GDT: Around the League - Stanley Cup Edition - Round #3 [Final 4]

[Mess]

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[keonsbitterness]

You miss the dead puck era?

Shots were 31-31. Did that totally bore you?

 

[Mess]

Of the top 30 regular season leading scorers only Mark Stone of Vegas the last man standing.

The take away is that lots of skilled players during the regular season score on the rush and use their speed and skill to generate offense. coming through the middle of the ice.

In the playoffs good defensive teams clog up the middle, and disrupt the attach, and take away time and space, and you'd better be a good dump and chase team that generates offense off of hard work on the boards, and down low on the cycle, winning physical 50/50 puck battles. This nullifies talent and emphasizes hard work and compete.

Pilling up lots of regular season personal stats and points is not transferable to playoff style hockey unless you're equipped to change your systems and your game. The most successful teams appear to ones that play playoff style winning hockey all year and not just in the playoffs.

 

[DarkKnight]

Don't see it this year. Outside of a possible Rielly trade, I think it'll be status quo for core management and players in 21-22.

I agree, unfortunately.

 

[ToneDog]

Of the top 30 regular season leading scorers only Mark Stone of Vegas the last man standing.

The take away is that lots of skilled players during the regular season score on the rush and use their speed and skill to generate offense. coming through the middle of the ice.

In the playoffs good defensive teams clog up the middle, and disrupt the attach, and take away time and space, and you'd better be a good dump and chase team that generates offense off of hard work on the boards, and down low on the cycle, winning physical 50/50 puck battles. This nullifies talent and emphasizes hard work and compete.

Pilling up lots of regular season personal stats and points is not transferable to playoff style hockey unless you're equipped to change your systems and your game. The most successful teams appear to ones that play playoff style winning hockey all year and not just in the playoffs.

Perhaps not but it is sure good for your wallet and bank account.

 

[Mess]

Don't see it this year. Outside of a possible Rielly trade, I think it'll be status quo for core management and players in 21-22.

In Toronto Core management, and Cap management seems to be having an adverse effect of Cup management, which confirms Bad management.

 

[hullsy47]

All- time NHL coaching records

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The next team canada coach

 

[lottster14]

That was a good game today.

 

[Trapper]

Your grasping at straw with this narrative, by no means are the Isles playing boring hockey....

I’m finding losing in the 1st round every year pretty boring.

 

[blue stick]

Pay every player the same wage. Truly balance it out.

 

[stickty111]

Pretty much. If people want to start this false narrative that Lou was this amazing GM here, thats up to them but it's wrong.

 

[TheTotalPackage]

Barzal is quickly becoming my choice for most underrated and under appreciated player in the league.

 

[sparxx87]

Pretty much. If people want to start this false narrative that Lou was this amazing GM here, thats up to them but it's wrong.

No, you’re wrong. High water mark was Washington and 1st Boston series. The team was trending upward until they hired a stick boy to manage the team.

It’s been downhill ever since.

Bury your head in the sand if you’d like. You sound ridiculous.

 

[Trapper]

No, you’re wrong. High water mark was Washington and 1st Boston series. The team was trending upward until they hired a stick boy to manage the team.

It’s been downhill ever since.

Bury your head in the sand if you’d like. You sound ridiculous.

People putting down Lou for not doing anything here.
Why does Lou have only 3 seasons at the start of a rebuild to save the world but Dubas gets unlimited tries?

 

[mikeyz]

Shots were 31-31. Did that totally bore you?

The straw man arguments that the Dubas fan club has for their points is really incredible.

 

[mikeyz]

Pretty much. If people want to start this false narrative that Lou was this amazing GM here, thats up to them but it's wrong.

Dude, stop. Nobody is saying that Lou was amazing here.

All we’re saying is, Shanahan letting him go for Dubas was a BIG mistake. And every year we’re being proven more and more right.

 

[rumman]

Pretty much. If people want to start this false narrative that Lou was this amazing GM here, thats up to them but it's wrong.

It’s been nothing but a downward trend since Lou was replaced by boy wonder, so what’s your point? Lou didn’t get to finish what he started, and Dubas is ruining the legacy that was left to him..........

 

[rumman]

People putting down Lou for not doing anything here.
Why does Lou have only 3 seasons at the start of a rebuild to save the world but Dubas gets unlimited tries?

Time will not be kind to the Team Dubas posters who think he’s infallible........

 

[Trapper]

Dude, stop. Nobody is saying that Lou was amazing here.

All we’re saying is, Shanahan letting him go for Dubas was a BIG mistake. And every year we’re being proven more and more right.

If you don’t have the right core it doesn’t matter who the GM is.
But to dismiss him without seeing his vision is not fair.

We are however getting a look at the other guys vision first hand.

 

[blue stick]

But but but, Lou failed at properly mentoring Dubas.

 

[Leafs1991]

Man, Lou has done such a good job with the Islanders.

Trotz has done all the work, not Lou.

 

[TheTotalPackage]

I don’t care what anyone says about him as a person or coach — I’m convinced Babcock would have led us to at least one series win had he just been finishing up Year 6 of 8 of his contract.

I truly believe he had a process and trajectory for this team to achieve year over year.

 

[Leafs1991]

This, this right here. Trotz is a much better coach than people realize.

 

[mikeyz]

Trotz has done all the work, not Lou.

And let me guess. If the Islanders end up losing this series or in the cup final, it will be Lou's failure right?

 

[All Mod Cons]

Pretty much. If people want to start this false narrative that Lou was this amazing GM here, thats up to them but it's wrong.

Pretty much what you'd expect from the Dubas fan club. Leafs fans seem to be in agreement that Lou is doing a pretty good job though.