Went to see Pens Black hawks last night. Can't believe Kane and Crosby played. Shouldn't they be resting?

It's not basketball

(Easy) trivia question: What do all of these players have in common?

Adam Henrique
Joel Ward
Joffrey Lupul
Patrice Bergeron
Brent Seabrook
Nino Neiderrieter
Alec Martinez
Derek Stepan
Nathan Horton
Alex Burrows
Scott Walker

All are either super average or have a female sounding first name?

Stanley cup final ot goal?

Either that or conference final winning ot goal

Actually there is a few that have never appeared in either of those, so its going to be game 7 playoff ot goals

Yes, it's a closed list of guys who have scored a Game 7 overtime goal since 2008. Good job.

naming them is cooler

Henrique vs Rangers
Ward vs Bruins
Martinez vs Hawks
Horton vs Tampa
Alex Burrows ITS A WONDERFUL DAY FOR AN EXORCISM

Are the only ones I can remember

Bergy vs Leafs obv

Horton was against the Habs

Walker vs Bruins in 09?

Stepan vs. Caps
Martinez vs. Hawks
Niederrieter vs. Colorado
Seabrook vs. Wings
Bergeron vs. Leafs
Henrique vs. Florida
Ward vs. Bruins
Burrows vs. Hawks
Horton vs. Habs
Walker vs. Boston
Lupul vs. Caps (I was at this game....you could hear a pin drop)

Both teams also have something to play for. Chicago has all but clinched the #1 seed in the west, but has an outside chance of the Presidents trophy. Would assume Kane/Toews/company sit a game and maybe two if Washington clinches soon.

Pittsburgh is in 3rd place in their division, 2 points behind Columbus for 2nd AKA home ice in the first round. Sitting their studs would be lol.

c'mon bruins

I love my team.

Zetterberg with his 900th career point tonight

So is there still a race for mvp ?

Definitely, but seems McD is separating from pack for art ross

Ha McJesus has the MVP in the bag. "Player wins Art Ross in his 1st full season leading a 10 yr lottery team to the playoffs". The narrative is too strong and he is too good. Bob is the only other person in the conversation but he's...well ... Russian. (fwiw Bob's numbers are ahead of Chief Price's numbers in his MVP year)

Honorable Mentions:

Crosby
Burns
Marchand
Karlsson
Kane
Kucherov
Backstrom


Now you guys just have to come to terms with Auston winning the Calder. Now he may not win due to the Leaf vote being split 3 ways but he should be the winner in what is one of the finest rookie crops ever.

Now the stats between he and Laine are close at this point with Auston having a slight lead in goals (36-34) and points (63-61) but he has played 6 more games than Laine giving Laine a slight per game scoring lead but again this is negated by Laine's several empty net goals. A closer look at the stats reveal Auston leading the NHL in several important categories including ES goals, road goals, 1st goal of game, goals in the 1st period, record for most gwg by a teenager.

The real divider is the fact that Laine played top line minutes with Schiefle and Ehlers most of the year. Matthews played center with 2 rookies on his wings all year and dragged his team into unexpected playoff contention. Let's face it Winnipeg did not live up to expectation this year and Laine has falled off a cliff production wise the last month.

Honorable Mentions:

Werenski
Marner
Murray
Nylander

Aho
Tkachuk
Skjei

Poor Zach is probably a lock to win the Calder in most other years

Crosby just scored from behind the net off of the Queen's head. Amazing goal

I'd like to see an analysis of overall rookie performance this year. Might have been the strongest rookie crop ever in the NHL, or modern NHL anyway. Would have to correct the numbers so that it is points relative to average points per player in the league or something because the raw numbers from the 80s are so ridiculous.

So many rookies (Werenski, Nylander, Aho) who would have probably won Calders in other years and they don't even get nominated this year.

05-06 was pretty darn strong, although technically that was due to it being a double class.

Same with 79-80?

I think Auston Matthews is great (who doesn´t) and deserves to win the Calder for sure. Also seems like a stand-up guy and will make a great leader, good for him and Maple Leaf fans. Gotta say I am happy for him.

If I would have a complaint, it would be that when ppg was Laine 0.97 and Matthews 0.82 I had Laine to win Calder by more than an inch, and still most coverage I read was pro-Matthews. Laine is 7 months younger (Im sure would be a storyline if Finnish vs NA/tor player and reversed), Scheiffele and Ehlers have higher shooting % when they were lined up with Laine vs others, so Laine prolly made them better too. Matthews had a dry spell when Toronto was 50% to make the playoffs and fighting tooth and nail for it, but he could not produce against the tough match-ups (and yep I know Hyman has not helped there). Started to produce more when his assignments changed to easier ones. Stuff I don´t see Toronto media talk about, but hey sure Laine had empty netters. Lol. Then again I´m sure Finnish tabloids still have Laine being close to Calder, maybe should read them instead haha.

Happy that Matthews produced and is a worthy Calder-winner, might have been a bit tilted if I thought Laine deserved it and Matthews still got it.

Don't you dare lay an egg tonight Habs.

Leafs fans cheering for Les Habitants tonight was funny. I'm a habs fan in TO and all my friends are die-hard leafs fans. It was fun seeing them cheer for the habs.

Who knew that fewer losses > more wins but I'll take it. Getting closer.
Big hugs for the Jets tonight! Habs you did ok. (maybe it's goal diff? who knows...)