Series Talk: Around the NHL - Playoff edition as Round #1 kicks off

[TMLegend]

Man the Islanders give up nothing defensively. Such a treat to watch compared to the Leafs.

Not even just that either, they rarely turn the puck over once they have it in the defensive or neutral zone.

Just a fundamentally sound hockey team.

 

[Gallagbi]

Provorov looks like he's skating was a piano on his back.

 

[stickty111]

The Isles are getting carried by coaching and goaltending.

 

[Nineteen67]

Tuch is on a heater.

 

[Big Muddy]

^
^There's more to the Islander team than that. They are definitely well coached though.

 

[Big Muddy]

Tuch is the gift from Minnesota that keeps on giving.

 

[TMLegend]

Shades of the Leafs. Unforced error ends up in the Nucks net.

 

[All Mod Cons]

^
^There's more to the Islander team than that. They are definitely well coached though.

Yup. I dream of the day when the Leafs could play with even a third of the structure of which the Islanders play.

Oh well, not in my lifetime.

 

[Nineteen67]

does VGK lead the league in goals in the first 5 mins of a game? It sure seems like they score early in a lot of games.

 

[PromisedLand]

Man the Islanders give up nothing defensively. Such a treat to watch compared to the Leafs.

Not even just that either, they rarely turn the puck over once they have it in the defensive or neutral zone.

Just a fundamentally sound hockey team.

what you talking about? Lou and his overpayments for scrubs aint gonna get it done

 

[CelticDruid]

It's getting so hard to watch these games anymore. I've been a die hard fan for countless years and I'm losing interest fast.

Way too political for my liking!

Back to watching golf.

 

[Mats13]

Man the Islanders give up nothing defensively. Such a treat to watch compared to the Leafs.

Not even just that either, they rarely turn the puck over once they have it in the defensive or neutral zone.

Just a fundamentally sound hockey team.

The islanders are a lot of things. A treat to watch is not one of them.

They play incredibly boring hockey.

 

[ruaware41]

It's getting so hard to watch these games anymore. I've been a die hard fan for countless years and I'm losing interest fast.

Way too political for my liking!

Back to watching golf.

it is sadly way too political. And the Leafs play doesn't help

 

[TMLegend]

The islanders are a lot of things. A treat to watch is not one of them.

They play incredibly boring hockey.

Depends on your perspective I guess.

 

[Gabriel426]

Have to give Tortz credits, Leo and Martin can’t even keep up playing with the Leafs and yet they look like solid bottom six on the Islanders. I know Babs is gone but he really done some damages to the Leafs.

 

[ruaware41]

Have to give Tortz credits, Leo and Martin can’t even keep up playing with the Leafs and yet they look like solid bottom six on the Islanders. I know Babs is gone but he really done some damages to the Leafs.

he helped Kadri and Gardiner's game and maybe even Rielly's but two of them are gone now.

 

[Big Muddy]

It's getting so hard to watch these games anymore. I've been a die hard fan for countless years and I'm losing interest fast.

Way too political for my liking!

Back to watching golf.

it is sadly way too political. And the Leafs play doesn't help

Hockey is political? I'm trying figure that out & must be missing something.

 

[Gabriel426]

he helped Kadri and Gardiner's game and maybe even Rielly's but two of them are gone now.

True, true

 

[Gabriel426]

Hockey is political? I'm trying figure that out & must be missing something.

Pro sports have more impact in our daily lives than we all think.

It is not a coincidence that the moment NBA called off the Jazz game, all of North America began to take COVID more seriously.
If you think sports is not political or social and sports is just sports, it is no longer the case. Maybe before social medias but definitely not now.
Pro athletes have huge followings and platforms to influence or at least raise the awareness of issues. Whether people agree to their views or not, it is good for them to speak up.

 

[Dekes For Days]

The Islanders are currently running with a PDO of 105.1.

The highest any team has had in the last 13+ years of the playoffs is 104.0.

 

[Superstar]

Have to give Tortz credits, Leo and Martin can’t even keep up playing with the Leafs and yet they look like solid bottom six on the Islanders. I know Babs is gone but he really done some damages to the Leafs.

I thought Babcock really loved Leo's heavy game.

 

[Gabriel426]

I thought Babcock really loved Leo's heavy game.

But he overplayed him and slowed him down

 

[Superstar]

But he overplayed him and slowed him down

That's true, lol...even started him too many times in OT...

 

[Gabriel426]

That's true, lol...even started him too many times in OT...

It prevented the other team from scoring. If the Leafs were any good in Shootouts, they would have more pts, lol.

 

[Gabriel426]

Reeves is such a tank tonight. Gosh, I wish the Leafs can find someone who can play like him. Imagine having Reeves and Clifford on a line.