Ongoing NHL Thread Part IV - A New Hope

[puckhead]

wtf is wrong with me. I don't seem to hate the Leafs anymore.
maybe 24/7 coverage in their playoff run will stoke that fire again.
but for right now, I'm kinda happy for them, and it's tearing me up inside

between that and wanting the coilers to beat my canucks, this is a troubling time.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Meanwhile in Toronto...

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

wtf is wrong with me. I don't seem to hate the Leafs anymore.
maybe 24/7 coverage in their playoff run will stoke that fire again.
but for right now, I'm kinda happy for them, and it's tearing me up inside

between that and wanting the coilers to beat my canucks, this is a troubling time.

I was cheering for the Habs last night.

Hockey does weird things to us sometimes.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Meanwhile in Toronto...

You mean we didn't just win the Cup?

 

[dash]

Also, Michael Haley is pretty much a piece of trash as well.

 

[BGDave]

Also, Michael Haley is pretty much a piece of trash as well.

You mean that love rap on Tkaczuk?

 

[dash]

You mean that love rap on Tkaczuk?

Just add it to his cumulative list of egregious behavior.

 

[dash]

Yes Kypreos, we're savilating over a potential Battle of Alberta

 

[forty_three]

Yeah, that was pretty bad. I don't think he followed through hard though, his arm being up was the worst part because the player couldn't get his legs because of it. Beagle had one later in the game that was worse imo.

Well, there's no outrage on Beagle's hit because he isn't Ovechkin.

As someone who has coached for a really long time who has taught kids as young as 7 that a prime rule is if you see numbers, you don't hit... Hits like this one irritate the shit out of me. And the fact that certain status players never get punished for it is maddening. Herb Brooks called it the assholes and eyeballs rule. If you see his eyes, make the hit. If you see his ass, get between him and the puck. Neutralize him without the hit.

There is no reason to make that hit, or the borderline one on Werenski last week. The puck is gone, the player is mostly neutralized. Get between him and the puck and move on. But if the refs have proven they aren;t going to punish it, why not go for it?



And I am probably picking on Ovechkin a bit because of his taking out Werenski. But he's not the only star who gets away with this. Perry and Getzlaf are fucking masters of it. And at least it's sort of a hockey play and not sticking someone in the nuts behind the play ala Marchand and Crosby.

To be fair, Kenny, Sestito was a piece of trash with a Plymouth Whalers logo and a Canucks logo on his chest as well.

True Dat.

 

[dash]

Crazy stat(s) of the day: With one game left in the season, the Leafs are already 26 points better than they were last season. The Oilers are 31 points better than last season.

 

[mattola]

Crazy stat(s) of the day: With one game left in the season, the Leafs are already 26 points better than they were last season. The Oilers are 31 points better than last season.

Canucks only had a 6 to 8 point drop. So at least we are the most consistent.... That counts right? Right?

 

[dash]

Canucks only had a 6 to 8 point drop. So at least we are the most consistent.... That counts right? Right?

Remember when?

 

[dash]

As far as tonight is concerned, an Oilers win and a Ducks loss in regulation would suit me just fine. Bring on the Battle of Alberta in round 1.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

As far as tonight is concerned, an Oilers win and a Ducks loss in regulation would suit me just fine. Bring on the Battle of Alberta in round 1.

Getting two provincial battles in the first round would be awesome.

 

[dash]

Iggy update: Currently sitting at 1299 career points. It could be his final regular season game tonight and he's tied with Joe Sakic for 15th place in goals with 625, how about a goal and a nice round 1300 points for Jarome tonight. Go Iggy!!

 

[esls79]

As far as tonight is concerned, an Oilers win and a Ducks loss in regulation would suit me just fine. Bring on the Battle of Alberta in round 1.

As nostalgic as a playoff battle of Alberta sounds, the Ducks appear to be out for blood and they want Flames blood in particular. I would think that should sufficiently motivate them plus they are playing the Kings so there's that too.

 

[dash]

As nostalgic as a playoff battle of Alberta sounds, the Ducks appear to be out for blood and they want Flames blood in particular. I would think that should sufficiently motivate them plus they are playing the Kings so there's that too.

I've been reading some Ducks fan forums and if my reading comprehension is up to snuff, the Flames are worse than the Nazis.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Crazy stat(s) of the day: With one game left in the season, the Leafs are already 26 points better than they were last season. The Oilers are 31 points better than last season.

So are Babcock and McLellan Adams favourites? Is it those two and Torts? Boucher?

Bias aside, I feel like if you're ever going to give Babcock the award it should be this year. If the Leafs continue developing as expected their success is going to be less a reflection on the coach moving forward and more on their awesome rookies developing into the NHL's best players, but Boucher did a lot particularly down the stretch, Torts flipped the Jackets from moribund disasters into contenders (and unlike most Adams winners it wouldn't be strictly a PDO/Vezina goalie bump, although he got those as well), McLellan ended a decade of disaster for Edmonton, how about Trotz? Sullivan?

Tough call.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

I've been reading some Ducks fan forums and if my reading comprehension is up to snuff, the Flames are worse than the Nazis.

The Nazis publically-funded their stadiums, at least.

 

[dash]

esls is one of my favo(u)rite posters on this site (and at the swamp) and I think we know each other well enough that if a Anaheim - Calgary occurs, we will do our best to keep things cordial.

/Of course, if I made some crude remark about Corey Perry's genealogy, well just blame alcoholic consumption.