NHL Thread

[TwistedLogic]

[Krylian]

Colorado vs. Tampa is your Stanley Cup matchup.

[jaysblue]

Colorado vs. Tampa is your Stanley Cup matchup.

 

Should be a great matchup!

[Pendleton]

The two best teams made it through, should make for some great hockey.

 

I think in the end, I think the Bolts are healthier, have the better goalie and that extra confidence from having been there before.

[Big BlueJay]

 

NYC is a shithole I'd expect this there, it takes a real tough guy to sucker punch someone

[Spanky99]

Colorado vs. Tampa is your Stanley Cup matchup.

 

Should be a great matchup!

 

The two best teams made it through, should make for some great hockey.

 

I think in the end, I think the Bolts are healthier, have the better goalie and that extra confidence from having been there before.

 

Should make for a great series, fellas.

[Krylian]

Should make for a great series, fellas.

 

Go Bolts!

 

I love Colorado's team, but I want to try and dupe myself into thinking the Leafs playoff performance was somehow more palatable given than they took the 3 time back-to-back-to-back champions to game 7. Anything to wash the stench of failure away.

[Spanky99]

lol...

 

[Spanky99]

The Avalanche are too good.

[Horses Fart]

Congrats to AM34 on winning the Hart Trophy. Atta Boy

[Krylian]

Congrats to AM34 on winning the Hart Trophy. Atta Boy

 

And the Ted Lindsay.

[Horses Fart]

And the Ted Lindsay.

 

Indeed he did. He had a good night.

[Krylian]

Even I have to admit that Auston's tan is that of a man that did not go deep into the playoffs.

[Jimcanuck]

And the Ted Lindsay.

 

And the Rocket Richard. Hat trick.

[jaysblue]

Kadri with the big goal!!!!

[Krylian]

Kadri with the big goal!!!!

 

Got away with too many men.

[Krylian]

Congrats to the Colorado Avalanche.

 

Cale Makar with the Conn Smythe.

[Horses Fart]

Congrats to fellow Newfie Alex Newhook and the Colorado Avalanche on winning the Stanley Cup!

[jaysblue]

Leafs could never play this caliber of hockey like Tampa and Colorado. The Leafs still have a long way to go until they become true Stanley Cup contenders.

[Spanky99]

Congrats to the Colorado Avalanche.

 

Cale Makar with the Conn Smythe.

 

Well deserved.

[Horses Fart]

Leafs could never play this caliber of hockey like Tampa and Colorado. The Leafs still have a long way to go until they become true Stanley Cup contenders.

 

I’ve thought the same thing a number of times watching this final. U definitely need a certain type of team put together to do a cup run and the Leafs better start looking. GLG #34

[Pendleton]

Leafs could never play this caliber of hockey like Tampa and Colorado. The Leafs still have a long way to go until they become true Stanley Cup contenders.

 

I'm not a Leafs fan, but I can't agree with this. They went blow for blow with Tampa in the first round, and could easily have been in their place.

[jaysblue]

I'm not a Leafs fan, but I can't agree with this. They went blow for blow with Tampa in the first round, and could easily have been in their place.

 

Leafs went blow for blow with Montreal last season and Boston the previous years and could have easily been in their place as well. But they weren't.

[Laika]

Same old story.

 

Leafs don't have enough truculence

[Krylian]

Why is the discussion about the Leafs? Shouldn't the conversation be about Colorado and praising them on a great playoff run? Seems like it's always the non Leafs fans that want to talk about the Leafs...then complain that the discussion is always about the Leafs.

[Laika]

It's... a... Toronto... based... message board.................

[Laika]

Honestly every Canadian team is too soft

 

Has been this way for years. Why did all of them trend this way?

[Krylian]

It's... a... Toronto... based... message board.................

 

Of the hockey fans here, I'd say probably half of them are Leafs fans...the remainder are a mishmash of other allegiances. Not as much of a Toronto centric hockey base I don't think. I could be wrong though.

[Krylian]

Honestly every Canadian team is too soft

 

Has been this way for years. Why did all of them trend this way?

 

To be fair, the way they called penalties was very much different this year...at the very least for the first couple of series. s*** was getting called that would NEVER have been called in the past. Montreal would never have gotten away with what they did last year, in this years playoffs. Those that adapted to the "new" style of officiating seemed to do better.

[wilko]

It's... a... Toronto... based... message board.................

 

Oh wow that's racist.