the NHL Thread

[silverwheels]

FOX Trax!

 

[silverwheels]

Hill is playing so far above his head. At least the Edmonton series wasn't a one hit wonder. I'd be pissed if Dallas were lighting him up.

 

[Irishman]

He's good.

 

[silverwheels]

Robertson still holding it down for us AZNS

 

[goblue96]

That was a bomb from Pavelski.

 

[BearDownUofA]

Clap bombs, fuck moms, wheel, snipe, and fuckin' celly boys fuck.

 

[Schauwn]

Dallas trying to set it up so I'm COMPLETELY wrong, awesome. Vegas in 5, here we are.

 

[goblue96]

 

[silverwheels]

Vegas just has too many guys who can score.

 

[silverwheels]

Vegas just has too many guys who can score.

And yet

Robertson still holding it down for us AZNS

LFG

 

[Irishman]

I didn't think Dallas would win either of the last two games. Crazy.

 

[silverwheels]

That was intense. Dallas kind of beat Vegas at their own game.

 

[pavel]

Duncan is no Ray Allen

Edit: lol

 

[BearDownUofA]

Vegas just has too many guys who can score.

And then what happened?

 

[Schauwn]

No way the Stars actually take this to game seven.

 

[silverwheels]

No way the Stars actually take this to game seven.

I approve of this strategy

 

[silverwheels]

Game is in danger of slipping away from Dallas here

 

[Irishman]

And then what happened?

And then then what happened?



That's why this thread functions better as running commentary than gotcha/20-20 hindsight analyis.

 

[silverwheels]

Game is in danger of slipping away from Dallas here

Sorry @Schauwn I tried

 

[CJ_24]

Bunch of hockey guys spending two weeks in Miami and Vegas. Nothing can go wrong here, I am sure that everyone will be on their best behavior

 

[Schauwn]

I at least got them to game 6 after the unlucky breaks in game 1 and game 2 really put the team in a hole. Proud of our efforts here.

Stoked to see what the team can do next year.

 

[silverwheels]

Florida consistently does the one thing that slows down and frustrates Vegas: hard forechecking. Gotta hit their defenders at every opportunity and prevent smooth breakouts. Edmonton and Dallas had success when they did that, but they just didn't do it enough. And surely Hill will come back down to Earth at least a few times.

 

[BearDownUofA]

Fuck Vegas. Go Panthers.

 

[CJ_24]

 

[CJ_24]

 

[goblue96]

 

[silverwheels]

Gaudreau left Sutter only to end up with Babcock, LMAO

 

[Irishman]

Can't believe a progressive, forward thinking organization like Chicago would bring in Babcock. Lololololol

 

[goblue96]

Gaudreau left Sutter only to end up with Babcock, LMAO

Well he could have ended up with Torts in Philly.

 

[silverwheels]

Seriously, fuck Bettman.



And fuck Vegas too while we're at it.

 

[Irishman]

Stone had so many clean looks tonight. You knew he was bound to convert eventually.

 

[BearDownUofA]

Can't believe a progressive, forward thinking organization like Chicago would bring in Babcock. Lololololol

 

[Irishman]

View attachment 28531

Yeah I'm dumb.

Totally misread who was signing that dinosaur.

 

[Rutgers Mike]

The NHL in Atlanta: Why Chapter 3 could be completely different

If some issues are addressed and accounted for, team-seekers believe the third time might be the charm for the NHL and Atlanta.

theathletic.com

But why?

 

[silverwheels]

Hockey is already a niche sport in the States. Southern markets are a major risk unless the team is good for a while. The Expansion Draft is now incredibly favorable for new franchises, so if an Atlanta expansion team happens they'd probably be pretty good fairly quickly. I doubt Vegas would have the support it does if they weren't good immediately.

 

[Rutgers Mike]

Hockey is already a niche sport in the States. Southern markets are a major risk unless the team is good for a while. The Expansion Draft is now incredibly favorable for new franchises, so if an Atlanta expansion team happens they'd probably be pretty good fairly quickly. I doubt Vegas would have the support it does if they weren't good immediately.

Why expand anyway? Well besides the cash for the other owners? 33, 34 and 35 team league doesn’t make sense either.

 

[silverwheels]

I don't think they need to expand, either, but Bettman is determined to make the worst decisions possible about everything.

 

[Rutgers Mike]

To be fair, I love my 48 team franchise in NHL 23, but that’s not reality

 

[Irishman]

Wayne Newton looks like a wax museum head. Gross.

 

[Irishman]

Okay that last few minutes was nuts.

 

[silverwheels]

Vegas winning is pissing me off more than it should.

 

[Irishman]

They are insanely good right now.

 

[silverwheels]

Vegas is just so good at giving themselves space to work. They've also been extremely lucky, but it all counts the same.

 

[Irishman]

Can we talk about Adin Hill living the #blessed life, having been with Arizona and San Jose until this year? Lol

 

[silverwheels]

Tkachuk just destroyed Eichel. This American-on-American violence needs to stop!

 

[Irishman]

The hitting is this game is unreal.

 

[goblue96]

Tkachuk just destroyed Eichel. This American-on-American violence needs to stop!

Can we discuss Eichel winning a cup for McDaivd

 

[silverwheels]

I mean, put McDavid on this Vegas team and he's winning a cup. Buffalo fumbled it with Eichel but they'll be fine. Edmonton's front office has been pretty shitty, too.

 

[CJ_24]

Tkachuk just destroyed Eichel. This American-on-American violence needs to stop!

 

[Irishman]

How about Jonathan Marchessault in this playoffs?