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>>68415603
Suck my cock faggot penguins won
Post milk
Today I will remind them
Pittsburgh Penguins, players that are likely to get their name on the cup:
Michigan: 3
Sweden, Stockholm with surrounding areas: 2
Ontario: 2
Québec: 2
Conneticut: 1
Saskatchewan: 1
Manitoba: 1
Germany: 1
Massachusetts: 1
Russia: 1
Wisconsin: 1
Nova Scotia: 1
Finland: 1
British Columbia: 1
Maine: 1
New Hempshire: 1
Minnesota: 1
we really need a spreadsheet of this shit
>Yfw pongs repeat
Literally who can stop them? It's the same team with injured guys getting healthy. Crosby will win the Hart (again). Phil Kessel will have 40+goals. Murray will win the Vezina and the Calder. I would say cap it but you all know it's happening anyways.
i just got instantly banned on twitter for calling some stl cards fan a faggot. what a pathetic fuckin' website.
>>68415910
Surely you see that Murray is overrated? He's good but not Calder or vezina tier
>rags
>>68416054
Do you even know what year it is?
>>68416153
Dude I'm gay and I call people fags
is this the shittiest finals ever?
I dont even see coverage anywhere about this
>>68416175
Flyers fan detected
Why do the bad guys keep winning?
Why is this allowed?
>>68416108
>Implying a recently 22 year old goalie who just won the Stanley Cup, and has been dominant at every level won't end up just getting better
Your hate fuels me
Will he pick Hedman or Kucherov
>>68416432
I'd pick Herman desu, otherwise the group defensemen looks rather terrible.
>tfw competent netminder
2017 is ours, senpai
>>68416527
WINDOW CLOSED
When will Joe Thorton and Patrick Marleau retire?
Bolts - Stars finals in 2017 I'm calling it
>>68416432
>1 dimensional winger vs stud #1 defenseman
Man that is really tough.
>>68416596
>they are both only 36
>Elias and Jagr are still playing at 40 and 44
>>68416609
>>68416499
Then they have no offense. Stamklot is like 30-40 goals gone
>>68416596
I'm pretty sure they retired before this series started
>>68416651
Wtf? Were you watching the same series?
Thornton was literally, not memeing or joking, the worst player on the ice by far. He looked dead.
Elias and Jagr, Jagr specifically, are in different leagues of skill and preparation.
>>68416245
Pens
>>68416729
rekt
>>68416657
>Would be at worst a #2 defenseman on any team in the league
>Will play top pairing minutes internationally
>Considering keeping a one dimensional winger over him
Hedman will prevent more goals than Kucherov will ever score.
>>68416760
you live in pittsburgh and wanna meet n fuck?
>>68416873
Not only that, hedman is entering his prime. Hell he a norris candidate almost every year.
>>68416731
I'm interested in seeing what kind of injuries san hose had
>>68416903
Malkin played with a completely fucked up arm I don't think any shork was more hurt than him
Crosby handed the cup to Daley because his mom is about to die from cancer :(
https://youtu.be/CHpwWfXhxDY
Post more Stanley Cup winning BILLS!!
>>68417269
>>68416891
Yeah sure
cute froge
https://youtu.be/KwQ04ICfEH0
>>68417530
okay bby where u @ imma holla at cha
>inb4 /hoc/'s resident fags get shot
Shorks fans are so desperate they're crying about refpuck on icings lmao
>implying the rapehawks won't rape another odd year and meme another cup
>>68416527
If the pens don't make it back and you do, I'll be rooting for you bros
>>68418516
Can't wait
>>68418573
Fuck off faggot
>>68418600
Nah I'm good, pens just won the Stan Lee, I think I'll stay here for a while and keep you buttblasted :3
>>68418693
I'm a pens fan you cocksucker nobody cares about your bandwagoning
>>68416903
Hearing that donskoi was playing with down syndrome
>Kessel
>bonino
>Schultz
There you have it Canada, your teams are run like shit it's not the players that are bad.
BILL
>>68416313
Can ward says hi
>>68418792
says the guy that probably never started a pens /hoc/ thread in his life. Nice bandwagoning brah
>>68419088
Go root for the sharks faggot
>>68418948
Those players were never bad, they just needed some shelter to play behind
>>68419083
Cam Ward was really, really good for a number of years, he just had a shit team put in front of him outside of 2009.
>>68419215
lolno
>>68419177
lelmao stay assblasted
>>68419263
His team and defense in front of him was legitimately shit.
Cullen was playing with a broken toe fromy the Tampa series and said his injury is nothing compared to what the other guys have
>>68419314
You just said you'd root for the shorks. I bet you'd suck a man's dick too
OFF SEASON TALK
TRADE TALK
>Salary cap will go up to $71.5 million if the NHLPA votes for the escalator, if not it will sink to as low as $69 million
>Columbus will be looking to clear out some cap, Hartnell has given his list of teams
>Chicago faces cap troubles, Bryan Bickell might be packaged with picks or a young player or prospect, Andrew Shaw most likely cap casualty if Bickell can't be moved
>Colorado will be looking to move Tyson Barrie, rumour is he's looking for a contract worth $7 million a year or will go to arbitration
>Rangers looking to retool, everyone except Lundqvist, Buchnevich, and Skjei is available
>Coyotes talking contract extension with Hanzal, have also asked for list of teams on his no trade list if they can't come to agreement
>Pittsburgh(Fleury, Murray), Anaheim(Andersen, Gibson) and Tampa Bay(Bishop, Vasilevskiy) will likely look to move one of their goaltenders
>Ducks may face internal budget issues when signing their young players, Lindholm, Vatanen, and Rakell
>Ryan Nugent-Hopkins might be the odd man out in Edmonton with Mcdavid and Draisaitl down the middle
>Red Wings will try to move Datsyuk's contract at the draft
DRAFT TALK
>Minnesota looking to trade for a top 6 forward, their draft pick(#15) is available
>Columbus, Edmonton, and Calgary all seem open to moving their top picks
FREE AGENCY
>Free agency begins July 1st
>Top forwards: Stamkos, Lucic, Eriksson, Okposo, Backes, Ladd, E. Staal
>Top defence: Yandle, Hamhuis, Campbell, Russell
>""""Top"""" goaltending: Reimer, Ward, Ramo
>KHL players potentially coming over: Radulov, Dadonov, Shipachyov, Sobotka
COACHING
>Ottawa: Hires Guy Boucher
>Minnesota: Hires Bruce Boudreau
>St. Louis: Ken Hitchcock re-signs for 1 last year
>Calgary: Vacancy
>Anaheim: Vacancy
>Kirk Muller hired as assistant coach with the Montreal Canadians
>Mike Yeo hired as assistant coach for the St. Louis Blues, and eventually head coach in 2017/18
>Ulf Samuelsson hired as head coach of Charlotte Checkers
50 in 07' reporting in
>all this Laffs fans tears on HF
LOVING EVERY LAFF
>>68419374
id root for the sharks if the penguins were already eliminated you dumbass. Doesnt mean im gonna go out there and buy their gear and start buying tickets to their games. jesus christ you are one jaded faggot
>>68419500
The shorks buttmad is hilarious also
>>68419517
Pretty gay of you
>>68419571
you keep saying gay and talking about mens dicks a lot. think you might be repressing something m8
>>68419597
Takes one to know one
>>68419500
got a link or screencap to some particular assmad?
itt: children arguing
>>68419648
so you're saying you're a fag? good to know
>>68415603
It lasts forever, the Penguins will have always won the 2016 Stanley Cup Final.
>>68416432
why does he look 25
>>68419739
You can understand simple English congratulations
holy shit kids are arguing in /hoc/
>>68419852
We saw your last post about it too adding your picture doesn't make anyone care more
>>68419500
>HF
well yeah cuz they're retarded
any Laff fan worth a gallon of maple syrup knew phil was based
>>68419903
Wait someone else posted the same thing
Good meme kid don't you need parents permission to be on the Internet
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>>68419978
I think the easiest way to tell who's an American teenager that plays video games is to see if they call someone kid on the Internet
>>68420023
>implying I'm not just a drunk in my 50s and a wounded warrior
Good meme
>>68419215
Sorry he's been mediocre at best since his meme year
>>68420048
Everything isn't a meme, kid.
>>68418516
He boot to big for he gat dam feet
>>68420072
Where do you think we are?
>>68420072
Did you get Shotup at the gay club yesterday?
>>68419852
>complains about retarded arguing
>proceeds to argue like a retard
>>68420135
>>68420137
Weren't you just complaining about kids arguing? Why are you arguing like a kid?
>>68416108
Not overrated. Everyone can see that he has some big holes in his game, but he also has obvious talent. His team defense bailed him out a lot, but he did make some great saves. His ability to shake off bad performances and come back better is huge, though.
Still, not sure if he's ready for a full season of starts. Team can't play playoff-level defense through a whole season and come out the other side healthy.
Why was Cuba Gooding jr in the penguins locker room celebrating the win with the team?
>>68415910
> Crosby
> hart
Nice meme. Le wins the Stan lee but doesn't score any goals man. Kys. Crosbitch is a fraud and got exposed this series. His team carried his sorry ass and the nhl only gave him the smythe cause they're trying to push big name players to help pump up the sport. Same reason they want to get rid of beards.
>>68420207
Nice try but you're memes aren't getting through
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>>68420788
BROTHER MAN BILL
Damn the couture postgame interview is brutal
Can we all agree /sp/ has some retarded memes?
1. Add shit to end of team to insult them.
2. Ironically misspell words/names to make it funny. XD omg so funny!!!
Literally youtube comment tier humor.
>>68420919
Stop posting
>>68420917
Got link? I'm searching for it and I'm getting no results.
>>68420582
>this relentless asspain at the best player of this generation
Wew
>>68416527
too bad the rest of the team is still comprised of playoff choke artists that can only manage 2 shots in 20 minutes on the biggest stage of their careers
>>68421116
Nobody has asspain with Korpisalo
>>68421072
https://www.nhl.com/sharks/video/postgame-612-couture/t-277437430/c-44203603
>>68420582
>>68421239
Holyshit literally holding back tears. I will never know what it's like to lose in the cup but 1 team loses it every year and the only people I see crying are the winners.
>>68421406
>when you dream of being here as a kid you don't dream about losing
>>68421116
>>68421363
>Crosby is Canadian
>automatically defend him
> leafs defending fellow leafs.
Admit the fact you are shitty fans. No self respecting Canadian fan would ever defend crosbitch.
>>68421471
> Tfw you will never be a pro.
> Tfw Logan was a few games away from fulfilling his dreams.
> ywn not be a wage cuck.
Why the fuck should I even live.
>>68421529
You're only mad at the cros because he filled your teams holes with his dick
>>68421529
Does he trigger you?
>>68422040
>not posting korpisalo
Are you even aware of Finnish meems
>Laffs
Next years regular season point totals for
McDavid
Eichel
Larkin
Domi
Ghostbear
Go
>>68423123
50/1 go jackets
>>68423198
McDavid - 80-85 pts
Eichel - 60-70 pts
Larkin 50-55 pts
Domi - 30-40 pts
Ghostbear - 35-55 pts (Depending on if Giroux & Vorachek stay healthy for PP points)
>>68423198
McDavid 82
Eichel 38
Larkin 61
Domi 56
Ghostbear 44
>>68423123
At least they paid a player to win it this year
>http://www.vavel.com/en-us/nhl/657586-arizona-coyotes-interested-in-pavel-datsyuk.html
This guy thinks Datsyuk is actually going to be playing for the team that trades for his contract
He gets paid to write about hockey
> mfw the Finnish national anthem was written in Swedish
How can one country be so cucked!?
>>68423668
>tfw Canadians were once owned by the French the nords and the Brits all at the same time
C U C K E D
>>68423663
>vavel
Are you sure he gets paid?
>>68423123
>pens Hawks kings and shorks that high
Wew
>>68423663
>write about datsyuk trade rumors
>doesnt even know datsyuk is leaving, which is why the red wings want out anyway
if he was playing, how the fuck is datsyuk not worth it? if he plays a full season, he'll put up at least 65 points, not to mention what he does that doesn't generate points
>>68423738
oh maybe not, never heard of vavel before
I just saw his picture was an old guy so I doubted he was just some blogger
Which player has the most games played before winning their first cup?
>>68424046
Without looking anything up I'm going to say ray bourque
>>68424046
not what you asked but I think hainsey has the most without a playoff appearance or at least the most of active players
>>68424118
>jackets to thrashers/jets to hurricanes
oof. Wouldnt wish that on my worst enemy
>>68415603
>yfw da Stars win da Cup
>>68423198
Assuming everyone plays full season
Mc: 90
Eichel:75
Larkin:45
Domi:50
Ghostbur:40
>>68424192
Fuck you dumb frog poster, your froggieposting has doomed starsfor a century
>>68415603
I will
>>68424112
i think youre right
Pengwin desu
>>68421239
Couture is literally the only skater with heart. He's the one I feel bad for, not jumbo, pavs, marleau or burns.
No wonder he was salty when he didn't get the C.
>>68421239
I would have bitch slapped that cunt who said "nobody expected you to be here" he went easy on her and she still froze up.
>>68421406
>>68421471
>>68421775
>>68424568
>>68424704
You should have seen the interviews after >3-0
Jumbo and marleau looked like they didn't give a flying fuck, pavelski was pissed, and couture was like this interview only more
>>68415910
They're getting lit up next season because of the new goalie rules.
Ovechkin is still a more complete player than Crosby
>>68425101
>le slapshot from the red dot man is more complete than sidney crosby
lmao
if I had to guess, ovi is the reason the capitals aren't as good as the penguins. Both teams have stellar forwards and only the capitals have a great goalie between them. The leadership and versatility of crosby mustve been the deciding factor there
ovi isn't a leader
>>68425101
lol
>>68423198
McDavid 85-90
Eichel 65-70
Larkin 50-60
Domi 50-60
Ghostbear 40-45
>>68425101
There's literally no evidence in support of that opinion. Ovechkin's shot suppression numbers are actually awful, he comes out ahead because his generation is really good. Crosby is elite in both departments.
>>68425101
Do you want me to give you 2 reasons why this isn't true?
>>68416229
It wasn't a boring sweep, so not worst ever by default. Very little advertising for it, and no"story lines" really pushed. It's not the players fault that NHL marketing sucks
http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2016/6/12/11893194/phil-kessel-stanley-cup-winner
>>68425929
NHL is saving their money for when the wings win the cup in their brand new arena
it takes quite a bit of money to buy every person in america a free pizza
>>68426027
>Kessel hasn't missed a single game for injury in 7 years, and when he did miss games before that it was because HE HAD CANCER!
i always forget about this
>>68426185
Kessel is pretty elite at being durable. Thats impressive how he never seems to miss a game.
>>68425792
"Enlighten" me
>>68425929
I still have yet to find an official NHL trailer anywhere for this finals. There was one for like the past 3 years but almost no hype videos from the NHL, only the respective teams social media
Do you Sharks fans (all 12 of you) feel good for your team at least getting to the SCF, despite how they played in general?
>>68426262
well it helps that he doesn't really go in the corners. Not his job on his line anyway.
Real sports towns have basketball to fall back on
>>68416229
Game 5 is one of the greatest goaltending performances I have ever seen despite how sloppy the rest of the Shorks were. So no.
>>68426428
so basically only 1 canadian city is a real sports town? fuck you amerilard
>>68416527
Make sure your shork doesn't choke on that hockey stick, m8.
>>68426428
Real sports towns don't need to fall back on apehoop.
>>68426428
Basketball's only saving grace is that it's not boreball or commercial ball
fuck off, I dont settle for less
>>68426423
Kinda. This post season really felt magical until the puck dropped and instantlt you could see we were outmatched. You just think going through the west and beating a team like the kings gets you ready to win it all and it just didn't happen that way
>>68426428
>apehoop
kys my man
>>68426426
He's as 1 dimensional as they come but he stays healthy which is very hard to do.
>>68426423
Can't feel mad about not being good enough. This wasnt a choke job they just weren't as good a team as pittsburgh. I wish it happened differently
>>68426486
This is pretty obvious. I'm not even sure why you don't understand this.
>everyone wearing GSW gear again over the past week and sharks stuff slowly disappearing
JUST
>>68426980
What a cuck city
>>68423123
Too bad the odds for the >laffs aren't 67-1
>>68426980
>cuckhoop
>>68426423
They would have beaten any other eastern team.
>>68427035
>>68426593
right, it's being 1 dimensional that helps him do so. Not many star players avoid being hit as much as him. Credit to him for going with what works for him.
>Penguins post literally no condolonces about the gay shooting
So fucking scummy
>>68427839
Meanwhile Holtby was in the dc pride parade
>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=885529
>Canes Agree to Terms with Sebastian Aho
>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=885954
>Canes Agree to Terms with Aleksi Saarela
>pulju is next
>>68428199
Fucking based
>>68428199
>>68426428
college basketball maybe, not BET mandrama NBA.
>>68427839
Oh my what a travesty. A sports team not posting about a gay shooting, my god what is the world coming to?
>>68427839
I wonder what Andrew "Mag dumping the fag humping" Shaw had to say about it
>>68428443
>namefag became a trip fag
Ahahahaha my fucking sides
>>68415692
I'm going to go full autist soon and make one divided by states for U.S. and Canada and one with cities for Europe
Now that I think of it, has there ever been an African player in the league ever? A South-African maybe?
Jeremey Roenick: "Some people are saying Matthews could be the best player ever to come out of USA Hockey… Better than me, better than Modano. That’s saying something. And it’s his hockey mind that separates him."
nnamed Scout from a Canadian Team: "People don’t know how good he is because he wasn’t around to scrutinize all year. I think that’s a huge advantage for him. The team that gets him is going to be incredibly surprised just how good he is. I hear things like he would have gone third in last year’s draft. Are you kidding? "No disrespect to Eichel, but he couldn’t carry Matthews’ skates to the rink. His impact in the NHL is going to be special."
Ron Wilson: "I’m really surprised with Auston Matthews… he’s a good boy, trust me. I couldn’t believe how good he was."
Marc Crawford: "I have no doubt that he’s going to be a top No. 1 centre in the National Hockey League. He’s got the same vision, the same presence with the puck, the same take-charge attitude as McDavid and Eichel. I don’t want to put the pressure on him that he’s going to be a franchise player, but he’s going to have no problem fitting into the NHL."
Dan Marr, chief scout for NHL Central Scouting: "Some will suggest guys like Puljujarvi and Laine have gotten into the conversation for No. 1, but don’t believe it." (Matthews) is the real deal. This kid only has an on-switch. He’s even hard to play against in practice. He’d have been in the mix with Eichel and McDavid."
Mark Seidel, chief scout for the North American Scouting Service: "Matthews has shown throughout the [world junior hockey championship] he is a franchise player. He has been the guy that every team game plans against and still been phenomenal."
Craig Button: "[The other 2016 top rated draft prospects] don’t do as much in the game as Auston Matthews. Austin Matthews is an elite player and does more in the game as a center-man… He’s every bit as good a goal scorer as Patrick Laine. He’s got a way better shooting percentage. Laine does a lot of it by volume [of shots]. He skates as well as anybody in this draft. He’s as tough as anybody in this draft. He’s as good a playmaker as anyone in this draft. He’s as smart as anybody… when I use the term complete elite, I don’t throw that term out [lightly]. That’s a term reserved for very few. He does more in the game than any player in this draft. That’s why he’s the best player in this draft."
Unnamed NHL executive: "He’s an elite talent… He has a ton of confidence in his abilities and a lot of poise, so he tries things that are unconventional. It makes him so hard to defend against."
Patrick Kane: "Well, I don't think he broke my record for points in a season, he crushed it. It would have been nice if he just beat me by one or two points, you know? But Auston is a player with a bright future ahead of him."
Chris Peters compares Matthews to NHL players who also played in the league during the lockout in 2012:"Looking back at the lockout season, a trio of high-profile, young NHL players played in the NLA. John Tavares produced 1.50 points per game, Tyler Seguin hit 1.38 and Patrick Kane had rate of 1.15. All three already had multiple NHL seasons under their belts at the time they spent the lockout in Switzerland. For Matthews to be ahead of one and not terribly far off from the other two is pretty impressive at his age."
Dylan Larkin commenting on Matthews dominance with the puck on his stick: "You can’t get him off the puck. And he has unbelievable hands."
>>68428702
>not a single meat and potatoes comparison
Fucking dropped
>>68428630
doubt it
but I'd join you, my autism likes data too
I'd only care for 1990 forward though
>>68428702
Larkin will be better
Do you think kessel called Phaneuf up to rub it in his face
>>68428759
Nick Foligno compares him to a player he's played against in the NHL:
"Sounds a lot like a Jonathan Toews, if you ask me… It’s a tough comparison. I don’t want to put that on him, but when you watch him play — I’ve gotten to play against Jonathan for a long time now — and you kind of draw those comparisons. He doesn’t really blow you away sometimes with his flashiness but he’s always on the score sheet. He’s always making a difference in the game. You can kind of see that in Auston. So it’s pretty exciting for whoever gets him in the draft."
Marc Crawford: "He's such a great kid; he really is… Don Granato [Matthews' coach with USA Hockey's National Team Development Program under-18 team last season] told me that he was beyond belief in terms of how good a person he is and he was right. He likes the right people. All you need to know is that he wants to be like Jonathan Toews, and that says everything right there. By the second or third game he was the team's top guy, and by his seventh or eighth game he was the class of the league… You're worried when a young guy takes a premier roster spot… But our guys quickly found out not only how good a player he is, but what a good person he is. He's really popular with our group."
Don Granato: "He goes into situations and it’s like he carries no pressure with him. He wants to be challenged. He wants to go into the corner with the biggest, hardest, strongest guy because that’s the best challenge for him. He’s a unique guy in so many respects. I’m very fortunate, and feel very fortunate, to have him for the two years that I did.... I had the good fortune of coaching both of them (Eichel and Matthews)... no disrespect to Jack Eichel by any means, but I think Auston still has a lot to prove but I think he'll do that [laugh]. I'm pretty confident he will."
>>68428984
I'm sure he at least sent a picture of the cup with cookies or junk food in it
>>68428702
>>68428755
>>68429131
bustalaine BTFO
>>68419083
The thing is, maybe Murray is just another flash-in-the-pan Ward, but maybe he's also the second coming of Roy. The most likely scenario is he's something in-between, which is plenty good enough for the Pens to continue their dominance through at least next season.
Matt Cullan was playing with a broken toe since game 2
>>68429181
In December 2015, an NHL executive compared players from the 2015 and 2016 drafts: "If you asked me to rank them, I’d go McDavid, Matthews, Puljujarvi, then Eichel." Dan Marr compares McDavid and Matthews:
"Just talent wise, Connor [McDavid] has the cleverness, creativeness and finesse to his game where I would say Auston [Matthews] has more the power forward game where he’s really driven on the play but his puck skills are just as good."
>Yfw Phaneuf is the next former Leaf to wtsc
>>68429233
His blocker side, pads, and positioning are phenomenal. His 5 hole, stick work, and low angle/behind the net are average, and his glove is atrocious.
I don't see him ever becoming worse than average or better than above average.
What do you think Bill is going to do with the Cup on his day?
>>68429491
you are high as the nigger in the pic if you think a Canadian team is winning Stan Lee any time soon, let alone fucking OTTAWA lmfao
>>68428630
Johnny Oduya has a Kenyan father and Swedish mother. A microchasm for what Sweden has become.
>>68429331
>no Laine
He thinks pulju is better than eichel? Wew
>>68419449
>Rangers looking to retool, everyone except Lundqvist, Buchnevich, and Skjei is available
>implying McDonagh will be traded
I know people like to >rags here but he is massively underrated.
Definitely want to see next year:
>McDonagh
>Skjei
>Buchnevych
>Brassard
>Miller
>Lundqvist
>Raanta
>McIlrath
>Zuccarello
>Stepan
Can stay, but wouldn't be majorly bummed if gone:
>Stalberg
>Lindberg
>Fast
>Kreider (as long as he gets the team something nice, don't give up for nothing)
>Klein (as long as he's on the third line)
>Yandle (could still fetch something)
I like the Swedes though and hope they stay
Should go:
>Staals
>Nash
>Boyle
>Moore
>Girardi (I'd kind of miss him though)
Only leaves Tanner Glass lol. Keep him for the bants.
>>68425101
Crosby literally just won the CS because of his completeness. Ovechkin is a PP babby. Hell, even Malkin is a more complete player than him.
>>68429780
Crosby won the CS because the media wanted to gift him the only major award he was missing. Kessel and Murray both deserved it more than him but the largely Canadian media that votes on the CS hates Bill so he was never going to win it. Crosby could have been scratched for the entire SCF and he would have still won the CS.
>>68429890
>this asspain
Crosby deserved it, get off kessels nut
>>68429492
Seems like things a 22 year old can improve upon.
>>68429890
>this assmad
lol, either of them could have got it, Crosby was very obviously the one leading this team
>>68429890
Keep telling yourself that. I think Bill deserved it, but Crosby was not far behind. He was absolutely dominant in faceoffs, and his two-way play did not go unnoticed by voters.
>>68429492
Yeah his glove side is actually garbage. He better work on it cause I'm pretty sure the bolts and sharks exposed it
>>68429890
>murray deserved the conn smythe
can we stop with this meme? The pens blocked a lot of potential shots. Who knows what would've happened if murray had to face even more shots
official /hoc/ calendar
>8 days until the NHL Awards show [June 22nd]
>10 days until the NHL draft day 1 [June 24th]
>14 days until the CHL import draft [June 28th]
>17 days until NHL free agency period [July 1st]
>~52 days until Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament begins [starts anywhere from August 5th - 12th]
>62 days until Jimmy Vesey sweepstakes [August 15th]
>95 days until World Cup of Hockey begins [September 17th]
>120 days until NHL regular season begins [October 12th]
Bean man when?
>>68429890
Bob McKenzie literally said today his ballot had Kessel 1, Crosby 2. He was ONE of the 6 voters outside of Pittsburgh and San Jose who did the voting.
You're a total fucking retard if you actually think there's some Canadian conspiracy at work here. The PHWA guys who cover those 2 teams are the ones who held the most sway - I don't think they had any bias either way toward Crosby or Kessel. If anything, the Pittsburgh media had written articles shitting on Crosby's performance recently. Rob Rossi etc.
>>68430166
no offense since you're an Ameribro who gets it, but it seems to me like a lot of American posters don't seem to get that a centerman is just inherently more valuable than a sniper/scoring winger.
For Crosby to be playing that immaculate game in the middle, driving play and freeing up easier minutes for the rest of his team to do damage against the Sharks bottom six, was huge for the team. If you remove Crosby from that team and you're left with Malkin who was like the walking dead, there's zero chance they win.
>>68429294
Game 2 of the Tampa series retard
>>68431197
This is exactly why people don't understand why Crosby won. Because they check the points total and start throwing fits. If you actually understood hockey you'd realize being a center has a broad impact on the game. I would love to see how kessel would fair against a top line in contrast to a 3rd.
Who do you think Las Vegas will draft from your team?
>>68431040
Rob rossi is an idiot
>>68420992
Pongs, Laffs, Broons, Blots, etc. He's right though. It's peak childish. Purposeful mispronunciation instead of making a coherent point is the MO of this board.
>>68431197
None taken. You also have to consider he had Sheary and Hornqvist as his wingers. Hornqvist is good, but he was on an extremely cold streak and couldn't find the back of the net, the empty netter not withstanding. Sheary in all honesty is an undersized 3rd line winger at best, and Sid was constantly covering his mistakes, particularly along the boards. All this while taking on the oppositions best lines. Everyone is saying Crosby disappeared during the Caps series, but the fact that he was able to virtually neutralize a line of Ovechkin-Backstrom-Oshi is just an incredible feat.
>>68431903
I've tried to come up with something to say to you but your post is just so fucking stupid I can't. Faggot.
/sp/ needs a separate board for soccer, this is getting fucking ridiculous.
>>68433096
>leaving /hoc/
what are you doing, jacques. stop
>>68433096
I prefer just banning all Europoors from /sp/.
>>68433096
hocgeneral.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwk_fBAgjSU
>>68433096
deal with it. Football is king of the sport, let's just be happy they let /hoc to stay on /sp.
>>68433096
it's one of their biggest tournaments, of the most popular sport, when there's barely any other sports going on right now
>>68433601
Football will push soccer to the side, as usual, when fall comes around.
>>68433779
huh?
Of course the Sharks would fucking choke in the Finals. Every. Fucking. Season. They never fail at choking.
Sometimes I hate being a fan.
>>68433909
hey man chin up, theres always next year
>>68433940
I feel like Sharks fans were told that last year too...
>>68434143
Thatsthejoke.jpg
>>68434205
Binland does jokes?
>>68429746
Yandle should be the priority to stay. He's easily the best defenseman on the team, especially last year when everyone else was crumbling. The biggest problem this team has is the slow blue-line and he provides the most offense out of any of them.
It took AV so long to figure out that Yandle was good and finally gave him more playing time.
>>68434271
Yandle a shit
t. Yotes fan
OUR FUCKING YEAR
>>68434323
Mais non
>tfw no hokkei
post dank memes plox
>>68434323
BUST
>>68434323
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzWY90fJjVo
he will get assblasted again
>>68433096
Yurocucks are going to be banned from 4chan pretty soon because muh hate speech, muh right wing extremism. Divegrass threads should die down after that happens.
http://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2016/05/europe-hate-speech-social-media/484913/
I started supporting Penguins during their second game against Rangers (I didn't follow hockey before at all) - And they win the fucking cup!!! I am feeling excited as hell.
>>68420582
That ot goal was nasty .
If 87 ends my post sid the kid will now be referred to as NASTY .
>>68434583
congratulations, you've earned it
>>68433899
Football, as in the NFL.
>>68429746
They are going to dump Staal this off season and hope Girardi bounces back and has a decent season, then leave him unprotected in the expansion draft.
E. Staal and Boyle are gone for sure, they don't even have contracts. Stalberg is going to cost too much for a 4th liner so he's gone. Yandle will cost too much so he's gone, unless they move one of Staal or Girardi and decide to use the cap space to keep him.
All signs point to Nash being gone, he has a limited no trade clause but there is apparent interest around the league. His time in NY is up.
Brassard or Stepan is getting traded, which sucks.
Where does this team rank among Stanley Cup winners since the 04-05 lockout?
>>68429890
>>68435343
Pretty damn well considering their mid-season changes. You would have easily gotten laughed at if you thought they would make it to the conference finals, let alone win it all.
>>68435352
>bending the cup
disrespectful
>mfw the allen americans won the kellycup
>mfw we have elite ECHL prospects and goalies developing
>mfw we 2018 is clearly our year
How do we stop this?
>>68435352
i fucking love coors/coors light and wouldnt mind a frosty silver bullet rn, 2bh f a m
suck my sweaty asshole, beer snobs. I drink your pisswater too.
>>68435685
Canadians are sluts for the cheap american beer. DESU coors is too expensive for me to drink all the time I have to drink Costco brand light beer
Wongs will miss the playoffs next year.
>>68430584
>>120 days until NHL regular season begins [October 12th]
TRADE RUMOR (welcome to the offseason):
>https://twitter.com/StapeNewsday/status/742397920545263616
Islanders beat writer speculates that the Isles may make a push for JVR, with their 1st round pick in play.
Its not the most solid of a rumor, seeing as the Lou/Shannahan administration is very quiet about possible moves but it's fun to speculate.
>>68436003
That'd be cool. Isles would add another pretty good player that's not good enough to make them a real threat
