The Swamp

I went to the game last week against the Avs...despite being up 1-0 and 2-1 they just looked listless and flat. I can't believe Larkin makes that much of a difference. Almost looks like coaching is the problem to me.

Practice fight today too.

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 2:41 pm Practice fight today too.

Pushing and shoving, no punches thrown.

I distinctly heard Chiarot scream "I'M NEVER TALKING TO YOU AGAIN WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE FRIENDS EVER!!!" It seems pretty bad.

So Tom Wilson is missing games due to a face infection from a high stick to the face.

I bet he was drinking pee and got some pee in the wound

Was at the game last night and Vegas looked horrible. They might not get in if this continues and Minnesota plays better.

Which would be objectively pretty funny.

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:29 am

sancarlos wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:14 pm Well, DSafe, Dylan Larkin may be the most valuable player, because the Wings can’t win without him.

2-8 this season without him, which goes to 2-10 if you include the two games in which he has been injured and did not return. Athletic had a column today about their slide and how his absence has been a big part. (I have 30-day passes, if anyone is interested.)

Up to seven straight losses (home-and-home against the Coyotes!) and the Wings have been outscored in the last five without Larkin, 27-9.

Is that good?

Owned by the Coyotes!

More like SHITTSburgh.

1) I was very down on the Caps early on. Addition by subtraction and now they are playing a very solid style. I hate to say this, but Backstrom being out was already a net positive, and then you have Oshie out for extended amounts of time, which is allowing the young guys (many of whom played on the AHL championship team last season) to shine.

2) Along those lines, Kuznetsov was a disaster this season, as previously noted. He has scored 2 goals with 3 assists with the Canes in 7 games. He really needed to do whatever he needed to do to get his head right and hopefully he can sustain his newfound success down there.

Looks like Tom Wilson is back too.

mister d wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 1:35 pm Looks like Tom Wilson is back too.

6 games...

I kinda honestly believe Tom Wilson was shocked by what Tom Wilson did. Real progress.

Ovi
8 goals in his first 43 games
18 in his last 24 (including 8 goals during his current 5-game goal streak)

Caps have the 2nd wild card spot, 2 points back of 3rd place with 2 games in hand. Fun run into the end of the season. Great time for fios to drop the channel that has the games...

Huge win for the Caps tonight. And they look like a completely different team than from October/November.

Shedding some guys and allowing some of the youth to step forward... This is a fun team to watch. Crazy, given what I saw (and posted about) early in this season.

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:06 pm Huge win for the Caps tonight.

And the Wings now get Carolina, Florida, and Tampa on the road. It was a nice ride while it lasted.

I can’t figure out whether to laugh at the Wild for not trusting they could get a win in OT/SO or applauding their balls but they probably eliminated themselves with that stunt today.

brian wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 6:45 pm I can’t figure out whether to laugh at the Wild for not trusting they could get a win in OT/SO or applauding their balls but they probably eliminated themselves with that stunt today.

Such a low percentage gamble.,,

sancarlos wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:03 pm

brian wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 6:45 pm I can’t figure out whether to laugh at the Wild for not trusting they could get a win in OT/SO or applauding their balls but they probably eliminated themselves with that stunt today.

Such a low percentage gamble.,,

Smarter move would be to pull the goalie at end of regulation I think. If it works they get 2 pts and Vegas 0. And the game could still end up going to OT anyway.

Oh come the fuck on with the He Gets Us ad right in the middle of the ice, D. Yes, I'm irrationally blaming you for this.

mister d(olan)


Have tix for the game at the rock tomorrow night.

Jerloma wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:30 pm Oh come the fuck on with the He Gets Us ad right in the middle of the ice, D. Yes, I'm irrationally blaming you for this.

The worst part of these Knicks and Rangers seasons is I really felt like Dolan might be getting ready to sell.

(The best part is all the winning.)

rass wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 7:47 am My wife's coworkers had an outing at what turned out to be a pretty entertaining VGK/NJD game last night and besides wandering around until I found a food counter serving a hefty plate of made-to-order disco fries (think NJ poutine) for only $10 the best thing I saw (non-game action category) was this:

Still the best deal in the arena.

The start of the Rangers-Devils game was right out of Slap Shot. Hilarious shit.

This sport is so weird.

Edit:

Rempe and Marino are both lucky they still have their full faces. Rangers losing their two worst Fs and a badly struggling Trouba isn’t the worst thing but 4 D for 59:58 isn’t great.

(And Cuylle easily could have gotten more for his boarding. Deserved the punches he ate.)

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:15 pm Rempe and Marino are both lucky they still have their full faces. Rangers losing their two worst Fs and a badly struggling Trouba isn’t the worst thing but 4 D for 59:58 isn’t great.

(And Cuylle easily could have gotten more for his boarding. Deserved the punches he ate.)

What the hell were the coaches screaming at each other about after? Did someone abandon the script? Was it just supposed to be the to let the 2 goons fight and one of them saw a chance to get some valuable ejections?

Without knowing the answer, NJ has a lot more to yell at NYR about than vice versa. Rempe deserves to get the shit kicked out of him by then and then some. And if Vesey wasn’t responsible for the line brawl, he knew it was coming and clearly tried to get a jump.

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:29 pm Without knowing the answer, NJ has a lot more to yell at NYR about than vice versa. Rempe deserves to get the shit kicked out of him by then and then some. And if Vesey wasn’t responsible for the line brawl, he knew it was coming and clearly tried to get a jump.

Right, so is the implication that Vesey was the Ranger's best player on the ice and therefore intentionally tried to engage first so he wouldn't be ejected?

That actually makes sense because Rempe clearly backed off and waited after the puck dropped.

Another question...is just skating away after someone throws down their gloves ever a thing or is there some sort of alpha-male, emasculatory, bullshit, unwritten rule about that?

Also, if you're swinging fists at a helmet, doesn't it make more sense to keep your gloves on?

Jerloma wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:04 pm Another question...is just skating away after someone throws down their gloves ever a thing or is there some sort of alpha-male, emasculatory, bullshit, unwritten rule about that?

I think there are lots of occasions where one guy challenges another but gets turned down. In that case gloves are generally not thrown down. Gloves go off when a guy anticipates a fight, or if the guy is so angry that he’s throwing hands whether the other guy does or not.

Nah, we would have kept Miller if anyone. More than Vesey doesn’t fight and maybe thought his best chance was diving right in.

You can definitely skate away if the other guy drops, but Rempe couldn’t. He had to answer for a lot there.

Barclay Goodrow has doubled his goals for the season in less than 20 minutes of game time.

brian wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:35 pm Barclay Goodrow has doubled his goals for the season in less than 20 minutes of game time.

I’ll always love Barclay Goodrow for his playoff heroics for the Sharks. Getting to be a long time ago…

I wonder how often a forward doubles their season goal total in their 75th game. Like I’m sure plenty of 3rd pair D score their 2nd of the year late, but has to be pretty rare up front.

(Just looked. Going into last night he was last in goals for forwards over 750 minutes played.)

Do it for Mr and Mrs Malkin

In their last 13 games, San Jose is 0-11 against non-St. Louis teams, 2-0 against the Blues.

This is the best that the Rangers, Knicks and Yankees have been collectively since 1994. I'd hate to be whoever OJ's dating right now.

I'll take a point on the road against Toronto but still...fuck. They had the ice tilted their way for most of that game.

Sid had about a 4-5 minute stretch in the second where he got fucked up 3 times. He got hit with a high stick right in the mouth but dude was swinging at the puck and just slammed the puck into his mouth with his stick. Bleeding too so went from a double minor to no penalty.

They still need to rebuild desperately but if they can pull this off it would be so cool.