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

[RangersFan1994]

Jack Hughes wins it in OT

 

[Synergy27]

Jack Hughes is sickeningly good.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Watching this Debbies/Fish Sticks gameView attachment 755420

My friend sent me this so I had to say kudos, gave me a good laugh lmao

 

[WhereO Is Kakko]

Haha - isles playing a ZONE DEFENSE against Jack Hughes in 3-on-3 OT !!!!!! Derrrrrrrr…

 

[17futurecap]

Jack the most electric player* in the NHL.

*I’m old and can’t stay awake for Oilers home games.

 

[EdJovanovski]

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Jack Hughes is sickeningly good.

Who cares yo Laf might hit 15 goals this year if everything goes well



Btw the Islanders even though they lost scored 4 goals.

We suck.

 

[ReddestRum]

And I'm just waiting for Laf to put a shot on goal in back to back games and the f***er can't even do that.

 

[MysticLeviathan]

rangers didn’t get the memo that size has very little meaning in this game anymore. as long as you can skate and have above average IQ, you’ll be an elite player in this game. having basically no one who can skate besides kreider is killing this team.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

rangers didn’t get the memo that size has very little meaning in this game anymore. as long as you can skate and have above average IQ, you’ll be an elite player in this game. having basically no one who can skate besides kreider is killing this team.

Of course not, the rangers are always 20 years behind the rest of the league. If they were in the NFL they’d be spending top picks on running backs and giving them 7 year contracts.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

I went to this Islanders/Devils game tonight because I was bored and my partner is out of town. Getting back to the city from UBS Arena is a f***ing twisted nightmare now that they force everyone to haul back to the Elmont station and don’t run any extra trains toward Manhattan.

 

[Boris Zubov]

So I’m curious if Lundqvist and not Richter is your goalie for that cup do you win in 95 as well because I honestly think you do.

Am I reading this correctly... you think Richter was the reason we didn't win back to back cups? If so, please elaborate.

 

[PolishPrince21]

Am I reading this correctly... you think Richter was the reason we didn't win back to back cups? If so, please elaborate.

I was responding to the fact that you don’t need elite goaltending to win since I never felt that way about richter as compared to hank and I think if he was your goalie at that time you probably beat the flyers in 95 and possibly go all the way again.

 

[Boris Zubov]

I was responding to the fact that you don’t need elite goaltending to win since I never felt that way about richter as compared to hank and I think if he was your goalie at that time you probably beat the flyers in 95 and possibly go all the way again.

That's an interesting take. The '94-95 team suffered a huge Cup hangover, but also became a slow, plodding team overnight..thanks to the deadline deals in March of '94. They weren't physical enough on D to compete with the Flyers, nor were they fast enough to overcompensate. I don't think swapping Hank in for Mike Richter changes any of that honestly, but an ECF rematch with the Devils would've been must see TV.

 

[NickyFotiu]

That's an interesting take. The '94-95 team suffered a huge Cup hangover, but also became a slow, plodding team overnight..thanks to the deadline deals in March of '94. They weren't physical enough on D to compete with the Flyers, nor were they fast enough to overcompensate. I don't think swapping Hank in for Mike Richter changes any of that honestly, but an ECF rematch with the Devils would've been must see TV.

I agree. I think that series could have gone 6 instead of 4 if we got a break here or there but we were not beating Philly. Was that a strike year? No Keenan as coach. The Legion of Doom line was too much for us to handle physically. Lindros outmuscled Messier on a couple of plays. Hextall was really tough in some of those years.

 

[WojtekWolski86]

Hughes will score 150 points and Kaako will be more like Marcel Hossa instead of Marian Hossa.

 

[PolishPrince21]

That's an interesting take. The '94-95 team suffered a huge Cup hangover, but also became a slow, plodding team overnight..thanks to the deadline deals in March of '94. They weren't physical enough on D to compete with the Flyers, nor were they fast enough to overcompensate. I don't think swapping Hank in for Mike Richter changes any of that honestly, but an ECF rematch with the Devils would've been must see TV.

Appreciate the feedback

 

[gabevh3]

Even veleno looks better than Laf and kak

 

[gabevh3]

They were literally one spot away in the draft from doing just that. Philly beat them to it.

Details?

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I went to this Islanders/Devils game tonight because I was bored and my partner is out of town. Getting back to the city from UBS Arena is a f***ing twisted nightmare now that they force everyone to haul back to the Elmont station and don’t run any extra trains toward Manhattan.

Just getting to UBS arena is a nightmare. I was there in Feb of 2022 and froze my ass off navigating the parking lot.

 

[NickyFotiu]

Jake the Russian rookie diver on Bering Sea Gold looks just like Pavel Buchnevich. Maybe Pavel is moonlighting?

 

[bl02]

Details?

was in reference to the caps drafting the next superstar russian. The flyers just did at #7. I am sure the caps would have drafted him at #8 overall instead of Leonard.

 

[Profet]

I was responding to the fact that you don’t need elite goaltending to win since I never felt that way about richter as compared to hank and I think if he was your goalie at that time you probably beat the flyers in 95 and possibly go all the way again.

Not sure we win 94 without Richter.

 

[duhmetreE]

NHL Network blackouts shouldn't be a thing.

 

[NYR94]

3 goals on 4 shots for tb against the Leafs so far, Samsonov pulled