25-26 NHL Stanley Cup Finals Knights vs Hurricanes Series Thread

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Fun game. 

[Pimlach]

Go Knights!  😂 

[PromoTheRobot]

Well I was wrong. I thought Carolina would boat race them.

[Second Line Center]

What a play by Marner

[Wyldnwoody44]

That Carolina D looked awfully Swiss cheese tonight 

[Nacho Libre]

That pass by Sisssons was unreal 

[Pimlach]

This should be a fun final.  That was entertaining.  

[muppy]

I do like to see goals being scored so this game was a fun watch for me. Hopefully it goes to 7.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 3 by muppy

[Fansince70]

8 minutes ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

That Carolina D looked awfully Swiss cheese tonight 

Exactly.  

[DarthEbriate]

You can't stop McNabb; you can only hope to contain him.

[Jon in Pasadena]

22 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

Hertel Mighty Taco 

I lived just a bit north of that one when I was a kid 

[Fansince70]

1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Well I was wrong. I thought Carolina would boat race them.

Oh ye of little faith! 

[calti]

Vegas has a young, clutch, fearless,experienced team that  could win  this .Very odd.  Should teams scrape every morsel of reg season points to  maybe  grab some slightl advantage? Its it worth it  mentally and physically ?

[Pimlach]

1 hour ago, Jon in Pasadena said:

I lived just a bit north of that one when I was a kid 

Hertel and Elmwood were part of my stomping grounds. 

[Pimlach]

1 hour ago, Pimlach said:

Hertel Mighty Taco 

The original.  Down the block from Gabels.  

[SabresBillsFan]

I think you people are forgetting they have choke artist Freddy Anderson

1 hour ago, DarthEbriate said:

You can't stop McNabb; you can only hope to contain him.

And Buffalo drafted him, go figure. He was the type of player Buffalo needed all these years 

[SabresBillsFan]

1 hour ago, Gatorman0519 said:

First real team Carolina faced and it showed. 

Vegas is now 3-0 against Carolina this year

[Doohickie]

8 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Well I was wrong. I thought Carolina would boat race them.

Remember where they were last series at this point.

[St. Pete Gogolak]

6 hours ago, SabresBillsFan said:

I think you people are forgetting they have choke artist Freddy Anderson

And Buffalo drafted him, go figure. He was the type of player Buffalo needed all these years 

The McNabb trade was so, so bad.  McNabb and two seconds (one of which was turned into Eric Cernak) for Hudson Fasching.  Always contended that former GMTM was the worst general manager in Buffalo history.  Maybe that’s an exaggeration but he’s in the running.

[Archie Lee]

It’s one game, but it does look like Vegas is dispelling the myth that the Western Conference is a complete fraud. That did not have the same feel as game one of the ECF, where most were wondering about the impact of the long layoff on the Hurricanes. The Knights took it on the chin in period 1, survived, and then pretty much took over from there. Their PP and goaltending looked better than Carolina’s also. 

[Jorcus]

30 minutes ago, Archie Lee said:

It’s one game, but it does look like Vegas is dispelling the myth that the Western Conference is a complete fraud. That did not have the same feel as game one of the ECF, where most were wondering about the impact of the long layoff on the Hurricanes. The Knights took it on the chin in period 1, survived, and then pretty much took over from there. Their PP and goaltending looked better than Carolina’s also. 

The Canes power play reminds me of another teams. Just can't put a finger on it. Oh wait I got it! 

[JohnC]

1 hour ago, St. Pete Gogolak said:

The McNabb trade was so, so bad.  McNabb and two seconds (one of which was turned into Eric Cernak) for Hudson Fasching.  Always contended that former GMTM was the worst general manager in Buffalo history.  Maybe that’s an exaggeration but he’s in the running.

GMs make a lot of personnel decisions that over time make you think: WTF were you thinking!  When you look back you say to yourself: What if we did this instead of that? Where would we now be? You and others are pointing out the McNabb deal to demonstrate your point. But in reality, not all deals work out as well as you would have wanted. The fairer way to look at an organization's performance is the body of work. If you add to the McNabb discussion the Eichel, Reinhart, and to a lesser extent Ullmark, then it becomes clear that the accumulation of compounding bad decisions set us back.  It was our own organizational ineptitude over an extended period of time that weighed this franchise down. 

The Sabres are now reasonably well situation from a roster standpoint. And it demonstrated that point from how it played last season. I just hope that this once rickety franchise recognizes where it is at and builds on it instead of outsmarting itself for the quick fix. Sometimes being prudent and cautious is better than trying to being bold and ending up outsmarting yourself. 

[SwampD]

And the streaming shakedown continues.

I tried to watch the game on the ESPN+ app, but it made me enter my service provider for ABC. Unfortunately, there was no option for the antenna on my roof, so I couldn’t watch it.

*****.

[JohnC]

Just now, SwampD said:

And the streaming shakedown continues.

I tried to watch the game on the ESPN+ app, but it made me enter my service provider for ABC. Unfortunately, there was no option for the antenna on my roof, so I couldn’t watch it.

*****.

I don't understand why you couldn't watch the game on ABC? Shouldn't it have been available on the legacy channel that is available to all? I'm confused why you didn't have access to the game. 

I hate the new world of streaming. As you say: It's a shakedown that is difficult to avoid. 

[inkman]

9 hours ago, SabresBillsFan said:

I think you people are forgetting they have choke artist Freddy Anderson

And Buffalo drafted him, go figure. He was the type of player Buffalo needed all these years 

 

2 hours ago, St. Pete Gogolak said:

The McNabb trade was so, so bad.  McNabb and two seconds (one of which was turned into Eric Cernak) for Hudson Fasching.  Always contended that former GMTM was the worst general manager in Buffalo history.  Maybe that’s an exaggeration but he’s in the running.

 

39 minutes ago, JohnC said:

GMs make a lot of personnel decisions that over time make you think: WTF were you thinking!  When you look back you say to yourself: What if we did this instead of that? Where would we now be? You and others are pointing out the McNabb deal to demonstrate your point. But in reality, not all deals work out as well as you would have wanted. The fairer way to look at an organization's performance is the body of work. If you add to the McNabb discussion the Eichel, Reinhart, and to a lesser extent Ullmark, then it becomes clear that the accumulation of compounding bad decisions set us back.  It was our own organizational ineptitude over an extended period of time that weighed this franchise down. 

The Sabres are now reasonably well situation from a roster standpoint. And it demonstrated that point from how it played last season. I just hope that this once rickety franchise recognizes where it is at and builds on it instead of outsmarting itself for the quick fix. Sometimes being prudent and cautious is better than trying to being bold and ending up outsmarting yourself. 

I can’t keep reliving these failures. Moving out McNabb & Foligno set this franchise back an immeasurable amount. They took every fiber of a backbone and ripped it out of the franchise and never came close to replacing it. Every time I see their names, it gets me super irate. Why would any GM do this to a city that values blue collar players as much as Buffalo. Just maddening.