Jake Middleton seems like an incredible teammate and I'll take him as a #6 D man, but dang this was a very rough series for him. Too many goals with him laying on the ice. He needed to attack McKinnon and use his long reach
Perfect example of NHL toughness vs NBA issues. Nathan McKinnon gets hit in face with puck. Hardly goes down, blood everywhere. SGA gets touched and acts like he's dying.
NBA basketball is having a very serious issue with what is ant isn't a foul and the reward players get for selling fouls. Turning off large potential audience that spends lots of money on beer and gambling which in sports Is the holy grail.
Daemon Hunt will be paired with Jared Spurgeon tonight at even strength. Jake Middleton with Zach Bogosian
Middleton and Brock Faber were split last game on PK and sounds like thatโll continue, so Middleton with Spurgeon there
By the way, the #1 team in the NHL which led the league in goals and goals against, with 2 of the undisputed top players in the world being up in a series 2-0 after two home games and fairly decisive yet close games is not unexpected or crazy. One way to beat a #1 is...
@RussoHockey From experience, it appears there are more vocal fans in the playoffs, but it doesn't exactly come with more hockey knowledge. It has those Vikings crowd upper deck feels.
@mattmurley19 After being so completely wrong all series about Dallas and Minnesota, what's the point of having you predict anything the rest of playoffs? Like the Stars, you're knocked out. Come back next year.
To beat the Nuggets with your top 3 guards out of the lineup is insane. Tim Connolly's draft picks and lineup moves have been an absolute difference maker.
I'm not saying Doris Burke is a bad broadcaster. She is good. And she absolutely knows ball. But she has stunk tonight. ESPN just seems so disappointed
We see how well Mats Zuccarello & Kirill Kaprizov work together on the ice.
What we don't see is the importance of their relationship off the ice.
Zuccarello, who usually doesn't talk much about personal stuff like this, gave a great comment in tonight's postgame.
#MnWIld