Around the NHL - Part XLI - (Playoffs Edition)

[17futurecap]

These sully’s chanting bullshit, get lost.

 

[NCRanger]

Florida PP coming up.

 

[Boris Zubov]

SIt down McAvoy you f***ing clown.

Cousins sold it. LOL.

 

[CasusBelli]

Wait, the rules allow for penalties to be called against Boston???

No. This will result in a full tribunal.

 

[TheDirtyH]

Wait, the rules allow for penalties to be called against Boston???

not until they have a lead

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Mcavoy has had a really rough series.

He’s basically the be all end all when it comes to pure defenders in this league. Something to note for those of those who think that all of our guys need to be flawless 24/7

 

[Graves97]

Not letting my wife get chipotle ever again after that Hughes commercial.

 

[KOVALEV022473]

If the refs were to be shady tomorrow, it would certainly be in favor of the largest market in the league.

More likely, it'll just be for the purpose of getting the trailing team back into the game like this was.

See, I don’t buy that. I think there is plenty of animus from the the top down, they really don’t care how big of a revenue generator the Rangers are, they let let their own personal biases seep in.

 

[Row I Goon]

Does this series show Boston is beatable?

Yes - at least 3 times in this series and there's still time for FLA to beat them....and the fukking refs!

 

[Filip Chytil]

Florida's got nothing going on here

 

[Boris Zubov]

Not letting my wife get chipotle ever again after that Hughes commercial.

Chipotle runs through me like a lightning bolt.

 

[17futurecap]

That was a Rangers second unit pp for two minutes.

 

[Graves97]

Chipotle runs through me like a lightning bolt.

Great South Park episode focusing on this very topic

 

[TheDirtyH]

gotta say, the only thing still "underrated" about Barkov at this point is how consistently he wilts in big games

 

[Row I Goon]

Great South Park episode focusing on this very topic

 

[Machinehead]

See, I don’t buy that. I think there is plenty of animus from the the top down, they really don’t care how big of a revenue generator the Rangers are, they let let their own personal biases seep in.

Why would they be biased against the team lining more pockets than any other team?

Sorry, I never bought the league bias against the Rangers.

It doesn't make financial sense and everything is about the bottom line.

 

[Cmox]

Chipotle runs through me like a lightning bolt.

The soundtrack of Chipotle

 

[Boris Zubov]

Cats look exhausted. They've been playing playoff hockey for the past 8 weeks.

 

[Kords]

See, I don’t buy that. I think there is plenty of animus from the the top down, they really don’t care how big of a revenue generator the Rangers are, they let let their own personal biases seep in.

I don't think the league has a hard bias, but under certain circumstances within the flow of a game they will manage the game in a way to keep it "competitive" because Bettman loves to tout the leagues parity. It's his lawyerly way of keeping fans spending money on poor markets.

Then there are the moments when a player or coach won't shut up and get in the refs head one way or another.

 

[will1066]

 

[CasusBelli]

That was a Rangers second unit pp for two minutes.

Second PP unit against the second worst PK2 in the league.

 

[Machinehead]

gotta say, the only thing still "underrated" about Barkov at this point is how consistently he wilts in big games

He was never underrated. People just like to pretend they discovered the guy every time there's a good player in a small market.

People used to talk about Oliver Ekman-Larsson like he's Bobby Orr until he went to Vancouver and we found out he's f***ing mid. You hear about how good Seth Jones is since he swapped Columbus for Chicago?

 

[KOVALEV022473]

Why would they be biased against the team lining more pockets than any other team?

Sorry, I never bought the league bias against the Rangers.

It doesn't make financial sense and everything is about the bottom line.

Does keeping a team in the desert that draws 2-3k fans a night make financial sense?

 

[CasusBelli]

The worst part: no Bruins fan will admit their team was handed this game on a silver platter.

 

[Boris Zubov]

He was never underrated. People just like to pretend they discovered the guy every time there's a good player in a small market.

People used to talk about Oliver Ekman-Larsson like he's Bobby Orr until he went to Vancouver and we found out he's f***ing mid. You hear about how good Seth Jones is since he swapped Columbus for Chicago?

OEL proved that big time. God was he as over-rated as you can possibly be.