2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs : Conference Finals

[Eleven]

I missed the third because I was on the phone the whole time, but the first two periods were incredible hockey.  I think we're going to like this series more than the Eastern and more than the Final.

[Andrew Amerk]

I missed the third because I was on the phone the whole time, but the first two periods were incredible hockey. I think we're going to like this series more than the Eastern and more than the Final.

This will likely be correct.

[GoPre]

That was game 2 my man, series is tied

 

:thumbsup:  Shows how much I've been following this years playoffs.  Conference Finals match ups aren't what I was pulling for.  Out of the 4 teams remaining I'd have to go w/ Nashville.  

[Huckleberry]

:thumbsup:  Shows how much I've been following this years playoffs.  Conference Finals match ups aren't what I was pulling for.  Out of the 4 teams remaining I'd have to go w/ Nashville.  

 

I had the ducks vs preds pinned as a match up, but my eastern conference final, for some reason I thought the caps wouldn't choke this year :p

[WildCard]

I've missed all the games so far. The scores look competitive, how've they been?

Edited May 15, 2017 by WildCard

[bob_sauve28]

I've missed all the games so far. The scores look competitive, how've they been?

Nashville played well early but Ducks took over game late in the first and never looked back 

[WildCard]

So Johansen hates Kessler
 

“He just blows my mind. I don’t know what’s going through his head out there. His family and friends watching him play, I don’t know how you can cheer for a guy like that. It just doesn’t make sense how he plays the game. I’m just trying to go out there and play hockey and it sucks when you have to pull a stick out of your groin every shift.”

https://www.fanragsports.com/news/ryan-johansen-fighting-words-ryan-kesler/

Edited May 15, 2017 by WildCard

[dudacek]

It's so funny how fans out here in Vancouver Canucks country could never understand why the rest of us hated Ryan Kesler.

And then he became a Duck and was like "oh, now I get it!"

[Sabel79]

It's so funny how fans out here in Vancouver Canucks country could never understand why the rest of us hated Ryan Kesler.

And then he became a Duck and was like "oh, now I get it!"

He's like a smarter, more talented Matthew Barnaby. Everybody hates him except the team he's on at any particular moment.

[Iron Crotch]

The Ducks (especially Kessler & Perry) play a dirty game, but I also don't blame them. Refs tend to put away the whistles during the playoffs, so if stuff isn't getting called then why not push the boundaries of the rules?

[ubkev]

Rust just got hammered by Princess Dion. I saw the 7 on his sweater and immediately thought we'd be seeing a candlelight vigil for Crosby. But it was 17 not 87.

[SwampD]

Rust just got ###### hammered by Princess Dion. I saw the 7 on his sweater and immediately thought we'd be seeing a candlelight vigil for Crosby. But it was 17 not 87.

That was some hit.

[Thorner]

That's a penalty where there same play injuring Schultz got nothing? Come on.

 

Has to be some consistency.

[I-90 W]

I'm not impressed by this pens pp.

[Thorner]

I can't believe THIS Ottawa team has a chance to go to the final.

 

The NHL really needs to take a look at the current playoff format. Like them or hate them, there's no reason the reward for finishing 2nd overall for the Pens should be to have to battle through the 4th ranked team overall, followed by the 1st ranked team overall, getting very beat up in the process, where Ottawa, owing to the vastly inferior Atlantic Division, gets a (relative to the Pens) easy road through to the conference final. You can really see the advantage showing itself early in this series.

 

The playoffs always need to be carrying the most weight, certainly, but the current format has the NHL regular season bordering on meaningless.

 

I suppose this could benefit the Sabres in the future, and I won't complain then, if it does, but still :p

[I-90 W]

I can't believe THIS Ottawa team has a chance to go to the final.

 

The NHL really needs to take a look at the current playoff format. Like them or hate them, there's no reason the reward for finishing 2nd overall for the Pens should be to have to battle through the 4th ranked team overall, followed by the 1st ranked team overall, getting very beat up in the process, where Ottawa, owing to the vastly inferior Atlantic Division, gets a (relative to the Pens) easy road through to the conference final. You can really see the advantage showing itself early in this series.

 

The playoffs always need to be carrying the most weight, certainly, but the current format has the NHL regular season bordering on meaningless.

 

I suppose this could benefit the Sabres in the future, and I won't complain then, if it does, but still :p

Exactly, hush! ????

[Taro T]

I can't believe THIS Ottawa team has a chance to go to the final.

The NHL really needs to take a look at the current playoff format. Like them or hate them, there's no reason the reward for finishing 2nd overall for the Pens should be to have to battle through the 4th ranked team overall, followed by the 1st ranked team overall, getting very beat up in the process, where Ottawa, owing to the vastly inferior Atlantic Division, gets a (relative to the Pens) easy road through to the conference final. You can really see the advantage showing itself early in this series.

The playoffs always need to be carrying the most weight, certainly, but the current format has the NHL regular season bordering on meaningless.

I suppose this could benefit the Sabres in the future, and I won't complain then, if it does, but still :p

And if they followed the 'division, conference, cross, best' system, then Washington would've had the Rags in round 1 & the Otters in round 2. Pittsburgh would've had the BJ's then Moe-Ray-All. Those 2 likely would've survived & playing 2 western teams right now.

[Thorner]

And if they followed the 'division, conference, cross, best' system, then Washington would've had the Rags in round 1 & the Otters in round 2. Pittsburgh would've had the BJ's then Moe-Ray-All. Those 2 likely would've survived & playing 2 western teams right now.

Good point.

[bunomatic]

Phil Kessel looks like Zack Galifianakis on hangover. Doppleganger ?

[Thorner]

Oh my gosh Guy Boucher is trying to kill the game again. And the league is allowing this.

 

Another lucky bounce OT game I'm guessing?

 

Wake up, NHL. (Insert Roenick clip).

[CallawaySabres]

The Ottawa Devils, what crap hockey. I hope they lose the rest of these games and nobody ever models their team after them...die

[darksabre]

Real barn burner we got here

[Iron Crotch]

Personally, I find ultra-defensive hockey to be ultra-boring. The team that gets a lucky bounce will win. I dunno...

[I-90 W]

Personally, I find ultra-defensive hockey to be ultra-boring. The team that gets a lucky bounce will win. I dunno...

Ditto. I grew up on Albany River Rats and ADevs hockey borrrrrring.

[bunomatic]

I think Alan Garner scores in o.t.