Around the NHL XI: Second Round Edition

[Kakko]

NBC just ranked Crosby and Ovechkin as the 2nd best player rivalry of all time.

What the actual ****...

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/2014/05/16/dan-boyle-holds-court-for-his-final-time-as-a-shark-and-speculation-on-my-part-about-what-may-come-next/#more-10927


Boyle is a great PP QB. If they buy out Richards they will have nobody running the point.

Right handed d. Boyle over stralman.

I love how they point to the big Tampa Bay-reunion, but Boyle only being a priority if 50% of that current Tampa Bay-connection being bought out. Does.Not.Make.Sense

 

[DutchShamrock]

I think shero lost his job over keeping bylsma and fleury. Regular season success isn't enough for teams with cup expectations. Everyone thought fleury responded to post season critics with a great season this year. Then the same old playoff gaffs came back.

And if anyone thinks that organization will lay any blame at Crosby's feet they are mistaken. Scape goats all around.

 

[ArPanet]

I wish somebody would tell Forslund to stop saying 'in terms of' NFS.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Well there's game. ****ing Kings are like Michael Myers. Hate this team so much.

 

[trilobyte]

I'm happy the Kings scored, but I feel some sympathy for Gibson. He did everything he could there, his team in front of him kind of goofed it up.

 

[aufheben]

I like the Kings.

Mike Richards is CANNON.

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

Justin Williams 6-5-11 in six game 7's. Pretty crazy.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

What I don't understand is how people can ***** about the Devils being boring for 2 decades but love the Kings.

 

[trilobyte]

The Kings are not boring. Did you catch their very first shift with speed and that beautiful pass from Gaborik to Brown?
That was most definitely not boring.

 

[aufheben]

The only teams I ever really find boring are teams that suck.

 

[haohmaru]

Not a good start for the ducks...

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Justin Williams is clearly clutch but him being so ridiculous in game 7s is more of a statistical anomaly than anything to me. Unless you're a superstar forward you only get so many chances in a given game, the fact that he happens to capitalize in game 7s, as scoring has a lot to do with luck, seems more like a statistical anomaly than proof that he's some sort of clutch God, clutch but not like his numbers would show.

 

[Paulie Walnutz]

So I guess we're rooting for Chicago next round vs LA? We did sweep them in the regular season

 

[SnowblindNYR]

The Kings are not boring. Did you catch their very first shift with speed and that beautiful pass from Gaborik to Brown?
That was most definitely not boring.

One good pass doesn't mean anything. They're a grind it out team that forechecks well and has skill but doesn't play a skill game at all. They also clutch and grab more blatantly than any team in the league. But this game so far actually hasn't been boring.

 

[aufheben]

What is a large enough sample size for it to be no longer considered an anomaly?

 

[SnowblindNYR]

So I guess we're rooting for Chicago next round vs LA? We did sweep them in the regular season

As much much as I hate LA, I see absolutely no chance that we beat them. I think we have a better shot against Chicago.

 

[trilobyte]

One good pass doesn't mean anything. They're a grind it out team that forechecks well and has skill but doesn't play a skill game at all. They also clutch and grab more blatantly than any team in the league. But this game so far actually hasn't been boring.

I think I have disagreed with you before, earlier in this series about the Kings. The Kings do play well on the boards, but I look at an awful lot of the little plays they make, and I see skill all over the place.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

So, Erik Gustafsson is leaving Philly for the KHL.

 

[aufheben]

I think I have disagreed with you before, earlier in this series about the Kings. The Kings do play well on the boards, but I look at an awful lot of the little plays they make, and I see skill all over the place.

I agree with this.

 

[Rangerfan4life90]

If the Kings win this game, then Hawks vs Kings should be a good series.

 

[Killem Dafoe]

penalty shot. DD is mad.

 

[trilobyte]

I have never seen that situation before. I wondered why Doughty was so angry (he does tend to complain) but that was a broken stick that Perry had.

 

[haohmaru]

Yowch

 

[aufheben]

Love Cannon. So sick of hearing about Gibson.