NHL Thread

[philpritchard]

I should have known things were going way too well for the Leafs so far this year.

[Dev]

Unreal win by the Sens.

[surfndestroy]

Unreal win by the Sens.

I have a feeling they're going to pay for that win tonight.

[Dev]

Unreal win by the Sens.

I have a feeling they're going to pay for that win tonight.

I dunno. We are have pretty unmatchable energy. Would have made the playoffs if not for our trash start.

[surfndestroy]

Unreal win by the Sens.

I have a feeling they're going to pay for that win tonight.

I dunno. We are have pretty unmatchable energy. Would have made the playoffs if not for our trash start.

It took one more game than I thought it would but the Leafs paid the Sens back and then some last night.

[philpritchard]

Unreal win by the Sens.

I have a feeling they're going to pay for that win tonight.

I dunno. We are have pretty unmatchable energy. Would have made the playoffs if not for our trash start.

They were never going to be anywhere close to the playoffs because, despite that unmatched energy, they also have an unmatched lack of talent.

They're putting together a great future, there's no doubt about that, but they're pretty easily the worst team in the league this year despite an amazing comeback win the other day.

[Mickey]

Unreal win by the Sens.

I have a feeling they're going to pay for that win tonight.

I dunno. We are have pretty unmatchable energy. Would have made the playoffs if not for our trash start.

They were never going to be anywhere close to the playoffs because, despite that unmatched energy, they also have an unmatched lack of talent.

They're putting together a great future, there's no doubt about that, but they're pretty easily the worst team in the league this year despite an amazing comeback win the other day.

Really? Zero doubt about that?

[philpritchard]

Unreal win by the Sens.

I have a feeling they're going to pay for that win tonight.

I dunno. We are have pretty unmatchable energy. Would have made the playoffs if not for our trash start.

They were never going to be anywhere close to the playoffs because, despite that unmatched energy, they also have an unmatched lack of talent.

They're putting together a great future, there's no doubt about that, but they're pretty easily the worst team in the league this year despite an amazing comeback win the other day.

Really? Zero doubt about that?

Correct... there's no doubt that they have a lot of good young talent in the organization.

[Mickey]

Unreal win by the Sens.

I have a feeling they're going to pay for that win tonight.

I dunno. We are have pretty unmatchable energy. Would have made the playoffs if not for our trash start.

They were never going to be anywhere close to the playoffs because, despite that unmatched energy, they also have an unmatched lack of talent.

They're putting together a great future, there's no doubt about that, but they're pretty easily the worst team in the league this year despite an amazing comeback win the other day.

Really? Zero doubt about that?

Correct... there's no doubt that they have a lot of good young talent in the organization.

And you're convinced it's going to stay there?!?

[Dev]

Phil, I gotta say, forget all the rivalry bullshit, when Matthews and Marner are on the ice it is just about the scariest thing in the North Division.

They even make Thorton effective which I can't understand at all.

[Peeps]

It boggles my mind there are 350 players who have played 1000 nhl games and sid is one of 25 who has done it for one team only

[Mickey]

That's an odd list because it includes franchise stars like Crosby, Ovechkin, Getzlaf, Bergeron, and Kopitar, but it also includes Chris Neil, Marc-Edouard Vlasic, and, until this season, Mikko Koivu.

[Mickey]

Though I guess for the Wild Koivu counts as a franchise star.

[elliseamos]

Carter Hart. Poor kid.

[Stardog Champion]

Am I wrong in thinking the accusations being directed at Panarin are extremely suspect? Or am I blinded by my Rangers fandom? What does this look like from outside my Rangers bubble?

[Mickey]

Incredibly sus

[elliseamos]

Incredibly sus

Suspicious and believeable. Good questions on both sides here.

[Mickey]

I mean, do I think it's possible a professional athlete is a toxic abusive piece of shit? Yes of course. In a certain respect I assume they all are. But even if this is true, the timing is suspect.

[Stardog Champion]

I mean, do I think it's possible a professional athlete is a toxic abusive piece of shit? Yes of course. In a certain respect I assume they all are. But even if this is true, the timing is suspect.

This is exactly where I was at with this, which is why I brought it up.

[Mickey]

I mean, do I think it's possible a professional athlete is a toxic abusive piece of shit? Yes of course. In a certain respect I assume they all are. But even if this is true, the timing is suspect.

This is exactly where I was at with this, which is why I brought it up.

There's other aspects too--the allegation comes from his former coach, a noted Putin supporter, and the claim is not that he got in a bar fight exactly or beat on his girlfriend, but that he just attacked a random woman at a bar in Latvia, and that the cops came but dismissed everything when Panarin bribed them. Which, possible! But also exactly the kind of story that could never be traced, never followed up on. It seems overly convenient.