2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs First Round

[Doohicksie]

I believe the #1 seed wins about 25% of the time (I looked it up a while ago).  It's like the lottery:  the team that finishes #1 has the greatest likelihood of winning it all, but there's still a statistical distribution.  I know when I lived in Detroit in the 1990s, there was a superstitious belief that even touching the President's Trophy was bad luck, so the players didn't even accept the trophy.  They posed with it, but wouldn't touch it.

[Kruppstahl]

1 hour ago, Doohickie said:

I believe the #1 seed wins about 25% of the time (I looked it up a while ago).  It's like the lottery:  the team that finishes #1 has the greatest likelihood of winning it all, but there's still a statistical distribution.  I know when I lived in Detroit in the 1990s, there was a superstitious belief that even touching the President's Trophy was bad luck, so the players didn't even accept the trophy.  They posed with it, but wouldn't touch it.

Same with the Conference championship trophies; the players would never touch those for superstitious fear it would somehow hurt their ability to touch the real prize, the Cup.

Although in the last few years I have seen players celebrate a little with the POW Trophy or the Campbell Bowl more than in the past.

 

 

[PromoTheRobot]

I feel like I can't be disappointed in the Leafs-Bruins series. Either team loses I'll be happy.

Edited April 11, 2019 by PromoTheRobot

[bob_sauve28]

Loving this Leafs Bruins series. I guess I'm pulling for the Leafs 

[JJFIVEOH]

7 hours ago, Doohickie said:

I believe the #1 seed wins about 25% of the time (I looked it up a while ago).  It's like the lottery:  the team that finishes #1 has the greatest likelihood of winning it all, but there's still a statistical distribution.  I know when I lived in Detroit in the 1990s, there was a superstitious belief that even touching the President's Trophy was bad luck, so the players didn't even accept the trophy.  They posed with it, but wouldn't touch it.

I forget, it's either 8 of the last 24 or 8 of the last 32 President's Trophy winners have gone on to win the Cup. 

After seeing Tampa lose last night, I think it would be great to see Torts beat his old team. 

[Zamboni]

Nice goal by Backstrom there. Nice screen.

[Zamboni]

And another ... wow

[bob_sauve28]

Mitch Marner! 

[JJFIVEOH]

Well, who's going to be up to watch the last game?

[freester]

Can we offer sheet Marner??

[WildCard]

5 minutes ago, freester said:

Can we offer sheet Marner??

Realistically could we afford him? Offer sheeting him would cost us four 1st round picks.

And, that's on top of paying him the 10.5M/year he wants.

I think it's much more likely he takes a bridge deal and hits UFA sooner

[Thorner]

Urghh. I want to see the Sabres in these games. So much.

[Brawndo]

15 minutes ago, WildCard said:

Realistically could we afford him? Offer sheeting him would cost us four 1st round picks.

And, that's on top of paying him the 10.5M/year he wants.

I think it's much more likely he takes a bridge deal and hits UFA sooner

Toronto will match any offer

But a 5 year 11.5 Million AAV, would ***** their cap royally. 

No GM will offer sheet anyone unfortunately.

[Gatorman0519]

Toronto waxed the Bruins tonight. 

[Zamboni]

3 minutes ago, Gatorman0519 said:

Toronto waxed the Bruins tonight. 

With the idiot Marchand, Watch what the Bruins come back and start doing next game ...

[bobs0108]

I am rooting for all the non Canadian based teams first then I want Boston and Pittsburgh to lose. 

[Zamboni]

Glad Caps won

 

 

The Calgary/Colorado game is intense and fast!

[spndnchz]

2 minutes ago, Zamboni said:

Glad Caps won

 

 

The Calgary/Colorado game is intense and fast!

I like the pbp  guy ??

[Zamboni]

5 minutes ago, spndnchz said:

I like the pbp  guy ??

Game 1 Matchup	Play-by-Play	Analysts
CBJ-TBL	John Forslund	Pierre McGuire
PIT-NYI	Kenny Albert	AJ Mleczko, Brian Boucher
STL-WPG	Dave Randorf	Louie DeBrusk, Scott Oake
DAL-NSH	Chris Cuthbert	Joe Micheletti
VGK-SJS	Alex Faust	Mike Johnson
TOR-BOS	Mike “Doc” Emrick	Mike Milbury, Brian Boucher
CAR-WSH	Brendan Burke	Pierre McGuire
COL-CGY	Gord Miller

[NAF]

1 hour ago, freester said:

Can we offer sheet Marner??

A more realistic alternative might be to make an offer for Kapanen or another guy the Leafs won't be able to pay because of the contract Marner will demand.

[spndnchz]

15 minutes ago, Zamboni said:

Game 1 Matchup	Play-by-Play	Analysts
CBJ-TBL	John Forslund	Pierre McGuire
PIT-NYI	Kenny Albert	AJ Mleczko, Brian Boucher
STL-WPG	Dave Randorf	Louie DeBrusk, Scott Oake
DAL-NSH	Chris Cuthbert	Joe Micheletti
VGK-SJS	Alex Faust	Mike Johnson
TOR-BOS	Mike “Doc” Emrick	Mike Milbury, Brian Boucher
CAR-WSH	Brendan Burke	Pierre McGuire
COL-CGY	Gord Miller

Think I have CBC feed 

Just always meant “playoffs!” To me

Burke on ‘to the point’

[Doohicksie]

Mike Smith playing out of his mind in CGY.

[Zamboni]

30 minutes ago, NAF said:

A more realistic alternative might be to make an offer for Kapanen or another guy the Leafs won't be able to pay because of the contract Marner will demand.

“Realistic” ... “and offer sheet” aren’t a good match to use in the same sentence.

ill go out on a stable limb here and say there won’t be one (or more) offer sheet the entire off season.

[matter2003]

I swear if I see that SloMo commercial and hear that guy say "You cant get a worse..." One more time I am going to through something through the TV...so annoying.

[Zamboni]

Nice win by Calgary.

Calgary took advantage of their opportunities. 

Colorado could not.

And Mike Smith was a wall ...