NHL 2021

[technomancer]

Congratulations on the win Habs

 

[AdamMaz]

Congratulations on the win Habs

 

[Vostre Roy]

Stolen from Facebook



At least they won't get swept, but the road to the cup is still very steep

 

[technomancer]

At least they won't get swept, but the road to the cup is still very steep

Hopefully they can pull off the next one, curious to see how it shapes up with Tampa having last change.

 

[AdamMaz]

...curious to see how it shapes up with Tampa having last change.

On offensive faceoffs, Cooper will be able to drop in the Palat/Point/Kucherov line at whim. Can't afford to ice the puck. Ever.

 

[JD27]

Well that’s a wrap, really didn’t see this season going any other way. $18 million over the cap or not, TB is a good team with a great goalie. A shut out in every series clinching game. He was the only dude to do it 3 times, then made it 4 for shits n gigs. Interesting to see how that cap space is handled and what they look like next season though, still good I’m sure, but how many guys are gone. Also, Maroon not exactly a critical piece, but damn a cup for 3 straight years on 2 different teams is still pretty cool.

 

[AdamMaz]

I seem to remember hearing talk that Stamkos could very well not be returning, not sure what the reasoning was, but that is a good chunk of cap they wouldn't have to worry about anymore.

I thought we found our footing and could have pushed the series to the limit. We quieted their big names, but Vasilevskiy was the better goal tender and Tampa's depth proved to be the difference.

 

[JD27]

I seem to remember hearing talk that Stamkos could very well not be returning, not sure what the reasoning was, but that is a good chunk of cap they wouldn't have to worry about anymore.

I thought we found our footing and could have pushed the series to the limit. We quieted their big names, but Vasilevskiy was the better goal tender and Tampa's depth proved to be the difference.

That would be interesting if Stamkos didn’t return, but he has been pretty beat up over his career. Point was held in check pretty well over the series, but yeah then you have the rest that are still good.

 

[technomancer]

Holy crap...

Parise, Suter to have contracts bought out by Wild

I remember being SO glad when Minessota signed them that the Pens didn't sign either of those deals

I guess since the expansion draft and entry draft are coming up time to unstick this thread and start a 2021-2022 thread

 

[Wucan]

Strange that the Wild didn't commit to the LTIRement strategy most other teams committed to when signing these gargantuan contracts.