GDT: Around the League - Stanley Cup Edition - Round #2

[c9777666]

He added Toffoli, Edmondson, Allen, Anderson, Perry, Romanov last summer. No bad for a dummy.

Basically outside of KK/Suzuki/Caufield, they're the oldest team in hockey

 

[Gallagbi]

holy crap! Yeah good luck Habs.

No better time to play them than off their division series.

 

[koyvoo]

10 day layoff for the Jets + Habs coming off playing high stakes games including 3 straight on the brink.

The long layoff explains a flat game 1. By tonight’s game, Montreal played 11 in 19 and manhandled them tonight. With their best defenseman out of the lineup too.

 

[3blizzard4]

If I’m Mark Stone or Nathan McKinnon I’m sitting out the first game against the Habs.

 

[mikeyz]

Nah, Montreal actually has some fight and real competitors, even with a quarter of the talent (outside Price). Not the sad sacks currently wearing the maple leaf. A bit of perseverance and fortitude go a long way.

I hope this sweep stings even more for Marner/Matthews/Rielly/Keefe etc. Most knew Winnipeg would be an easy out. Yet even they managed to win a round.

Leafs and Oilers continue to be the biggest jokes of the league.

I can’t see that happening TBH. They just don’t care.

 

[c9777666]

Nah, Montreal actually has some fight and real competitors, even with a quarter of the talent (outside Price). Not the sad sacks currently wearing the maple leaf. A bit of perseverance and fortitude go a long way.

I hope this sweep stings even more for Marner/Matthews/Rielly/Keefe etc. Most knew Winnipeg would be an easy out. Yet even they managed to win a round.

Leafs and Oilers continue to be the biggest jokes of the league.

This Canadiens team was 18th out of 31. worst record of any playoff team. Coldest team down the stretch.
Why even bother watching any regular season games?

 

[keonsbitterness]

Your team jut made it to the final 4 and you’re on the Leafs board?? LMFAO.

We should all go to the Arizona board just for the heck of it.

Is there an Arizona board?

 

[c9777666]

Nah, Montreal actually has some fight and real competitors, even with a quarter of the talent (outside Price).

Then what's the point of talent?

 

[sparxx87]

The long layoff explains a flat game 1. By tonight’s game, Montreal played 11 in 19 and manhandled them tonight. With their best defenseman out of the lineup too.

Oh they were clearly the better team, just surprised it was a sweep. I had Habs in 6, but that was before Scheifele went down.

 

[Gallagbi]

This Canadiens team was 18th out of 31. worst record of any playoff team. Coldest team down the stretch.
Why even bother watching any regular season games?

Jets were the coldest team, oddly enough

 

[Gallagbi]

Then what's the point of talent?

Because losing without talent became boring, so we added a little spice

 

[3blizzard4]

We should all go to the Arizona board just for the heck of it.

Is there an Arizona board?

wasn’t the Arizona board relocated to Quebec?

 

[Azazel]

We should all go to the Arizona board just for the heck of it.

Is there an Arizona board?

Take that Arizona! Habs beat the Jets!!! Arizona sucks!!!1

(I think theyd just be happy to chat with someone)

 

[c9777666]

These Habs make last year's Dallas Stars look like the 02 Red Wings

 

[koyvoo]

Just think: Habs could have been eliminated by us in 5, and now, despite the late start in the North division playoffs, they get to rest before the 3rd round.

Unbelievable!

You have to commend their fight. They could’ve rolled over down 3-1 and say “oh well, a higher seed beat us”.

They haven’t lost since being faced with elimination.

We rolled over being up 3-1!

 

[keonsbitterness]

Basically outside of KK/Suzuki/Caufield, they're the oldest team in hockey

So what? It's not a birthday contest.

 

[c9777666]

You have to commend their fight. They could’ve rolled over down 3-1 and say “oh well, a higher seed beat us”.

They haven’t lost since being faced with elimination.

We rolled over being up 3-1!

Bergevin sold his soul during that game 5 OT intermission.

proof that sometimes good things happens to bad GM's

 

[keonsbitterness]

These Habs make last year's Dallas Stars look like the 02 Red Wings

How many Tom Brady posters did you buy last month?

 

[koyvoo]

Then what's the point of talent?

Talent is essential as long it finds playoff balls. Our guys still looking.

Montreal is limited but they put up a fight and two teams of greater skill layed down instead of fight back.

 

[c9777666]

Talent is essential as long it finds playoff balls. Our guys still looking.

Montreal is limited but they put up a fight and two teams of greater skill layed down instead of fight back.

Without Carey Price, the Habs are Buffalo

 

[Gallagbi]

These Habs make last year's Dallas Stars look like the 02 Red Wings

I'm just hoping they're not the 03 Ducks

Without Carey Price, the Habs are Buffalo

With Price are they Hasek-Buffalo though?

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Rust is worse than rest is good in the playoffs. The last 6 times now that a 4-0 team met a 4-3 team, the 4-3 team won, sometimes in a sweep.

Habs are facing the winner of Avs-Vegas, a series that will probably go 7. I think the winner of that series (likely Vegas) will have almost a free ride to the finals.

Watching the Avs/Vegas series or the Boston Series or the Tampa Series vs this series...it's like they were playing different sports. So much more intensity, speed and aggression compared to the North.

The Habs are coming off 11 games in 19 nights. They could definitely use an extended break, especially with Petry injured. That's more beneficial to them than having to play basically every other night straight into round 3

If you're Vegas, you end it in 6 and hope the Tampa series goes the distance so you can have a few days off without having to travel

 

[koyvoo]

Without Carey Price, the Habs are Buffalo

You’re acting like this is one of the all time historic goaltending performances. Price is playing excellent. Not exactly otherworldly ala 2010 Halak though. He hasn’t been called upon to be.

The jets were outshot 41-16 tonight.

I would say Korpisalo was more otherworldly last year vs us than Price was this year.

 

[Enga Olly]

I'm just hoping they're not the '86 Habs

 

[Gallagbi]

The Habs are coming off 11 games in 19 nights. They could definitely use an extended break, especially with Petry injured. That's more beneficial to them than having to play basically every other night straight into round 3

If you're Vegas, you end it in 6 and hope the Tampa series goes the distance so you can a few days off without having to travel

I get that, but if I were the Habs I'd want to keep rolling. 7 straight wins? Fans in the stands? Underdog story? I'd want to play every night.

Not sure time to plan and think about what they've done so far is their ideal situation