And had they won the Ovi sweepstakes, they’d have then not won the Crosby sweepstakes, as they’d have had 1 fewer lottery ball in the draft lottery for Sid, due to the rules that governed the post-lockout lottery.
Yeah the 2nd pick in Sid's draft was Bobby Ryan. In Ovi's it was Malkin. What is scary, the next year they had the 2nd overall pick then and took Jordan Staal. They could have drafted Jonathan Toews.
The weird thing about that lottery draft for Sid was that it was coming out of the lockout, so there were no previous year standings, and everyone in the league had a chance… they weighted it based on a few factors.
I didn’t watch this game -
I didn’t either, saw a quick highlight, but he attempted a headshot with his elbow and missed. Then went headfirst while airbourne into the boards.
Yup he comes in and trys to take head shots with his elbows a lot. The last playoff series the Pens played them I believe he did the same thing but connected and knocked a Pen out of the game. I think it was Sid but I cant recall.
I watched most of yesterday’s game (3rd period and 2 OTs), don’t recall Trouba doing anything blatantly dirty in it.
Yeah, I just posted that I didn’t recall Trouba doing anything dirty yesterday but you’re right on the play you mentioned, he definitely went in with an attempted elbow to the head on that play.
You can find a video of the play easy enough by goggling Trouba hit. No need for me to describe, if you view it and still think it was a good clean attempted hit and nothing dirty about it, we’ll then just agree to disagree.
I’m at a webinar - will check it out later
Yep the Necca miss, sure looks like a clear intent to launch with dead elbow aim at the head.
Theres no doubt he was trying to elbow the guy in the head.
Orpik literally broke Erik Cole’s neck .
Not sure how anyone could watch that not think he fully and intently went head-hunting with his elbow
Id give him the benefit of the doubt if I had not seen him do this a number of times before. Didnt see the skate incident but even without seeing it, given his history, Id be more inclined to think he was trying to take our Necas.
Trouba should have gotten a penalty for boarding himself.
Canes are down 2-0 in the series but both losses were by one goal and one of the biggest problems the Canes are having is the difference in specialty units ....... the NYR are 4-9 on the power play and the Canes are 0-10 through 2 games (so the refs are calling a fair number of penalties) ...... if the Canes goon it up and more penalties are called against them, it helps the NYR with more PP opportunities ...... one of the best things the Canes could do is start scoring goals on their PP and upping their PK and/or decrease any stupid penalties they are taking ..... there are other problems for the Canes in this series but one of the biggest so far is their PP and PK units.
That’s an amazing line !
Imagine a Ranger/Panther ECF? My god, that would be a throwback to those days of Detroit/Carolina matchups, it would be brutal.
That would be a great ECF but really I think any matchup in the ECF's among the 4 teams left would be fantastic !
I mean it is a must win for Carolina tonight for sure. But they win, then there is a bit more pressure on NYR to win game 4 and go back home 3-1. As a veteran of every Penguin playoff run since the Lemieux era, it is just amazing how up and down, high and low, these series' can be.
Speaking of cheap shots.....my god, did you see what the Canucks did to McDavid at the end of the game???
You would think maybe the Canuck might get suspended (or some supplemental penalty) but the league will likely penalize/fine McDavid for embellishment !
It's strange watching the goalie styles and how they stayed on their skates. The only time they would slide on the pads was with then stacked together laid out sideways.
Those were good days for sure.
There are two really good series on right now. Dallas v Edmonton and NYR v Florida. Watch some of it. It does not disappoint.
This game is 1-1 late in the 2nd. Good goaltending, fast transition game and very physical. Playoff hockey at its finest.
That was egregious. He completely launched his elbow at his head.
