NHL 2021: I Pledge Allegiance to Gritty

[bronconick]

Florida's gonna finish this week with an 0-8 record in Stanley Cup Final history.

[MichVandal]

Florida finishes with just six skaters on the bench due to misconducts.

That was embarrassing.

[Spartanforlife4]

Florida finishes with just six skaters on the bench due to misconducts.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Through two games, tkachuk has 1 goal and 36 penalty minutes

[Jimjamesak]

This series is getting ugly in more ways than one.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Tkachuk nails eichel welp

[state of hockey]

Uh oh Bob’s horseshoe might have fallen out.

Yep. It definitely did. He didn’t get any favors, though. Florida looks terrible.

[MichVandal]

Uh oh Bob’s horseshoe might have fallen out.

But it was a good game. Looks like it will be a rather testy set of games. Of all the goals, I would call one of them kind of a fluke, because of the bounce of the stantion.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

I always like to think the Wings would have had more Cups with Babcock if he wasn't such a giant douche.

At the very least, maybe Franzen wouldn't have had his brain completely scrambled due to PCS if Babs hadn't talked sh*t about him to his teammates and bullied him into playing when he should have been benched for concussion protocol.

[state of hockey]

Uh oh Bob’s horseshoe might have fallen out.

[Bronco]

I always like to think the Wings would have had more Cups with Babcock if he wasn't such a giant douche.

[Kepler]

Babcock's best success was with older experienced vets, of which I don't immediately think of the Blue Jackets.

This is interesting, as IMO Babcock did his best work with the Spokane Chiefs in the WHL coaching kids, and routinely taking unimpressive rosters deep into the playoffs.

[aparch]

I wouldn't care to have either one behind an NHL bench again, given what we know now.

Agreed.

[bronconick]

Babcock's best success was with older experienced vets, of which I don't immediately think of the Blue Jackets.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Rumor has it some has-been retreads are making their way back into the NHL orbit:
Blue Jackets floating the idea of hiring Mike Babcock beg8nd the bench
Rangers floated Quenneville as HC.


From a Wings fan perspective, Babcock was a good coach, but his methods left a lot of questions when rumors started being proven true. Same can be said for Quenneville.

I wouldn't care to have either one behind an NHL bench again, given what we know now.