If I'm trying to win a Stanley Cup, a third line center is quite possibly more valuable than any winger. Just ask SCF teams NJ and LA, the two teams that are 4 centers deep and roll 4 lines that can check or play. And how many key moments did Jarrett Stoll play in that run...we had him but were missing a talented winger in Simon Gagne but still dominated.
We have a 3rd line center. His name is Brian Boyle. Former King actually, and hes a great 3rd liner. He was tearing it up in the playoffs before Chris Neil hit him high and concussed him. He made Anisimov expendable. Kreider has already replaced Dubinsky in the top 6 LW role. We didnt lose anything really in that trade. And I liked Anisimov, but hes replaceable.
And theres NO 3rd line center, not even Stoll, thats more valuable than Rick Nash. Thats just typical HF centerism at work.
I pick the Rangers at this point in time, but have to laugh at the inevitable snorefest comments, and laugh even harder about people talking about how so and so team is better so how could Blues make it. The question was who would win in a a SCF matchip between STL adn NYR. Sometimes I feel like I'm drinking idiot poison reading these boards.
Blues in a great 7 game series where every game is low scoring and competitive and have people complaining that the Finals isn't resembling an All Star game.
If we're going to talk about irrelevant things, I have to ask why you are so intent on labeling femininity as an inherently bad thing.
I guess it's easy to act "manly" and "tough" on an internet message board.
Can't even express an opinion without receiving an ad hominem for the words you used
Femininity isn't a bad thing, it's just the word 'ew'. It makes me think of I now pronounce you Chuck and Larry and the little boy saying 'Ewwy' It's just funny.
Did you even watch either goalies in either playoffs? Halak stood on his head for 2 weeks while Lundqvist barely had to stop a decent shot because the other 5 guys were laying on the ice the entire game.
Did you even watch either goalies in either playoffs? Halak stood on his head for 2 weeks while Lundqvist barely had to stop a decent shot because the other 5 guys were laying on the ice the entire game.
Lets boil it down to just stats.
It's funny you question whether I watched him or not, but you say this ****?
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We have a 3rd line center. His name is Brian Boyle. Former King actually, and hes a great 3rd liner. He was tearing it up in the playoffs before Chris Neil hit him high and concussed him. He made Anisimov expendable. Kreider has already replaced Dubinsky in the top 6 LW role. We didnt lose anything really in that trade. And I liked Anisimov, but hes replaceable.
And theres NO 3rd line center, not even Stoll, thats more valuable than Rick Nash. Thats just typical HF centerism at work.
Kreider doesnt make Dubinsky expendable. Do you not remember those long benchings during the Devils series?
It's funny you question whether I watched him or not, but you say this ****?
Lundqvist was very good last year in the playoffs...but compared to Halak in 2009-10, he did have it easy (though the Canadiens did collapse down as much as New York does, so it's not like Halak was playing behind a run and gun team). New York was a team that was stacked defensively, and on paper deserved to win the series they won, whereas Montreal was much more outclassed, knocking off two high powered offensive juggernauts.
Halak's first two rounds of the 2010 playoffs were the best playoff performance by a goalie in the last three years.
I know Thomas and Quick were fantastic, but they still had very talented teams in front of them. Halak had a team that barely made the playoffs to begin with, and he still almost single-handedly knocked out the two top teams in the East.
Kreider doesnt make Dubinsky expendable. Do you not remember those long benchings during the Devils series?
Long benchings? The thing that Dubinsky had all season, and caused his ice time to drop from 20 to 16 minutes?
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I think you misspelled "60 minutes of perimeter shots, neutral zone play, and dump-ins."
The Rangers barely shoot from the perimeter
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