At first I was like was it an offside call? No way that was an offside call I guess it was a bad penalty called for a trip or something? Holy shit it was called offside

Reffing seems even worse than usual this year for whatever reason

Kyhron

United States945 Posts

March 29 2016 22:12 GMT

#622

On March 30 2016 05:34 KobraKay wrote:
What is wrong with Bishop? o.O :D

Any chance he gets to win some award this year? Do you guys think there is any possibility to have him in the run for Vezina?

Maybe? His numbers are good but I think its really going to be hard to beat Holtby I think. Only other thing would be the lowest GAA for team but TB is still behind a few teams with not a lot of games left.

At this point the only awards more or less wrapped up are Ross and probably Hart are Kane, Rocket is most likely Ovi's but again Kane is only a few goals back. Everything else at least has a few people in contention. I'm mostly curious on how the Calder nominations go.

QuanticHawk

United States32107 Posts

March 30 2016 01:15 GMT

#623

if it's not Holtby should be Hank imo. been rocking best 5v5 sv% for a while, and all his breakdowns show he has basically carried the rangers once again while posting elite stats again

Kyhron

United States945 Posts

March 30 2016 20:40 GMT

#624

I was thinking today. Whens the last time we had a guy be as absolutely dominating in the scoring race and been the most talked about Hart candidate for almost the entire season like Kane has been this year. Granted a lot of eyes on him early was because of the offseason bullshit, but still whens the last time we had one guy doing what hes done. We had those couple of seasons of Ovi vs Crosby vs Malkin a few years back.

Jaaaaasper

United States10225 Posts

March 30 2016 20:49 GMT

#625

Damn Duncan Keith is a shithead

ii.blitzkrieg

Canada1122 Posts

March 30 2016 20:55 GMT

#626

Crosby in '14 probably. Before that there was usually more competition like you said between those big 3 or Stamkos for a couple years. Kane has cooled off big time lately though. Cherry picking his last 12 games he has 6 points, still 9 up on Benn with 5 games left so he should be ok but may not be as clear cut for the Hart as it was mid season. He may not even hit 100

JimmiC

Canada22817 Posts

March 30 2016 22:47 GMT

#627

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Harris1st

Germany7033 Posts

April 01 2016 11:08 GMT

#628

Can anyone give me short summary of how your league actually works?

like how many from which conference (what the hell are divisions???) gets into what kind of playoff and what is wildcard and oh my god this is confusing...

And do bad teams get demoted? and how many?

I'm really a big fan of hockey, watching the DEL regularly, watching World Championships and ofc Olympics but i really can't get behind your league system ^_^

JimmiC

Canada22817 Posts

April 01 2016 13:27 GMT

#629

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QuanticHawk

United States32107 Posts

April 01 2016 13:36 GMT

#630

league demotions aren't in murican sports!

The most important thing about the NHL is the best trophy in the world, The Stanley Cup! Combine a bunch of rowdy 'Muricans and a bunch of dumb, hillbilly Canadians with a giant trophy with a bowl, and you get lots of fun stories.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditions_and_anecdotes_associated_with_the_Stanley_Cup#Misadventures
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/420958-top-15-most-outrageous-stanley-cup-stories
http://www.realclearsports.com/lists/top_10_stanley_cup_stories/
http://archive.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/gallery/stanley_cup_stories/
http://mentalfloss.com/article/51140/22-things-you-might-not-know-about-stanley-cup

Sermokala

United States14076 Posts

April 01 2016 14:12 GMT

#631

The most important thing to understand about the american sports system is the draft. Once you get that everything else falls into place.

QuanticHawk

United States32107 Posts

April 01 2016 18:09 GMT

#632

fyi yall: http://espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/matchups

xDaunt

United States17988 Posts

April 01 2016 20:26 GMT

#633

Those Pacific Division matchups are gonna be nasty.

KobraKay

Portugal4236 Posts

April 01 2016 21:16 GMT

#634

On March 30 2016 07:12 Kyhron wrote:

Show nested quote +

I know I know, Holtby has been a monster this season. But I'll be happy if Bishop is at least in the mix for the award.

Jaaaaasper

United States10225 Posts

April 02 2016 00:22 GMT

#635

6 games for Keith? Just becuase you announced it on April fools doesn't mean you need to make the suspension a joke

QuanticHawk

United States32107 Posts

April 02 2016 00:29 GMT

#636

yeah that's some shit. That's only 1 playoff game for a dude who now has two serious incidents where he tried to decapitate someone. I get that he's not a 'repeat offender' as far as the CBA is concerned, but this incident alone was so fuckin stupid it deserved more

Flaccid

8865 Posts

April 02 2016 06:00 GMT

#637

On April 01 2016 23:12 Sermokala wrote:
The most important thing to understand about the american sports system is the draft. Once you get that everything else falls into place.

As an Oilers fan... that's our Stanley Cup.

Stratos_speAr

United States6959 Posts

April 02 2016 07:15 GMT

#638

On April 01 2016 20:08 Harris1st wrote:
Can anyone give me short summary of how your league actually works?

like how many from which conference (what the hell are divisions???) gets into what kind of playoff and what is wildcard and oh my god this is confusing...

And do bad teams get demoted? and how many?

I'm really a big fan of hockey, watching the DEL regularly, watching World Championships and ofc Olympics but i really can't get behind your league system ^_^

Bold part: welcome to any American sports league. It really makes no sense and is unnecessarily confusing.

The organization (conferences/divisions, especially in American football), not the draft. The draft is awesome.