that was an embarrassment.
Col now 'know' they are better , just got taller--Bednar just wouldnt stop with the offensive pressure. He didnt take the foot off the pedal in the 3rd. Nope, 'let's kill em' . It's just one game , Game 1 could have gone either way. But it was a statement game. 'our speed, our deeper team are better than you guys'.
why did Cooper let Vasi play the 3rd?
for me the eye-opening factor in these 2 games is the Colorado defense . Not that TB's dee isnt good, not at all, a different kind of elite. Colorado's dee is mobile, enter the attack, quick. They will jump into the neutral zone with the puck. It's like TB's dee is constantly under attack. HOW ABOUT Bowen Byram!?!?!?!!? this kid is 21 yrs old!!!! He is playing way way more offensively in this series, --tells me, that's orders from the coach. And of course there's Cale-- dude is killing a penalty in the 3rd, gets possession and instead of just icing it like normal people do he takes off. Boom, goal
Cooper likes to go to that 4th line quite a bit--holy shit, Plan B for Game #3? And remind Vasi that he's a Vezina winner will ya Cooper LMAO!!!!!!
colorado has scored 11 goals and Mackinnon has only 1 point . Just a fuckin deep team, .....and no Kadri
Col now 'know' they are better , just got taller--Bednar just wouldnt stop with the offensive pressure. He didnt take the foot off the pedal in the 3rd. Nope, 'let's kill em' . It's just one game , Game 1 could have gone either way. But it was a statement game. 'our speed, our deeper team are better than you guys'.
why did Cooper let Vasi play the 3rd?
for me the eye-opening factor in these 2 games is the Colorado defense . Not that TB's dee isnt good, not at all, a different kind of elite. Colorado's dee is mobile, enter the attack, quick. They will jump into the neutral zone with the puck. It's like TB's dee is constantly under attack. HOW ABOUT Bowen Byram!?!?!?!!? this kid is 21 yrs old!!!! He is playing way way more offensively in this series, --tells me, that's orders from the coach. And of course there's Cale-- dude is killing a penalty in the 3rd, gets possession and instead of just icing it like normal people do he takes off. Boom, goal
Cooper likes to go to that 4th line quite a bit--holy shit, Plan B for Game #3? And remind Vasi that he's a Vezina winner will ya Cooper LMAO!!!!!!
colorado has scored 11 goals and Mackinnon has only 1 point . Just a fuckin deep team, .....and no Kadri
Yeah Price did stand on his head vs the Leafs, actually the entire playoffs. Vasilevskiy was the one goalie who was better than Price last year which meant no chance for my Habs. But Damn He's not playing that good this year. They could have easily won game one, but the first two goals he let in were terrible. Anyhow congrats to all the Avs backers! Easy win for you guys!
TB was down 2-0 Vs New York going home to game 3....
down 2-0 to Colorado going home for game 3 . A must win, ..........these are champions. Lots of pride in that dressing room. Do not see them coming out flat.
think Cooper re-unites Kucherov-Point-Stamkos as a line as least for some part of this game, gotta get Point going. He's been flat
down 2-0 to Colorado going home for game 3 . A must win, ..........these are champions. Lots of pride in that dressing room. Do not see them coming out flat.
think Cooper re-unites Kucherov-Point-Stamkos as a line as least for some part of this game, gotta get Point going. He's been flat
Kuemper wasnt very good, that helped . Pulled him. Who starts Game 4? gotta believe back to Kuemper
"He didn't have a good night, you know?" Bednar said when asked about his confidence in Kuemper. "Neither did our team. We win as a team, lose as a team. Group him in with everybody else. Just wasn't as good as we needed to be."
"It's the Stanley Cup Final. We're not expecting a sweep," Nathan MacKinnon said. "This is fun. This is awesome. Good or bad, we're not going to trade our spot with anyone. We've waited a long time for this. We're playing the best right now. We're playing the best team, they've won back-to-back [Stanley Cups]. We knew they were too proud to go away. We still feel good. We feel good about our team top to bottom."
"He didn't have a good night, you know?" Bednar said when asked about his confidence in Kuemper. "Neither did our team. We win as a team, lose as a team. Group him in with everybody else. Just wasn't as good as we needed to be."
"It's the Stanley Cup Final. We're not expecting a sweep," Nathan MacKinnon said. "This is fun. This is awesome. Good or bad, we're not going to trade our spot with anyone. We've waited a long time for this. We're playing the best right now. We're playing the best team, they've won back-to-back [Stanley Cups]. We knew they were too proud to go away. We still feel good. We feel good about our team top to bottom."
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Awards night in the hockey world;
Vezina Trophy
I Shesterkin (NYR)
Hart Memorial Trophy (league MVP)
Auston Matthews (TOR)
Congrats
....., he becomes the 2nd American- born player to win this award (Kane the other)
''As he gave a speech in which he tried to thank everyone close to him, from family and teammates, Matthews lost his train of thought. But he recovered and looked at his father, Brian.
“I know Father’s Day was a couple of days ago, but dad, this is for you,.''
Norris Trophy
Cake Makar (COL) at 23 yrs of age , he was a runner up a yr ago
here are two Hall of Fame defensemen:
"I'm so impressed with him," former defenseman Raymond Bourque said. Even though he has all the talent in the world offensively, he is so tough to play against defensively.
“He is by far the most exciting defender to watch play. He really is an amazing player. He's going to win a lot of Norris trophies."
Paul Coffey, who holds the record for most points in a playoff year (37), agrees with Bourque.
"Makar is a really special guy," he said. Every time a journalist asks me about a defender, I say call back in a year to see if the guy is consistent.
“However, in the case of Makar, I can already tell that he is going to play like this regularly. There is no limit to what he can accomplish.”
Vezina Trophy
I Shesterkin (NYR)
Hart Memorial Trophy (league MVP)
Auston Matthews (TOR)
Congrats
....., he becomes the 2nd American- born player to win this award (Kane the other)''As he gave a speech in which he tried to thank everyone close to him, from family and teammates, Matthews lost his train of thought. But he recovered and looked at his father, Brian.
“I know Father’s Day was a couple of days ago, but dad, this is for you,.''
Norris Trophy
Cake Makar (COL) at 23 yrs of age , he was a runner up a yr ago
here are two Hall of Fame defensemen:
"I'm so impressed with him," former defenseman Raymond Bourque said. Even though he has all the talent in the world offensively, he is so tough to play against defensively.
“He is by far the most exciting defender to watch play. He really is an amazing player. He's going to win a lot of Norris trophies."
Paul Coffey, who holds the record for most points in a playoff year (37), agrees with Bourque.
"Makar is a really special guy," he said. Every time a journalist asks me about a defender, I say call back in a year to see if the guy is consistent.
“However, in the case of Makar, I can already tell that he is going to play like this regularly. There is no limit to what he can accomplish.”
