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  • Re: NHL 2016.1 -- Anyone have a Laine on a new Auston?

    Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View Post
    That's interesting because that's just not true of the players they have in the lineup.

    Nino is good on the boards.
    Coyle should be good on the boards.
    Staal is good on the boards.
    White's numbers are that he's a puck monster. That's why they wanted him.
    Hanzal was picked up for this very reason.
    Suter is a machine at taking puck's away and keeping pucks. Horrible game yesterday by the way.
    Parise can play with less space than anyone in the league. He doesn't score unless he's in a phone booth.
    Koivu is good on the boards.

    I'm not buying that they're not big enough or not physical enough. Just not. I heard this from someone over text all day during the game yesterday. It's bunk. They stopped skating. I saw one of St. Louis' Lumbering Rhino's beat the Wild's two speedy defensemen to the puck yesterday. Brodziak on Friday beat out an icing against the Wild's speed.

    The Wild got lazy and stopped skating. Watch Pittsburgh play playoff hockey. They fly all over the place. That's how you beat slow big teams that clog the middle.
    Yeah, that analysis had me scratching my head as well--weak along the boards? Their cycle game throughout the season was pretty good, IMO. It's not like the Wild are totally unable to deal with the style of play that they're being forced into. They're generating plenty of offensive opportunities (more so than St Louis, I think). It's just that they're either bumbling those opportunities away before they fully materialize (saw this a lot yesterday) or they're simply unable to finish (two wrap around opportunities yesterday where Allen is easily beaten to the post, but both Zucker and Staal failed to bury them). St Louis is finishing a much higher percentage of their chances--some of it is inferior goal tending and some of it is superior shooting. Taken together, you have a quick series and impending tee times.

    Edit: It's possible I'm giving the Wild too much credit when observing that they're generating more opportunities than St Louis. St Louis seems content to sit back even early in the game when they have a lead. So it's more relevant to only consider how they compare when the game is tied or when the Wild have the le...when the game is tied. In that case, it's probably been more even.
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      There have been long stretches in all three games so far where Minnesota has just outclassed the Blues, but they were stopped by either great saves or failure to finish (see the two wraparounds shoved into the post last game). If Minnesota converted the same percentage of their chances that the Blues have managed to, the series would probably be 3-0 the other way. That said, the times the Wild have really pushed play, they were trailing.
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        The third period of Leafs-Caps was ridiculously good. Leafs!!!

        Crap call against the B's in OT.

        I guess I have to watch the scoreless wonders now.
        It Happened!!!!

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          Canada is having a hell of a night so far.

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            That's 7 periods without a goal. None. Zippo. Nadda. Nothing. Goose-egg. Zero.
            It Happened!!!!

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              You had one job Washington.

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                Originally posted by Deutsche Gopher Fan View Post
                Canada is having a hell of a night so far.
                Assuming the Islanders' price for their 4 Cups is a full century of futility (and if so I pay it gladly), I would like nothing better than to see Canada sweep all the remaining Cups in Bettman's lifetime. Extra credit if every one of those Cups is MTL or TOR, and no post-1990 franchise or relocation makes another final ever.
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                  And the Chicagos continue to be en fuego.
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                  • Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                    You had one job Washington.

                    ONE. JOB.
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                      So that's what offense looks like, eh?

                      Also, Calgary isn't messing around tonight.
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                      • Re: NHL 2016.1 -- Anyone have a Laine on a new Auston?

                        Originally posted by Deutsche Gopher Fan View Post
                        Canada is having a hell of a night so far.
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                          Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                          I would like nothing better than to see Canada sweep all the remaining Cups in Bettman's lifetime. Extra credit if every one of those Cups is MTL or TOR, and no post-1990 franchise or relocation makes another final ever.
                          I hate Betts, but you shut your godd*amn dirty mouth!

                          I'm OK with either EDM or WPG winning the Cup (I know WPG missed this year, again, as usual). They're like 'all grown up' versions of Houghton, especially the 'Peg.
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                          • Re: NHL 2016.1 -- Anyone have a Laine on a new Auston?

                            Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post
                            I hate Betts, but you shut your godd*amn dirty mouth!

                            I'm OK with either EDM or WPG winning the Cup (I know WPG missed this year, again, as usual). They're like 'all grown up' versions of Houghton, especially the 'Peg.
                            Wouldn't mind Calgary winning, my favorite LPer is from Calgary (ProtonJon.)
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                              And the Hawks find themselves in a 3-0 hole.
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                                Toews (now with no goals in 12 straight playoff games) > Crosby

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