Around the NHL: Part VII – Sweeps and Suspensions (Mod Warning Post #249)

[Irishguy42]

Man, if we get two sweeps in one night...wew.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

The second I saw our post deadline lineup push around these Bolts like a swing on a big toy I knew they were in trouble for the playoffs.

I did not expect it to come in the first round in a sweep though. Things got dark under AV, but they never got this dark.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

I will bet you vCash options, puts and calls, with hedging, that this does not occur.
Bettman be damned

How many games we talking?

 

[eco's bones]

I hate the Islanders but I wouldn't mind them finishing off the Penguins tonight.

Tampa fans should look forward to a next year full of choking comments. It's going to be a while for them to live this down. You know--I would have liked to have the 31st instead of the 58 but I don't think we're going to be hearing any more nonsense about us being their farm team--so there is that.

 

[pld459666]

Love that TB got swept.

 

[will1066]

Don't listen to him Steve. Your window is just starting. We have a few more contracts for you.

Starting with a Names take-back.

 

[I Eat Crow]

So, over/under 3 days before Jon Cooper is relieved of his duties?

 

[Zibanejbread]

TB is the epitome of "anything can happen"

 

[ElLeetch]

I just don't see any fire in McDonagh.

he didn't have that here, either.

 

[Machinehead]

Oh but i thought Gorton lost the McD trade.

And Namestnikov's goal against Pittsburgh set up the draft the way it was.

Ergo, Gorton won the trade.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

TB is the epitome of "anything can happen"

Yeah but when people use that phrase, it's generally in optimism. They don't mean, "hey you might spontaneously combust at the worst moment...".

Good lord did they take a dump.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

What’s the point of trying to build a perfect team? The best team of the cap era just got swept in the first round lol.

Sign Panarin, bring in Kakko, Kravtsov and a new D coach and we’re legitimate contenders it this is how it’s going to be.

Not that simple.

Theres still a huge gap between an uber talented but uber soft (both mentally and physically) team and a team that has Marc Staal and Neal Pionk getting any minutes.

IF anything, the Bolts are a master class in how you don't want to veer too far in one direction (speed and skill.) You need a balance of both.

Bolts crapped the bed, but this CBJ team is good.

 

[Metranger]

I always believe pulling your goalie with 2:30 left and only down a goal is too soon to pull. Too much time for an ENG.

I think 45secs to 1 minute is better.

 

[trilobyte]

Tampa has zero leadership. They were up favorites! What a bunch of paper tigers

That's what makes hockey so damned unpredictable. So much dynamics, so much interplay.
Chess pieces are nice to collect but they might play great together. This is where coaching comes in.
Some blame Yzerman but Cooper is the goat here.

 

[will1066]

Eff the fans in Pittsburgh.

 

[Zibanejbread]

 

[Overcast]

Kucherov amassed more suspensions than he did goals during this series.

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

It's straight out of an M. Night Shyamalan movie.

except good

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

That's what makes hockey so damned unpredictable. So much dynamics, so much interplay.
Chess pieces are nice to collect but they might play great together. This is where coaching comes in.
Some blame Yzerman but Cooper is the goat here.

You mean the WOAT.

 

[will1066]

Yeah but when people use that phrase, it's generally in optimism. They don't mean, "hey you might spontaneously combust at the worst moment...".

Good lord did they take a dump.

Diarrhea is more apt a term

 

[ElLeetch]

What’s the point of trying to build a perfect team? The best team of the cap era just got swept in the first round lol.

Sign Panarin, bring in Kakko, Kravtsov and a new D coach and we’re legitimate contenders it this is how it’s going to be.

By a teams slapped together at the trade deadline, with players they almost traded away.

 

[SA16]

Proper strategy for TB next year - Bring back the exact same team (as much as possible).

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Haha good luck with that one.

 

[darko]

If I was Tampa I wouldn't change anything. Wouldn't be the first time a team suffered a horrendous loss only to come back the following year with vengeance. Think Virginia in college ball.

 

[trilobyte]

You mean the WOAT.

I was grappling for the correct interwebs acronym thingee.
Thank you

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

Proper strategy for TB next year - Bring back the exact same team (as much as possible).

(trade Jt miller)

 

[will1066]

If I was Tampa I wouldn't change anything. Wouldn't be the first time a team suffered a horrendous loss only to come back the following year with vengeance. Think Virginia in college ball.

The year before the Caps won, they were swept in the first round