Absolutely correct, they have just enough going forward and plenty of discipline in the neutral zone and defensive zone. They're going to be a tough team to eliminate the way Trotz has them playing.
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They look like the Blues last year. The only question is whether they get goaltending like Binnington.
To go full Blues they'd need to resort to cheap shots cry to the press about the calls. Doesn't seem Trotz's style but this is a silly season. He tends to rip his own players more than the officials from what I remember.
2004 Red Sox say hello. Sorry, couldn't resist bringing that up. It never gets old. It will never get old.
Yep we were all on a group chat and I was just pleading for Barzal with one of the 3 picks.
A little bit, however this is what I could’ve seen happening in hindsight:
He got drafted in 2015. He wasn’t playing center here for Claude Julien. He would’ve went to Providence and lit it up. Now he’s still a young kid tearing up the AHL but the Bruins want to win now, so he’s probably traded at the deadline for a proven 2 way big veteran that Claude would want to play in the playoffs. Someone like Charlie Coyle.
These are the things I tell myself to avoid breaking more of my household items whenever I think of that draft miss. That and the fact that there’s no way they could clear up enough cap space to sign him as an RFA.
They drafted Pastrnak, Donato, Heinen and Bjork in 2014. In 2015 they drafted DeBrusk, Carlo, Lauzon. In 2016 they got McAvoy. That’s 2 franchise players and 6 NHL regulars (5 if you want to quibble with Lauzon) at this point, and it doesn’t include Senyshyn, Zboril who haven’t totally flamed out yet, or Vladar who has shown promise.
Yes, they missed on players but those 3 drafts were franchise altering. I don’t lose sleep over 2015. It is what it is, those drafts have helped them become one of the best teams in the league.
Yes, they missed on players but those 3 drafts were franchise altering. I don’t lose sleep over 2015. It is what it is, those drafts have helped them become one of the best teams in the league.
I was thinking that they'd be a better potential opponent for the Bs than would the Flyers. But I'm not sure how true that is (Price always scares me).
Absolutely. I feel sick about it, but living in NJ it’s pretty easy to hate Philly even without wanting the better team to lose.
Well, that's a good point--rooting against Montreal is akin to rooting for Philly (who I strongly dislike, but not all out despise like Montreal and Pittsburgh). I guess I feel less dirty.
I find it extremely strange that I find myself pulling for Montréal. Down right dirty. But aside from this Flyers team being extremely unlikeable, I used to work for Comcast-Spectacor and I REALLY hate the Flyers.
And Sixers. And I barely care about basketball.
And Sixers. And I barely care about basketball.
The reseeding makes it difficult to game it out. Montreal wins, then we need 2 other series to break our way to get the Habs.
Let’s go Habs. I’d take them over the Flyers who have more elite players. Price and Shea Weber are great players though.
Sure, but I guess I mean is it better to face Philly or Montreal at any point in the post-season, not just the next round.
Raises hand. During the playoffs, I root for the Scabs against every other team for one purpose and one purpose only—so they can lose to the Bruins.
Early Columbus goal waived off because they were offside 41 seconds before the goal was scored.
I'd like to see the rule be changed that the goal has to come within a short amount of time of the puck entering the zone, like maybe 5 seconds, if it's to be waved off for offsides. I think that that's a compromise everyone can live with and is consistent with the rationale for the offsides rule.
I'd get rid of it completely. These plays are so close that it has no impact on the outcome of the play.
NM.
EDIT: I gotcha. You're saying either get it right or wrong in real time, and live with whichever decision is made no matter how the play turns out.
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It's an utter abomination that a goal can be overturned for inconsequential centimeters while directly relevant plays like, oh I dunno, the puck going out of play or a slew foot leading to a goal cannot be reviewed.
I wouldn't draw any line, offside wouldn't be subject to review in my NHL. The linesman rarely miss the egregious ones, the reviews for offside always seem to be of the splitting hairs variety where the offside has zero impact on the play.
It sounds like skate in the air but above the line will qualify as onside, so that is one baby step to "improve" the current rule.
Re: the bolded, the kinds of offside misses that the rule was put in place to stop are, frankly, so few and far between that it's a joke they felt it even needed to be fixed. I would venture a guess that incorrect defensive pass interference penalties occur way more often, and the NFL has been much quicker to scrap an unhelpful review system.
Yes, I understand now. I was thinking keep the review only in cases in which goals are scored within 5 seconds (or whatever) so that no one can get away with a missed egregious call that occurs just prior to a goal. It all hinges on whether you can live with egregious misses that are, like you say, pretty rare (but would be hard to live with if they occurred in a big game).