Around the NHL - Part XLII - (Playoffs Edition)

[Matt Rentfree]

The SCF is gonna suck if things play out the way they look like they will. Do I root for the team that represents my least favorite state in the nation or do I root for the team that has that piece of shit Draisaitl on it??

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Oh look at that, Stuart f***ing Skinner on the road allowed just 1 late meaningless goal in game 5 on the road. On an unstoppable delection. Nuts

Are you telling me you're not obligated to give up a game changing softy every game?

 

[ReddestRum]

It must be nice having your PP click, getting three goals, getting a lead, holding a lead, outshooting and outplaying your opponents, enjoying O-zone time, you so your goalie doesn't have to f***ing miracle a game to win. It. Must. Be. Nice.

 

[Filip Chytil]

 

[17futurecap]

This didn't even seem like a tough question, they had 6 shots before a PP late in the second, coaches become too comfortable with their daily dopes of beat writers for a majority of the season before the papers start sending their bigger journalists to cover the playoffs.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I won't lie Dallas falling apart with how much of a league darling they are makes me feel about the Rangers.

 

[Nickmo82]

I wonder if the Stars board is tearing their team apart, saying they're trash and need a rebuild.

 

[Synergy27]

The SCF is gonna suck if things play out the way they look like they will. Do I root for the team that represents my least favorite state in the nation or do I root for the team that has that piece of shit Draisaitl on it??

I don’t know. I feel like an Edmonton/Florida matchup is an objectively good one.

It will also be pretty easy to unambiguously support the best player in the game against this collection of goons we are currently facing.

 

[NYR94]

Dallas was my team to come out of the west. Big comeback needed now.

 

[Roo Returns]

Dallas was my team to come out of the west. Big comeback needed now.

Yeah I've been their hype man in group text messages (Rangers/Islanders/Blues fans lol) the last two years. Very surprising but their D is tired and thin.

 

[Roo Returns]

I wonder if the Stars board is tearing their team apart, saying they're trash and need a rebuild.

They also got the Mavs in the finals right now and we all know it's Jerry's World 24/7/365 there so a little different (to be fair I'm sure they have a portion of people who only like hockey as every city does).

I'll be in Dallas later this year for a bachelor party. Kind of hoping not to have the sad Conference Runner Up chat with the locals .

 

[Roo Returns]

I kind of hate DeBoer for 2012 and for jobbing to the Penguins in 2016 but this was good.

 

[Roo Returns]

Gotta admit and I want to get this out of the way now. I'm very bitter at Bobrov/whomever for whiffing so bad on the Kravstov and Nils picks and especially the former not going with Bouchard/Dobson.

Does it make me a worse person? Probably. Do I care? Nope.

I just really really hope Drury and Lilley got some of these picks rights since 2021 and they can address the center and Fox understudy needs.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Gotta admit and I want to get this out of the way now. I'm very bitter at Bobrov/whomever for whiffing so bad on the Kravstov and Nils picks and especially the former not going with Bouchard/Dobson.

Does it make me a worse person? Probably. Do I care? Nope.

I just really really hope Drury and Lilley got some of these picks rights since 2021 and they can address the center and Fox understudy needs.

100000% Bobrov.

He was the major Kravtsov tire pumper. The pre draft videos showed this.

He’s a moron. The Habs released a video of them debating who to take when they won the lottery and his logic for going with Slafkovsky was as dumb as it gets. He might still end up being good, but his reasoning was dumb.

 

[Filip Chytil]

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

You can tell he’s a warrior because he’s missing 60% of his teeth

 

[Synergy27]

The team as a whole looks much better but shockingly Panarin still looks lost. We go as Bread goes methinks.

 

[Synergy27]

Trouba. Shocking.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I don’t know. I feel like an Edmonton/Florida matchup is an objectively good one.

It will also be pretty easy to unambiguously support the best player in the game against this collection of goons we are currently facing.

I legit don't even care about the goonery. It wasn't what happened with Boston. We got one player injured who was a 4th liner, whatever. I'm rooting against them because teams like them are bad for hockey. They're just f***ing unwatchable. They're a more boring version of the Canes with a worse offense and better defense and goalie. I legit enjoyed the games against Carolina more as there was some flow even though we were in our own zone a lot too. If the Panthers win, especially since the made the SCF two years in a row the league will devolve into teams trying to emulate that unwatchable team.

 

[Clark Kellogg]

Not putting this in our PGT:

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Not putting this in our PGT:

Probably doesn't need to be in our around the NHL thread either.

 

[Clark Kellogg]

Probably doesn't need to be in our around the NHL thread either.

The one takeaway was from Maurice. Talked about Zito filling there d group with 3 big guys.
Drury might want to take notes.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

The one takeaway was from Maurice. Talked about Zito filling there d group with 3 big guys.
Deity might want to take notes.

Eh. Trouba is a big guy. It's very hard to find big guys that can also not be anchors.

 

[Row I Goon]

I don’t know. I feel like an Edmonton/Florida matchup is an objectively good one.

It will also be pretty easy to unambiguously support the best player in the game against this collection of goons we are currently facing.

McD and the Oilers can EABOD. Bettman thinks the league consists of about 6 players and maybe the same number of teams.

A pox on Edmonton. I hope FLA goes all the way.

 

[HANK30]

Rooting for Edmonton. Rather see a Canadian team win than another south florida team. I don't think Dallas can do it.