Octopus Overlords

Maple Leafs sure know how to choke...

Until they broke through in '94, fans razzed the Rangers with "nineteen-forty". How on earth have fans refrained from "twenty-o'four-ing" these Leafs?

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 10:34 pm

That is immediately being sent to all my buddies back in TO.

This BOS-NYI OT is firewagon hockey. Both teams with tons of chances. You never see this sort of play during post-season free hockey.

Moat_Man wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 10:37 pm That is immediately being sent to all my buddies back in TO.

As a forlorn Sabres fan, I approve.

The Meal wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 10:41 pm This BOS-NYI OT is firewagon hockey. Both teams with tons of chances. You never see this sort of play during post-season free hockey.

And I am here for it.

I gave up watching hockey 20 years ago. As a resident of Toronto I obviously made the right choice.

Now we have 4 games for Scheifele for last night's charging hit on Evans. Big hit, def deserved a suspension IMO, but this does seem like dart-throwing. This was at least during play, wasn't an extended minute-long assault on a defenseless player's neck and head like Reaves on Graves was, and Scheifele has no prior record. So let's give double the games that Reaves got and half what Kadri got.

Okedoke then.

Must have pulled one more ball out of the draft lottery machine.

Does this shit ever become ‘criminal’ ?

It has, yes.

The Meal wrote: ↑Fri Jun 04, 2021 8:22 amIt has, yes.

Linkage.

Nous Le Nord.

I wanted Jets and Hurricanes. At least I get Islanders and, hopefully, Golden Knights.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 10:00 pm I wanted Jets and Hurricanes. At least I get Islanders and, hopefully, Golden Knights.

Bite your tongue.

Though I'm with you on the Islanders.

I'll root for Colorado on almost any day of the week. But not when they're playing Buffalo (they don't need it), Dallas, or Las Vegas.

I had an amazing run of picking winners in the bubble last year. This year I was lukewarm in the first round (I did pick the Jets over the Oilers), but ice cold here in the second round. I had the Isles and have the Avs, but missed the other two series.

Here's to a great finish in the Knights/Avs series. The close games in that series have been unlike anything else we've been watching this post-season. An Avs/Lightning finals could be just the thing for bringing new viewers into the game, and would be a ton of fun for already-fans of the league.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 10:20 pm I'll root for Colorado on almost any day of the week. But not when they're playing Buffalo (they don't need it), Dallas, or Las Vegas.

I still have a dislike for the Avalanche after all these years. It all comes down to Claude.

I'm sure that everyone is sad that a Boston team has been knocked out of the playoffs.

El Guapo wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 9:32 am I'm sure that everyone is sad that a Boston team has been knocked out of the playoffs.

I almost shed a single tear.

Not really, though.

I had no idea people had a distaste for the Bruins. For a long time, they'd have been my second team. Unlike, say, the Celts, Pats, or RSox.

Brad Marchand and Zdeno Chara.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 10:20 am Brad Marchand and Zdeno Chara.

Chara's not on the team anymore! So we're good?

I also suspect that the Bruins wind up getting some splash damage from people being fed up with the Patriots and Red Sox.

They are a Sabres division opponent. I'm good.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 11:04 am They are a Sabres division opponent. I'm good.

Does Buffalo really have any opponents?

Yes. Next season, it will be 32nd place.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 12:04 pm Yes. Next season, it will be 32nd place.

Wasn't that many seasons ago that the Avs were not only worst in the league, but history-making levels of bad. So there's hope: your team could soon find itself perennially losing in the 2nd round, too!

Or losing a draft lottery with your ton of chances year after year after year.

Zaxxon wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 12:20 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 12:04 pm Yes. Next season, it will be 32nd place.

Wasn't that many seasons ago that the Avs were not only worst in the league, but history-making levels of bad. So there's hope: your team could soon find itself perennially losing in the 2nd round, too!

Vegas joined the league in 2017-18; Buffalo finished 31st.
...
2019-20 was the bubble year, top 24 teams went to the expanded playoffs; Buffalo finished 25th.
2020-21, Buffalo finished 31st.

It seems pretty well established at this point that Buffalo's problem is front office (simply because there are really not many other options left). You can't even blame it on coaching, seeing as they've gone through more coaches in the last few years than the rest of their division combined. Their dysfunction is almost intractable.

As for the Avs...I'm just pissed that they are blowing it to VGK, a team that I absolutely despise.

When I was young, the Sabres were the team that the Bruins would always beat in the 1st round before getting demolished by the Penguins in the 2nd.

Always happy to the see the Isles do well. Was a massive fan growing up during the Dynasty years.

gilraen wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 12:40 pm As for the Avs...I'm just pissed that they are blowing it to VGK, a team that I absolutely despise.

Vegas, baby!

El Guapo wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 9:32 am I'm sure that everyone is sad that a Boston team has been knocked out of the playoffs.

The sad thing about Boston being out is it eliminates the chance of the Golden Knight defeating a live bear as the pregame show to a Stanley Cup final game.

Congrats to the Knights. They definitely earned the series win.

Avalanche: wins Presidents' Trophy
Avalanche: has Hart finalist
Avalanche: has Norris finalist
Avalanche: has Vezina finalist
Avalanche: loses 4 in a row for first time all season

Yup. So frustrating. They have the talent. But they always seem to end up choking. No idea why.

TheMix wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 10:12 am Yup. So frustrating. They have the talent. But they always seem to end up choking. No idea why.

Last year the whole goalie corps was steamrolled. This year, they ran into the other best team in the league in round 2. The frustrating part for me is that next year the cap situation starts getting a lot more difficult.