Derailed75
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I'm watching it. Ton of AHLers playing. The skill doesn't look of but the anticipation is very far behind the NHL
Around the League 39: Will Kessel Sign in Winnipeg? The World Waits with Dogged Breath!
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tarheelhockey
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Already lining up my false-advertising suit for when they fail to broadcast a hit.
Whew: ESPN’s “expert” picks a Leaf-Oilers final with Jersey winning our division:
www.espn.com
Why the Oilers will win the Cup, and predictions for every NHL team's finish in the 2023-24 season
With opening night nearly upon us, we reveal which teams will make the Cup Final, the clubs poised to make the playoffs and who'll be on the outside looking in.
Bunch of Jurcos
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Honestly I don't sweat it too much when we aren't picked as favorites because HC RBA is going to have those boys hungry whether we are picked in every publication or no one believes in us. I firmly believe that's one of the reasons that he's at the very top of coaches in the entire league.Whew: ESPN’s “expert” picks a Leaf-Oilers final with Jersey winning our division:
Why the Oilers will win the Cup, and predictions for every NHL team's finish in the 2023-24 season
With opening night nearly upon us, we reveal which teams will make the Cup Final, the clubs poised to make the playoffs and who'll be on the outside looking in.
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What any of these people or places picks doesn't matter in the slightest. Fun enough content to debate but it makes no difference.
Athletic view on Canes:
theathletic.com
Laughed at this quote:
" Signing the best defenseman on the UFA market was a bit of a luxury buy, but hey, why not? “His offense is going to be good there,” one analyst told us, “because they’ll let him shoot the puck all day long,”"
Carolina Hurricanes 2023-24 season preview
Carolina is built for success. No team has a system or identity as strong as what the Hurricanes have maintained year to year.
theathletic.com
Laughed at this quote:
" Signing the best defenseman on the UFA market was a bit of a luxury buy, but hey, why not? “His offense is going to be good there,” one analyst told us, “because they’ll let him shoot the puck all day long,”"
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I've changed my mind. These analysts are clearly the ones who know what they are talking about.Athletic view on Canes:
View attachment 749181Carolina Hurricanes 2023-24 season preview
Carolina is built for success. No team has a system or identity as strong as what the Hurricanes have maintained year to year.
Laughed at this quote:
" Signing the best defenseman on the UFA market was a bit of a luxury buy, but hey, why not? “His offense is going to be good there,” one analyst told us, “because they’ll let him shoot the puck all day long,”"
Daeavorn
livin' that no caps life
Honestly all the stat nerds at the Athletic are rooting for us to win a cup. As soon as we do it truly validates all the stat BS theyve been pushing even more so since we've been "the darling" for a little while.
HisIceness
This is Hurricanes Hockey
Lol at ESPN thinking Leafs/Oilers final. Don't they know Bettman is anti-Canada and would never allow such a thing?
They are just trolling Canada; setting them up so that when it is Dallas vs. Canes, our neighbors to the north become apoplectic.
WreckingCrew
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And then they announce an AHL expansion into Quebec
tarheelhockey
Offside Review Specialist
Whew: ESPN’s “expert” picks a Leaf-Oilers final with Jersey winning our division:
Why the Oilers will win the Cup, and predictions for every NHL team's finish in the 2023-24 season
With opening night nearly upon us, we reveal which teams will make the Cup Final, the clubs poised to make the playoffs and who'll be on the outside looking in.
TBH I’d really enjoy a Leafs-Oilers final. That might be my favorite matchup since Canucks-Bruins.
It would be 2 weeks of pure unhinged shitshow and extremely watchable sloppy hockey. Some incident would go down that would still be a hot-button topic 20 years later. Canada would finally get a Cup so they could shut the **** up about it already, and at the same time a loudmouthed Canadian fanbase would still get their hearts completely ripped out. Ideally McDavid would get his Cup and Toronto would have an apocalyptic meltdown online and in real life. Don Cherry would have an actual heart attack. HF servers would be nonexistent throughout all of this. We’d all get back in here like 3 days after the last game and it would be like that first day in the office after COVID where we commiserate on our shared trauma.
Navin R Slavin
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you're right, that sounds f***ing hideous
oh wait... you said you would enjoy that? what? why?
tarheelhockey
Offside Review Specialist
Some people just want to watch the world burn
Derailed75
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The only way I would enjoy an all. Canadian finals is if at the end of regulation game 7 its tied and after like 10 OTs no one has scored so the league declares it a tie with no team winning the Cup that year
Cardiac Jerks
Asinine & immoral
More importantly, neither of those teams are capable of making the finals.
HisIceness
This is Hurricanes Hockey
On one hand, good for the league to get preseason games on network television. On the other hand, of course it's Bruins vs Rangers
Nikishin Go Boom
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I can’t buy into the Edmonton or Toronto hype. Neither team improved this offseason.
Trevling traded defense of O’Reilly, Kerfoot, and Holl for more offense in Bertuzzi, Domi, and Klingberg. Those three are horrid defensively too. That is without considering Bertuzzi’s constant injury issues and domi offensive inconsistencies. Their goal tending is still suspect although slightly less because the league bailed them out again with LTIR.
Edmonton will again be banking on RNH having another 100 point season instead of 60. Their goaltending is some of the worst in the league. Their defense is middle of the road. That isn’t a SCF equation.
Trevling traded defense of O’Reilly, Kerfoot, and Holl for more offense in Bertuzzi, Domi, and Klingberg. Those three are horrid defensively too. That is without considering Bertuzzi’s constant injury issues and domi offensive inconsistencies. Their goal tending is still suspect although slightly less because the league bailed them out again with LTIR.
Edmonton will again be banking on RNH having another 100 point season instead of 60. Their goaltending is some of the worst in the league. Their defense is middle of the road. That isn’t a SCF equation.
Svechhammer
THIS is hockey?
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All I want this year is the Canes to win the Cup, eliminating the Leafs int he ECF and Oilers in the SCF, both in OT on highly controversial calls that we can use to troll the shit out of the hockey community for the rest of our lives
Bunch of Jurcos
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Keep going, I'm almost there...
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I mean, yeah that’s great in hindsight….but I doubt my heart makes it through two OT series clinchers in a row in real time without knowing the outcome.
So pour one out for me if this transpires.
Svechhammer
THIS is hockey?
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Both in Game 5, obviously
The Canadian media will whine about it for the rest of time, but we'll still have plenty of ammunition to troll them. And then we get to remind everyone that we still won both series 4-1.
Stickpucker
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Look at you Mr endurance....I couldn't last past Canes cup.
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