Recent content by Vandyn

I get that he was good while the Oilers were in their winning streak during the regular season, but I still think it’s an open question if you can win a Stanley Cup with Stuart Skinner as your goalie.

Rangers are very good but the way the Canes are completely shitting the bed when it comes to special teams is frustrating. The reffing has been atrocious (both sides) especially in overtime. Game 3 obviously a must win.

Keefe - It's very evident when teams play the Leafs, they set up the game for the Leafs to beat themselves Words of someone who knows they are getting fired. Basically admitting they are losing because of coaching. You almost feel bad for Matthews whos entire career so far has been...

I turned the game on about halfway through the 2nd period and saw that Boston only had 1 shot on goal and I thought it was a error or something. How is it possible that a team has now gone to sleep in clinching games two times in a row now for large stretches of the game? I actually think that...

The only rule for the penalty shot is he just has to keep moving forward, which he does. It’s basically the slowest you can possibly move on skates while still going forward. I get it though, I hated it too when he played for the Caps. I don’t like the overtime shootout in general because at...

Agree I mean it’s called a ‘penalty’ shot for a reason. How bout just be a better goalie and stop the shot. It’s not like it’s impossible to defend.

Great show and one that actually got me to read up more on Japanese history of that era. All the actors were really good. The interactions were spot on (Mariko and her husband, especially their last scene where he essentially is asking forgiveness was powerful). Yabushige and Torinaga's...

Yea I got that series dead wrong. I’d like to think they at least pull out G4 but I’m not even sure about that. Sometimes the other team is just flat out better (see Canes and Rangers).

I didn't watch the entire game but did watch when he made the save which was insane, just a dive into the air hoping you catch anything. Important part of the game too, you wonder how much that game changes if Tampa takes the lead there. I still think Tampa has something in tank when they get...

Final shot attempts were 110 Hurricanes, 28 Islanders. Everyone thinks this is a typing error. It's not. The best way I can describe it is in a boxing match where one fighter is just continuously throwing blow after blow against a guy on the ropes. It literally felt like the last 8 mins of...

I agree with this but I will say this is the best roster they've had in the Brind'Amour era (6 yrs). They have never had a top line like Guenztel/Aho/Jarvis, not even close. Health was always the issue in years past, this year they are mostly healthy. We'll see what happens.

I guess time for 1st round predictions: Canes/Islanders - Canes NYR/Caps - NYR Bruins/Leafs - Bruins Lightning/Panthers - Lightning Stars/Knights - Stars Oilers/Kings - Oilers Avs/Jets - Avs Canucks/Preds - Canucks (closer series than people think)

I got to admit, I'm surprised at the push the Penguins are doing right now when they were dead in the water during and shortly after the trade deadline. Couple that with how Philly is shitting the bed every game and you can wind up with the scenario of the Islanders just backing into the Metro...

Yea I was at the game last night, the reffing wasn't great. Canes PK is basically a brick wall right now. I remember looking at the scoreboard and seeing the shots at something like 30-10 in the 2nd period and I'm thinking how the hell are we losing this game (I think it was 2-1 Caps at the...

What's interesting is out of all those teams, the only one that has semi decent underlying numbers is probably Philly. Their problem is they are essentially trying to do this with only one decent (not great) goalie which is why the news about the russian goalie yesterday was interesting. They...