Around the NHL - Part XLII - (Playoffs Edition)

[mike14]

Neither of those teams scared me much after watching that series.

I don't actually think there's a single scary team in these playoffs. Everyone remaining are good teams with at least one weakness.
Cup winner should come down to health, sensible play and a few bounces at the right time.
Should make for some excellent series

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Stars are just the Hurricanes with better BBQ

Based.

NC BBQ is trash.

Fight me. Vinegar sauce f***ing sucks.

 

[NYR94]

Who's injured?

Hakanpaa so They're playing Nils.

 

[bl02]

Who's injured?

Maybe he means Nils being stapled to the bench? Played only 3 minutes.

 

[rangersfansince08]

Based.

NC BBQ is trash.

Fight me. Vinegar sauce f***ing sucks.

Central TX brisket and sausages over NC crap anydays

 

[will1066]

Until next April, Mark Stone.

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

Love that Vegas got booted in the first round

Not this summer Vegas. Load up all you want. It isn’t that easy

 

[LeetchisGod]

Who's injured?

Hakanpaa is out and Nils is getting the Rempe treatment.

 

[noncents]

Based.

NC BBQ is trash.

Fight me. Vinegar sauce f***ing sucks.

in the immortal words of devin the dude..
mo fa me

 

[Draft Guru]

Faksa scored the winner tonight.

Faksa was born in 1994.

 

[bl02]

Canucks/Oilers game 1 isn't until Wednesday? I guess they have Pearl Jam playing there tomorrow?!

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

so many 2-1 games ugghhh

 

[PuckLuck3043]

No surprises so far in the playoffs. Every 2nd round is 1 vs 2 in each division expect Central which is 1 vs 3(Colorado). Unusual to not have 1 mini upset.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Think Colorado is getting too much love.

They shredded Winnipeg in impressive fashion but Dallas is a different beast. They can totally win but these "Col in 4 or 5" predictions are a bit much.

 

[Profet]

 

[Nickmo82]

The schedulers did a pretty lousy job with the second round. The Oilers get a full week off yet there's only one game tonight. Why didn't they slot the Canucks/Oilers in tonight?

 

[94leetch]

Hopefully he makes it back for the playoffs...

 

[Rangerboy030]

Is Jeremy Jacobs allowed to own two NHL teams?

 

[Rangers2319]

who are we rooting for? boston?

 

[Irishguy42]

who are we rooting for? boston?

Boston isn't as good as Florida on paper but regardless it will be a tough out since if you make it to the ECF you're really good.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

who are we rooting for? boston?

100% YES.

Boston isn't as good as Florida on paper but regardless it will be a tough out since if you make it to the ECF you're really good.

Nobody said it would be easy but Boston would be a much better matchup than Florida.

 

[Raspewtin]

i'm more worried about Carolina than both Boston and Florida. Especially Boston. Rich man's Isles.

 

[B17 Apricots]

everyone will blame the "core 4" and/or the coach but Toronto legitimately had one of the worst defensive corps of any playoff team i've ever seen

Cap related. Can't really put together a better D when you have so much money tied up on 4 guys. Now that they signed Nylander to another +10 million per year contract they only have 18 million in cap space this summer. They screwed themselves again. They essentially need to revamp their entire D core aside from Reilly, find a goalie and fill out the rest of their forward group... 18 million to do all that is nothing. They've been putting out a budget defense/goalies for years and it looks like it'll continue.

What a difference that team could've looked like if they didn't go fishing for JT. Imagine if that team landed Dougie Hamilton or Alex Pietrangelo as free agents a few years ago. They have no cap flexibility to do anything.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

i'm more worried about Carolina than both Boston and Florida. Especially Boston. Rich man's Isles.

Carolina will be tough out but they will eventually succumb to the pounding as the series progresses. Florida will not.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

Rick Bowness retires from coaching in Winnipeg.