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13 minutes ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

7-1 

Was it a blowout as the score appears? 

This would be glorious to me except I have the Bruins losing in the final in my bracket.

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41 minutes ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

7-1 

Was it a blowout as the score appears? 

Yes. 
 

McAvoy took a cheap shot at Kucherov. After the whistle, Kucherov confronted him and McAvoy couldn’t even look him in the eyes. To me, this was the game changer of this series. Tough Bahstan suddenly isn’t tough enough to bully a team that isn’t even tough. 

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3 hours ago, Andrew Amerk said:

Yes. 
 

McAvoy took a cheap shot at Kucherov. After the whistle, Kucherov confronted him and McAvoy couldn’t even look him in the eyes. To me, this was the game changer of this series. Tough Bahstan suddenly isn’t tough enough to bully a team that isn’t even tough. 

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Funny how now Kucherov's the good guy for you. Lol I guess you've forgotten that little game in Sweden we had.......................

Boston's not intimidated, they just don't have the goaltending they had last year. Halak is Halak (inconsistent) and that other guy was dreadful.

Tampa will win it all. It actually is starting to seem obvious and anti climactic.  

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10 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

He's been pretty good. Makes you wonder right?

Yeah he's been effective. There were times when he was here too. Its just that those times pale in comparison to the negative plays or him simply not being on the ice at all because he couldn't stay healthy.

Others here made the point that i agree with, in that Bogo's mistakes are minimized or covered by the rest of the team when he's on the ice. If Bogo goes to clear the zone & its an errant clear off the boards, theres a litany of good players around him to bail him out. TBL are obviously a much better team than us so i think that point makes a lot of sense.

I also think Bogo is highly motivated. He finds himself in a great situation, something he must be thrilled with after the past few years.

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1 hour ago, In The Buff said:

Yeah he's been effective. There were times when he was here too. Its just that those times pale in comparison to the negative plays or him simply not being on the ice at all because he couldn't stay healthy.

Others here made the point that i agree with, in that Bogo's mistakes are minimized or covered by the rest of the team when he's on the ice. If Bogo goes to clear the zone & its an errant clear off the boards, theres a litany of good players around him to bail him out. TBL are obviously a much better team than us so i think that point makes a lot of sense.

I also think Bogo is highly motivated. He finds himself in a great situation, something he must be thrilled with after the past few years.

Absolutely. No question they've paired him with a pretty darn good player and there are guys covering for him when he gets caught out of position. But that isn't totally because they are a better team, just that they play like a team. All the good teams do this and that's a big part of why they are good teams. D man moves up the ice a forward drops back etc. It's a team thing and an adherence to the system they use. All too often over the years we play like individuals and players either stand around watching and waiting or they all chase the puck to the same spot. 

As for the motivation, sure, there's a good chance at a cup on the line and a new start for him it's like a lottery win for him regardless. But we as an organization treated him like crap. You treat your veterans like crap and they won't be motivated to do a damn thing for you.  JBot should have traded some of our surplus D men last year. It was a ridiculous situation he created. If he couldn't get anything for Bogo he should have traded someone else and let Bogo play the season out. Bogo paired with Dahlin was definitely not our worst D pairing. But he just shipped him off to the glue factory and we showed yet again that Buffalo is not a place hockey players look to come to. It was one of many disasters that define the current state of this franchise.

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NHL PLAYOFF GAMES SATURDAY

Game 4: Lightning vs. Bruins (TBL leads 2-1) – 12 p.m. ET, NBC – livestream: The best offense during the regular season finally broke out as the Lightning put up their most goals since January to take the lead in this series. Tampa won both games of a back-to-back, scoring four-plus goals in each.

Nikita Kucherov finished Game 3 by tying a franchise record for points (4) in a playoff game – previously accomplished by two of his teammates (Brayden Point in 2018, Tyler Johnson in 2016) and initially done by Vincent Lecavalier in 2011.

Jaroslav Halak won his first four starts in the elimination rounds, winning Games 3-5 in the First Round to eliminate Carolina and then winning Game 1 of this series. Halak allowed seven goals in those four games total but let in four goals in both Game 2 and Game 3. After Tampa’s fourth went in in Game 3, Halak was pulled and Dan Vladar played the rest of the game – letting in three more goals on 15 shots faced in his first-ever NHL appearance.

Game 3: Flyers vs. Islanders (Series tied 1-1) – 7 p.m. ET, NBCSN – livestream: The Flyers blew a two-goal third-period lead, but Philippe Myers scored 2:41 into overtime for Philadelphia to even the series. Philly jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period behind back-to-back goals from Kevin Hayes and then Sean Couturier’s first of this postseason. Trailing by two with under nine minutes to go in regulation, Anthony Beauvillier cut the deficit in half with his seventh of these playoffs, followed by trade deadline acquisition Jean-Gabriel Pageau tying the game with 2:09 remaining.

Philadelphia improved to 8-0 when scoring first this postseason (0-3 when allowing opening goal). The Flyers have not lost consecutive games since a four-game skid Dec. 31-Jan. 7, 2020.

[NBC 2020 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF HUB]

Game 3: Canucks vs. Golden Knights (Series tied 1-1) – 9:45 p.m. ET, NBCSN – livestream: After missing 10 games due to injury, Tyler Toffoli returned to the lineup in Game 2 and scored 89 seconds into the game (and just nine seconds into his first shift). Vancouver jumped out to a 2-0 lead and finished Vegas off during a 5-2 win to even up the series.

Vegas lost for just the second time this postseason (but for the second time in the last four games).

Bo Horvat scored twice to jump Joe Pavelski and Nathan MacKinnon for most goals this postseason with eight. This was the third time this postseason that Horvat scored twice in a game . Only two other Canucks franchise history have scored multiple goals three or more times in a single postseason: Pavel Bure (five times in 1994) and Cliff Ronning (four times in 1992).

Two nights after Robin Lehner recorded his first career postseason shutout, he allowed four goals on 26 shots. Peter DeBoer has not indicated who will start Game 3, though prior to the postseason he said he would use both Lehner and Marc-Andre Fleury.

SUNDAY’S NHL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE
Game 4: Avalanche vs. Stars (DAL leads 2-1) – 6 p.m. ET, NBCSN (livestream)
Game 4: Flyers vs. Islanders (Series tied 1-1) – 8 p.m. ET, NBC (livestream)
Game 4: Canucks vs. Golden Knights (Series tied 1-1) – 10:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN (livestream)

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I really want to watch that Boston-Tampa Bay game but I know I'm going to miss at least the first period.  Hopefully it's on the radio--I mean real, over-the-air radio.

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Just now, Wyldnwoody44 said:

I wish they would shut up and just play hockey already. 

While I tend to agree, it can only be viewed as a positive.

This topic is OLD. A NEW topic should be started unless there is a VERY SPECIFIC REASON to revive this one.

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