Around the NHL: Part XXXIV

[duhmetreE]

I’m watching hedman and literally the only thing he’s remotely better then Fox at is being tall.

he’s a mess out there

he gets his freebee Kucherov points on the PP.. Having points = good defenseman nowadays.

 

[Tob]

Imagine being called J.G.

 

[AWall THE CLAW]

Kinda random topic, but NHL needs to work out some of these scheduling quirks. Playoffs are mainly determined by division but the current matrix has you only playing some of your own division opponents 3 times. Just... no. Do a home and home with one division in the West, and only one game with the other. Then switch it off year to year. I can stand having McDavid at MSG 2 out of every 3 years. For example:

Home and home with every Pacific team = 16
One game vs. each Central team = 8
Three games vs. Atlantic teams = 24
Five games vs. each division opponent and four vs. one = 34

Next year...

Home and home with every Central team = 16
One game vs. each Pacific team = 8
Three games vs. Atlantic teams = 24
Five games vs. each division opponent and four vs. one = 34

 

[Kovalev27]

Gotta play minimum 4 against everyone in your division crazy you don’t see the devils again till March? I think caps same. That’s silly.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Raymond is a stud. Detroit's top line is buzzin

Islanders are not nearly as good as I thought they'd be... They play their game but their defense is meh. A lot of it falls on the hope Dobson is a stud. Big and slow defense... not a threat on offense.

It's early and playing your first 13 games on the road is tough but I'm not impressed with this years version and never expected them to dupicate what they did last 2 years. It's an 82 game grind this season. No covid cup this year. This roster is old and got older. Half of the team is 30 or older and Parise is 37, Greene 39, and Chara 44. Thats like ancient. Plus they lost Eberle and more importantly Leddy and never replaced him. They thought Dobson may be the answer but he is struggling. They do have a good coach and good goaltending and play a structured game but this division is real tough and playing the way the Isles play wears on a team especially one that has a few players ready for social security. IMO its 50/50 whether they make the playoffs and even if they do I just don't see any way they go deep again.

 

[Kovalev27]

I’ve said it before but IMO this isles team had the perfect storm for their style the past two years. A short play in series and a shortened season last year. They could play playoff hockey the whole way. Doing it over 82 with this aged roster that feels even older now with parise and chara playing important mins isn’t ideal

 

[FireGerardGallant]

Raymond is a beast

 

[Kovalev27]

And by the way Dobson in the press box and wahlstrom glued to the 4th line. He’s played under 6 mins tonight

These things aren’t exclusive to us

 

[Kovalev27]

Varlamov lol looked like a turtle on his back there

 

[FireGerardGallant]

Chara just got sonned by a guy that looked a foot shorter then him

 

[Kords]

Rough back to back for the Isles with the Panthers tomorrow. I have learned not to bet against them these past few seasons and they have pretty decent goaltending which goes a long way, happy to see them finally showing their age though.

Chara is such a douche, can't wait for him to frick off already. Gets beat regularly and goes right to the cheap stuff because he knows he gets away with it.

Also a fun tidbit, I work for a company that is installing the soda lines in the new Isles arena, and they aren't even close to being ready to open that building. Don't be surprised if they open without concessions, other than that it's gonna take a miracle.

 

[Tob]

Chara just got sonned by a guy that looked a foot shorter then him

pretty sure Chara is the Islanders' response to Reaves

 

[Kovalev27]

I don’t see how that cross check to the face by chara is any worse than what Buchnevich got suspended for

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Chara trying to play tough guy tonight. I guess that's all he has to give these days. Guy is toast.

 

[Kords]

Butch crying that they called a slash a slash because rules shouldn't count when you are getting caved in.

 

[CLW]

Raymond is a beast

He plays a basic game. Gets open in the slot and waits for players to feed him, and they do feed him for shots on goal. If not he buzzes around the crease to hunt pucks or forechecks. No confusion.

Also I hope Chinakov makes it, for no other reason than that the scouting community was so outraged when Jarmo picked him in the first round lol.

 

[Kovalev27]

Islanders have been crushed in third periods. Tonight again

 

[NYR94]

Chara trying to play tough guy tonight. I guess that's all he has to give these days. Guy is toast.

He's keeps saying "manage the game a little bit" over and over. I guarantee that if the Isles were winning and they called a penalty on TB he'd be fine with it.

 

[bl02]

Chara trying to play tough guy tonight. I guess that's all he has to give these days. Guy is toast.

I would have liked him for a year when he went to the caps but you're right he can barely keep up.

 

[bl02]

Islanders have been crushed in third periods. Tonight again

I have only watched Tampa 3 times this year but they are such a solid team especially defensively. This game was never in doubt for them

 

[AWall THE CLAW]

 

[NYR94]

28-year-old Justin Danforth making his NHL debut for the Blue Jackets tonight.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I hope they never go again - the Olympics should be for amateur status players. Otherwise it's just a really long drawn out All Star game.

It's an All Star game if an All Star game meant something, so completely different.

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

Arizona has 3 points in 15 games

 

[Matt Rentfree]

It's an All Star game if an All Star game meant something, so completely different.

Let’s agree to disagree.