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NHL 2020-21 Season |OT| More Ads, No Fans.
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Penguins' first rounder belongs to the Wild this year, fyi. No lottery protections at all.
Yeah I'm still not sold on the blue pants and helmets for the Avs.
And hopefully Anderson can have a decent stay in Washington. He can play great, but had little support in Ottawa.
And hopefully Anderson can have a decent stay in Washington. He can play great, but had little support in Ottawa.
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this is probably why we shouldn't pay him 6m lol
Also to not really fault him, EVERYONE at that shift looked Gassed. even the leafs. I thought there was something wrong with my tv when everyone started to skate in slow motion
I wish we could package Danault for PLD, but Columbus ain't that dumb
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I really don't think PLD is a fit. if Suzuki and KK are breaking out this season then all we really need is a 3C. I see a team like Calgary or Winnipeg getting him.
Wouldn't surprise me if Bergevin is willing to package KK either. He loves PLD and tried to trade up for him in 2016.
I'm hoping the blue pants/helmets are just a nod to their Nordiques past for the 25th anniversary. It's just too much blue and doesn't look great.
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The only time McDavid is skating is when the puck is the offensive or neutral zone. Dude was M.I.A and floating hard in the Dzone last night. Shitty coverage in the slot and always cherry picking at the point waiting for someone to do the hard work and get the puck back to him. He'll give 130 points but you will still not crack .500 with him.
why were there no three stars of the game in EDM-VAN?
i demand a logical explanation. my boy Boeser should have been the first star so what the fuck.
i demand a logical explanation. my boy Boeser should have been the first star so what the fuck.
The scheduling has some teams playing against each other 4 times in a row. 3 games against the same team in 4 nights is also common. It's like the playoffs. It could get intense and rowdy between division rivals.
I've been waiting a long time to see the Rangers go this direction I can't wait. I Haven't had cable in years but I really want to watch this season, does anyone have experience with using a VPN to get around local market blackouts with nhl.tv ?
We're halfway to our goal. We can't rest until there are no anthems.
This is really awesome. Glad they are doing this. I think just about anyone in the MA public school system saw this guy come speak.
Weren't Oilers literally above .500 last season during the actual season? lol. They had the best actual season record of any of the Canadian teams.
It's not like any of the other any Canadian teams have accomplished anything mind blowing in the last 27 years either.
McDavid sucks defensively and that eats into his actual contributions to his team's success... is the point, I believe. He's still so good offensively that he often makes up for his deficiencies, though.
He's a definite top 5 player
He's a definite top 5 player
Eh, I watched that game last night, it's not McDavid's fault Adam Larsson decided to gift the Canucks 2 freebie goals.
McDavid is the best player in the world, but the NHL is not the NBA, you can only do so much when other players on your team don't show up to play or one or two of them decide to totally crap the bed.
It's not his fault but he also doesn't help or make it easier. Dude just glides in the Dzone and watches the play until the puck gets back on his stick.
I think I saw Wayne Gretzky back check like 2 times in his career, same for Mario, same for guys like Ovechkin and Malkin.
McDavid does have two seasons back to back of +27 and +20 ratings I don't think the Oilers issues are there.
The two goals Larsson gifted away yesterday, I mean you would get yelled at even in beer league hockey for those mistakes, you can't have gaffes like that. You're not going to win too many games spotting the other team 2 goals.
It's fine he can suck defensively because of the Oilers defensive talent on the ba—Oh right. Well at lest they have a capable goaltending—Oh Olympic diver Mike Smith.
So if I get this straight you are repudiating McDavid's defensive issues because:
a) you can point to examples where others were to blame
b) the plus/minus stat!!
c) some other great players, who also get knocked on their defense, also have similar deficits
Got it
I'm just saying looking at the game yesterday
Which of those GA are McDavid's fault? The 1st and 4th goals are complete freebies gifted away by Adam Larsson being bizarrely out of position.
McDavid has had strong defensive years earlier in his career, but if you're going to have plays like that from your blue line where you're just gifting away gimmes that's hard to recover from and then as an offensive player you're under the gun to go get those goals back.
Personally I'm not interested in a small sample like one game's highlight reel and don't think Cake Boss was suggesting McDavid was specifically responsible for the loss so... 🤷♂️...
We're talking about his defensive issues more broadly. And I mean, it's a choice. He is likely more productive because he isn't as attentive or energetic in his own zone. That's fine. Makes for more exciting hockey at both ends!
The Oilers were generally OK last year defensively, not great, but not terrible. They really seem to be one of the teams having a hard time getting up to speed again after a long break and no pre-season/warm up games because of COVID but they better figure that out quick in a condensed season.
Adam Larsson is nothing special, but he's usual at least half way decent, plays like that are just mind boggling, you single handedly sink your team with that type of decision making.
I don't think you can say any teams are standouts right now. We're one night in. Sometimes teams don't get the bounces, or players have bad games, or one team is simply better than the other. Tonight could be very different, who knows
A small snip to add to the McDavid conversation from The Athletic's Top 100 article:
I think there is at least some additional reasoning outside of just saying McDavid is shit defensively. There is still the question of floatyness, mistakes and miscues, and he's not Bergeron in the two-way game by any means, but there's enough reasons to wonder (as backward as it sounds) if there is a systematic reason to this.
I think there is at least some additional reasoning outside of just saying McDavid is shit defensively. There is still the question of floatyness, mistakes and miscues, and he's not Bergeron in the two-way game by any means, but there's enough reasons to wonder (as backward as it sounds) if there is a systematic reason to this.
Don't know if I'd deal Suzuki for PLD. Suzuki may have more upside if he keeps going like he is. I feel like he's our best forward prospect (not really a prospect since he's in year 2 in the league, I know).
Something around Kotkaniemi and PLD could be interesting though.
Something around Kotkaniemi and PLD could be interesting though.
