Around the NHL 2022-2023 *Mod warning in effect pg145

[TheDizee]

Who gets conn smythe?

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

Who gets conn smythe?

likely marchessault. but i would vote eichel.

 

[PJJJP]

Honestly they should just skip the rest of the game

 

[Xanadude]

Feeling very vindicated for thinking Vegas had the upper hand. I would have much, much preferred Florida to win but the long break didn't do them any favors and teams that goalie themselves to the finals often struggle to win it all.

 

[PJJJP]

I wonder how much Barbashev is going to get paid after this playoff performance

 

[BlueDream]

I wonder how much Barbashev is going to get paid after this playoff performance

I can see him getting 5x5 in UFA.

 

[Xerloris]

Sorry bros, it’s painful watching Petro dominate. Painful. He’s been unreal.

Why is it painful? He got what he wanted.

 

[The Note]

I wonder how much Barbashev is going to get paid after this playoff performance

Probably too much. More power to him.

 

[Xerloris]

God these finals have been shameful. Florida has played so badly I can't even understand how they made the playoffs.

Seriously happy for Barbie though, dudes gonna get his payday.

 

[mk80]

Has anyone ever rewritten their career narrative in 2 months like Eichel has? What a dominating playoff performance. He went from whiny loser to superstar Cup winning center in these playoffs.

Seems like Buffalo produces a lot of players who need a change of scenery to have success

 

[Xerloris]

God this series was so bad.

 

[BlueDream]

Seems like Buffalo produces a lot of players who need a change of scenery to have success

They lead the NHL in former players that are playing in this series. There’s 8 former Sabres across the Vegas and Florida rosters.

Being a Sabres fan would be painful.

 

[Stealth JD]

Way to go, Barby and Petro.

 

[hullderko]

Gudas you are an embarrassment to the game of hockey. Barbie you are a 2 time Stanley Cup Champion!

 

[Xerloris]

How amazing is that? They put the camera on the bench at the end of the game instead of following a puck down the ice during an icing call.

 

[BlueDream]

Watching the Cup celebration is always amazing, even when it’s a team you don’t care for. Coolest moment in all of sports.

Watching the Blues do that was just incredible.

 

[DoubleK81]

The long suffering Vegas fans and top 3 defenseman of all time Alex Pietrangelo have won the Stanley Cup!

 

[Xerloris]

The long suffering Vegas fans and top 3 defenseman of all time Alex Pietrangelo have won the Stanley Cup!

Anyone else think it's kind of weird that players like Hill are being handed the cup after guys that have already won it before?

 

[mk80]

Anyone else think it's kind of weird that players like Hill are being handed the cup after guys that have already won it before?

Well Barbashev handed it to Hill and Pietro got it pretty early too. I think it’s fine to let the guys that haven’t won it before go mostly towards the top of the order

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

Anyone else think it's kind of weird that players like Hill are being handed the cup after guys that have already won it before?

I turned it off after the fist handful, but seemed to me they were giving it first to guys who had been there since year 1.

 

[Brockon]

Ended up having to work graveyards, couldn't watch basically any of the playoffs in may or June...

Who won the conn Smythe?

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

Ended up having to work graveyards, couldn't watch basically any of the playoffs in may or June...

Who won the conn Smythe?

marchessault

 

[BluesAL]

Letting Petro go will always be Army’s biggest mistake. All that grandstanding by Army over a NMC. He was the captain of your cup winning team…you could’ve made an exception and others would’ve understood. With Petro, the Blues have a chance at getting past the Avs and winning it all again last year. Blegh.

 

[ezcreepin]

So I would imagine the abuse of the salary cap is going to get fixed very soon, but is it a good or bad thing that a team just 6 years into their existence have been able to go to the finals twice and win a cup? Credit to the Knights for showing up but I have a tough time seeing this as a good thing for the league.

 

[ezcreepin]

Letting Petro go will always be Army’s biggest mistake. All that grandstanding by Army over a NMC. He was the captain of your cup winning team…you could’ve made an exception and others would’ve understood. With Petro, the Blues have a chance at getting past the Avs and winning it all again last year. Blegh.

We can't really debate what ifs because the left side would've been god awful, Parayko and Faulk were vital in that run and one of them likely would've been traded, who knows if we have Buchnevich, I mean there's a laundry list of things that may or may not have happened.