Around the NHL - Part XLII - (Playoffs Edition)

[Leonardo87]

Thanks, Nurse

 

[PuckLuck3043]

God, I hate Maurice so much. Please beat this team.

 

[Roo Returns]

Recently Rangers and Oilers pp are like a combined 1 for 800. With all that talent wtf?!?!
Lets hope at least the Rangers pp snaps out of it.

This time of year is usually the best of the best or the most adaptable teams.

 

[effen]

Tuba must be hot on his tail

13gp, 1g, 6a, 7p, +2.

 

[Roo Returns]

Easily triggered. They don't want any deviation from their false narratives.

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If we're fortunate enough to get past Florida, I think we can take either of these teams.

Did the Oilers hit the post on that?

Let's just keep the positivity and good energy going. The Rangers are going to have to deal with everything and the kitchen sink to gain these next two wins.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

This time of year is usually the best of the best or the most adaptable teams.

I thought that we caught the Canes off guard a bit with a couple of set play goals on the PP. We dominated early but part of it was set plays. PK is largely hard work and at this point of the season every team works hard.

 

[Rangerfan4life90]

Teams don't win the cup with average to bad goaltending. I don't care what other talent they have.

Avs in 2022?

 

[0ldTimeHockey]

God, I hate Maurice so much. Please beat this team.

He seems to be reaching Jon Cooper's level of smugness lately

 

[Fitzy]

Nurse leads the playoff minuses with a -10. LOL.

Not often you see the top and bottom +/- players on the same team. Bouchard is top of the league

 

[aufheben]

Avs in 2022?

Average GSAA for champions is like 6. Igor is over 11 right now for reference.

 

[McRanger92]

God, I hate Maurice so much. Please beat this team.

The pandering from their media to him is so funny. They realize this is the Eastern Conference Final right? For as much as we dunk on them you dont see Vince, Mollie and Larry asking Laviolette about every borderline hit from the Panthers this series, and there have been plenty.

 

[duhmetreE]

I’m surprised Edmonton hasn’t targeted Heiskanen to wear him out. I guess it’s a lot easier said than done

 

[WATTAGE4451]

Kuemper was good in 21-22 and had a good playoffs I believe.

Kuemper was good in the regular season. He was bad in the playoffs butnit was arguably injury related.
He was okay in the first round til he got speared in the eye. He missed the rest of the round, and when he came back against blues he was horrible and kept blues in series. He then was horrible in gAme 1 vs Edmonton getting pulled. He then sat out the rest of the round vs oilers citing more irritation with his eye. He then came back for finals and was a mixed bag vs lightning. He got lit up on a couple games but had couple good ones. He had lowest playoff sv% in modern times for cup winning goalie around .900

 

[RangersFan1994]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1795302844691570914

 

[LOFIN]

Kuemper was good in the regular season. He was bad in the playoffs butnit was arguably injury related.
He was okay in the first round til he got speared in the eye. He missed the rest of the round, and when he came back against blues he was horrible and kept blues in series. He then was horrible in gAme 1 vs Edmonton getting pulled. He then sat out the rest of the round vs oilers citing more irritation with his eye. He then came back for finals and was a mixed bag vs lightning. He got lit up on a couple games but had couple good ones. He had lowest playoff sv% in modern times for cup winning goalie around .900

Kuemper did make the saves when it really counted, has to be said.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

13gp, 1g, 6a, 7p, +2.

Trouba has low key been like a PPG player lately lol.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1795489628302324218

Huge mistake for SJ and Smith IMO.

 

[haohmaru]

100 pts in 64 playoff games is pretty nuts.

Gretzky had 382 in 208.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

He seems to be reaching Jon Cooper's level of smugness lately

he's worse.

 

[McRanger92]

he's worse.

At least Cooper is a winner.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

At least Cooper is a winner.

Exactly and I respect him. I meant that Maurice was worse. I have zero respect for that guy.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

13gp, 1g, 6a, 7p, +2.

Quietly has more points than Fox ! Crazy

I assumed he was a -50 because every time we get scored on it’s his dumb ass picking the puck out of the net, but I guess a lot of that has been on the PK and his even strength scoring has balanced it out.


He still sucks.

 

[NYR Viper]

Quietly has more points than Fox ! Crazy

I assumed he was a -50 because every time we get scored on it’s his dumb ass picking the puck out of the net, but I guess a lot of that has been on the PK and his even strength scoring has balanced it out.


He still sucks.

And his goal was shorthanded I believe

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

And his goal was shorthanded I believe

he gets a +1 for that right?

 

[effen]

Quietly has more points than Fox ! Crazy

I assumed he was a -50 because every time we get scored on it’s his dumb ass picking the puck out of the net, but I guess a lot of that has been on the PK and his even strength scoring has balanced it out.


He still sucks.

My big takeaway after 5 years of this lumbering doofus looking like shit and making obviously bad decisions near the puck all over the ice is that he's excellent positionally away from the puck and reads the play at a very good level.

There's a lot of value of just existing in the right place as a defenseman, and he certainly does exist. That's about all he does. Apparently that's enough.