The Stanley Cup Playoffs 2023: Second Round GDT.

[sabrefanday1]

9 hours ago, GoPuckYourself said:

Luke Schenn just destroyed Matthew Tkachuk lol

I still laugh at those posters who did not want this guy on our team.

want who??? Tkachuk or Schenn? No way to Schenn but sure wish we'd have got Tkachuk; he is exactly what the Sabres need 

[LabattBlue]

Allow me my yearly beef…

I really hate that there is an off day when there are back to back home games in a series. The playoffs going until late June…👎🏻.  

[Pimlach]

7 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

Final score Kraken 5 Pavelski 4 Dallas no score. 

Surprisingly non physical game for this stage but fast and fun. Sabres could have played this style I think. We need to become as relentless and fearless as this Kraken team. We have the speed, we just need the tenacity. 

Tampa really misses Gourde. That guy is a playoff warrior. We need a Gourde on our roster. 

Edited May 3, 2023 by Pimlach

[French Collection]

9 hours ago, SwampD said:

I agree, but just because there was something worse, doesn't change the fact that this is really dumb. I guess kids need to be fooled into thinking they are playing the video game NHL.

Kids don’t have the attention span to watch an entire game. They should add that as a filter option.

[Marvin]

2 hours ago, LabattBlue said:

Allow me my yearly beef…

I really hate that there is an off day when there are back to back home games in a series. The playoffs going until late June…👎🏻.  

This was changed ages ago because that meant 4 games in 5 nights.  Players did not like how beat up they were and owners did not like the turn-around time.  Now, the networks like it because they can have games on every night amd fans can watch every second if they so choose.

[LabattBlue]

23 minutes ago, Marvin said:

This was changed ages ago because that meant 4 games in 5 nights.  Players did not like how beat up they were and owners did not like the turn-around time.  Now, the networks like it because they can have games on every night amd fans can watch every second if they so choose.

Then the regular season needs to be shortened.  Training camp starts in mid-September, season ends in late June…9-1/2 month season.  Too friggin’ long. 

[Marvin]

2 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

Then the regular season needs to be shortened.  Training camp starts in mid-September, season ends in late June…9-1/2 month season.  Too friggin’ long. 

I am for 76 games for starters: 4 games per team in conference and 1 per team out of conference.  That cuts 2 weeks off the season there.

[GoPuckYourself]

5 hours ago, sabrefanday1 said:

want who??? Tkachuk or Schenn? No way to Schenn but sure wish we'd have got Tkachuk; he is exactly what the Sabres need 

Schenn

[Eleven]

10 hours ago, Kristian said:

That hire alone, should make sure JBot never works in hockey again.

No, I want Botterill back in hockey again.  Preferably in Boston.  

[SwampD]

3 hours ago, LabattBlue said:

Allow me my yearly beef…

I really hate that there is an off day when there are back to back home games in a series. The playoffs going until late June…👎🏻.  

1 hour ago, Marvin said:

This was changed ages ago because that meant 4 games in 5 nights.  Players did not like how beat up they were and owners did not like the turn-around time.  Now, the networks like it because they can have games on every night amd fans can watch every second if they so choose.

I love it for the same reason,… until the SCFs.

1 hour ago, LabattBlue said:

Then the regular season needs to be shortened.  Training camp starts in mid-September, season ends in late June…9-1/2 month season.  Too friggin’ long. 

Man, I wish I had 2 1/2 months off every year.

[nfreeman]

I am rooting for Lindy and the Devils, but they have a real hill to climb.  I thought Carolina was, after Boston, the best team I saw in the NHL this year.

[PerreaultForever]

6 hours ago, LabattBlue said:

Then the regular season needs to be shortened.  Training camp starts in mid-September, season ends in late June…9-1/2 month season.  Too friggin’ long. 

The ideal season for me would be 62 games. Home and away game against every team and that's it. Then the top 16 make the playoffs east or west. 

Not going to happen though. Too much revenue at stake for them ever to consider shortening it. They're more likely to add games and have even more teams in the playoffs than to shorten it. 

[PerreaultForever]

6 minutes ago, nfreeman said:

I am rooting for Lindy and the Devils, but they have a real hill to climb.  I thought Carolina was, after Boston, the best team I saw in the NHL this year.

The Svechnikov injury levels things a little, and maybe Schmid is the X factor. He's been outstanding and if he puts on a Conn Smyth worthy show you never know. But they are the underdogs for sure. 

[Carmel Corn]

5 hours ago, Eleven said:

No, I want Botterill back in hockey again.  Preferably in Boston.  

or Toronto please.

[Randall Flagg]

1 hour ago, nfreeman said:

I am rooting for Lindy and the Devils, but they have a real hill to climb.  I thought Carolina was, after Boston, the best team I saw in the NHL this year.

They play an awesome game but do not have elite talent on offense and have two crippling injuries on that side of the ice, which limits their ceiling this playoffs imo. I could see NJ having a fairly easy time shutting them down. 

[French Collection]

1 hour ago, Carmel Corn said:

or Toronto please.

OMG, his sister is on the HNIC panel. She would pour the gas for the millions of Leafblowers.

[Carmel Corn]

Kinda a yawner in Carolina so far....Hurricanes leading 2-0, but not a lot of chances or shots on either side....NJ only 1 SOG so far....

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NJ is really flat.

[FrenchConnection44]

Let’s Go Oilers! Pound Eichel. Send him into hiding. 

[SwampD]

As per the rule, that should have been a penalty on Seigenthaler.

Dumb rule, but it's there.

EDIT: not Seigenthaler. The Hurricane that lost his helmet.

Edited May 4, 2023 by SwampD

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[SwampD]

That's how you change a goalie.

[Pimlach]

Carolina is a mechanical team. Hard working and disciplined.  It will be interesting to see if Lindy can get his team to solve them. 

[GoPuckYourself]

New jersey looks like they don't even belong in the same rink with the Hurricanes.

[Randall Flagg]

3 hours ago, Randall Flagg said:

They play an awesome game but do not have elite talent on offense and have two crippling injuries on that side of the ice, which limits their ceiling this playoffs imo. I could see NJ having a fairly easy time shutting them down. 

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