Around the NHL: Part V – Nice Try, Sabres (or, Playoffs?!)

[mulli25]

Do you really think that a team committed to Been, Seguin, Radulov and Bishop, that makes a run to the Conference not paying the price of an additional 1st to keep an important player like Zuccarello to keep that team together? I don’t.

Not to say its impossible, but hitting the conditions on both of those picks instantly makes that arguably one of the best trades in Rangers history.

 

[FJB]

Pretty much every 1st round matchup seems enjoyable.

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

So happy the Tank Machine dropped. Good riddance.

 

[Leonardo87]

So happy the Tank Machine dropped. Good riddance.

Buffalo Top 3 pick?

 

[nyrage]

After much success last night, we have plenty to root for starting tonight. It should be a fun playoffs. Here's hoping we add a couple of more first round picks.

 

[nevesis]

Dubinsky fighting Girardi. Wow. Haha

 

[DutchShamrock]

The first of the Dallas 1sts would be a 28-31. That's not prohibitive. It would validate the trade and the strength of the team going forward thereby projecting the next 1st to be lower as well.

We get a bit of an echo chamber here that inflates the value of picks. Dallas sells out, but their ticket prices are somewhat reasonable for the fan. Dallas doesn't clear a huge profit. Playoff revenue is necessary to generate profits there. The owner would be more than happy to trade in a few picks for several playoff games. The costs are sunk, just a matter of one pick being in the 45-55 range, or a 28. The next year is a 3rd or a 1st round.

 

[nyrage]

Killorn always steps up in the playoffs. The anti-Miller.

 

[Kokoschka]

Dubinsky fighting Girardi. Wow. Haha

The series has kind of a vintage feeling to it. Even Tortorella's powerplay still sucks.

 

[Fugazy]

It's remarkable seeing a team that's #1 on the PP and on the PK.

 

[Tob]

goal on 1st shot, unsteady 1st save. Bobrovksy is at it again.

 

[haohmaru]

Bob the Goalie with another flub and exactly the start Columbus doesn't want

 

[Paulie Walnutz]

Good luck to the sucker who signs Bobrovsky this summer.

 

[BklynTerp]

Horrible anthem on the island

 

[NYR94]

Horrible anthem on the island

Yeah that was bad.

 

[Fugazy]

Of course that goes in.

 

[nevesis]

Matt Murray...

 

[NYR94]

Kuhnackl! Isles up 1-0.

 

[LeetchisGod]

Offsides.

 

[nevesis]

No goal, offsides!

 

[Fugazy]

Pretty clear offsides on the replay.

 

[Paulie Walnutz]

So who do we root for in this game? Ebola outbreak?

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

So who do we root for in this game? Ebola outbreak?

Preferably, with the Penguins winning.

 

[haohmaru]

TB is so freaking stacked. The only way they don't win the Cup is if they lose their nerve.

 

[Loff]

Lumbus looks like straight up trash.