Vinny in Vancouver

ESPN trolling the Flames and Oilers.

BB? Brock Boeser? Bruce Bodreau?

Would you do this trade without LA's 19th overall pick?

Maybe I'm misunderstanding what 'sandpaper' means, but I think of somebody who's an agitator. Btw, father Tie is even shorter.

I'll take the contrarian view on this: this season, Boeser has provided negative value. He was too slow, not shifty enough, only produced when he was on the PP and even floated on frequent occasions. This is in sharp contrast to his last season when he was the Canucks' best forward and seemed ready to take the next step to stardom.

The few times I visited the Flyers reddit this season, they were pretty down on Konecny and wanted him traded. They thought he was overpaid, not putting enough effort, not a top line player.

Max Domi? Ilya Mikheyev?

Both the Flames (Linden) and Oilers (Sedins) did it great. Linden was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta so he had a ton of family and friends during that game, I think.

Hopefully Tanev will be able to play at some point.

RFA. If another team tries to sign him, Dallas will probably match whatever he's offered.

Great game.

Not true. When McDavid was injured (last season or the season prior?), Draisatl took over and provided MVP numbers.

Is the play-in during the Bubble considered playoffs? I thought that the first round of the playoffs began after the play-in round?

I won't speak for the others, but there are 3 things for me (and obviously, take them with a grain of salt or 3): (a) the media, (b) the fans, (c) most of their core players, (d) league bias for the Leafs. On the first 2, I actually did not mind the Leafs at all until 2011. Even though we had a pretty good team back then, many Toronto-based sports writers and fans went out of their way to shout that the Canucks are not Canada's team. The amount of negative articles and comments during that time was surprising given how fun the Canucks' brand of hockey was (a clear precursor to the skill being emphasized nowadays). In the Finals, a lot of them were even favouring their hated nemesis, the Bruins. In the past few years, despite the fact that their team has never won a playoff round, those same Toronto-based sports writers and fans act like their team have won so many Cups the past few decades. I sometimes visit the other Canadian teams' forums, and while there's a certain level of homerism to expect, it's nowhere near the level that the Leafs fans show. On the current core players, Auston Matthews is a great player but pretty cocky. Mitch Marner has a pretty high hockey IQ, but he's quite self-absorbed (e.g., during his last contract negotiations, he and his father demanded that he get an "A"; they claimed that he is just as impactful as Auston Matthews). Nylander is pretty skilled, but he is notorious for hating contact. For John Tavares, it's obviously his prerogative as a free agent, but he left the New York Islanders with nothing when he moved. I actually don't mind Morgan Rielly. I still believe the Leafs were gifted Auston Matthews by the league.

You should visit the Kraken groups and see what they think of Mccann. Giordano was made available for trades on day one that he got acquired.

Both McCann and Kerfoot were exposed in the expansion draft. So the Leafs didn't really have a choice on that.

Yup, Tampa looked tired in a lot of spurts. But their main guys produced when their backs were on the wall. I have to give those guys a lot of credit for that.

Does Sandin and Liljegren really move the needle for us? Toronto's not exactly known for having a lights-out D.

Oilers are really going after Troy.

I'd rather that the Canucks made the playoffs and gotten swept than not making the playoffs...

So you're expecting a Flames loss in Game 7 then?

You won't like to hear this, but if you want Barzal, the Islanders fans will ask for Petey (both former Calder winners; similar salaries). If you want Dobson, they will ask for Hughes and will claim that a RHD is at a premium.

Imho, it's clear to me as well but the league sometimes uses these "crouched victim" or "shorter player" loopholes. We'll find out soon enough.

It used to be that Shane Wright was in a tier all by himself. He has fallen a bit. I probably would have Wright and Cooley in their own tier.