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Ginette Reno
Nov 18, 2006

How Doers get more done
Fun Shoe
Pens powerplay is pretty fun with EK on there. Didn't score tonight but looked great.

Nice to win a back to back too. This team is so god damned old that's tough to do

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MononcQc
May 29, 2007

https://twitter.com/MarcPDumont/status/1713358531221500028

re-posting from the GDT because this is the stuff

Arivia
Mar 17, 2011
I dunno folks I think Matthews is cooked

Darude - Adam Sandstorm
Aug 16, 2012

Xhekaj rocks

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

Elvis...good? :ohdear:

neoaxd
Nov 13, 2004

MononcQc posted:

https://twitter.com/MarcPDumont/status/1713358531221500028

re-posting from the GDT because this is the stuff

x gon' give it to ya

Koopa Kid
Aug 21, 2007



Leafs off to a hot start but Max Domi’s homecoming isn’t going so great, he was benched after a giveaway in the third period of game 1 and tonight he was demoted to the third line after a pretty bad second period. Keefe has turned on FA signings pretty quickly in the past, even ones making decent money.

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

The penguins are good again and will make the playoffs

stab
Feb 12, 2003

To you from failing hands we throw the torch, be yours to hold it high

He's the best. He's the NHL Miro (wrestling goons will get this reference)

Matt Zerella
Oct 7, 2002

Norris'es are back baby. It's good again. Awoouu (fox Howl)
Blake Wheeler is a big lumbering oaf and I think he's in Hartford/claimed on waivers by Xmas.

neoaxd
Nov 13, 2004

stab posted:

He's the best. He's the NHL Miro (wrestling goons will get this reference)

The Albanian Brute does sound pretty good

Paracaidas
Sep 24, 2016
Consistently Tedious!
I've been critical of NHL refs forever, so I guess I ought to credit them for quickly onboarding critique and acting on it

https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/1713366748898979942
https://twitter.com/RussoHockey/status/1713375596594548811

Mr. Kite
Aug 28, 2004

SHUT UP AND PLAY HOCKEY
What an awful goon.

tomanton
May 22, 2006

beam me up, tomato

ThinkTank posted:



Strong "how the maple Leafs rebuilt Alex Galchenyuk" vibes.
We've been forcefed so many articles about intangibles or whatever I wondered if I hallucinated seeing him in so many conference finals. I checked and

Average TOI of active players with 100+ playoff games: 19:15
TOI of the 2nd-least used player in this club (Patrick Maroon): 12:34
Ryan Reaves' (108-game) playoff TOI: 8:40

How/why did like 3 different playoff teams dress him so much but play him so little, are his linemates just not in the penalty box or something

Spelling Mitsake
Oct 4, 2007

Clutch Cargo wishes they had Tractor.

MononcQc posted:

https://twitter.com/MarcPDumont/status/1713358531221500028

re-posting from the GDT because this is the stuff

Hell yeah!

Arivia posted:

I dunno folks I think Matthews is cooked

No, no, he's just getting started. Matthews isn't usually cooked until March or April.

Habibi
Dec 8, 2004

We have the capability to make San Jose's first Cup Champion.

The Sharks could be that Champion.

Mid-Life Crisis posted:

Why don’t goalies wear razzle dazzle pads?

I wish those net-patterned goalie pads that were mildly popular in the minors or something a decade ago had caught on.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

CBJSprague24 posted:

Elvis...good? :ohdear:

https://twitter.com/F1RETHECANNON/status/1713376671770767603?t=gajgNFAWte7MlHfUFcetxw&s=19

If Elvis played as he did the first two periods with the flu, he may genuinely have found his Mojo because he's been solid the first two games.

Shades of Steve Mason getting a shutout with mono.

deoju
Jul 11, 2004

All the pieces matter.
Nap Ghost

Mid-Life Crisis posted:

Why don’t goalies wear razzle dazzle pads?

Brodeur wore pads with asymmetrical colors between 98 and 00. Cujo wore some in Detroit. Marty Turco and Al Montoya had some while they played at Michigan.

DancingMachine
Aug 12, 2004

He's a dancing machine!
Through 3 games the Kraken have excellent goaltending and anemic offense, as we all predicted?
Apparently Geekie was the core of the offense.

Koth
Jul 1, 2005

CBJSprague24 posted:

https://twitter.com/GMillerTSN/status/1713296735785660574?t=PjqwzMLOTMnLtk-b3cNjIQ&s=19

Gord digging through the rulebook to find a loophole in the NHL's crippling incompetence in TYOOL 2023 makes him even better people than usual.

Had a beer league game tonight and about 10 of us had pride tape on our sticks. It was nice to see.

Mike Works
Feb 26, 2003

grack
Jan 10, 2012

COACH TOTORO SAY REFEREE CAN BANISH WHISTLE TO LAND OF WIND AND GHOSTS!

MononcQc posted:

https://twitter.com/MarcPDumont/status/1713358531221500028

re-posting from the GDT because this is the stuff

I'm assuming Xhekaj got the minor for not punching Perry enough times. Classic mistake

Mid-Life Crisis
Jun 13, 2023

by Fluffdaddy
Zach Benson is electric and fun to watch and is going to stay in the NHL at 18. I’m not going to pretend he’s better than Bedard, but he’s going to give Bedard a race. Devon Levi is a good goalie and most goals against him really are a bunch of dumb luck.

Clifton has been relegated to third pairing and was on ice for all three goals against; one of which he literally kicked into the net himself. How the hell did Boston win with this guy? He single handily tanked this game while only playing 16 minutes.

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

1st team all star
+
2nd degree manslaughter
=
3rd world clothing line
Canucks first 2-0 start in 7 years, the Oilers are back

MononcQc
May 29, 2007

grack posted:

I'm assuming Xhekaj got the minor for not punching Perry enough times. Classic mistake

Offsetting minors and 2 minutes of 4-on-4 resulted.

MoaM
Dec 1, 2009

Joyous.
Fiala whiffing on that pass attempt in open ice...I haven't seen a gaffe highlight that bad in a while.

Call Your Grandma
Jan 17, 2010

https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1713378204348502316

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Back to back hattricks should mean he gets to keep the belt
someone has to take it from him in a cage match

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

1st team all star
+
2nd degree manslaughter
=
3rd world clothing line
https://twitter.com/riotsurvivor/status/1713378595295699103?s=46&t=2hVb1vPytx9OUpdE0UPz6Q

But pride tape for a single night was too touchy of an issue for the league lol

bub spank
Feb 1, 2005

the THRILL
Detroit’s new goal song being the most annoying part of Without Me is an inspired choice, but I feel like they should’ve waited a few more years until they’re better before adopting an annoying goal song. As a matter of principle, I think you can’t have an annoying goal song unless the team is actually good (like the Leafs with Hall & Oates, Hawks with Chelsea Dagger).

https://x.com/bsmotorcity/status/1713339822427779129?s=46&t=JGipJoH3wkxHlVpI9Q8vww

Twin Cinema
Jun 1, 2006



Playoffs are no big deal,
don't have a crap attack.

This is good. Matthews has never scored hat tricks in back-to-back games to start the season before Reaves joined the Leafs.

Koopa Kid
Aug 21, 2007



Twin Cinema posted:

This is good. Matthews has never scored hat tricks in back-to-back games to start the season before Reaves joined the Leafs.

I loved the first intermission bit where Bieksa claimed that Nylander’s first goal wasn’t a move he would have made last year without the “toughness” around the team, then the broadcast immediately showed a clip from last year of Willy scoring the exact same goal against the Wild in OT.

The Toronto media frenzy around Reaves is already ridiculous and it’s game 2.

Darude - Adam Sandstorm
Aug 16, 2012

All of Toronto media seeing Ryan Reaves:

https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1712245021376651522?s=20

Cocaine Bear
Nov 4, 2011

ACAB

They should give him more minutes. A lot more. And the C.

th3t00t
Aug 14, 2007

GOOD CLEAN FOOTBALL
Girgensons/Krebs/Okposo

Through 14 minutes of 5v5 so far this season.

CF% 37.93, SF% 35.29, xGF% 17.24, SCF% 14.29, HDCF% 11.11

GA/60 8.61

Who could have foreseen this?

Matt Zerella
Oct 7, 2002

Norris'es are back baby. It's good again. Awoouu (fox Howl)
The early time with Reavo are always fun and good. Then reality sets in and it's no longer fun or good, so enjoy it Toronto.

Koopa Kid
Aug 21, 2007



Matt Zerella posted:

The early time with Reavo are always fun and good. Then reality sets in and it's no longer fun or good, so enjoy it Toronto.

Pretty much the instant refs start calling him for obvious penalties is when this is all gonna go off the rails

pseudodragon
Jun 16, 2007


Reaves seems like he'd be a fun dude to have in the role they wanted guys like Simmonds/Clifford for. Dude that plays like once a week or if the team is in a funk and needs some good vibes and then goes back to being a cheerleader the rest of the time.

I guess Keefe 4th liner is about the same with like 3 minutes of non-garbage ice time.

Koopa Kid
Aug 21, 2007



Reaves is absolutely the guy Dubas thought he was adding with Simmonds/Clifford in years past. The issue is that Reaves makes enough to actually limit the Leafs roster slots so there’s no real opportunity to bench him. Keefe loves playing guys like that though, as evidenced by several lost playoff series, so the salary issue is kind of moot.

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AntiDepressor
Jun 3, 2011
Cole Caufield gonna score 40 this year. And still only end up with 50-60 points.

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