so if they want to keep both bb and jt, even at discount, that must mean garland is the odd man out

holy shit, TRIPLE OT for rangers and pens. Pens already started the game with backup goalie and he leaves in 2nd OT. Louis Domingue in net and doing a good job! :ahwow:

Edit: Pens win! Great job Louis!

That was a crazy game just trading GOOD chances for almost 2 whole games lol

i fucking love playoff hockey :lol

shutout for marky and 25mins for tanman

Penguins with 80 something shots lol

Playoff hockey is great. I don't care what anyone says, I hope a Canadian team wins. Even the Laffs or Phlegms or Coilers

the first round of playoff hockey is so good, I feel sorry for the people that can only watch the team they follow.

Yah I'm on and off watching whatever is on... I try to focus my hate on individual players I don't like, not the entire team lol

Cheering for the flames. Marky, Tanman, Toffoli.

On top, i miss the titties from sea of red from back in the day

https://i.ibb.co/5xGC71H/Whats-App-I...0-37-48-AM.jpg

Who wants to play LOL

https://www.peacearchnews.com/sports...-local-owners/

Big news for the South Asian community. This will help bring more minority players to the NHL.

This will help bring more minority players to the NHL.

how do you figure that? maybe to their Junior A team, doesn't mean an NHL club is going to pick them up.

It will open up more opportunities for minority players. Minor league hockey is very competitive. If you are a parent that has never played hockey it can be very confusing. Having someone in the community that's high up and knows the ins and outs will help. I believe the two brothers who bought the team have kids that are very good at hockey and will probably play for the team.

My nephew actually played a few games with them before entering the WHL.

Sorry but just because a South Asian family bought the Surrey Eagles doesn't mean there will be more minority players in the NHL. There might not even be more minority players in the league. It will and should be all on the coach's and scouts. BCJHL is fantastic hockey and it's not like the owner can say who should be on the team which is so common in Minor hockey.

I'd hope if you're good enough your talent would push you up there and kids aren't getting held back by their ethnicity but I guess I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case.

My sons buddy was drafted into the WHL this year to play for the Blades but he's going to skip that because he had an even better opportunity to go to Michigan and play for the USA National under 17 Development team, his dad is an American Citizen so he's able to play there. He's a minority, it hasn't held him back.

It's funny because when they say some kids are just good at shit it's so true, I watched him play Lacrosse and Football and he was the best kid in the league at either sports, some kids are just naturally gifted lol. I hope he's able to see his dream through and play in the NHL but even making it as far as he has he's got an uphill battle.

The cost to play at the level he's played at is the biggest obstacle, his parents had people donating but I'm sure they went into huge debt they certainly aren't rich. I asked his mom one day what it was costing her and 4 years ago she told me she was spending around 50K a year on him with all the tournaments, private lessons, playing for the Barnaby Winter Club and literally travelling around the world to play all before he was 16.

The owner does have a say on who can be on the team.

https://vancouversun.com/sports/hock...-hockey-dreams

Kids get left behind because parents don't know what steps to take to help their kids. Some don't want to sent their kids who are 15/16 to live in Moose Jaw to play hockey. Having someone from the community say your kids really good and these are the next steps you should be taking when a kid is 10 or 11 helps.

In the last 20 years you have seen a big increase in minority players in hockey. A number playing in the BCHL and WHL. There is actually a documentary being done on South Asian players in te BCHL/WHL.

List of Asian hockey players who are playing at a high level.

https://colorofhockey.com/2021/05/01...s-in-pictures/

Has the first round of games ever been so uncompetitive? Teams are winning between 5-0 and 5-3. They are all blowouts.

Coilers are pooping all over the Kings :awwyeah:

Uncompetitive? You realize the teams that won today evened up the series right…??

Opening games are always a bit whacky with a lot of blowouts. Things will even out by game 3 and it'll be clearer if teams are evenly matched or not.

lol yea Leafs nation going buck wild after game one. Handing the 2 time defending champs a loss in dominating fashion then bam Lightning come back get a split and now have home ice advantage. Doesn't matter how decisively any game was a split is a split and now we're all even again.

I've always thought it is better to start series on the road, bit less pressure, try to get one game, and now you theoretically gained home ice advantage. Eg. If Lightning takes game 3 ...pressure is on Leafs in game 4. If Lightning can take next 2 games at home ...series would be practically over.

I mean... by definition they shouldn't be evenly matched... 1v8 is a big spread... 2v7 too...

but that's what makes it more exciting... the underdog thing! And obviously as we've seen so far the NHL has pretty amazing parity.

I'm just glad it's nothing like soccer or international hockey... 1 game knockouts are so lame.

We're speaking different languages. I'm looking at the games themselves, and you're looking at the series.

ie. Minnesota vs St. Louis
Series tied 1:1
Games:
4-0 blues
6-2 minnesota

The teams are so close in standings though, even after a long season... Colorado and Florida are the only teams that have more than 2 or 3 wins than their opponents.

Seems like there's a lot of parity in the league these days, that's why you can't have a losing period like the Canucks did to start the season.