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Just now, phillyb said:

They’re really forcing this gatorade dialog. 

The only way to lure a wild Panarin up close is to use his favorite beverage.

Just tuning in. Refs chucked my feed.

29 minutes ago, RichieNextel305 said:

If they went up any higher, the average ticket price would cost the same as flying to the moon. Good on them for not deciding to raise prices after they already have like 4 Million percent since like the 2013 season.

 To be fair, flying to the moon has gotten far cheaper in recent years. 

Time for an exorcism, Rempe style.

At least Sam thinks it's still 2-0

Congrats to Jacob Trouba for a -2 and a drawn penalty?

3 minutes ago, jsm7302 said:

 

 

I don't think the East has been this stacked in a while. Picking a favorite to come out of the east is near impossible. My opinion is Bruins, Toronto, Washington and Tampa will be first round losers no matter the opponent.

I don't think it's even that stacked. I think the Rangers, Panthers, and Canes are a step above. The Bruins are 15+ loser points in the hole here, and I'm not going to call a team that lost 32 games on the same level as a team that lost 24 because they got a bonanza of loser points. 

The west is going to be a far more interesting playoff if only because Vancouver is a paper tiger, 2-6 aren't separating, and the wildcards are legitimately threatening teams.

3 minutes ago, RangersIn7 said:

We are making similar points in opposing ways maybe… yet I think we agree.

 

To further articulate…

 

If Montreal were to offer sheet him at the 4 1sts tier… yes.

You take that.

He hasn’t earned that money yet.

And you would likely get a premium asset and at least one more higher-level asset out of that package. Potentially more than that.

 

 

But no one is or should be near that yet.

 

Montreal shouldn’t be willing to do that.

And I’d doubt they are.

They can’t possibly be that stupid.

 

And Laf, despite his very strong season, hasn’t earned that yet.

Though I think you have a player on your hands right now that’s still improving and going to be fantastic moving forward. 

 

That kind of offer sheet is a fantasy that won’t come to fruition.

 

Ask Carolina about Kotkaniemi.

How has that gone?

 

Both ways.

 

 

 

 

 

Kotkaniemi stinks. Lafreniere...doesn't.

14 minutes ago, Costa said:

 

They'll blame Trouba for their fuckin hemorroids. 

Trouba's fault. Also, Trouba has the 19,000 Jagr Bobbleheads and was the reason Jagr left Pittsburgh in the first place.

22 minutes ago, Pete said:

I can't figure out why a team like Montreal would give up FOUR first round picks for this guy. That would set their team back decades, given that their latest first overall pick is not exactly lighting it up. 

Because the Canadian media is endlessly obsessed with putting every French Canadian player in Montreal.

It's stupid.

I'm all for a moderate overpay on Lafreniere to get term - but it's more than we don't know what the cap will look like in three years when the real bill comes due. I'd rather slightly overpay for years 1-2 of a longer deal that meaningfully extends the current window than be pigeonholed into buying 7 years of UFA in a 100M+ cap market to open a new one.

1 hour ago, Kick save and a beauty said:

 

First of all we are in.  The playoff seeding is all that remains to be decided so in one sense what else is there to think about and discuss between now and playoff game 1?

 

I am not "concerned" about our first round opponent as much as I find it interesting that we have a direct head to head say in who that opponent might be.  My concern, more of a preference really and to the extent it existed when I started this thread was to avoid the hot team (Tampa Bay) if possible.  That matchup now seems very unlikely given the mathematics involved.

 

We have a chance to directly shovel some dirt on WC2 aspirations given the way the schedule shakes out.  The first shovel full starts tonight for the Penguins. 

Now this, I can get behind.

Don't pick the opponent. Scare em all.

1 hour ago, Kick save and a beauty said:

 

We have played well enough to get ourselves into the driver's seat for this final stretch.  A 3 point lead and a game in hand with 8 games to go is really a pretty big cushion at this point.

 

It is a little unusual  that six of our remaining eight games are against the five teams vying with each other to be WC2 team.  We literally have a lot to say about which team we might be playing against in round-1.  That begins tonight against the Pens.  They have been showing some sign life lately. Even beating Carolina but tonight we can put them to bed I think.

I don't think we need to overthink this, though. We also have a lot at stake - though, we can freely admit it is a lot of bragging rights and pride more than it is anything else. This team can break the franchise wins record if we win 4 of 8. We can break the franchise points record if we get 10 points from the remaining 16. Those are a big deal!

Then, individual accomplishments. Panarin can get 50 goals. Kreider can get 40. Trocheck gunning down his first point-per-game season. Lafreniere going for 30. 

I'd also go down the other path - we are a GREAT team. Not good. Not scraping in on a technicality like 2020. Not coming in like a dark horse in 2022. We're great. We have everything we need to win a cup. Why are we concerning ourselves with the team thirty+ points behind us that we're going to face in round 1?

1 minute ago, Sharpshooter said:

The NHL sub Reddit also blames Trouba for creating cancer and AIDS (probably).

Jacob Trouba knows where Elvis, Tupac, and JFK have been hanging out, too.

Whatever happens tonight, win, loss, blowout, catastrophe, injury, shenanigans, skulduggery, theatrics, meteor impacts the Penguins bench....it's Trouba's fault per Penguins fans.

2 hours ago, Kick save and a beauty said:

The wild card is coming into a little more focus. It really looks like WC1  is either Tampa or Toronto, whichever of them does not net the Atlantic 3rd seed.

 

Same thing in the Metro, the 3rd seed will almost certainly be the Caps or the Flyers.  Let's assume it is the caps for a moment.  That leaves us down to  these 5 teams for the final WC with NJ and the Pens being real long shots.

 

Philadelphia

Detroit

Islanders

Devils

Penguins

 

Oddly enough 6 of out final 8 games are against this exact group of five teams (each of them once except the Islanders who we will meet twice).  We will have a really large say in which team we get to see in the first round.

 

 

 

 

I think the easiest way to understand our current situation is this: it doesn't matter who we play in the first round, but the single most dangerous matchup for us is Tampa. We are literally a 4-1 favorite on ANY of the possible matchups aside from Tampa (who is oddly favored against Boston as things stand). 

So, just go win games. Carolina has 7 games left and is 3 points back. Boston has 7 games left and is three points back. With two wins and a little assist from Nashville, we could go into Thursday with BOTH of those teams 7 points behind us - and they're facing each other.

1 hour ago, Karan said:

lmao 

 

 

Hooo boy, there is no wit like that of a scorned hobbit.

Man, Goodrow must feel so glad to be done with the cold showers.

Trivia is Mike Richter and John Vanbiesbrouck

23 hours ago, Pete said:

Yea. Ferraro says a lot of good things, too. He got dragged for his podcast comments (which were nowhere near as bad as made out to be), but he also praised Rempe game.

 

I don't think saying Panarin is a "tier 2 MVP" is an insult. They're calling him MVP caliber in a season where two or three other players are just doing better. 

 

Carolina deserves praise, They have lit it up since trade deadline. Saying that another team is good is not the same thing as saying the Rangers are bad.

 

Ultimately, there are so many good teams at the top of the standings, they have to talk about something.

Panarin's unfortunate that the guys with him in the conversation for MVP are having equally - if not more - amazing seasons.

You got McDavid punching up to 100 assists, which probably hasn't been done since Lemieux or Gretzky.

You have Kucherov almost singlehandedly (no disrespect to Brayden Point here) keeping the Lightning relevant.

We just saw Mackinnon last night - he's been incredible and has basically the same boxcars as Kucherov.

You have Matthews pushing for the post-lockout single-season goals mark. Hell, he could go off and get 70-  he's got 10 games to get 11 goals to do it.

You have Pastrnak right there with Panarin on a Bruins team that...frankly, isn't as good as its record.

I get the tier 2 talk. It just sucks because he really does deserve true consideration.

6 hours ago, JJ in VA said:

Wow.  No more superlatives required.   Marching on....

 

No home feed tonight so listening to the Avs TV crew was painful.   Some asshat team of Moser & Rycroft.   Homers x 10.   But, even they were riding Kreider hard.   At one point, Moser says "the player that just took a spill while "cherry-picking" was Chris Kreider!"

 

Kreider Watch:

 

G: 1  A: 0  -1  SOG: 3  Hits: 1   20:14

 

Poinyetta Meter:  9 out of 10.

 

CK proved to be his cherry-picking self.  The one-trick pony got his goal.  Yet, the succession of turnovers in both zones almost resulted in a loss.   He's the Bob Dole of playing hard.

I mean, when your one trick is scoring like 40 goals, it's kind of hard to get mad about it. I sometimes don't get how he simultaneously goes top 20 in goalscoring - the thing the game is about!! - and seems so invisible so often, but it is what it is.

If I told you Chris Kreider has 66 points, is a +21, and is currently 18th in goalscoring the league, would you believe that? Because it's all true.

CK20 PICKIN UP THAT TRASH

That's a dick punch.

Glad this game picked up. Was starting to feel like Jacques Lemaire was back.

Shockingly split crowd for Denver.

Let's go PP