Around the NHL – Part XL - Mod post page 249

[Hire Sather]

Pasta with the hattrick dagger that puts Boston up 4-3 on Pittsburgh with 2:26 left to play.

They've lost so many points the last couple weeks giving up late goals

 

[Captain Lindy]

What happened to Sergachev?

 

[Leonardo87]

Strome misses another open F’ing net.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

For what it's worth, the Lightning pinched plenty of turds in March. Just because they won big tonight doesn't mean they've been winning consistently.

 

[bl02]

What happened to Sergachev?

jammed up his leg along the boards. Went limping off the ice as play continued.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Kravtsov can live vicariously though him next year.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Draisaitl with a hat trick for 50

 

[NickyFotiu]

A lot of Canucks fans think he was scratched because he wouldn't wear the Pride jersey, Kuzmenko would've been a harder player to justify scratching

LOL Ed. Always something.

 

[haohmaru]

Draisaitl with a hat trick for 50

When was the last time a team had two 50 goal scorers I wonder?

 

[leetch99]

Draisaitl with a hat trick for 50

Geesh...it seems like it was just yesterday when I listened via my transistor radio to Vic Hadfield score his 50th on the last game of the season in a loss to Habs . He scored twice in the game. 51 years ago today. There are still a few here that remember that moment . He did it with a busted thumb . The good old days of hockey .

 

[Overcast]

When was the last time a team had two 50 goal scorers I wonder?

Looks like the 95-96 Pens with Lemieux+Jagr

 

[LOFIN]

A lot of Canucks fans think he was scratched because he wouldn't wear the Pride jersey, Kuzmenko would've been a harder player to justify scratching

Apparently my earlier message was deleted by a mod lol. So let me try to rephrase this in a more conservative manner: you better hope he was scratched because of his performance. Because the other option is bad and makes you defending him look bad.

 

[huerter]

I saw Tyler Johnson score a goal recently and giggled.

cised

 

[17futurecap]

Best loss of the night was Dallas, a real chance now that 11 of the other 15 playoff teams besides them finish with more points.

 

[cwede]

Isles, Pitt, 'peg
giving Fla/Buff, Calg/Nash
genuine openings to leap frog into WC spots

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Nobody is beating the Bruins this year. There is just no way any team is going to beat them 4 times in a series.

 

[LeetchisGod]

Nobody is beating the Bruins this year. There is just no way any team is going to beat them 4 times in a series.

Have to agree. They just don't have bad games.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Have to agree. They just don't have bad games.

They do everything well. Offense, defense, special teams, goaltending. Their GD is double any other team. Excellence across the board. I could see teams beating them once, maybe twice in a series but 4 times? Nah. I wish it wasn't so because the Rangers have a really good team and have a chance against every other team in the league.

 

[Mandar]

Nobody is beating the Bruins this year. There is just no way any team is going to beat them 4 times in a series.

History has shown quite a few times that teams who are juggernauts during the regular season don’t do the same in the playoffs….

 

[NickyFotiu]

History has shown quite a few times that teams who are juggernauts during the regular season don’t do the same in the playoffs….

You are right. A key is to get ahead in a series. Steal home ice. Put some pressure on them.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

History has shown quite a few times that teams who are juggernauts during the regular season don’t do the same in the playoffs….

I'm just not seeing it this year. They haven't just been better, they have been head and shoulders better than every other team and essentially have no weaknesses. I know shit happens in hockey like injuries, puck luck, and other stuff but I just don't see this team losing a series.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

This Boston-St. Louis game is nuts.

 

[cwede]

Nobody is beating the Bruins this year. There is just no way any team is going to beat them 4 times in a series.

I don't believe that.
NHL history shows us that the Cup playoffs are a clean restart.

Not saying it would be easy, or who would beat them.
They're a very very good team.
A team will need to meet/surpass their skill, focus, chemistry.

But every season there are very strong regulars season teams, and most President's trophy winners don't win Cups.
And every season there are some unexpected series outcomes.

I don't fear them, just respect them.
and NYR, and some others, have personnel to get better goalkeeping

 

[PuckLuck3043]

I don't believe that.
NHL history shows us that the Cup playoffs are a clean restart.

Not saying it would be easy, or who would beat them.
They're a very very good team.
A team will need to meet/surpass their skill, focus, chemistry.

But every season there are very strong regulars season teams, and most President's trophy winners don't win Cups.
And every season there are some unexpected series outcomes.

I don't fear them, just respect them.
and NYR, and some others, have personnel to get better goalkeeping

Yes, I know the team with the most points doesn't always win the cup. I just feel this Bruins team is so much better than every other team and they are good at everything. The only thing that could derail them is injuries. Just the way I see it.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Canes doing what they do best. Outshooting a team 2 to1 and still game tied 1-1.