Around the League 43: Playoff Time- Goodbye Buffalo, Goodbye Yzerplan. And Goodbye Yotes, Welcome Utah.

[chaz4hockey]

Another goalie challenge by Florida. Good goal. Interference voodoo continues.

I thought it was good goal though.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Another goalie challenge by Florida. Good goal. Interference voodoo continues.

I thought it was good goal though.

Yeah, that call was fine. But this one:



Baffling. Even if they believe Bob was hurt (which I assume was the reason for the whistle), they aren’t supposed to blow it dead unless there’s an immediate danger or until Boston loses possession.

 

[poobags]

How the F do the Wild 2 solid top sixers worth of dead cap space. Jesus they could sign the top D man in the market and have enough for a middle six guy just with that money

I know someone already answered and said the Parise and Suter buyouts but here's the actual numbers:

 

[Horatio Cane]

If you asked me to rank posts in this thread in order of their fakeness, I might go:

1. Trouba wins something called a Mark Messier leadership award
2. Refs stop play because Bob makes a shoulder save
3. Multiple teams have +$10m in dead cap space
4. Montgomery presser

 

[AD Skinner]

Mark messier leading with the elbow award

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I finally got a chance to watch a EDM/VAN game. Even though it took a last minute goal to win, EDM was all over VAN that game. Some observations:

1) Holy shit, don't give EDM a PP. So damn lethal. McDavid is just unreal.
2) Oilers were outworking basically everyone on Vancouver last night except for maybe Garland and Bleuger (sp?). Boeser looked good too. They seemingly won almost every board battle. Vancouver looked slow, and at times almost afraid to engage comparatively. Vancouver had a few decent stretches, but overall, EDM took it to them.
3) Van's goalie was very good, but man he looks like a rebound machine. Maybe it was somewhat intentional though as a lot of them rebounded so far that the Oiler's couldn't do anything with them.
4) Elias Pettersson looked timid and afraid to engage physically. Honestly, looked scrawny and weak last night and taken off the puck too easily.

 

[Svechhammer]

To make up for my mistake, I submit to you this humble offering. LOL:

This is what happens when you let Mark Messier arbitrarily give out his own award every year. Guy is such a a homer for 2 things... The Rags and dirty players

 

[Stickpucker]

To make up for my mistake, I submit to you this humble offering. LOL:

He does lead....with his elbow.

I finally got a chance to watch a EDM/VAN game. Even though it took a last minute goal to win, EDM was all over VAN that game. Some observations:

1) Holy shit, don't give EDM a PP. So damn lethal. McDavid is just unreal.
2) Oilers were outworking basically everyone on Vancouver last night except for maybe Garland and Bleuger (sp?). Boeser looked good too. They seemingly won almost every board battle. Vancouver looked slow, and at times almost afraid to engage comparatively. Vancouver had a few decent stretches, but overall, EDM took it to them.
3) Van's goalie was very good, but man he looks like a rebound machine. Maybe it was somewhat intentional though as a lot of them rebounded so far that the Oiler's couldn't do anything with them.
4) Elias Pettersson looked timid and afraid to engage physically. Honestly, looked scrawny and weak last night and taken off the puck too easily.

I heard it here first...we dodged a bullet not acquiring EP!!!!@!

 

[AD Skinner]

Someone posted a comparison on Reddit kuznetsov has had a better playoff so far than petterson, maeks u think

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Someone posted a comparison on Reddit kuznetsov has had a better playoff so far than petterson, maeks u think

comparisons among 10 games is pretty tough to draw conclusions.

Ep40 is having some bad luck offensively and Kuzy good luck which can throw a comparison with such a small sample size.

the canes are putting kuzy in better situations than EP40 too. Kuzy has a 75% o zone start at 5v5 and EP 53%.