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Draw me like your French Canadian girls
(I shamelessly stole this comment from somehwere else)
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also this is pretty rad
http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2014/5/20/5734312/johnny-gaudreau-goal-assists-wow-usa-hockey
The 2014 NHL Season - Two Accounts, No Cups - Page 197
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QuanticHawk
United States32084 Posts
Draw me like your French Canadian girls (I shamelessly stole this comment from somehwere else) also this is pretty rad http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2014/5/20/5734312/johnny-gaudreau-goal-assists-wow-usa-hockey | ||
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Banff
Canada39 Posts
I like how a good number of those goals were short handed. When Hitchcock coached Nash, he made him a two way forward and didn't shy away from letting him play on the PK. I don't think you'll see Hall out there much on the penalty kill, who knows - Hall is still pretty young at 22 (that and I don't watch much oilers hockey). Columbus was not blessed with three first overall picks either. Nash was a pretty polarizing player, but TJ Oshie laid him out a couple times I didn't think Nash was soft. It made me realize how good of a hitter Oshie is. | ||
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Banff
Canada39 Posts
On May 22 2014 01:22 QuanticHawk wrote: I'd probably put the Blues over the Ducks as the top four in the west. STL is a better all around team and more depth, but they just ran into a buzzsaw in the first round. Anaheim has some nice pieces, but they're very top heavy at the moment. Maybe some of those younger guys step up in the next year or two to fill in the drop off from Getzlaf and Perry to the other forwards, but right now they are slim there and on the blue line. St L was also a juggernaut but they peaked too early. They definitely had the potential to go late. Just shows you the depth of the western conference. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32084 Posts
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada16969 Posts
On May 22 2014 02:11 QuanticHawk wrote: Personally, I still think they'd have been better off not doing that trade considering the marginal improvement they got with Miller and the loss in forward depth from losing Stewart. Backes getting hurt also screwed them real good. According to you though, Miller deserved as much playing time in the Olympics as Quick. so not sure what the waffling is all about. i guess Quick is over rated in your stats world or something. | ||
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Kyhron
United States945 Posts
On May 22 2014 01:57 Banff wrote: St L was also a juggernaut but they peaked too early. They definitely had the potential to go late. Just shows you the depth of the western conference. Honestly STL didn't peak too early. They played a tough series against a team with a lot more playoff experience and were the defending champs. That's a hard combo to overcome and they've drawn that short straw two playoffs in a row. Just advancing through the playoffs in the gauntlet that's the West is impressive. | ||
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Banff
Canada39 Posts
On May 22 2014 04:38 Kyhron wrote: Honestly STL didn't peak too early. They played a tough series against a team with a lot more playoff experience and were the defending champs. That's a hard combo to overcome and they've drawn that short straw two playoffs in a row. Just advancing through the playoffs in the gauntlet that's the West is impressive. I was using LA as a reference. The year they won the cup they severely underachieved throughout the regular season until they hired Darryl Sutter. I think that is an example of a team peaking at the right time. You could see the wheels moving as they entered playoffs. St Louis was struggling down the last stretch, maybe it was the Miller move - who knows. If the playoffs started mid season, it may have been a different story. The amount of depth in both rosters is comparable. Sure they may not have had a lot of playoff experience on the team, but think about how many of the players have played in a high stakes environment. Lots of olympians on the roster and Ken Hitchcock who has coached his share of playoff games and international nail biters. Pietrangelo Bouwmeester Oshie Steen Backes Miller Shattenkirk Berglund were in the olympics and should have the mental focus and experience to put it together. What do I know, I'm not an olympian and I didn't make the show. I'm an arm chair observer. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32084 Posts
I am still more of the mind that they are a really good team that ran into a better team, but you can't really discount that. | ||
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GolemMadness
Canada11044 Posts
On May 22 2014 02:11 QuanticHawk wrote: Personally, I still think they'd have been better off not doing that trade considering the marginal improvement they got with Miller and the loss in forward depth from losing Stewart. Backes getting hurt also screwed them real good. Stewart was useless as fuck. At least Steve Ott's good at taking faceoffs. | ||
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Banff
Canada39 Posts
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Trasko
Sweden983 Posts
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Orcasgt24
Canada3238 Posts
On May 22 2014 08:14 Trasko wrote: I really want the Habs to at least win one game in this series T_T. With Price out it's highly unlikely we'll make it to the finals. Yeah. Montreal had a solid chance with Price in net. Maybe they lose the series even with him in net but without him in net they stand no chance. I expect 4-0 sweep. MTL goalie depth just isn't there | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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GolemMadness
Canada11044 Posts
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EiBmoZ
Canada235 Posts
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada16969 Posts
Wayne Gretzky, 15G 25A that year.... he was on his way to being the only player to score 20 goals in the playoffs....when he ran into ... guess who? Mr. Longevity himself.. Patrick Roy. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32084 Posts
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada16969 Posts
It would appear that more guys than Randy Carlyle are suspect of Reimer's ability.  I guess Team Canada can see why Reimer lost his starting job this year. i love the "puck possession stats" zealots that act like Bowman and Tikhonov's 1960s coaching methods didn't exist until they had a stat for it. the tiny perfect commissioner was named executive of the year http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/bettman-named-sports-executive-of-the-year/ the NHL also won "league of the year" and the winter classic took home the "event of the year" award. | ||
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Wingblade
United States1806 Posts
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kroko
Finland2136 Posts
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