the east doesn't have evander kane.

They should and I’m still mad that the caps didn’t sign him

they might yet. he would make a good wilson replacement.

if we signed kane we would of had the best top nine in the league and, yes thats a great point i didnt even think about Wilson left a gapping whole in that series

I still cannot believe that goal was ruled onside

with the explanation it makes sense. it was a delayed offside then they tagged up.

It's a legal goal, the explanation from Friedman and co. sums it up perfectly, does it look weird, yes, is it still legal, yes

yeah great time to enforce the exact definition of the offside rule game 1 of the WCF when in the rest of the season that would have been offside. I don't care if he wasn't actually touching the puck it was millimeters away from his stick he had control of it

Does anyone else think maf screwed some teams over?

Who example the oilers and caps that where really interested in him but decide to go to minny. And now have a goaltender issue

It's the right call by the ref and we've never really had one of thes situations before, sucks that you had to be one of the first teams to witness but it's a logical rule and a good goal

This same situation has happened before many times and it has been ruled onside consistently.

CHI goal Mar 2017
BOS goal Feb 2020
MTL goal Jan 2021
ARZ goal Apr 2021

See Friedman's article for the videos: https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/offside-or-not-offside-explaining-why-cale-makars-goal-counted/

Offside? But Hyman didn’t even have possession of the puck… #Oilers pic.twitter.com/SC8HsgvywA

— Courtney Theriault (@cspotweet) June 1, 2022

Wow, didn't know this has happened before a couple of times, great article from Friedman too

haha totally man

completely unrelated, what's your opinion on the holl penalty from tor/tbl game 7?

Updated it in the post. That's typically applied to the guy in the zone. Makar had possession and control, but didn't touch the puck on the delay, which is how the NHL has interpreted that consistently

— Scouting The Refs (@ScoutingTheRefs) June 1, 2022

Smith has a .782 sv% in game ones this year; with 13 goals on 70 shots.

And yet he’s got a solid stat line and has been a rock for the Oilers success this year (postseason). I’ve been critical of Smith and while he still deserves most of the fair criticism, he’s always deserving of some praise due to his incredible bounce back play and coming up big in the larger moments.

Still though… I don’t think you can afford to hand out anymore games on a silver platter with the Oilers flat starts/ Smiths weak goals. Especially if the Oil can take down the Avs - you cannot afford to lose game 1 in the finals (continuing the trend).

Hyman never tagged up at the blue line. It's a completely different situation

Big development here at Madison Square Garden ahead of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final. Brayden Point is skating following an optional Tampa Bay Lightning morning skate. pic.twitter.com/vvLDH5JBFI

— Emily Kaplan (@emilymkaplan) June 1, 2022

Not playing tonight, but probably likely to play at some point if he's back skating

A Message from Glen Sather and Jeff Gorton. pic.twitter.com/Q56CXS8vDc

— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) February 8, 2018

Pretty impressive timeline to go from rebuild to Conference Finals 4 years later. Should give MTL fans hope as Jeff Gorton has his hands over this team with Drury’s TDL moves pushing them over the top.

Not that it's a "fluke", but getting all three of Trouba, Panarin and Fox because they only wanted to play in NY helps. The high picks (Andersson, Kravtsov, Lafrenière, Kakko) they got in their "rebuild" aren't contributing much in their current run. It's a rebuild that turned into just a retool.

No teams are perfect, everyone has flaws, bad contracts, I’m impressed with how well they rebuilt.

Still have some really good prospects in Othmann, Cuylle, Robertson, Jones, plus a young core of Miller, Lafreniere, Kakko, Schneider, contributing right now.

I like the makeup of this team, for me, I’m impressed with the rebuild, IMO it was.

Alors voilà, avec 29 points en 13 matchs de séries, Connor McDavid serait juste ici dans le classement de Canadien en saison. pic.twitter.com/3BNdy4iNNg

— Simon-O. Lorange (@SO_Lorange) June 1, 2022

This is where McDavid's playoffs points would put him on the Habs regular season scoreboard. Not sure if I have to laugh or cry.

Cry but with a hint of realization.

NHL top 5 teams, man-games lost to injury and health protocols MTL 731ARI 627PHI 585VAN 578BUF 555https://t.co/lRequqYI1r

— Man-Games Lost NHL (@ManGamesLostNHL) May 2, 2022

It’s also McJesus

Good thing it doesn’t matter if you care, nor does it matter what you think. This rule is black and white. He didn’t touch it, therefore it’s onside, and it woulda been onside had this happened in an Arizona vs. Buffalo game in December. There’s no subjective decision here for the ref to screw up. It should count, it did count, it was right that it counted.