GDT: Non-Panthers NHL playoffs talk

[Pigge]

Maybe something is to say about being frustrated. Maybe mental frustration affects you physically.

I know it does for me. It’s like when I get frustrated, I have negative signals blocking my concentration, and my elevator doesn’t go all the way to the top.

Absolutely. You don't have to be a doctor to know that stress and anxiety break down bodily functions. There's some quote from Gretzky that the game is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical. As with a lot of those Yogi Berra-ish quotes, it is getting at a subtextual truth that the mental aspects bleed into physical performance. Ideally you would want players to rise to the challenge and push even harder when they hit a wall, but that's hardly achievable for most.

Back in the day you could always shake things up with a fight, so people would lose focus and reset their stress levels a bit. That doesn't really seem to work with today's more professional players, for better or worse. Now the fights are just frustration spilling over and reinforcing the emotional imbalance.

What the Flyers could really have used is a chilled out powerplay QB. Going scoreless on the powerplay game after game must be extremely stressful.

 

[Dread Clawz]

Hawryluk pick was fine, his development was just derailed by injuries

 

[GermanPanther]

Hawryluk pick was fine, his development was just derailed by injuries

His development was stopped about his low IQ. I remember that he had a real good Year, played well scored good. And then he thought he must fight, top show he so matured in his process.
He broke his Hand to him out 3-4 Weeks and later on he doesnt he his Hands and the Flow going. The next Season he wasnt even more that good.
Beside the bad Draft we had over Years, some Players who had talent doesn´t had the IQ or in the Head to act so stupid.

 

[Dread Clawz]

His development was stopped about his low IQ. I remember that he had a real good Year, played well scored good. And then he thought he must fight, top show he so matured in his process.
He broke his Hand to him out 3-4 Weeks and later on he doesnt he his Hands and the Flow going. The next Season he wasnt even more that good.
Beside the bad Draft we had over Years, some Players who had talent doesn´t had the IQ or in the Head to act so stupid.

Lots of prospects fight. That was Hawryluk's game, he was picked in the 2nd round because he was a pest and played a physical style. His willingness to fight was an attractive quality to us. He just got unlucky.

 

[KW]

I’m thoroughly enjoying the Isles getting pummeled. I hope Tampa keeps it up.

 

[Ryuji Yamazaki]

Isles are getting destroyed.

 

[Dread Clawz]

It looks like Tampa's year. Sucks for them they'll win the Cup in the bubble though.

 

[Dread Clawz]

I would like Kuhnhackl for the bottom 6 though. I think Zito will target him too. I could also see him going after Derek Grant.

 

[Pigge]

I would like Kuhnhackl for the bottom 6 though. I think Zito will target him too. I could also see him going after Derek Grant.

Elite 1C Derek Grant would fit in nicely in Florida.

 

[Dread Clawz]

Elite 1C Derek Grant would fit in nicely in Florida.

We need bottom 6 guys who play hard too...

 

[Pigge]

We need bottom 6 guys who play hard too...

I was serious that he would be a good addition. The Rob Niedermayer legacy was strong in Anaheim, and Grant is one of those spawns.

 

[Dread Clawz]

I was serious that he would be a good addition. The Rob Niedermayer legacy was strong in Anaheim, and Grant is one of those spawns.

Yeah he has a non stop motor. Him Wally and Sceviour would be a good 4th line.

 

[KW]

I hope our guys are watching the Bolts, and how they find ways to win. How they don’t give up, the last 20sec, they went hard and found a way. The Isles were playing Panther defense, they took a nap at the wrong time.

 

[Pigge]

The Islanders appear to have run out of gas. Barzal's effort on Tampa's third goal looked like something we would expect from the Panthers. Point went to the net and stopped, while Barzal kept going and ended up behind the goal as Point poked in his own rebound.

 

[SoupyFIN]

The Islanders appear to have run out of gas. Barzal's effort on Tampa's third goal looked like something we would expect from the Panthers. Point went to the net and stopped, while Barzal kept going and ended up behind the goal as Point poked in his own rebound.

Bailey late covering for the d-man on the second goal as well, weird to see a Trotz team fall apart like that.

 

[KW]

Bailey late covering for the d-man on the second goal as well, weird to see a Trotz team fall apart like that.

Maybe weird, but enjoyable, because the commentators are shamelessly pulling for the Isles. I don’t think they like that it looks like a Bolts-Stars final.... imagine how they’d react to Panthers in the finals.... (not something they need to worry about, I know)

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

Smith take more attendance shots, hope you enjoy the golf buddy

 

[Bure1096]

Seguin with some choice comments about goal differential and analytics.

 

[Dread Clawz]

Thank god though, a Stars-Isles Final would be a total snoozefest

 

[I am not exposed]

Surprised Dallas won the series in 5. Khudobin getting a lot of credit, and he was good, but the defense should be getting most of the plaudits.

 

[SoupyFIN]

Stars lost like 9 games in a row (before COVID-19 + round robin) before winning the final round robin game, that's probably one of the worst NHL losing streaks heading into the playoffs. I'd bet Calgary.

This aged well.

 

[PSLguy]

Seguin with some choice comments about goal differential and analytics.

 

[KW]

He’s right.

 

[wampa13jku]

Smith take more attendance shots, hope you enjoy the golf buddy

Haha this was my main reason for rooting for Dallas, I didn't want Reilly to win shit.

Now he gets to watch the Final from home, playing on an empty arena is painful, glad he doesn't have to deal with it anymore.

 

[Pigge]

Of course he doesn't want people to care about stats and analytics. He's getting paid almost $10M to have the 7th-11th best stats among Dallas forwards.