GDT: Second Round of the 2025 Playoffs

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Stolarz rest up bud yeesh that's scary.

 

[Crow]

It feels odd to cheer for the Leafs

Honestly the panthers are trashy. Bennet with his head shots and Tkachuk with his cheap shots. Add jones and they are a very unlikable team.

 

[Hawkaholic]

Honestly the panthers are trashy. Bennet with his head shots and Tkachuk with his cheap shots. Add jones and they are a very unlikable team.

Still not as unlikable as the Leafs.

 

[Putt Pirate]

I honestly dont care who wins thew series as long as it is a good watch. But seeing Toronto crash and burn is a spring tradition like the Masters so.....

 

[BobbyJet]

Honestly the panthers are trashy. Bennet with his head shots and Tkachuk with his cheap shots. Add jones and they are a very unlikable team.

Bennett is a cheap shot artist not unlike Raffe Torres. He put out Knies last year and now Stolarz. Unfortunately, Leafs don't have an answer and the refs are useless to stop it.

 

[Deputy McRizzy]

Definitely an accidentally on purpose type of move.

 

[JaegerDice]

Regardless what you think of Steve Dangle, this is pretty good shit

 

[Deputy McRizzy]

Analytics will surely favor Carolina but they’re just throwing non stop junk at net.

 

[Hattrick Kane]

Analytics will surely favor Carolina but they’re just throwing non stop junk at net.

Carolina is a team that has a first line and three third lines, and they sure as hell play like it.

 

[Deputy McRizzy]

Carolina is a team that has a first line and three third lines, and they sure as hell play like it.

Pretty much. ESPN coverage is awful talking non stop about how dominant they’ve been or whatever.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Stankoven ties it in 3rd

Kid continues to breakout

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Slavin wins it in OT for Canes

 

[Hattrick Kane]

Ouch. Gonna want that one back.

 

[deytookerjaabs]

Jarvis a big part of that play, impressive how heavy some of their younger guys play.

 

[JaegerDice]

Forgot Saad was on VGK. The Tarzan hair suits him

 

[JaegerDice]

Analytics will surely favor Carolina but they’re just throwing non stop junk at net.

There are lots of ways to out-score the other guys. Unrelenting shot volume is one of them. Brindamour was in the NHL long enough to know how the game works.

I dont think they’ll have much trouble with WSH, it’s Florida that is a tough matchup for them. Toronto/Carolina would be a fun series.

Carolina is a team that has a first line and three third lines, and they sure as hell play like it.

In fairness, they did try to get Rantanen. The fallout of that has kinda left them in transition with a half-complete reshuffle of talent.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

After good start by Vegas its been all Oilers the last two periods

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Hyman makes it 3-2 Oilers with 3 min left

Ugh

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Connor Brown breakaway goal with 1:48 left
Theodore looked pathetic

f***ing atrocious performance from Vegas

 

[Deputy McRizzy]

f***ing atrocious performance from Vegas

They really stopped playing after going back up 2-0 and when they needed to get back into the game it was like they just couldn't.

 

[BobbyJet]

There are lots of ways to out-score the other guys. Unrelenting shot volume is one of them. Brindamour was in the NHL long enough to know how the game works.

I dont think they’ll have much trouble with WSH, it’s Florida that is a tough matchup for them. Toronto/Carolina would be a fun series.




In fairness, they did try to get Rantanen. The fallout of that has kinda left them in transition with a half-complete reshuffle of talent.

Personally, I don't think any series with Carolina would be fun. They bore me to death.

 

[JaegerDice]

Personally, I don't think any series with Carolina would be fun. They bore me to death.

Different strokes for different folks.

Carolina plays to me like an unholy union of the 2010-2015 Hawks and the 2012-2014 Kings.

Like the Kings, there's just an relenting structure. They play the same way every shift, every game. Just line after line, wave after wave, of Terminator-like fixation on the structure.

Like the Hawks, there's just consistent pace and finesse on both offense and defense. Players skate as fast on the backcheck as they do on a break-away. The quick sticks and soft, short passes to relieve pressure and maintain possession. The sneaky takeaways, the battles won with a good lift. The same skills make for silky passes in the ozone.

On the downside, they have little of the physicality of those Kings teams, nor the offensive creativity of the Blackhawks teams.

They are boring, in that there are no surprises. No hail marys, no miraculous recoveries from a risky play that backfired.

You watch a Carolina game, you will see all four lines do the same thing, shift, after shift, after shift, after shift.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Different strokes for different folks.

Carolina plays to me like an unholy union of the 2010-2015 Hawks and the 2012-2014 Kings.

Like the Kings, there's just an relenting structure. They play the same way every shift, every game. Just line after line, wave after wave, of Terminator-like fixation on the structure.

Like the Hawks, there's just consistent pace and finesse on both offense and defense. Players skate as fast on the backcheck as they do on a break-away. The quick sticks and soft, short passes to relieve pressure and maintain possession. The sneaky takeaways, the battles won with a good lift. The same skills make for silky passes in the ozone.

On the downside, they have little of the physicality of those Kings teams, nor the offensive creativity of the Blackhawks teams.

They are boring, in that there are no surprises. No hail marys, no miraculous recoveries from a risky play that backfired.

You watch a Carolina game, you will see all four lines do the same thing, shift, after shift, after shift, after shift.

Love brind a’mour

 

[Kurtosis]

Well that was kind of dirty there.

 

[Il Stugotz]

I agree with this embellishment call. Laughton pulled up, Rodrigues anticipated the contact and overreacted