NHL Thread

FRED HALE SR. · 04-20-2015, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

No Kings or Bruins in the playoffs. F*ck.

Think you can find Jarrett Stoll in the Charlie Sheen Suite.

Chula Vista · 04-20-2015, 04:41 PM

Fu fhs!

FRED HALE SR. · 04-20-2015, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Fu fhs!

Go Ducks.

Ninetales · 04-13-2015, 04:53 PM

I pray to the Hamburglar each night before I go to bed. Andrew Hammond, the God.

Thom Yorke · 04-18-2015, 09:52 PM

Oh man, the Oilers winning the draft lottery is just sickening. If you're not an Oilers fan or a member of their inept management, you did not want that to happen.

I'm kind of liking the Caps this year. With Trotz on board, that's actually a really gritty and tough-to-play-against roster, just with the added game-breaking ability of Ovechkin and Backstrom. I like the Blues as well, but I pick them every year. Seems extremely wide-open this year.

Ninetales · 04-18-2015, 09:57 PM

oiler fan reporting for duty. cannot believe it. rewarding the incompetent.

I picked Washington to make it to the finals (losing to Nashville) because a) yeah its wide open as hell and b) it would be fun and great and Id love ovechkin to be treated better

Thom Yorke · 04-18-2015, 10:04 PM

^ What do you even do in that top 6 going forward if no trades are made? McDavid, as amazing as he is, still doesn't rectify the main issues with that team. The top 6 is still going to be soft and majorly lacking defensively. I guess drafting him frees up the ability to trade one of RNH or Hall for immediate D help though.

Ninetales · 04-18-2015, 10:08 PM

Pouliot-Nuge-Eberle
Hall-Mcdavid-whoever
Purcell-Roy-Yak
Klink-Gordon-Hendricks

looks pretty good to me. just need to fix the god awful defense. would love for them to somehow sign cody franson or mike green

Ninetales · 04-21-2015, 08:53 PM

second straight year I underestimate the ducks. could have an easy road to the conf finals with Calgary/Vancouver killing themselves and also not being any good

Thom Yorke · 04-22-2015, 11:49 AM

^ I don't think it's about underestimating them; I hate the Ducks in the playoffs as well. Adding Kesler was a huge step in the right direction, but you just need a better supporting cast for your stars in the playoffs rather than having the quantity over quality thing they have going on right now. Same goes for D; they have a ton of depth on the blueline, but those players either aren't true top-pairing guys yet (Lindholm, Fowler) or are too one-dimensional to be legit top-pairing guys (Vatanen, Beauchemin). Same boat with the goalies. Both guys are passable, but neither are even close to elite. Add in Boudreau to tie it all together, and that team is probably going to fail in the playoffs.

Thing is, they could not possibly have gotten an easier draw. The 3 teams they could play in the first 2 rounds are arguably the 3 teams least likely to do any significant damage in the playoffs, just due to key injuries, a lack of experience, and just a general lack of talent. All 3 were surprise teams this year, and that almost always leads to a quick burnout in the playoffs.

It'll be interesting to see what happens between Minnesota/St. Louis/Chicago. I like all 3 of those teams over Anaheim, but they could seriously get beat up and worn down before having to play a relatively refreshed Anaheim.

04-20-2015, 04:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Fu fhs! __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

04-13-2015, 04:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ninetales Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: livin wild Posts: 2,179	I pray to the Hamburglar each night before I go to bed. Andrew Hammond, the God.

04-18-2015, 09:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
Thom Yorke Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,848	Oh man, the Oilers winning the draft lottery is just sickening. If you're not an Oilers fan or a member of their inept management, you did not want that to happen. I'm kind of liking the Caps this year. With Trotz on board, that's actually a really gritty and tough-to-play-against roster, just with the added game-breaking ability of Ovechkin and Backstrom. I like the Blues as well, but I pick them every year. Seems extremely wide-open this year.

04-18-2015, 09:57 PM	#6 (permalink)
Ninetales Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: livin wild Posts: 2,179	oiler fan reporting for duty. cannot believe it. rewarding the incompetent. I picked Washington to make it to the finals (losing to Nashville) because a) yeah its wide open as hell and b) it would be fun and great and Id love ovechkin to be treated better

04-18-2015, 10:04 PM	#7 (permalink)
Thom Yorke Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,848	^ What do you even do in that top 6 going forward if no trades are made? McDavid, as amazing as he is, still doesn't rectify the main issues with that team. The top 6 is still going to be soft and majorly lacking defensively. I guess drafting him frees up the ability to trade one of RNH or Hall for immediate D help though.

04-18-2015, 10:08 PM	#8 (permalink)
Ninetales Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: livin wild Posts: 2,179	Pouliot-Nuge-Eberle Hall-Mcdavid-whoever Purcell-Roy-Yak Klink-Gordon-Hendricks looks pretty good to me. just need to fix the god awful defense. would love for them to somehow sign cody franson or mike green

04-21-2015, 08:53 PM	#9 (permalink)
Ninetales Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: livin wild Posts: 2,179	second straight year I underestimate the ducks. could have an easy road to the conf finals with Calgary/Vancouver killing themselves and also not being any good

04-22-2015, 11:49 AM	#10 (permalink)
Thom Yorke Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,848	^ I don't think it's about underestimating them; I hate the Ducks in the playoffs as well. Adding Kesler was a huge step in the right direction, but you just need a better supporting cast for your stars in the playoffs rather than having the quantity over quality thing they have going on right now. Same goes for D; they have a ton of depth on the blueline, but those players either aren't true top-pairing guys yet (Lindholm, Fowler) or are too one-dimensional to be legit top-pairing guys (Vatanen, Beauchemin). Same boat with the goalies. Both guys are passable, but neither are even close to elite. Add in Boudreau to tie it all together, and that team is probably going to fail in the playoffs. Thing is, they could not possibly have gotten an easier draw. The 3 teams they could play in the first 2 rounds are arguably the 3 teams least likely to do any significant damage in the playoffs, just due to key injuries, a lack of experience, and just a general lack of talent. All 3 were surprise teams this year, and that almost always leads to a quick burnout in the playoffs. It'll be interesting to see what happens between Minnesota/St. Louis/Chicago. I like all 3 of those teams over Anaheim, but they could seriously get beat up and worn down before having to play a relatively refreshed Anaheim.