GDT: HFBoards GDT: 02/04/2025 | Yes they are still called playdates and there are 14 of them

[MessierThanThou]

Gonna be a lot of angry Edmontonians tonight.

Am I missing something?

Oilers won, Vegas lost, Calgary lost, and McDrai both surpassed MacK in points per game while Draisaitl is within one point of passing MacK for the league scoring lead (and with two games in hand!)... And Vancouver is still 11 points back of us.

 

[deca guard]

Patrick Kane is just a flat out disgusting hockey player. Like he's too nasty. If I heard the Detroit guy right he just took over most SO goals all time?

Ted Kulfan

@tkulfan
#RedWings win shootout, second 7th straight win under McLellan and Kane sets shootout record with his 53rd shootout goal

 

[Johnny HFBOARDS]

To be fair, Makar isn’t the Norris favourite

Said Media Fav, Media guys are tards

 

[deca guard]

d'cat #93 is having a fantastic season for redwings . offensive super power = dishin sauce / launching lasers / haulin the mail , another kid kane daddy raised

 

[RedRocking]

Fourgiev clutch as tank commander yet again

 

[eojsmada]

Armia with the dagger

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

Bednar is reminiscent of old Oiler coaches. Just grind their best players if losing.

Tbf to Bednar, Colorado reeeaaaally looks like a 1 line team right now.

Judging by tonight it looks like MacKinnon & co. score or they dont win.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Georgiev really strong tank commander

 

[VivaLasVegas]

What's the issue? Isn't most the roster healthy or are some key guys injured?

Nah, most players are healthy. It is a strange slump, but they have a habit of going through this ..... although this is the worst that I can recall. Mostly a lack of scoring combined with a blase attitude to doing anything following a score other than to lazily wait for the other team to score.

 

[eojsmada]

Gibson with a really strong game.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Zegras GWG hype train pulling into the station. EA should put him on the cover again.

 

[TropicalFruitGirl2]

If they can add a legit 2nd liner and ep wakes up suddenly the team looks very complete, 2 big ifs though

Yea, I've felt the NY Rangers as CUP contenders were pretty overrated. Good team? Sure.
Vezina quality goalie? Absolutely.

But the rest of the core seems aging and the young players haven't seemed to pan out like they wanted (Lafreniere, K'Andre, Kakko...and yes, I know he is traded).

I think the Rangers themselves have lots of holes to fill and JT isn't gonna be that cure all.
They will find it tough sledding in the East as they are currently built, to keep up with teams like Carolina, the Devils, and the resurgent Capitals....not to mention teams in the Atlantic like the Leafs (yes, I am giving them their due this season), Panthers, and maybe even those upstart Senators!

Lots of ifs for sure with the Rangers. They are still a good team, but people pre-crowning them SC favorites now, and even just a couple seasons going back, is absurd.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

You dont appreciate how important those empty net goals are until you see Montreal trying and failing repeatedly to score one

 

[eojsmada]

Montreal may have won, but that 3 game losing streak was ill-timed.

 

[Ghost of Murph]

Habs stop the bleeding.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Georgiev really strong tank commander

Ever heard of the battle of Kursk? It’s in their blood

 

[Frank Drebin]

Ever heard of the battle of Kursk? It’s in their blood

Oh man he is brutal

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

You dont appreciate how important those empty net goals are until you see Montreal trying and failing repeatedly to score one

...scoring with Porousgiev in the net is easier than it is when he is NOT in the net, it seems...

 

[MessierThanThou]

Zegras GWG hype train pulling into the station. EA should put him on the cover again.

Why was he ever selected? Was it just the cool goals? It really seemed like the NHL was "pushing" him for a bit, but his stats never warranted it.

 

[TropicalFruitGirl2]

Weird scheduling quirk:
My Bolts see the Senators in consecutive games...and both are at Amalie.
Don't think I've seen that before like that.

Also, good win for the Lightning tonight against the Sens. They needed that BADLY.
But as the Bolts are prone to do to me this season, they made it a bit scary as the Sens wouldn't go away and made things awfully close in the end!

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Montreal may have won, but that 3 game losing streak was ill-timed.

It was 5 games and yes it definitely was. Still a lot of time left though.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

It was 5 games and yes it definitely was. Still a lot of time left though.

...to bottom out??...yup, after watching the last two stinkers in California, the Habs got a LOT of work to do...no Playoffs this year, amigo...

 

[TropicalFruitGirl2]

You dont appreciate how important those empty net goals are until you see Montreal trying and failing repeatedly to score one

Ohhh, that's probably because someone activates the magnetic poles on the nets, which triggers that little chip in the puck to head either towards them, or go wide, whenever a Habs player takes a shot on the EN

 

[TropicalFruitGirl2]

Tbf to Bednar, Colorado reeeaaaally looks like a 1 line team right now.

Judging by tonight it looks like MacKinnon & co. score or they dont win.

Meh...Colorado has been a 'one line team' MANY times over the last several years. It's why they haven't done much besides that one Cup run they had some time back.

That season, they actually got secondary scoring and Darcy Kuemper played out of his mind.
But the running formula, which still seems to be valid apparently, is "shut down #29 and his linemates and dare the rest of the lines to beat you".

 

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You dont appreciate how important those empty net goals are until you see Montreal trying and failing repeatedly to score one

The Oilers are equally as bad with the empty net