The other teams thread

Halfwall said:
Fair enough, but that wasn't what killed the Kings. Hiller blew it in game 2 when he had a 4 goal lead and thought he could coast on in by running 3 lines and 4 D. Sure they won the game on a fluke goal. Does anybody think the Kings had any chance to win in OT?
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No, it wasn't the challenge alone. It was one in a series of poor decisions. Hopefully he learned from his mistakes.
 
orpheus said:
They are all laughing at us. 😩

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Heh. Carrie, great job Dolphin. I want to submit my own Hiller comparison/Stephen King quote but the only book I finished was "Different Seasons". Everything else was too, too scary. I don't get you horror guys. But, I'll rise to the challenge.

Hiller this off-season:
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McSorleyFan said:
Jordan Nolan, Kyle Clifford, Dwight King ... loved that team!
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I never saw those three as "thugs". Hard-nosed? Yes. Protectors of the little guy? Absolutely. Take the body. Yup. But none of them were head-hunters, like Bennett. None of them were 'after-the-whistle-sh*t-disturbers', like Ekblad, Perry, Tkachuk.

I have nothing but great respect for Barkov and Maurice. But I will be grinding my teeth, if that team of thugs wins it all again. (I try to forget that I ever watched the Broad Street Bullies dominate the league . . . and the Kings.)
 
AngelEyes said:
I never saw those three as "thugs". Hard-nosed? Yes. Protectors of the little guy? Absolutely. Take the body. Yup. But none of them were head-hunters, like Bennett. None of them were 'after-the-whistle-sh*t-disturbers', like Ekblad, Perry, Tkachuk.

I have nothing but great respect for Barkov and Maurice. But I will be grinding my teeth, if that team of thugs wins it all again. (I try to forget that I ever watched the Broad Street Bullies dominate the league . . . and the Kings.)
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I understand all of that (including Broad Street) but I'll grind my teeth into nothingness if EDM wins. If only I could just forget the 80s Smythe Division.....

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I'm fine with hard play. I'm not fine with what I would consider dirty play, or outright cheating.

Watching Douche slash the injured foot (which was injured on a dirty play by Nurse) of Hintz during a stoppage of play while skating to the bench? From behind, no less? That's just the kind of classless garbage that I associate with Bouchard, Perry, Nurse, Kane, and other's on that team. They're just scum, and anyone who supports them is also scummy. Ya, I said it.
 
McSorleyFan said:
Jordan Nolan, Kyle Clifford, Dwight King ... loved that team!
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Those three were more like cops than thugs.😁 But in the end served the same purpose.

Panthers on-ice attitude and performance remind me of the 2012 Kings… both seeming to dare their playoff opponents to beat them.
 
Ice Rhino said:
I'm fine with hard play. I'm not fine with what I would consider dirty play, or outright cheating.

Watching Douche slash the injured foot (which was injured on a dirty play by Nurse) of Hintz during a stoppage of play while skating to the bench? From behind, no less? That's just the kind of classless garbage that I associate with Bouchard, Perry, Nurse, Kane, and other's on that team. They're just scum, and anyone who supports them is also scummy. Ya, I said it.
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Hate to say it but Arvidsson has made more than a normal share of dirty plays this playoff season also. Just seems like the team mentality is "win at all costs".
 
AngelEyes said:
I never saw those three as "thugs". Hard-nosed? Yes. Protectors of the little guy? Absolutely. Take the body. Yup. But none of them were head-hunters, like Bennett. None of them were 'after-the-whistle-sh*t-disturbers', like Ekblad, Perry, Tkachuk.

I have nothing but great respect for Barkov and Maurice. But I will be grinding my teeth, if that team of thugs wins it all again. (I try to forget that I ever watched the Broad Street Bullies dominate the league . . . and the Kings.)
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These Panthers are choir boys compared to the 1970s Broad Street Bullies.
 
DryKing said:
Hate to say it but Arvidsson has made more than a normal share of dirty plays this playoff season also. Just seems like the team mentality is "win at all costs".
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It's hard to sit next to something so dirty without getting dirt on yourself as well.

Looks like I'll be a massive Florida fan for a couple weeks.
 
Dallas falls to Deadmonton and now we'll see a rematch of Deadmonton and Florida in this year's Cup Finals. This is the first time since 2009 that two of the same teams will face each other in the Cup Finals from last season's Cup Finals matchup. DeBoer once again chokes in the playoffs when it matters the most.

Once again, I'm pulling for Florida. Don't ever choke in the Finals now, Cats. Finish the job and don't ever give the Coilers any life and chance of gaining the series lead.

With Ekholm likely to return to the Deadmonton roster in the Cup Finals, this will once again be a difficult task for Florida.
 
hokiecat said:
I love the reference! I got a signed copy of "The Passenger" just before McCarthy passed away a couple years ago.

I still think Dallas has another gear for this spring. Last spring they had 2 tough rounds while the Oilers breezed through the Kings in 5. This time, Dallas got to face Winnipeg so they should be fresher than 2024. They need guys like Robo and Johnston and Duchene. Also, it gets lost in the points hype, but Mikko is statistically the skater equivalent of Skinner. He's either getting 3-4 points in a game or averaging 1/3 ppg.

I hate the Oilers but I also wish we had some scummy players. The Kings are a bunch of good guys and softies. It is analogous to the entire Canes team watching Aho get beat up in game 3. I wish we had some guys like Perry or Nurse or Kane who would start stuff and get into the other team's head. We also need to get bigger where we can.
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That’s really cool. His writing itself was one thing, and as painterly as it could be the narrative can get a little hard to navigate in some works, at least for me. But his philosophy/worldview always shone through vividly. One of the writing GOATs, and I rarely use that term. I actually prefer the old hockey term goat, a player who totally sucked.

There’s scummy and there’s tough, but two teams in the Finals have their share of scummy players. Yep, the villains win out again.

I will say I still don’t want scummy as in Nurse scummy, and Bouchard slashing Hintz on his injured foot scummy. Or Draisaitl slashing backs of legs after the other team scores a goal scummy. Or Kane scummy. Or McDavid scummy, and he is so sneaky scummy.

But. Do i want Bennett or Marchand scummy? Sure. I’ll take that. They’re not cheap. They take the punishment en route to getting their digs in, and don’t moan about it when it goes against them. I can deal with that. Oilers are cheap scummy.

Holland oversaw the Oilers become who they are now. He had his Chelios playes, his McCartys. He has to know an extra level of fight is needed. Blake saw it last summer, but it was too late in his tenure for that realization.
 
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