Norcal Posted June 11, 2021 Author Report Posted June 11, 2021 Final Four is set. Will the Habs or Islanders upset and interrupt a potential Las Vegas Tampa Bay clash for the cup? Quote
French Collection Posted June 11, 2021 Report Posted June 11, 2021 I’m thinking a Tampa repeat. Montreal has been the underdog in every series, even more now. Price could steal a game or two but I would not put money on the Habs. I would have loved a Tampa vs Colorado final. 2 Quote
Norcal Posted June 11, 2021 Author Report Posted June 11, 2021 1 minute ago, French Collection said: I’m thinking a Tampa repeat. Montreal has been the underdog in every series, even more now. Price could steal a game or two but I would not put money on the Habs. I would have loved a Tampa vs Colorado final. Vegas looks strong right now but Tampa is the defending champs until they aren't. I was hoping for a Tampa Colorado final as well but it should be good whoever advances. I'm not counting the Islanders or Canadiens out just yet, in a 7 game series anything can happen. More good hockey, coming up! Quote
Norcal Posted June 11, 2021 Author Report Posted June 11, 2021 1 minute ago, Taro T said: Go Habs. Go Cheaters. TB is $18 mil over the cap. Are any others over in the final four? 1 minute ago, Norcal said: TB is $18 mil over the cap. Are any others over in the final four? Never mind, they are all over the cap to varying degrees with TB being the worst followed by the NYI, Canadiens and Vegas Quote
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted June 11, 2021 Report Posted June 11, 2021 All four teams are good. The Sabres suck. 2 Quote
Thwomp! Posted June 11, 2021 Report Posted June 11, 2021 Anyone but Tampa. They're dirty and them being able to add Kucherov for the playoffs is a ridiculous joke. 1 2 Quote
PerreaultForever Posted June 11, 2021 Report Posted June 11, 2021 Anybody but the Cheaters, but they will probably win. One would assume it'll be Vegas and Tampa fairly easily but those two mucking hard work teams have gotten this far so who knows. With Cheaterov the Tamp PP is lethal but then again those NYSaints don't take many penalties so with great goaltending they have a chance. A longshot, but a chance. Quote
steveoath Posted June 11, 2021 Report Posted June 11, 2021 I really hope habs and Isles make the final. It'll be funny to see the talking heads loose their ***** when there's 6 goals in the whole series 😂 2 Quote
Hawerchuk Posted June 11, 2021 Report Posted June 11, 2021 Vegas, get your brooms ready. Gonna sweep Les Habs! I'm picking NYI in the other series. Upset time. VEGAS vs ISLANDERS for the Stanley Cup. Quote
Radar Posted June 11, 2021 Report Posted June 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Hawerchuk said: Vegas, get your brooms ready. Gonna sweep Les Habs! I'm picking NYI in the other series. Upset time. VEGAS vs ISLANDERS for the Stanley Cup. Hope the Islanders can get it done! 1 Quote
gomper Posted June 12, 2021 Report Posted June 12, 2021 I'm going with the underdogs. NY/MTL. Both teams play such an effective playoff style. Gap control for both is outstanding. It's one thing to freewheel over the line and another to be choked off, forcing a player to go to the rough areas to make a play. Taylor Hall and the Avs found that out. 2 Quote
pastajoe Posted June 12, 2021 Report Posted June 12, 2021 Tampa didn’t cheat, they used the rules available for maximum benefit. I’d be upset if the Sabres were in the same position and didn’t do it. Blame the owners and NHLPA who agreed to such rules. I’ll be rooting for Tampa to beat Vegas in the finals. 1 Quote
Thorner Posted June 12, 2021 Report Posted June 12, 2021 (edited) Picked Habs to win last series. They have zero chance against the Knights, who are my Cup pick right now I hope the Lightning beat the Islanders and I assume they will - I'm tired of hearing about Lou Lamoriello being a Maestro Edited June 12, 2021 by Thorny 1 Quote
lost in dc Posted June 12, 2021 Report Posted June 12, 2021 Vegas, baby. Lightning strikes again. I’d love to see Vegas win the cup but Tampa wins. Quote
stinky finger Posted June 12, 2021 Report Posted June 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Thorny said: Picked Habs to win last series. They have zero chance against the Knights, who are my Cup pick right now I hope the Lightning beat the Islanders and I assume they will - I'm tired of hearing about Lou Lamoriello being a Maestro LL IS a maestro. I want more of it. I want Buffalo to emulate their model. Shy away from the high end, "superstar" acquisitions and procure a team of tenacious, hungry hockey players that BUY IN. That's my dream team. More Lou, please. I digress. Habs and Islanders are clearly big UDs here. But will fight with everything they have and should provide entertaining hockey. The Isles stand a better chance to upset. GO ISLES!!! 1 1 Quote
French Collection Posted June 12, 2021 Report Posted June 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Thorny said: Picked Habs to win last series. They have zero chance against the Knights, who are my Cup pick right now I hope the Lightning beat the Islanders and I assume they will - I'm tired of hearing about Lou Lamoriello being a Maestro It’s the Canadian media pointing fingers at Dubas that is putting Lou in the spotlight.The Little Cap Wizard doesn’t know how to build a team and that is causing much angst over here. Quote
stinky finger Posted June 12, 2021 Report Posted June 12, 2021 20 hours ago, steveoath said: I really hope habs and Isles make the final. It'll be funny to see the talking heads loose their ***** when there's 6 goals in the whole series 😂 One can hope. 1 Quote
Thorner Posted June 12, 2021 Report Posted June 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Leaf Blower said: LL IS a maestro. I want more of it. I want Buffalo to emulate their model. Shy away from the high end, "superstar" acquisitions and procure a team of tenacious, hungry hockey players that BUY IN. That's my dream team. More Lou, please. I digress. Habs and Islanders are clearly big UDs here. But will fight with everything they have and should provide entertaining hockey. The Isles stand a better chance to upset. GO ISLES!!! I said I was sick of it, not that there's no truth to it Quote
Sabres Fan in NS Posted June 12, 2021 Report Posted June 12, 2021 MUST WIN!! GO HABS!! GO ISLANDERS!! Quote
stinky finger Posted June 12, 2021 Report Posted June 12, 2021 9 minutes ago, Thorny said: I said I was sick of it, not that there's no truth to it I heard you. Personally, I like his team building and that's he's been able to it in different eras with success. He is well deserving of any accolades. We'd be fortunate to have his services. Quote
SwampD Posted June 12, 2021 Report Posted June 12, 2021 7 hours ago, pastajoe said: Tampa didn’t cheat, they used the rules available for maximum benefit. I’d be upset if the Sabres were in the same position and didn’t do it. Blame the owners and NHLPA who agreed to such rules. I’ll be rooting for Tampa to beat Vegas in the finals. The problem is that Tampa is a most favored team, though. They do it and the are lauded for their tactic. If the Sabres did it, they would be clamoring for rules changes (see: draft lottery.) Quote
Sabel79 Posted June 12, 2021 Report Posted June 12, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, pastajoe said: Tampa didn’t cheat, they used the rules available for maximum benefit. I’d be upset if the Sabres were in the same position and didn’t do it. Blame the owners and NHLPA who agreed to such rules. I’ll be rooting for Tampa to beat Vegas in the finals. It's only not cheating if the league subsequently (and retroactively) changes the cap rules to screw Tampa as hard as possible, like they did to the Sabres and Ehrhoff. I might be salty about that to this very day. Edited June 12, 2021 by Sabel79 stoopid typos Quote
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