2018 NHL Playoffs: Round 2

[Stoner]

Rust on the backcheck. Wow.

 

Just how nervous is a Pens fan supposed to be?

[bunomatic]

Great deflection by the pred. Call on the ice is no goal but he was clearly low to the ice.

Good goal.

[Iron Crotch]

Great deflection by the pred. Call on the ice is no goal but he was clearly low to the ice.

Good goal.

 

Seemed pretty obvious it was below the crossbar. I wonder why it took Toronto so long to confirm it.

[bunomatic]

Seemed pretty obvious it was below the crossbar. I wonder why it took Toronto so long to confirm it.

They were looking for every possible angle to screw the Preds. ;)

Pitts done

[ubkev]

And there goes my bracket.

 

 

Let's go Vegas. Win the whole thing.

[GoPre]

Wow the Washington/Pittsburgh game is intense!

 

 

And now the Caps are moving on. Fun game to watch!

Edited May 8, 2018 by GoPre

[bob_sauve28]

That's it for the pens

[Randall Flagg]

The end of an incredible run by Pittsburgh. 

Happy for Ovie.

[bob_sauve28]

Caps show how deep you have to be to win.

[ubkev]

The end of an incredible run by Pittsburgh.

 

Happy for Ovie.

I'm also happy for Ovi. I'd like to see him get a cup.

[Iron Crotch]

Good for Washington. Barry Trotz is a class act.

[Randall Flagg]

Nobody would have blamed the Caps for blowing it up and making big changes even two summers ago, after their loss in 15-16. Then they lost the same way in 16-17. They just kept at it and it worked.

[bcsaberks]

I'm also happy for Ovi. I'd like to see him get a cup.

Same. Good for him, tired of the choke narrative.  But think any of 3 remaining Western teams beat Caps in 5.

[Iron Crotch]

Phil Forsberg is really good.

[ubkev]

Nice goal for forsberg

[darksabre]

Laviolette just now when asked how they cover with Mike Fisher out: "We have a lot of centers", rattles off a list, "we'll get it done."

 

Man. That's it, isn't it? Just loads of centers and just play them at wing. Whatever.

[Iron Crotch]

Laviolette just now when asked how they cover with Mike Fisher out: "We have a lot of centers", rattles off a list, "we'll get it done."

 

Man. That's it, isn't it? Just loads of centers and just play them at wing. Whatever.

 

 

Johanssen, Bonino, Turris, Jarnkrok, Sissons, Watson all came into the league as Centers or have played Center at the NHL level.

 

...the complete opposite of the end of Darcy Regier's reign where we had almost no natural centers on the roster (which we all know didn't work too well)!

OMFG... that was stoopid by Forsberg.  :blink:  :w00t: 

[stuuuuuuuuu]

So much better than the Canadian Cherry.

Don Cherry's schtick may not be aging well but as a 90's kid who received a copy of Rock em Sock em hockey every year for Christmas, I'll always have a soft spot for the old coot.

 

 

Pre YouTube and 100000 tv channels these highlight reels set to "eurotrash" techno were absolute gold.

 

I still toss them on for the boys before a big beer league game

Edited May 8, 2018 by Stu

[Wyldnwoody44]

Game 7

[Iron Crotch]

I need the Preds to win Game 7 against Winnipeg... If so I'll be in Nashville for the Vegas series (have tickets to games 1 and 2).

[Wyldnwoody44]

I just want my bracket to do well, let's go preds

[Stoner]

Suck on THAT, Pittsburgh!!!!

 

Go Sabres!!!!!

[That Aud Smell]

I am actually happy for the Caps.

 

Also: The last time they made it to the conference finals, they beat the Sabres in the conference semi-finals.

[Eleven]

I am actually happy for the Caps.

 

Also: The last time they made it to the conference finals, they beat the Sabres in the conference semi-finals.

 

No.  They beat the Sabres in the conference finals.  Bruins, then Senators, then Sabres.  I was at at least one game in each series.  (It was really really easy to get free tickets because they had no fans.)

Edited May 8, 2018 by Eleven

[That Aud Smell]

No.  They beat the Sabres in the conference finals.  Bruins, then Senators, then Sabres.  I was at at least one game in each series.  (It was really really easy to get free tickets because they had no fans.)

 

Daggum memory. I thought they'd beat us in round 2.

 

What happened to the Caps in the SCF that year?

 

As you can tell, I'm not cross-checking things with Google.

 

Also: What year was the loss to Pittsburgh where Hasek let in a not-great goal to end the series and skated off the ice as though he'd been shot out of a cannon?