OT: Around the NHL: Cup or bust for the Leafs and Oilers? Bust it is!

[Honour Over Glory]

It's still insane to see all the former Penguins explode offensively and we can't even buy a goal.

Add Granlund and McCann to our lineup and it's a different team, although that's probably wishful thinking with that donkey Sully still at the helm.

Don't worry, Yohe is on his narrative to make sure it's all Karlsson's fault. Not Sullivan.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Don't worry, Yohe is on his narrative to make sure it's all Karlsson's fault. Not Sullivan.

I wonder how many hours in the day Karlsson regrets agreeing to come to the Pens.

 

[BusinessGoose]

I wonder how many hours in the day Karlsson regrets agreeing to come to the Pens.

Ten million helps dry tears

But it must be less fun than he expected

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Ten million helps dry tears

But it must be less fun than he expected

He was getting that money in San Jose, too. But he agreed to the deal because (apparently) he wanted a shot at winning.

Oops.

If he was just going to collect his salary and never see playoff hockey, he might as well have stayed in San Jose over Pittsburgh.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1851324316446560403

Weird, I wonder what happened to Lukas.

He was getting that money in San Jose, too. But he agreed to the deal because (apparently) he wanted a shot at winning.

Oops.

If he was just going to collect his salary and never see playoff hockey, he might as well have stayed in San Jose over Pittsburgh.

Karlsson believed the myth that Sullivan was a great coach, like everyone else that the Pens traded for or signed. Now he's made into the scapegoat by brain dead dipshits, led by an epic twat - Josh Yohe.

 

[Tacitus Kilgore]

Part of me wants Ovie to get the goal record to piss off Oil fans. The other part of me is annoyed of how it'll be used to say he is/was better than Sid.

/Biased

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1851459610064077089

TIL Maatta's still playing.

 

[Goalie_Bob]

He probably not even 30

 

[Empoleon8771]

He was getting that money in San Jose, too. But he agreed to the deal because (apparently) he wanted a shot at winning.

Oops.

If he was just going to collect his salary and never see playoff hockey, he might as well have stayed in San Jose over Pittsburgh.

If he wants to see playoff hockey, he should probably learn how to play defense and how to play within a system that makes the playoffs

This isn't even a comment of "the Penguins would be a playoff team with him playing well", it's that no playoff team is going to want him with how he has shown to not be effective while not playing as a rover.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

McDavid out 2-3 weeks. That's probably gonna cost him the Art Ross and/or Hart, if he otherwise would have won them.
Sucks to see when injuries derail greatness like this. I like to see the best have to beat the best rivals on their own steam.

 

[BusinessGoose]

McDavid out 2-3 weeks. That's probably gonna cost him the Art Ross and/or Hart, if he otherwise would have won them.
Sucks to see when injuries derail greatness like this. I like to see the best have to beat the best rivals on their own steam.

It'll be even more crazy when it DOESN'T impact his Ross pursuit...

 

[AuroraBorealis]

It'll be even more crazy when it DOESN'T impact his Ross pursuit...

Doesn't impact because he would have lost to another anyway or do you mean if he won it anyway? That can be interpreted both ways.

If it's the latter, that would be crazy. He only managed P/PG to this point. If it's 3 weeks then that's 10 games missed.
If we go off last year's totals then the winner this year will probably need 130-140+. So he'd need to do that in 72 games.
That's probably asking too much, even from the best.

 

[wheelz87]

Sid and Geno have missed way too many games due to injury/lost out on countless awards in their career for me to cry for McDavid.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Sid and Geno have missed way too many games due to injury/lost out on countless awards in their career for me to cry for McDavid.

Seriously. If there's one thing I do envy about McDavid, it's that he's constantly avoiding "worst case scenario" whenever he gets hurt. In comparison, Sid/Geno always seemed to end up WORSE than worst case scenario.

McDavid - breaks both legs and arms, estimated recovery is 5 years, ends up missing 1 week
Crosby - concussion, estimated missed time about 2 weeks, ends up missing all season with undiagnosed neck injury

 

[bambamcam4ever]

Seriously. If there's one thing I do envy about McDavid, it's that he's constantly avoiding "worst case scenario" whenever he gets hurt. In comparison, Sid/Geno always seemed to end up WORSE than worst case scenario.

McDavid - breaks both legs and arms, estimated recovery is 5 years, ends up missing 1 week
Crosby - concussion, estimated missed time about 2 weeks, ends up missing all season with undiagnosed neck injury

Or when he blew out his knee but it happened to be the last game of the season

 

[BusinessGoose]

Doesn't impact because he would have lost to another anyway or do you mean if he won it anyway? That can be interpreted both ways.

If it's the latter, that would be crazy. He only managed P/PG to this point. If it's 3 weeks then that's 10 games missed.
If we go off last year's totals then the winner this year will probably need 130-140+. So he'd need to do that in 72 games.
That's probably asking too much, even from the best.

Oh no, I expect him to be so good, that he'll STILL win it.

I know some dudes be putting up big numbers lately, but he's so damn good

 

[Borgir]

Sid and Geno have missed way too many games due to injury/lost out on countless awards in their career for me to cry for McDavid.

Exactly, who the f*** cares about the Oilers?

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

McDavid out 2-3 weeks. That's probably gonna cost him the Art Ross and/or Hart, if he otherwise would have won them.
Sucks to see when injuries derail greatness like this. I like to see the best have to beat the best rivals on their own steam.

Im def not gonna lose sleep over it. Obv glad he will be ok and its not serious. But him losing out on the ross n hart is ok with me.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Part of me wants Ovie to get the goal record to piss off Oil fans. The other part of me is annoyed of how it'll be used to say he is/was better than Sid.

/Biased

Oh I hope he crushes it. f*** the Oilers.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1851827905959211388

Dang.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1851827905959211388

Dang.

Young defenseman trying a fancy move (that worked) that could resulted in a turnover? Sullivan would coach that shit out of him in a hurry. Sullivan would have told him to dump it into the corner.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Young defenseman trying a fancy move (that worked) that could resulted in a turnover? Sullivan would coach that shit out of him in a hurry. Sullivan would have told him to dump it into the corner.

More like if he did that in Sullivan's system the player would be called awful and made us lose games.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

This was great.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1851748847846068697

 

[End of Line]

CBJ are fun team to watch right now. They’ve got so much speed up and down their lineup.

 

[eXile3]

I think the league is better with McDavid in it. I don’t get insecure when his “followers” call him better than Sid because I know it’s not true.

Jake on pace for 90 points. We really shouldn’t be surprised to see Sid struggling to put up points when DOC was the replacement.

I’m also will never understand how the org didn’t see McCanns talent.