Other Sports ***Official 2017-18 NHL Season Thread*** - Page 4

The thread to talk about the NHL.

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Joe.1			Otter
OnThe.1			OnTheWarpath58
Joel.1			CaliforniaChief
DaFace			DaFace
Leafs win the Cup	Gadzooks
William.2		?????
Noah			CaliforniaChief's Kid
c.o_THjtt		Al_Bundy
frozen chief		frozen chief
One Magnificent Bracket	KCtotheSB
KC_Lee			KC_Lee
j.1			Shag

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I don't expect the Devils to keep this up, but man are they exciting to watch.
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Originally Posted by Bearcat:
How are the Pens soon to be 7-5-1 with a -13 goal differential? When they're bad, they're really fucking bad.... 10-1 and 7-1 losses so far, and down 5-0 to the Jets in the first period.

Oh yeah, that look like they forgot how to play hockey when it comes to the second half of a back-to-back. No excuses either, because everyone in the league has to run through back-to-back's. I read a stat that says the Penguins have been outscored 29-7 on the back half of back-to-back's thus far.

It's abysmal and I have no idea where you even start to try and fix that shit.
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Originally Posted by Holladay:
Weren't the Blues originally in KC a LONG time ago? Just the Kings were in basketball.

Actually there was a KC Blues, back when the CHL was AAA they were the farm team for the STL Blues

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas...es_(ice_hockey)
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Originally Posted by KCtotheSB:
Oh yeah, that look like they forgot how to play hockey when it comes to the second half of a back-to-back. No excuses either, because everyone in the league has to run through back-to-back's. I read a stat that says the Penguins have been outscored 29-7 on the back half of back-to-back's thus far.

It's abysmal and I have no idea where you even start to try and fix that shit.

Really wish I could sympathize :-)
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Originally Posted by Indian Chief:
I don't expect the Devils to keep this up, but man are they exciting to watch.

I actually think they are going to, at least offensively. They have a ton of speed and youth that is only going to get better. They have a number of offensive players still in the minors on top of that. Their defense is a disaster though.
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#PietrangeloForNorris
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Fun game tonight in STL. Blues score 3 unanswered in the 2nd and then the teams combine for 6 goals in the 3rd.

4 point night for Schenn, 2 goals for Pietrangelo.
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Sounds like a Duchene deal is done.
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Originally Posted by Bearcat:
Sounds like a Duchene deal is done.

Damn. Took him off mid-game. Glad it's done finally, though I'm sad to see him go. :-)
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2 more assists from Schenn. Schwartz puts em in front 2-1
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What a haul for the Avs in that deal, though. I know it sucks to trade a star like Duchene, but it seems like Sakic did ok.
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Originally Posted by CaliforniaChief:
What a haul for the Avs in that deal, though. I know it sucks to trade a star like Duchene, but it seems like Sakic did ok.

Yeah, all things considered, I can't complain. Hopefully it'll help the Avs get back into contention in a few years.
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