Ongoing NHL Thread - Part Brock and Roll Four Lines

[Loco2]

He’s fast as hell, creative, hustles every shift, and looks like he just stepped off the set of Welcome Back, Kotter.

Yeah… I think it would be fair to say… I liked Sonny from the start.

 

[Loco2]

Well kudos to the NHL for giving Wilson more than I expected. That’s rare when it comes to discipline.

And kudos to Justin Bourne of Sportsnet for this excellent writing on the subject. It’s rare you see John Steinbeck pulled into a hockey discipline conversation, but perhaps appropriate since he was a laborer that helped build Madison Square Garden (there’s your fun fact for the day, boys and girls). Anyway back to Bourne…

“There’s some real Of Mice and Men “Lennie just killed another mouse by petting it” vibes to this Tom Wilson suspension, in that he himself seems genuinely baffled by what occurred.

And further to that, there’s not even much public outcry about the play compared to most other incidents which warrant in-person hearings. The moment seemed devoid of malice, but was rather instinctual. (Which might be worse?) Wilson was just playing, he reacted emotionally for a second, and damn near knocked a guy’s front teeth through the back of his throat.

The most generous review of what happened is that Wilson tried to smack him across the chest with his stick and Gregor was shorter than Wilson anticipated. Even if you don’t review it generously though, it feels unlikely that Wilson’s sincere thought was “I’m going to whip-lash my stick right across this guy’s teeth nearly unprovoked” (though some would disagree with me there). To me there’s some physical mistake that compounds the mental one, but this is a level of recklessness that gets you suspended every day of the week.”

 

[dash]

Well, since March Madness is currently being contested, this is a layup...

 

[puckhead]

scrolling through some odds for tonight...
McJebus at points -1.5 (i.e. he has to get 2 points to win) is paying -125.

put another way, he is a favorite to get at least 2 points.
not sure what that says about the Leafs defense or the the McJebus hype train.


(I took him to score at +500 though)

 

[forty_three]

How is this crazy?

Signed: Ottawa Senators fans

Uncle Korpi's wild ride (TM)

 

[dash]

scrolling through some odds for tonight...
McJebus at points -1.5 (i.e. he has to get 2 points to win) is paying -125.

put another way, he is a favorite to get at least 2 points.
not sure what that says about the Leafs defense or the the McJebus hype train.


(I took him to score at +500 though)

Holy moly, Ron MacLean reached heights of insufferable that I didn't think was possible in the pre-game leadup.

 

[dash]

Oilers are frauds.

 

[mattola]

Oilers are frauds.

I fucking hope so

 

[dash]

I fucking hope so

If you're playing the Oilers, just lay the body early on guys like McDavid and Draisaitl. They're so mentally fragile and scared that they'll shirk away and then you'll get idiots like Kane, Nurse, and Perry running around trying to stir up stuff. This Oilers team could so easily be one-and-done in the playoffs.

 

[dash]

Skinner!! has been pulled lol

 

[puckhead]

Skinner!! has been pulled lol

and Nurse is so predictable at garbage time.
he brings the garbage

 

[dash]

and Nurse is so predictable at garbage time.
he brings the garbage

Only six more years after this one.

 

[esls79]

If you're playing the Oilers, just lay the body early on guys like McDavid and Draisaitl. They're so mentally fragile and scared that they'll shirk away and then you'll get idiots like Kane, Nurse, and Perry running around trying to stir up stuff. This Oilers team could so easily be one-and-done in the playoffs.

Perry is not an idiot.

 

[dash]

Perry is not an idiot.

You're right, I shouldn't have lumped him in with Kane and Nurse, my apologies.

 

[dash]

Leon seems a bit...pissy.

 

[puckhead]

(I took him to score at +500 though)

I also took Hyman at +540


/and the over

 

[dash]

 

[esls79]

You're right, I shouldn't have lumped him in with Kane and Nurse, my apologies.

I was referencing Katy Perry but all good either way.

 

[dash]

Perry in his office makes it 5-2

 

[mattola]