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Hockey Discussion: The Leafs Would Like To Borrow Taylor Hall's Horseshoe
NWR_insanolord:
There's still almost a month and a half of playoffs left. The second round (of four) just started.
Tonight the results of the draft lottery were announced, and the friend of mine I've mentioned here who's a Senators fan is not happy, as they finished with the second-worst record but got knocked down to fourth in the draft. Buffalo, who finished dead last, will indeed pick first. For the second straight year the second pick goes to a team that nearly made the playoffs in Carolina, while Montreal will pick third.
Shaymin:
Between the Bills and winning the draft lottery, I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop and Dahlin to end up in Edmonton somehow. Can they handle all this winning?
I still can't believe an expansion team is favoured to make the final four, even if the Knights are in OT as I type this.
NWR_insanolord:
The Bills drafted Josh Allen so I'm not sure how much winning they're going to be doing anytime soon.
Khushrenada:
Knights drop their first one thanks to the Wheel of Goalie Interference. Couldn't erase a goal scored against them and lost one they scored. Wheeeeeee!
I was kind of hoping Edmonton would pull off the impossible and win the Draft Lottery just to see the league implode from outrage from all the other fanbases with crap teams right now. But Buffalo finally got the win they craved when Edmonton stole Conner McDavid from them. And the truth is they need defensive help there badly so Dahlin is a big get. Recently, NBC released some statistics about the markets with most hockey viewership in the playoffs so far. Pittsburgh was number 1 but Buffalo was number 2 which is pretty amazing since they aren't a playoff team. So, I'm glad their fans got some kind of a win for being hockey fans despite having such a terrible team for so long now.
Carolina got pretty darn lucky but with the new owner and GM shake-up, I wonder if they are going to fumble that pick. Of course, Ottawa dropping doesn't bother me. I absolutely loved the dumpster fire that team became particularly in December when the news leaked that Karlsson was asked to name teams he'd be willing to get traded too and Melnyk dumped on the fans and how hard it is to keep the team in Ottawa. The less help they get out there, the better as far as I'm concerned. Whenever I meet someone in Canada who roots for the Senators, I instantly question their taste in everything. Your friend really needs to move on from that team. Anything is better (except for Philly).
Khushrenada:
Speaking of the Flyers, so I obviously got in one dig by changing this thread title to riff on the NBA one. I like that it celebrates the Flyers loss in a thread started by Insanolord himself. Of course, if the Pens go down, I wouldn't be surprised if he changes it to reflect that and fair enough. But in the meantime:
What do the Flyers and the Titanic both have in common?
Both look great until the hit the ice.
Why do the Flyers wear orange?
So they can go straight back to work picking up garbage when the game is over.