Around the NHL - Part XLI - (Playoffs Edition)

[TheDirtyH]

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?

being in Chicago, I never hear about Jones lmao. nobody wants to talk about the hawks.

but yeah, agreed on the actual point.

I'm just like pretty gobsmacked bc Barkov is undeniably a fantastic player, but he is awful in the playoffs every time he's there

 

[Machinehead]

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

Within the business model of the NHL, yes, because the league survives on like eight teams.

The league has had multiple opportunities to give a 1OA pick to "Bettman's baby" and multiple playoff runs to try and force them into a deep run and it never happened.

 

[RangersFan1994]

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

Taco Bell is way better. Chipotle is trash

 

[CasusBelli]

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

People were talking about him being the next EK. Yeah. That happened.

 

[Kords]

Man, Staal is out there an awful lot for a team chasing a goal in an elimination game

 

[Boris Zubov]

GO AWAY STAAL.

 

[Fatsam98]

Not that they'd ever admit it, but I wonder if Boston sports fans, deep down, are sick of hearing that Dropkick Murphys song over and over and over and over again.

 

[will1066]

Cats will EN soon and bring land, sea and air upon Swayman

 

[TheDirtyH]

Not that they'd ever admit it, but I wonder if Boston sports fans, deep down, are sick of hearing that Dropkick Murphys song over and over and over and over again.

they're not and it sums up everything that sucks about them

 

[Kords]

Not that they'd ever admit it, but I wonder if Boston sports fans, deep down, are sick of hearing that Dropkick Murphys song over and over and over and over again.

Nah, that's their "New York, New York" by Sinatra. Kinda funny, kinda sad.

 

[Machinehead]

Man, Staal is out there an awful lot for a team chasing a goal in an elimination game

Staal is one of those players who isn't good but also makes coaches harder than granite.

Deadly combination.

 

[TheDirtyH]

now they're going to say Swayman's the story? Dude let in the softest goal in game 7 history and then the refs took over.

 

[KOVALEV022473]

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.

I 100% believe the league has it out for the Rangers. I don’t know if it’s because of the owner or the deals MSG has for tax breaks which prevent them from being the home team outside of MSG? All I know is that for all of their feeble attempts at Parity, they are failing in plenty of cities to the detriment of the on ice product.

 

[duhmetreE]

BOS TOR is much better for the league

 

[Machinehead]

MONTOUR

 

[Kords]

WOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[DuneGoon84]

I 100% believe the league has it out for the Rangers. I don’t know if it’s because of the owner or the deals MSG has for tax breaks which prevent them from being the home team outside of MSG? All I know is that for all of their feeble attempts at Parity, they are failing in plenty of cities to the detriment of the on ice product.

To counter this, construct a team good 5v5

 

[KOVALEV022473]

Nice!

 

[will1066]

Lol Goal graphic

 

[GAGLine]

Tie game baby!!!

 

[RangersFan1994]

Panthers tie it woohoo

 

[I Eat Crow]

Holy crap Montour again!

 

[17futurecap]

Holy crap, Swayman stinks.

 

[ajdj10]

Game on!!!!!

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

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