Around the NHL – Part XL - Mod post page 249

[PuckLuck3043]

It's amazing to me that nobody wants that second WC. Pitt blew another game today. A few weeks ago I thought it would take 95 points to get in but 91-92 should do it.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

1 in 13

 

[NickyFotiu]

Rumor is Krav had a 4 point game tonight.

 

[Cmox]

Rumor is Krav had a 4 point game tonight.

You made me look that up, haha

 

[McRanger92]

ESPN Hockey experience is Ferraro talking about how no one wants to face Vegas in a playoff series while the Oilers put up a touchdown on Quick. Edmonton will roll through the pacific division with ease

 

[n8]

Rumor is Krav had a 4 point game tonight.

you made me look

 

[2014nyr]

ESPN Hockey experience is Ferraro talking about how no one wants to face Vegas in a playoff series while the Oilers put up a touchdown on Quick. Edmonton will roll through the pacific division with ease

idno la is legit. they're deep, fast, and kempe/fiala are really good players. that series could come down to a goaltending battle and that might get hilarious....but i like la a little better there so if series started today i'd go la in 7. conner might get belligerent though and win it singlehandedly. edm def have a solid chance to come outta the west

 

[Raspewtin]

Edmonton has no excuse to not come out of the west. the entire conference is pitiful.

 

[McRanger92]

idno la is legit. they're deep, fast, and kempe/fiala are really good players. that series could come down to a goaltending battle and that might get hilarious....but i like la a little better there so if series started today i'd go la in 7. conner might get belligerent though and win it singlehandedly. edm def have a solid chance to come outta the west

The whole West is devoid of goaltending. The 2nd best goalie on a playoff team might be Alex Georgiev. That says all we need to know about the conference. I still like Dallas as a dark horse to win the WCF because Oettinger is really the only guy we know can steal a series or 2. Must be nice when the 6 best teams are in the East.

 

[JimmyG89]

The whole West is devoid of goaltending. The 2nd best goalie on a playoff team might be Alex Georgiev. That says all we need to know about the conference. I still like Dallas as a dark horse to win the WCF because Oettinger is really the only guy we know can steal a series or 2. Must be nice when the 6 best teams are in the East.

The only other one would be Hellebuyck, but man the Jets are not a good team. The best goalies in the West are on bad teams. Saros, Gibson, and Demko are very good, yet their teams are trash. I do think Dallas is bounced in the 1st round.

Honestly if Calgary gets in, I could see them making a run. They might hate Sutter, but that's not going to stop you from going all out in the postseason. And on top of that, their style of play is set up that way. Markstrom just can't make a save.

The Wild will be interesting too, especially since they have multiple options in net and should get Kaprizov back.

All that, and Colorado is still the best team. Landeskog isn't back yet, but will be. Georgiev is their one sore spot. You have no idea how he'll be in a series. I'd still take them over any team tho. Edmonton is 2nd, LA 3rd. Vegas is cooked IMO. Edmonton took it to them easily last night.

 

[turcotte8]

Rumor is Krav had a 4 point game tonight.

You reading the National Enquirer again?

 

[EdJovanovski]

 

[Nickmo82]

I just saw that Stutzle has 82 points on the year.

You just know that if we picked him, he'd be pacing 30-40.

 

[Matt Rentfree]

Hoping for a 3 point game between Col and Min tonight. Keep pushing Dallas down the standings.

 

[17futurecap]

 

[EdJovanovski]

 

[bobbop]

2017 was a shit draft. The Rangers desperately tried to move up to 3 to get Petterson but it takes two to make a deal.

I get the approach in 2017. Andersson was the safe pick and Chytil was the home run swing. The fact that Lias’ busted is just how it goes sometimes.

2018 was very much Gordie Clark and the rest of they scouting staff thinking they are the smartest in the room. No reason they should have went off board and not taken a guy like Wahlstrom, Dobson, Farabee etc

Wahlstrom and Farabee haven’t exactly lit it up either.

What I think you are seeing now is a conscious effort by Drury to make drafts more North American. Schneider and Othmann are two prime examples. Let’s see if that holds true this year.

 

[ajdj10]

I just saw that Stutzle has 82 points on the year.

You just know that if we picked him, he'd be pacing 30-40.

Yeah but Stutzle wasn't interrupted by Covid.

 

[Roo Returns]

The only other one would be Hellebuyck, but man the Jets are not a good team. The best goalies in the West are on bad teams. Saros, Gibson, and Demko are very good, yet their teams are trash. I do think Dallas is bounced in the 1st round.

Honestly if Calgary gets in, I could see them making a run. They might hate Sutter, but that's not going to stop you from going all out in the postseason. And on top of that, their style of play is set up that way. Markstrom just can't make a save.

The Wild will be interesting too, especially since they have multiple options in net and should get Kaprizov back.

All that, and Colorado is still the best team. Landeskog isn't back yet, but will be. Georgiev is their one sore spot. You have no idea how he'll be in a series. I'd still take them over any team tho. Edmonton is 2nd, LA 3rd. Vegas is cooked IMO. Edmonton took it to them easily last night.

If other teams oblige and play pond hockey with the Oilers they're going to come out of the West. That's how they got to the WCF last year.

I still think if the Jets don't totally collapse the next two weeks, they're very dangerous and Hellebuyck is the best goalie in the West.

Fleury or Quick may have one more run left.

 

[Boris Zubov]

If other teams oblige and play pond hockey with the Oilers they're going to come out of the West. That's how they got to the WCF last year.

I still think if the Jets don't totally collapse the next two weeks, they're very dangerous and Hellebuyck is the best goalie in the West.

Fleury or Quick may have one more run left.

Winnipeg is going to have to win every game 1-0 or 2-1. They stopped scoring goals in the last 6 weeks. I'm aware they scored 5 last night, but that's been the exception not the rule.

 

[Roo Returns]

Winnipeg is going to have to win every game 1-0 or 2-1. They stopped scoring goals in the last 6 weeks. I'm aware they scored 5 last night, but that's been the exception not the rule.

Their top six guys are filthy and can take a game over at any time. They play both teams who are chasing them and only really have one more easy game.

They control their own fate.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Their top six guys are filthy and can take a game over at any time. They play both teams who are chasing them and only really have one more easy game.

They control their own fate.

Those guys have been ICE cold as of late & PLD had been out for awhile, recently coming back. I liked their team earlier in the season, but they've been pretty bad now for the past 2 months. I understand what your saying about them, but I don't see them winning a round.

 

[Synergy27]

McDavid has 144 points and he’s only +15. That’s pretty wild.

Gretz was +98 in his 208 point season and > +70 in his other monster years. Lemieux was +41 when he scored 199.

 

[haohmaru]

Kravtsov scratched. Lundkvist scratched. Andersson in the AHL.

Our best recent pick playing elsewhere is none other than Morgan Barron. Go figure.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Wahlstrom and Farabee haven’t exactly lit it up either.

What I think you are seeing now is a conscious effort by Drury to make drafts more North American. Schneider and Othmann are two prime examples. Let’s see if that holds true this year.

Schneider was Gorton and JD.