Around the NHL: Panthers win. Onto the business season!

[MOGlLNY]

I want a Dakota Joshua so we can have a player from Dune

Not out of the realm of possibility with the Nucks cap crunch

 

[Chainshot]

Feels like Joshua is going to be the Joel Ward or Sean Bergenheim of this playoffs.

Funny to think that if Buffalo were to sign a tweener out of another conference rival and let them win a job in camp, there would be criticism of why are they signing that guy and why is he making the team? Yet now that a guy like that in Vancouver has been one of my top choices for UFA targets since early in the season. He's two years removed from being being a Group VI UFA.

People would think that Adams is daft for making that sort of signing. But it is very much what they need.

 

[Beerz]

Feels like Joshua is going to be the Joel Ward or Sean Bergenheim of this playoffs.

Funny to think that if Buffalo were to sign a tweener out of another conference rival and let them win a job in camp, there would be criticism of why are they signing that guy and why is he making the team? Yet now that a guy like that in Vancouver has been one of my top choices for UFA targets since early in the season. He's two years removed from being being a Group VI UFA.

People would think that Adams is daft for making that sort of signing. But it is very much what they need.

What's the deal with him? I know nothing about his game.

 

[Jim Bob]

Ryan Lomburg is a 4th line UFA that Baker & Fairburn loved the idea of adding.

I also wonder if Adams might be interested in Jordan Martinook.

 

[Old Navy Goat]

Feels like Joshua is going to be the Joel Ward or Sean Bergenheim of this playoffs.

Funny to think that if Buffalo were to sign a tweener out of another conference rival and let them win a job in camp, there would be criticism of why are they signing that guy and why is he making the team? Yet now that a guy like that in Vancouver has been one of my top choices for UFA targets since early in the season. He's two years removed from being being a Group VI UFA.

People would think that Adams is daft for making that sort of signing. But it is very much what they need.

But we all know that only poinnnntttzzzz matter. If he's not signing scorers then he's just wasting another year

 

[Jim Bob]

Tougher does not equal better for Maple Leafs in Game 1 flop vs. Bruins

A more physical Toronto team than in playoffs past was also slower and less dangerous on offense in Game 1.

www.dailyfaceoff.com

Finding the right balance is not as easy as many make it out to be,

 

[Chainshot]

Ryan Lomburg is a 4th line UFA that Baker & Fairburn loved the idea of adding.

I also wonder if Adams might be interested in Jordan Martinook.

Lomburg is such a little bitch. They could use him.

 

[MOGlLNY]

Tougher does not equal better for Maple Leafs in Game 1 flop vs. Bruins

A more physical Toronto team than in playoffs past was also slower and less dangerous on offense in Game 1.

www.dailyfaceoff.com

Finding the right balance is not as easy as many make it out to be,

Bruins do it perfectly and I don’t get the Leafs trying to set the tone on them. You just want to be able to punch them back harder when they initiate.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

I think it’s kinda funny that Georgiev just keeps popping up in all these weird stories. Keeps getting chances, he just isn’t good. Him stinking up the joint because the other guy is sick is just a fantastic opener. A leafs loss- the hockey gods entertain.

 

[Chainshot]

Bruins do it perfectly and I don’t get the Leafs trying to set the tone on them. You just want to be able to punch them back harder when they initiate.

It sounds like the Leafs are trying to erase their reputation. The problem is, they forget how to actually play hockey when they're trying to be something they are not. If they go play their game and let the more robust players who they've filtered into their lineup do what they do, that's one thing. But trying this hard to be this different is just folly.

Also, JT is the most milquetoast captain. I can't believe the fireball behind the Bandits' bench is his namesake because he's an absolute lamb out there.

 

[MOGlLNY]

This Nylander stuff is actually crazy.

 

[Chainshot]

This Nylander stuff is actually crazy.

He does not look like he's moving well:



And then there is this:

 

[MOGlLNY]

Back spasms ?

He does not look like he's moving well:



And then there is this:

 

[Chainshot]

Back spasms ?

I'm wondering if that could be it. He looks like I do when I first get out of bed in the morning, less the dogs scrambling to get to their bowls. I at least can make the excuse that I'm old.

 

[Zman5778]

Back spasms ?

Maybe. To me, that kinda looks like someone that is nursing a groin injury.

 

[HaNotsri]

Maybe. To me, that kinda looks like someone that is nursing a groin injury.

Can't they look pretty similar? Groin injuries could also lead to back pain. Not a doctor, just going by vague memories of hockey injuries and players solving their backpain by fixing the groin.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Can't they look pretty similar? Groin injuries could also lead to back pain. Not a doctor, just going by vague memories of hockey injuries and players solving their backpain by fixing the groin.

When I played, any groin injury made it hard to do anything on ice. Hell, walking was hard to do. About the only thing I could do without any difference was lay down and block shots.

 

[Zman5778]

Johnston: What I'm hearing about William Nylander's injury and availability for the Maple Leafs

Nylander skated Sunday and there's every expectation he will play at some point in the series, but when and what happened are still unclear.

theathletic.com

There are a couple of videos here from yesterday.

Nylander looked to be laboring, especially early in the session, and misfired entirely on a couple of shot attempts while the ice sheet was still freshly resurfaced. He wasn’t moving with his normal fluidity and frequently hunched over while regrouping along the boards between drills. He had Giordano feed him passes to practice one-timers and went through a series of puck-touch drills under the supervision of assistant coaches Manny Malhotra and Dean Chynoweth.

It would seem to be an encouraging sign that he lasted longer than any of his teammates while remaining out for 56 minutes. He appeared to get more comfortable and loose as the session went on. Nylander finished his work by taking a series of breakaways on Woll and raised a fist in celebration after scoring on his last attempt.

So if it got looser as the session went on........that might indicate a back injury like MOGILNY speculated. Whenever I skated with a groin injury, it NEVER got better as I skated.

 

[Zman5778]

Not sure I like Boston going with Ullmark.

We'll see.

 

[Beerz]

Kaplan is a very good insider... she is a bad sideline reporter/interviewer

 

[Ace]

It’s fitting that Toronto got the one former Sabre who is actively hurting the team in the playoffs

 

[Zman5778]

Kaplan is a very good insider... she is a bad sideline reporter/interviewer

I think she's just bad with canned/teleprompter stuff.

When she's candid and not going on a script or anything, I find her comfortable and endearing.

 

[Beerz]

It’s fitting that Toronto got the one former Sabre who is actively hurting the team in the playoffs

Was wondering what you were talking about. My stream way behind

 

[Ace]

Was wondering what you were talking about. My stream way behind

Then don’t watch the next 15 seconds lol.

Dammit Bruins

 

[Zman5778]

The B's are in the Leafs' collective heads.