the starting lineup until we were down 0-2 in the series? Bold.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

When is the last time the Avs didnt have home ice? 2020?

 

[GeoRox89]

When is the last time the Avs didnt have home ice? 2020?

2018-2019

 

[the_fan]

Yea but I’m choosing to believe they kept the goalie out when it was too late as a big ol f*** you to make sure the Pens were out


If you were Bednar you’d rest the starting lineup until we were down 0-2 in the series? Bold.

Other than MacK, Mikko and Makar, everyone else is gonna be resting anyway, like last year vs Seattle

 

[The Merchant]

Man, what a choke job to end the season. Had the division well within reach then sucked hard enough to not even get home ice in the first round. What a shame

 

[Balthazar]

Did PHI really f*** over the Wings by not knowing the out of town scores? What is the exact timeline here?

It's pretty funny actually...

Philly needed regulation win so they pulled the goalie on a 1-1 game with 3 min left...Caps scored the empty netter (which is the winning goal)

Caps and Wings end the season with 91 points each but the Caps own the tie breaker.

 

[Cypher]

Ed game is now meaningless

So are the 4 games after it.

 

[Balthazar]

Man, what a choke job to end the season.

Not once this year I felt like the Avs were very good.

They were having a hard time against good teams all year and the only reason we even make the playoffs is Nathan Mackinnon.

 

[the_fan]

Man, what a choke job to end the season. Had the division well within reach then sucked hard enough to not even get home ice in the first round. What a shame

We won the division and had home ice last year. Just saying…

This team is either gonna turn their game around and be much better when playoffs start, or they gonna be bad regardless of home ice or no home ice

 

[The Shermanator]

Oh well. Maybe not having home ice and being the 'underdogs' will take a bit of pressure off of us.

 

[The Merchant]

Not once this year I felt like the Avs were very good.

They were having a hard time against good teams all year and the only reason we even make the playoffs is Nathan Mackinnon.

I felt the same way for the most part, until that 9 game streak. Instilled a bit too much false hope

 

[BobRossColton]

So who will actually be resting for the final game

 

[Balthazar]

So who will actually be resting for the final game

I'd rest Makar, Toews, Nuke, Manson and Georgiev.

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

Oh well. Maybe not having home ice and being the 'underdogs' will take a bit of pressure off of us.

Maybe they'll come out flying and win game 1 in Winnipeg and only lose the series 4 to 1.

So who will actually be resting for the final game

Georgie after midway through the second period.

 

[S E P H]

- The Capitals in one of the most important games of their lives clinched a playoff spot with only 18 shots on net. I mean, anything can happen in and playoffs and that includes the Rags winning in three. That would be horrific if the Caps somehow win that series, like taking Lighting vs CBJ and Bruins vs Panthers last year, combining it, and increasing it by a thousandfold.

- That was one of the worst goaler pulls I've seen from a coach as I saw from Torts tonight. He takes Erisson off with legitimately no puck possession whatsoever and the puck goes around the boards right back into the Flyers net. Lol.

- That Red Wings game was nuts, which begs the question of how Avs lost back-to-back against the Habs? Would have much preferred them (DRW) than how Washington plays in the postseason.

- Thank God that Leafs and Bruins crapped the bed and now we get some really tasty Eastern Conference matchups.

 

[sethro109]

Ouch.

 

[the_fan]

I'd rest Makar, Toews, Nuke, Manson and Georgiev.

Can we just rest Georgiev until offseason then trade him?

 

[Chiarelli]

Best regular season I’ve ever watched and I think the playoffs will follow suit.

 

[GeoRox89]

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Ouch.

Generally one should be prepared to take some sh*t for wearing the jersey of an unrelated team but wow that is just pure savagery

 

[the_fan]

Leafs/Bruins
Bolts/Cats

Much better match ups than Bolts Leafs and Cats Bruins

 

[Balthazar]

Leafs will beat the Bruins

 

[henchman21]

Ed game is now meaningless

You say this like every game isn’t meaningless and like life has any meaning at all.

 

[dahrougem2]

That Atlantic division. Yes. Inject that 1st round into my veins.

I think every series goes at least 6 with several going 7 with the exception of Dallas/LA (Stars in 5) and NYR/Washington (Rangers in 4, maybe 3 if the league feels this is detrimental to their product).