Around the NHL | 2011-2012 Playoffs Edition | Part XVI ‎

[The Latvian]

Is there a better diver in the league than Dustin Brown?

[Novak Djokovic]

Originally Posted by Roooney

Is there a better diver in the league than Dustin Brown?

Nope. He's very good and very underrated too. For all the crap that we give Derek Roy about diving and the rest of the league with Crosby, Dustin Brown is a hidden gem of diving.

[Duchess]

What did he do?

[saskriders]

Today we say

GO SENS AND ISLES

[GK]

Originally Posted by saskriders

Today we say

GO SENS AND ISLES

I say that every day.

Hopefully the Islanders play a little better throughout the entire game then they did on Sunday.

[Flamingo]

It's good to see Lee figuring in on the first Stamkos goal, seems like he's getting minutes and opportunities.

[alpine4life]

Originally Posted by Flamingo

It's good to see Lee figuring in on the first Stamkos goal, seems like he's getting minutes and opportunities.

Looking at his gamelog in TB he plays on top 4 and he got the chance to play. Something he never had the chance to do in OTT.

[ChocolateLeclaire]

Originally Posted by alpine4life

Looking at his gamelog in TB he plays on top 4 and he got the chance to play. Something he never had the chance to do in OTT.

I watched the game, Lee played decent. His shot from the point is still horrendous. He never hit the net!

[JoeSakic]

Originally Posted by Harbinger

What did he do?

I'm guessing he dove.

[WasTeD]

Originally Posted by ChocolateLeclaire

I watched the game, Lee played decent. His shot from the point is still horrendous. He never hit the net!

I dont know how his shot never improved. I guess he just didn't care enough about it to work on it as much as other aspects of his game.

[God Says No]

Originally Posted by IloveChrisNeil

I dont know how his shot never improved. I guess he just didn't care enough about it to work on it as much as other aspects of his game.

i think it's more of a mental thing, where he's afraid it's going to get blocked and will cause a odd man rush the other way. so he fires it wider than all the traffic.

that's the only thing i can come up with really.

[All Alfie]

Originally Posted by ChocolateLeclaire

I watched the game, Lee played decent. His shot from the point is still horrendous. He never hit the net!

Lee and decent go together. Solid journeyman D, which is not a rare asset.

[The Latvian]

Originally Posted by JoeSakic

I'm guessing he dove.

Fooled to refs into 2 powerplays in five minutes.

[Zedrow]

Isles tie it up 1-1

[danishh]

devs taking a 2-1 lead into the third.

[Philadelphia Collins]

Leafs are both

a) knocking the Sabres out of the playoffs

b) knocking themselves out of the lottery

if they hold onto the lead, lifes good

[Zedrow]

Buffalo should have a goal there. Leaf player pushed it into the net.

Edit: Done 5 - 4

[itscameron]

Buffalo!

[Alicat]

Originally Posted by Roooney

Is there a better diver in the league than Dustin Brown?

That honor goes to Kris Letang.

[All Alfie]

Just for fun, the standings and matchups if teams were ranked by the number of points. All teams have played 80 games.

Current position in standings is in brackets. Only the first and eight place positions remain the same.

Numbers are ROW and Points.

1 (1) -NY Rangers 47 109
2 (4) -Pittsburgh 40 104
3 (5) -Philadelphia 42 101
4 (2) -Boston 39 98
5 (6) -New Jersey 34 98
6 (7) -Ottawa 35 92
7 (3) -Florida 31 92
8 (8) -Washington 36 88

Rangers vs. Washington
Pens vs. Florida
Flyers vs. Senators
Boston vs Jersey


If realignment doesn't happen, or the division format kept, I would like to see division winners only guaranteed the 8th playoff spot, with the rest ranked by points.

[Iamok]

TSN draft lottery show next week and I couldn't care less. Feels good.

[playasRus]

BEllz with another shutout tonight?

[Classless Manked]

Fun Fact:

The last place Montreal Canadiens have a better goals differential than the 3rd Place, SE Division Leading Florida Panthers.

[L'Aveuglette]

Originally Posted by playasRus

BEllz with another shutout tonight?

Too bad he and Halak split the season or he might have been a Vezina candidate.

[Caeldan]

Originally Posted by MightyManked

Fun Fact:

The last place Montreal Canadiens have a better goals differential than the 3rd Place, SE Division Leading Florida Panthers.

This will be the first time since the introduction of 3 divisions per conference that every team within a division will have a negative goal differential.