General NHL Talk 2020-2021

[gotbeer]

And the hammer has fallen.  4 games.

https://twitter.com/NHLPlayerSafety/status/1400603878618501121?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet

[gotbeer]

https://www.nhl.com/video/scheifele-suspended-four-games/t-277440360/c-8516240

[Vegas Halo Fan]

On 5/31/2021 at 8:46 PM, arch stanton said:

If you think that’s the Avalanche gameplan then you don’t follow hockey. They have by far the fewest hits in the league. They skate teams into oblivion. If Reaves had dropped the gloves and challenged Graves then that’s the game. What he did was cross check the goalie to draw fire then tackled Graves and knelt on him like he was trained by the Minneapolis Police Department. Pure. Ckicken. Shit. 

I didn't say that it was, just that it bears watching. Thus far it hasn't played out that way.

[gotbeer]

@Vegas Halo Fan Are Vegas games full capacity now?  Because it might come down to whoever can break serve.  And the Knights do have the best home field advantage.

[arch stanton]

1 hour ago, gotbeer said:

@Vegas Halo Fan Are Vegas games full capacity now?  Because it might come down to whoever can break serve.  And the Knights do have the best home field advantage.

It was full capacity and they're saying the Avs will have full capacity when they advance to the next round

[Vegas Halo Fan]

8 hours ago, gotbeer said:

@Vegas Halo Fan Are Vegas games full capacity now?  Because it might come down to whoever can break serve.  And the Knights do have the best home field advantage.

The only reason that the Knights aren't up in the series already is multiple times drawing iron in the second game.

[gotbeer]

Dang.  Montreal in the final four.  

[arch stanton]

Yeah once the opportunity to feast on the power play went away the big boys dried up ands the 2 best goalies advanced. Then the Jets ran out of centers and here we are

[gotbeer]

LOL.

 

[gotbeer]

Grats @Vegas Halo Fan on advancing.  Don't underestimate the Habs, and break Canada's hearts again.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

14 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Grats @Vegas Halo Fan on advancing.  Don't underestimate the Habs, and break Canada's hearts again.

Thanks. I don't take anything for granted at playoff time. You can't sleep on anyone.

[gotbeer]

On 6/11/2021 at 9:02 PM, Vegas Halo Fan said:

Thanks. I don't take anything for granted at playoff time. You can't sleep on anyone.

Says Toronto and Winnipeg.  

[Vegas Halo Fan]

16 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Says Toronto and Winnipeg.  

It was maybe two years ago when virtually every #1 seed was eliminated in the first round.

[gotbeer]

@Vegas Halo Fan  One down.  7 to go.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

2 hours ago, gotbeer said:

@Vegas Halo Fan  One down.  7 to go.

The final will be interesting, because the teams haven't played each other this season.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Dear Canadiens,

I feel bad because you were losing in front of your home crowd. Here, have a game on me.

 - M. A. Fleury

Edited June 19, 2021 by Vegas Halo Fan

[deepdrive]

Or,

I thought that since the refs tried to give us the game and we didn't take it, I would see what the Habs would do. Now I know.

-M.A. Fleury

[Vegas Halo Fan]

They definitely swallowed the whistles for most of the game.

[arch stanton]

Not just that game. You have to go back to game 3 of the Avalanche series the last time Vegas was called for a hook or slash and that was because that hook prevented a breakaway and probably would have been a penalty shot in the regular season. Stick penalties were a big thing during the season and a point of emphasis but they're practically non-existent since the playoffs started.

[arch stanton]

Is anyone looking for a new drinking game that would get you wasted quick? Just go through the player interviews on the NHL site and take a shot every time one of them says "obviously". You won't last 20 minutes

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Peter DeBoer decided to sit Marc-Andre Fleury in favor of Robin Lehner. Lehner only gave up one goal, that on a breakaway, and he kept his team in the game even though they only scored one goal in regulation. An OT goal evens the series, even with Fleury's gaffe in the third game.

[gotbeer]

On 6/13/2021 at 12:14 AM, gotbeer said:

Says Toronto and Winnipeg.  

And Vegas.

[arch stanton]

2 hours ago, gotbeer said:

And Vegas.

Is your boy Perry gonna raise the Cup again?

[gotbeer]

7 hours ago, arch stanton said:

Is your boy Perry gonna raise the Cup again?

Wouldn't that be funny.  They seem to be on a mission though.  I'm hoping they get the Islanders than the Lightning.  If it's Islanders/Habs, don't care who wins.  If it's Habs/Lightning, want the Habs to win.

[arch stanton]

I'm rooting for Habs/Islanders just to tank the ratings so maybe they'll finally start enforcing the rulebook a smidge in the playoffs so the teams anyone actually wants to watch don't get mauled to fucking death by the ghost of Scott Stevens. Do you want to watch the 18th best regular season team beat the hell out of Auston Matthews and the Vegas misfit line or do you want to see skilled hockey players play quality hockey?