In his latest edition of Quick Shifts, lukefoxjukebox breaks down: 4 scary things about Tampa Bay, playoff predictions, his Hart Trophy vote and more.
The NHL’s first-round matchups, but with the teams’ final ranking by points percentage in brackets:Colorado vs. Nashville -place Oilers are the biggest winners here. Not only are they the only team outside the NHL’s top seven with home-ice advantage, they’ve drawn the third-weakest opponent in the tournament. A reward for playing in the thinnest division.
When hearing Carey Price was finally ready to make his comeback a couple weeks ago, Chiarot made sure to compose a text message. Price finished second, to Tampa’s Andrei Vasilevskiy, in the goalie category for the 2022 NHLPA Player Poll:Considering he is too hurt to take the ice, Alex Ovechkin managed to have himself a big night Friday.I’m just all about my goals like Ovechkin, what / I’m just all about my goals like I’m MessiThen the injured captain had no issue trolling Rangers fans from the Madison Square Garden press box.
“At the same time, I want to just make sure I’m ready to go [for playoffs]. Talking with our team here, we got a pretty good awareness of how this year’s been and how it’s, obviously, hard on everyone’s body. We all discussed that, and we thought it was a good idea to rest and make sure we do the right stuff before the real thing starts.”An eagle-eye pickup by Maple Leafs video coordinator Jordan Bean and coordinator Sam Kim Sunday in Washington.
Essentially, it was a two-point catch that would help the Leafs secure home-ice advantage in the playoffs:
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