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2021-2022 NHL Thread

Minnesota and St. Louis being locked into a playoff match-up with each other is also pretty funny. Since the trade deadline they're #1 and #2 in points with a combined record of 30-5-5.
 
Bill_Berg_is_sad said:
Heroic Shrimp said:
https://twitter.com/lukefoxjukebox/status/1519327746689798145

*sigh*

lol. The only team these matchups suck more for is the team we're playing.
Meanwhile Boston gets to play a Carolina team that has injuries to both its starting goalie and backup.
 
Heroic Shrimp said:
Bill_Berg_is_sad said:
Heroic Shrimp said:
https://twitter.com/lukefoxjukebox/status/1519327746689798145

*sigh*

lol. The only team these matchups suck more for is the team we're playing.
Meanwhile Boston gets to play a Carolina team that has injuries to both its starting goalie and backup.

That kind of stuff is unpredictable and the NHL can't and shouldn't do anything about it. But they can improve the seeding format to prevent a 12 vs 14 match-up and a 4 vs 7 in the first round.
 
Viewership drops significantly after round 1 (obviously half the fanbases are tapping out), so I don't think the NHL minds marquee (less rewarding) matchups off the hop. Fanbases (and rivalries) grow out of playoff serieseseses, so why not keep a system that lets the occasional moribund franchise with horeshoe butt goaltending feed the coffers for the next 3 years after an undeserved Cinderella run? Actually good teams will still have fans even after multiple first round exits.
 
herman said:
Viewership drops significantly after round 1 (obviously half the fanbases are tapping out), so I don't think the NHL minds marquee (less rewarding) matchups off the hop. Fanbases (and rivalries) grow out of playoff serieseseses, so why not keep a system that lets the occasional moribund franchise with horeshoe butt goaltending feed the coffers for the next 3 years after an undeserved Cinderella run? Actually good teams will still have fans even after multiple first round exits.

Not that the NHL will care, but these are the sorts of reasons I refuse to spend any money on the NHL. When the 2012 lockout started, I said I wasn't going to spend a nickel on the NHL for 8 years. Then 8 years hit and I just kept it going. The next time I spend money on anything NHL related will be when I buy the jersey of the guy that scores the Cup-winning goal for the Leafs.

I still have Leaf stuff everywhere though because it's an easy Christmas gift.
 
https://twitter.com/AdamZHerman/status/1519349494671945730

I get that these NHLPA player polls are mostly useless and rely heavily on reputation (hello, Price) but the should-be-undisputed Vezina winner and possible Hart trophy nominee not being anywhere here sure is something.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
https://twitter.com/AdamZHerman/status/1519349494671945730

I get that these NHLPA player polls are mostly useless and rely heavily on reputation (hello, Price) but the should-be-undisputed Vezina winner and possible Hart trophy nominee not being anywhere here sure is something.

I feel like that poll was done about 3 years ago.
 
Frank E said:
CarltonTheBear said:
https://twitter.com/AdamZHerman/status/1519349494671945730

I get that these NHLPA player polls are mostly useless and rely heavily on reputation (hello, Price) but the should-be-undisputed Vezina winner and possible Hart trophy nominee not being anywhere here sure is something.

I feel like that poll was done about 3 years ago.

I'm also wondering:  If you have to win 2 games, or a whole series, do you choose a different goaltender from the one you choose to win one game?
 
Frank E said:
I feel like that poll was done about 3 years ago.

It'd sure explain John Gibson's spot. His inclusion is probably the strangest to me. Like Price will always have the respect of his peers with his Vezina+Hart+Gold medals. Quick has his Cup+Conn Smyth and at least rebounded this season a little bit after some bad years. Gibson hasn't really accomplished anything major in his career and hasn't had a great season since 17/18 and hasn't had a good season since 18/19. His save percentage since then is .904 in 141 games. Sure, the Ducks haven't been anything special during that time but his back-up this season has considerably better stats than he does.
 
I suppose there's a chance that NHL players spend less time looking at the stats of other NHL players than we think they do.
 
Nik said:
I suppose there's a chance that NHL players spend less time looking at the stats of other NHL players than we think they do.

Chris Pronger might fire up a thread about this, but this is what I'd guess as well.

Busy enough to know your own stuff, and your team's stuff, and whatever special teams particular stuff, on top of travelling, meals, and paying all your income taxes and servants (sob). You'd be getting canned scouting reports from the coaching/ops staff about what upcoming teams/players have done in the past 5 games and key in on exploitable weaknesses or strengths to watch out for. Anything else about how other teams and players are doing is coming from whatever highlights they feel like watching or get social media'd (McDavid shredding Rielly that time probably got some good looks) and unlikely to be season-length aggregates.
 
Nik said:
I suppose there's a chance that NHL players spend less time looking at the stats of other NHL players than we think they do.

Also, maybe they don't take these polls particularly seriously and don't really spend much time thinking about their answers.
 
I personally don't think any Leafs fan should complain about a tough matchup in round one.  We had a Royal Road To The Finals Paved In Solid Gold With Tinsel And Unicorns All Along The Way last year and instead decided to take a left turn into the ditch.
 
Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
I personally don't think any Leafs fan should complain about a tough matchup in round one.  We had a Royal Road To The Finals Paved In Solid Gold With Tinsel And Unicorns All Along The Way last year and instead decided to take a left turn into the ditch.

This is fair
 
Can Hari Sateri stonewall Dallas tonight to help Vegas inch closer to a playoff spot!?  Let's see how that works out for them!
 

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