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The Everything NHL Thread
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Yeah if there was 1:30 left instead of :30 left maybe I'd be mad about the blatant game-changing trip that led directly to a Chicago goal. But they earned those two wins. Why is Torey Krug out there with 30 seconds left anyways. Either team could have won any of these 5 games, it's pretty safe to say that the winning goalie gets the Conn Smythe at this point. Tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuukkaaaaa might still get it even if the Blackhawks win with the way he played for 2 months
I am just praying to the hockey gods that Bergeron is ok for Game 6. The injuries you can't see are always the scariest.
Bruins were down 3-2 before in the Cup Finals and I think we all remember what happened to that small canadian village
I am just praying to the hockey gods that Bergeron is ok for Game 6. The injuries you can't see are always the scariest.
Bruins were down 3-2 before in the Cup Finals and I think we all remember what happened to that small canadian village
So, Bernier is a Leaf now.
Hardly pointless, we've got a fairly solid 1 and 1a goalie tandem now and both will push the other to be better. We struggled heavily when Reimer was injured this season so this trade really shores up our depth. And as you said we gave up very little, particularly considering we can wait right up until the second round to decide if we want to give them the draft pick or not.
All they did was hurt Reimer's confidence, who a had a very good year. The Leafs must not have much faith in him by trading for Bernier. Neither guy is a proven #1 goalie, though Reimer is a bit closer. The Leafs have more bigger concerns like signing their RFAs, extending Kessel and Phaneuf's contract etc. Bernier is an RFA too, so now they have to resign him lol.
Terrible trade for the Leafs. They were one of the weakest teams this season when it came to puck possession, and Matt Frattin was one of their best puck possession guys. They shored up a position that wasn't their biggest concern at the cost of their overall roster depth. Kings swindled them here.
So...teams are going to be freaking out about that "Russian flight risk" stuff again.
Bobrovsky has reportedly been offered 10 MILLION PER YEAR
http://en.rsport.ru/hockey/20130623/669811773.html
Bobrovsky has reportedly been offered 10 MILLION PER YEAR
http://en.rsport.ru/hockey/20130623/669811773.html
Brutal is the word. Poor Boston...
I'm impressed that the Hawks won since the playoffs are always tailored for the defensive goon teams to win due to the refs swallowing their whistles and allowing nonstop interference/hooking/crosschecking
It's incredible how both teams could have one every single one of these games, except for game 3, that was all Bruins.
We got so fucking lucky and were on our backs sooooo much during the series. It's incredible.
I won't keep repeating myself on the tempo and shit about the series.. It's fucking over. Thank god. We all know.
We got so fucking lucky and were on our backs sooooo much during the series. It's incredible.
I won't keep repeating myself on the tempo and shit about the series.. It's fucking over. Thank god. We all know.
What the fuck.
If so, Jackets are crazy and I hope they burn themselves over it. They likely will.
Edit : OOOH, KHL offer.
So winners and losers of a crazy free agency:
Losers:
Toronto- For signing/resigning two borderline 2nd line players to ridiculous deals
Philly- For just signing Vinny and giving Giroux a 8 year extension for 8.3M a year. Gave Streit a stupid deal too. Vintage Holmgren.
Tampa Bay- Signing Filppula a 2nd liner, coming off a shitty season to 5M a year.
Winners:
Pretty much the teams that steered clear of the free agency silliness.
Losers:
Toronto- For signing/resigning two borderline 2nd line players to ridiculous deals
Philly- For just signing Vinny and giving Giroux a 8 year extension for 8.3M a year. Gave Streit a stupid deal too. Vintage Holmgren.
Tampa Bay- Signing Filppula a 2nd liner, coming off a shitty season to 5M a year.
Winners:
Pretty much the teams that steered clear of the free agency silliness.
The biggest losers of the day were the Devils IMO. Ryan Clowe is in contention for most useless player in the NHL, slow as molasses, low hockey IQ, hands of stone, he can't even push people around and park in front of the net like he used to due to deteriorating strength. Yet the Devils thought it'd be a good idea to give him 5 million.
Also, a lot of teams were losers simply because they didn't address enough needs. I'll just use the Oilers as an example, we needed a top pairing puck moving dman, a big physical forward in the top 6, toughness in the bottom 6, and a 3rd line center. We walked out of free agency with only the 3rd line center. I can't believe Dallas actually gave up positive value for Horcoff though lol, maybe MacT can con some team into giving up a big second line winger for Hemsky.
Clowe was a terrible signing but if he is healthy he is a better player than Clarkson. Clowe's deal is offset by resigning Elias and signing Ryder on a cheap deal so the Devils arent losers or winners.
It was pretty hard to address needs given that this was probably the worst crop of UFAs in years. The only players left who might help the Oilers are Marek Zidlicky or Ian White.