OOT Scoreboard 2023-24 season - part II

[Bleedred]

Yes, but Pittsburgh losing is good for our coaching search

Yeah, I'm not convinced Pittsburgh is keeping him if they don't get in.

You'd have to think Dubas wants to hire his own guy and not bring back the guy that they just missed the playoffs with 2 years in a row, even if he won 2 cups in a row some years back.

This smells like Hynes last year when Nashville stayed alive till the end after selling off at the deadline. He was fired after all that. I know that team had an entire front office regime change, but the Penguins had that last year and the new guy still hasn't gotten to hire anybody yet.

 

[Bleedred]

I guess it was Jarry in this game?

Que the Jarry chokes posts lol.

He did let in a couple of horrifying goals in the 3rd period in that game last year in the last week of the season against Chicago. And his last playoff games (other than the one game where he was forced to come out and play still injured for game 7 in 2022) were also horrific in 2021. And that was really his only playoff year I think. They still had Murray in 2020 and he was only a few years removed from back to back cups, so he probably played more of the playoff games that year.

So that reputation is definitely fair.

 

[jkrdevil]

I guess it was Jarry in this game?

Que the Jarry chokes posts lol.

He did let in a couple of horrifying goals in the 3rd period in that game last year in the last week of the season against Chicago. And his last playoff games (other than the one game where he was forced to come out and play still injured for game 7 in 2022) were also horrific in 2021. And that was really his only playoff year I think. They still had Murray in 2020 and he was only a few years removed from back to back cups, so he probably played more of the playoff games that year.

So that reputation is definitely fair.

Ned started I believe.

 

[Bleedred]

Ned started I believe.

Ah, looks like they were trying to squeeze some 2018 Keith Kinkaid type of run out of him. Kinkaid's actually lasted for the last 1.5 months of that season. Nedeljkovic was hot for like 2 weeks? At most?

He peaked on Carolina several years ago. The same year that Carolina team got Mrazek a 3 year deal that offseason. That Carolina team gave Freddie Andersen some kind of zombie vaccine to bring him back to life the next year and made him a Vezina candidate once again.

That Carolina team the next year also made Antti Raanta look good, until he caused them to be slaughtered in the playoffs in game 6 and 7 of the Rangers series.

 

[jkrdevil]

Washington and Philly play each other on Tuesday. That mean Nashville beating Pittsburgh in regulation on Monday eliminates them.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I'm not sure anyone in the East deserves to go to the Finals outside maybe Florida.

Just embarrassing teams this year

 

[MadDevil]

Now they're getting upset when players shoot on a goalie at the end of games.

 

[NjDevsRR]

As I said all season. Rangers will go as far as Igor and their PP takes them.

 

[Guadana]

Ah, looks like they were trying to squeeze some 2018 Keith Kinkaid type of run out of him. Kinkaid's actually lasted for the last 1.5 months of that season. Nedeljkovic was hot for like 2 weeks? At most?

He peaked on Carolina several years ago. The same year that Carolina team got Mrazek a 3 year deal that offseason. That Carolina team gave Freddie Andersen some kind of zombie vaccine to bring him back to life the next year and made him a Vezina candidate once again.

That Carolina team the next year also made Antti Raanta look good, until he caused them to be slaughtered in the playoffs in game 6 and 7 of the Rangers series.

He is okay back up. Not great but not bad at all, especially for good team.
His numbers are not good this year, but still better than Vasilevskiy, Oettinger, Husso, The Mighty Gibson, slow Quick, your lovely Korpisalo, The Savior of The Great Maple Syrop Woll, Merzlikins Kuemper, Gustafsson, and The Great Trio of Vanecek, Schmid and Daws.
Same SV% as Carter Extraordinary Gentlemen Hart.

 

[Bleedred]

I honestly think the Rangers are considerably better than Boston.

People talk about the Rangers at 5 on 5, but the numbers for the Bruins are significantly worse.

 

[Guadana]

I honestly think the Rangers are considerably better than Boston.

People talk about the Rangers at 5 on 5, but the numbers for the Bruins are significantly worse.

I will root for Florida.

 

[longislanddevil]

That Buffalo point last night against Florida could be the difference in having a better draft position than them.

 

[Bleedred]

For some reason, I see a lot of people here talking about the Rangers being a weak 5 on 5 team. I think a lot of people here are underrating them and I think it's a Devils fan bias.

The real team that doesn't get enough talk about how FAKE good they are is the Boston Bruins. I wonder if fans of the Atlantic Division teams talk about how mediocre they are like some people do here with the Rangers, because they are low key mediocre. And it's the best kept secret around the league.

And me making 2 posts about it in 5 minutes in two different threads is not gonna do a thing to really bring that to light. Not even if I made a post about it in every thread on the entire website.

Now maybe I just don't read the main board enough, but perhaps there's plenty of talk about the Bruins over there.

Is it really gonna be a shocker this time if they go out in round one? They're locked into Tampa already. They can beat Tampa, but probably only if Vasilevskiy continues to be average and their goalies are much hotter than they were last playoffs.

 

[longislanddevil]

If you’re rooting for the best draft spot possible short of winning a lotto ball…

Seattle up 1-0 late in 1st against St Louis.

 

[longislanddevil]

The thought of the Rangers winning the Cup is enough to make me want to f’n puke my guts out. The scary part is I actually think they have a team that can go the distance this time….painful to admit but it is what it is. Hope that Carolina can take care of them in the second round (which I’m not too optimistic about because the Rangers tend to match up really well and have the Canes number). Worried about them getting a full head of steam at that point.

 

[Bleedred]

The thought of the Rangers winning the Cup is enough to make me want to f’n puke my guts out. The scary part is I actually think they have a team that can go the distance this time….painful to admit but it is what it is. Hope that Carolina can take care of them in the second round (which I’m not too optimistic about because the Rangers tend to match up really well and have the Canes number). Worried about them getting a full head of steam at that point.

I’m not saying they still won’t beat Carolina again, but Raanta was the biggest goat in that series, particularly the last two games of it where Carolina went into up 3 games to 2 in the series.

At least they have a fighting chance with Andersen or Kochetkov. Raanta is down in the minors and burnt crispity.

But knowing Andersen, he’ll get injured (which is why Raanta was even playing in the first place in that 2022 series) and they’ll be down to Kochetkov and Raanta, and something will then happen to Kochetkov and they’ll get to play Raanta again, only two years older and probably several more years worse.

 

[guitarguyvic]

The thought of the Rangers winning the Cup is enough to make me want to f’n puke my guts out. The scary part is I actually think they have a team that can go the distance this time….painful to admit but it is what it is. Hope that Carolina can take care of them in the second round (which I’m not too optimistic about because the Rangers tend to match up really well and have the Canes number). Worried about them getting a full head of steam at that point.

This is what people on this board say every year.

I was watching their game against the islanders and they were getting outplayed for large stretches 5v5. Pretty sure a team like Florida would wipe the floor with them. Worst case scenario there’s like at least 3 teams that from the west that would take care of them in a potential final.

I can’t think of a single time in the last twenty years that I ever feared them as a legit possibility to win the cup. Even in 2014 I was 95% sure the kings were gonna own them.

 

[longislanddevil]

This is what people on this board say every year.

I was watching their game against the islanders and they were getting outplayed for large stretches 5v5. Pretty sure a team like Florida would wipe the floor with them. Worst case scenario there’s like at least 3 teams that from the west that would take care of them in a potential final.

I can’t think of a single time in the last twenty years that I ever feared them as a legit possibility to win the cup. Even in 2014 I was 95% sure the kings were gonna own them.

I’m not a longtime poster but I’ve never been *this* worried before about the Rangers having a team that is a legit Cup contender (including their loss to the Kings in the finals).

 

[Bleedred]

I've been pumping up Edmonton since last year.

After they went out in round two to Vegas, I said I think they'll win one of the next 3 cups.

Let's see if I'm right. I still believe it will happen.

Skinner is the most underrated goalie in the league. It's not that he's even that good, people just talk about him like I talk about Antti Raanta.

SEVERAL playoff teams all over the league have worse goalies than Stuart Skinner. Adin Hill isn't even better than Skinner and he was the cup winning starting goalie last year. It's easier to play behind Vegas I'm sure, which is why nobodies like Thompson and Hill become all stars and cup winners over there, but McDavid is gonna win at least one cup sooner or later and I think Skinner is good enough to get them there. And if he isn't good enough to get them there, I think they're good enough to win in spite of him, like Colorado did with their struggling goalies two years ago.

 

[Bleedred]

Vegas look pretty much done already.

 

[NJDevs26]

For some reason, I see a lot of people here talking about the Rangers being a weak 5 on 5 team. I think a lot of people here are underrating them and I think it's a Devils fan bias.

The real team that doesn't get enough talk about how FAKE good they are is the Boston Bruins. I wonder if fans of the Atlantic Division teams talk about how mediocre they are like some people do here with the Rangers, because they are low key mediocre. And it's the best kept secret around the league.

And me making 2 posts about it in 5 minutes in two different threads is not gonna do a thing to really bring that to light. Not even if I made a post about it in every thread on the entire website.

Now maybe I just don't read the main board enough, but perhaps there's plenty of talk about the Bruins over there.

Is it really gonna be a shocker this time if they go out in round one? They're locked into Tampa already. They can beat Tampa, but probably only if Vasilevskiy continues to be average and their goalies are much hotter than they were last playoffs.

They aren't really 'locked' into anything just yet although yes it's the most likely outcome they win the division (and don't pass the Rangers/Canes winner) and have to play the Lightning.

I also didn't realize they had FIFTEEN OT losses before looking at the standings lol, just one short of the OTIslanders. Whereas the Rangers have four. And people still think they're overrated.

 

[Bleedred]

Hill continues his dreadful play since the scorching hot start, which is the only reason any of his numbers are still in the positives.

I could see Vegas Fleury'ing him as soon as this offseason. Why pay him $5 million when the other goalie who he's only marginally better than is making under a million? They could add that money towards either re-signing their own UFAs or bringing in someone else in free agency or even via trade.

He's also injured all the time.

 

[Hockey Sports Fan]

Hill continues his dreadful play since the scorching hot start, which is the only reason any of his numbers are still in the positives.

I could see Vegas Fleury'ing him as soon as this offseason. Why pay him $5 million when the other goalie who he's only marginally better than is making under a million? They could add that money towards either re-signing their own UFAs or bringing in someone else in free agency or even via trade.

He's also injured all the time.

Thompson's struggled with injuries for most of his time with Vegas as well, right?

God help us if Vegas dumps Hill and then goes in on the goalie market against Fitz.

 

[theoptimist]

Good on Crosby

 

[Bleedred]

Thompson's struggled with injuries for most of his time with Vegas as well, right?

God help us if Vegas dumps Hill and then goes in on the goalie market against Fitz.

It was last year that Thompson got injured in like February, then I think he came back for one game and didn't even complete it or something? He never once dressed again last year after that. Not even in the playoffs.

I think he's been relatively healthy this year though. He's still signed through next year at like $766k or something stupid cheap.

I'm not worried that they'll be on the goalie market if they dump Hill. They'll probably have to sign someone for cheap to replace Hill, but I think they'd use the savings on skaters.

They seem like they know they could probably do some damage with a no-name goalie, just like they did last year. But paying a no-name goalie $4.9 million for next year takes away money they can spend on other things.