Around the NHL - Part XLII - (2023-24 Season edition)

[zlev]

yes i want to avoid the Trouba vs Crosby matchup at all cost

ideally we win the east and play Detroit, Washington or the Islanders

 

[Hire Sather]

Not going to get that easy match up. Pens are heating up. Not good.

 

[Rempe73]

Gotta say, watching Crosby do all this for his team is something else. Nothing but respect until I see him in the playoffs.

 

[Clark Kellogg]

Not going to get that easy match up. Pens are heating up. Not good.

I don’t want our team to face the Pen’s or the Canes. Not because of the possibility of losing but I don’t want to hear those annoying air horns.
NHL should ban them from arenas. Have to believe that it doesn’t play well with new fans watching on tv.

 

[Greg02]

I don’t want our team to face the Pen’s or the Canes. Not because of the possibility of losing but I don’t want to hear those annoying air horns.
NHL should ban them from arenas. Have to believe that it doesn’t play well with new fans watching on tv.

Where else can I use a marine horn for boats?

 

[Clark Kellogg]

Not going to get that easy match up. Pens are heating up. Not good.

It’s all still up in the air, but Penguins could grab 3rd and match up against the Canes.
Seems like a win for us.

 

[duhmetreE]

Zibs should watch some Stamkos tape

 

[Hire Sather]

The performance they are putting in today is a team that is playing their way into a spot versus slogging through like WSH PHI DET.

Hope they pass the Isles too.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

The performance they are putting in today is a team that is playing their way into a spot versus slogging through like WSH PHI DET.

Hope they pass the Isles too.

They will. They will wind up 3rd in metro.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Pittsburgh's schedule down the stretch has been playoff teams, teams they're in direct competition with for a spot and the Devils. If they get in they will have earned it as they easily have the toughest remaining schedule.

It'd also be incredibly on brand for this years Isles to choke down the stretch though Philly really shat their pants by losing to both Chicago AND Buffalo.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

How is Stamkos a -20? Does he suck that bad at 5 on 5? At least Mika is a +13 while also PKing.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Ok, tell me this won't happen. We get 1st overall in the east. We face an angry Crosby on a mission. Lavi puts our "shutdown pair" of Miller and Trouba against him. The first 4 games of 2022 repeat without a beer league goalie and we lose in 5.

 

[DialUp]

Rangers are better than Pitt, and whereas they have burst out of nowhere scoring with Crosby, Malkin, Letang they aren't the "actually you are going to lose tonight no matter how many goals you are up" Kuch+Point nightmare. THERE ARE NO EASY OUTS. Whoever eventually makes it in will be a bit hot. I don't think the final spot(s) will be a back in. Ultimately someone will eat up the last few games.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Pittsburgh's schedule down the stretch has been playoff teams, teams they're in direct competition with for a spot and the Devils. If they get in they will have earned it as they easily have the toughest remaining schedule.

It'd also be incredibly on brand for this years Isles to choke down the stretch though Philly really shat their pants by losing to both Chicago AND Buffalo.

The Piles are lucky they just played Chicago who has won 7 road games all year and CBJ who hasn't won more than 2 in a row in 2 years. They also barely beat both of them.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Ok, tell me this won't happen. We get 1st overall in the east. We face an angry Crosby on a mission. Lavi puts our "shutdown pair" of Miller and Trouba against him. The first 4 games of 2022 repeat without a beer league goalie and we lose in 5.

That Penguins team was alot better than this one.

I know people are enamored with the Pens during this hot run but they aren't very good. Even in the game they won vs the Rangers last week they kind of got handled in that game. A few ticky tacky calls went their way and Trouba Trouba'd (though that can and probably will happen a few times this spring.)

Plus if they go back to Jarry the Rangers are the ones who win in 5.... or 4. Dude is ass.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Ok, tell me this won't happen. We get 1st overall in the east. We face an angry Crosby on a mission. Lavi puts our "shutdown pair" of Miller and Trouba against him. The first 4 games of 2022 repeat without a beer league goalie and we lose in 5.

It won't happen because they will get the 3 seed in Metro and Carolina will have to deal with them.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

How is Stamkos a -20? Does he suck that bad at 5 on 5? At least Mika is a +13 while also PKing.

If they haven't taken the title of PP merchants away from the Rangers yet its because people haven't caught on.

It's the very definition of what they've been this year.

 

[DialUp]

If NYR can't beat Pitt then we would have been absolute frauds. Any team can beat any team, blah blah, but seriously.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

If NYR can't beat Pitt then we would have been absolute frauds. Any team can beat any team, blah blah, but seriously.

Yeah but I'd rather be exposed as frauds by another team. Plus it's happened not rarely that the Cup winning team almost lost in round 1. See 06 Canes, 11 Bruins, I believe 18 Caps too.

 

[frozenrubber]

as frauds by another team. Plus it's happened not rarely that the Cup winning team almost lost in round 1. See 06 Canes, 11 Bruins, I believe 18 Caps too.

Unsure why they won't show us the replay of what happened to the Steve Kozari

 

[EdJovanovski]

Holy shit terrifying injury to the ref in the Pens/Lightning game, he was knocked unconscious

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Penguins getting hot at the right time

 

[LeetchisGod]

Duclair is light years more dangerous than Roslovic. Drury dropped the ball there.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Duclair is light years more dangerous than Roslovic. Drury dropped the ball there.

What did they trade for him?

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Stamkos can still rip it.