NHL Thread: Season 2018-2019 - Page 17

Pavlov · #**321** Posted **Oct 16, 2018, 7:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by theman23

Yeah, we'll just take the commemorative coins and statutory holidays.

.. and the gold statue of Doug Ford, commemorating the man who brought the Cup back to Ontario!

TorontoDrew · #**322** Posted **Oct 16, 2018, 8:01 PM**

No politics in this thread please.

Denscity · #**323** Posted **Oct 17, 2018, 2:07 AM**

Rank Team GP Points

1 Toronto 7 12
8 Vancouver 6 8
10 Montreal 5 7
11 Ottawa 6 7
12 Calgary 5 6
13 Winnipeg 5 6

28 Edmonton 3 2

We all have heard that Toronto is on top but who knew Vancouver was 2nd??

Coldrsx · #**324** Posted **Oct 17, 2018, 2:09 AM**

Third period team!

Denscity · #**325** Posted **Oct 17, 2018, 2:24 AM**

Canucks beat Tampa and Pittsburgh on the road? Three road wins in a row and this one without the goal every game young star?

suburbanite · #**326** Posted **Oct 17, 2018, 2:25 AM**

McDavid is basically cheating, but watching anyone else try and generate offense is painful.

JHikka · #**327** Posted **Oct 17, 2018, 2:32 AM**

Casual four point night, three point third period, come from behind third period for McDavid. Just give him the Hart Trophy now.

Mrs Sauga · #**328** Posted **Oct 17, 2018, 2:35 AM**

Wait every goal Edmonton has scored this season is McD related (goal or assist)?
WOW that team is bad

suburbanite · #**329** Posted **Oct 17, 2018, 2:38 AM**

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Originally Posted by JHikka

Casual four point night, three point third period, come from behind third period for McDavid. Just give him the Hart Trophy now.

Same issue as last year though if they don't make the playoffs. Voting will favour the top-5 player that drags their team to the postseason.

JHikka · #**330** Posted **Oct 17, 2018, 2:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by suburbanite

Same issue as last year though if they don't make the playoffs. Voting will favour the top-5 player that drags their team to the postseason.

Edmonton's schedule to start the year is absolutely brutal. Things will probably be looking better by the time January rolls around.

Besides, they just beat Winnipeg.

TorontoDrew · #**331** Posted **Oct 17, 2018, 3:12 PM**

LOL, this will make beating Winnipeg on the 24th and the 27th of the month that much more rewarding.

source: https://www.nhl.com/news/jets-forwar...id/c-301001614
Matthews 'not at McDavid's level just yet,' Scheifele says: report
Maple Leafs center hasn't quite caught Oilers captain, according to Jets forward

Auston Matthews is off to a historic start with the Toronto Maple Leafs, but he isn't better than Connor McDavid, Mark Scheifele said Tuesday.

"Obviously Auston's a great player. He's got a lot of skill and you watch him on a nightly basis, he makes a lot of really good plays," the Jets forward said, according to Sportsnet. "Connor McDavid has put up back-to-back 100-point seasons. He's done a lot that Matthews obviously hasn't done. Matthews is a star in this league and he's going to get better. But he's not at McDavid's level just yet."

DoubleK · #**332** Posted **Oct 17, 2018, 3:18 PM**

Neither of them are on Sid's level yet.

Win a cup or three and then there's a conversation to be had.

esquire · #**333** Posted **Oct 17, 2018, 3:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

LOL, this will make beating Winnipeg on the 24th and the 27th of the month that much more rewarding.

Who outside of Toronto would actually dispute his point, though?

TorontoDrew · #**334** Posted **Oct 17, 2018, 3:23 PM**

Yes but why point out the obvious? He sounds a little jealous.

suburbanite · #**335** Posted **Oct 17, 2018, 3:31 PM**

I'd probably annoyed too if I not only had to deal with the media on a daily basis but they were also asking my about two players not on my team and in different conferences.

JHikka · #**336** Posted **Oct 17, 2018, 3:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by DoubleK

Neither of them are on Sid's level yet.

Win a cup or three and then there's a conversation to be had.

Winning a team competition makes one player better than another? Good to know. By this measure Henri Richard is the best player of all time.

You can make the case that McDavid is a better player than Crosby at this point but because they're different types of players it's tough to say. McDavid is a better offensive force but Crosby is still, for now at least, a better all-around player.

McDavid is better than Matthews, though, and only someone from Toronto would try to argue otherwise.

DoubleK · #**337** Posted **Oct 17, 2018, 3:40 PM**

Back to back Conn Smythe Trophies is nothing to sneeze at.

esquire · #**338** Posted **Oct 17, 2018, 4:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by suburbanite

I'd probably annoyed too if I not only had to deal with the media on a daily basis but they were also asking my about two players not on my team and in different conferences.

Scheifele has developed (cultivated?) a bit of a reputation as a student of the game... the media like to ask him questions like that which they'd probably never ask other players. So in that context the question made sense.

Denscity · #**339** Posted **Oct 17, 2018, 4:07 PM**

The BC hockey team's record is 4 2 0 today.

jawagord · #**340** Posted **Oct 17, 2018, 4:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by JHikka

Winning a team competition makes one player better than another? Good to know. By this measure Henri Richard is the best player of all time.

You can make the case that McDavid is a better player than Crosby at this point but because they're different types of players it's tough to say. McDavid is a better offensive force but Crosby is still, for now at least, a better all-around player.

McDavid is better than Matthews, though, and only someone from Toronto would try to argue otherwise.

McDavid is the most exciting player in the league to watch, he's dangerous on every play. Like watching Guy LaFleur going end to end except faster. The only problem is the rest of the Oiler players can fall into the habit of waiting for McDavid to do the scoring.