Around the NHL - Part XLII - (Playoffs Edition)

[bleedblue94]

It's amazing how good the Panthers looked breaking out against the rangers, everyone just said they were too good and NYR had no chance. Oilers just want it, they don't let the Panthers breathe and ever since the oilers increased their intensity and pressure the Panthers have been cracking

 

[Shesterkybomb]

I hope edmonton takes the cup, Tkachuk trying to guarantee a win bothered me

 

[Boris Zubov]

I remember the Islanders won their first Cup on an off-side goal. It traumatized me. LOL

f*** them & f*** Nystrom.

 

[Kords]

lol, he kicked at the puck as he fell. Could of been ugly with the blade coming in hot.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

It's amazing how good the Panthers looked breaking out against the rangers, everyone just said they were too good and NYR had no chance. Oilers just want it, they don't let the Panthers breathe and ever since the oilers increased their intensity and pressure the Panthers have been cracking

Speed kills, we lack it in a lot of our roster.

 

[Captain Lindy]

It's amazing how good the Panthers looked breaking out against the rangers, everyone just said they were too good and NYR had no chance. Oilers just want it, they don't let the Panthers breathe and ever since the oilers increased their intensity and pressure the Panthers have been cracking

Teams rolled over for them all playoffs. Now Edmonton is pushing right back. It's nice to see.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Speed kills, we lack it in a lot of our roster.

We have 4 above average skaters on our roster. One of them missed 70 games this season & another I'm probably being generous including in Schneider. That's just not enough in today's NHL.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Remember Knob coached that one game for us due to Covid Gerard and we won like 7-1 in the middle of stretch where we couldn't score for shit, and Knob was instantly banished to Hartford, never to be mentioned again?

Yeah, I remember that.

We won 9-0

 

[will1066]

I remember the Islanders won their first Cup on an off-side goal. It traumatized me. LOL

I'm just saying that our organization rarely trusts its own people and their abilities

 

[RangersFan1994]

Rangers had the second and first picks in back to back drafts. Kakko busted and Laf is on his way to becoming a star. Generational no but thems the breaks.

Rangers should have drafted Seider in 2019 lol. Seider has more points than Kakko and in 64 less games and a defenseman.

Kakko is 7th points with 117 from the 2019 draft and 2ed in games played with 300. Hughes played 6 more games than Kakko.

 

[gabevh3]

Rangers had the second and first picks in back to back drafts. Kakko busted and Laf is on his way to becoming a star. Generational no but thems the breaks.

That proves my point... leetch and Hank were close you may say but that's about it

 

[Black Aces]

Hoping McDavid pulls this off then says he has accomplished everything in Edmonton and takes his talents to NYC.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Speed kills, we lack it in a lot of our roster.

Not just skating speed, but the pace of our play is the slowest in the league AINEC

 

[Paulie Walnutz]

Rangers should have drafted Seider in 2019 lol. Seider has more points than Kakko and in 64 less games.

Kakko is 7th points with 117 from the 2019 draft and 2ed in games played with 300. Hughes played 6 more games than Kakko.

Wasn’t Seider considered a reach at the time when Detroit picked him? Imagine this board at that time picking him second lmao

 

[will1066]

Speed kills, we lack it in a lot of our roster.

Yeah. I mentioned before game 1 that after playing us, the Panthers were in for a rude awakening with the Oilers' speed and skating

 

[bleedblue94]

Speed kills, we lack it in a lot of our roster.

This is a big part of why when players like Wheeler are brought in, or toffoli is talked about, or other players that are average to below-average skaters are brought up I cringe. NYR is a slow team and not a great bunch of skaters. Adding more weak skaters is just going the wrong way.

You can pressure and maintain an effective forecheck with a slow team that can't cover ground.

 

[RangersFan1994]

Hoping McDavid pulls this off then says he has accomplished everything in Edmonton and takes his talents to NYC.

He'd forget to score here

 

[Black Aces]

Not just skating speed, but the pace of our play is the slowest in the league AINEC

Agree with this. Its both.

We have a lot of guys especially our top ones who want to slow the game down and keep the puck on their stick.

 

[Captain Lindy]

Hoping McDavid pulls this off then says he has accomplished everything in Edmonton and takes his talents to NYC.

We can dream!

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Janmark has made himself a decent bit of money with his performance in this series alone.

He'd forget to score here

Yes because everyone who comes here forgets to score. durrr hurr hurrrr.

 

[turcotte8]

Hoping McDavid pulls this off then says he has accomplished everything in Edmonton and takes his talents to NYC.

we/re not getting him til he's 36 after 2 knee surgeries.

 

[RangersFan1994]

Speed kills, we lack it in a lot of our roster.

Rangers would just get more Julien Gauthier guys with speed and nothing else in their game

 

[will1066]

He'd forget to score here

I'd welcome a Cup-less McD but in no way want a post-Cup version of him

 

[Boris Zubov]

Rangers should have drafted Seider in 2019 lol. Seider has more points than Kakko and in 64 less games and a defenseman.

Kakko is 7th points with 117 from the 2019 draft and 2ed in games played with 300. Hughes played 6 more games than Kakko.

It's one thing to bitch at our scouts & second guess picks like Lias & Krapsoft, but Kakko was the consensus #2 player that year. Every other team in our slot takes this kid.

Two things happened that we could've done differently....we should have kept him in Finland a couple of years & we should've done more to help him improve his skating.

 

[RangersFan1994]

Wasn’t Seider considered a reach at the time when Detroit picked him? Imagine this board at that time picking him second lmao

Some fans think he was a reach but he was a projected top 15 pick. He's better than Kakko right now. Dylan Cozens would have been a better pick than Kakko