Oh Smith isn’t *good* per se. He just has enough of a track record to get away with that in pre-season. That’s not to say he’ll actually handle it better in meaningful games.

Hah yeah oops. But yeah, Smith can be forgiven a little for not giving a huge effort. The bad pass is a problem for a prospect.

Well... #42 is a 22 year old middling prospect. Preseason might be the only time he ever gets to play for the Rangers, and that really wasn’t a good look. #46 is a career NHLer with a virtually guaranteed roster spot. You expect the lower effort play from him in the preseason (and also because it’s Brendan Smith and…

If you’re going to say Winter Soldier is a pastiche of political thrillers then you should also acknowledge that The Dark Knight is basically Heat with comic book characters.

Saying Diesel was in all of the Fast and Furious movies is a serious misstep that immediately disqualifies the author IMO.

I think it hurt his value a bit, but only to a certain extent. He never had a great reputation for defensive play with the Blues, and his stint with the Caps just confirmed the rep was correct. But it probably wasn’t new information to NHL GMs. They knew who he was and knew he was sheltered in St. Louis.

Yeah I just made a reply about this. That’s what happened when the Blues tried to trade Shattenkirk. He wouldn’t agree to sign an extension with anybody and his value cratered.

The idea of allowing teams to negotiate with potential trade acquisitions can really go both ways. This scenario is actually how Kevin Shattenkirk ended up in New York a couple years ago.

Last 10-15 minutes of the game was turnover city from the Blues. Not even forced turnovers from the Bruins, either. Just dumb, lazy plays. Like on the Pastrnak goal how Blais and Dunn just sort of... stopped playing.

Ah yes, the famously not dirty hockey player Brad Marchand.

Sucks when it happens to a team like the Bruins.

There wasn’t a conclusive angle that showed it over the line AND you had Binnington’s pad clearly being pushed back into the net by a Bruin stick. There’s almost no chance that would have been called a goal.

God what a gross bit of trivia that makes complete sense. I honestly wasn’t sure I’d ever get to see these guys even in the Final. I just assumed they’d always bow out after the second round... endlessly.

This is a weird take since it’s not Blues fans complaining about this goal.

At that point it doesn’t even matter. If it’s going to be icing the whistle is blown before they even reach the boards. That’s the whole “no-touch” part of it. Either the linesman determines in advance that the defenseman is going to get to the puck first, or it’s not icing.

From a cultural significance / respect standpoint, winning with the Knicks for the first time since the 70s is a much bigger deal than winning with the Clippers. Sure, LA is a huge market and the Clippers have never won, but it’s a market that is always going to belong to the Lakers first. They’ve won quite a bit, and…

Favorite part of that last sequence is when Schwartz came barreling in on Trouba behind the net and launched himself at him and.... nothing happened. Schwartz just stopped cold and Trouba didn’t even budge, because he’s got probably half a foot and 40 pounds on Schwartz. The fact that the Blues still worked the puck…

That was an excruciating decision that I’m thrilled about as a Blues fan. Players often will just try and freeze the puck against the boards to kill time if the clock is winding down.

Gretzky would have looked good on the Flames tho