re: 2017-18 NHL Season Long Thread

Faksa telling Seguin...frick your empty net hat trick

Still think the Preds are the best team in the west. They've really dominated the Blues over the last year plus.

I'd rank the west 1-8:

1) Preds
2) Blues
3) Jets
4) Knights
5) Kings
6) Hawks
7) Stars
8) Sharks

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some of these teams that don't have an elite goaltender or at least a top tier blueline are gonna regret it.

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I agree. I'd actually say the Blues top 4 and the Predators top 4 are even because I think the Blues top 4 is better in their own end while the Preds are definitely better in the o zone. I wish Dunn would play more over Bouwmeester.

But Rinne is playing on an elite level, and Allen is barely average right now. He doesn't see many shots so he doesn't have to be great but in the postseason he will have to be.

The teams are actually almost mirrors of each other. Elite top lines. Decent 2nd lines. Meh 3rd lines. 4th lines that do the dirty stuff and bring energy.

Goalies are always the difference.

Patrik Berglund sucks.

Also if the Blues hadn't been so good offensively this year, everyone would be talking about how bad Jake Allen has been

I'm kidding on Berglund. It's one game lol. But I've never been a big fan. He's okay but not worth what they pay him.

Allen would be getting a lot of heat if the team around him weren't so good. He's playing pretty much at the level that he did last year when he got benched.

I was hoping Allen would pick up off from where he played at the end of last season.

So Kris Russell is a fricking idiot and scored an own goal that gave Toronto the win.

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@MarkLazerus
Blackhawks place Corey Crawford on IR and recall J-F Berube. Whoa.

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Hawks are dead

Yeah, I'm trying to decide between Kings/Blues or Knights/Jets. Both should be good.