2022 Stanley Cup playoffs thread

[NJDevils1214]

This Oettinger kid....something else.

[StarDew]

Stars 2 Flames 3 -  Gaudreau

Flames win series 4-3

Move on to 2nd round

Edited May 16, 2022 by StarDew

[SterioDesign]

Oettinger is still on his ELC and so is Robertson. Both deserves a huge raise this summer. Only 13m in cap space though with many more UFA. they'll lose many guys

[Bonginator11]

Took a perfect shot by Johnny Hockey to beat Oettinger

[Devil Dan 56]

1 hour ago, devlman said:

Studenic is seeing a lot of big minutes here. He’s looked good tonight and hasn’t looked out of place at all throughout the series. Was disappointed losing him for nothing.

But we couldn’t risk losing Mason Geertsen. 

[Nicomo]

1st Battle of Alberta playoff series since 91. 

[MadDog2020]

9 minutes ago, Nicomo said:

1st Battle of Alberta playoff series since 91. 

That’s gonna be awesome. 

[Chimaira_Devil_#9]

43 minutes ago, Nicomo said:

1st Battle of Alberta playoff series since 91. 

I think it's the series that everyone wanted. 

Edit: apart from Kings and Stars fans. 

Edited May 16, 2022 by Chimaira_Devil_#9

[Lateralous]

1 hour ago, Nicomo said:

1st Battle of Alberta playoff series since 91. 

Battle of Florida and the Battle of Alberta are both going to be fun.   

[DevsMan84]

The cap was supposed to level the playing field where teams like the Rangers couldn't get every free agent that wanted to go there because they couldn't fit them all.  The problem is that there are way too many teams in the league who are willing to do them a favor by taking on their bad contracts and their GM's tend to be pretty good at trades in terms of value (Gomez for McD, Brassard for Zib, etc).  Teams that are always predicted to be in a cap crunch always seem to find a way around them and that's why I don't worry about the cap nearly as much as I did years ago.

[Devil Dan 56]

5 minutes ago, DevsMan84 said:

The cap was supposed to level the playing field where teams like the Rangers couldn't get every free agent that wanted to go there because they couldn't fit them all.  The problem is that there are way too many teams in the league who are willing to do them a favor by taking on their bad contracts and their GM's tend to be pretty good at trades in terms of value (Gomez for McD, Brassard for Zib, etc).  Teams that are always predicted to be in a cap crunch always seem to find a way around them and that's why I don't worry about the cap nearly as much as I did years ago.

It’s gonna happen again soon. Fox’s 9 million will kick in next year and someone will take a contract off their hands for them so they can go spend money, guaranteed. 

[RunninWithTheDevil]

10 hours ago, MB3 said:

if the rangers shared even the smallest resemblance of success as the yankees i’d very likely quit watching hockey 

This 👆🏼 I forget who it was but someone who posted here had in there signature something along the lines of:

"The New York Rangers are a franchise who believe themselves to be like the New York Yankees; with the winning record of the Chicago Cubs"

[DevsMan84]

25 minutes ago, Devil Dan 56 said:

It’s gonna happen again soon. Fox’s 9 million will kick in next year and someone will take a contract off their hands for them so they can go spend money, guaranteed. 

And someone will or they will LTIR someone.  I cannot remember a team falling apart due to a cap crunch.

[Colorado Rockies 1976]

18 minutes ago, DevsMan84 said:

The cap was supposed to level the playing field where teams like the Rangers couldn't get every free agent that wanted to go there because they couldn't fit them all.  The problem is that there are way too many teams in the league who are willing to do them a favor by taking on their bad contracts and their GM's tend to be pretty good at trades in terms of value (Gomez for McD, Brassard for Zib, etc).  Teams that are always predicted to be in a cap crunch always seem to find a way around them and that's why I don't worry about the cap nearly as much as I did years ago.

I wouldn't have taken on Gomer's hit myself, but in a way you could kinda-sorta understand the thinking; Montreal's approach was probably, "OK, he's overpaid, but cost-controlled, and we should be able to get 60-70 points out of him (he had averaged about 67 points per 82 GP for his career to that point)...he's still only 29...he doesn't miss many games...has a good chance to turn in at least three Gomez-like seasons, right now...let's get him, at least we know what we're getting."

The problem was that they pretty much got one season of typical Gomez (his first with the Canadiens), and then his production fell off a cliff, even though he was still relatively young.  With some of these guys, they hit 30 and either right then or shortly thereafter, their production just plummets.

And of course we went over it, but that was a bad deal the second it was signed...it was based on Gomez being able to suddenly become a much more productive player that he'd been to that point.  Outside of a fluke 33-goal season two years before getting that deal, nothing suggested that Gomer was suddenly going to become a 90+ point guy.  The first four seasons of his deal were 100% typical Gomez years...but suddenly that wasn't good enough, due to being overpaid as much as he was.

4 minutes ago, RunninWithTheDevil said:

This 👆🏼 I forget who it was but someone who posted here had in there signature something along the lines of:

"The New York Rangers are a franchise who believe themselves to be like the New York Yankees; with the winning record of the Chicago Cubs"

I've pointed out the whole Rangers-Yankees thing a bunch of times (and how as far as hockey-baseball comparisons go, their history is far closer to the Cubs).  It's their fanbase that carries themselves that way...they think by playing in New York, they're somehow the Yankees of the NHL, with the same rich and "proud" traditions...they've won one fvcking Cup since 1940, at that time mostly by mortgaging a ton of the future and by recruiting a lot of another teams' dynasty players to do it (but to be fair, when you actually win the whole thing, you'll live with whatever crap comes after, at least for 5 years or so...especially when it's been multi-generational futility).  The Ranger faithful pretty much act like there should be an Original 6 trophy given every year, just because.  It's the most annoying fanbase that I've ever dealt with...with Yankee fans, you get entitlement and the feeling that they think should be able to help themselves to any other teams' superstars whenever the mood strikes, but at least they've actually GOT a history of success, even when they're not necessarily winning championships.  But as we know, Ranger fans will happily dial up 1994 whenever it's convenient.  Because no other Cup before or since matters as much.  Just 1994.    

[Colorado Rockies 1976]

1 hour ago, MB3 said:

hahahaha that’s my go to line: 

rangers; yankee bravado, mets history.

As a Met fan, I'll readily admit that the Mets history is mostly not good, and at times completely embarrassing (and of course they're in New York, so there's that too), but the only reason I think Cubs more is because like them, the Rangers have been around for so damned long (with a similiar lack of success).  Even though they've been around since 1962 and are playing their 60th season (not exactly chump change), the Mets almost feel too "new" for them to be mentioned with the Rangers.  But not like your joke doesn't work.  It more or less does.

[Colorado Rockies 1976]

5 minutes ago, MB3 said:

Mets and Rangers both have 1 title since 1962. Works better for the joke too, since they’re both in New York. 

If you asked a rangers fan “who is the rangers equivalent in baseball?” 90% will say the Yankees. Which is, ya know, laugh out loud funny.

Mets have two:  1969 and 1986.  Not like that's much more to crow about, especially when the Yankees doubled that during a five-year period. 

And yeah, re:  the bolded, that's one of many reasons that I despise the dummy New York Rangers fanbase.  They really do believe this.  Just like they believe that Devils fans are still hung up over and mourning 1994.  They really do believe this too.    

Edited May 16, 2022 by Colorado Rockies 1976

[Devil Dan 56]

43 minutes ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said:

Mets have two:  1969 and 1986.  Not like that's much more to crow about, especially when the Yankees doubled that during a five-year period. 

And yeah, re:  the bolded, that's one of many reasons that I despise the dummy New York Rangers fanbase.  They really do believe this.  Just like they believe that Devils fans are still hung up over and mourning 1994.  They really do believe this too.    

Love when they say Matteau like nothing happened since. To be fair though, they get egged on by the NHL. Watch these Stanley cup commercials. Plenty of shots of messier shaking the cup like a dunce and ‘wE wiLL wIn tOnIgHt” , Bourque with Gary Thorne foaming at the mouth with joy, but either no mention of 95, 2000, 2003, or maybe one blink and you miss it shot of Stevens

[Colorado Rockies 1976]

23 minutes ago, Devil Dan 56 said:

Love when they say Matteau like nothing happened since. To be fair though, they get egged on by the NHL. Watch these Stanley cup commercials. Plenty of shots of messier shaking the cup like a dunce and ‘wE wiLL wIn tOnIgHt” , Bourque with Gary Thorne foaming at the mouth with joy, but either no mention of 95, 2000, 2003, or maybe one blink and you miss it shot of Stevens

When you don't win a whole lot of championships, certain teams definitely winding up gaining a lot more mystique than they otherwise would have...for the Ranger fans, the 1994 team has that, and I can definitely understand why in that as much as I hate all things Rangers, there's clearly compelling stories from that team (and because I hate the Rangers I won't get into those stories, but many here are familiar with most of them).

For the Mets, it's the 1986 team.  For the Yanks, even though they've won a ton, in recent memory I'd have to say it's the 1998 team, simply because they were just so damned good at baseball...so much better at it than everyone else that season...absurdly so.  I never saw a team that had such a universal "We can beat every single team we play" approach...they had one stretch where they went 45-9 and another when they went 41-11.  Most teams would kill just to have ONE unconscious run like that within a season, that somehow lasts over 50 games.  To do that TWICE?!  

Somewhat ironically, with the Devils, I think most of the real mystique revolves around the 2000-01 team, the one that DIDN'T get it done...the one that was so electric and deep and could do it all and was almost unbeatable heading into the playoffs...we'll always wonder how that team missed out on a Cup.

Edited May 16, 2022 by Colorado Rockies 1976

[bobilly45]

4 hours ago, MB3 said:

Mets and Rangers both have 1 title since 1962. Works better for the joke too, since they’re both in New York. 

If you asked a rangers fan “who is the rangers equivalent in baseball?” 90% will say the Yankees. Which is, ya know, laugh out loud funny.

Being from NY the way 98% of sport fans break down are;

Islanders/mets/jets

Rangers/yanks/ giants

Most li devils fans I know, including myself, are mets and jets fans.

Yankee fan base sucks bc they're mostly rangers fans.

[MadDog2020]

https://sny.tv/articles/rangers-hurricanes-tickets-fans-barred?fbclid=IwAR09kVY_uQ1OCeiX83D1zt2qZ9OfMhFLvD0JhGRthUDstpGL2M6-8LCECbk

[StarDew]

9 minutes ago, MadDog2020 said:

https://sny.tv/articles/rangers-hurricanes-tickets-fans-barred?fbclid=IwAR09kVY_uQ1OCeiX83D1zt2qZ9OfMhFLvD0JhGRthUDstpGL2M6-8LCECbk

Trouble selling out????   🤣  These writers are nuts. 

 

[Devil Dan 56]

1 hour ago, bobilly45 said:

Being from NY the way 98% of sport fans break down are;

Islanders/mets/jets

Rangers/yanks/ giants

Most li devils fans I know, including myself, are mets and jets fans.

Yankee fan base sucks bc they're mostly rangers fans.

I’m Devils/Jets/Yankees only because as a kid, my best friend and his family loved the Yankees. I loved hockey and the Devils. I started following the Yanks with him and he started playing street hockey with me.

Now he’s a Ranger fan. Oh well. I tried. 

[MadDog2020]

1 hour ago, StarDew said:

Trouble selling out????   🤣  These writers are nuts. 

 

The Canes have had NO trouble selling out. The fvcktard NY media and Rag fans just try and apply the same tired bullsh!t narratives they pull with us and Islander fans. 

[Nicomo]

Sounds like Malkin and Letang are likely done in Pittsburgh. It’s honestly pretty crazy they were able to keep that core together as long as they did. 

Edited May 16, 2022 by Nicomo

[Devil Dan 56]

7 minutes ago, Nicomo said:

Sounds like Malkin and Letang are likely done in Pittsburgh. It’s honestly pretty crazy they were able to keep that core together as long as they did. 

Had to be almost 15 years right? It’ll be very interesting to see where those 2 end up.