I'm worried at what will happen to Toronto when they get to the playoffs and start playing teams with stronger defense than they are encountering right now. They're a good team (other than goaltending), but put them up against Tampa Bay right now and I'm worried.
Tampa should be the run away favorite to repeat as cup champs. There isn't a team in the league who isn't worried about facing them in the playoffs.
Love this. That kid has been running around taking liberties like a clown and disrespecting ppl he shouldn't be as a rook.
Kid tried to fight Ovi earlier in the 3rd too. Maybe stop poking the bear?
Dude went up to Anders Lee and started crosschecking him with a minute left because his team was down by like 4. I don't like the Isles but have some respect for the captain, you literally just got here.
Was doing the same against multiple Rangers and tried going after Lafreniere a few times. Got tuned up by Lemieux and started screaming at him to go again. Like, just you're lumps kid and move on.
So, apparently, the Stars are just going to end up in last place behind Detroit in our division. I'm a diehard fan, but signing Bones as head coach was a mistake. Yes, we have some major players out with injuries, but so do a lot of other teams who are wining right now. Last season with the bubble environment was a just a unique situation. Not diminishing what they accomplished, because it was awesome, just not replicable. The truth is, however, Bones doesn't have a winning record for his entire previous time as a head coach. Out of like 500+ games he only won around 140 or something. He's just not a good coach. Plus, we don't have that explosive offensive talent right now. It's simply not looking good for us.
On the flip side, I am also a Chicago fan (mostly because of Patrick Kane) so I am happy to see them fighting so hard. I also thought they were going to be crappy with them letting good players go. Towes's remarks when all that went down about how no one told them they were in a rebuild didn't inspire confidence either. Glad to see I was wrong.
Speaking of Towes, have they come out and actually said what his deal is yet? I saw the initial statement about having chronic fatigue or something, but nothing else.
Oh my gosh! I hope it's not something that serious. He's also one of my fav, too. His personality is so awesome. That's pretty sad. Been worried about what's going on with him since they haven't really said anything.I mean take this for 100% gossip but the word on the street is he might have something serious, ALS perhaps? Absolutely devastating if true. One of my favorite hockey players in the game.
Source: I know a guy from CHI who knows one of the doctors who works around the Hawks. So don't read too much into it.