Artuma
01.07.21 | BONUS bold prediction: taylor hall will win the cup |
DominionMM1
01.07.21 | you’re going heavy on the avs?
fuck we’re screwed |
Artuma
01.07.21 | hey i predicted the bolts win last year |
DominionMM1
01.07.21 | last time the avs were favored to win the cup was ‘04 if i’m not mistaken
needless to say it didn’t end well |
DominionMM1
01.07.21 | also i had no idea hall went to buffalo |
bigweinerdon
01.07.21 | Avs and Canes is a solid pick. Both teams look sexy. Flyers also |
Crawl
01.07.21 | Canes over Bolts is a bit of a hot take, though not too crazy. The East division is gonna be an absolute gauntlet. |
madrigal30
01.07.21 | that isles finish is deeply upsetting but incredibly realistic |
Artuma
01.07.21 | "Canes over Bolts is a bit of a hot take, though not too crazy"
i never predict a back to back, and i think this could be the year the canes make that jump to the next level |
MyNameIsPencil
01.07.21 | I too want to see either the Avs or Canes go all the way |
Crawl
01.08.21 | It's just unfair how strong TB is even with Kucherov out for the whole year. If I had to guess, I'd bet on them, but the Bruins, Canes, Pens, Avs and Knights are all great and could challenge them for the cup. |
Snake.
01.08.21 | north
1. toronto
2. winnipeg
3. montreal
4. edmonton
5. vancouver
6. calgary
7. ottawa
east
1. philadelphia
2. ny rangers
3. new jersey
4. boston
5. pittsburgh
6. ny islanders
7. washington
8. buffalo
central
1. tampa bay
2. carolina
3. columbus
4. dallas
5. florida
6. nashville
7. detroit
8. chicago
west
1. colorado
2. vegas
3. st. louis
4. anaheim
5. arizona
6. los angeles
7. minnesota
8. san jose
(pls don't fight me about the devils being a playoff team i have barely paid attention to any other team) |
rage11111ro
01.08.21 | 7 rules |
Artuma
01.08.21 | hard to argue on that
"(pls don't fight me about the devils being a playoff team i have barely paid attention to any other team)"
it'll get better for them eventually but it's hard to give them much of a chance in what's probably the toughest division in the league |
Artuma
01.08.21 | "It's just unfair how strong TB is even with Kucherov out for the whole year. If I had to guess, I'd bet on them, but the Bruins, Canes, Pens, Avs and Knights are all great and could challenge them for the cup."
that's true, and they will get kucherov back for the playoffs which is even scarier
i just don't think this is the bruins' year, marchand and pastrnak will miss some time at the start of the year and their defense is going through some sort of a rebuild. feels like an off year for them but they'll come back roaring next year |
unclereich
01.08.21 | covid is horrible but at least ill be able to save money not going to sharks games |
Trundle
01.09.21 | i've already got Stompin' Tom queued up |
Snake.
01.10.21 | "it'll get better for them eventually but it's hard to give them much of a chance in what's probably the toughest division in the league"
well
lmao it's gonna get even harder bc crow just retired |
Artuma
01.10.21 | meh i think blackwood is better anyway |
Snake.
01.10.21 | he is but idk if he's ready for a full time starter job yet
the reason why we signed crow in the first place was so that he could go halfsies with blackwood for the season |
Crawl
01.10.21 | Crawford was a rare case of a goalie who won two cups, but still was underrated. |
DominionMM1
01.10.21 | a modern day mike vernon |
Artuma
01.11.21 | crawford was a goalie who looked worse than he really was and played behind that elite core of toews, kane and keith which is probably why he was a bit underrated, tremendous career |
Artuma
01.11.21 | "Crawford was a rare case of a goalie who won two cups, but still was underrated."
chris osgood is another one |
Trundle
01.11.21 | yeah osgood is a great example of another highly successful player, who somehow ending up underrated. |
Crawl
01.11.21 | Yet Fleury is going to be a hall-of-famer despite being below average most of his career. All because he spent almost all of his career playing for an elite team. I think the only season he was truly great was the Vegas inaugural season. |
Trundle
01.11.21 | fuckin way she goes |
Artuma
01.11.21 | fleury was an elite regular season goalie who more often than not crumbled in the playoffs, he was not "below average" in the slightest. hall of famer? maybe undeserving but he gets way too much shit thrown at him |
Crawl
01.11.21 | According to the best publicly available stats, he really hasn't been very good. This article goes in depth: https://jfresh.substack.com/p/marc-andre-fleury-is-the-most-overrated |
Trundle
01.11.21 | he also got out played by Bryzgalov js |
Artuma
01.11.21 | wonder how accurate the GSAx stats were ten years ago |
Titan
01.11.21 | you have my Rangers in the playoffs......gonna be tough with our defense, but at least our goalie situation has been cemented and should be pretty good |
Trundle
01.12.21 | holy shit Evander Kane is bankrupt
26.8 million in debt |
Spec
01.12.21 | i cant wait to watch the teams play in the MassMutual® East division. |
unclereich
01.12.21 | why bother playing on tahoe without fans |
Crawl
01.12.21 | Evander Kane is truly one of the most unlikeable players in the league. |
Trundle
01.12.21 | apparently, he's even talking about terminating his contract, says he's too concerned to play with a newborn (can't fault him for that)
he has a gambling problem, 3 houses, etc...
Kane was always a dick, but still it's a shame to see him bankrupt in his 20's |
Artuma
01.12.21 | there is speculation that he's filing for bankruptcy to protect his assets and the whole terminating contract thing is a way to gain leverage on creditors but i don't know
seriously that's some ridiculous amount to have in debt with his career earnings
then again the dude has a $10m penthouse in vegas where he only has residence for fun so yeah can't say he didn't have it coming for him |
Trundle
01.12.21 | and that's why i don't gamble, |
Crawl
01.12.21 | So much for posing with stacks of cash lol. |
bigweinerdon
01.12.21 | lol dumbfuck kaner in debt, not surprised |
Trundle
01.12.21 | yeah those pics of him doing pushups with those stacks of cash on his back instantly came to mind when i heard the news lol |
DominionMM1
01.14.21 | tampa just wiping the floor with chicago |
Artuma
01.14.21 | it's going to be a rough ride for chicago this year, two of their best centres out when they don't have a ton of depth to begin with and can't find a better goalie than malcolm subban |
Crawl
01.14.21 | Chicago deserve this. Bowman has done a horrendous GM job. |
SmashIsTheWay94
01.16.21 | Good lord the avs really had 6 power play goals last night. That team is a lot of fun to watch and I wouldn't mind seeing them take the cup if the B's don't (and I think the B's will make the playoffs but don't see them making a run at the cup) |
DominionMM1
01.16.21 | Well 5 but yeah it was pretty awesome to watch. saad and toews really boost that second pp unit. |
SmashIsTheWay94
01.17.21 | Ah ok I thought it was 6. point still stands
Meanwhile the B's have no 5v5 goals thru 2 games lol. Pasta can't get back fast enough, but even then it feels like this team doesn't have as high of a ceiling as the past few years |
DominionMM1
01.17.21 | given the age of some of their top players its not much of a surprise |
SmashIsTheWay94
01.18.21 | no definitely not |
Artuma
01.18.21 | feels like a transition year for their defense. if bergeron, marchand and rask can keep up their game they'll be back in contention maybe as soon as next year |
SmashIsTheWay94
01.18.21 | yeah they probably have too much youth/inexperience on the back end to contend this year. right wing is also in a pathetic state right now with pasta out and no one else stepping up yet |
Artuma
01.19.21 | on another note, the habs look like a force this year. despite all the hate it looks like the josh anderson deal was bang on by bergevin |
unclereich
01.19.21 | i watched Devan Dubnyk give up 4 in the second and nearly ended my life |
Artuma
01.19.21 | dubnyk fucking sucks but that's just old news. no idea what the sharks were thinking when picking him up |
unclereich
01.19.21 | idk what the sharks have been doing the last 3 years |
Crawl
01.19.21 | The Sharks are in deep shit. Was hoping they'd get a cup while they had the Thornton-Marleau-Pavelski core, but they have truly sabotaged themselves for the future. The Vlasic, Burns and Karlsson contracts are ridiculously bad. |
JokineAugustus
01.19.21 | Idk why the avs would trade for Hall. They are set offensively. We just need to hope goaltending can be good enough and stay healthy. |
DominionMM1
01.19.21 | yeah i don’t see that happening considering they already traded for saad. scoring depth isn’t something they really need at this point. |
SmashIsTheWay94
01.21.21 | Wow, the Caps were fined $100k for Covid violations. Both Ovi and Kuznetsov on the Covid list |
JokineAugustus
01.21.21 | "I regret my choice to spend time together with my teammates in our hotel room and away from the locker room areas," |
Artuma
01.21.21 | "Idk why the avs would trade for Hall."
it was a separate prediction but it wouldn't shock me if they did, it will cost them but having that extra threat in offense like hall makes them even tougher to play against. that would obviously be closer to the trade deadline though |
unclereich
01.21.21 | The Sharks are in deep shit. Was hoping they'd get a cup while they had the Thornton-Marleau-Pavelski core, but they have truly sabotaged themselves for the future. The Vlasic, Burns and Karlsson contracts are ridiculously bad.
im still sad about the penguins series. but tonight was a good win, fuck the blues |
DominionMM1
01.21.21 | i do wonder if the sharks can persuade seattle to take one of those big contracts in the expansion draft |
Artuma
01.21.21 | most of those contracts have some sort of an nmc to boot, making it even harder to move them |
unclereich
01.21.21 | Yea being a bay area sports fan blows. You should see how deep the shit pile the a's have created for themselves. At least I have the warriors |
