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Post by happyhappy on Apr 22, 2024 19:00:15 GMT -7
In a stroke of pure luck that can almost be viewed as devine intervention, Mark Stone has some how miraculously become healthy enough to start for the Vegas Golden Knights today. If only the Knights had known this at the trade deadline they wouldn't have had to trade to acquire expensive replacements for him He scored on the first shot of the game. #$&@*$&
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Post by FloridaAltFan on Apr 23, 2024 5:22:35 GMT -7
In a stroke of pure luck that can almost be viewed as devine intervention, Mark Stone has some how miraculously become healthy enough to start for the Vegas Golden Knights today. If only the Knights had known this at the trade deadline they wouldn't have had to trade to acquire expensive replacements for him Amazing stroke of luck. Also signed Hanifin up for a multi year. I'm only hopeing that Avs goaltender sucks so bad they might feel the need to aggressively try and secure Backstrom this summer.
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Post by Bronco73 on Apr 23, 2024 11:52:14 GMT -7
Demko injured, looking like he might miss the rest of the Nashville series
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Post by drtaf on Apr 23, 2024 12:45:32 GMT -7
Demko injured, looking like he might miss the rest of the Nashville series This is a biggie, Nucks weren't that good in game 1 and got away with it because of Demko and their 3rd line totally dominated. Will be interesting to see what impact this will have? casey desmith is good and could very well rise to the occasion, but it could easily go sideways as well?
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Post by AlwaysOil on Apr 27, 2024 22:26:00 GMT -7
I’m wondering how the Matthews not getting 70 affected both the player and the team. With the talent at the NHL level, a lot of the difference is mental. Can’t see that the 70 miss, with the rest of the team trying to help him the last few games, wouldn’t have put them in some mental bad place. Did this affect the series and individual production?
The other thing I think about is how 29/97 have repeatedly stated that they don’t care about individual awards this year. Connor not winning the Art Ross I truly believe is in that “not give a F” category. Allows them to enter the playoff in a better mental state than the Leafs. Even if Connor is lying, if the rest of the team believes it, it helps. I don’t think they’re lying. I think they are cup focused and that gives me lots of hope.
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Post by FloridaAltFan on Apr 28, 2024 8:55:43 GMT -7
Canucks Oil Avs Stars NYR Panthers Hurricanes Bruins All my predictions look good so far, Vegas is surprising me because Dallas looked strong defensively. I guess you can't rule out Vegas winning because of their playoff experience.
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Post by happyhappy on Apr 28, 2024 9:22:54 GMT -7
Canucks Oil Avs Stars NYR Panthers Hurricanes Bruins All my predictions look good so far, Vegas is surprising me because Dallas looked strong defensively. I guess you can't rule out Vegas winning because of their playoff experience. Yup you're looking good. Only 1 sweep this year in the first round IF NYR wins today. That's good, I don't want any teams getting any more rest then us, haha. Go Preds. I think I'd prefer Nash over Van in rnd 2 should we beat LA, though I'm confident we would beat both, obviously we seem to match up better vs Nash. You could go 8-0 Flo, that'd be impressive!
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Post by FloridaAltFan on Apr 28, 2024 9:40:12 GMT -7
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Post by happyhappy on Apr 28, 2024 11:04:56 GMT -7
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Post by fogolin2 on Apr 29, 2024 10:19:37 GMT -7
Just saw Marner's goal from Saturday. Holy Mangiapane. That was filthy.
I think the Leafs are cooked. Haven't beat the Bruins in a series since 1967. This seems impossible, but it's true.
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Post by drtaf on Apr 29, 2024 11:38:01 GMT -7
Just saw Marner's goal from Saturday. Holy Mangiapane. That was filthy. I think the Leafs are cooked. Haven't beat the Bruins in a series since 1967. This seems impossible, but it's true. I maybe in minority but i still think they can make a series of it. If they do roll over and die however, then it really is time to blow it up and that means from Shanahan down!
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Post by mrtea on Apr 29, 2024 11:51:59 GMT -7
Just saw Marner's goal from Saturday. Holy Mangiapane. That was filthy. I think the Leafs are cooked. Haven't beat the Bruins in a series since 1967. This seems impossible, but it's true. I maybe in minority but i still think they can make a series of it. If they do roll over and die however, then it really is time to blow it up and that means from Shanahan down! Yeah, your in the minority on this one. Even 50% of the Leaf fans don't buy it. One game maybe, but to win they need 3 games in a row against the Bruins.
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Post by mrtea on Apr 29, 2024 11:57:26 GMT -7
Regarding the above. If the Oilers were in that situation they would steal Han Solo's line and say "Don't tell me the odds, I don't want to know"!!
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Post by FloridaAltFan on Apr 30, 2024 4:57:37 GMT -7
Just saw Marner's goal from Saturday. Holy Mangiapane. That was filthy. I think the Leafs are cooked. Haven't beat the Bruins in a series since 1967. This seems impossible, but it's true. I maybe in minority but i still think they can make a series of it. If they do roll over and die however, then it really is time to blow it up and that means from Shanahan down! It's over. The concern I have with the Leafs is leadership, defense, and goaltending. Tre thought he had it bad in Calgary, in Calgary he at least had some leadership (with bad apples in between) and goaltending, I think the defense was over rated. Then it all blew up with frustrated stars. I see in Toronto there is a signed unbalanced team that is squabling now instead of constructive criticism like I saw in the Perry-Kane showdown. There is leadership there.
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Post by fogolin2 on Apr 30, 2024 7:57:15 GMT -7
Just saw Marner's goal from Saturday. Holy Mangiapane. That was filthy. I think the Leafs are cooked. Haven't beat the Bruins in a series since 1967. This seems impossible, but it's true. I maybe in minority but i still think they can make a series of it. If they do roll over and die however, then it really is time to blow it up and that means from Shanahan down! I said it about the HOPE Oilers...this team is built wrong. They're getting beat by one really good d pairing, and above average goaltending. That's not a contender.
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Post by drtaf on Apr 30, 2024 9:11:04 GMT -7
I maybe in minority but i still think they can make a series of it. If they do roll over and die however, then it really is time to blow it up and that means from Shanahan down! I said it about the HOPE Oilers...this team is built wrong. They're getting beat by one really good d pairing, and above average goaltending. That's not a contender. Yup, someone else said it better. They lack "Heavy skill". They have "heavy and they have skill, but they dont have skilled players who can play "heavy"! Every winning team has star players who aren't afraid to get their hands or their game "dirty." We have Drai, Hyman and even mcD plays aggressive (sometimes too aggressive). Avs Mack and Rantenan, LV Stone, in fact you can just go down the list of SC winners over the last decade or so and you'll find everyone of them has a star player who can get physical when the time comes. Leafs stars are peripheral players, sure they have players with muscle, but that muscle isnt skilled enough to be on the ice for 20+ mins and go toe to toe with top lines and still produce. That's where it all falls apart IMO.
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Post by fogolin2 on Apr 30, 2024 12:10:17 GMT -7
I said it about the HOPE Oilers...this team is built wrong. They're getting beat by one really good d pairing, and above average goaltending. That's not a contender. Yup, someone else said it better. They lack "Heavy skill". They have "heavy and they have skill, but they dont have skilled players who can play "heavy"! Every winning team has star players who aren't afraid to get their hands or their game "dirty." We have Drai, Hyman and even mcD plays aggressive (sometimes too aggressive). Avs Mack and Rantenan, LV Stone, in fact you can just go down the list of SC winners over the last decade or so and you'll find everyone of them has a star player who can get physical when the time comes. Leafs stars are peripheral players, sure they have players with muscle, but that muscle isnt skilled enough to be on the ice for 20+ mins and go toe to toe with top lines and still produce. That's where it all falls apart IMO. For sure. I think it's just like any organization, you need qualified people to do ALL the work required. If you have the best 16 accountants in the world, great, but that doesn't help get the pallets out of the warehouse.
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Post by AlwaysOil on Apr 30, 2024 21:10:43 GMT -7
Where was this Hellybuck when we played the Jets in the Bubble round?
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Post by drtaf on May 1, 2024 7:47:23 GMT -7
Where was this Hellybuck when we played the Jets in the Bubble round? WORD!
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Post by windsoroiler on May 1, 2024 16:51:59 GMT -7
Where was this Hellybuck when we played the Jets in the Bubble round? Yeah...
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