OT: Around the NHL: That Bedard kid is okay at hockey

[Pens1566]

Cringe

Capitals' Ovechkin trademarks 'THE GR8 CHASE'

 

[edog37]

I know most here sort of dislike Ovechkin, but the bloke is a scoring machine and in an era where goalies aren't f***ing goofballs with trying to kick at pucks like the early 80's when Wayne was padding stats like EA NHL on Rookie mode, it's more impressive to me that Ovechkin has continued to be such a f***ing incredible goal scorer at this stage in his career where even the best goal scorers in the history of this sport would taper off to 20-30 goals around the same age he is.

Backstrom is hurt, Kuzsnortsov isn't even the same player anymore, Wilson isn't there, Mantha is largely a joke...yet there he is, at above a ppg and on pace to score 50 goals at 37. That to me is so impressive on its own, he's 37 and scoring at a pace that most players half his age could only dream of doing someday in their career.

Crosby, Ovechkin, Malkin...still playing at elite levels in their mid 30's...the haters need to put their dislike of the player and the rivalry aside and enjoy this for what it is, right now for however long we get it for. Ovy has been quite lucky with his health though, Sid & Geno haven't and to still be as good as they are given how it could have gone (Geno with 2 major knee surgeries, other problems, Sid with his wrist, hernia, neck/concussions, etc).

I still don't find Drai & McWanker impressive at all. Draisaitl maybe more than McWanker as he's a complete player, but McWanker still relies heavily on his 2-way linemates to cover for him.

Edit: Gordie was a freak, at 43yrs old he's putting up 23 goals in 63 games in the NHL, lol. Jagr with 25 goals at 44, jeez.

McMuffin & Dry Salad are two of the most overrated folks in the league. Haven't achieved anything nor led their team to anything special. It was satisfying watching Makar school them both in the conference final.

 

[Turin]

Colorado might need reinforcements sooner than later.

 

[Gurglesons]

Colorado might need reinforcements sooner than later.

Evan Rodrigues is back lol.

 

[BusinessGoose]

Lol EDM f***ing sucks

Gave up a tying SHG with 20 seconds to go and lost in SO to the Blues

Hilarious

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Evan Rodrigues is back lol.

Who would have predicted that replacing Kadri at 2C with some rotating cast of bottom six players, including Rodrigues, wouldn't work? Oh right, me.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Cringe

Capitals' Ovechkin trademarks 'THE GR8 CHASE'

Goddamn, that's so painfully lame, it's almost genius.

Ovy has been quite lucky with his health though,

I mean, the amount of steroids in his blood probably put the Liver King to shame.

 

[BHD]

Leave it to the Canes to pick up a guy like Stefan Noesen and make him useful

 

[Gurglesons]

Leave it to the Canes to pick up a guy like Stefan Noesen and make him useful

They are playing him on L1 and their top Powerplay.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Connor McDipshit is mad because he doesn’t know what offsides is and his idiot move was 100% offsides no matter what.

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

Connor McDipshit is mad because he doesn’t know what offsides are and his idiot move was 100% offsides no matter what.

What's the context of this? I missed it

 

[wheelz87]

nhl maybe going to a 84 game schedule.
excuse me
*barf emoji*

 

[eXile3]

nhl maybe going to a 84 game schedule.
excuse me
*barf emoji*

Bettman is without a doubt the worst major sports league commissioner.

He somehow took Crosby, Ovechkin, Malkin, McDavid and managed to botch it is beyond me. When comparing how the other leagues have done in comparison it's embarrassing.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

nhl maybe going to a 84 game schedule.
excuse me
*barf emoji*

Yeah, apparently these 15 back to backs this year don't hurt the product enough.

Plus when the season game total changes all the time it triggers me...

 

[Goalie_Bob]

It’s like 2 extra games….,,

 

[Honour Over Glory]

What's the context of this? I missed it

The moron has the puck in OT and then skates past the blueline skates first and the puck sort of drifts off of his stick and passed the blueline without him having control and he's also checked with the puck being lost. So essentially, McDipshit skates offsides, loses control of the puck before he handles it into the zone and is mad because he thinks he had control of the puck whilst entering the zone and the OT GWG should have counted.

But he's 100% wrong and has zero understanding of the rule and the one he's confusing it with.

Elite dipshit.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

I mean, McDavid's right. He said the officiating is garbage and inconsistent as hell, and that's what everybody's been saying for as long as I've been watching and I started in the late 90s. Goal could've gone either way, I remember at least one occurrence of Geno skating into the zone backwards with possession and the goal counting, but the greater issue about officiating being inconsistent, varying from night to night, and official to official is spot on imo. Don't think anybody can disagree with that sentiment.

 

[66-30-33]

Wait...Oilers lost last night? I watched the OT goal and shut it off. Nice they lost.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Wait...Oilers lost last night? I watched the OT goal and shut it off. Nice they lost.

Yeah that team sucks absolute shit. They'd be fighting Anaheim for the Bedard sweepstakes if they didn't luck into McDavid and Draisaitl.

 

[66-30-33]

Yeah that team sucks absolute shit. They'd be fighting Anaheim for the Bedard sweepstakes if they didn't luck into McDavid and Draisaitl.

They suck so much the NHL had to change the lottery.

 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrots]

I know most here sort of dislike Ovechkin, but the bloke is a scoring machine and in an era where goalies aren't f***ing goofballs with trying to kick at pucks like the early 80's when Wayne was padding stats like EA NHL on Rookie mode, it's more impressive to me that Ovechkin has continued to be such a f***ing incredible goal scorer at this stage in his career where even the best goal scorers in the history of this sport would taper off to 20-30 goals around the same age he is.

Backstrom is hurt, Kuzsnortsov isn't even the same player anymore, Wilson isn't there, Mantha is largely a joke...yet there he is, at above a ppg and on pace to score 50 goals at 37. That to me is so impressive on its own, he's 37 and scoring at a pace that most players half his age could only dream of doing someday in their career.

Crosby, Ovechkin, Malkin...still playing at elite levels in their mid 30's...the haters need to put their dislike of the player and the rivalry aside and enjoy this for what it is, right now for however long we get it for. Ovy has been quite lucky with his health though, Sid & Geno haven't and to still be as good as they are given how it could have gone (Geno with 2 major knee surgeries, other problems, Sid with his wrist, hernia, neck/concussions, etc).

I still don't find Drai & McWanker impressive at all. Draisaitl maybe more than McWanker as he's a complete player, but McWanker still relies heavily on his 2-way linemates to cover for him.

Edit: Gordie was a freak, at 43yrs old he's putting up 23 goals in 63 games in the NHL, lol. Jagr with 25 goals at 44, jeez.

My feelings on Ovenchicken are similar to yours on Murray: f*** that guy.

Alongside his deserved accolades as a goal scorer is years of unpunished predatory hits, and memorably, picking a fight with a teenager to ultimately get his team first round bounced when they could have been looking at a b2b run. And Ovi getting a rather free rein is part of why Wilson's career looks how it does as a predatory POS, as well.

I've gone back and forth on this throughout my time as a fan, and this where I am with him.

 

[Turin]

It’s like 2 extra games….,,

The nhl schedule is already 10 games too long

 

[AuroraBorealis]

What team is underperforming most relative to roster strength?
I thought the Flames would be topping the Pacific
The Blues are just awful too.

 

[Gurglesons]

Noah Dobson is absurd.

 

[ThosePuckingPenguins]

Islanders are about to lose to the Coyotes. Assuming they do, that means they would’ve lost six out of their last eight. Starting to come back to reality. Figured the ‘get carried by goaltending’ strategy wasn’t sustainable.