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On February 16 2019 08:11 KobraKay wrote:
Havent watch many games this year. Is McJesus still carrying them hard? Or is the team working as a whole? From the previous comment it seems the team is not that well.
As far as last week, neither really. The Oilers have fired both their coach and their GM this season. Mcdavid has been himself but one person referred to some of their forwards as "AHL fodder"
As for the cup, it's hard to bet against the lightning but I still like the leafs, especially if they pick up a right handed defenceman for a Johnsson or Kappanen (as good as they are)...in the west I got Nashville (strong blue line with people who can really powder the puck)
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I've been wanting a Tampa - Nash final for a few years. Two absolute monster teams. Winnepeg and SJ are pretty deep too.
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i would say Tampa has the best shot coming out of east this year.
WSH is struggling under their joke of a coach and are not that hungry anymore and Pens well ... they are picking up the pace as they always do at the post-season mark, but are inconsistent and are pretty vulnerable. And Toronto are not ready yet.
However the problem for Bolts last year was they were not physical enough in the post-season. I do see them doing better in that regard this year.
Cant say much for the West, but Nash, Winnipeg and SJ all look pretty dope to me.
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Zucc for 2 conditional picks, ouch.
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Yeah, that trade is ass. 2nd and 3rd for a guy who is on pace for another 50-60pt season. Dzingle got 2 2nds and a top 9, cost controlled young guy who hit 20goals and 40+ points a few years back. The conditionals (get to conference final > 1st; resign > 1st) aren't fucking happening. Dallas blows and Zucc just came off of a 4 year, $4.5 per deal where his performance remained consistent. He will get 5x$5m on the open market and Dallas isn't going to cough up a first to resign him til he is 37.
If that's the return to expect for Hayes they should have just done the fire sale last year and let the kids play this year so they could really tank. Overall I am just not really that thrilled about the rebuild and the chances of the team being good over the next 3 years. Kravtsov is basically their one big chance at a legit scoring stud, but he is 19 and probably 2-3 years away for being a consistent roster player. Chytil looks like he'll be a solid top 6 playmaker but not a 30G a year scoring dynamo that they really need... and they're using him as a winger rather than center. Those are really the only two non-goalie blue chip prospects and I don't think anyone else currently on the roster (Vesey, Buchnevich, DeAngelo, Poink, etc) is going to turn into an all star.
The Rangers also have a god awful D and have a lot of money locked up there through 2021. Staal hasn't been an NHL-level player for nearly 3 years and the Rangers will be paying him nearly $6m through 2021.They're also paying Brendan Smith almost $4.5m. Shattenkirk looks like dogshit and is getting $6.6m for it. Miller is probably their one good prospect on the blueline.
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And.... Zucc is out for a month !
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Damn, Vegas went all in on Stone and gave him a gigantic contract ($9.5 million / 8 years). I guess I'm better with Vegas getting him than the Flames.
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Wild trade granlund while his fiancee was in labor to nashville for kevin fiala
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Preds got Simmonds and Granlund. This team is stacked now.
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Flames clinched last night and are looking pretty strong. Would be interesting to see how far they go.
Oh and AZ might get in, that's something i'm totally not prepared for
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Yotes are a wagon bud, jump on! I'll be real happy to see them in the playoffs, they have a hell of a strong forecheck game, and it's hard not feel for a team that's had 4/5 of their centers missing significant time to injuries, not to mention the D-men and starting goaltender.
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On March 19 2019 05:38 Mordanis wrote:
Yotes are a wagon bud, jump on! I'll be real happy to see them in the playoffs, they have a hell of a strong forecheck game, and it's hard not feel for a team that's had 4/5 of their centers missing significant time to injuries, not to mention the D-men and starting goaltender.
Hope they do not demoralize after today's game against Tampa xD
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On March 19 2019 06:29 KobraKay wrote:Show nested quote +On March 19 2019 05:38 Mordanis wrote:
Yotes are a wagon bud, jump on! I'll be real happy to see them in the playoffs, they have a hell of a strong forecheck game, and it's hard not feel for a team that's had 4/5 of their centers missing significant time to injuries, not to mention the D-men and starting goaltender. Hope they do not demoralize after today's game against Tampa xD
in the post-game interviews they were actually happy how they played. We are at the point when losing to Tampa in a somewhat decent manner is a successful evening 
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On March 19 2019 18:00 fLyiNgDroNe wrote:Show nested quote +On March 19 2019 06:29 KobraKay wrote:On March 19 2019 05:38 Mordanis wrote:
Yotes are a wagon bud, jump on! I'll be real happy to see them in the playoffs, they have a hell of a strong forecheck game, and it's hard not feel for a team that's had 4/5 of their centers missing significant time to injuries, not to mention the D-men and starting goaltender. Hope they do not demoralize after today's game against Tampa xD in the post-game interviews they were actually happy how they played. We are at the point when losing to Tampa in a somewhat decent manner is a successful evening
At this point, does anyone not have Tampa as Cup favorites?
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On March 20 2019 01:58 Mordanis wrote:Show nested quote +On March 19 2019 18:00 fLyiNgDroNe wrote:On March 19 2019 06:29 KobraKay wrote:On March 19 2019 05:38 Mordanis wrote:
Yotes are a wagon bud, jump on! I'll be real happy to see them in the playoffs, they have a hell of a strong forecheck game, and it's hard not feel for a team that's had 4/5 of their centers missing significant time to injuries, not to mention the D-men and starting goaltender. Hope they do not demoralize after today's game against Tampa xD in the post-game interviews they were actually happy how they played. We are at the point when losing to Tampa in a somewhat decent manner is a successful evening At this point, does anyone not have Tampa as Cup favorites?
You are right, however we learned the hard way with Caps that some teams have certain blocks in playoffs and it takes years to overcome those
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I could see Nashville winning. They are also stupid deep. I think they're probably on par with Boston, Calgary, Washington, Winnepeg, SJ, etc as far as being in that next tier down from Tampa.
I feel that there are way more deep teams than the last couple years? There's only a couple obvious 1st round fodder teams (Arizona, Montreal, Carolina, Colorado) and teams like Toronto have glaring weaknesses but are still pretty deep elsewhere.
I'm excited for playoffs since i've sure as fuck not been watching any meaningful hockey with the Rangers this year.
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