Around the NHL - Part XLII - (Playoffs Edition)

[SeanAveryTheGreatOne]

Cmon. Three days between games is BS.

Yeah, but had we snuck past the Panthers, the rest would have benefited our boys massively. I think we would have beaten the Oilers with all those rest days.

 

[JimmyG89]

The NHL is master class at finding these grift owners.

What a time to decide that he no longer wants to own an NHL franchise. Just impeccable timing. Can't imagine why this happened tonight.

 

[ReleasO The KakkO]

Still wondering why KaDouche didn’t walk the handshake line with his pacifier

 

[LeetchisGod]

Yeah, but had we snuck past the Panthers, the rest would have benefited our boys massively. I think we would have beaten the Oilers with all those rest days.

I highly doubt it. Mcdavid and Draisaitl would have torched our crappy defense.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Yeah, but had we snuck past the Panthers, the rest would have benefited our boys massively. I think we would have beaten the Oilers with all those rest days.

We'll never know, but there are a ton of reasons to think otherwise.

Rangers were one of the worst teams at defending the rush this year (and have been almost every year since Torts left.) Edmonton feasts off the rush. They gave Florida a really tough time here and they're way better at it than the Rangers are.

If you look at how Florida scored against the Rangers at ES, almost all of it was off the rush. I know they had the sexy zone time numbers, but they really didn't create as much as they could have (or even should have) off of that.

Plus their PK was absolutely f***ing bonkers.

 

[17futurecap]

What a time to decide that he no longer wants to own an NHL franchise. Just impeccable timing. Can't imagine why this happened tonight.

The Friday night news dump has been replaced by the game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final celebration news dump.

 

[Overcast]

It really is gut-wrenching being a fan of this franchise. What's that saying - Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Just once in my slightly more sentient lifetime would I like to see a championship out of the Rangers.

 

[kovazub94]

Not gonna lie, if the oilers lose the cup on that stinker of a goal that Reinhart got them the whole goalie debate lives on.

There’s no debate. Only in minds of HFB GMs.

 

[Hire Sather]

Oh wow so they aren't going to bring the Coyotes back? Stunning!

 

[LOFIN]

So happy that the Canadian curse continues. f*** you Edmonton and f*** you McDavid, enjoy your consolation Conn Smythe you ain’t winning a f***ing thing with the Oilers you loser.

 

[kovazub94]

Keith Tkachuk weights 32,000 pounds.

Even Ozempic can not work this

 

[n8]

Oh wow so they aren't going to bring the Coyotes back? Stunning!

I think the narrative was he was gonna bid on some land at a state auction, build the arena, and if he did that all within 5 years, the NHL would allow him to reinstate his franchise (assuming an expansion draft). Since Arizona cancelled the land auction, there is no longer a tenable plan. But yes, no one is surprised. This just makes the inevitable, official.

 

[kovazub94]

Brady blowing his nose into his hands. That tracks.

Hawk Tuah?

 

[kovazub94]

So two of the Rangers 2023 acquisitions, tarasenko and Mikkola, win the Cup together in Florida.

But not Kane?!?!

 

[Nickmo82]

Who on Florida is getting a Goodrow deal thanks to just having their name on the cup?

 

[SeanAveryTheGreatOne]

It really is gut-wrenching being a fan of this franchise. What's that saying - Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Just once in my slightly more sentient lifetime would I like to see a championship out of the Rangers.

It just isn't happening with Dolan as owner, IMO.

 

[mike14]

Who on Florida is getting a Goodrow deal thanks to just having their name on the cup?

I don't think there's anyone really comparable, maybe Lomberg would be closest?

 

[n8]

All game "you don't touch the Stanley Cup unless you've earned it"
Who the hell is Uvis Balinskis???

Spencer Knight, what the hell were you doing here? Last NHL game, February 18th, 2023.

 

[McRanger92]

Did Brady T request a trade yet?

 

[HANK30]

Not sure I understand all the McDavid hate...the guy is simply the best player in the NHL and best we've seen since Gretzky/Lemiuex. He literally strapped his team on his back and brought them on the cusp of a SCF.

 

[McRanger92]

Not sure I understand all the McDavid hate...the guy is simply the best player in the NHL and best we've seen since Gretzky/Lemiuex. He literally strapped his team on his back and brought them on the cusp of a SCF.

Correct, but he shouldnt have gotten Conn Smythe. Bettman special. It shouldnt go to a guy on the losing team who didnt have a point in Games 6 or 7. Just one man's opinion.

Idk if anyone else noticed but ESPN was telegraphing this for days. I needed 2 hands to count how many times Ray and Sean had to remind viewers it was the MVP "for the entire playoffs". We get it guys.

 

[HANK30]

Correct, but he shouldnt have gotten Conn Smythe. Bettman special. It shouldnt go to a guy on the losing team who didnt have a point in Games 6 or 7. Just one man's opinion.

Idk if anyone else noticed but ESPN was telegraphing this for days. I needed 2 hands to count how many times Ray and Sean had to remind viewers it was the MVP "for the entire playoffs". We get it guys.

He should have taken the Conn Smythe. The last two times a player on the losing side won the Conn Smythe they went out to receive the trophy.

 

[Boris Zubov]

He should have taken the Conn Smythe. The last two times a player on the losing side won the Conn Smythe they went out to receive the trophy.

Giguere against the debbies...I'll never forget his birds nest playoff beard that must've been so uncomfortable. Immediately after the game he went & shaved it off completely by the time he was interviewed by the media.

 

[Synergy27]

Correct, but he shouldnt have gotten Conn Smythe. Bettman special. It shouldnt go to a guy on the losing team who didnt have a point in Games 6 or 7. Just one man's opinion.

Idk if anyone else noticed but ESPN was telegraphing this for days. I needed 2 hands to count how many times Ray and Sean had to remind viewers it was the MVP "for the entire playoffs". We get it guys.

No one on Florida deserved it. Nobody had a real standout playoff performance. Everyone was good.

This was the right call.

 

[Machinehead]

No one on Florida deserved it. Nobody had a real standout playoff performance. Everyone was good.

This was the right call.

The only guy on Florida I would have given it to was Barkov and his SCF was just ok.