Around the League 46: Sharks Finally Yank A Win Out Of Their Cloaca

[Surrounded By Ahos]

We all know that our favorite is and always will be the Miracle at Molson.

Personally it’s the Shock at the Rock. They were only down by 1 goal, but the timing of it was unmatched. They couldn’t score the whole third period, then the pitkanen-jokinen pipeline strikes with just over a minute left to tie it. ~50 seconds after that my boy Chad LaRose makes a great play along to boards to get the puck to staal who is able to break down the wing and rip one past fatso to win the thing in regulation. Victory straight from the jaws of defeat.


It helps that that series was absolutely insane. We had 2 overtime games, a literal last second goal from jokinen in game 4, and game 5 might be the finest goaltenders duel I’ve had the privilege of watching. 86 combined shots and 1 goal. Highly underrated series.

 

[Stickpucker]

This Filip Chytil injury stuff is high key disturbing. Reminds me of Tua on the Dolphins. Scary stuff

I haven't followed at all. What's the deal?

 

[Derailed75]

The game against the Sharks 2 years ago was pretty good. I was there. I know it was against the Sharks but they gave up an empty netter with 2 minutes left to go down by 2 goals, tied it with 12 seconds left and won in OT.

 

[Stickpucker]

For a number of years every time we'd play Vancouver or the Leafs we were guaranteed some wacky games.

 

[chaz4hockey]

I haven't followed at all. What's the deal?

Thought concussion again but looks like it isn’t and he will be able to play again.

Another W for Rags last night, albeit against a depleted Canuck side. Metro top 4 is really strong this year (might even get 5 in the playoffs). Will be a bloodbath to get out of the division this year.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Personally it’s the Shock at the Rock. They were only down by 1 goal, but the timing of it was unmatched. They couldn’t score the whole third period, then the pitkanen-jokinen pipeline strikes with just over a minute left to tie it. ~50 seconds after that my boy Chad LaRose makes a great play along to boards to get the puck to staal who is able to break down the wing and rip one past fatso to win the thing in regulation. Victory straight from the jaws of defeat.


It helps that that series was absolutely insane. We had 2 overtime games, a literal last second goal from jokinen in game 4, and game 5 might be the finest goaltenders duel I’ve had the privilege of watching. 86 combined shots and 1 goal. Highly underrated series.

I absolutely remember where I was in my basement for the Shock at the Rock.

But for me it's always going to be Game 2 against New Jersey in 2006. Yeah we ended up winning in 5. But Game 1 was us breaking a 15 game winning streak by NJD. That was supposed to be a series and only in hindsight is it the boring one of that run. Helps that it was at home and many on these boards (myself included) got to witness it. Shame on those in the arena who missed our tying goal, perhaps that's why it doesn't get talked about in the same way or get a fun nickname.

 

[Discipline Daddy]

Thought concussion again but looks like it isn’t and he will be able to play again.

Another W for Rags last night, albeit against a depleted Canuck side. Metro top 4 is really strong this year (might even get 5 in the playoffs). Will be a bloodbath to get out of the division this year.

Yeah, early goings look like the Metro might be the most competitive top 3 seeds of any division. I thought for sure it'd be us jockeying with Jersey and the Rangers, but I wouldn't be surprised to see the Caps in the mix. They look legitimately good, and it's starting to be a long enough stretch of games where you can't say it's fluky.

The top 4 Metro teams have a goal differential of +28, +27, +17, and +20. That's definitely the best if you compare top halves of other conferences. It also is a better "sustainable" metric, IMO, than just points. It looks like we have 4 legitimately good teams, and 4 legitimately mediocre teams.




I think the most important comeback game for me has to be miracle at Moulson. The 3 goal comeback in the 3rd against Theodore changed the narrative of the series to that point. Hart-contending, Vezina-contending goalie suddenly had holes. We carried that mojo all the way to game 5 of the finals, putting Carolina on the map.

The 05-06 team obviously had a more important season overall, but the comebacks weren't as impressive in the playoff run, even if the team itself was significantly better.