NHL 2021

[The Buscher]

Islanders win a playoff series in Nassau Coliseum for the first time in 28 years!!!!!!

[SeanDMan]

https://streamable.com/pbug0z

This is so good to see.

[Ruki]

31 minutes ago, SeanDMan said:

https://streamable.com/pbug0z

This is so good to see.

Right? Like, a week ago I thought he was dead... now he's on the ice? He might be an option for late 2nd round/ in the 3rd? 

 

Gotta keep winning so JT can come back! And defeat the evil Bruins and/or Islanders in the playoffs. 

[Malenko]

Great news indeed.

[SeanDMan]

No way do you let him play again this year. He was 100% concussed, it was plain as day from how he fell back down, it hurt to watch.

Him skating is a big deal because two of the worst symptoms of post concussion syndrome are naseau and vertigo, which can lead to naseau. Some former atheletes can barely walk to the washroom without being ill, so this is huge.

But the big concern now is, not how do you feel today, but how do you want to feel for the rest of your life. No way has his brain healed. The swelling has probably gone down but the affected area will absolutely be sensetive for weeks to come. If you are the Leafs, you want another couple years of JT. He takes one bad bump in the next few weeks, that goes away.

Take light workouts in the gym. Breakfast with the boys. Be around the team. If you have a sore ankle and you see a dude who almost got decapitated hit the ice like that, how can you not be inspired?

But for his own sake, hold the guy back. Maybe he gets a Steven Stamkos shift if they make the finals. But this Leafs team should be a playoff team for years to come. Not worth it to risk a dudes long tern health.

[Ruki]

Still confident for period 3 (down 3-1... they've scored more than 2 in a period before). Will even be confident in game 6! Game 7 though... suicide watch. 

[Ruki]

Came back to force OT... but gave up a 2-0. Can't do that. Oh well, on to Saturday!

[gunnar hendershow]

Cole Caufield has quite a flair for those big plays in OT. Picking off a pass and forcing a 2-0 is a great play, especially for a 20 year old. 

Edited May 28, 2021 by damshow

[Ruki]

On 25/05/2021 at 20:13, Ruki Returns said:

 

Shut up you pessimistic asshole. 

You're a fucking idiot.

 

The Leafs are a garbage team and should be folded.

[gunnar hendershow]

Carey Price will not go down quietly.

[Ruki]

Colorado is scary. 

 

Also... a 9 minute powerplay?! https://www.bardown.com/rarely-seen-9-minute-power-play-is-given-after-54-pims-were-handed-out-during-one-stoppage-1.1647546?fbclid=IwAR3isdDAUbC_gnKFEFBOXijKbhEKX6UZiGT438yauxb99DqbZftIKgkqcB8

[gunnar hendershow]

These Maple Leafs are in every way what the Caps with Ovechkin were for a whole decade. Bad luck with the injuries but Matthews and Marner were non-factors for most of the series. Incredibly reminiscent of those old Washington teams that perpetually came up short. So hard to build a team around multiple superstars, when one goes down it's like a deck of cards.

Now with the flat cap Toronto will need to get very creative with LTIR.

Montreal-Winnipeg is such a strange series. Nobody saw it coming given how both were just basically collapsing down the stretch of the season.

Edited June 1, 2021 by damshow

[Ruki]

Hockey sucks. 

[Maxx]

Aw another early bedtime for pajama boy.

[Ruki]

Ooof. That hit on Evans in the Jets/Habs game. That is BAD. 

[Krabby]

1 hour ago, Ruki Returns said:

Ooof. That hit on Evans in the Jets/Habs game. That is BAD. 

Now you wait a dadgum second, you are really telling me that a Jets player hit someone dirty! I dont believe it!

Ugh. What a completely awful, unnecessary, dirtbag hit 

[gunnar hendershow]

Yeah it was completely unnecessary. Wonder what the punishment for Scheifele will look like.

[SeanDMan]

Four games. So eight games really. Probably fair, is blindside, charging, late, and followed through with an elbow. Definitely dirty as fuck.

[gunnar hendershow]

God damn the Habs actually did it. What a run. Now for the Knights/Avs to presumably crush them.

[Ruki]

57 minutes ago, damshow said:

God damn the Habs actually did it. What a run. Now for the Knights/Avs to presumably crush them.

Hockey makes no sense and is just pure chaos.