JagerMeister

Was able to catch the 3rd period.

Watching Pastrnak and Marchand is enough reason to tune into a Boston Bruins game.

Their numbers are definitely unsustainable, but Pastrnak has been trending upwards ever since 2016-17, and had the 7th best ppg in the league last year.

As for Brad Marchand, at this rate he'll be carving himself a HHOF career. He's been top 5 in points the last 2 seasons and not lower than 6th best ppg in the past 3.

Another edition of hockey gifs...

11 hours ago, OccamsRazor said:

 

 

 

My favs...

 

 

 

 

and who can forget these guys......

 

Lol these are classics. But lest we not forget the absolute lunacy and randomness of. Olli Jokinen GIFS

Goalie edition!

Unfortunately, I can't find that ilya bryzgalov gif. You all know what I'm talking about... Or maybe u don't, because he has a crap ton of gif worthy content.

8 hours ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said:

@JagerMeister

 

Hah...that one with the guy celebrating with the opposition is hilarious!

 

I could see someone like Matt Cooke, Alex Burrows, or Brad Marchand doing something like that...on purpose! 

I have no idea why an agitator in the NHL hasn't done that by now.

Subban has time to improve in all aspects of the game, particularly and especially defense. Weber has been showing signs of deterioration for sometime. And as far as I'm aware, Subban's playstyle is more easy to maintain for longevity.

@FD19372 Too pathetic...

4 minutes ago, BobbyClarkeFan16 said:

I'm so glad the Flyers deal for him fell through. Kane is such a immature punk. His career is done in two years.

RACIST!!!

jk

13 minutes ago, radoran said:

It would take A LOT to get players to give up guaranteed contracts. Imagjne an NFL style system with many contracts being like Weber's without the length - huge signing bonuses.

 

The NHL can't afford that rightnow and the price is guaranteed contracts. The term limit is an attempt to address it but 7/8 years is still too long.

 

I see hockey as the most "team" game on the planet and there is NO superstar who can win by themselves.

 even Lemieux was unable to elevate his team in the playoffs. Gretzky couldn`t with his art ross win in LA. But I don't know about most team game, Im not an avid football viewer but that seems very team oriented.

1 hour ago, WordsOfWisdom said:

 It's train or don't be a pro. 

So from what I have learned about this hockey drama over the years is that anyone with the last name Kane is an automatic douchebag.

@flyercanuck This has been evident for decades, there's a reason why none of the greatest canadian hockey players are considered the best of all time..

@Podein25See? Thats what its like to have a RIGHT opinion.. 

@J0e Th0rnton people inserting racism where it is nonexistential. Whats new?

Howden with a concussion, Pirri with an injury. Wow, incredibly unfortunate

13 minutes ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said:

 

I like Eichel over the others BECAUSE he plays on the worst team and his production is right there with everyone else's save for Panarin who has opened up a distinct advantage since this thread was started.

 

Keep in mind, I am taking Eichel as MY pick....not necessarily that he will win. The easy boring answer to that would be Panarin the way things are shaking out.

But if all things on top of production are taken into account, the fact that Eichel plays on one of the more inept offenses in the league, yet is still finding ways to produce is pretty impressive.

 

Domi is on a team without high expectations as well, so an argument could be made for him as well (though having fellow rookie Duclair to share the pressure sure helps), meanwhile Larkin is on a team that should be playoff bound. NO WAY are the Wings as bad as the Sabres.

 

Finally, I also like the fact that Eichel has the MOST pressure of the leading rookies to make his team better.

Like I said, Domi has Duclair to share the load, Larkin has a pretty solid Wings club with established vets to help him out, and Panarin has a plethora of championship caliber players surrounding him.

 

None of those players have the spotlight and/or microscope on them as much as Eichel does, and despite that, he produces, is a key component over the others in the possession department (I.E. faceoffs) and he seems to have a veteran type savvy about him where he seems to pick the pockets of opposing players with relative ease when compared to the other players, as evidenced by his having the highest amount of takeaways as compared to the other rooks.

 

I am just overall more impressed with his work, given his team, over the others.

 

Yeah well, the voters dont exactly assess who should win what based on context...

But its just that Larkin and Domi apparently contribute more defensively while also having similar production to Eichel. And while he does have the most pressure among the candidates, he still has Ryan O Reilly. While Larkin is the leading point producer on a team that has Zetterberg and Datsyuk.

On ‎2‎/‎2‎/‎2016 at 5:34 PM, TropicalFruitGirl26 said:

Well guys, starting tomorrow we are entering the last leg run to the post season, and I thought it would be BUMP time for this thread as some players have really separated themselves in the races for the various hardware awards....and some races are still close.

 

I will start with the last post in this thread, about the Calder.

 

Occams rightly had Panarin, Domi, and Larkin (and those are still viable of course), but you simply can't leave Jack Eichel out of the equation, and he is MY pick for the Calder.

Ya, it'll be tough sledding for Eichel due to him being 12 points behind point leading Panarin, but there are more than enough games left in the season for Eichel to make a push.

 

Main stumbling block for Jack though, would be who he plays with. Let's face it, if Panarin is playing with Patrick Kane or Jonathan Toews, then that right there is a huge advantage over ANYONE on the current Sabres who is playing on the same line with Eichel! Just no getting around that.

 

That said, Eichel is producing and carrying the load on a team that is still quite behind the curve of being a contender. Not a ton of defense and goaltending to speak of, yet Eichel continues to be the one player that can be relied on if the team needs some offense.

 

Panarin is the favorite, but I will channel my inner HJ and say, Jack Eichel pulls a rabbit out of his Sabre hat and steals away the Calder when all is said n done!

 

 

Well, what makes you select Eichel over the other contenders? The only argument I see for him is the fact that he plays on the worse team out of the contenders, but Domi and Larkins teams aren't exactly great either.

On ‎2‎/‎3‎/‎2016 at 6:11 AM, MadDevil said:

On the Vezina, Cory Schneider currently has a better GAA and Save % than Holtby and plays on the second lowest scoring team in the league. If they make the playoffs I think he deserves serious Hart consideration.

Playoffs or not, he deserves serious hart consideration. I have no idea as to why playoffs is essential in almost every case for someone to be in consideration.

This team is entertaining, all Panthers fans want is for them to make the playoffs, many don't even care what happens after

3 hours ago, fanning&swirling said:

Karlsson is the Hart trophy winner, damn who else is carrying a whole team, not Patric Kane. Blackhawks can easily do it without him.

Karlsson should get the Norris too. Gee, he is a force. People dont get him. If noone cut his heel again he´ll win it. Drew Doughty is a big fave, but no no, he is not at Karlsson´s level. 

Drew is stronger in defensive zone, but even there Karlsson triumph Drew, he just take the puck and when Doughty is leaving defensive zone Karlsson is up scoring in offensive zone. Offensive is the best Karlsson,... i mean defensive.

This statement would hold some truth if this was any other year we were discussing. But this is already Kane's best regular season performance, while it has been captain intangibles worst season. He is 30 points ahead of the next highest point producer on his team.

Its truly something when someone contradicts themselves in the same sentence.

23 hours ago, yave1964 said:

Luongo is having a monster year, I list him in the conversation but feel that Holtby has to be the guy, leading the league in wins with a goals against under 2 is just too much.

 

  Karlsson will win the Norris, and in truth he is one Hell of a player but denigrating Klingberg because he has high scoring teammates does not wash with me because the same argument could easily be made with Karlsson, unlike past years the Sens have some explosive young offensive players as well. Does Karlsson pad their stats, sure, absolutely but it works both ways.

  I fully expect Karlsson to win but I would like to see Doughty win based off the year that he has had. He IS the Kings IMHO, on both ends of the ice.

You can make the same argument for Karlsson. But Karlsson's teammates are irrefutably benefiting more from him then he is from them. He is fourth in scoring as a defenseman.

While Klingberg's two teammates are top three in scoring.

Holtby has undoubtedly been spectacular, but Wins and GAA are very team oriented stats. Just look at Capitals team in comparison to Florida's.

On ‎1‎/‎10‎/‎2016 at 4:59 PM, WordsOfWisdom said:

I've always understood that the Norris trophy is supposed to be given to the best defenceman..... but then they always seem to give it to the highest scoring defenceman anyway. Oh well.

Nicely done. 

Except you are assuming that the highest scoring defenseman isn't the best defenseman. The Norris trophy is the award for the defenseman who possesses the best all around play. And in this case, Karlsson is among the top 5 point producers, for every position... Second highest scoring defenseman is Kilngberg, and he plays with Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin, both in the top 3. Besides, I don't see anyone right now who is exceptional defensively, that it would compensate for the 15-20 plus points Karlsson has over them.

Also, Holtby being the best goalie as of now is rather ambiguous imo. The panthers are outshot in the majority of their games yet because of Luongo's stellar play, they are able to gain a point or two. He plays on a evidently worse team yet has 1 save percentage lower. That's miniscule and inconsequential. Now, GAA is a much more team oriented stat. Luongo has a worse GAA yet essentially has the same save percentage as Holtby.

Not to denigrate Teemu Selannes rookie season. But considering time period, higher scoring. I think Ovechkins rookie season could be debated as equally impressive.