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Yep, totally agree that this is their peak without a major upgrade on the back end.
And let's face it, Kane has too many gambling debts to play below market anywhere ;D. Though the nice thing about signing Kane is that any big signing bonus is basically a stimulus to the local economy - particularly when Rogers Place is nearby a couple casinos.
As a fan, I'll say that this never once felt like 2006 - a time when there was every reason to expect that the Oilers could beat anyone in the playoffs. A team with peak Chris Pronger, good defense, and a super saiyan Dwayne Roloson felt a lot different than watching an Oilers team and thinking "let's see how many games they can manage to not blow before they get eliminated". Which is probably why I'm not even disappointed.
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managing expectations is a must. as a caps fan for instance, my thinking is that there’s no reason we can’t beat any team in a best of series, but realistically we’ll still get eliminated round one anyway. and surprise surprise..
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Lol, as an Oilers fan, managing my expectations has typically meant "I just hope they are still playing meaningful games by christmas."
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In other news, GO RANGERS!!
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One more to go.
Where is our resident rangers fan? How is the morale around there?
Were the first 2 games the case of the rangers just being better than, or was it Tampa being rusty from a long break after finishing the previous series earlier?
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i really feel there wasn't any good team this year expect the avalange and the bolts. Like, no one is playing good.
The only other team that could maybe play with them would had been the hurricans if they had their #1 goalie
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Wow bolts outplayed rangers last night. If not for Shesterkin, the score line could easily be 6-1 or smth. If Point comes back for the cup finals, i'm really happy with the outcome. Hoping for a long series please please.
Meanwhile Tampa's playoff streak features 9 teams now:
Columbus - 4:1
Bruins - 4:1
Islanders (2) - 4:2; 4:3
Stars - 4:2
Panthers (2) - 4:2; 4:0
Hurricanes - 4:1
Hubs - 4:1
Leafs - 4:3
Rangers - 4:2
Avs could be number 10. total wins vs losses in this streak: 44-18 vs top NHL teams, that also win.
That's quite the dominance if you ask me. In the last 8 seasons: 4 times cup finals; 6 times conference finals. This Jon Cooper fella might very well become the GOAT playoff coach should things continue like that.
EDIT: Nah, Scotty Bowman is untouchable after a careful review. Still quite an impact in this day and age.
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On June 10 2022 17:02 KobraKay wrote:
One more to go.
Where is our resident rangers fan? How is the morale around there?
Were the first 2 games the case of the rangers just being better than, or was it Tampa being rusty from a long break after finishing the previous series earlier?
hah i don't post much these days, but it was obvious even then that it was rust and not that the rangers are better. The rangers are a pretty brutal 5v5 team and Cooper is easily one of the best coaches of the last 3 decades. their adjustments after game 2 were a masterclass in coaching. that last game was about as dominant as i've seen in a while. 100% would have been a 5 goal win if not for Shesterkin who is amazing.
rangers will be interesting next year. They got to where they are by stellar play by their stars. But they have to decide what to do at the 2C spot and neither Strome or Copp inspires much confidence there.... I don't think 2 rounds of Chytil looking like an NHLer does either.
Hopefully LAF contineus to take another big step forward. But at this point I am pretty convinced Kakko's ceiling is like 30 something points and it seems the Rangers do too.
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On June 13 2022 23:17 QuanticHawk wrote:Show nested quote +On June 10 2022 17:02 KobraKay wrote:
One more to go.
Where is our resident rangers fan? How is the morale around there?
Were the first 2 games the case of the rangers just being better than, or was it Tampa being rusty from a long break after finishing the previous series earlier? hah i don't post much these days, but it was obvious even then that it was rust and not that the rangers are better. The rangers are a pretty brutal 5v5 team and Cooper is easily one of the best coaches of the last 3 decades. their adjustments after game 2 were a masterclass in coaching. that last game was about as dominant as i've seen in a while. 100% would have been a 5 goal win if not for Shesterkin who is amazing. rangers will be interesting next year. They got to where they are by stellar play by their stars. But they have to decide what to do at the 2C spot and neither Strome or Copp inspires much confidence there.... I don't think 2 rounds of Chytil looking like an NHLer does either. Hopefully LAF contineus to take another big step forward. But at this point I am pretty convinced Kakko's ceiling is like 30 something points and it seems the Rangers do too.
thanks for the input. being busy with work and on a diff timezone these days im usually only able to check the scorelines when i wake up so its hard to get some feel of how the games are going apart from what NHL.com says...and those writters weren't always realiable IIRC.
The avs have everything in check for the cup but im hoping tampa will get the triple and then let another team go for it next year 
Also agree about cooper. absolute legend.
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well that was a fuckin spanking
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wow what a beating, was not expecting a game so onesided, that is for sure.
guess the avs are really ruining the triple sigh
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Congratz Avs! Well deserved IMO. They were the team to beat this year and well, nobody did beat them
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Yeah and Makar was the best player in the nhl all.post season. If there was a redraft of tge league he would edge out mcdavid as my first pick.
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RIP dream of the triple 
Congrats to the avs I guess!
Any avs fans around?
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Definitely an anti Tampa was 18 million over the cap guy here. Thank god no fraud dynasty lol.
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Corey Perry proves to be Stanley Cup Champions repellent again.
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2md not bad, id sign him.
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EPT
