2020-2021 NHL Thread

[Kin]

I'm sure people are sick of me saying this when there are complaints about refereeing but it really isn't a refs issue. It's the reality that the league, and fans, want rules selectively enforced. Until you resolve that pointing out specific calls you think the refs got wrong is missing the issue by miles.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/wyshynski/status/1358976407209132038

Must have said Biden won the election.

 

[Deebo]

https://twitter.com/wyshynski/status/1358976407209132038

Must have said Biden won the election.

Jeez, it's only been 6 days and it's already "a number of things".

 

[Bender]

https://twitter.com/wyshynski/status/1358976407209132038

Must have said Biden won the election.

Jeez, it's only been 6 days and it's already "a number of things".

I'm not gonna lie, that's pretty hilarious. I get that Torts is trying to instill good habits but man, sometimes the ends don't justify the means, especially when he's running guys out of town.

 

[Kin]

Coaches like Tortorella always make me think about something someone once said about Bill Parcells and how he treated Lawrence Taylor. Basically the quote was "He didn't treat all of his players equally but he did treat them all fairly".

Good coaches, to my mind, take the guys they have and use them in a way to get the most out of them. Coaches like Tortorella expect guys to fit into the boxes they want them to fit into in order to use them in a defined system. That can work, and a team can have success, if there's a fortuitous alignment of player skills and coach's tactics but that coach will fail if he's in a situation where he needs to show flexibility and an ability to adapt his methods to suit his team's talents.

 

[ZBBM]

https://twitter.com/wyshynski/status/1358976407209132038

Must have said Biden won the election.

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[CarltonTheBear]

Toronto, Boston, and Tampa all lead their respective divisions right now. It's cool that in a normal world one of these teams would be guaranteed to lose in the first round and another in the second round.

 

[herman]

Toronto, Boston, and Tampa all lead their respective divisions right now. It's cool that in a normal world one of these teams would be guaranteed to lose in the first round and another in the second round.

I'm quite impressed with the way Boston hangs in there even with middling drafts and the loss of key contributors and the looming aging cliff about to befall Bergeron/Marchand. They have exemplary structure all over the ice; the top line just puts them over the top whenever they're out there.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Toronto, Boston, and Tampa all lead their respective divisions right now. It's cool that in a normal world one of these teams would be guaranteed to lose in the first round and another in the second round.

And that's a good reason why the NHL needs to change their playoff set up.

 

[L K]

Toronto, Boston, and Tampa all lead their respective divisions right now. It's cool that in a normal world one of these teams would be guaranteed to lose in the first round and another in the second round.

I'm quite impressed with the way Boston hangs in there even with middling drafts and the loss of key contributors and the looming aging cliff about to befall Bergeron/Marchand. They have exemplary structure all over the ice; the top line just puts them over the top whenever they're out there.

Not just leading their divisions but:

26-4-4

There are only 12 teams (including the Atlantic leaders) with less than 4 regulation losses.  Three of those teams have played less than 10 games.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Toronto, Boston, and Tampa all lead their respective divisions right now. It's cool that in a normal world one of these teams would be guaranteed to lose in the first round and another in the second round.

I'm quite impressed with the way Boston hangs in there even with middling drafts and the loss of key contributors and the looming aging cliff about to befall Bergeron/Marchand. They have exemplary structure all over the ice; the top line just puts them over the top whenever they're out there.

Infuriated would be the word I would use, but yeah. They really shouldn't be this good with that left side defence.

 

[bustaheims]

Toronto, Boston, and Tampa all lead their respective divisions right now. It's cool that in a normal world one of these teams would be guaranteed to lose in the first round and another in the second round.

I'm quite impressed with the way Boston hangs in there even with middling drafts and the loss of key contributors and the looming aging cliff about to befall Bergeron/Marchand. They have exemplary structure all over the ice; the top line just puts them over the top whenever they're out there.

The fact that they've done it without feasting on the Rags or Sabres yet, and having only played New Jersey twice makes it more impressive. They've put up their record against the better teams in their division.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Toronto, Boston, and Tampa all lead their respective divisions right now. It's cool that in a normal world one of these teams would be guaranteed to lose in the first round and another in the second round.

I'm quite impressed with the way Boston hangs in there even with middling drafts and the loss of key contributors and the looming aging cliff about to befall Bergeron/Marchand. They have exemplary structure all over the ice; the top line just puts them over the top whenever they're out there.

The fact that they've done it without feasting on the Rags or Sabres yet, and having only played New Jersey twice makes it more impressive. They've put up their record against the better teams in their division.

And with Pastrnak only playing 4 games.

 

[cabber24]

Toronto, Boston, and Tampa all lead their respective divisions right now. It's cool that in a normal world one of these teams would be guaranteed to lose in the first round and another in the second round.

I'm quite impressed with the way Boston hangs in there even with middling drafts and the loss of key contributors and the looming aging cliff about to befall Bergeron/Marchand. They have exemplary structure all over the ice; the top line just puts them over the top whenever they're out there.

The fact that they've done it without feasting on the Rags or Sabres yet, and having only played New Jersey twice makes it more impressive. They've put up their record against the better teams in their division.

And with Pastrnak only playing 4 games.

Shut up already about Boston being great. Third round problems if we get there.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/TheOakLeafs/status/1359166463731458054
I think the Leafs are underrated because of Tampa and Boston's dominance.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1359205327284101120

I'm not trying to say that the NHL shouldn't be postponing games, but I still don't get the rhyme and reason behind how they decide what games go on and what don't. This release plainly says the NHL "announced today that as a result of a second Philadelphia Flyers Player entering the NHL's COVID Protocols earlier today". But plenty of teams have played games with multiple players on the protocol list before.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/BuffaloVogl/status/1359202483499917314

Ralph Krueger is 61 years old, tested positive for Covid 5 days ago, is currently symptomatic, and the team is HOPING he's good to go for their game on Monday. Like jesus christ send the guy home for the next month are you kidding?

 

[Bender]

https://twitter.com/BlueJacketsNHL/status/1359215612392853510?s=20

Wonder if this is related to Torts in some way.

 

[Bender]

https://twitter.com/BuffaloVogl/status/1359202483499917314

Ralph Krueger is 61 years old, tested positive for Covid 5 days ago, is currently symptomatic, and the team is HOPING he's good to go for their game on Monday. Like jesus christ send the guy home for the next month are you kidding?

Let him recover until he feels well enough. I think there shouldn't be a timeline on this.

 

[bustaheims]

Wonder if this is related to Torts in some way.

I imagine it's probably more about injuries having worn him down more than he thought, no longer performing at a high level, etc. I'm sure Torts and/or his spot on the team's depth chart - especially after adding Laine and Roslovic - played into it, but I doubt it's the driving factor.