2023-24 NHL Season
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Carson Soucy suspended for shot to Connor McDavid - ESPN Video
Carson Soucy has been suspended for one game for this cross-check on Connor McDavid at the end of Game 3 of their second-round playoff series.
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Nicushkin suspended, out due to substance abuse:
Failed a drug test. He had scored 9 goals and recorded 1 assist in 10 games. You think the Avs will miss that production? Of course they will.
Colorado Avalanche’s Valeri Nichushkin placed in Stage 3 of NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance program - TSN.ca
Colorado Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin was suspended for at least six months without pay and placed in Stage 3 of the league's player assistance program before Game 4 on Monday night of a second-round playoff series with the Dallas Stars.
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Has the Carolina power play sucked Hippo balls in this series, or what????? Meanwhile Rangers have fallen apart 5 on 5
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Do you guys realize amidst Edmonton's goalie problems, that Jack "Soup" Campbell, who was signed by Edmonton to a 5 year, $25 million contract to be a starter but is now 3rd string, played 32 games for the Bakersfield Condors this year? Is any other player in the AHL making $5 million a year?
If that's not an embarrassment, I don't know what is.
If that's not an embarrassment, I don't know what is.
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Again 2 heroes for the Dallas fans last night, as a 20 year old leads the team, Oettinger is brilliant in goal again, and Dallas smashes the reeling Avs 5-1. Is anyone really surprised that Georgiev has been exposed as a poser, and the Avs a less balanced team than Dallas? Look for Dallas to send the Avs to the golf course and close this baby out in game 5!
Yep a lot...plus TOEWS/injury.... big guys not doing the job....credit to DALLAS/ dominant team and kid JOHNSTON always impressive.....AVS are done.
And NYR playing with the fire....could well have to play a 7th game..... and who knows?????.....lol.
And NYR playing with the fire....could well have to play a 7th game..... and who knows?????.....lol.
Personally I would not start Skinner today and Pickard has done well with a .904 S% in his career. In the playoffs last year Campbell did well when he played, Jack Campbell had a 1-0-0 record in 4 games with a goals against average of 1.01 and a save percentage of . 961 played 120 minutes in the 2023 playoffs. , should have played game 5 but the coach stuck with Skinner and lost. Pretty sure if the Oilers lose this series Draisaitl will leave. If the Oilers win the series they would rather play Dallas over Colorado.
I think you can stick a fork in Colorado, the Nicushkin loss devastated the psyche of the team as dude was on fire with 9 goals in 10 games. Maybe it was steroids, who knows, but he failed a test for some illegal substance that should not have been in his body, and the team is left to wonder about his absence and him letting them down. He is a huge disappointment with his behavior, missing lots of time for personal issues that shouldn't be the Avs problem. He is unreliable and unprofessional. Players like this can destroy teams especially when the letdown comes in the middle of a tight playoff series.
As far as the NY Rangers, I agree with Gaby that their situation now is a bit concerning and the 3rd period last night was a major WTF for them. Carolina, except for their power play, has played very well at times this series and although they went down 3-0 those first 3 games were tight and much closer than being down 3-0 suggests. Game 7 could happen. I still think NY Rangers will get it done, they have a really good team and Chytil may play game 6.
As far as the NY Rangers, I agree with Gaby that their situation now is a bit concerning and the 3rd period last night was a major WTF for them. Carolina, except for their power play, has played very well at times this series and although they went down 3-0 those first 3 games were tight and much closer than being down 3-0 suggests. Game 7 could happen. I still think NY Rangers will get it done, they have a really good team and Chytil may play game 6.
Imagine what turn it could take if the Canes PP starts to produce!
I had thought the Bruins might be cooked tonight, but a strong game from Swayman and opportunistic goals stole them a game and sent the series back to Boston for game 6.
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Jeremy Swayman, Boston Bruins dodge elimination in Game 5
Boston goaltender Jeremy Swayman, who told reporters this week that the Bruins would stay alive in Game 5 and force a Game 6, made 28 saves as his club outlasted the Florida Panthers 2-1 in Game 5 of their NHL playoff series on Tuesday night.
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Oilers pulled this one off, they played more physical than the past few games. Looks like Pickhard will start game 5 also, wish he played the previous game. Still cheering for Boston 
Pickhard is just a mild salve on the wound that is the Oilers' goaltending, a wound that has been infected and treated for years but has not been healed. It's like a venereal disease. The organization has had a hard time getting rid of this problem.
0I had thought the Bruins might be cooked tonight, but a strong game from Swayman and opportunistic goals stole them a game and sent the series back to Boston for game 6.
Jeremy Swayman, Boston Bruins dodge elimination in Game 5
Boston goaltender Jeremy Swayman, who told reporters this week that the Bruins would stay alive in Game 5 and force a Game 6, made 28 saves as his club outlasted the Florida Panthers 2-1 in Game 5 of their NHL playoff series on Tuesday night.
And the referees or the league gave the Bruins a goal to compensate for the one they gave to Sam Benneth of the Panthers in the previous game.
There was interference on Bobrovsky on the first or second Bruins goal.
Yeah have too agree, they need defense and goaltending but pick up forwards year after year.
There was a time when they had a great 2 man goalie tandem in Grant Fuhr and Andy Moog. Are you guys old enough to remember those guys? Ever since then, their defense and goaltending has mostly been shit.
I can remember the Edmonton Oilers teams of the 1980s. I can remember very vividly when the Islanders swept Edmonton 4-0 in 1983 Stanley Cup Finals for the Islanders 4th straight Stanley Cup. The following year, 1984, the teams met again. I expected the same result and a 5th straight Stanley Cup for the NY Islanders. Instead, after the series was 1-1, Edmonton won 3 straight games in blowout fashion to go on a run of winning 4 of the next 5 cups. What I recall was being stunned by the barrage of goals and shots and Edmonton flying around the ice, against a proud, but aging Islanders team that had never been shellacked like that. Messier was MVP, but he and Wayne Gretzky were something else. That team was an offensive juggernaut, the likes of which haven't been seen in the NHL ever since.
However the team also had good goalies. Fuhr shut out the Islanders in the first game in Nassau Coliseum. Back then it was 2-3-2 format. So they split the 2 games in NY and the next 3 games were in Edmonton. Edmonton won all 3 in blowouts. 7-2, 7-2 and 5-2. Never went back to NY. As you all know it's now 2-2-1-1-1 and not 2-3-2. Not sure it would have mattered though as Islanders were dominated.
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