Greetings, hockey nerds, and welcome to the Gritty Shitposting Thread!
This has been one of the bigger offseasons in recent memory: Karlsson's escape from the Canadian wastelands, Tavares causing Toronto fans to have a false sense of hope in July rather than December, the Flyers employing the bastard love child of Animal and the Philly Phanatic as their new mascot.... but one thing still remains the same: JimmyJRaynor is still banned from posting here!
YEAH QH!!! THREAD FTW. Best StanleyCup picture ever too! haha. Last season was probably the most interesting season i've ever witnessed. Hopefully this one doesn't disappoint.
This Thursday Pens vs Caps will be so hype. Pens really struggled early season last year, but there seems to be less complacency than last year so hopefully they come out strong.
Yeah it is. Rangers D got absolutely throttled by fucking Carolina. Three games only, but the D is a dumpster fire as expected. Offense isn't totally terrible surprisingly.
On October 15 2018 01:35 lueiGi! wrote: Thoughts on the Matheson hit on Pettersson?
Initial hit didn't seem too bad, but the "chokeslam" after was pretty dirty.
I think it was dirty as hell. The way Matheson gets his stick between Pettersson's legs sweeps him and makes it impossible for Pettersson to soften the fall. Helping Pettersson to the ice didn't help...
The thing for me though, was that the run-up to the hit makes me convinced Matheson were actively hunting here. I really hope Pettersson is alright.
They are for real, the question will be if they can keep the pace in the playoffs when things get nastier and tighter. I have no doubt they finish top 5 in the regular season though.
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