Artuma
10.11.16 | list is totally french skramz |
Titan
10.11.16 | damn you gots philly and the isles above the blueshirts? no chance holmes.... |
elliootsmeuth
10.11.16 | Nice french screamo stuff. Truly one of the best screamo scenes in Europe along with Italy and Germany. I don't really watch hockey, so no comment on that. |
Artuma
10.11.16 | "damn you gots philly and the isles above the blueshirts? no chance holmes...."
you could already see the rangers declining last year, they are a team of aging stars and their defense has gotten weaker. not placing my bets on them. philly is developing well and isles has tavares so |
Snake.
10.12.16 | i don't even see the kings making the playoffs, same with the habs |
Spec
10.12.16 | anyone in that sportsnet fantasy league? we should make a group |
Snake.
10.12.16 | let's |
Trundle
10.12.16 | Konecny and Provorov are on the opening roster
here we fucking go philly |
Spec
10.12.16 | sweet i picked my week one already and don't know how to use it but im down |
Artuma
10.12.16 | "i don't even see the kings making the playoffs, same with the habs"
please elaborate. also not on the fantasy league yet but could join |
Snake.
10.12.16 | might as well put down my predictions while we're at it:
pacific:
1. sharks
2. flames
3. ducks
4. kings
5. oilers
6. coyotes
7. canucks (dead last)
central:
1. stars (president's trophy)
2. predators
3. blackhawks
4. wild (wc1)
5. jets (wc2)
6. blues
7. avalanche
atlantic:
1. lightning (conference champs)
2. sabres
3. panthers
4. maple leafs
5. senators
6. canadiens
7. red wings
8. bruins
metropolitan:
1. capitals
2. penguins
3. devils
4. flyers (wc1)
5. islanders (wc2)
6. rangers
7. hurricanes
8. blue jackets
first round (west):
stars over jets in 5
predators over blackhawks in 5
wild over sharks in 7
ducks over flames in 6
first round (east):
lightning over islanders in 6
sabres over panthers in 6
capitals over flyers in 5
devils over penguins in 7
second round:
stars over predators in 7
wild over ducks in 5
sabres over lightning in 4 (in which robin lehner becomes js giguere reincarnate)
capitals over devils in 5 (finally)
conference finals:
stars over wild in 6
sabres over capitals in 6
stanley cup finals:
stars over sabres in 5 |
Spec
10.12.16 | guys hit up the sportsnet fantasy hockey thing and get your picks for the week in, we can figure out the groups after |
Snake.
10.12.16 | "please elaborate"
well a lot of their offensive core is depleting pretty quickly: lucic and lecavalier are gone, brown is getting worse, gaborik is hurt and when he comes back is probably going to be worse; kopitar, carter, pearson, and toffoli are probably the only forwards on the kings that are at or above 2nd line status. doughty is a great defenseman but he really can't carry the weight of the team for that much longer. oh, and quick is so fucking overrated. |
Artuma
10.12.16 | "2. sabres
4. maple leafs"
dude at least try to make it look like you could be for real |
Artuma
10.12.16 | i think the kings are just as much of a stanley cup candidate as they were last year (and honestly they were a team that could've beat the pens but sharks were playing some amazing hockey against the kings), losing lucic might damage them a little but still. kopitar and doughty are still top 3 players in their position, quick is able to hold the team when they are struggling and every fucking guy there knows how sutter wants them to play and it's working, believe me. plus, so many players there are already stanley cup winners which helps in the crucial games in the spring |
Artuma
10.12.16 | @spec sure thing, will do it now |
Snake.
10.12.16 | "so many players there are already stanley cup winners which helps in the crucial games in the spring"
wait how far did they get again last season |
Titan
10.12.16 | 'you could already see the rangers declining last year, they are a team of aging stars and their defense has gotten weaker. not placing my bets on them. philly is developing well and isles has tavares so'
art dude, the rangers got progressively younger with zibanejad, vessey, and buchnevich.....one of the younger teams in the league because of it.....their defense got younger as well as skjei will be the #5 defensemen and #6 will be battled out between clendening, holden, and mcillrath.......boyle retired.....15 of their 20 players born in the nineties
the isles lost everybody except tavares, and we all saw how that played out for them in the playoffs.....philly is still awful
cant blame you for not betting on them, but they are hands down better than NYI and philly |
Artuma
10.12.16 | @snake it's not that they weren't good, the sharks were just simply better
@titan true, the rangers have some good young guys there but most of their higher profile players are at or past their prime and honestly very few of the guys at their prime are something i'd call elite
isles may have lost a lot of important guys but they still have solid af defense and when you have someone like tavares your offense is always gonna be dangerous
idk what you guys have against philly |
Titan
10.12.16 | they're not a good team....talk about 'aging stars'....they will miss the playoffs again as will the islanders
Rangers have 1 forward past his prime in Rick Nash |
Spec
10.12.16 | wait is sportsnet for canada users only? |
Artuma
10.12.16 | philly have some aging players there but they have so many players there who have yet to hit their prime
ok i might've been wrong about rangers being the team of 'aging stars', but still all their best players (imo) apart from mcdonagh and stepan are past their prime. zibanejad and vesey have great potential but i still would say they are a declining team |
Artuma
10.12.16 | "wait is sportsnet for canada users only?"
yeah apparently but you can cheat yourself in |
MyNameIsPencil
10.12.16 | gotta agree with snake the jake on the Kings tbh
Preds defense will be scary
Can see the Sabres and Devils being playoff contenders
Ducks may barely get in again, but the Flames got better this year so that'll make things difficult for them
Don't think the Lightning will be good enough to make the Cup, but that's just me |
Artuma
10.12.16 | there aren't many things against the bolts tbh. super strong in every area |
MyNameIsPencil
10.12.16 | I have a history of doubting Florida teams so take that with a grain of salt |
CaimanJesus
10.12.16 | Hope you guys are right about the jets snagging the second wild card spot, but I'm not holding my breath. Jets are a young team with Laine, Connor, Tanev, Hellebuyck and Morrissey making the team, along with Copp, Petan and Dano on the moose for call ups. Nice seeing Pavelec getting waived though. If only they could follow suit with Stuart and Thorburn. |
Ebola
10.12.16 | Please, Caps. Please do it this year. Do the thing. I beg of you. |
Snake.
10.12.16 | "Tanev"
wut |
Artuma
10.12.16 | different tanev |
Artuma
10.12.16 | also i hate the caps with a passion. dunno why honestly, i don't even hate ovie anymore |
Snake.
10.12.16 | ahhh yeah lol that's kinda what i thought |
Snake.
10.12.16 | also the devils just snagged parenteau from waivers so we just got more depth |
Artuma
10.12.16 | good for you snake but the devils still have one of the worst offensive depths in the league tbh |
MyNameIsPencil
10.12.16 | still got a gut feeling about them tbh
they had flashes of greatness last year |
CaimanJesus
10.12.16 | Isn't Speers starting with the devils this year? And yeah that's Brandon Tanev, Chris' brother. Fast son of a bitch who hits anything, and has decent hands. |
Divaman
10.12.16 | Worried about the Islanders. Going to miss Okposo. Sad that a city like Toronto that lives for hockey consistently has such a crappy team. |
Artuma
10.12.16 | i have a feeling the isles will miss frans nielsen more than okposo |
Snake.
10.12.16 | can't wait for frans nielsen to score like 20 points in detroit this season |
Artuma
10.12.16 | nielsen is a great two-way forward, scoring isn't the #1 aspect about his play |
CaimanJesus
10.12.16 | He'll probably get 40 |
Divaman
10.12.16 | You could be right about that. |
Spec
10.12.16 | sweet get in there boys
im pumped af for the season opener tonight |
Artuma
10.12.16 | did you create the group already? |
Spec
10.12.16 | not yet |
Spec
10.12.16 | if there's not at least five people interested then ehhhhh |
Artuma
10.12.16 | we should do some recruiting. either way i'm in |
claygurnz
10.12.16 | As a Canucks fan, this is gonna be a long season |
Artuma
10.12.16 | well at least it's not gonna last until april |
Mister Twister
11.01.16 | remember when the Preds were gonna be world killers
I would laugh and say they're this year's Blue Jackets but they're my second favorite team next to the Blue Jackets so it would hurt a bit
I'll still say it because I'm a masochist, but |
Titan
11.01.16 | jesus Art your picks are looking grim so far |
Mister Twister
11.01.16 | so thoughts on the Three Stars (1. McDavid, 2. Weber, 3. Marchessault) and Rookie (Nylander) of the month for October |
Artuma
11.01.16 | "jesus Art your picks are looking grim so far"
the season hasn't really even started yet come on |
Artuma
11.01.16 | i'll admit when it comes to the kings i should've seen there was no one really backing up for quick |
Snake.
11.01.16 | yeah we gotta wait for the oilers' 12-game losing streak next month |
Artuma
11.01.16 | the oilers are definitely gonna go down as the season progresses but they seem like a possible postseason team now. the preds have been a huge disappointment for me, hard to see them finishing at the top of the division anymore |
Titan
11.01.16 | agreed it's young im breakin balls |
DominionMM1
11.01.16 | Avs doing ok so far |
Titan
11.01.16 | artuma admit it man the rangers are better than you thought so far |
Artuma
11.01.16 | well i certainly underestimated vesey |
Titan
11.02.16 | even i didn't expect his production....3 more points tonight so far |
Spec
11.02.16 | "Jesus Art your picks are looking grim so far"
you should see his fantasy picks lel |
Titan
11.02.16 | Rangers are a +18 after 10 games! |
Artuma
11.02.16 | they won't be after 50 games
and be sure to bookmark this thread so you can laugh in january at how wrong i was |
Titan
11.02.16 | you're right, they'll be about +40 |
Artuma
11.02.16 | i still don't believe they're gonna go far this year |
Titan
11.02.16 | top 5 in the east for sure, which happens to be a very talented conference |
Artuma
11.02.16 | i'd say neither conference is more talented than the other, the west might be a little more uneven but basically every team in the league is competent to some level (except for maybe the canucks and coyotes) |
DominionMM1
11.03.16 | edmonton sitting atop the campbell? |
guitarded_chuck
11.03.16 | vet players and teams get going as the season goes on, teams play more defensive oriented hockey, scoring goes down, but i could see the oilers making the playoffs |
DominionMM1
11.03.16 | in that division definitely |
Mister Twister
11.04.16 | lol remember when the Canucks were the last team in the league with a perfect record |
ShadowRemains
11.04.16 | canucks are so goddamn abhorrently pathetic
there is literally no hope save brock boeser for this team for the next 5 years at least because of this godawful front office and ownership group |
guitarded_chuck
11.04.16 | theyll go the toronto route eventually prob which will be a good thing long term |
Titan
11.04.16 | the east is so strong at the moment....pitt, wash, nyr, mtl, and tb will get it going.....gonna be one hell of a battle
Rangers are lighting that lamp man |
guitarded_chuck
11.04.16 | rags and caps are pretender reg season teams but yeah the east is getting better |
MotokoKusanagi
11.04.16 | everyone doubting the pens smh |
guitarded_chuck
11.04.16 | anyone doubting the pens is simply in denial
the team is the exact same, sids on pace to score like 70 goals |
Titan
11.04.16 | we'll see who the pretenders are this year....we'll also see who overachieved last year
|
guitarded_chuck
11.04.16 | caps rags been pretending for a decade, shit aint never gonna change |
Titan
11.04.16 | rangers been making deep runs for the better part of the last 5 years....how is that pretending? |
guitarded_chuck
11.04.16 | wheres the cups at |
guitarded_chuck
11.04.16 | or are you pretending you enjoy falling short
again, in denial |
Titan
11.04.16 | lol it's fucking hard to win it all, doesn't mean teams aren't competitive year in year out.....
regular season team? i'm willing to bet the rangers have more playoff wins than pittsburgh since 2010
i guess going to the Eastern Conference Finals three times and Stanley Cup Finals once in a 5 year span makes you a 'regular season team' |
Artuma
11.04.16 | it's the cup that matters, sorry bro |
Titan
11.04.16 | no question!
that's besides the point that is being made |
Artuma
11.04.16 | so about the whole rangers being a 'regular season team' when you are considered as a serious cup contender for half a decade and don't win it despite solid regular seasons every year, then yeah it's true
this year i don't really even see them as a true contender anymore but their start has looked strong. their offense is just killing it rn |
Titan
11.04.16 | i always regarded a regular season team as a 100 point team that bows out in the first round....to each his own man
besides, if i lived in the past, the torment would be even worse.....we compete every year and i'm happy about it......excited for the season |
Artuma
11.04.16 | yeah i mean the next year will always come. for ovie though, not too many times anymore... |
guitarded_chuck
11.04.16 | " i'm willing to bet the rangers have more playoff wins than pittsburgh since 2010"
CAUSE THAT MEANS ANYTHING
lol whatever helps you sleep at night |
Snake.
11.04.16 | "i'm willing to bet the rangers have more playoff wins than pittsburgh since 2010"
not only is that not true it's completely irrelevant |
zakalwe
11.04.16 | Whats the atmosphere like at an NHL game? It's all horns, alarms and songs blaring out when someone scores innit? Fucking shite. |
guitarded_chuck
11.04.16 | all alarms yeah |
zakalwe
11.04.16 | Sirens |
Artuma
11.04.16 | in canada it's actually a better atmosphere in a football (soccer) game than in a hockey game which is very weird |
guitarded_chuck
11.04.16 | would prefer a soccer game when a guy gets blown over by a slight gust of wind and youre getting beer bottles thrown at your head by the million alcoholics that surround you
YAY ANOTHER 0-0 GAME I JUST FUCKING ORGASMED IM SO EXCITED |
guitarded_chuck
11.04.16 | guy walks within 3 feet of another dude and he goes down like he just got shot trying to draw a card
nice fucking sport europe |
zakalwe
11.04.16 | It's electric |
Artuma
11.04.16 | low scoring and theatricality lol always the same complaints from peeps who don't get footy |
zakalwe
11.04.16 | Basketball. 103-108. Riveting. |
guitarded_chuck
11.04.16 | YOU JUST DONT UNDERSTAND IT |
Jethro42
11.04.16 | Montreal Canadiens have 19 points on the possibility of 20, so they are number one until now. |
Artuma
11.04.16 | they indeed are, hope they can keep it up for the whole year :] weber is the man |
Jethro42
11.04.16 | Indeed he is! Bye bye Subban, welcome Weber! |
Divaman
11.04.16 | Hockey used to be way more entertaining when it was more like "Slap Shot". Of course, guys get to keep a lot more of their own teeth now. |
Artuma
11.04.16 | i loved subban just as much as the next guy but he didn't get along with therrien at all and it was ripping the whole team apart. and since firing therrien is apparently non-negotiable, swapping subban to weber was the best you could get. in the long run however, i think firing therrien would've been the correct thing to do |
DominionMM1
11.04.16 | "low scoring and theatricality lol always the same complaints from peeps who don't get footy"
don't mind the low scoring but the theatrics are fucking bullshit. fifa needs to get on it and start carding retroactively for cats who flop. |
Jethro42
11.04.16 | I think Therrien has always done a good job with his team. He did his best in changing players' lines when it was necessary. I think he used strategy big time. And don't forget that Carey Price was missing the entire last season, so it's hard to deal with that situation for a coach. I have confidence on Therrien. He has the sense to organize the Canadiens. |
Artuma
11.04.16 | the team had way too many 'artistic' players who didn't really fit in therrien's old school hockey philosophy, there were just too many controversial things within the team. weber is a leading player who can make the whole team play therrien's hockey but therrien is way too old-fashioned of a coach for the future |
Jethro42
11.04.16 | ''there were just too many controversial things within the team''.
Subban was a good example of an heard headed player. He was inclined to play in a risky, spectacular way and so he put in peril his team pretty often. He was responsible of how many revirements (French word for...turn-around?)...?
The fact that he left and the adding of Weber is a good win for the team. Plus their 4 lines are productive and well balanced. |
Jethro42
11.04.16 | Annnd you really seem to know your hockey, Artuma :] |
Trundle
11.04.16 | Flyers are still the flyers, (spotty goaltending, porous D...) but unlike last season, they can score again, and voracek seems like he's back. |
Artuma
11.04.16 | "(French word for...turn-around?)"
it's turnover but yea. and that's exactly what i mean, subban made tons of risky moves which were sometimes profitable and sometimes downright disastrous and that fights against therrien's philosophy. also for powerplay, weber is so much better than subban |
Snake.
11.04.16 | great band |
Artuma
11.04.16 | "Annnd you really seem to know your hockey, Artuma :]"
not sure about that but i know my habs haha |
Snake.
11.04.16 | i think the preds should fire laviolette before it becomes another subban shitstorm |
Artuma
11.04.16 | i was quite sure josi would be able to fill weber's boots as the team's defensive leader but he isn't delivering. the preds are pretty much screwed |
Jethro42
11.04.16 | HA! Another Québécois! |
Artuma
11.04.16 | nah i'm actually living in ontario lol, just a hardcore habs fan |
Jethro42
11.04.16 | That's pretty cool! You probably watched Canada winning the world cup. That was great hockey too. Marchand was in fire, and Weber was full of promise... |
Artuma
11.04.16 | with bitter feelings yeah... i'm finnish and our team was absolutely horrible |
Jethro42
11.04.16 | oh I see :[ hang on NHL lol
Finland has more wins when it comes to music, hasn't it?
|
Artuma
11.04.16 | oh i wouldn't say so, rarely anything i would go to see live unlike here |
CaimanJesus
11.05.16 | Lmao the habs game is priceless |
Trundle
11.05.16 | holy shit, 10-0...? oh my |
DominionMM1
11.05.16 | didn't think i was looking at the right page when i saw that score |
Mister Twister
11.05.16 | Jackets fan here; fucking dying over the shitposts |
Snake.
11.05.16 | first team to lose 10-0 in 20 years |
CaimanJesus
11.05.16 | Gotta feel for Montoya though, liked him as a jet, didn't deserve to be kept in the game after all that. |
Artuma
11.05.16 | ok guys it's just one game |
Mister Twister
11.11.16 | why can't the Jackets do anything against the Bruins |
guitarded_chuck
11.11.16 | Cause theyre the jackets |
Snake.
11.12.16 | devils just got their highest shot total in 314 regular season games |
Artuma
11.12.16 | oh cool did they get 20 shots or something? |
Mister Twister
12.02.16 | I'm liking this whole 'playing well' thing the Jackets are trying this year. |
MyNameIsPencil
12.02.16 | it's a nice little break from their usual selves that's for sure
also watched the Sharks/Kings game from 2 days ago.
made me love Martin Jones a lot more |
Snake.
12.16.16 | why the fuck do i cheer for this garbage team |
Artuma
12.16.16 | "I'm liking this whole 'playing well' thing the Jackets are trying this year."
lol yeah and what's even funnier is that they are doing it under torts' coaching |
Titan
12.16.16 | because you jumped on the bandwagon when they were winning stanley cups, snake |
Artuma
12.16.16 | "stanley cup finals:
stars over sabres in 5"
i mean anything can happen but... |
Snake.
12.16.16 | dude ffs i was only 6 y/o when they won their last cup |
Titan
12.16.16 | perfect timing |
Snake.
12.16.16 | can't wait to get laughed at when i go to the garden on sunday
btw i'm seeing the devils vs. the rangers on sunday hollaaaaaaaa (i hate my life) |
Artuma
12.16.16 | i saw the habs beat the shit out of the devils last thursday at centre bell, loved every second of it |
Titan
12.16.16 | sweeet |
Titan
12.16.16 | Rangers starting to get stingy with that D again |
Artuma
12.16.16 | rangers ain't gonna win shit this year (once again) but they have been looking scary good so far |
Titan
12.16.16 | well according to your picks, i'm satisfied with your assessment |
Snake.
12.16.16 | couldn't care less about the defense but the offense and goaltending is killer
lundqvist vs. raanta - flip a fucking coin it don't matter they're gonna win anyway |
MyNameIsPencil
12.16.16 | gonna be in san jose next week for my gf and I'm seeing the Sharks and Oilers
should be fun |
MyNameIsPencil
12.16.16 | also let's go blackhawks *clap clap clapclapclap* |
Satellite
12.16.16 | wings sure look like they're going to miss the playoffs for the first time since i was 5. no scoring whatsoever. blashill's gotta go. |
Artuma
12.16.16 | "lundqvist vs. raanta - flip a fucking coin it don't matter they're gonna win anyway"
i don't believe raanta can keep it up for the whole season but yeah he's a great back up for lundqvist |
Artuma
12.16.16 | wings are bullshit but with that roster, did anyone really expect them to be decent? |
Satellite
12.16.16 | decent maybe. i at least expected them to content for one of the last couple playoff slots before being ousted in the first round as is their recent m.o.
they've got a few guys with tons of potential (larkin, mantha, athanasiou) but little else. nyquist and tatar used to be 60 pt guys; now they're basically untradeable. and the defense is a fucking joke. |
ShadowRemains
12.16.16 | that hit on lundqvist was fucking cheap as hell, worse than lucic on miller
how the hell none of the rangers bull rushed eakin after that i'll never know |
MyNameIsPencil
12.16.16 | I think everyone predicted they would miss the playoffs in the offseason tbh
hawks are exceeding my expectations a bit not going to lie |
Satellite
12.16.16 | the entire franchise (and fanbase) is stuck in the past. the playoff streak ending wouldn't be the worst thing; is anybody really impressed at this point? it's a dumb thing to cling to. they should open the new arena by burning all of the cup banners and retired jerseys at center ice imo. idk they drove me to scotch tonight w/ their bullshit. |
Artuma
12.16.16 | @satellite at least they got rid of quincey as far as the defense goes. and you're right about those young players, all three names you mentioned are very worthwhile, but there are too many teams in the east that have more talent in their rosters
it seems only three teams will qualify to the postseason from the atlantic division, and honestly it would be the easiest job in the world to name three teams better than the red wings in that division |
CaimanJesus
12.16.16 | If someone hit my goalie like that I'd be off the bench and after him, can't believe no one did anything |
Snake.
12.16.16 | "at least they got rid of quincey as far as the defense goes"
YEAH GREAT |
Satellite
12.16.16 | any CHL fans itt? caught a couple of my hometown saginaw spirit's games when i was home for thanksgiving. good times, tons of future nhl talent in the ohl. |
Artuma
12.16.16 | "YEAH GREAT"
lmao |
CaimanJesus
12.16.16 | Yeah I'm a blazers fan |
Hawks
12.16.16 | Pens repeating. |
Trundle
12.16.16 | Flyers stealing a lot of wins they'll need to make the playoffs this year, stoked |
Satellite
12.16.16 | @caiman i meant the canadian hockey league (which consists of the ohl, whl and qmjhl), not central, but that's still pretty cool. |
CaimanJesus
12.16.16 | lol dude the blazers are in the dub |
Satellite
12.16.16 | ah shit, the kamloops blazers. derp. googling "blazers chl" led me to assume you meant okc. i know less about the whl than the other 2 leagues tbh. |
Spec
12.16.16 | If we're talking CHL go hitmen go. Was fun watching Justin Pogge show how great his potential could be and then seeing the leafs ruin him instantly. |
MyNameIsPencil
12.16.16 | Oilers v Blue Jackets stanley cup pls |
Trundle
12.16.16 | also why is no one talking about the flyers being 10-0, in their last 10
last season everyone was all over the canadiens nuts for their streak |
Satellite
12.16.16 | saw brandon saad and vincent trochek all the time when they were in saginaw. also was able to catch mcdavid when he was with erie a few years back. |
MyNameIsPencil
12.16.16 | flyers are being hella impressive rn yes |
MyNameIsPencil
12.16.16 | also nice to see the sens doing good |
MyNameIsPencil
12.16.16 | ... Despite the fact they lost the last few games I realize just ask I said that |
Frippertronics
12.16.16 | very happy to see the jackets actually good
pls keep it up for more than one season this time |
Satellite
12.16.16 | cbj took the preds to the cleaners on the seth jones trade. |
CaimanJesus
12.16.16 | Meh, The preds are just kinda cold in general, Johansen and Forsberg both haven't been playing great, so that hurts them. They'll bounce back though. |
Spec
12.16.16 | Saw Martin Jones a few times though so at least that's a happy story. |
Spec
12.16.16 | Omg and Ryan Getzlaf was one of my favourites and I can't stand him now. |
Satellite
12.16.16 | that's how i felt when saad ended up on the blackhawks |
Spec
12.16.16 | It's like during international play when I actually root for Brad Marchand. Feels so weird. |
Satellite
12.16.16 | that's how i feel about patrick kane on team usa
nah i won't lie, i'm rooting for him to tear an acl |
Satellite
12.16.16 | marchand is that guy (CLICHE INCOMING) that you hate unless he's on your team |
Spec
12.16.16 | At least neither of us have to root for Varlamov. |
Spec
12.16.16 | We have Ferland and as long as he doesn't play for the Canucks I think I'll always cheer him on. |
Satellite
12.16.16 | let's remember some guys
segei zubov
uwe krupp
esa tikanen
bryan berard
darius kasparaitis
joey kocur
stephane fiset |
Spec
12.16.16 | Matthew Barnaby |
Mister Twister
12.16.16 | can the rest of the Metro chill the fuck out for a bit
like why are 6th and 7th in the league only good enough for the East's two WC spots |
Trundle
12.16.16 | Cause the West sucks right now tbh |
ShadowRemains
12.16.16 | ulf samuelsson
actually on second thought, let's not |
Mister Twister
12.16.16 | so does the Atlantic tbh
there's literally two teams in the entire league outside of the Metro that would be in a playoff spot if moved to the Metro
the cumulative goal differential of all Metro teams is +79
for comparison, the Atlantic is -25, the Central is -20, and the Pacific is -34 |
unclereich
12.16.16 | Go sharks still lookin scrappy and pulling wins outta their ass as usual |
guitarded_chuck
12.16.16 | no one can stop the pens the repeat is imminent everyone might as well go home |
Mister Twister
12.17.16 | that prediction went well, chuck
Jackets did it tho
and I was at the Saddledome for it, Werenski is a beast, evil can't handle the Were-Bear Stare |
Mister Twister
03.17.17 | bumping because it's been three months and it's almost playoffs time
I like how the teams in Art's SCF prediction are both more likely than not to miss the playoffs |
DominionMM1
03.17.17 | man watching the avs is fucking painful |
Titan
03.17.17 | here's to hoping the rangers stay in the 1st wild card spot which pretty much looks like a lock at this point.....i'd gladly play ottawa / montreal / boston instead of pitt / wash through the first 2 rounds |
Snake.
03.17.17 | hey guys the devils beat the flyers last night that was pretty cool |
MyNameIsPencil
03.17.17 | every time the flyers lose, I am happy.
hawks are looking dangerous :^] |
Snake.
03.17.17 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvgH47eR4zE
THE ILLEST |
Artuma
03.18.17 | "I like how the teams in Art's SCF prediction are both more likely than not to miss the playoffs"
lmao yeah that didn't work out very well. we can always compare that to snake's predictions though |
guitarded_chuck
03.18.17 | tryna figure out what prediction twister was talking about |
Titan
03.18.17 | Rangers cant win at home lol - RIP
Caps and Habs both gonna blow the top seeds |
danielcardoso
03.18.17 | Pens looking good, nice. |
guitarded_chuck
03.18.17 | yupppppp
the new playoff format is dumb tho and theyll prob have to play cbj round one which even if they win itll be a blood bath |
Titan
03.18.17 | thats exactly what the league wants, rival division matchups.......pens gonna win the division though so they'll be playing either Toronto, NYI, or Tampa in round 1 |
guitarded_chuck
03.18.17 | hopefully. if they win the division i think they win the east
i would love to just shit on the leafs round one haha |
Snake.
03.18.17 | they're not gonna beat the blue jackets tho |
Titan
03.18.17 | not only are they going to beat out the blue jackets, they will have 4 home games in the stanley cup finals |
Snake.
03.18.17 | idk if letang isn't healthy and columbus is the columbus we've seen all year they can do some damage
plus torts is probably gonna tell his players to take runs at crosby and malkin so there's also that |
Titan
03.18.17 | pittsburgh has 4 lines that can score which will be the difference in a 7 game series between them, plus, the experience
as a Ranger fan, i'm thrilled torts is righting his ship....he caught a raw deal in NY |
guitarded_chuck
03.18.17 | theyre saying he isnt concussed so im sure he'll be back. and if we play the leafs or something first theyll probably let him continue to rehab unless they lost a few games |
guitarded_chuck
03.18.17 | yea if douchebinsky hurts the boys im literally going to fly to that meth hole that is ohio and personally kicking his ass |
Artuma
03.18.17 | "pittsburgh has 4 lines that can score which will be the difference in a 7 game series between them"
so does columbus |
guitarded_chuck
03.18.17 | yeh but their top end scoring players dont even come close to matching the pens
if malkin wasnt on fire right now id say maybe cbj could pull it off with that defense but the pens just have too much firepower right now |
Mister Twister
03.18.17 | chuck I was talking about Artuma's predictions for who meets in the Cup finals
the Kings are almost certainly gonna miss the playoffs, and the Lightning fucked up a massively important game against the Leafs the other night, which puts making them out of their hands
also Blue Jackets gonna win 16 straight again but in the playoffs this time |
Artuma
03.18.17 | "yeh but their top end scoring players dont even come close to matching the pens"
tru, the pens are obviously the favorites in that match-up, just pointing out that your reasoning in that comment wasn't necessarily valid |
Titan
03.18.17 | yes Art you are correct.....i should've expressed my comment better as chuck stated
|
Spec
03.19.17 | If my boy Elliott keeps playing this way the Flames might have a shot!! |
Titan
03.19.17 | Cinderella sleeper dude |
Spec
03.19.17 | I love the guy so I'm happy to see him finding his confidence again. |
Snake.
03.19.17 | "If my boy Elliott keeps playing this way the Flames might have a shot!!"
every blues fan is guffawing right now |
Spec
03.19.17 | Why would they be laughing? They wanted him back. |
unclereich
03.19.17 | Never actually looked at the list but lmao kings |
Crawl
03.29.17 | Never actually looked at the list but lmao kings [2] |
Spec
03.30.17 | So who watched the flames kings game last night? I'd love to hear some opinions on Tkatchuk. |
Titan
03.30.17 | wish he was a ranger |
Spec
03.30.17 | I obviously don't condone that elbow from the last time they played but I liked how he didn't back down even when the entire team was coming after him. |
Satellite
03.30.17 | always hoped his dad would end up on the wings but it never happened. definitely one of the nhl's top alltime power fwds. matt's a chip off the ol' block for sure. |
guitarded_chuck
03.30.17 | tkachuk is good at ice hockey |
Spec
03.30.17 | He plays like his Dad for sure. I've never seen so much hate for the Flames on Reddit and I'm really enjoying it. |
guitarded_chuck
03.30.17 | flames better hope they hold the wc1 pos or theyre getting the hawks round 1
although if not they got a hot ducks team or the sharks that isnt much better
theyre out round one like 80% sure |
Pasts
03.30.17 | Would love to see how he plays in a series |
Satellite
03.30.17 | glad he's a 'merican |
Spec
03.30.17 | Flames never beat the Ducks. I'd almost rather play Chicago. |
Artuma
03.30.17 | "a hot ducks team"
talk about a sure choker team right there |
Spec
03.30.17 | Not if they play Calgary. |
guitarded_chuck
03.30.17 | probably but theres a difference between not winning the cup and beating the calgary flames in the first round |
guitarded_chuck
03.30.17 | 1. Tampa Bay Lightning (Presidents Trophy winners)
Stanley Cup Finals:
Kings over Lightning
ouch |
Satellite
03.30.17 | the ducks will fall apart like a chinese motorcycle come playoffs |
Artuma
03.30.17 | i'm not gonna even try to predict how the flames will perform in the playoffs. probably not very well but this young team got some guts man
also yeah my scf prediction turned out to be terrible, i can always blame the critical injuries though. oh well, at least the bolts still have a tiny chance |
Titan
03.30.17 | haha, i had tampa pretty deep myself |
Snake.
03.30.17 | I fucking hate the coyotes why can't your shitty franchise just fold already |
Satellite
03.30.17 | i think everyone had tb making a deep run before the season started. i guess that's why they play the games, y'know? |
Spec
03.30.17 | "I fucking hate the coyotes why can't your shitty franchise just fold already"
I don't know why Bettman has such a hard on for them. Give the team to Seattle or Quebec City. |
Satellite
03.30.17 | because bettman still wants to turn the nhl into the nba. he'll never accept that hockey will always be a niche sport in america. and that nobody will ever give a shit about hockey in a desert climate.
coming in 2022: the hamilton golden knights. |
Artuma
03.30.17 | "I fucking hate the coyotes why can't your shitty franchise just fold already"
the coyotes is a kickass name but that's really the only thing going for them. the franchise really should be kicked out of arizona |
Satellite
03.30.17 | their 90s unis were fucking sick |
Spec
03.30.17 | The sickest. Love that they use one as an alternate. |
Mister Twister
04.03.17 | someone end my life, maybe it'll help the Jackets remember how to score and run an effective PP |
Artuma
04.03.17 | fuck boston. that's all. |
Crawl
04.03.17 | I like the underachievers in Boston (Beleskey, Hayes), but I agree, fuck em. |
Artuma
04.03.17 | too bad marchand is having a killer season. i just hate that guy so much |
Crawl
04.03.17 | I'm with you man, Marchand is a POS. Too bad he also happens to be a stellar fuckin hockey player. Anyway, who's your team? |
Snake.
04.03.17 | habs fan so obvs he's gonna hate marchy |
Artuma
04.03.17 | yeah i'm a habs guy so that's one thing why i dislike the bruins but i don't think there are a lot of non-bruins fans who can say they like the way the bruins play |
guitarded_chuck
04.03.17 | habs rags gonna be a good series, could see it going 7
what else do we got here ooo flames ducks would be a bloodbath, leafs bruins might be good too leafs might even be able to pull that off i dont think the bruins are that good really |
Artuma
04.03.17 | "habs rags gonna be a good series, could see it going 7"
deffo seems like it's gonna be a close one yeah |
Artuma
04.03.17 | leafs and bruins i don't feel is gonna happen, the sens have much more potential than they're currently showing and they prolly wanna avoid facing the caps in the first round so i believe they're gonna fight themselves back to the atlantic side of the bracket |
PistolPete
04.03.17 | Really hope the Leafs don't play Boston or Washington first round. Sens would be a much easier match I think. Bruins may be a tad underwhelming but they have immense playoff experience (Bergeron, Chara, Marchand, Krejci....whole bunch of older dudes who just know how to play some fucking playoff hockey and they scare me greatly haha). Ottawa on the other hand is fairly fragile. |
guitarded_chuck
04.03.17 | ottawa is pretty sick defensively rn too though
boucher is low key easily a top 5 coach imo, yzerman firing him was a head scratcher |
Crawl
04.03.17 | Wouldn't say Ottawa is that great defensively. Sure, they have Karlsson, and Wideman and Claesson look promising. The rest of their D corps, though... they're not the best.
That being said, I definitely root for the Sens in the east now that Philly is officially out. |
PistolPete
04.03.17 | Boston is like the LA kings of the last 5 years. They'll wear you down and drag the stupid series to 7 games and then beat you there. And even if the team is lucky enough to beat them they'll be so gassed from playing Boston for 7 games they won't even cause a dent in the second round LOL |
guitarded_chuck
04.03.17 | yeah thats whats going to happen to the pens with this stupid new playoff format, they'll beat cbj but it'll be a war and this will probably be the year the caps can beat them
in the old format if the playoffs started today it'd be caps sens, pens leafs, such horseshit |
Artuma
04.03.17 | "boucher is low key easily a top 5 coach imo"
i agree, that's prolly the biggest asset the sens have now and that's why i believe they'll bounce back soon despite the injuries in defense |
JWT155
04.03.17 | flyers over pens lol |
Artuma
04.03.17 | i mean that was a longshot but i expected the flyers to be able to fight better than what we saw this year |
JWT155
04.03.17 | tough year for the flyers indeed. |
Crawl
04.03.17 | I think Flyers were playing better than what the standings say. It was just a combination of bad goaltending and a ridiculously low shooting percentage since January. |
PistolPete
04.03.17 | Wayne Simmonds was the ultimate fantasy player this year though. Gave me a little bit of everything (G, A, PIM, PPP, SOG). What a beast.
Giroux was super disappointing though, especially in the first half of the year. |
Artuma
04.03.17 | "It was just a combination of bad goaltending and a ridiculously low shooting percentage since January"
also look at the key players' plus/minuses, they're just horrible. giroux, voracek, simmonds, gostisbehere... none of them necessarily shined defensively |
Spec
04.03.17 | so ken king says if we don't pay for a new arena he's moving the flames :[ |
Thibs
04.03.17 | flyers goaltending has been so inconsistent. and ya their players are mostly offense first |
Thibs
04.03.17 | but how bout dem leafs? |
Crawl
04.03.17 | Art, that's not wrong. It's also due to the fact that those guys were absolutely unable to score at 5v5.
Leafs are amazing, I guess TOR:BUF ECF is not unlikely in few years. |
Trundle
04.04.17 | yeah ever since the flyers won 10 straight they just started fucking the dog.
hoping for some call ups from the minors during the off season. We have like 4 defensemen on the precipice right meow |
Spluger
04.04.17 | Fucking Bruins, plz clinch tonight :[ |
Artuma
04.04.17 | let's go tampa! |
Artuma
04.05.17 | fuck boston [2] i'm done with this shit game |
Spluger
04.05.17 | Faceoffs 29-6 in Bostons favor right now... of course Marchand had to be a p.o.s though |
Artuma
04.05.17 | tampa's power play was painful to watch. they deserve to lose this but at the same time boston doesn't deserve to win |
Crawl
04.05.17 | Why does no one ever punch Marchand in the face? If Chara wasn't playing on his team, well... |
guitarded_chuck
04.05.17 | letang out forever rip |
Crawl
04.05.17 | As much as I don't like Pens, I always liked Letang. Hope he can finally have a full season next year. |
sempiturtle
04.05.17 | Sharks fan here pretty much expecting a first round exit but you never know. I think last year was our year though. |
guitarded_chuck
04.05.17 | inb4 justin schultz conn smythe |
Artuma
04.05.17 | i'm about 90% sure sjs is gonna beat the oilers or ducks, whichever they're gonna face in the first round |
Artuma
04.05.17 | "inb4 justin schultz conn smythe"
was gonna say, now's his time to step up. that's quite a longshot too though |
Snake.
04.05.17 | inb4 first round exit |
Crawl
04.05.17 | I don't think SJ is gonna beat Anaheim unless Jones plays like he did last year. Edmonton is sort of a wildcard (not technically), cause I have no idea how they're gonna do in playoffs. Could shatter under the pressure, but could also thrive. |
DrMaximus
04.05.17 | Kings are gonna win the cup this year, for sure |
Crawl
04.05.17 | Also did anyone else feel really warm inside after seeing Clarke MacArthur take the ice? One of my favorite players of the last few years probably. |
guitarded_chuck
04.05.17 | not like we aren't used to letang not playing. we definitely need malkin back though. i assume they are basically resting him for the playoffs / keeping him out cause he is also made of glass |
Piglet
04.05.17 | i try to watch american football because it seems like a decent sport, but every time i try I just fucking can't because i can't stand the obnoxious commentary and gimmicky bullshit. Same goes with the USPGA tour, I only love that shit on mute otherwise the commentators just bong about saying the same shit ad infinitum ad nauseum -- "Here's DustiRn JAOhrnSourn whOUrse RRearlly irmproved heirs Shourt gaurme thirs parst searsrorn", jesus christ thanks for ruining the sport jackasses |
Crawl
04.05.17 | Bickell is also returning for Canes, really happy for the guy, too. |
Artuma
04.05.17 | "Kings are gonna win the cup this year, for sure"
nah it's gonna be the stars' year, snake was right |
Spluger
04.05.17 | Didn't Letang have a stroke or something like that a few seasons ago? |
Crawl
04.05.17 | He did, it's amazing he was still able to play after that. |
DrMaximus
04.05.17 | Yeah, Stars' goaltending has been fantastic. Def a team to look out for |
Snake.
04.05.17 | this devin shore kid looks like he's gonna be a $5 mil player sometime down the road |
Nbehre11
04.05.17 | Ugh, my Wild are slipping. Won last night, but they're fairly sloppy lately 😞 |
DrMaximus
04.05.17 | first round exit for sure |
Orb
04.05.17 | SPORTS
GATORADE
YEEEHAW |
Crawl
04.05.17 | Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Wild made it past the first round. |
Nbehre11
04.05.17 | If they can return to form, I think they could go far. I'm not gonna get my hopes up yet though. |
Thibs
04.05.17 | blues and preds are solid teams. wild will have their hands full either way. |
DrMaximus
04.06.17 | Hawks are gonna win again this year, hate to say it |
Titan
04.06.17 | im starting to believe that too |
Ebola
04.06.17 | I was legitimately hoping my Caps wouldn't win the PT again this year, but here we are. Second round exit? Most likely. |
Snake.
04.06.17 | that's the spirit |
Nbehre11
04.06.17 | Wild will definitely have their hands full, any way this goes. They've got a lot to prove. Blues and Hawks are both hot. Idk, playoffs will be interesting, that's for sure. |
Ebola
04.06.17 | If the Caps win it this year, I'm gonna post a video of myself crying like an infant |
Spluger
04.07.17 | Fucking hell Ottawa is such a boring team to watch. I'd take BOS vs WSH if meant not seeing that 1-3-1 system. |
Snake.
04.07.17 | for the first time in like 2 months i'm actually gonna be cheering for the devils to win on saturday |
Artuma
04.07.17 | "Fucking hell Ottawa is such a boring team to watch."
that's why they're a playoff team this year though |
Spec
04.07.17 | "Fucking hell Ottawa is such a boring team to watch. I'd take BOS vs WSH if meant not seeing that 1-3-1 system."
As long as the opposition scores the first goal, they can just stand in their own defensive zone until the game ends. |
Spluger
04.07.17 | Yeah, they also beat the Bruins in all 4 games this season... last night was close though. I know it's a strategy but it sucks all the energy out of a game. I can't even tell you how many times the B's iced the puck last night because they couldn't get through the neutral zone. |
PistolPete
04.07.17 | The Leafs Doomsday scenario played out perfectly last night game-by-game. =[
Is it really true I guess that the Leafs can't have nice things? They have to beat Pitt Saturday, I don't think they can win against Columbus the day after. |
guitarded_chuck
04.07.17 | if they fall out of it im going to lose my shit
all ive been hearing on canadian sports media the last month is OH ITS OKAY NOW BOBBY YOU CAN STOP PRETENDING LIKE THEY MIGHT NOT MAKE IT |
Artuma
04.07.17 | the whole toronto must be shitting their pants right now |
PistolPete
04.07.17 | Well. They are. |
Artuma
04.07.17 | lovin' it |
Snake.
04.09.17 | LEAFS!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Artuma
04.09.17 | fuck off |
MyNameIsPencil
04.09.17 | brb writing up my playoff predictions. I was somewhat close last year, called Pens in 6 at least. |
Hawks
04.09.17 | Pens repeat. |
DrMaximus
04.09.17 | Haha without Letang? You're lying |
Artuma
04.09.17 | yeah with that defense the pens ain't winning shit |
Hawks
04.09.17 | Letang rules yeah, still gonna repeat. |
tellah
04.09.17 | catching a leafs game tmmrw (Y) do not watch a lot of hockey but i'll hop on the bandwagon if they make the playoffs |
Artuma
04.09.17 | they will make the playoffs |
Snake.
04.09.17 | they already clinched i d i o t |
Artuma
04.09.17 | "Letang rules yeah, still gonna repeat"
just because hawks says so, apparently |
tellah
04.09.17 | lol true fair im an nba guy, shows what i know. My buddy hooked me up with a free ticket |
MyNameIsPencil
04.09.17 | NHL games are the best live man, you'll have a great time.
yeah pens may go deepish, and may even beat the bruins
past them however, it's a stretch |
Hawks
04.09.17 | Yeah idk we'll see, would like to see them repeat obviously, but it's tough. |
Artuma
04.09.17 | "NHL games are the best live man, you'll have a great time"
i've seen both the raptors and the leafs once in toronto and i gotta say the raptors game was way more fun even though i'm a hockey guy |
MyNameIsPencil
04.09.17 | i'm not counting edmonton out tbh
but that said, I think if the blackhawks makes it to the western finals, they'll win the cup yet again and annoying the rest of the league. St. Louis do have me worried tho. |
MyNameIsPencil
04.09.17 | but I'm predicting the wild will beat them in 6 |
Artuma
04.10.17 | so, how about them playoffs predictions? i'll probably fuck it up again but let's try
first round:
caps over leafs in 5
pens over jackets in 7
habs over rangers in 7
senators over bruins in 6
hawks over preds in 6
blues over wild in 7
ducks over flames in 6
sharks over oilers in 6
second round:
caps over pens in 6
habs over senators in 6
hawks over blues in 5
sharks over ducks in 6
conference finals:
caps over habs in 5
hawks over sharks in 6
stanley cup finals:
hawks over caps in 7 |
Snake.
04.10.17 | caps over leafs in 5
jackets over pens in 6
habs over rangers in 7
bruins over sens in 6
hawks over preds in 5
wild over blues in 7
ducks over flames in 5
oilers over sharks in 5
caps over jackets in 6
habs over bruins in 5
hawks over wild in 7
ducks over oilers in 5
habs over caps in 7
hawks over ducks in 6
hawks over habs in 6 |
Crawl
04.10.17 | caps over leafs in 5
pens over jackets in 5
rangers over habs in 7
sens over bruins in 7
hawks over preds in 6
blues over wild in 7
ducks over flames in 6
sharks over oilers in 6
caps over pens in 7
rangers over sens in 6
hawks over blues in 6
ducks over sharks in 5
caps over rangers in 7
hawks over ducks in 7
hawks over caps in 6 |
Crawl
04.10.17 | y'all are underestimating rags |
Artuma
04.10.17 | we're both predicting the rags will lose to habs in game seven while your guess is they're winning the habs in game seven so i don't think that's enough of a difference to call it 'underestimating' |
Crawl
04.10.17 | Yeah, but I put them in conference finals. Not that I want to see tham there, tho... |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.11.17 | Caps over leafs in 4
Rangers over Habs in 6
Pens over jackets in 6
Sens over bruins in 6 (pains me to say this as a b's fan)
Hawks over preds in 5
Ducks over flames in 7
Blues over wild in 6
Oilers over sharks in 7
Caps over pens in 7 (guess I haven't learned my lesson)
Rangers over sens in 6
Hawks over blues in 6
Oilers over ducks in 7
Caps over rangers in 5
Hawks over oilers in 6
Hawks over caps in 6
|
SmashIsTheWay94
04.11.17 | Caps over leafs in 4
Rangers over Habs in 6
Pens over jackets in 6
Sens over bruins in 6 (pains me to say this as a b's fan)
Hawks over preds in 5
Ducks over flames in 7
Blues over wild in 6
Oilers over sharks in 7
Caps over pens in 7 (guess I haven't learned my lesson)
Rangers over sens in 6
Hawks over blues in 6
Oilers over ducks in 7
Caps over rangers in 5
Hawks over oilers in 6
Hawks over caps in 6
|
Artuma
04.11.17 | "Yeah, but I put them in conference finals."
yeah, and we both put the habs in at least conference finals. you see what i'm trying to say here? |
Titan
04.11.17 | 'y'all are underestimating rags'
nah man, and i'm a diehard ranger fan.....they just don't have it, can't win at home, inconsistent goaltending, and a porous defense at times......just not playing good hockey
habs in 7 |
Artuma
04.11.17 | titan dude the rangers play some great coast to coast hockey. then again, the habs have been really hot and they certainly have an advantage in goaltending, plus i'm a habs fan so with a little bias i'm also predicting the habs to win in 7 |
Titan
04.11.17 | vigneault has brought the team as far as he can, we had our chance against LA a few years back.....they need a top line center, hoping for a tavares in '18, but i can see him going to Toronto.....imagine that, tavares and matthews |
Artuma
04.11.17 | the leafs are starting to attract top line players again yeah, they're gonna end their cup drought within the next seven years or so, calling it now |
Titan
04.11.17 | maybe the next 3 years |
Artuma
04.11.17 | i feel that's way too fast even for babs, there's at least a couple of teams who will still have a much better roster but who knows |
DrMaximus
04.11.17 | Stamkos should've come here but whatever |
Artuma
04.11.17 | who would even want stamkos at this point? dude's always injured |
Snake.
04.11.17 | he's the next pavel bure |
Crawl
04.11.17 | It'd be so damn beneficial for Johnny T to leave the Isles, but for some reason, I don't see that happening. |
Titan
04.11.17 | i do, shitty management and flip flopping arenas (barclays has terrible ice surface)....he's gone after next year |
guitarded_chuck
04.11.17 | tavares already said publicly he wants to get a deal done with the isles asap |
guitarded_chuck
04.11.17 | you guys don't need offense now anyway you need defense and pretty desperately |
Titan
04.11.17 | i don't see it happening only because of what i'm hearing, and it's been a very heavy buzz on new york sports radio in recent times where the common theme is that they can't see him staying.....the team was dismantled right in front of his face
it will be interesting to see what happens with doug weight as well, they need to lock him up immediately imo |
Crawl
04.11.17 | I wouldn't jump on the Weight bandwagon just yet, though it is true that he almost saved the Isles' season. The real problem is Garth Snow, who should be immediately fired. It's ridiculous that he's there for so long. |
guitarded_chuck
04.11.17 | i dunno i literally just heard this morning by bob mckenzie he said he wants to get it done before July 1 but whatever well see |
Crawl
04.11.17 | I heard something along the lines of Tavares trying to sign until July 1, BUT if he doesn't get it done by then, he'll probs leave. He'll stay, imo. |
Titan
04.11.17 | garth snow is horrendous agreed Crawl.....and yeah anything can happen, but i cant see why he would want to stay on the island.....especially with what's been brewing in his hometown in recent times
if he wants to lose, he should stay right where he is |
Spec
04.11.17 | Caps vs leafs: caps in 5
Sens vs bruins: sens in 6
Pens vs jackets jackets in 7
Habs vs rangers: rangers in 6
Hawks vs preds: hawks in 5
Wild vs blues: blues in 6
Ducks vs flames: flames in 7
Oilers vs sharks: oilers in 6
|
Crawl
04.11.17 | Wouldn't underestimate them, though. Youngsters like Pulock, Beauvillier and especially Ho-Sang look very promising. If JT stays and they solve their goalie situation, I can honestly see them at least in the 2nd round. Also, let's not forget Lee's 34 goals. |
Spec
04.11.17 | Realistically ducks over flames in five but you just gotta BELIEVE |
guitarded_chuck
04.11.17 | they'll definitely get it done JT is the only positive the isles have as a business. like im over 90% sure he stays |
Titan
04.11.17 | i think his statements have been politically correct at this point so far and he's saying what he should be saying as the leader and the captain.....and of course he's the only positive, not really a big incentive for HIM |
Titan
04.11.17 | caps in 6
bruins in 6
pens in 7
habs in 6
hawks in 4
blues in 6
ducks in 7
sharks in 6 |
guitarded_chuck
04.11.17 | in your opinion
you are not him tho |
Titan
04.11.17 | yeah no shit....all of these comments are opinions lol |
guitarded_chuck
04.11.17 | Caps vs leafs: caps in 5
Sens vs bruins: bruins in 7
Pens vs jackets pens in 7
Habs vs rangers: Habs in 7
Hawks vs preds: hawks in 6
Wild vs blues: Wild in 7
Ducks vs flames: Ducks in 6
Oilers vs sharks: sharks in 5 |
Artuma
04.11.17 | "especially Ho-Sang look very promising"
he's still pretty shit though but dude definitely has potential |
DrMaximus
04.11.17 | caps in 6
bruins in 6
jackets in 7
habs in 6
hawks in 5
blues in 6
ducks in 6
sharks in 7 |
Crawl
04.11.17 | What do you mean by Ho-Sang being shit, surely not his performance? |
Artuma
04.11.17 | "What do you mean by Ho-Sang being shit, surely not his performance?"
that's right, he's flashy for sure but i would never allow a guy with that terrible defensive play in my team |
Crawl
04.11.17 | Can't say I watched all of his games, but from the three-four I did, he was absolutely electric.
His defensive play may not be good, but so is the offensive play of many players who play 82 games a season. It's strange how one-way offensive players are looked down upon, while one-way defensive forwards are called "defensive specialists". A great example is the Flyers' one-two punch of Bellemare and Vandevelde, who play a full season and have most time on PK while being the WORST SCORING forwards in the league. The case with these two, though, is also that they are not that special defensively either. |
guitarded_chuck
04.11.17 | ho sang was pretty great for it being his first cup of tea, trust me i was surprised |
Artuma
04.11.17 | the thing with defensive fourth-line forwards is that not only do they give breathing time for the top line guys and kill penalties but their energetic presence will lead the opponents to take penalties. and when it comes to your flyers example, the power play is a huge asset and vandevelde and bellemare are contributing in a less visible way |
Artuma
04.11.17 | also about ho-sang, when you play in a top line and actually have a lot of ice time you need to have some defensive responsibility. he has delivered offensively but the fact is in a winning teamthe top line guys simply need to have their plus/minus score well above zero and the guy isn't ready for that yet |
Spluger
04.13.17 | caps in 5
bruins in 6
pens in 5
Habs in 6
hawks in 5
blues in 6
ducks in 5
sharks in 6 |
Titan
04.13.17 | really wish they would stagger these games a little better |
Spec
04.13.17 | the habs rangers has been a great game, pens jackets has been boring, how's the sens bruins? |
Titan
04.13.17 | i'd be able to tell you if (see my comment above) |
Spec
04.13.17 | haha word dude |
Spec
04.13.17 | heading to the bar for the oilers game so i'll be able to see that and the wild game all at once!! |
Spluger
04.13.17 | Bruins didn't get a single shot on goal the second period... as soon as Ottawa scored it's like they forgot how to pass the fuckin puck. |
Snake.
04.13.17 | tanner glass GOAT |
Spec
04.13.17 | okay think the montreal game was a good choice |
Titan
04.13.17 | yessssss lol |
Spluger
04.13.17 | Yeah, Habs/Rags & Pens/Jackets have been much more entertaining so far |
Spec
04.13.17 | just curious, has there ever been a period in playoff history where a team didn't register a single shot? |
Titan
04.13.17 | google it |
Spec
04.13.17 | fight me |
DrMaximus
04.13.17 | apparently not |
Spluger
04.13.17 | Quick google search shows something about the Leafs losing a playoff game w/ only 6 SOG but they had at least 1 in each period |
guitarded_chuck
04.13.17 | 2ez for the pens im hardly even paying attention |
Titan
04.13.17 | thank you gentlemen, for doing Spec's job for him |
Snake.
04.13.17 | "Quick google search shows something about the Leafs losing a playoff game w/ only 6 SOG but they had at least 1 in each period"
remember when the devils used to do this to other teams? |
Titan
04.13.17 | so far from entertaining.....fuck ottawa |
Spluger
04.13.17 | No SOG in the second and the Bruins still won 2-1... Rask stole this one for sure. @snake In the article Marty Brodeur says something about having trouble staying focused because of it... lol those days are long gone now |
Spec
04.13.17 | Holy shit Ottawa sucks. They shouldn't even be in the playoffs with bullshit like that. |
DrMaximus
04.13.17 | lol sens in 6, spec cmon dude |
Spec
04.13.17 | i'd like a redo |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.13.17 | Bruins!!!!! Can't believe they came back after that atrocious second. Rask was a beast. |
Hawks
04.13.17 | Pens repeating. [2] |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.13.17 | I picked the caps over the pens in the second round, but I think deep down I know the caps will choke again. |
Hawks
04.13.17 | They choke every time and I have a lot of respect for Ovechkin, but Crosby is just flat out the best. |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.13.17 | For sure. But McDavid's already giving him a run for his money. |
Ebola
04.13.17 | capitals pls |
Snake.
04.13.17 | wow so far every game today has been nothing short of a fucking snooze |
Hawks
04.13.17 | McDavid is gonna be really great agreed. But yeah won't buy the Caps (or anyone for that matter) beating the Pens in a 7 game series until I actually see it. |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.13.17 | The b's sens game had some great end-to-end action, just not a lot of goals. |
Snake.
04.13.17 | with games ending at 1-0 you gotta wonder how the devils are not in the picture |
Spec
04.13.17 | @snake The oilers game is really entertaining. Blues and Wild was meh but the tie up was cool and now it's going to overtime. |
unclereich
04.13.17 | Sharks game is amazing oilers just dont have the depth |
Artuma
04.13.17 | fuck boston and rangers. i'm out |
Satellite
04.13.17 | "McDavid is gonna be really great agreed."
gonna be??? kid put up a hundo at age 20. |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.13.17 | Some goalies really keeping their teams in it tonight. Especially Allen. |
Hawks
04.13.17 | Yeah he is, but I mean he will get even better as the years go on. |
Satellite
04.13.17 | hoping for a preds/jackets cup finals. fuck everyone. |
Artuma
04.13.17 | "They choke every time and I have a lot of respect for Ovechkin, but Crosby is just flat out the best."
caps' defense and goaltending >>>>>>>> though |
Satellite
04.13.17 | oh definitely hawks |
unclereich
04.13.17 | THE MILK MAN HIMSELF NIGHTY NIGHT EDMONTON |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.13.17 | Wanted to see Edmonton win that one but they were awful after going up 2-0. |
Artuma
04.13.17 | "Yeah he is, but I mean he will get even better as the years go on."
kid put up 100 points, he's the captain of a playoff team, the fastest skater in the world and probably a hart trophy winner soon. hard to expect much more from him although he's "still" missing the stanley cup |
unclereich
04.13.17 | Edmonton has no depth no experience and had no sense of urgency should be a quick series if they dont pick it up |
Spec
04.13.17 | The game was a constant power play. |
unclereich
04.13.17 | no doubt lol |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.13.17 | Meanwhile the wild were on a constant power play but lost lol. |
Spec
04.13.17 | Allen for all three stars. |
Artuma
04.13.17 | at least the sharks won. otherwise i'd be throwing objects out of my window for frustration. horrible night with habs losing and those fuckers of boston, pittsburgh ans st. louis winning |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.13.17 | Boston all the way. Fuck the Habs. |
Artuma
04.13.17 | agreed marchand all the way what a gentleman |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.13.17 | Haha you have a point. He's such a great player but I'm not sure he'll ever stop with the extra shit. |
Artuma
04.13.17 | yeah, i guess that's part of his role though |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.13.17 | A great agitator but he crosses the line too much. He's made up for it the past couple seasons, though. |
Artuma
04.13.17 | he is undeniably a fantastic player but also the most hated guy in the league for a reason |
unclereich
04.13.17 | i hate lucic more |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.13.17 | Exactly. You'd think Bergeron would have more of an influence on him. Maybe make him clean up his game a bit. |
Artuma
04.13.17 | "i hate lucic more"
a former bruin what a coincidence amirite |
Spluger
04.13.17 | The minute Marchy leaves Boston I will probably start to hate his guts... all that skill and he still can't help himself from slew footing and spearing. |
guitarded_chuck
04.13.17 | murray out sucks only a matter of time till maf fucks up in the most majestic way |
Spluger
04.13.17 | I wonder if they'll leave Flower out for the expansion draft. Dude definitely took a big step back this year. |
Titan
04.14.17 | heartbreaker |
Ebola
04.14.17 | caps are gonna give me a heart attack before this round is even over |
Artuma
04.14.17 | preds shut out the hawks holy fuck |
unclereich
04.14.17 | leaves made me :( tonight |
Artuma
04.14.17 | you from the west coast reichy? |
Crawl
04.14.17 | What a performance by the Smashville defense and Rinne. |
Spluger
04.14.17 | Just realized my picks are 5,6,5,6,5,6,5,6. Talk about a fear of commitment lol |
Snake.
04.14.17 | unwound - leafs turn inside you |
Spec
04.14.17 | I'd like to point out that Ryan Kesler is a piece of shit. |
DrMaximus
04.15.17 | Never noticed |
Spec
04.15.17 | The Habs game is everything I love about playoff hockey. |
Spluger
04.15.17 | Best game of the playoffs so far |
Snake.
04.15.17 | had me on the edge of my seat |
DrMaximus
04.15.17 | Spec, you love watching a bunch of scrubs who can't score goals :p |
guitarded_chuck
04.15.17 | pens probably going to win again tbh |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.15.17 | Thought the jackets would challenge the pens more than they have to this point. |
Spec
04.15.17 | Better than a team that doesn't even register a shot in an entire period. |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.15.17 | Still won though :) |
Hawks
04.15.17 | Pens repeating. [3] |
DrMaximus
04.15.17 | Jackets are pathetic. Can't believe I took them in 7. But yeah Pens aren't gonna win again lol missing Letang is gonna catch up to them. |
Spec
04.15.17 | Ottawa better get their shit together tomorrow. |
Hawks
04.15.17 | Letang is great yeah, but still gonna repeat. |
unclereich
04.15.17 | "You from the west coast reichy"
Yep been a sharks fan since i was a youngin. They looked fucking retarded tonight |
Artuma
04.15.17 | nice |
Artuma
04.15.17 | "had me on the edge of my seat"
yeah. i fell asleep after the first period though |
Crawl
04.15.17 | Ragequit the PIT:CBJ game after the pens scored the third one.
All Sens have to do is to take care of Boston's top line and they steal the series. |
Spluger
04.15.17 | Kids only played 4 periods of NHL hockey but Charlie McAvoy looks like the real deal for the B's. Hopefully in 2-3 years they don't decide to trade him off too. |
Artuma
04.15.17 | yeah the kid looks really mature considering his experience |
Artuma
04.15.17 | fuck boston |
Titan
04.15.17 | no, fuck ottawa with that unentertaining style of 1-2-1 that they play......other than a Sens fan, who the hell wants to watch that shit for potentially 7 games?
(other than Snake, that is) |
Artuma
04.15.17 | i'm enjoying ottawa games, they might not take too many risks but i like boucher's philosophy. anderson's gift goal made me wanna shoot myself though, and that offside goal before that... just fuck boston |
Spec
04.15.17 | Be funny if Boston did what the Flyers did. Just stand with the puck in your end. |
Titan
04.15.17 | Art dude, as a lifelong New Yorker, fuck boston [2] |
Spluger
04.15.17 | Idk, I didn't think they had a camera angle that was conclusive enough. Even if he was offside it really didn't have an effect on the goal itself. |
Titan
04.15.17 | offsides needs to be dumped as a reviewable play
|
Crawl
04.15.17 | Holy hell, the atmosphere on that Brassard's goal was overwhelming. GO SENS |
Spluger
04.15.17 | That Karlsson pass was sick... hate to admit it. |
Crawl
04.15.17 | Seriously though, why is Beleskey so not good? I always liked that guy, but this year he looks really off his game. |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.15.17 | He was hurt for a while but yeah he's been off all year. I love his energy but he's just not that great. |
Spluger
04.15.17 | He's been a pretty decent power forward most of his career but he's straight up shit the bed this season. 3 more years on his contract too, I hope he gets taken in the expansion draft somehow. |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.15.17 | Wtf Chara |
Spluger
04.15.17 | Bruins are already down 4 of their 6 starting defense man that Chara pulls that... might've just fucked us |
Crawl
04.15.17 | I like Chara so much. Not only because he is Slovak, but that dude is the epitome of an underdog success story. |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.15.17 | Let's hope Anderson gives us another shorty. |
Crawl
04.15.17 | FUCK YES! |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.15.17 | Fuck, man. |
Spluger
04.15.17 | Ugh, fuck Phaneuf. Bruins straight up deserved to lose that one. |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.15.17 | They really did. |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.15.17 | Still good that they stole home ice. Just doesn't seem that great after they fucked that one up. |
Snake.
04.16.17 | lol the hawks |
Artuma
04.16.17 | wait what the sens won after all? and preds just destroyed hawks? and leafs won too?
such an awesome night and i went to sleep after the second period of bos-ott, nice |
Crawl
04.16.17 | This was generally a pretty sweet night, but I'm still a bit gutted about Flames losing. |
Artuma
04.16.17 | yeah well, i didn't have a lot of expectations on the flames in the first place |
Crawl
04.16.17 | Me neither tbh, but they weren't worse than the Ducks in either of those games. |
Spec
04.16.17 | Good job every Canadian team besides Calgary on those sweet series tying wins! |
guitarded_chuck
04.16.17 | hahahahahahhaahhaha calvert got suspended what a fucking loser |
Spluger
04.16.17 | Seriously, if they weren't in an NHL arena that would be considered assault. Dude should've got at least 3 games, what a trash fucking play. |
Artuma
04.16.17 | correct call. such an idiotic play from calvert |
guitarded_chuck
04.16.17 | im so glad kuhny wasn't hurt, he actually got up and smiled, which at the time was hilarious but is now even more awesome in retrospect with the suspension |
DrMaximus
04.16.17 | I hate the pens, but I hope Jackets get swept |
Crawl
04.16.17 | What Calvert did was awful, but I still really want Jackets to win. |
Artuma
04.16.17 | minnesota is so shit damn |
Spluger
04.16.17 | Bruce Boudreau is cursed. Dude just can't help but fall apart in the playoffs lol |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.16.17 | That last pens goal was dumb. If a guy takes a puck to the face like that you blow the play dead. |
Artuma
04.16.17 | haven't been watching that game in a while but that first period was crazy |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.16.17 | Yeah the second has been bullshit. I want the jackets to at least make this a series. |
Dinosaur
04.16.17 | wtf Wild. we played like one period. |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.16.17 | Yeah they're done, man. Allen stole game 1 and it's all been downhill from there. |
Hawks
04.17.17 | Pens repeating. [4] |
Artuma
04.17.17 | jackets are playing tactically dumb, trying to match the pens' strengths and this is the result |
Spec
04.17.17 | "im so glad kuhny wasn't hurt, he actually got up and smiled, which at the time was hilarious but is now even more awesome in retrospect with the suspension"
Tough as nails. |
Tyler.
04.17.17 | fuck hockey |
Snake.
04.17.17 | the wild are breaking my fucking heart |
DrMaximus
04.17.17 | Hanzal trade was beyond stupid. Should have gone after Shattenkirk. |
unclereich
04.17.17 | very hard to be a sharks fun |
Crawl
04.17.17 | fuck hockey [2] if Pens win again |
unclereich
04.17.17 | Pens are like the pats in the worst fucking way |
guitarded_chuck
04.17.17 | iTs tOo fUckiNg eAsY BoYs |
Artuma
04.17.17 | "very hard to be a sharks fun"
yeah they need to do something with their scoring, otherwise their play looks good but if you can't score it's pretty fucking hard to win. talbot has been great for edmonton but he's no god |
Spluger
04.17.17 | Going back a little bit but apparently that 2nd period where the Bruins didn't get a single SOG is the second time they've done it in the playoffs. |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.18.17 | Bruins :( |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.18.17 | Bruins :) |
Spluger
04.18.17 | Toronto wins in OT to take the 2-1 series lead... who the hell saw that coming? |
Artuma
04.18.17 | haven't watched a single game in that series since they are played at a really sucky time for a european but i have a feeling the leafs' lead won't last |
Artuma
04.18.17 | oh boy let's go preds |
Mister Twister
04.18.17 | Jackets got 'em right where they want 'em |
Spec
04.18.17 | being a flames fan really fucking sucks |
Crawl
04.18.17 | All results last night were great, except Calgary. How the eff was that not a high stick? |
guitarded_chuck
04.18.17 | LOL CAPS |
Keyblade
04.18.17 | leafs are taking me back to the early 00's glory days |
guitarded_chuck
04.18.17 | ps karlsson is jesus right now like i could see the sens picking up momentum now and making a legit run |
Artuma
04.18.17 | agreed |
guitarded_chuck
04.18.17 | hahahahah holy shit i just noticed the hawks lost again lmao wow |
Spluger
04.18.17 | I hope Nashville sweeps. |
Snake.
04.18.17 | everybody does |
unclereich
04.19.17 | Sharks look like a whole new team |
unclereich
04.19.17 | 5-0 damn save some for the next game |
unclereich
04.19.17 | Wow a five minute major this game is amazing fuck the oilers |
sempiturtle
04.19.17 | Omg the December/January Sharks are back fuck yeah. Easy to forget that this team was easily the best in the Pacific when the power play was functioning. |
Artuma
04.19.17 | don't forget that was just one game, hard to make bigger statements with such a small sample but yeah they really got it straight with this slaughter of a game
plus, wtf draisaitl |
unclereich
04.19.17 | grotesque penalty that could easily be a suspension, but yea watch out if the sharks are back they'll make quick work of the west. though still a long series |
guitarded_chuck
04.20.17 | https://twitter.com/carrlynbathe/status/854924661729013760 |
JWT155
04.20.17 | That's too good |
Spluger
04.20.17 | Byslma's out in Buffalo, anyone think the rumors are true about him & Eichel? Also the B's are fucked :( |
Artuma
04.20.17 | the b's are fucked :) |
guitarded_chuck
04.20.17 | sounds like its true, and it sounds like the owners told murray to fire bylsma per eichel's request, he refused, so they fired both lol |
Crawl
04.20.17 | the b's are fucked :)))))) |
Snake.
04.21.17 | HOLY SHIT THIS IS SO FUCKING BEAUTIFUL OMG OMG OMG BIGGEST MOOD |
CaimanJesus
04.21.17 | lmao rip hawks |
unclereich
04.21.17 | Sup bois sharks are on lets go |
Artuma
04.21.17 | bye bye hawks :]
fucking habs though, this series is brutal |
unclereich
04.21.17 | Sharks series has been the best so far |
Artuma
04.21.17 | of course a sharks fan would say that duh. the habs-rags and leafs-caps series give it some tough competition |
unclereich
04.21.17 | Nah dude ive pretty much watched every game of the playoffs, this series has been the best |
CaimanJesus
04.21.17 | jesus christ some oilers fans are delusional. I saw someone say on hfboards that the sharks are a non factor in the series and the real enemies are the refs. How can a non factor score 7 on you? |
Artuma
04.21.17 | @reich i haven't because sometimes i need to sleep in the middle of the night rip
still though smelling some bias there |
unclereich
04.21.17 | Feels like the only series that will go 7 so ye |
unclereich
04.21.17 | Its been 10 years for oilers fans they forgot what the playoffs were |
Trundle
04.21.17 | anyone else see deBoer just elbow the glass at some spectator????
|
Artuma
04.21.17 | i saw something like that too yeah |
unclereich
04.21.17 | well i'll be at the game in san jose, really bad loss they just seemed out of steam there at the end, very little youth on our team |
Ebola
04.21.17 | Oilers are for real, damn. |
Artuma
04.21.17 | sharks weren't even close to scoring in that ot lol |
unclereich
04.21.17 | it was essentially a 19 minute pp |
guitarded_chuck
04.21.17 | hawks got swept, sharks might lose, caps struggling against the fucking leafs
ladies and gentlemen your 2017 sc champs the pittsburgh penguins |
unclereich
04.21.17 | =/ |
Snake.
04.21.17 | foad |
guitarded_chuck
04.21.17 | jackets over pens in 6 |
MO
04.21.17 | can't believe Nashville swept the Hawks...so crazy |
MO
04.21.17 | " caps struggling against the fucking leafs"
in a couple years the Leafs will be at the top of the conference, they're looking really good |
Artuma
04.21.17 | "ladies and gentlemen your 2017 sc champs the pittsburgh penguins"
inb4 pens will lose in the next round |
guitarded_chuck
04.21.17 | inb4 kings over lightning in the finals |
guitarded_chuck
04.21.17 | yeah mo theyre actually solid ive been impressed i dont really mean to poop on them in saying that, but the caps shouldnt be having as hard a time with them, holtbys been average at best etc
im starting to think that leafs core might actually win a cup at some point. not totally sold on anderson yet but hes probably good enough |
Titan
04.21.17 | yeah but to be fair, all of our picks have been abysmal so far |
guitarded_chuck
04.21.17 | yeah but to be fair if you actually picked the jackets over the pens you deserve to be teased slightly |
Artuma
04.21.17 | "inb4 kings over lightning in the finals"
you can keep on making fun of that as much as you want because it's so relevant |
guitarded_chuck
04.21.17 | its kind of funny dude and not because it was an awful pick at the time just in retrospect
to be fair i think i would have picked tbl as the winners before the season started |
Titan
04.21.17 | haha the kings and lightning wasn't a bad pick prior to the start of the season....crazy game indeed |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.21.17 | I'm starting to fear that the pens will have no trouble getting back to the finals. |
Spluger
04.21.17 | At least the west coast pens (CHI) got swept |
Titan
04.21.17 | Pens are taking it, best team......anything less will be a disappointment for them
as a Ranger fan, I'm hoping to put Montreal away tomorrow night and then would like to believe that they could handle Ottawa.....also hoping the caps advance and play the pens where they beat the hell out of each other and tire them out......wishful thinking because i know we don't 'have it' |
Snake.
04.21.17 | 9 days into the 2017 stanley cup playoffs here's how the red wings can still win it: |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.21.17 | I'd like to see the preds win it all. |
Titan
04.21.17 | at a minimum, they should wear navy blue helmets with those mustard colored jerseys |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.21.17 | Agreed, lol. Way too much mustard there. |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.22.17 | Nazem Kadri is a piece of shit. The way I feel about him is how I imagine non bruins fans feel about Marchand. |
Artuma
04.22.17 | kadri's not one of my favorite players either but he's got nothing on marchand in terms of douchebaggery |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.22.17 | That may be the case, but I've just always hated Kadri. He took a bit of a cheap shot on Ovie earlier. |
Spluger
04.22.17 | 2-0 Ottawa... Bruins are definitely fucked :( |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.22.17 | For sure :( Ottawa is clearly the better team. |
guitarded_chuck
04.22.17 | i like the preds jerseys but yeah the helmets are terribad
if somehow the pens were out and the preds were in it id be on their bandwagon p hard, love pk |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.22.17 | Bruins have been fucked over in two OT's this series. This goalie interference stuff is getting out of hand. |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.22.17 | Sean Kuraly ftw!!! |
Snake.
04.22.17 | don cherry: WHO?!?!?!?!?! |
Artuma
04.22.17 | bruins are shite |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.22.17 | If they were shite they would've been swept this series with all their injuries. |
Artuma
04.22.17 | i'm not really ranking the sens high either when it comes to the cup contenders |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.22.17 | Agreed. I don't see them making it past the second round if they get past the b's. |
Artuma
04.22.17 | same, regardless of who they're facing |
Titan
04.22.17 | so you guys are saying the rangers, should they win tonight, will be in the Eastern Conference Finals again
i like your tone |
Artuma
04.22.17 | "so you guys are saying the rangers, should they win tonight, will be in the Eastern Conference Finals again"
lol nice one
but nah it's gonna be all habs tonight |
Titan
04.22.17 | i picked them too Art, but at this point, we're not losing this series.....i think we put it away tonight but even if we don't, we can certainly handle a game 7 on the road |
Jethro42
04.22.17 | it's gonna be all habs tonight[2] |
Titan
04.22.17 | series should be over already honestly but i get it....it isn't |
Artuma
04.22.17 | in all the games i've seen the habs have looked strong so i still have faith for them. it's not gonna be easy for sure though, especially now that all the pressure is on them |
Jethro42
04.22.17 | As long as the habs are not too afraid to lose, they have chance by their side. |
Artuma
04.22.17 | definitely |
Titan
04.22.17 | Rangers are 1-6 in their last 7 playoff games at the garden |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.22.17 | I said Rangers in 6 but those teams are very evenly matched. |
CaimanJesus
04.23.17 | fuck |
Artuma
04.23.17 | let's go bruins
or something
idk
fuck hockey, i'm gonna go watch some snooker or whatever |
unclereich
04.23.17 | see ya next season time for basketball and baseball |
Titan
04.23.17 | preds blues
ducks oilers
WOW |
demoncleaner
04.23.17 | I am NOT confident about the Caps tonight...at all. |
Artuma
04.23.17 | rags whatever
pens caps probs
i don't even care |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.23.17 | I think the caps will win but it'd be crazy to see that series go 7.
I'm not super confident in the bruins. They're so banged up and beating Ottawa twice in a row seems like a tall task for them. |
DrMaximus
04.23.17 | caps can't close out series, so hopefully leafs can take advantage of that |
Spluger
04.23.17 | I should be used to it by now but I fucking hate how a 3 p.m game on NBC really means 3:30. |
Titan
04.23.17 | agreed, sitting here for 16 minutes now myself......i do enjoy the pregame commentary though |
McNamara
04.23.17 | Praying the B's win today, but just too many injuries to overcome at this point. I hope I'm wrong, but I think crappy ass Ottawa finishes this off today. |
Titan
04.23.17 | I like the B's today at home in an elimination game.....plus, im hoping for 7 games since we face the winner
:D |
Artuma
04.23.17 | the rangers will be favorites in any case in the second round. but yeah, the seventh game would benefit the rags, especially if the sens manage to win it since karlsson isn't in full shape physically and the more he gets stressed the more risky it is |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.23.17 | B's aren't winning shit if they get 3 delay of game calls every period. |
Spluger
04.23.17 | Karlsson had 41 minutes of TOI last game too. I don't know how long you can keep that up for even as one of the best D-men in the league.
Boston has 3 delay of game penalties already in the first period, it's like they're trying to throw this game... |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.23.17 | Sens still have no power play shots though lol |
Artuma
04.23.17 | "Boston has 3 delay of game penalties already in the first period, it's like they're trying to throw this game..."
that ottawa pp though... if you don't score the other team will score |
Crawl
04.23.17 | I love the Sens but this is fucking embarassing. |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.23.17 | Bruins are falling apart. |
Artuma
04.23.17 | i wouldn't call it yet |
Crawl
04.23.17 | Sens score a goal and they play Menzingers right after it. Can't get much better, can it? |
Spluger
04.23.17 | Yeah it can, boston could come back to win it 3-2 in OT. |
Crawl
04.23.17 | But then there would be no Menzos |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.23.17 | I'd take that trade. |
Spluger
04.23.17 | 2-2 in the third... with how this series has gone the next goal wins for sure. |
Artuma
04.23.17 | *daily 'fuck boston' comment* |
unclereich
04.23.17 | Fuck boston |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.23.17 | Idk if I can take another OT. |
Spluger
04.23.17 | God fucking damn it.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CsxArw5VMAAJbc2.jpg
I didn't even expect Boston to make the playoffs this year so I'm glad that we did, but I can't help but wonder what this series would've been like if we weren't missing 3 of our top 6 d-men. |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.23.17 | I don't care if I'm biased. The refs fucked the bruins over every chance they got in that series. |
Crawl
04.23.17 | I'M SO HAPPY. This was a great series and I'm glad I jumped on the Sens bandwagon this playoffs. Karlsson's handshakes with McAvoy and Chara looked pretty damn great. |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.23.17 | @Splurger, same here. |
Crawl
04.23.17 | I don't think the refs fucked the bruins that often, but it is true they fucked them in the clutch moment (game 2 OT). |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.23.17 | They did on the no-goal in game 5 too. But that one obviously didn't hurt as much since the b's won. |
unclereich
04.23.17 | Thank god thats over |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.23.17 | Rangers will handle sens in 6 games max. |
unclereich
04.23.17 | Ottawa in 6 |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.23.17 | Rangers in 5 |
unclereich
04.23.17 | Good luck with that |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.23.17 | Call me bitter but the sens didn't really impress me that series. One shot away from a game 7 even though the b's back end was quite depleted. |
unclereich
04.23.17 | Montreal was a few broken plays away from making it a series against the rangers. Ott and ny will be a great series and in the playoffs there is no carry over from round to round so i could see this going either way but i like ott's toughness more. They remind me of the sharks last year great defenseman carrying the team. |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.23.17 | Don't get me wrong, I think Ottawa is a good team. And of course Karlsson is an amazing talent. I just think the Rangers have a lot more depth up front, and from what I saw Lundvquist was unreal against the habs. I think he'll stay hot against the sens. |
unclereich
04.23.17 | Yea lund is a fucking savage looking forward to the series |
Titan
04.23.17 | Ottawa has played the Rangers very well this season, especially when the Rangers were playing great hockey. Tough series, matchup wise, and there will be quite a few 2-1 games as well as a shutout or two. Lundqvist is indeed peaking and the Rangers are growing their confidence. Series will go at least 6 games, maybe even 7.
I like New York to advance again. |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.23.17 | Good points. On another note, I think both series in the west could be doozies.
|
Titan
04.23.17 | Rinne can end up being that 'hot goalie' that ends up in the finals and i don't see the blues going down without a fight......ducks oilers man, gonna be good |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.24.17 | No doubt |
unclereich
04.24.17 | More overtime wow, i have a feelin the caps got this tho |
Titan
04.24.17 | cmon toronto....give us tuesday night at least! |
unclereich
04.24.17 | Sucks =( i love the leafs bad goal tending there he looked tired |
Titan
04.24.17 | Caps Pens......i can assure you dudes that i will watch every minute of that series |
unclereich
04.24.17 | Same but im not getting my hopes up for a caps win |
Titan
04.24.17 | also, no 7 game series in round 1.......wonder how often that has happened |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.24.17 | Seems like it's been some time since that's happened, Titan. It sucks but I guess all the OT's have sorta made up for it. I feel like I appreciate the NHL playoffs more and more each year. |
unclereich
04.24.17 | I feel like I appreciate the NHL playoffs more and more each year
This. I havent missed a game lol |
Titan
04.24.17 | NHL playoffs have always been my favorite out of every sport
series hype ranked:
1) Pens Caps
2) Oilers Ducks
3) Rangers Sens
4) Preds Blues |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.24.17 | People who are just watching the NBA playoffs have no idea what they're missing out on this time of year. |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.24.17 | Preds blues may not get much hype but I think it could be the best.
Pens in 6
Rangers in 5
Ducks in 7
Preds in 7
I had caps and oilers in conference finals at first but I've adjusted lol. |
Titan
04.24.17 | Pens in 6
Rangers in 7
Ducks in 5
Blues in 7 |
Snake.
04.24.17 | caps in 7
rangers in 4
ducks in 6
blues in 7 |
Titan
04.24.17 | including the final 3 weeks of the regular season, the Caps, Ducks, Blues, and Oilers are all on fire |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.24.17 | I'd like to see the caps finally overtake the pens. Ovie needs to get to a conference final at some point, right? |
Titan
04.24.17 | if the caps lose home ice advantage in the first 2 games, they're done.......pens aren't losing a home game |
unclereich
04.24.17 | Pens in 5 |
Titan
04.24.17 | wow these fucks have the eastern conference game 1's overlapping......so much for me watching every minute of pens caps lol |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.24.17 | Fuck they couldn't just start the second round on Tuesday? |
Ebola
04.24.17 | Caps in 6
Ducks in 7
Rags in 6
Preds in 6 |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.24.17 | If caps win it will take all 7 |
Artuma
04.24.17 | kings over lightning |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.24.17 | Lmao. I could've seen the bolts at the beginning of the year, but the kings? Come on, Art. |
Artuma
04.24.17 | i mean at the beginning it was basically the same team that won the stanley cup in 2014 and the pacific division last year |
Spec
04.24.17 | my bracket was just okay |
Hawks
04.24.17 | Pens in 6
Sens in 7
Ducks in 6
Blues in 7 |
tellah
04.24.17 | rip leafs :'( |
Spec
04.24.17 | fck the pens i hope anybody who cheers for them dies especially hawks |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.24.17 | I just figured the west would be too loaded. Can't remember what I predicted for the finals but I probably would've went with Hawks, sharks, or preds from the west. Maybe stars. |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.24.17 | My bracket looks good except for the hawks. But I had them taking the cup. |
Artuma
04.24.17 | i was optimistic about having someone to root for at this point of the year and once again it all goes to the shitter. i guess i'll just cheer for caps because fuck pens and sens because fuck rangers |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.24.17 | No dude fuck sens. Hopefully rangers rape them |
Snake.
04.24.17 | don't say that |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.24.17 | Ok, hopefully they eliminate them in 5 games. |
Snake.
04.24.17 | better |
Artuma
04.24.17 | i'm too much of a sports bet guy to not take a try on the second round predictions so here we go
caps in 6
rangers in 6
oilers in 7
preds in 7 |
Artuma
04.24.17 | all of these are really difficult to predict damn |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.24.17 | Really tough indeed. Part of me really wanted to take the oilers |
Artuma
04.24.17 | lol i just realized i picked all the teams hawks didn't pick. this just got interesting since i don't wanna be more wrong than he is |
unclereich
04.24.17 | Ducks vs pens? Anyone |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.24.17 | Picking the caps in 6 is a stretch lol |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.24.17 | Might happen Fourth but fuck the pens |
Artuma
04.24.17 | "Picking the caps in 6 is a stretch lol"
i think the pens' easy walk over the jackets is fooling you guys a little |
unclereich
04.24.17 | Fuck the pens agreed they're just my fav to win the cup. I obviously hope they get smashed lol |
Spec
04.24.17 | "No dude fuck sens. Hopefully rangers rape them"
Rangers are gonna get 25 to life |
Spluger
04.24.17 | Caps in 6
Rangers in 7
Ducks in 5
Preds in 6 |
guitarded_chuck
04.24.17 | Rangers in 7
Pens in 4
Ducks in 6
Preds in 7 |
Artuma
04.24.17 | "Pens in 4"
B I A S |
guitarded_chuck
04.24.17 | fck the pens i hope anybody who cheers for them dies especially hawks |
guitarded_chuck
04.24.17 | http://i.imgur.com/Ji9OH1a.gifv |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.24.17 | "i think the pens' easy walk over the jackets is fooling you guys a little"
I mean, the jackets are no slouches. I thought that'd be a tight series, especially with Letang out. The pens were on top of their game. Not to mention they'll be better rested than the caps. |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.24.17 | "i think the pens' easy walk over the jackets is fooling you guys a little"
I mean, the jackets are no slouches. I thought that'd be a tight series, especially with Letang out. The pens were on top of their game. Not to mention they'll be better rested than the caps. |
Artuma
04.24.17 | the jackets are no slouches but neither are the caps, especially now that they can have a revenge from last year. plus, completely different game philosophies between the caps and the jackets, i feel the caps have a ton more potential to get through the pens' lackluster defense |
guitarded_chuck
04.24.17 | people talk about the pens mediocre defense but they were 4th overall in offensive zone time in the season so i mean
coles playing fantastic, olli's playing his best since he came into the league his skating is a lot better, daleys playing well since he came back, dumo and schultz are two of the most underrated dmen in the league, mark streit is casually waiting on deck if needed
the cup is ours guys just admit it |
Artuma
04.24.17 | they are good and fast enough offensively for the pens' coast-to-coast hockey but seriously if you get them defend without the puck their weaknesses become visible. it's not like they're terrible at it but there are really no strong defensive players in the team so i could see the caps using that for their favor |
Crawl
04.24.17 | Now, I will be satisfied when WHATEVER team wins, as long as it's not Pittsburgh. |
Titan
04.25.17 | these days off are a killer |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.27.17 | Damn, Nashville still unbeaten in the playoffs. I gotta say I've always respected Subban. When he was with the habs I felt like I had an obligation to dislike him, but I still respected him. He's a great player and tremendous leader. He plays with the kind of passion that every player should. |
unclereich
04.27.17 | oilers remind me of the cubs two years ago, way ahead of schedule. they are going to be a force for a long time. |
guitarded_chuck
04.27.17 | yeah that was an impressive win in anaheim, they now officially have my attention
nashvilles gonna win though tbh |
DominionMM1
04.27.17 | go sens |
Titan
04.27.17 | LGR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Jethro42
04.27.17 | Can't wait for that series. Go Sens obv. |
unclereich
04.27.17 | Man Phil kessel is fat |
Spluger
04.27.17 | He also beat testicular cancer like a champ |
Source
04.27.17 | I just want a Canadian team to win, even though I'm american. Can't believe it's been decades since a team from Canada won. |
Spluger
04.27.17 | To think that last year there wasn't a single Canadian team in the playoffs to having 4 make it this year is pretty impressive. Toronto & Edmonton will have to really fuck things up to not appear in a final in the next few seasons. |
unclereich
04.28.17 | Ball cancer gave me dad bod. I finally had to sell my kessel maple leafs jersey, broke my heart looking at it. |
Crawl
04.28.17 | Karlsson strikes again. Probably the best defenseman I've ever seen play. |
Artuma
04.28.17 | karlsson might be the most dominant player since gretzky right now
yeah |
Artuma
04.28.17 | "Can't believe it's been decades since a team from Canada won."
'93 habs baby
"To think that last year there wasn't a single Canadian team in the playoffs to having 4 make it this year is pretty impressive."
5, actually
"Toronto & Edmonton will have to really fuck things up to not appear in a final in the next few seasons."
considering it's toronto and edmonton we're talking about, fucking everything up would be no surprise |
guitarded_chuck
04.28.17 | CAPS GONNA CAPS |
Titan
04.28.17 | No one will challenge Pittsburgh, just hand them the damn cup
and fuck you chuck.....share some of the wealth man |
Artuma
04.28.17 | "CAPS GONNA CAPS"
tru |
Trundle
04.30.17 | HOH YA 2ND PICK!
looks like i'm not killing myself next year |
Snake.
04.30.17 | FIRST PICK BITCHES
(flyers can eat my fucking ass tbh) |
tom79
04.30.17 | Pageau, what a beauty. Rooting for the sens and oilers now that the habs are out. |
Titan
04.30.17 | gotta hand it to the guy, amazing game for him |
Hawks
04.30.17 | Did I mention that the Pens are repeating???? |
Artuma
04.30.17 | yeah it looks like no one is gonna beat the pens after all. the preds might have a chance with their best flow but they might not even get to the finals
and pageau wtf |
Artuma
04.30.17 | just watched the recap for pens and caps game and it looked like the caps didn't even care. you can't play like that against the pens, you just fucking can't |
Crawl
04.30.17 | Actually, the Caps looked like the better team tbh. Pens just know how to score.
The Sens game was amazing. |
Artuma
04.30.17 | giving odd man rushes after lazy blue line puck handling does not equal to being a better team imo |
guitarded_chuck
04.30.17 | HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA |
Titan
04.30.17 | i think the only team that can possibly contest them are the cinderella oilers |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.30.17 | I can't believe how far the oilers have come in such a short time. Obviously getting someone like McDavid makes a big difference but still |
Titan
04.30.17 | pure class when the crowd in edmonton sung the entire US national anthem |
SmashIsTheWay94
04.30.17 | Well damn |
guitarded_chuck
05.01.17 | wow that goal by mcd |
Trundle
05.02.17 | pce crosby |
unclereich
05.02.17 | Rip in pce |
Titan
05.02.17 | hope he recovers and misses only one game.....hate to see injuries at this point of the season |
Snake.
05.04.17 | if you listen closely you can hear the sounds of chuck furiously ejaculating all over the city of halifax rn |
unclereich
05.04.17 | caps lost :0 im so shocked |
Artuma
05.04.17 | why so shocked though, i mean it's caps in the playoffs |
unclereich
05.04.17 | sarcasm font |
Artuma
05.04.17 | realized that possibility right after posting my comment. oh well |
unclereich
05.04.17 | lol luv u art |
guitarded_chuck
05.04.17 | dont have our best forward, dont have our best defensemen, dont have our best goalie
pens up 3-1 |
Titan
05.04.17 | Very true chuck, you guys are still very strong and can win the cup without the kid. Malkin has the ability to step up and be THE leader of the team when called upon, as he would be the leader on 28 of the other teams if he was on one of them. You are playing the ultimate choke artists of the NHL though, or should I call them a great 'regular season team' haha.
I hope to see you soon. |
Artuma
05.04.17 | pens and preds in the scf would be pretty awesome hockey and it's starting to look like the most probable scenario so yay!
p.s. fuck pens |
guitarded_chuck
05.04.17 | the hnic panel was saying yesterday that sid had a "good day" yesterday without major headaches or nausea so that's a good sign. regardless they will keep him out as long as possible for his own health i'm sure. i think this team minus sid should be able to get to the finals and that's when we would see him come back |
Titan
05.04.17 | don't count out THE KING!
lol, such a ridiculous nickname for a guy that hasn't won anything in the nhl |
Spluger
05.05.17 | Who's the king? Lundqvist? |
Titan
05.06.17 | i wasn't aware that there were hockey fans that didn't know this......yes sir Spulger, undeservedly so |
Hawks
05.06.17 | Guitarded bro I think Murray is awesome too, but Fleury is the main reason that the Pens are up 3-1. |
Artuma
05.06.17 | fleury has been great but i think the caps outshooting the pens every night is giving the wrong picture. the caps aren't getting good enough shots, they're losing the puck in the wrong places and then, of course, fleury's handling the rest
anyone watching the oilers and ducks game btw? cuz lmao what just happened |
Titan
05.06.17 | cant believe they blew it......oilers are done |
Artuma
05.06.17 | yeah there's no way the oilers get back up from there |
Titan
05.06.17 | Ducks Preds
Rangers Pens
3 teams no one picked.....and yes im saying it, we will defeat the Senators |
Artuma
05.06.17 | sens are just shit rn |
Hawks
05.06.17 | Agreed Art, the Pens are playing some great defense and it's going kinda unnoticed because of how great Fleury looks. Cole, Daley and Maata are blocking a shit ton of shots before they even get to the net. Even people like Malkin, Bonino and Kunitz are getting quality blocks. Caps are desperate, but if Crosby plays tonight I'm guessing it's over because he wants revenge and will play out of his mind even moreso than usual. |
Artuma
05.06.17 | yeah it's just a fact that with a good defense it's pretty easy for a goaltender to look good. not taking anything away from fleury but it's the pens as a collective that are protecting the crease |
Spluger
05.06.17 | @Titan I've def heard him get called King Henrik before, I thought you might've been talking about Ovie for a second but he is obviously "Ovie"... lol.
I haven't had time to watch a single game yet this round :(. |
SmashIsTheWay94
05.07.17 | I haven't been able to watch much this round either, which is a shame because there have clearly been some amazing games. |
unclereich
05.07.17 | please caps just win one more and make it a little interesting :) |
Artuma
05.07.17 | i feel it's gonna be goodbye blues and cinderella oilers tonight |
unclereich
05.07.17 | yea i had the ducks going all the way but the preds look amazing and the oilers were a surprise |
Crawl
05.07.17 | Sens aren't very good but holy shit, I couldn't have chosen a better team for a bandwagon. |
unclereich
05.07.17 | Been a crazy series no doubt |
Artuma
05.07.17 | it's crazy how they've thrown boucher's game philosophy straight to the trash bin in this series |
Titan
05.07.17 | Rangers have now blown 2 goal leads twice in the series as well as giving up the equalizer during panic time in both games.....i like them at home again to push a game 7, but they need to check themselves
situational defense has been abysmal
|
Crawl
05.07.17 | Honestly, Rags need to get rid of Staal and Glass asap. Those two make absolutely no sense when you have players like Buchnevich or Klein in the press box. |
Artuma
05.07.17 | i think glass was good in the last game, staal was an absolute disaster though |
Ebola
05.07.17 | caps PLS |
Crawl
05.07.17 | Glass wasn't as awful as he is usually, that is true. But wtf was he doing on the ice in the last minute and in the OT? Boucher at least played Neil only for 3 minutes. :D |
Titan
05.07.17 | Glass has been excellent which is why he is playing. The Rangers rotate 4 lines which is what their game is. Without it, they don't stand a chance. They tried with Buchnevich which didn't go anywhere. I agree with Staal, he has lost a step and doesn't look like he hustles. I'd swap him for Klein. |
Crawl
05.07.17 | Dude, I guess you could say that Glass "does his job", ie. agitating and drawing stupid penalties (Neil), but he is not excellent as a hockey player. |
Titan
05.07.17 | I never said he is an excellent hockey player. I said that he has been excellent which is why he is playing. He is agitating, hits hard, provides energy and spark (especially at home), and even set up a few nice plays which we didn't expect him to do (4 points in 6 games). He has done his part and is always a positive presence in the locker room.
Keep him in. |
Crawl
05.07.17 | As someone who roots for the Sens, I agree, keep him in. :D
Seriously, though, I can't see the Sens winning at MSG, unless the last game was a big momentum shift (which I doubt). |
Titan
05.07.17 | There is plenty to criticize about the Rangers. Miller, Hayes, Nash, Stepan, and Kreider need to step up. With a list that long, we all know what usually happens. |
Artuma
05.07.17 | nash has been terrific this postseason wtf titan |
Titan
05.07.17 | really? cause last i checked, they pay him to score goals
blahblahblah he's doing everything else though.....they pay him to put the puck in the net |
Artuma
05.07.17 | 3 goals in 11 games is not necessarily underperforming if you ask me, given his form in the last two years or so. you can't expect him to be the league's leading goalscorer anymore although the rags need goals from him |
Titan
05.07.17 | 'although the rags need goals from him'
hence, he needs to 'step up'
Justin Williams, anyone? |
Artuma
05.07.17 | so you're expecting nash is gonna score game-winning goals night after night? it's like the guy doesn't even have a chance to succeed
he has given them a decent amount of goals, this is just his current level and behind the stats his playing has been great imo |
Titan
05.07.17 | no, i'm not expecting him to be a justin williams....that was more or less me thinking abstractly at that given moment
would've been nice for nash to do it once though.....regardless of what kind of player he has become, it's still the reason why he is in there |
Trundle
05.08.17 | Hoh lee tits |
Titan
05.08.17 | anaheim series is crazier than sens rags |
unclereich
05.08.17 | Oilers are just a fun fucking team even tho thet beat my team. |
SmashIsTheWay94
05.08.17 | That's gotta be one of the most unpredictable series of recent memory. Hopefully game 7 is tight but hell someone could win 7-0 who knows |
DrMaximus
05.08.17 | Mcdavid without a point in a 7 goal win lol scrub |
guitarded_chuck
05.08.17 | draisaitls so legit
but yeah the ducks are for sure winning game 7, fun last game for the edmonton home crowd tho |
unclereich
05.09.17 | So the caps just really wanna fuck with my heart and make this 7 games. Its a home game if that means anything though |
DominionMM1
05.10.17 | go sens |
MO
05.10.17 | SENS MOTHERFUCKERS! MY BOYS!! |
Titan
05.10.17 | fuck.....good for Karlsson at least, he deserves it
Vigneault needs to get fired |
unclereich
05.10.17 | hell ya sens now we just need a caps victory! |
DominionMM1
05.10.17 | "Its a home game if that means anything though"
it's the caps so obviously it doesn't |
unclereich
05.10.17 | Hehehe |
Artuma
05.10.17 | "Vigneault needs to get fired"
yeah. actually let's fire all the other forward-thinking coaches too now that we're at it |
Crawl
05.10.17 | Life is great. Now all I need is for Caps to not choke and it's all good. |
unclereich
05.10.17 | thats all? |
Artuma
05.10.17 | an oilers win would totally rock too |
Crawl
05.10.17 | Gotta agree with that, not a fan of Ducks. Sens would be a huge surprise, if they beat whoever wins metro. |
Spluger
05.10.17 | Never thought I'd say it but LETS GO CAPS!!! |
Titan
05.10.17 | 'yeah. actually let's fire all the other forward-thinking coaches too now that we're at it'
haha Art give me a break man
year 1: lost SC Finals
year 2: lost ECF in 7 games at home
year 3: lost in first round albeit to the SC champions
year 4: lost to the worst team they faced in the playoffs in his 4 years here
look familiar? sure does because he had the same trend and did the exact same thing with vancouver which is why they fired him.....gets progressively worse as he goes on.....it's his job to put the pieces in the right place which he did not do |
DominionMM1
05.10.17 | or maybe he's not being given the pieces he needs. i personally didn't think the rangers had enough talent to really compete for a cup this year. |
Titan
05.10.17 | they believed they had the pieces Dom, believe it or not, for their style of play....I somewhat agree with you as we need a top line center that can win faceoffs
However, there were just way too many ups and downs with virtually every aspect of their game over the last 2 seasons.....so inconsistent or 'streaky' as the media likes to say
no good |
Artuma
05.10.17 | i think the rags played much better hockey than last year. as odd it seems like, vigneault is at the top of nhl's development and they also had enough depth in their roster to play his coast-to-coast hockey. i feel they're just lacking the offensive superstar a la crosby or tarasenko who could win the close games |
guitarded_chuck
05.10.17 | yeah they just arent that good
neither are the sens though, they wont make it past game 5 next round
new playoff format is actually retarded |
Titan
05.10.17 | i agree with you art that need a top liner center.....i think they are on par with how strong they are as a team as they were last year, only difference is, this year they went 21-20 at home which we all agree is unacceptable for a playoff team in the final 8
vigneault definitely has some qualities to him, but he also has so many things that he couldn't get these guys to do, leaders no less, to do what they once did......forwards weren't scoring, defense collapsed, goaltending was shaky, stupid penalties repeatedly late in games, blowing games when goalies are pulled, losing at home, etc...they just weren't ready to compete at a high level as a unit - coach takes the grunt of that gentlemen
and chuck is right too, they just weren't that good because of it.....the sens have ONE player to shadow, and they didn't do it (notice how i didn't say 'couldn't' do it, because they could have) |
Artuma
05.10.17 | i agree that they choked against the sens but in the big picture i wouldn't say the season was disappointing for them. i feel you though, it's not wrong for rags fans to have sky high expectations |
unclereich
05.10.17 | cant believe i have to work tonight and miss game 7 |
MyNameIsPencil
05.10.17 | dude same RIP |
Thibs
05.10.17 | king henrik was great at times, but let's face it, he had a few stinkers in the last 2 games. rangers lack an elite scorer and their D is slow, but they played pretty good all around. disappointing they didn't get to the East final given their path was the shity habs then shity sens |
Artuma
05.10.17 | "cant believe i have to work tonight and miss game 7"
can't believe i have to work tomorrow and miss game 7 cuz it starts at 2:30am |
Crawl
05.10.17 | Y'all are shitting on Sens but they're not in the ECF by accident. Granted, they're not as good on paper as Caps or Pens, but it's a damn resilient group of guys. You might also forget their depth on offense, not unlike the rangers. Pageau has been in a beast mode, Turris is finally becoming the player he was expected to be in the draft, Brassard shows up in the playoffs as he usually does... It would be a surprise if they slay whoever wins Metro, but they absolutely deserve to be in the ECF. |
Artuma
05.10.17 | the sens have been solid throughout the season but come on they were pretty bad in the rags series |
Titan
05.10.17 | if giving up more goals than they scored in the regular season is solid, then yes, you are correct......only team to make the playoffs to have done so |
Artuma
05.10.17 | goal differences don't mean shit, only the wins count |
unclereich
05.10.17 | here's how the kings can still win it all |
Crawl
05.10.17 | Yes Titan, that is a bad statistic. But it is not a stat by which you can assess the team at all.
And true Art, they didn't play well in games 3, 4 and 2. But throughout the whole series, they looked like they wanted to advance much more than the Rags did. The OT losses can be credited to the Rags choking, but they also say a lot about the Sens' resiliency. |
DrMaximus
05.10.17 | don't forget the groundbreaking performance by chris neil |
Titan
05.10.17 | I agree Crawl, just sayin
And I don't think the rangers choked at all.....they just aren't that good.....i knew all season long that we were probably a second round knockout at best.....you know when your boys are good and when they aren't |
DominionMM1
05.10.17 | "goal differences don't mean shit, only the wins count"
goal differential is a useful tool when trying to predict future success |
unclereich
05.11.17 | Fucking pens man not even a close game |
Titan
05.11.17 | i'll take pittsburgh in 4 |
SmashIsTheWay94
05.11.17 | Shitsburgh in 5 |
Artuma
05.11.17 | "goal differential is a useful tool when trying to predict future success"
no it's not, if you're using it to predict anything you need to go hell of a lot deeper behind it. it's much more accurate to analyze the corsi stats imo |
Snake.
05.11.17 | time to play a game of how long it takes for ovechkin to waive his no movement clause |
SmashIsTheWay94
05.11.17 | Preds in 6 |
Artuma
05.11.17 | smashistheway94's predictions [2] |
guitarded_chuck
05.11.17 | H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A
mfw the pens at like 60% power are the best team in the nhl |
MO
05.11.17 | I still think they will win it all
but I need my Sens to take it! |
Artuma
05.11.17 | preds are the strongest cup contender in my books but yeah, it's just unbelievable how well the pens have managed to survive without some of their key players. sullivan and his team have done a hell of a job |
MO
05.11.17 | "the sens have been solid throughout the season but come on they were pretty bad in the rags series"
still beat the better team. it's no accident |
guitarded_chuck
05.11.17 | yeah tbh would not be surprised at all if the west winner wins this year, both teams are healthier, both have great goaltending, good defense, actually yeah thats probably what is going to happen |
SmashIsTheWay94
05.11.17 | I've probably said it before but I'd love to see the preds take the cup. But really I just hope someone in the west does |
Artuma
05.11.17 | rooting for the preds too now |
guitarded_chuck
05.11.17 | if the caps won i would have been on the sens bandwagon pretty hard even though i like the preds too, ek65 is just trying so hard rn and the andie story combined with his play right now is pretty special |
SmashIsTheWay94
05.11.17 | Yeah I don't think andie's gotten enough credit for helping his team get this far after what he's been through. Great story for sure |
DominionMM1
05.11.17 | "no it's not, if you're using it to predict anything you need to go hell of a lot deeper behind it. it's much more accurate to analyze the corsi stats imo"
it is actually. for example, the last 20 cup winners have all been top 10 in regular season goal differential. notice i said it's A useful tool, not the be all end all stat to go by. |
Hawks
05.11.17 | HAHAHAHAHA FUCK YOU OVIE, FUCK YOU OSHIE, FUCK YOU NISKANEN AND FUCK YOU TROTZ LETS GO PENS |
Artuma
05.11.17 | "it is actually. for example, the last 20 cup winners have all been top 10 in regular season goal differential. notice i said it's A useful tool, not the be all end all stat to go by."
of course cup winning teams will almost always have good goal differentials. it's just that the goal differential is essentially just a result of a number of individual things highly dependent on the prevalent situation within the game, giving an impression that the team is better/worse than their actual level of play is. imo, cup-winning teams are generally characterized by their ability to win close games and that's where goal differential is simply an insignificant record. i'm not saying the sens are my number one candidate for stanley cup but this is exactly where they have stood out this season. it doesn't matter if you win the game 7-2 or 1-0, actually winning 1-0 is in my books often even more of a statement than winning 7-2. |
Titan
05.11.17 | yeah but you've already proved that your opinion is crappy
:DDDDD |
Artuma
05.11.17 | good argument tbh |
frozencarl
05.11.17 | bless DC sports for never failing to disappoint :^) |
DominionMM1
05.11.17 | mo, cup-winning teams are generally characterized by their ability to win close games and that's where goal differential is simply an insignificant record. i'm not saying the sens are my number one candidate for stanley cup but this is exactly where they have stood out this season. it doesn't matter if you win the game 7-2 or 1-0, actually winning 1-0 is in my books often even more of a statement than winning 7-2."
you're entitled to your opinion but when a team is constantly winning close games it means that team is probably getting a lot of breaks and bounces (hockey is a pretty random sport) and that kind of thing simply isn't sustainable. Or it means your goalie is playing out of his mind.
'93 canadiens anyone?
|
Artuma
05.11.17 | "you're entitled to your opinion but when a team is constantly winning close games it means that team is probably getting a lot of breaks and bounces (hockey is a pretty random sport) and that kind of thing simply isn't sustainable. Or it means your goalie is playing out of his mind."
that's possible in individual games but in the long run there are big reasons why those games end up being won by certain teams, regarding the stability in individual players' performances, tactical nuances, adaptability to different scenarios, mental strength, etc. luck has its part in this too, for sure. |
DominionMM1
05.11.17 | but you're not going to find certain teams consistently winning super close games in the long run (although I guess that depends on how you define it) |
Artuma
05.11.17 | most playoff games are close ones though |
DominionMM1
05.11.17 | oh of course and when a team is constantly winning them over the a single postseason it's super cool. I mean the '93 habs won like 11 playoff ot games in a row but it's not like they were able to do that year in and year out. same thing with the '03 ducks. |
Artuma
05.11.17 | each playoff run is a different story, even with basically the same roster because there are so many things that affect on it. it's not that black and white which makes this game so great |
Mister Twister
05.11.17 | refs buttfucked the Oilers, and I'm not even an Oilers fan
should have been over in 5, two blatant goaltender interference goals weren't overturned |
Spluger
05.12.17 | I hope Jimmy Vesey feels like an idiot watching Nashville in the conference finals. Hell I almost hope they win it just to stick it to em. |
Titan
05.12.17 | yeah, shame on him for wanting to come to New York City instead of Nashville Tennessee |
Spluger
05.12.17 | lol I can't blame him, I just find it shitty that a team can draft a kid and just because he goes to college he has a way to opt out of signing with them. |
Titan
05.12.17 | i will agree with you there....these bastards should never have a choice |
MyNameIsPencil
05.13.17 | it's going to be neat seeing the new Oilers dynasty in a few years |
unclereich
05.14.17 | if youre not rooting for Ottawa you're probably gay |
Artuma
05.14.17 | and probably really dig the latest rise against single
anyway, go sens go! |
SmashIsTheWay94
05.15.17 | Ducks sure know how to come back. Honestly thought they were fucked when it was 2-0 |
Artuma
05.23.17 | i'm just so happy for the preds now |
SmashIsTheWay94
05.23.17 | Same here tbh |
guitarded_chuck
05.23.17 | the 16th seed getting to the final to probably play the defending champs is the dopest shit, this has been a great postseason |
Spluger
05.23.17 | My father picked a good season to hop on the Nashville bandwagon lol |
Artuma
05.24.17 | the regular season was anything but a festival for them though
also let's go sens lmao |
guitarded_chuck
05.24.17 | how long ago in this thread did i call the preds cup win i think it was round 1 im like positive itll happen now
go pens tho |
Artuma
05.24.17 | i only recall you calling the pens cup win |
guitarded_chuck
05.24.17 | http://i.imgur.com/JBZYolk.png
not the first round but after the preds first win in the 2nd round
bonus solid prediction:
http://i.imgur.com/FtCWBF3.png |
Crawl
05.24.17 | Pens were always expected to run over the Sens, but dammit, if Ottawa wants to pull off a miracle, they need to step up their game. Andy's not gonna steal the game 7. |
guitarded_chuck
05.25.17 | boys im scared |
Artuma
05.25.17 | good |
guitarded_chuck
05.25.17 | lol |
MO
05.25.17 | "Pens were always expected to run over the Sens, but dammit, if Ottawa wants to pull off a miracle, they need to step up their game. Andy's not gonna steal the game 7."
exactly. we just need to play less chippy hockey, clear the zone, dump and chase and win battles on the boards. we also need to get the PP going, it's been dog shit. pittsburghs the better team, but we can eke one out |
DominionMM1
05.25.17 | hope so
sens-preds scf would be a ratings nightmare for the nhl which would be great |
Artuma
05.25.17 | all the sens can do is just to play their own game, which is basically just to defend 90% of the time. it still doesn't guarantee they win it but that's only way i can see them having a chance |
johnnyblaze
05.25.17 | what mo said. we need to get in their zone and battle for this shit. the lack of forechecking i've seen these past couple games is pathetic. |
Crawl
05.25.17 | Remember, their coach is Boucher. Remember what he did while he was in Tampa against Philly a few years ago? |
guitarded_chuck
05.25.17 | yeah they arent battling anything theyre playing the 1-3-1 all game and hoping and praying they somehow get a goal
gonna be a fucking snoozefest, im excited for this series to be over |
Hawks
05.25.17 | I give the Sens a lot of credit they're a tough ass team man. Pens are taking this one 4-2 though, book it. |
Artuma
05.25.17 | it'll be either a very low-score game which can go either way or a total blowout for the pens |
Crawl
05.25.17 | Anything can happen. It's unlikely that the Sens are gonna win, but it is possible. |
unclereich
05.25.17 | Sens will break our hearts like the caps did last round. Then the preds will too |
Crawl
05.25.17 | Please, let's not make it happen. GO SENS |
DominionMM1
05.26.17 | sens hangin in there. nice to see. |
Satellite
05.26.17 | pens fans cry for a fucking penalty every time one of their players is touched. their captain has taught them well. |
guitarded_chuck
05.26.17 | GOOD ONE HAHAHAHHAHA |
Satellite
05.26.17 | welp, go preds i guess. |
Artuma
05.26.17 | preds in 5 because bias but also because dat defense |
Hawks
05.26.17 | Sat you gotta be kidding me lol.
Pens in 6. |
Artuma
05.26.17 | preds also have better goaltending but the pens have an edge in offense and coaching so pfff it's actually gonna be a close battle
seriously though this series is gonna be some classic tier awesomeness |
Spluger
05.26.17 | Preds in 6 baby. Pissed I fell asleep before the 2nd OT last night. |
guitarded_chuck
05.26.17 | "preds also have better goaltending"
its honestly debatable which no one will agree with me but just watch, murray is the real fucking deal and hes only getting better
man i am so pleased right now, and yeah even from a pure hockey POV this series is going to be so fun to watch, the preds have been one of my favorite teams for a few years now and now theyve added PK, forsberg is an emerging superstar, i love ryan ellis' game, it's going to be excellent |
Artuma
05.26.17 | "its honestly debatable which no one will agree with me but just watch, murray is the real fucking deal and hes only getting better"
pekka's stick handling though |
Satellite
05.26.17 | preds in 6
gonna be the most yellow scf of alltime
pk wins the conn smythe and everyone laughs at the habs |
Satellite
05.26.17 | "Sat you gotta be kidding me lol."
wings fan yo. my sole rooting interest in this year's playoffs is hoping the teams i hate lose. i sorta know what it's like to be a leafs fan now, except there's footage of my team winning the cup that's not in black and white. |
guitarded_chuck
05.26.17 | i kind of felt like wings and pens fans had a lot of mutual respect at this point given those back-to-back finals battles back in the day i dunno
jealousy is a bitch i guess =)
miss those days though they were fun, the team we had with hossa + staal etc was my favorite on paper though it was obviously short lived
ps you know who kind of reminds me of hossa, mark stone |
Satellite
05.26.17 | hate and respect aren't mutually exclusive.
and indeed those were fun days.
i'll never forgive holland for signing franzen to an extension over hossa. hindsight is 20/20 and all, but that was a moronic decision. |
Artuma
05.26.17 | "except there's footage of my team winning the cup that's not in black and white."
and with a large number of different editions of that. leafs have been such a joke i haven't felt any need to hate them but this current rebuild is looking scary good |
Titan
05.26.17 | i tip my hat to ottawa, helluva push man
but now, the pain lingers on for weeks |
Spec
05.26.17 | Andersons reactionnafter that OT goal broke my heart. |
Satellite
05.26.17 | erik karlsson is the best overall player in the nhl right now. this generation's lidstrom, and i don't say that lightly. |
Titan
05.26.17 | great player, but no |
Satellite
05.26.17 | it's a hot take, i know. but no other player is as valuable to his team. take crosby off the pens and they're still pretty damn good. the sens w/o karlsson are almost certainly not even a playoff team. |
Spec
05.26.17 | Karlsson is best captain in the league rn. |
Spec
05.26.17 | Double post so I'll say preds in six.
Was really hoping I wouldn't have to hear that fucking airhorn again but alas the pens won. |
Satellite
05.26.17 | old but still relevant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mdoX3uWd3I |
Spec
05.26.17 | I'd recommend not using to NBC stream so you don't have to hear furious masturbation in the background. |
Artuma
05.27.17 | "it's a hot take, i know. but no other player is as valuable to his team. take crosby off the pens and they're still pretty damn good. the sens w/o karlsson are almost certainly not even a playoff team."
agreed |
guitarded_chuck
05.27.17 | connor mcdavid
karlsson was fantastic but you can give huge credit to three other things for the sens run
craig anderson
boucher's 1-3-1
the new playoff format |
guitarded_chuck
05.27.17 | "erik karlsson is the best overall player in the nhl right now. "
yeah no
Crosby might be the best player all time after Gretzky Mario Howe Orr and he's still in his prime |
Artuma
05.27.17 | considering this postseason, i don't think there's any contest on who has been the most dominant player and that's karlsson |
guitarded_chuck
05.28.17 | thats for sure not nearly enough to declare him better than Sidney fucking Crosby as best player in the world, sorry, my sincere condolences |
unclereich
05.28.17 | A karlsson lidstrom comparison yikes |
Artuma
05.28.17 | "thats for sure not nearly enough to declare him better than Sidney fucking Crosby as best player in the world"
crosby has had a lot of injuries that are affecting on his current play. and yeah he's still one of the best players out there but when looking solely at the performance of this postseason (because we're talking about "right now" not the whole fucking career alright?) karlsson is not even the only one who has outperformed him |
guitarded_chuck
05.28.17 | he had two slowish games after coming back. he and malkin both have been excellent the past number of games
are you even watching the hockey games
but anyway anyone around the game with any knowledge and sensibility says crosby is the best player in the world and tbh that isn't the first completely off statement you've made itt arty
lets all just relax and enjoy watching him lead the pens to the first btb cups of the cap era shall we, this is sports history |
Artuma
05.28.17 | "he and malkin both have been excellent the past number of games"
i never made an argument against that claim. and yeah of course crosby is the best in the game when it comes to the big picture |
Titan
05.28.17 | Crosby is hands down the best player in the game, but those concussions are of heightened concern. Hopefully he still has 10 years left.
As for these finals, cant believe im saying it, but my gut tells me nashville is taking it. Everything is peaking for them at the right time. |
DominionMM1
05.30.17 | "Crosby might be the best player all time after Gretzky Mario Howe Orr and he's still in his prime"
lofuckingl |
guitarded_chuck
05.30.17 | 5 goals on 10 shots lol nice mvp nashville
jake conn smythe guentzel strikes again out of nowhere |
Artuma
05.30.17 | why the fuck would they make every game start at fucking 3am thanks a lot nhl |
DominionMM1
05.30.17 | they're definitely making a huge mistake not catering to the finnish tv market |
DrMaximus
05.30.17 | Because over here it aint 3am |
Ebola
05.30.17 | wait did Pittsburgh only have 11 shots the entire game?? |
Hawks
05.30.17 | 5 goals on 12 shots I fucking love it hahaha. Oh yeah....
Pens repeating. [73717284828] |
Hawks
05.30.17 | And also yeah Crosby is hands down the best player in the world, not even a debate really. He'll go down top 3-5 all time when he's done. |
Artuma
05.30.17 | "they're definitely making a huge mistake not catering to the finnish tv market"
they really are. seriously though if that means i need to get up at 3am to watch the best hockey in the world then so be it, goodbye sleep |
DominionMM1
05.30.17 | "He'll go down top 3-5 all time when he's done."
needs a few more hart, smythe, and/or art ross trophies to get to that rarified air |
guitarded_chuck
05.30.17 | thats some dedication there, ill stop complaining about the 9pm starts where im at |
Crawl
05.30.17 | I do believe that Karlsson is a more dominant player than Crosby, though I'm not sure if it is fair to compare them. Crosby has definitely been the best when you look at the last decade and that's the thing, he's consistently one of the best players. |
Artuma
05.30.17 | the thing is though, this year karlsson was dominant not only offensively but defensively too. the lack of defense honestly made him almost more of a liability than an asset in the past years |
Titan
05.30.17 | Crosby is THE best player in the world. There are other great players as well, but none like Crosby who has made average forwards great players. This is where the difference lies.
Crosby makes his entire team better, and that, Karlsson does not do. |
Titan
05.30.17 | I will take a five tool top line center over a stud defensemen every day of the week.....not even a debate |
guitarded_chuck
05.30.17 | either you just know that sid is the best in the world or you're either a) out of touch b) a hater
judging by crawls posts he for sure falls into category b)
rather than even bothering to actually form a counter argument (which is unnecessary, sid as best player is self-evident) ill just be over here taking this b2b in |
Titan
05.30.17 | and there's malkin hangin out in the shade......could very well be the 2nd best player in the league
fuck you chuck/pittsburgh
amazing |
Artuma
05.30.17 | "There are other great players as well, but none like Crosby who has made average forwards great players."
true, mcdavid is definitely on his way there though. however, the recent wave of 'average forwards' turned into great players on crosby's side like rust, sheary, guentzel, you name it... i'll give just as much credit to sullivan as to crosby for that |
guitarded_chuck
05.30.17 | that's part of it also credit to the scouting staff and team management for finding them and letting them take as much time as needed to prepare for the top level respectively
those 3 guys are all legit though. jake and sheary are legit top 6 on most teams, rusty is an ideal 3rd line energy guy but hes got skill and instinct too. i copped a rust t-shirt last year after he came through in the clutch like every time, hes my boy |
Crawl
05.30.17 | I wouldn't say my post is influenced by the fact that I don't like Crosby. I acknowledge him as the best player of his generation. What I'm saying is that he is not the best all the time. Sometimes he is the best, sometimes he is among the three best players. It's not like he completely dominates every single season like Gretzky did, though.
And Titan,
"Crosby makes his entire team better, and that, Karlsson does not do.".
let's agree to disagree here, because I think that that is exactly what Karlsson does. |
Titan
05.31.17 | cmon Crawl dude, cut it out
we all watch Crosby make ridiculous scoring chances out of what seems like nothing......you know, the shit gretzky did all the time, and lemieux too for that matter
i think some of you guys are a little too young to remember those days......crosby emulates it, just not quite as good |
guitarded_chuck
05.31.17 | there's no question he isn't best player all time, i thought we were debating ek vs sid
anyway super excited for the game tonight, last game was weird but still highly entertaining |
Artuma
05.31.17 | "i think some of you guys are a little too young to remember those days"
ah, the good old 'i've been here longer than you' card |
guitarded_chuck
05.31.17 | ah the old "time spent never has any correlation to knowledge of a thing" card |
Titan
05.31.17 | wasn't where i was going with it Art, but take it as you will |
Artuma
05.31.17 | "ah the old "time spent never has any correlation to knowledge of a thing" card"
knowledge of what? that gretzky and mario were more offensively dominant than crosby? like no shit dude, you can prove it just by looking into the stats |
guitarded_chuck
05.31.17 | just yankin yr chain mate sry |
JWT155
05.31.17 | Bandwagon Pens fans crack me up, everyone in ym office who has had season tickets all season and touted how hardcore a fan they are are ditching their season tickets and selling them for game 2 lol |
Titan
05.31.17 | 'like no shit dude, you can prove it just by looking into the stats'
exactly my point lol....they really were so much better than their stats indicate.....constantly creating something out of nothing that doesn't show up on the stat sheets....Sid does it too |
guitarded_chuck
05.31.17 | important to state that during gretzkys time there was nearly 3 more gpg, also no salary cap
no i am not saying sid is better than gretz, just meaning you cant just compare stats apples to apples |
Artuma
05.31.17 | "constantly creating something out of nothing that doesn't show up on the stat sheets....Sid does it too"
and what's the end result of that 'creating something out of nothing'? that's right, goals, which do show up on the stats. i can see your point but really you can quite easily measure the greatness of those kinda players by looking at their point totals (it's not that black and white but basically you know) |
DominionMM1
05.31.17 | nope it's only crosby who can do that. he creates pretty much every goal his team scores. even the ones scored when he's not actually on the ice. |
Titan
05.31.17 | I've always wondered if Lemieux had all the pieces and treatment that Gretzky had, would he be considered the better player? You couldn't even touch Gretzky as the refs were always babying him, and his opponents respected it. He always had room. That Edmonton team was an all star team whereas Lemiex's teams were not. Lemieux banged around, played more D than Gretz, and was pretty much just as potent offensively. They were surely equals in the clubhouse from a leadership standpoint.
Jagr - Lemieux - Stevens
best line ever |
guitarded_chuck
05.31.17 | i think gretzky's pure hockey instincts are untouchable but an argument can be made that mario was better overall
gretzky's #1 imo though |
Artuma
05.31.17 | "important to state that during gretzkys time there was nearly 3 more gpg, also no salary cap"
yeah obviously the goalies were much worse back then but purely from the standpoint of how dominant they were, crosby's not nearly that level even though technically he might be even better and more diverse (but that's a different story). the game evolves, coaching evolves, players evolve... the reason why gretzky and mario scored those massive point totals was that they were just so much ahead of the defensive play back then, which brings it back to my statement: they were more offensively dominant than crosby |
guitarded_chuck
05.31.17 | the playstyles of the three of them are so different that its hard to compare, on top of the different time periods played thing
by the way it's not just goalie skill, it's goalie equipment, player size and athletic ability, player defensive skill and effort, coaching style change putting team defense first almost always, etc. it's a completely different game even in the time i've been watching it (mid 90s) |
Titan
05.31.17 | the game was so much looser back then on so many levels.....there were a lot of players that put up big numbers.....you put crosby back in that era and i bet he has 150+ each year |
guitarded_chuck
05.31.17 | yeah i was going to say how much noticeably less room there is out there even since sid started his career. he's more of a two-way player now and more focus on goal scoring which would both lower his point total given equal ability and skill but still the difference between his 120 point season in '06 and the fact there was only two 100 point scorers the past 3 years says a lot |
DominionMM1
05.31.17 | "That Edmonton team was an all star team whereas Lemiex's teams were not."
yeah it's not like ron francis, bryan trottier, and paul coffey are hall of famers or anything. then there was that other guy jarome jags or something like that. man he really was a bum out there. |
guitarded_chuck
05.31.17 | the pens were stacked for a few seasons when mario was in his prime but it was no where near the level that edmonton was stacked during the peak of their dynasty dude come on lmao |
DominionMM1
05.31.17 | think you're overrating that edmonton roster just a bit
aside from that, those early 90's pens teams had the greatest coach of all time |
guitarded_chuck
05.31.17 | to say they were more stacked than the early 90s pens? no, that is basically a fact tbh |
DominionMM1
05.31.17 | debatable really. I think you're forgetting how good those early 90s pens teams were. three hof forwards, 2 hof defenseman, the goat coach, plus legit above average players like kevin stevens and ulf samuellson.
oh and vezina winner tom barrasso minding the net |
guitarded_chuck
05.31.17 | the top 10 greatest teams just happened to have been voted on by fans recently and are the list is getting released over the first 4 games of the finals so we'll let that settle the debate i guess
so far it's:
10: 01-02 Red Wings
9: 83-84 Oilers
8: 77-78 Canadiens |
Crawl
05.31.17 | Not that I witnessed it, but NHL ranked one of the 90s SC winning Pittsburgh teams as the best. |
DominionMM1
05.31.17 | fans? if any of the recent cup-winning blackhawks teams show up on that list it's completely invalid |
guitarded_chuck
05.31.17 | the 2010 hawks were the best team on paper since the cap era / end of the wings dynasty imo |
DominionMM1
05.31.17 | yeah but on paper the '02 wings are the goat |
JWT155
05.31.17 | Don't forget a young Mark Recchi on the 91-2 Pens team as well. They were loaded. |
Crawl
05.31.17 | Lemieux, Jagr, Recchi, Mullen, Larry Murphy, Francis, Stevens... |
JWT155
05.31.17 | Barrasso, Coffey, Errey, Tocchet, Trottier, Borque, Sameulsson... |
Crawl
05.31.17 | Oh boy. I'd say it very well may be better than 02 Wings. |
Titan
05.31.17 | gretzky, messier, kurri, lowe, anderson, huddy, dryden, coffey IN HIS PRIME, steve smith, tikkanen, mactavish......oh yeah and 2 time vezina winner grant fuhr
damn, overrated for sure.....so much that they won a cup after the greatest player of all time was traded to la.....so much that a handful of those players then came to NY and won a cup there after 54 years
STACKED |
JWT155
05.31.17 | Eh, Pens are top heavy and great throughout, but that Red Wings team: Shanahan, Federov, Hull, Lidstrom, Robataille, Yzerman, Chelios, Datsyuk, Draper, Holmstrom, Maltby, Duchesne, Avery, Hasek... |
Titan
05.31.17 | and dominion dude did you really bring up trottier during his pit years? haha, good one |
guitarded_chuck
05.31.17 | taking one from each team id go prime dynasty oilers, early 00s wings, early 90s pens, dynasty isles in order
beyond the 80s i dont know enough about the teams to judge and compare |
DominionMM1
05.31.17 | veteran experience man. he was mostly playing a checking role at that point but he was good at it. not like he was some scrub. |
DominionMM1
05.31.17 | "damn, overrated for sure"
never said that. simply pointing out the ridiculousness of saying gretzky had way more help than lemieux
"so much that a handful of those players then came to NY and won a cup there after 54 years"
yep and guys like leetch, kovalev, zubov, and richter played no part in that whatsoever |
Titan
05.31.17 | and believe me, no one has been a bigger thorn in my side than the pens of the early 90's, they knocked out my presidents trophy rangers in 92....no one needs to remind me how good they were.....oilers were another level though.....5 cups in 7 years |
Titan
05.31.17 | 'simply pointing out the ridiculousness of saying gretzky had way more help than lemieux'
7 HOF's haha and another handful of all stars.....yes, ridiculous....and hey if lemieux had as much help, he'd have 4 cups too
'yep and guys like leetch, kovalev, zubov, and richter played no part in that whatsoever'
yeah you're right dom, i forgot, it only takes 4 or 5 guys to win a cup......you really are firing on all cylindars
most ignorant comments you ever posted honestly |
Crawl
05.31.17 | Avery ugh |
DominionMM1
05.31.17 | "and hey if lemieux could stay healthy he'd have 4 cups too"
Fixed that for ya dude |
DominionMM1
05.31.17 | "yeah you're right dom, i forgot, it only takes 4 or 5 guys to win a cup."
no just messier and his merry band of oilers |
Artuma
05.31.17 | "Avery"
yeah no wonder they were so op |
JWT155
05.31.17 | Avery may be the most hated player ever in the NHL |
Titan
05.31.17 | haha let's dumb it down for you dominion
what part of the oilers winning a cup without gretzky don't you understand.....i mean, we are talking about gretzky's support here, right?
'Fixed that for ya dude'
yep, he put up 160 or more points twice after their 2 cups and 120 in another
'no just messier and his merry band of oilers'
hence, the MESSIAH (6 cups, anyone?) in New York.....spot on bruh |
DominionMM1
05.31.17 | "what part of the oilers winning a cup without gretzky don't you understand"
the part where it proves that those 80s oilers teams were that much better than the pens of the early 90s.
"yep, he put up 160 or more points twice after their 2 cups and 120 in another"
uh huh. he also sat out an entire season and retired at 31 due to chronic injury. obviously it's hyperbole saying he would've had more rings if he had been able to stay healthy, but so is saying he'd have more had he taken gretzky's place in edmonton |
Titan
05.31.17 | my 'dumb it down' comment was uncalled for.....i apologize |
JWT155
05.31.17 | now kith |
SmashIsTheWay94
06.01.17 | That Aberg guy just made Matta his bitch. Let's go preds! |
Artuma
06.01.17 | so it's fuckinng 4am and here we are. let's go preds! |
ShadowRemains
06.01.17 | "Avery may be the most hated player ever in the NHL"
a lot of players are pricks on the ice and really decent people off, him not so much |
guitarded_chuck
06.01.17 | hes hilarious though lets be real |
Titan
06.01.17 | he tormented the shit out of brodeur |
guitarded_chuck
06.01.17 | this nashville defense is so op |
SmashIsTheWay94
06.01.17 | Fuck the pens seriously |
Artuma
06.01.17 | nashville just gave it away like wtf |
DominionMM1
06.01.17 | damn man malkin is wrecking it. still sure he's not the best player on his team? |
guitarded_chuck
06.01.17 | no jake guentzel is |
Artuma
06.01.17 | damn man preds are just letting malkin wreck it
you can't play that irresponsibly in scf, never fucking ever |
SmashIsTheWay94
06.01.17 | Nashville has been the better for a lot of this series but you just can't have that many breakdowns against the pens.
Not to mention Rinne hasn't really shown up yet |
JWT155
06.01.17 | Preds lol |
Artuma
06.01.17 | i wouldn't blame rinne for this game but yeah murray has definitely beaten him in general which is unforgivable |
JWT155
06.01.17 | Good teams only need an inch and they'll jump on it. |
JWT155
06.01.17 | Preds have outplayed the Pens, but the Pens have weathered the storm and shown they're the more veteran and prepared team. |
SmashIsTheWay94
06.01.17 | It's definitely not all on Rinne but yeah you'd think goaltending would be a clear advantage for the preds.
I still have hope that they can take the next two at home. |
hikingmetalpunk
06.01.17 | wisconsin needs a nhl team |
guitarded_chuck
06.01.17 | i told you murray was better
when are you guys gonna start listening to me |
guitarded_chuck
06.01.17 | "Preds have outplayed the Pens, but the Pens have weathered the storm and shown they're the more veteran and prepared team."
lol mm sorry they outplayed them last game but aside from the 2nd half of the first they got rekt
you don't outplay a team and lose 4-1 |
JWT155
06.01.17 | I mean, my comment was partially into period 2 so i don't take it back at all |
guitarded_chuck
06.01.17 | oh my bad then |
JWT155
06.01.17 | It's all good my man |
Artuma
06.01.17 | third period was just pure pain to watch, especially after those three goals |
Satellite
06.04.17 | lol pens |
sempiturtle
06.04.17 | fuck yeah fuck the pens. |
Artuma
06.04.17 | i fell asleep after the first period but nice |
Crawl
06.04.17 | Game 4 is gonna be so damn important. |
Satellite
06.04.17 | preds in 6 |
Artuma
06.04.17 | [2] |
SmashIsTheWay94
06.04.17 | If the preds reel off 4 straight I might just cry tears of joy. And they're capable of it |
Satellite
06.06.17 | lol pens, pt 2 |
MO
06.06.17 | hoped on the preds bandwagon after the pens beat my sens damnit |
DominionMM1
06.06.17 | wouldn't be surprised to see the preds win in 6 |
Artuma
06.06.17 | MUUUUURRAAAAAAAY |
Satellite
06.06.17 | "i told you murray was better"
"you don't outplay a team and lose 4-1"
lol
preds in 6 |
DominionMM1
06.06.17 | at some point you gotta think that the pens are gonna actually outplay the preds right? |
Satellite
06.06.17 | you'd think so, yeah. my gut tells me rinne will be the difference when all is said and done. |
guitarded_chuck
06.06.17 | "lol"
? |
Snake.
06.09.17 | pReDs iN sIx |
Spec
06.09.17 | This game is bullshit. |
Artuma
06.09.17 | how could they have such a total off game now? unforgivable. the pens were actually great for the first ten minutes or so and that was enough, after that it has gone this way just because the preds pretty much gave up |
Intothepit
06.09.17 | HAHAHAHA this thread is hilarious |
Intothepit
06.09.17 | "how could they have such a total off game now? unforgivable. the pens were actually great for the first ten minutes or so and that was enough, after that it has gone this way just because the preds pretty much gave up"
That kind of shit comes with leadership. Who in the hell would you consider the Preds leader(s) to be? It's wonderful that Subban is an emotional leader, but he's such a loose cannon. |
Artuma
06.09.17 | well, ekholm has shown a lot of leadership by example but it's obviously not comparable to crosby by any means. this kinda blowout could never happen to the pens |
Intothepit
06.09.17 | Well, by example isn't necessarily enough. While Nashville has dominated this series despite being down 3-2 (well, and tonight of course), the reason they are down 3-2 is because of costly errors and undisciplined play. This team flies around the ice looking for big hits constantly rather than playing the puck. I saw the same thing tonight. And then this bullshit towards the end of the game basically solidifies my theory that they are young and undisciplined. |
Artuma
06.09.17 | true, they've had those throughout the season and that's costing them the cup right now. however, at their best they've also shown to be a better team than the pens and of course, the home fans are a huge asset. then again, there's a large possibility that they go way over the top in game 6, take dumb penalties, focus too much on the emotional side and make not-so-well-thought-out plays. the pens have the edge but it's not over yet |
guitarded_chuck
06.09.17 | they're straight up intimidated
they get a boost in front of their own crowd but they collapse in pittsburgh and unfortunately for them pens have home ice this series
i think it's over on sunday anyway though |
Hawks
06.09.17 | Preds in 6 lmao it's over on Sunday.
Pens repeating. [8438184828181] |
Artuma
06.09.17 | with a better preparation the preds might have just as well won the game, we'll never know because the pens weren't really even challenged in this one. the pens' routine just seems to be too much for all their opponents, despite getting outshot in every game this postseason |
guitarded_chuck
06.09.17 | ""i told you murray was better"
lol"
lol |
MO
06.09.17 | fuck this shit
the world is unfair |
Hawks
06.09.17 | No bro the world is amazing. I'm still hype. |
Spluger
06.09.17 | In warmups P.K waited for Crosby to leave the ice. He then shot a puck into the Penguins goal and "holstered" his stick before skating off to the bench. The crowd booed and then the Preds lost 6-0 lmao. |
Hawks
06.09.17 | I hope Subban gets aids. |
Artuma
06.09.17 | subban rocks |
Snake.
06.09.17 | doesn't half of the site still want hawks to get aids or something like that |
DominionMM1
06.09.17 | get his name outcha mouth son |
Intothepit
06.10.17 | Subban will end up getting punked one of these days. The dude thinks he can act the fool on the ice and no one will come after him. |
DrMaximus
06.10.17 | He already got punked by crosby lying on top of him like a bear mauling a salmon |
Intothepit
06.11.17 | That was hardly punked, but I'll take it. |
Artuma
06.12.17 | well that was a bitter one
pens probably didn't 'deserve' to win this game but they deserved to win the series i guess |
SmashIsTheWay94
06.12.17 | Fuck. Tbh this has been a shit year for sports in general |
Snake.
06.12.17 | crosby winning the conn smythe again is a joke |
FearThyEvil
06.12.17 | It's honestly at the point where I'm not even going to watch the playoffs anymore. How is that not goalie interference? |
DominionMM1
06.12.17 | crosby got the smythe? damn that's pretty fucking lame. |
guitarded_chuck
06.12.17 | MMMUUUUURRRAAYYYYY [2] |
DominionMM1
06.12.17 | should've been Murray or malkin. |
Artuma
06.12.17 | "How is that not goalie interference?"
the contact happened outside the crease area, definitely a good goal. that nashville goal though... blatant error by the ref
also, crosby was the best player in these playoffs, a clear choice for conn smythe imo albeit lame yeah |
guitarded_chuck
06.12.17 | yeah that was for sure not goalie interference. i feel bad for the preds for that wrong call earlier in the game though. something that blatantly incorrect should be able to be reversed by the officials afterwards. but at the same time human error in officiating is just part of sports. someday we'll have ai officiating game perfectly and people will long for when the game wasn't so boring. |
DominionMM1
06.12.17 | "also, crosby was the best player in these playoffs, a clear choice for conn smythe imo albeit lame yeah"
wasn't really that clear imo |
Spec
06.12.17 | Malkin should have got Smyth if anyone. |
guitarded_chuck
06.12.17 | geno's my favorite player and he had a great post-season but sid faced the tougher competition and was better defensively. he had the other team's top defensive players basically following him all game but he still managed to make jake guentzel score 13 goals in in 25 playoff games. as someone who's watched like 75+% of the games the team has played in the crosby malkin era i can say that sid deserved that clearly.
i bet if murray had of played all 4 series though he would have won. maybe people will start listening to me when i tell them how fucking legit he is. top 5 goalie in the world now and he just turned 23. |
MO
06.12.17 | preds got hosed. ugh |
Artuma
06.12.17 | "maybe people will start listening to me when i tell them how fucking legit he is. top 5 goalie in the world now and he just turned 23."
two stanley cups speak for themselves |
DominionMM1
06.12.17 | "geno's my favorite player and he had a great post-season but sid faced the tougher competition and was better defensively. he had the other team's top defensive players basically following him all game but he still managed to make jake guentzel score 13 goals in in 25 playoff games. as someone who's watched like 75+% of the games the team has played in the crosby malkin era i can say that sid deserved that clearly."
I don't know man. At times it just feels like the league is trying to help create a legacy for him, sometimes at the expense of teammates who have been just as important in winning those cups. The fact that malkin was left off the top 100 speaks volumes to me. |
guitarded_chuck
06.12.17 | i know what you mean about geno its stupid af but the writers vote on the smythe |
Artuma
06.12.17 | malkin is better than he gets credit for because he has always been the 2nd line centre and yes he's got pretty much everything a player could ever wish to have but the fact is, crosby is the captain and the heart of the team, there's no way malkin means more to the team although i wanna stress he's offensively just a perfect guy
that i can agree on that the league tries really hard to make crosby look like a god |
DominionMM1
06.12.17 | writers also had a say in the top 100 as well. Just seems at times that there's a media bias with crosby and some of his teammates. last year, for example, i thought kessel was more deserving of the smythe; did his poor relationship with the hockey media factor into the voting? obviously we can't prove this but it's just a thought. |
Spluger
06.12.17 | So bummed the season is over. Should be a fun off season though with the expansion draft. That comes up in what, 10 or so days? |
Artuma
06.13.17 | yeah, and then the entry draft which is expected to have like six finns in the first round |
Mister Twister
06.13.17 | Expansion draft coincides with the Awards show, which is the 21st. |
guitarded_chuck
06.13.17 | yeah this will be one of the best off-seasons in a long long time with the expansion draft
should be some big trades too, duchene probably getting traded, evander kane, robin lehner |
Artuma
06.13.17 | "Expansion draft coincides with the Awards show, which is the 21st."
oh yeah, the awards. if i was to choose out of the nominees:
hart: connor mcdavid
norris: erik karlsson
vezina: sergei bobrovsky
calder: auston matthews
selke: ryan kesler
lady byng: idk kinda shitty nominees, maybe granlund
masterton: andrew cogliano (clarke macarthur though)
messier: ryan getzlaf
adams: mike babcock (please)
gm of the year: peter chiarelli (yzerman would've been my choice) |
guitarded_chuck
06.13.17 | hart: mcdavid
norris: karlsson
vezina: bobrovsky
calder: matthews
selke: bergeron
lady byng: tarasenko
masterton: anderson
messier: getzlaf
adams: tortorella
gm of the year: poile |
Snake.
06.13.17 | hart: mcdavid
norris: burns
vezina: bobrovsky
calder: matthews
selke: kesler
lady byng: gaudreau
masterton: cogliano
messier: getzlaf
adams: torts
gm of the year: dorion |
Artuma
06.16.17 | so drouin is a hab now, risky play considering his past and the fact that sergachev is a real talented defenseman but i hope it turns out well. apparently the habs are looking to trade galchenyuk for a high status defenseman so it seems like bergevin knows what he's doing
for tampa, the trade is pure win. yzerman does it again |
guitarded_chuck
06.16.17 | im from halifax and went to most homegames drouin players, hes the best junior age player ive ever seen live after sid and p kane
i think itll be looked at as a steal for the habs, great contract too, drouins going to be a superstar in montreal |
Artuma
06.16.17 | there's no denying that he has superstar potential for his skill level but if things won't go completely his way, like they always didn't in tampa, the contract might be a disaster. of course if he ends up proving all his potential, it'll be a steal for sure. it also helps that he's french canadian. from tampa's point of view, there's not much they can do with their cap hit problems so drouin had to be traded and i feel they got enough value back for him |
guitarded_chuck
06.16.17 | yeah it was good return |
Snake.
06.19.17 | hey everybody post yr expansion draft predictions here
anaheim - sami vatanen
arizona - radim vrbata
boston - colin miller
buffalo - anders nilsson
calgary - alex chiasson
carolina - lee stempniak
chicago - trevor van riemsdyk
colorado - mark barber
columbus - sam gagner
dallas - curtis mckenzie
detroit - xavier ouellet
edmonton - iiro pakarinen
florida - jonathan marchessault
los angeles - brayden mcnabb
minnesota - eric staal
montreal - brandon davidson
nashville - james neal
new jersey - beau bennett
ny islanders - josh bailey
ny rangers - antti raanta
ottawa - bobby ryan
philadelphia - dale weise
pittsburgh - marc-andre fleury
san jose - david schlemko
st. louis - david perron
tampa bay - jake dotchin
toronto - martin marincin
vancouver - jayson megna
washington - nate schmidt
winnipeg - marko dano |
Mister Twister
06.19.17 | holy shit if Vegas takes Gagner from us that would be fucking hilarious since we're planning to let him walk anyways
TBH it's gonna be Karlsson given that we've apparently made a deal so that they won't take Anderson, Korpisalo, nor Johnson |
Crawl
06.19.17 | It's not that easy Snake, cause apparently they have deals with several teams that they will not take certain exposed players (Vatanen, de Haan). Also, I'd love LV to take Weise from Philly, but I don't see that happening. |
Artuma
06.20.17 | what if i told you guys
fleury's not gonna be drafted |
Crawl
06.20.17 | That's not impossible, BUT he probably is. :D |
Titan
06.20.17 | Rags gonna lose Raanta
book it |
guitarded_chuck
06.21.17 | maf's gonna be such a great part of that team on and off the ice, great guy going to miss him |
Mister Twister
06.23.17 | HOLY FUCKING SHIT WE GOT BREADMAN |
Titan
06.23.17 | 'book it'
lol :) |
Snake.
06.23.17 | hope you guys like the shitfest that is ilya kovalchuk bc he's more than likely going there too |
Spluger
09.19.17 | Thank fuck it's the preseason. You gunna do another thread like this Artuma? |
DrMaximus
09.20.17 | yeah post another list with your shitty predictions 'tuma < 3 |
Satellite
09.20.17 | the vegas golden showers might be the only thing keeping my wings out of last place this year :/ |
Snake.
09.20.17 | our 4th line center just got diagnosed with cancer so probably not
sucks to lose athanasiou tho ): |
Satellite
09.20.17 | actually it's sounding like he was just bluffing about taking the khl offer. the season has already started over there and they weren't really offering him substantially more than what the wings are, although it is tax-free. |
Satellite
09.20.17 | ahh man that sucks about boyle. |
Snake.
09.20.17 | how are they gonna pay him tho? he's still an RFA, they need to move somebody |
Satellite
09.20.17 | franzen will be on the ltir, so that frees up like $4m, and then they'll have to either trade or waive a d-man before the season.
don't get me wrong tho, their cap situation is a fucking disaster. |
Satellite
09.20.17 | that's assuming everyone's healthy to start the season, which is never the case w/ this team. |
Artuma
09.20.17 | "Thank fuck it's the preseason. You gunna do another thread like this Artuma?"
yeah, maybe in a few days |
Spec
09.20.17 | Pls. I can't keep scrolling this far. |
DrMaximus
09.20.17 | for real |
Hawks
09.20.17 | Agreed. |
Artuma
09.20.17 | alright i'll do it tonight |
Crawl
09.20.17 | Wow, Wings are so fucked with the Dekeyer, Kronwall, Helm and Abdelkader contracts. |
