Miscellaneous NHL Discussion XCV: Second Round

[Sombastate]

f***ing hate that team

Honestly opening season after the shooting we had, it was a fun ride and I was along for it (second team, of course)

Around March of that year, all of the people who teased me for playing and watching hockey suddenly knew more about the sport than Scotty Bowman, and I was done. I couldn’t tolerate it anymore. Most uneducated, entitled and whiny fans in the world

 

[deadhead]

This might be the worst goaltending I can remember in the playoffs.
Brossoit was awful, flopping like a dying fish.
I mean Edmonton is an offensive machine, but . . .

 

[kudymen]

How does the NHL have 1 game Friday and Saturday night? And tonight is a west coast matchup. But 3 games on Sunday. They’re so bad at this.

I also like how one of those Sundays games has a euro friendly pick drop time, not like the Saturday one. Of course the Sunday somehow is the day of US Formula 1 Grand Prix so …… oh well

 

[DancingPanther]

How does the NHL have 1 game Friday and Saturday night? And tonight is a west coast matchup. But 3 games on Sunday. They’re so bad at this.

You really expect them to compete with the Kentucky Derby?

 

[Beef Invictus]

Plausible

it's a great observation because that's basically how The Crow works

 

[Beef Invictus]

This might be the worst goaltending I can remember in the playoffs.
Brossoit was awful, flopping like a dying fish.
I mean Edmonton is an offensive machine, but . . .

The good goaltenders have mostly been blasted out of the playoffs thanks to brute-force scoring

 

[renberg]

This might be the worst goaltending I can remember in the playoffs.
Brossoit was awful, flopping like a dying fish.
I mean Edmonton is an offensive machine, but . . .

Skinner tends goal with a lucky horse shoe in his pants. There were plenty of times that VGK players missed on shots that they should have put in the net.
I can’t see any of these Western clubs winning the Cup.

 

[kudymen]

The good goaltenders have mostly been blasted out of the playoffs thanks to brute-force scoring

No. This year is an exception and therefore fits the narrative as well.

 

[Starat327]

...oh

 

[bennysflyers16]

You may want to pull him LOL

My lord.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

3-0 Devils in 1st

Anderson looks terrible.

That goal can never go in. He didn't even take a shot and it went thru Anderson

 

[FLYguy3911]

They put Luke Hughes in?

 

[Ghosts Beer]

Maybe NJ is just following the same script they used in round 1.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Besides depth it’s a little surprising to see Seattle doing alright in the second round. They have to be one of the worst teams on paper in recent memory at the top of the roster. McCann randomly scoring ~33% of his total goals for his 8 year career, and Dunn basically doubling his highest point season. They’ve got a young promising guy in Matty B and a semi alright goalie in Grubs. I refuse to believe Hakstol is a good coach. He just got blessed with a deep team. I think I would be alright if they won the cup because it would buck the trend of high end players winning it. Who would the media even fawn over?

 

[Ghosts Beer]

Besides depth it’s a little surprising to see Seattle doing alright in the second round. They have to be one of the worst teams on paper in recent memory at the top of the roster. McCann randomly scoring ~33% of his total goals for his 8 year career, and Dunn basically doubling his highest point season. They’ve got a young promising guy in Matty B and a semi alright goalie in Grubs. I refuse to believe Hakstol is a good coach. He just got blessed with a deep team. I think I would be alright if they won the cup because it would buck the trend of high end players winning it. Who would the media even fawn over?

Who would look at Seattle’s roster & describe the coach as “blessed”?

Did anyone predict them to even make the playoffs?

And they’ve been without their 40-goal scorer since halfway through their round 1 defeat of the defending champ?

But a no-star, regimented, industrious workmanlike team fits Hak to a tee. He’s doing in Seattle what he did in North Dakota. Wave after wave of drones & worker bees.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Who would look at Seattle’s roster & describe the coach as “blessed”?

Did anyone predict them to even make the playoffs?

And they’ve been without their 40-goal scorer since halfway through their round 1 defeat of the defending champ?

But a no-star, regimented, industrious workmanlike team fits Hak to a tee. He’s doing in Seattle what he did in North Dakota. Wave after wave of drones & worker bees.

Blessed in that the entire team is basically 2nd liners, 3rd liners, and #2/3 dmen. Ain’t got no vdv’s to use

 

[Beef Invictus]

Give Hak a VDV or a Hagg and he's a pig in mud.

 

[bennysflyers16]

As stack of phone books could play goalie in this series.

Always good seeing a Devil get his face punched, but these shots on the ground needs to stop.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Lol

 

[bennysflyers16]

How the f*** is that a penalty !!!!!

Holy shit.

Throw a bench on the ice Rod the Bod

 

[Nizzle]

Disgraceful call

 

[Tripod]

As stack of phone books could play goalie in this series.

Always good seeing a Devil get his face punched, but these shots on the ground needs to stop.

Someday a young Striiker Jr will talk how these offensive numbers don't count due to goaltending

 

[bennysflyers16]

These Devils are diving rats.

Hope hope Rod goes off in the post game.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

8 devils goals ? wtf happened tonite..

yikes Canes

 

[Cody Webster]

Sounds like a lot of lead fans got tickets to the game ...