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

[Kane One]

Hughes just got annihilated

 

[Row I Goon]

Ovi gets the EN and kills the contest.

Ties Gretzky for EN goals.

 

[will1066]

Gotta love Ovi tying up loose ends

 

[duhmetreE]

Hughes got Kravtsov'd

 

[Boris Zubov]

Jackie got plastered into the 3rd row.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Hughes just got annihilated

Yup.

It's going to continue to be a problem for him and that team. It took the Canes all of 4 games to break him. Imagine what other teams would do.

 

[duhmetreE]

fan fic... to watch Trouba cheat off his man and catch Hughes trying that cut in move from the right wall

 

[Boris Zubov]

Yup.

It's going to continue to be a problem for him and that team. It took the Canes all of 4 games to break him. Imagine what other teams would do.

The "other" Hughes got knocked out earlier in the period. I love when I hear their size isn't an issue in the playoffs. Sure it isn't...

 

[duhmetreE]

he has a 1970's vagina under that mask

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Everyones favorite juggernaut just lost to one of the f***ing worst teams in the league.

@EdJovanovski I'll hook you up with the Pizza Hut tonight and send some of Kupo's crack if you want it.

 

[will1066]

he has a 1970's vagina under that mask

 

[LaffyTaffy13]

I truly believe fitz really screwed the pooch here. He thought he was the smartest guy in the room not trying to solve his teams enormous hole at goalie and banking on getting helly at the tdl. He’s left the devs in a really precarious spot. They miss graves and severson too.

 

[bl02]

Yup.

It's going to continue to be a problem for him and that team. It took the Canes all of 4 games to break him. Imagine what other teams would do.

he did look a little frazzled after that hit making a pretty meek pass that led to the turnover and Ovechkin goal.

 

[LaffyTaffy13]

fan fic... to watch Trouba cheat off his man and catch Hughes trying that cut in move from the right wall

Hughes loves that move. Identical move kadri tried to make last year while trouba was out there and well, we know what happened. Yard sale.

 

[duhmetreE]

Everyones favorite juggernaut just lost to one of the f***ing worst teams in the league.

@EdJovanovski I'll hook you up with the Pizza Hut tonight and send some of Kupo's crack if you want it.

Like I said, I don’t see a playoff team yet. Losing to them last season though may have brought necessary changes to our team

Can they win like Colorado? Maybe but they’re no where near as big as Colorado.

Hughes is a phenomenal talent though.

 

[duhmetreE]

Hughes loves that move. Identical move kadri tried to make last year while trouba was out there and well, we know what happened. Yard sale.

Also think KAM one of the few defenseman in the league that can sort of keep on him

 

[will1066]

Quinn Hughes being interviewed about Jack post-game. This is the innovating ESPN lacks

 

[Boris Zubov]

17pts through 6gp, on pace for 232pts. Insanity

I have no doubt he maintains that pace through a full 82.

 

[duhmetreE]

17pts through 6gp, on pace for 232pts. Insanity

I have no doubt he maintains that pace through a full 82.

we should have drafted him

 

[2014nyr]

Hughes just got annihilated

yea holy hell he got ragdolled. was actually impressed he got up and stayed in the game, he's just so light. also shocked he put himself in that position...he's typically extremely tough to get any hit on because he's so aware of what's around him and so light on his feet. that's a hit i think the whole barn saw coming 5 seconds before it happened and he just glided right into it.

he's a special player though...the way he can create something out of nothing pretty much anytime the puck ends up on his stick and the speed he makes it happen at is rare. sucks knowing how close we were....insane how different the league might look if only a handful of lottery ball bounces went a different direction the last 5-10 years.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Everyones favorite juggernaut just lost to one of the f***ing worst teams in the league.

@EdJovanovski I'll hook you up with the Pizza Hut tonight and send some of Kupo's crack if you want it.

What is this Kupo's crack you speak of?

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Like I said, I don’t see a playoff team yet. Losing to them last season though may have brought necessary changes to our team

Can they win like Colorado? Maybe but they’re no where near as big as Colorado.

Hughes is a phenomenal talent though.

That Colorado team was LOADED with 2+ zone carriers. They had at least one on every line and 2 on defense.

Even with that, they also needed pretty much every break to fall their way. Cooper figured out how to slow them down eventually but Tampa had nothing left in the tank by the time he did.

yea holy hell he got ragdolled. was actually impressed he got up and stayed in the game, he's just so light. also shocked he put himself in that position...he's typically extremely tough to get any hit on because he's so aware of what's around him and so light on his feet. that's a hit i think the whole barn saw coming 5 seconds before it happened and he just glided right into it.

he's a special player though...the way he can create something out of nothing pretty much anytime the puck ends up on his stick and the speed he makes it happen at is rare. sucks knowing how close we were....insane how different the league might look if only a handful of lottery ball bounces went a different direction the last 5-10 years.

This isn't the case.

He's gotten blown up a TON. It's been an issue of his dating back to the NTDP days and he's taken some big time licks at the NHL level. I mean if you play long enough in this league someone is going to end up getting you sooner or later but he gets lit up way more often than top guys normally do and most of those guys have 20-30 lbs on him.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

yea holy hell he got ragdolled. was actually impressed he got up and stayed in the game, he's just so light. also shocked he put himself in that position...he's typically extremely tough to get any hit on because he's so aware of what's around him and so light on his feet. that's a hit i think the whole barn saw coming 5 seconds before it happened and he just glided right into it.

he's a special player though...the way he can create something out of nothing pretty much anytime the puck ends up on his stick and the speed he makes it happen at is rare. sucks knowing how close we were....insane how different the league might look if only a handful of lottery ball bounces went a different direction the last 5-10 years.

Its okay we got that Lafrieniere kid hes the best prospect since Matthews

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

What is this Kupo's crack you speak of?

@Kupo smokes crack.

 

[LokiDog]

I get the Hughes dislike from our fan base, but Hughes is overall a fairly likable young dude with insane talent. He’s a happy medium between a Matthews and a McDavid personality wise and he’s one of the best American hockey products I’ve ever seen.

USA hockey has hit its absolute peak right when we don’t have best on best tournaments anymore.

Hughes, Matthews, Thompson, Robertson, Eichel, Debrincat, Tkachuk, Tkachuk, Keller, Larkin, Gaudreau, Tuch, Zegras, Colefield, Cooley, Kreider
Fox, McAvoy, Hughes, Slavin, Sanderson, KAM, Trouba
Hellebuyck, Oettinger, Quick lol

Made sure to add some NYR vets to each group, for leadership purposes.