NHL Talk Miscellaneous NHL Discussion CIII: 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs for Thee

[DancingPanther]

What a save SKINNER IS DIALED FOR GAME 7

GOALIE ASSIST

Florida is gonna do something hella stupid in these last 90 sec

Don't even bother sending the goat or Draisaitl out there

 

[TCTC]

$9m defenseman Darnell Nurse with his 2nd goal and 6th point of the playoffs. What a contract.

 

[DancingPanther]

SNOOP WAS RIGHT

 

[FLYguy3911]

These Florida flights to and from Edmonton have to be absolute torture.

 

[DancingPanther]

DRAGGED EM BACK TO FLORIDA!

Everyone ready to watch the goat do goat things on Monday?

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

If there is any good left in the world, then Ken Holland will be the disappointed one on Monday.

Blargh.

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

Would love to be a fly on the wall in that Florida locker room

 

[GKJ]

DRAGGED EM BACK TO FLORIDA!

Everyone ready to watch the goat do goat things on Monday?

They got out of this game with him scoring zero points.

What’s the chances that happens again

 

[FLYguy3911]

Pick 31 is still alive boys!!

 

[FlyerNutter]

What a crowd in Edmonton.

Would have been awesome to be part of that

Beaut

 

[Juicy Pop]

Was anyone else seeing an issue with the NHL's gamecenter? It just didn't update after the 1st until the period ended.

DRAGGED EM BACK TO FLORIDA!

Everyone ready to watch the goat do goat things on Monday?

I'm down to see McDavid go crazy, but in all honesty I don't want Edmonton to win.

 

[GKJ]

I’m just having trouble wrapping my mind around this.

First off it feels like it’s never going to end because it’s almost July, and it’s not to complain about the schedule, because I get it.

There’s just been so much weight in this series that it feels strange that they still have to play another game.

Today never felt like it was a game where the season could end. It felt like the next chapter, never the final one.

Both those teams gotta go out to Vegas and do the draft 4 days later lmao

Good thing LA didn’t sit on Dubois’ buyout.

Just crazy shit out there.

 

[Juicy Pop]

I’m just having trouble wrapping my mind around this.

First off it feels like it’s never going to end because it’s almost July, and it’s not to complain about the schedule, because I get it.

There’s just been so much weight in this series that it feels strange that they still have to play another game.

Today never felt like it was a game where the season could end. It felt like the next chapter, never the final one.

Both those teams gotta go out to Vegas and do the draft 4 days later lmao

Good thing LA didn’t sit on Dubois’ buyout.

Just crazy shit out there.

It probably doesn't help that we're dealing with a heat wave and watching hockey of all things. It'd be amusing to see what the ice would have looked like 30-40 years ago.

 

[GKJ]

It probably doesn't help that we're dealing with a heat wave and watching hockey of all things. It'd be amusing to see what the ice would have looked like 30-40 years ago.

My air runs from like March

Though I gotta attempt to run tomorrow, hopefully I wake up early enough.

 

[TheKingPin]

God I hope McDavid goes off Monday. Just relentless all out skill and speed fest.

 

[Juicy Pop]

God I hope McDavid goes off Monday. Just relentless all out skill and speed fest.

Or Hyman just for the memes. There are actually so many funny ways this can end.

Bob shuts them out and gets back on the case.

Perry does something silly to cause a Cup clinching goal.

etc.

...

edit: Absolute long play is that the Oilers win and we get the 31st which results in a pick that is crucial to the rebuild.

 

[TheKingPin]

Or Hyman just for the memes. There are actually so many funny ways this can end.

Bob shuts them out and gets back on the case.

Perry does something silly to cause a Cup clinching goal.

etc.

...

edit: Absolute long play is that the Oilers win and we get the 31st which results in a pick that is crucial to the rebuild.

31: Dual sports hernias the next year
32: 3 time Norris trophy winner

 

[Juicy Pop]

31: Dual sports hernias the next year
32: 3 time Norris trophy winner

I forgot what team I'm following

edit: the more I reflect, the more I realize how true this is... but are we at a point where wishing for Florida to win actually dooms us? Is it just an infinite regress where whatever line we find ourselves in is doomed to fail?

I need a drink.

 

[BillDineen]

Hoping for OT on Monday as well .... and a McDavid gwg

 

[Juicy Pop]

Hoping for OT on Monday as well .... and a McDavid gwg

I think it's the optimal, game-growing, solution. OT, McDavid clinches, ESPN actually has a GOAT to push in promos and therefore an actual product to sell, invests a little money and gets this rotten cast off the broadcast crew.

Just in time for a 2236 Flyers Cup win.

 

[Sombastate]

I really wanted Bob to win a cup, but at this point? I hope Jesus gets a hat trick and just as many assists

 

[The Rage Kage]

Everyone complains about the offside call but what do you actually want? Because we can't do away with the challenge altogether in case of another Duchene situation. Do you decide that it can only be overturned if its X inches offside? That just adds a new line that they will measuring millimeters from. No one wants to hear that the puck is offside but that its not offside enough, because the fact is that the play is either offside or it isn't. It beneifits the game when we remove subjectivity and human error from the officiating. No one would dare suggest we stop using reviews to make sure the puck crosses the goal line even if it is only by a millimeter.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Hoping for OT on Monday as well .... and a McDavid gwg

Into his own net

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Everyone complains about the offside call but what do you actually want? Because we can't do away with the challenge altogether in case of another Duchene situation. Do you decide that it can only be overturned if its X inches offside? That just adds a new line that they will measuring millimeters from. No one wants to hear that the puck is offside but that its not offside enough, because the fact is that the play is either offside or it isn't. It beneifits the game when we remove subjectivity and human error from the officiating. No one would dare suggest we stop using reviews to make sure the puck crosses the goal line even if it is only by a millimeter.

I'd say just put a time limit on the reviews. If you can't definitively tell in 90 seconds, default to the call on the ice. Give them 2-3 looks from each angle, then make the call. I can't stand watching the frame by frame of a puck drifting over the line while the 'rules expert' says "Gee I dunno this is a toughie" for five minutes straight.

 

[Chinatown88]

Obnoxious Edmonton fans or a Florida franchise that doesn't deserve anything cause sports franchises in South Florida don't deserve anything good cause their fan bases suck. Dang this is a rough call.