Stanley Cup Final: Boston vs. St. Louis

[CarltonTheBear]

Just like everyone predicted. Starts Monday for some reason.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/VeIeno/status/1131025221086076928

 

[AvroArrow]

Go STL!  What a turnaround for them.  On the verge of being torn apart, now in the finals.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Go STL!  What a turnaround for them.  On the verge of being torn apart, now in the finals.

31st in points from the start of the season to January 2nd.

From January 3rd to the end of the season they were 1st in points.

 

[Zee]

Go STL!  What a turnaround for them.  On the verge of being torn apart, now in the finals.

31st in points from the start of the season to January 2nd.

From January 3rd to the end of the season they were 1st in points.

Just imagine how much better they'll be next year after they offer sheet Marner and reunite him with Bozak.

 

[ZBBM]

Totally hoping to see T-Bo hoist the hardware

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/DimFilipovic/status/1131215335846076416

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Was there ever a decent rationale for Buffalo trading ROR? He didn't ask for a trade, right? And there weren't any whispers of locker room issues, were there?

 

[herman]

Was there ever a decent rationale for Buffalo trading ROR? He didn't ask for a trade, right? And there weren't any whispers of locker room issues, were there?

He said something about giving up and not having any fun during locker cleanout the previous season.

https://buffalonews.com/2018/04/09/sabres-oreilly-says-he-lost-love-of-game-lacked-mental-toughness/

Not even remotely decent rationale, mind you.

 

[Kin]

Was there ever a decent rationale for Buffalo trading ROR? He didn't ask for a trade, right? And there weren't any whispers of locker room issues, were there?

I'm pretty sure there was someone on this board who said that O'Reilly himself was clearly bad in the dressing room which was why his teams didn't have success.

Which isn't a decent rationale but is, in hindsight, funny.

 

[Zee]

Was there ever a decent rationale for Buffalo trading ROR? He didn't ask for a trade, right? And there weren't any whispers of locker room issues, were there?

Yes, Buffalo is led by stupid people.

 

[bustaheims]

He said something about giving up and not having any fun during locker cleanout the previous season.

https://buffalonews.com/2018/04/09/sabres-oreilly-says-he-lost-love-of-game-lacked-mental-toughness/

Not even remotely decent rationale, mind you.

Not great rationale, no, but, at the same time, you don't really want to keep someone around who doesn't want to be there - even if they haven't specifically said so. The Sabres also clearly felt they needed a change of leadership, changes to the roster, etc.

At the end of the day, I think the rationale for trading him was okay - not great, but okay. The execution, however, was obviously terrible. They were in such a rush to get things done so they wouldn't have to pay his signing bonus this summer that they turned the whole situation into their own Thornton-to-the-Sharks misadventure.

 

[herman]

He said something about giving up and not having any fun during locker cleanout the previous season.

https://buffalonews.com/2018/04/09/sabres-oreilly-says-he-lost-love-of-game-lacked-mental-toughness/

Not even remotely decent rationale, mind you.

Not great rationale, no, but, at the same time, you don't really want to keep someone around who doesn't want to be there - even if they haven't specifically said so. The Sabres also clearly felt they needed a change of leadership, changes to the roster, etc.

At the end of the day, I think the rationale for trading him was okay - not great, but okay. The execution, however, was obviously terrible. They were in such a rush to get things done so they wouldn't have to pay his signing bonus this summer that they turned the whole situation into their own Thornton-to-the-Sharks misadventure.

Game of Thrones Season 8 trade?

 

[disco]

The Boo-urns seem on a mission. Can the Blues take them down?
Also, when are the Bruins getting old?
#OurTimeNow

 

[Bates]

Was there ever a decent rationale for Buffalo trading ROR? He didn't ask for a trade, right? And there weren't any whispers of locker room issues, were there?

I'm pretty sure there was someone on this board who said that O'Reilly himself was clearly bad in the dressing room which was why his teams didn't have success.

Which isn't a decent rationale but is, in hindsight, funny.

I said he was always on bad teams, nothing about him being bad in dressing rooms though. The first part didn't age well.

 

[Boston Leaf]

I think the key to this series is whoever wins 4 games first.... that and goaltending

 

[disco]

I think the key to this series is whoever wins 4 games first.... that and goaltending

... and special teams.

 

[cabber24]

I think the key to this series is whoever wins 4 games first.... that and goaltending

... and special teams.

... PK especially, here's a tip, don't have a winger with a torn ACL taking defensive zone faceoffs on the PK against Bergeron.

 

[Guru Tugginmypuddah]

The key to winning hockey games is scoring more goals than the other guys. 

 

[cabber24]

I think the key to this series is whoever wins 4 games first.... that and goaltending

... and special teams.

... PK especially, here's a tip, don't have a winger with a torn ACL taking defensive zone faceoffs on the PK against Bergeron.

Yup, still sounds stupid.