Around the League XXI - Watching from the outside, but not all creepy like a voyeur

[The Night King]

Adios, Blues.

The Wild will have a special place in my heart if they eliminate the Hawks and Ducks (assuming the latter make it past the Flames).

 

[Nizar]

Oshie and Backes will be traded and Ken Hitchcock will be fired.

 

[kingsholygrail]

That's number two of the teams that "don't want the the Kings in the playoffs."

 

[KINGS17]

That's number two of the teams that "don't want the the Kings in the playoffs."

Yes, the Kings broke St. Louis and Vancouver long before this season.

 

[kingsboy11]

RIP Blues

Did any blues players show up outside of Tarasenko?

 

[Jeff18]

Get rid of Backes and one dimensional players like Reaves and Ott, then fire Hitchcock. What an embarrassing team

 

[cyclones22]

Paper tigers who now need an overhaul. They haven't even been close. Need a goalie? Trade for Miller last season. Said they needed a game breaker, Tarasenko comes along. Bad match-ups, get the Wild this time. Need a first line center, sign a second line center. What's the excuse now? Whatever they try, the formula doesn't work. Backes, Oshie, Pietrangelo, all pedestrian come playoff time. Their core simply doesn't have it. I'm happy to see them go simply because some of their fans were talking crap about the Kings after they were eliminated from playoff contention. See ya on the golf course, Blues.

 

[MynameisKing]

The BLose! Every run they've had they run into much better goalies on the other side. It's one thing to beat up on people in the regular season. It's a whole different story if you go up against good teams game after game.

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

The Blues and Penguins, two teams in need of a shake-up or they will continue to be bounced early every year

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

All my worst hockey nightmares are coming true for round 2

 

[TheSentinel]

So you can play the puck with the shaft of the stick above your head then score?

 

[DryIslandBartender]

Blues are the new Canucks/Sharks in the playoffs.

 

[Little Psycho]

Ottawa pressing, no forecheck by the Canadiens

 

[kingsholygrail]

So you can play the puck with the shaft of the stick above your head then score?

That was honestly my first thought as well.

Early whistle robs the Sens of a goal.

Funny how things come around.

 

[KingsFan7824]

New Blue next year? Justin Williams. They'll give him like $10 million just for 1 year.

 

[Bandit]

RIP Blues

Did any blues players show up outside of Tarasenko?

Their defense is fine. Captain no-show and TJ "Core player with one 20 goal season" Oshie along with their goalie situation will continue to be their downfall.

And Ottawa just got hosed. Should be 1-1.

 

[KingsHockey24]

Oshie and Backes will be traded and Ken Hitchcock will be fired.

Oshie as a Williams replacement? I think yes.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Oshie as a Williams replacement? I think yes.

But Oshie is the opposite of clutch..

 

[Choralone]

But Oshie is the opposite of clutch..

Except shootouts... and we certainly stunk in that department this year.

 

[Telos]

So you are saying you are rooting for the Isles. That's what I am reading here.

I would be alright with that. The Isles and the Flames are the two teams I'd prefer to win it from either conference.

I don't care if NY wins but the other three I'd have to agree with you.

Meh, I just wouldn't be able to stand their fanbase in the future because of it.

This is pretty much my thinking too. I'm thinking it might be too much to ask, though.

Probably. Those are all frontrunners, but we can hope.

 

[Bandit]

I would be alright with that. The Isles and the Flames are the two teams I'd prefer to win it from either conference.



Meh, I just wouldn't be able to stand their fanbase in the future because of it.



Probably. Those are all frontrunners, but we can hope.

I can't stand the NY fanbase in the present and they haven't won dick in nearly 20 years.

 

[kingsfan28]

That was honestly my first thought as well.

Early whistle robs the Sens of a goal.

Funny how things come around.

That waved off goal looked exactly like the one Williams had waved off after a quick whistle vs of all teams..the Sens.

 

[Reclamation Project]

Blues went out and signed another 2C. Gonna fix a broken arm with a bandaid. They should have never signed Stastny. What a terrible deal from day one.

 

[ZJames]

Carey Price flopping around. This isn't the NBA.

 

[kingsfan28]

Sens final chance on the pp, do nothing with it.