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How is this 5on5? It all kicked off with a punch on goodrow?

1 hour ago, Zuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuc said:

Would Toronto be looking for draft picks tho?

 

I would think more like the Panarin - Saad trade or the Buch - Blais one lol. Get a different kind of player(s) and more cap space at the same time.

you're probably right. though if they could get a cost controlled #2 pick I think they'd be ok with that. either way, its gonna take some real creativity to pull off this type of trade

19 minutes ago, Ducky said:

ESPN HARDLY even covers hockey. They spend most of their time talking every other sport 

I am WFH today and had the Pat McAfee show on as background noise and they dedicated a lot time to hockey, but I think that's just because he really likes hockey. otherwise, yeah you're right

Pytor's playoff game log.

doesn't phase me one bit

1 minute ago, Phil said:

 

I doubt that. They're dealing from a position of severe disadvantage. He's a great regular season player, but he's incredibly expensive (this automatically limits the prospective trade partners), and he's due a new deal almost immediately.

 

I forget who said it, I want to say Chris Johnston, but there's a lot of talk that they may need to accept a "loss" trade that they make up for in the aggregate afterward with what they then choose to do with the money they free up.

on top of that, he has a full NMC so you have to find someone who wants to/is even able to use that much cap space on him, plus is a place he'd waive to go. maybe he wants a fresh start and would be open to it

maybe he'd take a chance with Chicago playing on Bedard's wing? problem is that Chicago probably doesn't want to deal any top picks (and doubt they'd move #2). they already have toronto's 2025 pick (conditional) that they could give back to them with some more pieces but unless they think Marner helps them finish a rebuild they are not moving their own 1st round picks for the next 2 years at least 

6 minutes ago, RJWantsTheCup said:

I feel like they keep mentioning it in hopes of jinxing it like with a no-hitter or perfect game in baseball.

seriously i was getting pissed when they kept bringing it up when Carolina had 3. 

ESPN is the worst, and McDonagh is a terrible announcer. he thinks he needs to be the color commentator and play by play so when any action is happening he's on a tangent about some other bullshit and there's no exciting calls

ESPN gets grief about Leah Hextall but I think McDonagh is a bigger problem

keep rollin rollin rollin rollin WHAT!

lets fuckin go rangers

38 minutes ago, Ranger Lothbrok said:

Someone tell me we have a shot of winning tonight. We win a game, I get my hopes up, I'm in a good mood for exactly 24 hours, and then by the next game day the well-earned eternal pessimism sets in. 

 

Yet again, the Athletic's model is predicting a Carolina win. Yet again, we are underdogs according to the odds. Even after Game 1, everyone at the Athletic said "yeah we expected this, doesn't change anything. Canes in 6 or 7."

fuck the models and analytics. If numbers won hockey games than mathematicians would be on the ice.

carolina has high end Corsi/Fenwick stats. oh well, so the fuck what, we just have Zib finishing sexy backhand pass plays to bury one behind their below average goalie

Rangers in 5

hope he doesn't play but I could think of far worse guys to have as your 'black aces'

even if he just helps us elevate practices I'm glad he's back skating.  and if we get into serious injury trouble (which is pretty common in deep playoff runs) he's a much better option to insert in the lineup than some hartford call up

Just rewatching highlights and just gotta say that McDonagh is the worst announcer ever. I wasn't really listening because i had my kids with me watching the game and holy shit is he brutal

he tries to be the color commentator and play by play at the same time and he's always interrupting the action talking about other bullshit

i did a late change and Put nashville through instead of Vancouver. not sure why i did that

1 hour ago, RangersIn7 said:

DeAngelo plays with himself.

every time Trump speaks

I’m not gonna complain about being up 3-1 and I’m not gonna complain because he had a 2 goal period but Mika, wtf take a shot. Youre in alone on the goalie 

Ugh I’m gonna pop wood hearing Grammy award winning baritone John brancy 

Fuck the canes

fuck their fans 

fuck Brindamour 

fuck Jake guentzel

fuck Seth Jarvis 

Fuck Brent burns

10 hours ago, Keirik said:

Heart, head, penis, and toes all point to Rangers in 5 

and dont forget the balls saying rangers in 4

Was taking a shit for the caps goal so I won’t leave my couch the rest of the game to be safe 

4 hours ago, Br4d said:

Obviously winning a game and moving on to the next round is what we want.

 

That said one of the downsides of the President's Trophy is that if we sweep all 4 rounds we'll never have a celebration at home.

Idk there’s a lot of good teams in the west I’m sure they could stretch it to 5 against us 

I’ll take 16-1 playoff record 

2 minutes ago, BrooksBurner said:

Major win for the Caps. Instead of a bad team, with the fortifications they will now upgrade to a bad team

Yeah those are decent players. Not huge difference makers though. I put money on rangers in 5 but I think tonight my bet loses 

Started boozing for a 9am soccer game so today is a marathon. 
LGR

Monster Panarin game incoming, I feel it in my bones

Wes McAuley is a terrible ref who has everyone fooled with his silly lil micd up moments 

when I hear Grammy award winning baritone John Brancy 

game 2 boys let’s fuck some shit up 

1 hour ago, Br4d said:

So who is going to be Tom Wilson's first fight of the series?

Himself