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FunOne posted:Anyone have draft 3rd round schedules yet? Usually by game 7 they're already floating around. They're waiting to hear from ESPN if there's space in the schedule after preseason Lawn Bowling.
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Darnell Nurse sent us off with two more "what the hell was Nurse doing??" goals. I haven't kept an exact count but I believe his total for this playoffs was about 650 of those. The team that scored first in Oilers-Knights went 2-4 in the series. That (and the fact they lost) basically tells you everything you need to know about the Edmonton Oilers. ThinkTank posted:It feels bizarre and totally devoid of stoylines. Just a bunch of teams that seemed to be destined to be stops on the paths to greatness for Boston, Toronto or Edmonton. Weird year. Eichel. Vegas is the only really complete team in the field with Boston gone: they have a superstar, they have four lines that can carry play, they have defensemen that can move the puck, they have adequate goaltending, and they play dirty. Good coaching is not actually a requirement to win the Cup but it helps. Vegas is going to win the Cup. Carolina could win but probably not, lacking a superstar or adequate goaltending. Dallas could win but man are they shaky defensively, Oettinger's head is hosed right now, and the refs are probably going to mug them again tonight. Seattle isn't going to get the friendly officiating against Vegas that they got against Colorado and Dallas. I think Florida will upset Carolina and then, in the long, proud, unblemished tradition of out-of-nowhere teams that reach the SCF, get summarily crushed in 4 or 5 games by Vegas. Eric the Mauve fucked around with this message at 16:00 on May 15, 2023 |
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May 15, 2023 15:57
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Good thing I'm not an Oilers fan or I would've been mad at yet another missed high sticking double minor, which I assume is (on pace for?) setting some kind of modern-day (two-referee) record.
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May 15, 2023 16:01
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Nervous about tonight but I have faith that Oettinger will pull off some miracle saves Hopefully the rest of the team steps up as well
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May 15, 2023 16:05
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Carolina has the feelgood story of the season in Jesse Puljujarvi finally being freed from Edmonton so it would be good to see him finally hoist the cup.
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May 15, 2023 16:11
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You have to respect Carolina's strategy of collecting all the goofiest (to English ears, anyway) names they can.
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Eric the Mauve posted:
Sébastien Aho's career is basically identical to Eichel's so far.
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May 15, 2023 16:18
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I think Aho is the most underrated player in the league (because he plays in Carolina and looks like he's 13) and he's also suddenly added dirty cheapshots to his game this year which is great for the playoffs, but he's not quite Jack Eichel in terms of offensive dynamism. But yes, I concede the point at least this far: Aho is good enough to be the best player on a Cup winner.
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Eric the Mauve posted:Darnell Nurse sent us off with two more "what the hell was Nurse doing??" goals. I haven't kept an exact count but I believe his total for this playoffs was about 650 of those. Do you mean the two goals where Nurse was playing in his correct position and Skinner let in a stupid bounce off his shoulder or where Ceci went skating about and Nuge/Draisaitl didn't rotate and let Marchessault fly in on the backside? Cause neither of those had much to do with Nurse other than him being near the net covering the player he should have been covering. Edit: The Oilers got caved with Eichel on versus Nurse/Ceci/Leon/Nuge/whatever other winger slots here. Nurse was like the 4th least concerning player covering Eichel's line. Darude - Adam Sandstorm fucked around with this message at 16:33 on May 15, 2023 |
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Call Your Grandma posted:Carolina has the feelgood story of the season in Jesse Puljujarvi finally being freed from Edmonton so it would be good to see him finally hoist the cup. It's pretty good how he's barely breaking into the lineup with Svechnikov, Teravainen, and Pacioretty out.
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Of the remaining teams, I think I want Florida to win the most. Then I can rationalize that maybe it's less that the Bruins choked (although obviously they did) and more that the Panthers are a good team. I also like Tkachuk a lot as a player. Seattle or Vegas winning would be very funny just because they haven't been around for very long and I'm sure we'd get some good meltdowns out of it. For Carolina, I've been to Canes games and I have family and friends there. I don't particularly like the team but I'd be happy for the fan base if they won. Don't really have an opinion on Dallas. It'd be cool for Pavelski to finally get a Cup I suppose.
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Go Seattle. Going through Vegas with their "some guys" team while Vegas is doing a full on Lakers would be fun.
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T-Bone posted:I know like Vegas and Carolina are technically top 5 teams by points but this feels like the strangest final four since like 2006. I didn't even realize Vegas had a strong regular season this year. I think these Conference Finals feel odd, because Carolina and Florida are historically bad teams, despite their recent success. And, the possibility of Seattle/Vegas just feels a humorous result, even if Vegas has been great for most of their 6 years in the NHL. Dallas is Dallas.
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Carolina only really feels odd to me because of their injuries tbh. Otherwise I had them as easily the #2 team behind Boston this year, like a good tier above everyone else.
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Oh yeah, Carolina definitely deserves to be there. They are a great team. It's just hard to shake that "bad for a decade-plus" thought from my head.
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This is one of JFresh's dumb positions to hold. The NHL being bad at business is one of the things that contributes to the many lockouts that are incredibly impactful to the fan experience. Yes it's dumb that fans have to care about the business side of the sport, but the league has made it abundantly clear that they have no problem making their dollars and cents our problem.
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ThinkTank posted:They're waiting to hear from ESPN if there's space in the schedule after preseason Lawn Bowling. I wonder if ESPN actually picked the Western Finals this year (ESPN always gets to pick which conference final it wants to air , and TNT gets the other one). Pretty much any other year East would be the easy choice but this time I wonder. Though they probably had to decide before they knew it's Panthers vs Canes...
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glynnenstein posted:This is one of JFresh's dumb positions to hold. The NHL being bad at business is one of the things that contributes to the many lockouts that are incredibly impactful to the fan experience. Yes it's dumb that fans have to care about the business side of the sport, but the league has made it abundantly clear that they have no problem making their dollars and cents our problem. On the other hand the 2012 lockout was preceded by 5 Stanley Cup Finals with teams in pretty popular TV markets and intriguing matchups: DET vs PIT x2 PHI vs CHI VAN vs BOS LA vs NYR I kind of doubt the matchups themselves drive revenue in any real way.
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Blackbelt Bobman posted:I’m flying to Las Vegas on May 26th, what if there’s a playoff game that night should I go? I couldn’t do the rest of the weekend, it’s Punk Rock Bowling weekend. Just as a warning playoff tickets are going to be stupid expensive here. Eric the Mauve posted:...they have adequate goaltending... While this may be true it amuses me to no end that a fourth string goalie with (now) three total playoff starts is our adequate goaltending. Our goaltending situation as it approaches the end of this hockey year has just been strange. That said, Hill has been a whole lot better than I expected he would be at this point.
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Starsfan posted:The Stars have a very strong bounce back theme going this year where they've played their best games in the playoffs after losing, but on the other hand the Stars have lost alot of game 7s over the years lol.. 3-5 all time in Game 7s. And all 3 wins against the Avs.
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Yeah, I wasn't sure about Hill, but Brossoit wasn't that great either. Just adequate. I don't think the change makes much difference. Now if Hill also gets injured then they're probably fried. I said "Vegas will win the Cup" but a major injury like losing Eichel or their 4th goalie could derail it.
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I want to post that it's coming out of the East but I really have no idea anymore. Very interested to see how Carolina looks vs. a bigger, nastier Florida after their struggles vs. a big, nasty Islanders team.
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Florida winning would be bad because Paul Maurice blows
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Eric the Mauve posted:Yeah, I wasn't sure about Hill, but Brossoit wasn't that great either. Just adequate. I don't think the change makes much difference. If Hill gets injured we get to see the return of Jonathan Quick to the playoffs, right? It'd be hilarious if he came in to close it out for a series win.
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glynnenstein posted:This is one of JFresh's dumb positions to hold. The NHL being bad at business is one of the things that contributes to the many lockouts that are incredibly impactful to the fan experience. Yes it's dumb that fans have to care about the business side of the sport, but the league has made it abundantly clear that they have no problem making their dollars and cents our problem. not to mention their inability to market their sport leads to them doing stupid poo poo like the jersey ads and the animated boards (not that making more money elsewhere would stop them but, ostensibly, a league worried about image wouldn't be scrimping for that sort of petty cash compared to the allure of primetime coverage)
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Duckman2008 posted:Potential Conn Smythe winners (no idea for Vegas): Roope Hintz my dude
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Carolina is probably the only team in the league that more casual fans can name their coach than any one of their players.
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:not to mention their inability to market their sport leads to them doing stupid poo poo like the jersey ads and the animated boards (not that making more money elsewhere would stop them but, ostensibly, a league worried about image wouldn't be scrimping for that sort of petty cash compared to the allure of primetime coverage) how many leagues don't have jersey ads now? nfl and mlb?
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In order: 1. Seattle - lot of ex Caps 2. Florida - Tkachuk is cool 3. Dallas - Pavelski 4. Vegas - don’t like them much but Stone, Eichel, and Stephenson are cool 5. Carolina - I respect that they play balls to the wall at all times but I hate their coach and I hate Jordan Staal from his days in Pittsburgh
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Aphrodite posted:Go Seattle. They're sort of Lakers, but honestly both playoffs and regular season they've got a lot of mileage out of always being able to field 18 credible skaters. The Oilers partly got undone because their 19th and 20th guys got absolutely caved and they had to just burn McDavid and Draisatl for heavy heavy minutes. I don't think it's a coincidence that Draisatl got six goals in the first two games, but by game six was a shadow of himself (also possibly the slashing I will admit). The Knights are due a change of injury luck - they've only got two meaningful injuries at the moment, compared to the rotating MASH ward they had during the regular season.
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Maybe creating a "Playoff Hockey" environment where 3rd line journeymen can concuss, punch, slash and crosscheck their way to ultimate success while actually entertaining players get more and more injured and ineffective from non-penalty calls for weeks isn't as cool as everyone is saying it is. Maybe there's a middle ground between calling 7 penalties for each team in game one round one and none by game 6 of the second round. Maybe...
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none of America should exist, but Florida and Vegas shouldn’t exist way more than even the rest of America. they’re the drains of America. every other state sends their biggest rear end holes there. they’re a refuge for the type of people who only want to exist in perfectly climate controlled spaces. the people that live there are a worse invasive species than the Burmese Pythons and capybaras they brought with them. most pro golfers live there or Arizona. truly awful places that no American should live. having said that, both their teams are pretty cool, so I think that’s gonna be the finals.
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tarbrush posted:They're sort of Lakers, but honestly both playoffs and regular season they've got a lot of mileage out of always being able to field 18 credible skaters. I don't watch basketball I just meant they have amassed a bunch of superstar players through nefarious means. Maybe that's a Yankees. I don't watch baseball either. In hockey it's a Rangers.
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Trading with Buffalo and Ottawa is like getting a little kid to give you their bike for a cool rock because they don't know any better.
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Waiting with baited breath to see which media member has the poor taste to write a Staal brothers puff piece for the ECF. Probably it has already happened on one of the team published sites
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No matter how the Stars do tonight, I'll be drunk and eating BBQ. Got tickets to AHL stars on Wednesday and don't have to work the next day, so gonna do the same there then walk home.
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Aphrodite posted:Trading with Florida is like getting a little kid to give you their bike for a cool rock because they don't know any better.
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