2021 NHL Season Thread: Down the stretch we come, well, maybe not Couver

[Bill Brasky 3,476]

beyond the skating, skill, speed, creativity, hands, etc, Kaprizov brings, the amazing part is this guy is going to be up for a Selke at some point.  guy does it all.

[JaxBill 6,978]

uh oh

@penguins: Coach Sullivan on Crosby: "Sid will not be available for tonight's game. He will be listed on the NHL's COVID protocol list. We didn't have a morning skate this morning due to the NHL's COVID protocol."

[falguy 1,222]

I take back what I said about Edmonton potentially posing a threat to Toronto.  Leafs can go ahead and make travel plans for the final 4. It's men against boys up here.

[Capella 31,528]

Vasy with 3 straight shutouts. 

[QuizGuy66 2,245]

14 hours ago, falguy said:

I take back what I said about Edmonton potentially posing a threat to Toronto.  Leafs can go ahead and make travel plans for the final 4. It's men against boys up here.

Get thee a zamboni driver or 3!

-QG

[Kal El 3,940]

5 hours ago, Capella said:

Vasy with 3 straight shutouts. 

Interestingly enough, he is actually on 2 different shutout streaks: the one from this season, and he has blanked the Stars for 3 straight games going back to Game 6 of the Cup Finals.

[Grahamburn 2,105]

7 hours ago, Capella said:

Vasy with 3 straight shutouts. 

He’d run the table if they played Dallas every night. 

[Kal El 3,940]

16 minutes ago, Grahamburn said:

He’d run the table if they played Dallas every night. 

Word is he’s getting into the sports executive business, since he owns the Stars now.

[Bill Brasky 3,476]

MAF, damn

[Northern Voice 10,984]

I feel like if I say anything in here or the ffa fantasy hockey thread I will instantly jinx this entire wonderful, perfect season.

[RUSF18 3,901]

I'm pretty sure that Shesterkin just suffered a catastrophic injury. 

[kodycutter 968]

Rangers  6-1  over Devils.    After the 1st period would have predicted the other way around.

Mika Z with the least ice time at C 1st period, benched first 10 minutes of 2nd (Chytil double shifted).

Kreider with a natural hat trick to go up 3-1 after Hughes scored.   Hughes loves to score on the Rangers.  This unfortunately looks like a trend.

Lafreniere points in 4 straight, and a snipe on the 6th goal.

Igor leaves on non contact injury in 3rd, back or leg...he looked in pain, did not look good at all.

[JaxBill 6,978]

@BroadStHockey: Giroux really said "not today" https://twitter.com/BroadStHockey/status/1367663879988404231/photo/1

 

[E Street Brat 1,645]

Bolts getting embarrassed tonight.

[E Street Brat 1,645]

27 minutes ago, RUSF18 said:

I'm pretty sure that Shesterkin just suffered a catastrophic injury. 

What happened? 

[E Street Brat 1,645]

6 minutes ago, E Street Brat said:

Bolts getting embarrassed tonight.

Nevermind. 

[RUSF18 3,901]

26 minutes ago, E Street Brat said:

What happened? 

https://twitter.com/hockeyhoundshow/status/1367665151466409991?s=21

[Capella 31,528]

Bolts just won on a literal buzzer beater 

[Capella 31,528]

When this team is going 20-62 a decade from now I’m just gonna laugh at my son and tell him he should’ve been born earlier. 

[Getzlaf15 11,164]

Ryan Mura@RyanMura

6h

fans attending sabres games can choose to have their vaccine shot during intermission. for an additional cost you can also be euthanized

[Aaron Rudnicki 9,041]

Neat sport. I quit. 

[Northern Voice 10,984]

1 hour ago, Aaron Rudnicki said:

Neat sport. I quit. 

Are you Nico Hischier?

[Aaron Rudnicki 9,041]

18 minutes ago, Northern Voice said:

Are you Nico Hischier?

In a way

[Kal El 3,940]

6 hours ago, E Street Brat said:

Nevermind. 

Just give them time, they’ll start scoring. Still, they were definitely sloppy tonight, and somebody is going to make them pay for that if they don’t fix that.

[JaxBill 6,978]

So Calgary won 7-3 then made a coaching change?

 

 

[JaxBill 6,978]

@PierreVLeBrun: Darryl Sutter isn’t just taking over for the rest of the season in Calgary. He signed a three-year deal, this season plus two more.

[falguy 1,222]

Rip Walter Gretzky. 

Canada's hockey dad. 

[Bill Brasky 3,476]

3 hours ago, JaxBill said:

So Calgary won 7-3 then made a coaching change?

 

 

is every coach in Canada going to get fired before Green?

[QuizGuy66 2,245]

5 hours ago, Bill Brasky said:

is every coach in Canada going to get fired before Green?

Hadn't really thought of that but I can see the all-Canadian division really cranking up the heat on the coachea there that much more.

-QG

[JaxBill 6,978]

@IneffectiveMath: Playoff chances over the past fortnight. https://twitter.com/IneffectiveMath/status/1367929982283055112/photo/1

 

[Dickie Dunn 2,302]

Really sad what happened to Mark Pavelich the last few years. Another piece of the Miracle on Ice team gone.

RIP

[RUSF18 3,901]

Shesty is day to day with a groin strain. Miracle for the Rangers. 

[Kal El 3,940]

Bolts drop the game in the shootout, but remain a point ahead of Carolina for first in the Central. I’m surprised Chicago is this good, because at the start of the season, they definitely were not that.

[JaxBill 6,978]

what happened to Bergeron?

 

@NHLBruins: #NHLBruins prax lines:

Marchand - McKegg - Pastrnak
Ritchie - Krejci - DeBrusk
Frederic - Coyle - Smith
Bjork/Kuraly - Studnicka - Wagner

Grzelcyk - McAvoy
Zboril - Clifton
Tinordi - Vaakanainen
Moore - Kampfer

Rask
Halak
Booth

Absent: Bergeron, Carlo, Kase, Lauzon, Miller. https://twitter.com/NHLBruins/status/1368250269906124804/photo/1

[kodycutter 968]

Adam Fox - " I've got this"

[Skipdog77 1,276]

1 hour ago, JaxBill said:

what happened to Bergeron?

 

@NHLBruins: #NHLBruins prax lines:

Marchand - McKegg - Pastrnak
Ritchie - Krejci - DeBrusk
Frederic - Coyle - Smith
Bjork/Kuraly - Studnicka - Wagner

Grzelcyk - McAvoy
Zboril - Clifton
Tinordi - Vaakanainen
Moore - Kampfer

Rask
Halak
Booth

Absent: Bergeron, Carlo, Kase, Lauzon, Miller. https://twitter.com/NHLBruins/status/1368250269906124804/photo/1

He went down pretty hard into the boards at one point last night.  Although hoping it's just a maintenance day. Give him the day off after all the awesome captaining he did yesterday after the Scumbag Wilson affair. 

 

[Bill Brasky 3,476]

how is Buffalo this bad?  

[Steve Tasker 8,222]

9 minutes ago, Bill Brasky said:

how is Buffalo this bad?  

how much time you got?

[Kal El 3,940]

54 minutes ago, Bill Brasky said:

how is Buffalo this bad?  

The quick answer is that ownership makes dumb decisions.

[Dickie Dunn 2,302]

4 hours ago, Skipdog77 said:

He went down pretty hard into the boards at one point last night.  Although hoping it's just a maintenance day. Give him the day off after all the awesome captaining he did yesterday after the Scumbag Wilson affair. 

 

All indications were that it was just a maintenance day.

[RUSF18 3,901]

That Barzal goal was insane. 

[=Smackdown= 748]

43 minutes ago, RUSF18 said:

That Barzal goal was insane. 

Pure filth. GOTY candidate.

[Getzlaf15 11,164]

My favorite time of year...

http://www.tankathon.com/nhl/mock_draft

[Bill Brasky 3,476]

Caufield secures the Big Ten title yesterday and almost finishes at a goal per game.  even more impressive since he didn't have Holloway for a good chunk of the season.  

[Dickie Dunn 2,302]

3 hours ago, Bill Brasky said:

Caufield secures the Big Ten title yesterday and almost finishes at a goal per game.  even more impressive since he didn't have Holloway for a good chunk of the season.  

I believe Wisky is the first college hockey team ever to go from worst to first in back-to-back seasons. But that just underscores what a massive underachiever Bucky was last season.

[Kal El 3,940]

Bolts go down 3-0, then proceed to take the Hawks lunch money in the 2nd, roaring all the way back to take a 4-3 lead. The 3rd will either feature a defensive showdown or 13 goals.

Edited March 7 by Kal El
ETA: Hawks only got 2 in the first

[Kal El 3,940]

I guess the Lightning just took about 25 minutes of game time to remember, “Oh yeah, we’re the Lightning,” and scored 6 straight to win 6-3.

[DMXATF23 98]

2 hours ago, Kal El said:

I guess the Lightning just took about 25 minutes of game time to remember, “Oh yeah, we’re the Lightning,” and scored 6 straight to win 6-3.

That Cernak hit looked bad...

[Chemical X 5,826]

seorsieve

[RUSF18 3,901]

Tonight I learned that I can leave my car to pick up food at a restaurant with my team up a goal and get back in my car with my team down 3-1 and not have a single ####### complaint about the takeout service at the restaurant.