Around the NHL - Part XLI - (Playoffs Edition)

[Synergy27]

Blowout incoming.

 

[Leonardo87]

About to turn this off. Bring on the draft!

 

[Boris Zubov]

Bob needed a whistle there. I've seen quicker whistles with the puck outside the crease

 

[I Eat Crow]

Pansy ass Rangers would have stopped skating after the initial rush

 

[will1066]

Feel sorry for Bob. Hung out to dry and his stick got caught trying to save his team's collective sss

 

[LokiDog]

We should have bit the bullet and traded for Eichel. Does anyone really think we would regret moving Kakko or Chytil (or Lolfraniere) for Jack Eichel? Even with the “NYR tax” Buffalo supposedly was charging? Kid is gonna win the Conn Smythe tonight.

 

[savebyrichter94]

Damn

 

[mike14]

I must admit that I'm quite surprised to see a defense, which has M Staal playing meaningful minutes in every game, wasn't able to get it done for 4 straight playoff rounds

 

[LokiDog]

About to turn this off. Bring on the draft!

Ah, come on… I am 10,000% anti-Vegas but I never skip the Cup celebration. It’s worth it.

I mean, I’m also looking forward to the draft, UFA, and hopefully a bunch of trades this summer. But you gotta watch the Cup. It’s just the grail.

 

[Boris Zubov]

We should have bit the bullet and traded for Eichel. Does anyone really think we would regret moving Kakko or Chytil (or Lolfraniere) for Jack Eichel? Even with the “NYR tax” Buffalo supposedly was charging? Kid is gonna win the Conn Smythe tonight.

I agree with the 1st half ...we should've sucked it up & paid the piper.

Disagree with the 2nd part...I can't see him winning the Conn Smythe..hasn't scored a goal since round 2.

(was that too angry of a reply?)

 

[savebyrichter94]

Ah, come on… I am 10,000% anti-Vegas but I never skip the Cup celebration. It’s worth it.

Same, I always watch when the cups in the building

 

[I Eat Crow]

We should have bit the bullet and traded for Eichel. Does anyone really think we would regret moving Kakko or Chytil (or Lolfraniere) for Jack Eichel? Even with the “NYR tax” Buffalo supposedly was charging? Kid is gonna win the Conn Smythe tonight.

Still thing it was the right non move. Dealing for Eichel would've meant bye bye to Zibanejad too for nothing.

 

[will1066]

Ah, come on… I am 10,000% anti-Vegas but I never skip the Cup celebration. It’s worth it.

When Brett Howden lifts that chalice...

 

[mike14]

We should have bit the bullet and traded for Eichel. Does anyone really think we would regret moving Kakko or Chytil (or Lolfraniere) for Jack Eichel? Even with the “NYR tax” Buffalo supposedly was charging? Kid is gonna win the Conn Smythe tonight.

Based on a conversation on here last week, my understanding was that it was gong to be 2 of the kids, plus moving Mika out for the required cap space (obviously some assets come back there).

I'm not convinced it makes us much better, it just makes us different to what we are now

 

[will1066]

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Butch Reed was very underrated

 

[LokiDog]

I agree with the 1st half ...we should've sucked it up & paid the piper.

Disagree with the 2nd part...I can't see him winning the Conn Smythe..hasn't scored a goal since round 2.

(was that too angry of a reply?)

Yes, you grumpy bastard. It’s him or Marchessault, but Eichel keeps racking up the points and making things happen. Marchessault probably doesn’t have the totals he has without Eichel… he’s a “play driver”.

 

[17futurecap]

The Vegas PA guy is brutal.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Soooo the “Staal has been good” crowd has gone pretty quiet.

 

[LokiDog]

Based on a conversation on here last week, my understanding was that it was gong to be 2 of the kids, plus moving Mika out for the required cap space (obviously some assets come back there).

I'm not convinced it makes us much better, it just makes us different to what we are now

I don’t think Mika moving was ever on the table. Two of the kids, no Strome/Trochek, we can afford Eichel. And I’d also be perfectly okay with simply being “different” than we are now, with a 25 year old elite 1C.

 

[will1066]

We should have bit the bullet and traded for Eichel. Does anyone really think we would regret moving Kakko or Chytil (or Lolfraniere) for Jack Eichel? Even with the “NYR tax” Buffalo supposedly was charging? Kid is gonna win the Conn Smythe tonight.

His neck was too much of a question mark at the time. Even when he got freight trained by Tkachuk, people thought that was the end of his neck. Miraculously he returned to the game

 

[AirGut]

reminds me of when we ran into LA tbh.
This entire series has "that feel"

 

[DialUp]

I had Vegas in the final this year, and looking forward to them winning. But I hate Jack Eichel. Marchessault will probably get the Conn Smythe regardless of who truly deserves it. Stone is a great captain. Vegas has been a good team for years, good on that org.

 

[Leonardo87]

Soooo the “Staal has been good” crowd has gone pretty quiet.

They have been replaced with “Brett Howden for Conn Smyth” posts.

 

[LokiDog]

When Brett Howden lifts that chalice...

Imagine NOT seeing it? Are you even a Rongo fan?

 

[mike14]

I don’t think Mika moving was ever on the table. Two of the kids, no Strome/Trochek, we can afford Eichel. And I’d also be perfectly okay with simply being “different” than we are now, with a 25 year old elite 1C.

If you could run Eichel/Mika long term then yeah it was probably a gamble worth doing (I just feel there'd be more cap issues somewhere).

As good as Eichel has been, his current stat line is 22 6-18-24.
Mika is one playoffs removed from 20 10-14-24