NHL Playoffs (First Round) discussion

[PerreaultForever]

Jets being Jets.

Canucks couldn't close out either. That series could still go either way. 

[Kristian]

The Leafs should let Matthews sit for the remainder of the series, they just played their best game of the series without him.

[SwampD]

  On 5/1/2024 at 2:09 AM, PerreaultForever said:

 

Amazing how different people can see totally different things isn't it?

Bruins with their classic game 5 choke. 

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The only thing that made it good was the situation and not knowing the outcome. The hockey itself was pretty bad. Lots of reaching, no tape to tape passes,… very scrambly. Everyone was holding their stick too tight. I feel like Boston will calm down and close it out next game.

EDIT: The other thing that made it good was not having to see Matthew’s porn stache.

Edited May 1, 2024 by SwampD

[Flashsabre]

Leafs can’t win at home but man if they gutted out a game 6 win then the amount of pressure on Boston in Game 7 to not blow back to back 3-1 series leads would make that game fascinating to watch

Edited May 1, 2024 by Flashsabre

[SwampD]

I know someone else mentioned this, but the home whiteout is just stupid when the away team is wearing white. So dumb.

[nucci]

  On 5/1/2024 at 5:11 AM, PerreaultForever said:

Jets being Jets.

Canucks couldn't close out either. That series could still go either way. 

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so you're saying either Preds or Canucks can win?

  On 5/1/2024 at 12:33 PM, SwampD said:

I know someone else mentioned this, but the home whiteout is just stupid when the away team is wearing white. So dumb.

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another reason the NHL needs to go back to home whites

[Pimlach]

  On 5/1/2024 at 1:09 AM, SwampD said:

This TO Bruins game is quite bad.

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  On 5/1/2024 at 1:34 AM, Pimlach said:

Leaves vs Broons.  
 

Good game. 

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  On 5/1/2024 at 2:09 AM, PerreaultForever said:

 

Amazing how different people can see totally different things isn't it?

Bruins with their classic game 5 choke. 

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I was joking with @SwampD as I only saw the game starting from the last 8 minutes or so.  

I think the Bruins will finish the Leaves off in Toronto.  Hope so anyway.  

I was in New England a few weeks ago.  They are not too excited about the Bruins.  Very fickle and spoiled fans.   The bartender told me "they suck this year".   LOL 

They have no idea the pain Sabres fans have had.  None.  

[Thorner]

  On 5/1/2024 at 12:33 PM, SwampD said:

I know someone else mentioned this, but the home whiteout is just stupid when the away team is wearing white. So dumb.

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It’s asinine lol. I mention it every chance I get

  On 5/1/2024 at 1:44 PM, nucci said:

so you're saying either Preds or Canucks can win?

another reason the NHL needs to go back to home whites

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The jets can choose 

[PerreaultForever]

  On 5/1/2024 at 1:44 PM, nucci said:

so you're saying either Preds or Canucks can win?

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You're trying to be a smartass I get that but yes, yes I am. 

The Canucks were ahead 3-1 but Preds actually outplayed them in Nashville so the possibility of this being tied up and getting a game 7 where anything can happen is very real. This is a closer series than most people expected. 

[PerreaultForever]

  On 5/1/2024 at 3:19 PM, Pimlach said:

 

 

I was joking with @SwampD as I only saw the game starting from the last 8 minutes or so.  

I think the Bruins will finish the Leaves off in Toronto.  Hope so anyway.  

I was in New England a few weeks ago.  They are not too excited about the Bruins.  Very fickle and spoiled fans.   The bartender told me "they suck this year".   LOL 

They have no idea the pain Sabres fans have had.  None.  

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Oh I know. Their bar is very high compared to the Sabres. If they lose this series there will be a ton of critiques with "fire Sweeney" "fire Monty" "Jacobs sucks" They have very high expectations and one could say they are very spoiled. Passionate group though. They don't accept failure as easily as some around here. 

Sabres are a joke to them. Very rare for them to even consider Sabres as existing, but when they do they generally use them as an example(s) of what you don't want to do. 

[That Aud Smell]

  On 5/1/2024 at 3:19 PM, Pimlach said:

I was in New England a few weeks ago.  They are not too excited about the Bruins.  Very fickle and spoiled fans.  The bartender told me "they suck this year".   LOL 

They have no idea the pain Sabres fans have had.  None.  

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Greater Boston is a very strange sports town. Up until fairly recently, the essential pecking order was (1) Sox, (2) Celtics, and (3) whichever of the Patriots or Bruins are playing better.

But I think the combination of NFL being king and the Patriots being a dynasty twice-over has permanently altered that pecking order. Bruins are probably now securely the 4th most important sports team in that region.

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This Vegas game is lively.

The Leaves-Brooins game yesterday was indeed kind of yucky. Whichever team wins that series is going to be owned.

[Indabuff]

WTF kinda call was that?!  It didn't even look like a hit.

[French Collection]

What a save by Oettinger on the Stephenson breakaway.

[Indabuff]

Yessssss Dallas

[Pimlach]

Stars beat Vargis,  take 3-2 lead. 

[OverPowerYou]

Look at that. It’s time to go to bed and the series I want to watch is just starting. 

[Thorner]

Oilers are *frauds*. Cannot score other than the power play and the officials are going out of their way to make it their personal mission to have them on the power play as much as possible today 

Edit - and yet another. Functionally a power play goal as returning player had just stepped on 

Edited May 2, 2024 by Thorny

[PerreaultForever]

Oilers won't get past whoever wins the other division. Hard to say who that will be but Dallas looked pretty solid tonight. 

[WhenWillItEnd66]

Been watching a lot of the western games and they definitely do not disappoint!!! Colorado is definitely looking like King of the West for now and the Dallas/Vegas games are incredible!! This is what exciting playoff hockey is! I would love to see Avs/Panthers in the final. That would be incredible!

[Archie Lee]

  On 5/2/2024 at 3:59 AM, Thorny said:

Oilers are *frauds*. Cannot score other than the power play and the officials are going out of their way to make it their personal mission to have them on the power play as much as possible today 

Edit - and yet another. Functionally a power play goal as returning player had just stepped on 

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I could not disagree more.  Post-pandemic, 90% of NHL fan-bases would be so lucky to have such a fraudulent team to root for. 

Just looking at their roster and at who is producing for them night after night and it seems to me they have reached that point of critical mass where they have a high # of players who are either in, approaching, or just coming out of their prime performance years. 

Once you get down to 8 NHL teams, the road is tough (this is not the NHL I grew up watching where 12/16 or 16/21 teams were in the playoffs). 

Watching the Oilers and watching all the former Sabres who are in the playoffs, just reinforces how terribly the Sabres managed the post-tank years. It is really just the past couple of years that we should be a top 5-6 contender. 

[Doohicksie]

A little local flavor from Dallas.  Bally Sports is still televising the games in this market, with local commercials.  This one is by a health care chain and depicts Jake Oettinger as a superhero:

 

Edited May 2, 2024 by Doohickie

[matter2003]

Leafs will extend to game 7 only to get bounced again as usual.

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  On 5/2/2024 at 1:29 PM, matter2003 said:

Leafs will extend to game 7 only to get bounced again as usual.

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Bahstahn was uncharacteristically flat last game. I don't expect them to come out that way for game 6. Which doesn't mean they won't, just that I don't expect them to.

[Jorcus]

  On 5/2/2024 at 12:33 PM, Doohickie said:

A little local flavor from Dallas.  Bally Sports is still televising the games in this market, with local commercials.  This one is by a health care chain and depicts Jake Oettinger as a superhero:

 

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Does his super power enable him to figure out my insurance plan?