Around the league part 2

[DryIslandBartender]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1800389879496388632

The 80 year old Florida retiree working security in that video will have quite a story to tell the guys at Del Boca Vista board meeting.

 

[BaileyFan]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1800389879496388632

Glad to see the least deranged Oiler fan get a shoutout. I hope we’ll be able to bet on the O/U of number of cars overturned in downtown Edmonton if Draisaitl is suspended tomorrow.

 

[Sol]

Canadians need to chill out when they’re visiting florida. They are some really rugged folk down in Florida who will break the jaw of any Canadian who tries to push them.

 

[Sol]

Also I will be amazed if the league actually takes action on that extremely flagrant suspension worthy headshot. We've seen players get suspended for almost nothing and even fined.

f*** the NHL.

 

[Nasti]

Oh look, when McDavid and Draisaitl aren’t playing the Kings, their numbers suddenly come back down to Earth.

 

[Sol]

Oh look, when McDavid and Draisaitl aren’t playing the Kings, their numbers suddenly come back down to Earth.

Ain’t that the truth. However one thing that’s crazy is how ungodly unlucky the oilers PP is. Really good saves from bobrovsky but you also have a Pk that’s actually doing something the Kings weren’t doing… playing aggressive.

The interesting thing about the panthers PK which makes total sense is that the dmen are not close to the goalie. They’re so staggered outside of the net and immediately challenge shots from Draisaitl and making him take even more awkward shots as well threatening shooters closer near the dots. No Matt Roys just on their PK just spectating near the crease.

All of it makes sense. I’d rather have Bouchard taking shots rather than the McDavid draisaitl parade down low. I have no idea why the Kings didn’t think to pretty much just mark the Dmen on the forwards cycling around the net. I have no idea why they were constantly collapsing the center of the ice when the oilers weren’t evening crashing the net for the most part on the PP. they were just passing through the middle for easy shots. Whoever runs the Kings PK is an absolute idiot for not just challenging the close range shooters. Why on earth were the Kings heavily collapsing in front of the net when the oilers weren’t crashing the net is truly some idiotic hockey.

I don’t know how these people have jobs but I am sure almost 90 percent of this board would say just allow Bouchard to shoot only and cover the rest.

Maybe allow the shot from the blueline versus the guaranteed goals from downlow. But yeah kings hockey baby

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

Oilers have no 5 on 5 goals in their last four games. In their last 9 games, the Oilers have been outscored 13-1 in the third period. That one goal was scored into an empty net. Credit to them for getting this far, but I think they are still a deeply flawed team

 

[King'sPawn]

Oh look, when McDavid and Draisaitl aren’t playing the Kings, their numbers suddenly come back down to Earth.

I'm shocked. Particularly since the Kings addressed their biggest need last season: making sure their agent buddy got a huge contract.

 

[Herby]

This is only 30% of the post GDT. These are the worst fans in hockey.

"Officials are doing their best to make sure the Oilers don’t win."
"BS non calls, BS calls...can't stand this league. Might just quit watching this farce of a league."
"Great game by the refs... maximum bias applied just like Gary wanted for this Sunshit team."
"Couldn't beat Bob game 1 and got screwed by the refs (and poor effort) in game 2."
"Like f*** it was 1-1 and we were gifted a 5-3 for 1:45. How the f*** does the reffing get away with that shit?"
"Some creative officiating tonight."
"Congrats to Gary’s game managers for handing Florida a win. Embarrassing reffing that makes you outright question the integrity of the league."
"Tkachuk is a chunk of moldy shit. He doesn't deserve a Cup... but Gary and the refs will do their very best to give him one."
"Reffing was egregiously bad tonight."
"Well done refs, you f***ing incompetent losers. Gary is well pleased."
"Good lord are the diving Panthers a little annoying."
"That was the worst officiated Stanley Cup Final game I've seen in my life."

I mean this kind of reads like a GDT around these parts (and many team forums) too. 95% of the time it just sounds ridiculous to blame the refs, but it's just the low hanging fruit so everybody grabs it. Maybe 1/20 games or so you are completely screwed over by the refs, and those outlier games tend to balance themselves out over a full season and you benefit just as much as you are screwed. The biggest knock on the officials was they lost control of the game a bit at the end.

Ain’t that the truth. However one thing that’s crazy is how ungodly unlucky the oilers PP is. Really good saves from bobrovsky but you also have a Pk that’s actually doing something the Kings weren’t doing… playing aggressive.

The interesting thing about the panthers PK which makes total sense is that the dmen are not close to the goalie. They’re so staggered outside of the net and immediately challenge shots from Draisaitl and making him take even more awkward shots as well threatening shooters closer near the dots. No Matt Roys just on their PK just spectating near the crease.

This is by far the biggest difference (of many) between the Kings and Panthers, the PK aggressiveness. I've never once seen the Kings attack an Oilers PP like this, and yes it does create some odd-man advantages down low, and yes EDM has been a bit unlucky some of these haven't gone in, but taking your chances with a couple of odd-man chances is statistically better than just letting teams just get chance after chance as you collapse closer to home plate.

But they have Bill Belichick behind the bench and we have Jim Tomsula, so it's hard to expect to see those kinds of adjustments from the Kings.

 

[LAKings88]

This year EDM has shown they never just go away. I still hate them to the core. Dirty and whiny. Gaslighting fans. I do not want them to win. Florida is the better team.

 

[Mattias]

Also I will be amazed if the league actually takes action on that extremely flagrant suspension worthy headshot. We've seen players get suspended for almost nothing and even fined.

f*** the NHL.

"Best I can do is a $5000 fine and a 2 game suspension to Kadri" - Parros

 

[tigermask48]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1800389879496388632

I like how the guy is somehow triggered by someone recording him.

Wants the anonymity to act like an ass, but how dare you record me acting like an ass for others to see so i have to deal with the consequences.

Class act right there when your teenaged kid (I'm assuming) has to hold you back.

 

[Schrute farms]

No way the league suspends Drai. Especially with the Oilers down 2-0. They are probably pretty happy Barkov is gonna be out a game or more. Gives the Oilers a better chance to win a couple games and get the series back on track for a 6-7 games SCF...and more McDavid in the news.

 

[DryIslandBartender]

Wait a minute, Jamie Kompon is on the panthers staff? How many cup finals has this guy been to?!

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Wait a minute, Jamie Kompon is on the panthers staff? How many cup finals has this guy been to?!

This is his third. Once with the Kings, once with the Blackhawks, and Florida.

 

[chris kontos]

I mean this kind of reads like a GDT around these parts (and many team forums) too. 95% of the time it just sounds ridiculous to blame the refs, but it's just the low hanging fruit so everybody grabs it. Maybe 1/20 games or so you are completely screwed over by the refs, and those outlier games tend to balance themselves out over a full season and you benefit just as much as you are screwed. The biggest knock on the officials was they lost control of the game a bit at the end.



This is by far the biggest difference (of many) between the Kings and Panthers, the PK aggressiveness. I've never once seen the Kings attack an Oilers PP like this, and yes it does create some odd-man advantages down low, and yes EDM has been a bit unlucky some of these haven't gone in, but taking your chances with a couple of odd-man chances is statistically better than just letting teams just get chance after chance as you collapse closer to home plate.

But they have Bill Belichick behind the bench and we have Jim Tomsula, so it's hard to expect to see those kinds of adjustments from the Kings.

when people blame the refs its the biggest indicator of being losers.
be better!
just win- beat the team and the refs. no matter how egregious shit officiating is to complain about the refs is simply excuse making and being a victim and a whining loser.

 

[KingsFan7824]

35 year old goalie on a $10m cap hit - check

Best defenseman on the team some former 5th rd pick who was traded multiple times for nothing and picked up on waivers years ago - check

Retread Canadian coach - check

Stanley Cup - pretty damn close to check

 

[DryIslandBartender]

This is his third. Once with the Kings, once with the Blackhawks, and Florida.

So this is the fourth trip.

That is crazy, I remember this guy being lampooned on this Kings board pretty hard and here we are almost 20 years later and he’s considered a successful assistant.

 

[Nasti]

This is his third. Once with the Kings, once with the Blackhawks, and Florida.

Wouldn’t this be his fourth since Florida was in the final last year too?

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Wouldn’t this be his fourth since Florida was in the final last year too?

Oh yes, that's right. Was thinking of Cup rings, which he is well on his way of winning.

 

[johnjm22]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1800334172801933514

Doughty is a whiny pouty little girl. Tkachuk is a real man. He's a badass.

 

[chris kontos]

Anybody remember when daryl sutter shot a puck at kompon at practice?
LMAO

 

[kingsholygrail]

This is only 30% of the post GDT. These are the worst fans in hockey.

"Officials are doing their best to make sure the Oilers don’t win."
"BS non calls, BS calls...can't stand this league. Might just quit watching this farce of a league."
"Great game by the refs... maximum bias applied just like Gary wanted for this Sunshit team."
"Couldn't beat Bob game 1 and got screwed by the refs (and poor effort) in game 2."
"Like f*** it was 1-1 and we were gifted a 5-3 for 1:45. How the f*** does the reffing get away with that shit?"
"Some creative officiating tonight."
"Congrats to Gary’s game managers for handing Florida a win. Embarrassing reffing that makes you outright question the integrity of the league."
"Tkachuk is a chunk of moldy shit. He doesn't deserve a Cup... but Gary and the refs will do their very best to give him one."
"Reffing was egregiously bad tonight."
"Well done refs, you f***ing incompetent losers. Gary is well pleased."
"Good lord are the diving Panthers a little annoying."
"That was the worst officiated Stanley Cup Final game I've seen in my life."

It's funny because they still had 4 powerplays they failed to score on, two being very poorly timed OEL penalties and they were rocking a 35% pp coming into the series, iirc.

 

[Sol]

Wow are they seriously not going to take any action against Draisaitl at all? We’d know by now right ?

 

[Maynard]

Was listening to a post game interview with apparent Chernobyl victim Evan Rodrigues and he mentioned that the Florida power play was having trouble moving the puck on the PP against EDM. In response….get this….they ADJUSTED the power play to a more 5 on 5 approach to force EDM to defend differently.

They just changed their PP in response to how it was being defended! They didn’t just stubbornly stay in their archaic perimeter formation playing catch and hope it gets better. Crazy stuff huh?