Around the League playoff edition

[deeshamrock]

The Rangers got something better:
future considerations.

Disagree, the percentage of late rounds picks that ever see the light of NHL day, is extremely low. It was a move by both sides to address CAP, Wings had to get to the floor and Rags need $$ to sign DeAngelo, among others.
So both sides get something. But if they choose to keep him, Staal is a good d, good teammate and should be a good mentor for a the young defensemen coming up in their system.

Future considerations rarely amount to anything.

 

[KingsFan7824]

I'm surprised all it took for Det to take the contract was a 2nd rd pick next year. To me that's not even forcing the Rangers to think about it.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

I'd guess Detroit. Makes too much sense.

 

[kilowatt]

I'd guess Detroit. Makes too much sense.

The Red Wings have three left-handed defensemen making almost a combined $14 million. Only one year left on the Staal and Nemeth contracts though.

 

[KINGS17]

2-0 Tampa. The territorial advantage has been so clearly in the Lightning's favor the last four or five periods of this series.

 

[Jericho111091]

If the Earth is flat is the moon also flat?

 

[KINGS17]

Maroon one period away from winning a Stanley Cup two seasons in a row. Buddy, maybe he doesn't suck at hockey.

 

[Bandit]

Maroon one period away from winning a Stanley Cup two seasons in a row. Buddy, maybe he doesn't suck at hockey.

No, he really does.

 

[Jericho111091]

Perry thinks OJ was innocent

 

[lumbergh]

When does the "We Want the Cup" chant start? Oh, the fan noise is not real?

 

[kingsfan28]

Trading Cernak is looking to be one of the not so good ideas DL had when acquiring Bishop. why couldn't it have been Gravel or another scrub.

 

[KINGS17]

When does the "We Want the Cup" chant start? Oh, the fan noise is not real?

 

[RaymondReddington]

Brayden Point in the 3rd round 79th OA...wow

 

[KINGS17]

Dallas is going down.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Thank god it's over.

Trading Cernak is looking to be one of the not so good ideas DL had when acquiring Bishop. why couldn't it have been Gravel or another scrub.

Implying anyone else we could have traded wouldn't have become a "why did we trade that guy?"

 

[kingsfan28]

Tampas the champs. Dallas looked gases the entire game. On to the draft.

 

[Steve Zissou]

Suck it Corey Perry.



Pavs - you were cool but you were a Shark. You can suck it, too.

 

[kingsfan28]

Thank god it's over.


Implying anyone else we could have traded wouldn't have become a "why did we trade that guy?"

Well, when they had him ranked so low on the depth chart, considering he was a 2nd round pick, I'd say it was a mistake. Where is Gravel now?

 

[kingsboy11]

Good for the Lightning. After the embarrassment they had last year they really turned it around and proved a lot of people wrong.

 

[raswilliam]

 

[KINGS17]

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome NHL commissioner Gary Bettman...

*FAKE BOOS*

 

[kingsfan28]

Stamkos gets his name on the cup, for only playing 2:30 in game 2. it was pretty cool they got him in a game so it could happen.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Most of the game was meh but that last minute 30 of pure unrestrained desperation by both teams was absolute fire.

The genuine love for Bowness in the handshake line was fantastic to see too.

TB earned it. They're playing under the same conditions as everyone else. They'll always be the asterisk champs to me though, since it took them a year without the pressure of fans to do it

 

[kingsfan28]

that looks weird with bettman in the middle.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Victor Hedman getting the Conn Smythe only highlights how hard Drew was robbed of it in 2014.

-10.13% CFrel, -35% GF% rel, worst on the team by counting and advanced stats in the final, and that's with the softest deployment of all d-men but Sergachev. Drew was knocked for a 'bad' game 1, even when it was literally just one visible turnover!