Around the NHL - Part XLV (Playoffs edition)

[will1066]

Who knew? You neutralize Florida by grinding them down.

And then they reconstitute

 

[gabevh3]

Something about someone clubbing another player with a stick looking like Hacksaw Jim with a 2 x 4!

I might have heard the 2x4 which he says a lot but He didn't say hacksaw Jim did he?

 

[Boris Zubov]

I might have heard the 2x4 which he says a lot but He didn't say hacksaw Jim did he?

Absolutely. Full name...Hacksaw Jim Duggan.

 

[I Eat Crow]

Florida is just too good and perfectly built for playoff hockey.

And I think they got better than they were last year at this past TDL. All guys with term too. Scary. I don't think either team from the West can beat them, and they'd already be favorites for next year too in my book.

 

[will1066]

20 minutes left for the Canes

 

[I Eat Crow]

Lundell. See this is what happens when you have good scouts and draft centers and keep them at center and not move them to wing. Rangers should take notice

To be fair, Lundell lined up as a winger lots his first couple of years in the league.

 

[RangersFan1994]

To be fair, Lundell lined up as a winger lots his first couple of years in the league.

I really thought he played center as a rookie. Thanks

 

[Boris Zubov]

Ugly man ties it

 

[Boris Zubov]

The refs are letting everything go. So many crosschecks after the whistle.

 

[will1066]

That looked like a piece of coal being shoveled

 

[RangersFan1994]

Orlov is trash. Watch Drury sign him this summer lmfao

 

[Boris Zubov]

And the Canes new life was short lived

Barkov is a monster

 

[FoxysExpensiveNYDigs]

That play by Barkov. Holy shit

 

[RangersFan1994]

And the Canes new life was short lived

Barkov is a monster

You need to draft those types. Barkov is amazing.

 

[will1066]

And the Canes new life was short lived

Barkov is a monster

Slick move. The Cats have a captain that barks.

 

[huerter]

Nikishin does some weird S.

 

[bleedblue94]

The refs are letting everything go. So many crosschecks after the whistle.

Happens every year, and every year people act surprised. If they called everything these games would be 45 mins of 3 on 3. It's what playoff hockey is and will always be...

 

[Guyute]

Barkov is the anti-Zibanejad. Monster on the boards and in the dirty areas.

Mika would have lost control of the puck 3x on that same play.

 

[will1066]

I hope Carolina ties it one more time only to give up another goal. It'd be sweet, so late in the game.

 

[I Eat Crow]

Orlov is trash. Watch Drury sign him this summer lmfao

He's cooked.

 

[I Eat Crow]

You need to draft those types. Barkov is amazing.

I still remember the audible "gasp" at the Prudential Center when Florida took Barkov over Drouin. I just sat there, nodded and thought "right move Florida".

 

[RangersFan1994]

I still remember the audible "gasp" at the Prudential Center when Florida took Barkov over Drouin. I just sat there, nodded and thought "right move Florida".

Drouin always had issues. Rather go with the safer pick

 

[I Eat Crow]

Drouin always had issues. Rather go with the safer pick

Always thought there was a chance he was a MacKinnon benefactor and that he had talent, but he never stood out as a "play driver" to me.

 

[will1066]

No matter what, Rod will have a job on Carolina.

 

[LeetchisGod]

Florida is just too good and perfectly built for playoff hockey.

And I think they got better than they were last year at this past TDL. All guys with term too. Scary. I don't think either team from the West can beat them, and they'd already be favorites for next year too in my book.

At some point they will run out of gas. Happened to Tampa. It will happen to them. Lots of wear and tear from all these long playoff runs.