Around the NHL - Part XLV (Playoffs edition)

[17futurecap]

“Does anyone in this room think that if Connor McDavid gets carried off the ice like that, that it’s not a five minute major?”

In all fairness, Hintz is not McDavid, and whoever did that to Connor would have an immediate lifetime ban and sentencing, narrated by Keith Morrison.

 

[Filip Chytil]

 

[Row I Goon]

“Does anyone in this room think that if Connor McDavid gets carried off the ice like that, that it’s not a five minute major?”

In all fairness, Hintz is not McDavid, and whoever did that to Connor would have an immediate lifetime ban and sentencing, narrated by Keith Morrison.

I used to joke that if you only knew NHL from their ads, you’d think there were only 3 players in the league, McDavid being one of them. That he is a protected species in many senses of the word is understating it….

 

[CasusBelli]

And people on X were slamming Hintz for diving … Canadian fans really are the worst.

 

[NYR94]

No Reinhart for Florida.

Oh Chelios is at the intermission desk.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Cats came out like Game 2 didn't end.

Then Bob almost gives one away.

 

[will1066]

@Machinehead

 

[Machinehead]

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@Machinehead

Certainly one of the anthems of all-time

 

[will1066]

Certainly one of the anthems of all-time

We are Woll.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Verhaghe whiffed on an empty net. Strome must've given him a pregame pep talk.

Edit. Pyotr made a heck of a save.

 

[turcotte8]

We are Woll.

are they related to Borg?

 

[will1066]

are they related to Borg?

I certainly hope not

 

[will1066]

I don't even remember the last time the Canes had a high danger chance

 

[Boris Zubov]

I don't even remember the last time the Canes had a high danger chance

Neither do they.

 

[will1066]

Neither do they.

Neither does their social media team

 

[Boris Zubov]

He did nothing wrong!

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Nikko Mikkola is approaching Anton Stralman status of diamond in the rough

He was underrated here

 

[will1066]

I knew Nikko was going do something, he's been in elite mode

 

[Boris Zubov]

Anyone else have a return of winter? It's freezing in my house.

 

[Machinehead]

Anyone else have a return of winter? It's freezing in my house.

It's been nasty

 

[Boris Zubov]

That's a bad hit. Should be 5 & a game for Listerine

 

[NYR94]

getting chippy now

 

[Machinehead]

Florida having a normal one

 

[RangersFan1994]

That's the correct call. 5 minute PP for the Hurricanes

 

[Overcast]

Nikko Mikkola is approaching Anton Stralman status of diamond in the rough

He was underrated here

Nah, NYR just target awful players.

But magically once those awful players end up on teams with strong cultures/expectations and the player in leadership roles on those teams go above and beyond what their contracts say, it's uncanny that these players suddenly become oh-so-coveted.

Maybe, just maybe, it's more a product of how the players/leaders in NYR conduct themselves and what expectations are actually enforced/imposed on them by their peers, and less to do with which players NYR have targeted. There's that mini-story going around about some FLA player turning a puck over in the neutral zone who then got a talking to by his teammates about how that's not how they play. I couldn't imagine anyone on this team sitting another teammate down and trying to iron out their bad habits.

It was a meme for a minute that this group acted like "Aw shucks, we'll get 'em next time, friends" was their team mantra, but that seems to be what this team's culture actually is. Good try everyone, you all did so amazing, we'll try again next game if we're feeling up for it.