NHL Playoffs Thread

[JL]

VAN > CHI 4-2
SJS > LAK 4-0
DET > PHX 4-2
ANA > NSH 4-3

WSH > NYR 4-2
PHI > BUF 4-1
BOS > MTL 4-3
TBL > PIT 4-3

Pittsburgh probably wins the series, but I am cheering for Tampa.

Game sevenaments...I so smrt

5 for 6 so far on predicting who was going to win each series. Slightly off on the number of games though

[JL]

Is this the first time Nashville has made it to the second round?

[JL]

I'm gonna say yes

[a500lbgorilla]

My prediction is Crosby suprise-plays tonight. His brain has slightly calcified from that which hasn't killed him, making him stronger - nigh unconcusable. He'll do what only commercial Ovechkin could, the hat trick of hat tricks.

[Alexos]

I'm gonna say yes

think so

[Alexos]

My prediction is Crosby suprise-plays tonight. His brain has slightly calcified from that which hasn't killed him, making him stronger - nigh unconcusable. He'll do what only commercial Ovechkin could, the hat trick of hat tricks.

The Crostrick!

[meeloche]

think so

I will confirm that this is true.

[Alexos]

The definition of stress....

I can't handle this, both teams kinda suck tonight, so many turnovers doesn't help

[Alexos]

omg, this is so ridic...im losing my mind here

[JL]

welcome to overtime in game seven...now you know how I felt last night. It doesn't get any better than this!

[Galapogos]

Very nice Montreal! Super lame goal celebration on the biggest goal of his life though, why do black people always have to act so cool?

Sorry, that last comment probably belongs in the "Side effect of banning poker" thread.

[Galapogos]

Damn that sucks.

My favorite part of the game was watching Seabass rage in the Boston GM box. Would have been sweet to see him explode if Montreal scored in OT.

[bigred]

Hahahahahahahaha. F U Canadian frogs. Boston wins!!!! All you have now is being French and Canadian..aka you have nothing...nothing!

[Alexos]

Very nice Montreal! Super lame goal celebration on the biggest goal of his life though, why do black people always have to act so cool?

I loved it. Black ppl are just cool that way.

Oh well, it was fun. WP plumbers.

[BennyLaRue]

Hmmm...how much of Montreal will burn tonight? This will be fun.

[surviva316]

Hahahahahahahaha. F U Canadian frogs. Boston wins!!!! All you have now is being French and Canadian..aka you have nothing...nothing!

lol <3 boston fans

sorry penney for jynxing you with the whole "somehow both our teams will break the rules of hockey and both make it to the finals"-aments

[JL]

BOS > MTL 4-3
TBL > PIT 4-3

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[bigred]

Dear Montreal fans,

I am sorry for calling you both French and Canadian. That is adding insult to injury after a devastating loss. I truly am sorry and will not insult you by calling you French or Canadian for the next month.

Love,
Bigred

PS
NANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANA

[Penneywize]

Hahahahahahahaha. F U Canadian frogs. Boston wins!!!! All you have now is being French and Canadian..aka you have nothing...nothing!

classy in victory as you are in defeat, bigred

[a500lbgorilla]

My one comment about the Pens. The first month-ish of 2011 sucked.

Moving on.

[JL]

VAN > NAS 4-2
DET > SJS 4-3

BOS > PHI 4-3
WAS > TB 4-1

[bigred]

classy in victory as you are in defeat, bigred

yep!

[baudib]

Looks like an easy road to the Cup for the Flyers.

[dthorne04]

Looks like an easy road to the Cup for the Flyers.

except that whole issue @ goalie

i'm thinking lightning or boston, though pretty sure whoever wins the western conference finals is winning the cup

[JL]

Looks like an easy road to the Cup for the Flyers.

It took them 7 games to beat Buffalo...Are you saying Boston (and probably Washington in the conference finals) are easier teams to beat?

[baudib]

fo, fo, fo imo

[JL]

Nashville looking terrible so far...I'm sure they will be a lot better

[JL]

Oh and Weber's epic beard is epic

[surviva316]

It took them 7 games to beat Buffalo...Are you saying Boston (and probably Washington in the conference finals) are easier teams to beat?

i think we'd have an easier time with washington than we did against buffalo. not guaranteeing we'd beat them or anything because obviously we very easily could've lost to buffalo.

then again, you might consider me an optimistic homer who thought that a couple of those goalie performances were outliers (i'm HOPING leighton will never see the ice again [wtf was he doing in there in the first place?!] and boucher is unlikely to have AS bad of a game as he had in game 5 again). obviously goalie is our biggest weakness, but we weren't all dr jekyll and mr hyde through the length of the season as we were in that series.

[baudib]

Pronger and Carter are back; Miller stole 1.5 games in that series.

If they go with Boucher he'll be perfectly serviceable.

[JL]

Ruh roh Philly

[baudib]

I think the plan is to let them get up 3-0 again.

[bigred]

Ruh roh Philly

I think the plan is to let them get up 3-0 again.

[surviva316]

Ruh roh Philly

as weird as it sounds, i think this game actually highlights what i said. obviously, our biggest weakness is goalie, and if we're gonna lose, it's gonna be because of our goalie situation (CAPT OBVIOUS!), but none of the goals in that game were the cupcake, silverplatter, barely even throw the puck near the goal type goals that we were giving up in buffalo (obviously a few ugly looking jugglers and one leaky type goal, but none of the outlier stuff we saw in buffalo). boston straight up beat us that game. they owned the attack zone, every pass they made stuck right on the tape, a few clears we made luckboxed right onto a bruin stick, we made no highlight reel saves, we give up 7 goals.

gg boston, hopefully we look much much better next game (and boston doesn't do EVERYTHING on offense perfectly). oh and tim thomas looks way more human than ryan miller.

[bigred]

Not a good start...

[Alexos]

whats up with Richards? Wake up son

[surviva316]

can't wait til that's made into a gif.

[Sasquach991]

Been out of touch for the last few days. Tornado stuff. No power for 5 days. Left town.

Missed game 1 of Preds-Canucks-sounded like Preds were passive

Saw Game 2- That's the Preds I know.

First time Preds made round 2 and first time with 3 wins in Round 1

[surviva316]

i think james van reimsdyke jerseys are gonna be this year's giroux jerseys in philly. this game is INSANE!

[surviva316]

the broadcasters are saying his name so much, it's just starting to sound like a nonsensical series of syllables (like when you say eleven 100 times in a row you forget what it means). this would normally annoy me, but good god is it justified tonight

[Miffed22001]

how do phily lose in OT after JVRs 3rd period?!?!

[surviva316]

well over 30 shots between the third period and overtime, and a big turnover in our own zone loses it. sigh

[bigred]

[surviva316]

gg bigred. you guys stole one from us big time

[baudib]

2-0 is nothing compared to last year

[bigred]

2-0 is nothing compared to last year

we won't fall for that trap again...right Bruins...right?

[surviva316]

we won't fall for that trap again...right Bruins...right?

well you guys have thomas this year and no one knows what's up with pronger, so it's a little different. it's one less game to overcome, too, though, so we'll seeeeeeeeeeee!

[Alexos]

Bruins tilt me so much. Flyers with a healthy Pronger and a decent goalie = 4-0 flyers.

[Penneywize]

Bruins tilt me so much. Flyers with a healthy Pronger and a decent goalie = 4-0 flyers.

so ridiculous how every contending team has at least a decent, credible #1 goaltender (who's the worst among those remaining in the playoffs, other than philly? Jimmy Howard? and he's no slouch)

philly has three that would all be #2 or at best #1b on virtually any team

say what you want about how holmgren assembled an elite group of forwards w/ solid defense in a relatively short period of time, but is it really even forgiveable how shitty his team's goaltending situation is?

Stevey Y picked up Roloson early on for just about nothing, result: TB up 2-0 against WASH

Philly rides into the post season with a no-name bum goaltender (bobrovsky - who wouldn't have anywhere near the same stats on a team that actually needed goaltending to win i.e. the canadiens) and a few washed up career back-ups.

So sad.

[JL]

Bruins tilt me so much. Flyers with a healthy Pronger and a decent goalie = 4-0 flyers.

lol come on now the Bruins aren't THAT bad

[Alexos]

lol come on now the Bruins aren't THAT bad

fine 4-1

[bigred]

Bruins tilt me so much. Flyers with a healthy Pronger and a decent goalie = 4-0 flyers.

I was going to get upset and then I noticed you're from Montreal. I didn't know all these days...I didn't know! And to think I trusted you!

[surviva316]

so ridiculous how every contending team has at least a decent, credible #1 goaltender (who's the worst among those remaining in the playoffs, other than philly? Jimmy Howard? and he's no slouch)

philly has three that would all be #2 or at best #1b on virtually any team

say what you want about how holmgren assembled an elite group of forwards w/ solid defense in a relatively short period of time, but is it really even forgiveable how shitty his team's goaltending situation is?

Stevey Y picked up Roloson early on for just about nothing, result: TB up 2-0 against WASH

Philly rides into the post season with a no-name bum goaltender (bobrovsky - who wouldn't have anywhere near the same stats on a team that actually needed goaltending to win i.e. the canadiens) and a few washed up career back-ups.

So sad.

lol post this on a philly board, and this post is like treating the team with cashmere-lined, kid gloves. people are so tilted by the goalie situation year after year.

[Alexos]

I was going to get upset and then I noticed you're from Montreal. I didn't know all these days...I didn't know! And to think I trusted you!

I can understand the lack of trust, I only have one green square after all. Sigh!

[JL]

HUGE win for the 'nucks tonight!
It would have been soul crushing to lose two games in a row by giving up a late game-tying goal and losing in overtime.

Vancouver hasn't made it past the second round since 1994, so if they beat Nashville there could definitely be some riots!

[BankItDrew]

Vancouver hasn't made it past the second round since 1994, so if they beat Nashville there could definitely be some riots!

Also known as: Drunken public disturbances on Cambie.

[bigred]

Your move Philadelphia...

[Sasquach991]

Preds played like shit. Couldn't even cross the blue line. If it weren't for Pecca the score woulda been 5-1.

[JL]

Your move Philadelphia...

They have Boston right where they want them

[Ravageur]

I love the Boston/Philly series because I can take huge pleasure in watching either team lose - I just have to forget that there's a winner sigh.

This round is just so brutal though - gg caps, gg boudreau gnight it was fun watching you on 24/7 but you're done, vans/preds is the worst style matchup possible (canucks are awesome to watch but preds are the only team that can stymie them). I guess I'll have to put my faith in the sharks. Go wellwood!!!

[Penneywize]

anyone else disappointed that the second round is so damn one-sided? every series is fucking over, 3-0 or 4-0, except Nash/Van which has me rooting for Nashville to win tonight just to give us some fucking hockey to watch next week. So so sad, fucking capitals and flyers, epic collapse.

[JL]

anyone else disappointed that the second round is so damn one-sided? every series is fucking over, 3-0 or 4-0, except Nash/Van which has me rooting for Nashville to win tonight just to give us some fucking hockey to watch next week. So so sad, fucking capitals and flyers, epic collapse.

Agreed.

How do so many series go seven games in round one and then only four in round two?
Detroit swept round one and are now getting swept
Washington almost swept round one and got swept in round two...

does not compute

[bigred]

Penney, how are the Canadians doing?

[JL]

Penney, how are the Canadians doing?

[Penneywize]

Penney, how are the Canadians doing?

The Canadians are doing fine, we just elected a conservative majority gov't

french canadian women are still hot, so that's a win

our beer is still better than yours

we make better hockey players than you guys do pretty generally (see: 2010 olympics)

[Penneywize]

OOOOOOOOOOH you mean the Canadiens!

offseason. douchebag

btw I mean given the way the bruins are wiping the floor with the filthy flyers, does this make you respect the Canadiens more, given that we were one goal away from eliminating you etc? (in all honesty)

[bigred]

Drunk bigred wrote that. Sober bigred approves.

Sober bigred is aware when the bruins are knocked out Penney will be the first one posting ITT. Sober bigred cares not because at the end of the day...its just hockey

[Penneywize]

Drunk bigred wrote that. Sober bigred approves.

Sober bigred is aware when the bruins are knocked out Penney will be the first one posting ITT. Sober bigred cares not because at the end of the day...its just hockey

ITS>...... JUST...... HOCKEY ?!? ?!?!?!?!?

haha fwiw I think the Bruins will probably power through tampa bay in the eastern finals (5-6 games), then likely play Vancouver for the cup... Which they will probably win in 6 games.

There I said it.

And Canadiens fans will never, ever hear the end of it.

[bigred]

Meh, I actually really like hockey. Just trying to be a hater.

[Penneywize]

so no comment on my prediction of a bruins cup win? I am beginning to thing u speed read all my posts, lopl.

I'm trying to throw you a bone here

[donkbee]

Am I dreaming?

[donkbee]

I think I must be dreaming

[donkbee]

We're not actually in a conference final, are we?

[donkbee]

omg I have been waiting for this for so long OMG

go detroit!!!

[baudib]

good thing my prediction was a giant level