Around the League Thread | November Rain

[timw33]

Oh my god, was Hanafin Podkolzin's man there?

 

[Canuckle1970]

Good result! Don't care if Vegas wins the division. Our prize for winning 1st last season was the longest air mile travel of all the playoff teams. Get 2nd, and you stay within your division.

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Good result! Don't care if Vegas wins the division. Our prize for winning 1st last season was the longest air mile travel of all the playoff teams. Get 2nd, and you stay within your division.

This never occurred to me before and now I'm mad at the NHLs stupid playoff format.

 

[arttk]

Oh my god, was Hanafin Podkolzin's man there?

Lovely play by Bouchard too

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Also proof the Sportsnet panel is delusional. After that game ended they were showing "highlights" as to why Skinner deserves to be on team Canada. I'm not even kidding...

 

[Canuckle1970]

This never occurred to me before and now I'm mad at the NHLs stupid playoff format.

I remember Bieksa talking about it on the HNIC panel last year. He said that the Canucks 2nd round playoff with Nashville in 2011 really took a toll on the team.

 

[arttk]

This never occurred to me before and now I'm mad at the NHLs stupid playoff format.

Would be interesting if the 1st seeds for each division can pick which team they want to play in the 1st round. That would be spicy.

 

[sting101]

Would be interesting if the 1st seeds for each division can pick which team they want to play in the 1st round. That would be spicy.

i would love to see a 2 -2 -3 format. None of the 5-6-7 back and forth for 1 game and home ice means more

Only twice in the last 20yrs has the 7 game series averaged more than 6 games so it's basically even up for teams that finished worse over 82 games. Reward the regular season get rid of the excess travel. It's physically punishing enough no need to add a massive amount of air and time travel especially unfair for Western teams

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

Good result! Don't care if Vegas wins the division. Our prize for winning 1st last season was the longest air mile travel of all the playoff teams. Get 2nd, and you stay within your division.

Oh heck no, let Vegas and Edmonton battle it out in the first round. Rather take one of the wild card teams over those two any day. Who cares about travel, give me the higher probability of advancing any day.

 

[Brookbank]

I noticed Devon Toews falling off some fantasy teams.

Devon Toews has no goals , 2 assists and minus 6 and 4 hits.

Filip Hronek has no goals, 3 assists and plus 8 and 24 hits.

I remember when these comparisons were made back then, many Canucks fans, if not the majority said Toews was better. (The other is always better. The guy not on your team that you don't watch every night is always better)

I've also noticed some whining recently about Hronek not being flashy enough. At least he's a plus player and can hit. And he's having more team success as well.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Preds and Oil lost.

Nice.

 

[Hammer79]

Preds and Oil lost.

Nice.

All the off-season chatter about how the Jets were falling out and the Preds and Oilers would be dominant, and after a dozen games it's not shaking out that way at all. I don't know how many of you listen to Kouleas on SiriusXM, but he basically wrote off the Jets and was pumping Preds and Oilers tires all of September.

 

[Wisp]

who wants to take a guess on which fanbase's board is discussing Lankinen's success the most (outside of our own).

 

[ManVanFan]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1854348429658403129

 

[ManVanFan]

Christ, one of my fantasy players is hurting the other now. No wonder my team sucks.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1854351978584825999

 

[AwesomeInTheory]

who wants to take a guess on which fanbase's board is discussing Lankinen's success the most (outside of our own).

I'm actually curious if he's going to end up an Oiler.

 

[thecupismine]

Watching Ovechkin's march to the goal record has been nostalgic. If his early career/prime was played in this era I'm pretty confident he would've come close to breaking single season goal records as well.

The Caps being good is a slight bonus because it looks like he's having fun again.

 

[ManVanFan]

Watching Ovechkin's march to the goal record has been nostalgic. If his early career/prime was played in this era I'm pretty confident he would've come close to breaking single season goal records as well.

The Caps being good is a slight bonus because it looks like he's having fun again.

As noted by the celebration a few posts earlier on the none goal

 

[Brookbank]

Preds and Oil lost.

Nice.

Again ? Man.... Oilers have the worst PK in the league

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

The retool is paying off for the caps

What a contrast between the caps and the pens

I hope Ovi breaks the record this season

 

[tantalum]

Holloway, Broberg and McLeod--all former Oiler first rounders, who had to get out of Dodge to revive their NHL careers.

'Player Development' is just such a vital factor in a franchise's success these days.


Holloway, Broberg and McLeod--all former Oiler first rounders, who had to get out of Dodge to revive their NHL careers.

'Player Development' is just such a vital factor in a franchise's success these days.

You can say that again!

 

[tantalum]

Lovely play by Bouchard too

Ekholm and Bouchard got burned bad on the Eichel goal as well.

Skinner let in an unscreened wrist shot from the point for Hanifin's first.

Good to see those highlights. Provided some amusement to start the day.

 

[Britton]

When you sign your top guys to longer term deals, it means that you will be constantly turning over the bottom of the roster. Just the reality of the sport.

It's a challenge to constantly hit in free agency.