Thee Official 2023-24 Playoffs Thread: Stop fucking crying bro, it’s not junior

[practice]

Leafs have ruined my ability to enjoy hockey

[Grand Moff Larkin]

i've been thinking a lot about when i was on here arguing about why tambo spending a 4th on mike brown was bad

beyond Hyman I think my resentment is down to this stuff, mostly. I just feel so attuned to all the terrible moves they have made over the past decade, and yet. obviously Draisatl was an incredible pick in that he wasn't at all a total no-brainer at 3 or wherever.

I was trying to remember who else was in the mix, and the other three guys in the top four of that year are on the Panth: Ekblad, Reinhart, and Bennett.

[practice]

old blog post shows the agency/TSN rankings all had him 4th behind those 3 (https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2014/06/ ... -rankings/)

[practice]

pretty sick draft overall

[Fleetwood mactavish]

Edmo in 6

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Edmo in 6

Co-sign

[captain]

he turned out so much better than anyone expected and honestly he has any right to be.

like, somehow a pass-first centre with skating issues turned into one of the absolute best finishers in hockey. madness. I love him

[captain]

whoops I was supposed to be quoting the draisaitl draft post

[captain]

Edmo in 6

Co-sign

I am going to be there for game 6 when they win the cup at home. I don't have a ticket yet but I don't care, it's happening

[Grand Moff Larkin]

he turned out so much better than anyone expected and honestly he has any right to be.

like, somehow a pass-first centre with skating issues turned into one of the absolute best finishers in hockey. madness. I love him

Development post-draft is such a wild card in terms of whether prospects turn out. Former Wings second rounder Theodor Niederbach got worse every year after he was picked. Who knows!

[trucuschenn]

Despite the fact that the Oilers are the only non-Leaf Canadian team I have any sympathy for the 'bring the cup home' discourse in Canadian media is so bad I might be forced to root for Florida, I am anti-Panther and take no pleasure I reporting this

[Fleetwood mactavish]

canada's team thing is so stupid I totally get it as if patrick cokane is gonna cheer for edmonton or I'd start cheering for the canucks or whoever

[Fleetwood mactavish]

also edmonton has the most embarrassing fanbase out of all the canadian teams and it's not even close

[Fleetwood mactavish]

but at least find some love in your hearts for edmonton knowing this is probably our only look at this for another 20 years

soon leon and connor will be off to their forever homes and this will all have been a dream

[Cacophony]

Godspeed Goil

[Alexei Ca$hin]

Let's get 'er done boys

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Goilers

My hope is that McDavid just does all kinds of McDavid shit this series

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Not exactly a timely puck drop

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Oof

Verhaghe was wide open

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Bobrovsky is coming up with huge saves