2017-2018 NHL Thread
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hockeyfan1
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Some interesting defensive point-leading facts:
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herman
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Zee said:
They have games in hand on us too. Which means we have the lighter schedule rounding the home stretch of the regular season compared to Tampa and Boston. I think Boston will make it nice and close for top spot in the Atlantic as the Lightning falter, and hopefully they beat each other up for it.
Coco-puffs
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herman said:
I do wonder if the Leafs match up better against the Lightning than the Bruins. Either way, they may have the toughest path to the Conference finals as any team in the league
Zee
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herman said:
I imagine Boston has to hit the skids at some point. There's no way they can keep playing at the pace they've been at for the remaining 30 games or so. I don't remember anyone picking Boston to be a 100 point team before the season began. They've exceeded expectations based on what everyone thought their roster had on it. Some of those guys have to have slumps at some point.
herman
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Zee said:
Credit to their coaching staff. We've seen it before in other successful organizations (Tampa, Pittsburgh) when the AHL coach comes up with a small cohort of AHLers to join and augment an established core, while old coach favourites are finally released. Everyone has bought in, and some stretches you get everyone playing to their potential.
I'd prefer to have it happen to us in March, rather than November/January.
Yeah whatever, let Tampa and Boston both peak early.
In regards to that chart, they defined playing in the "pros" as NHL only. If you expand that to include any notable minor/non-NHL hockey there's really only a handful of GMs in the league that it wouldn't include.
I had a feeling this was the case. I mean just logically if SV% is high and SH% is only slightly higher then the only thing accounting for such high point totals by players is increased number of shots and/or attempts. I wonder if overall shots against by goalies per 60 are up as well. Would fit nicelyherman said:
Alex Burrows is, unsurprisingly, a piece of human garbage:
https://twitter.com/NHLDaily365/status/961084974047768576
https://twitter.com/HabsCorner/status/961056945951199232
Hall lays a clean hit on an Ottawa player (edit: it was actually Burrows who he originally hit). Play continues and Burrows chases Hall around a little bit. Play is called dead and Burrows tackles Hall to the ice and starts kneeing him in the head multiple times.
20 games please.
https://twitter.com/NHLDaily365/status/961084974047768576
https://twitter.com/HabsCorner/status/961056945951199232
Hall lays a clean hit on an Ottawa player (edit: it was actually Burrows who he originally hit). Play continues and Burrows chases Hall around a little bit. Play is called dead and Burrows tackles Hall to the ice and starts kneeing him in the head multiple times.
20 games please.
George Parros this past September:
Anything less than 10 games would be a complete failure on his part. Burrows was offered (and declined) an in-person hearing so it will likely be at least 6 games.
Anything less than 10 games would be a complete failure on his part. Burrows was offered (and declined) an in-person hearing so it will likely be at least 6 games.
hockeyfan1
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Couldn't quite believe what Burrows was doing. Kneeing someone (Hall) in the head. Is this a newfound form of 'headshots'?
The guy should be suspended at least ten games minimum, twenty games maximum. This type of garbage needs to be buried from the game.
The guy should be suspended at least ten games minimum, twenty games maximum. This type of garbage needs to be buried from the game.
