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The Everything NHL Thread
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I really want to see the Rangers win this one. Not only are they my second favorite team (go Bruins!) but they are also the underdog.
OrbitingDeath
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Like the Kings and the Stars one, but at least it futures the Mighty Psyducks
Like the Kings and the Stars one, but at least it futures the Mighty Psyducks
As you can tell, I'm a fan.
Thanks for clearing that up. If memory serves me correctly this time, you designed the smogon skull-and-crossbones for the shirts. And yeah, good point overall.
Back on topic, how about them Kings? I wasn't able to watch games 2 and 3 as I was out of town but it looks like a pretty rough series with all the OTs. I see a lot of talk in this thread and on facebook with people saying that the east has had no chance against the west this season when comparing size and speed... it sure seemed like that in the beginning of the season. One more win and my team will have obtained more Stanley Cups than Anaheim which will sure piss off my friends who are Ducks fans. Looking forward to it.
For NYR to even win this series they need to do what the Kings did in R1 and become just the fourth team to win a series from a 3 game deficit. My fiance told me that she might be willing to drive to LAX if the Kings beat the Rangers tomorrow to welcome them home. Should be a blast if she could muster up the will and energy to go out (if it even happens).
e: ah yes, i knew something was a 4th lol.
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5th
'42 Leafs
Some Flyers team iirc
Some team twoish years ago (sharks?)
Kings this year
Would be the second team to do so in the finals ('42 Leafs having done so)
the two middle teams are the 2010 flyers and the 1975 islanders
Ya, LA was really lucky game 4.
Ok maybe not game 4, but they've definitely been having more puck luck overall. Plus their one goal was a lucky break(no pun intended), so not like they had nothing.
They have gotten luck. Coming back from 3-0, winning 3 Game 7s, and winning 3 straight OT games. But they spend so little time in their own zone that theyre going to get those lucky breaks more often than the other team.
Ehhhh...wouldn't say the comeback and game 7 wins were luck, and i'm a Ranger fan so you know where my bias lies. San Jose always sucks come playoffs, so the fact that they choked isn't too extreme. LA outscored their opponents something like 16-7 in those game 7s. But yeah game 7 WCF was lucky and game 2 SCF the 2OT win should've been a regulation loss but hey, not like King interfered with Hank or anything.....
http://deadspin.com/luck-is-hockeys-bullshit-dump-1589814304
I'll just go ahead and leave this here
(also don't forget the BoSox 3-0 comeback against the Yanks, that was the shit)
I'll just go ahead and leave this here
(also don't forget the BoSox 3-0 comeback against the Yanks, that was the shit)
Damn. I'd say rangers were close, but that'd be a bit of a lie :( Still, I hope people don't look at this series as just another 4-1 beating given LA. 4 one goal games, 3 overtimes, 2 Double OTs....great series for all the neutral or LA fans. Not so much for us Rags fans but other than them losing, it was a good 5 games of hockey. What does everyone think? Does 4-1 really tell you how close the series was? I'd argue no.
I think this is one of the few years in recent memory where the runner-up really isn't going to be looked at as a cup contender the following year. St. Louis is probably done, Richards has shown that he can't keep up; in all honesty, if it wasn't for Lundqvist standing on his head, Mcdonagh and Girardi playing well and some decent output from some lesser guys on the Rangers, I would be surprised if they made it past the first round. All in all the Rangers got some lucky bounces and were underestimated by the Pens, they were basically the least smelly turd out of their shitty conference.
Lol if our big name guys actually showed up at all, let alone a bit more. If they showed up at any point outside of philly, we might still be watching hockey. I think richards only goal after that was in the PIT series. And don't get me started on Nash....3 goals in 25 games, 2 of which were garbarge goals. What do you expect for $6.7 million and $8 million? Being clutch? Scoring goals when you need to? Lol I guess my expectations were too high, silly me. I wouldn't be surprised if Richie is amnestied after how he disappeared.
Granted there's personal bias from me but I'll try to breakdown your points.
Agree with you on richie, but not on St. Louis. Guy had 61 points/62 games before the trade, finished with 69/81, which is still a respectable total. Granted he could be another star whose skills die when they come to NY(Drury, Gomez, Richards, Redden, Nash?), he at least showed up in the playoffs. Plus Hank gets payed to stand on his head and steal games. That's what great goalies do. Besides, his competition wasn't exactly "elite level" (Emery/Mason, Fleury, Tokarski)
Girardi and Mac are a pretty capable top 2, so they should play well. Plus Girardi's turnover in game 1 cost that game and his corsi and fenwick #'s were ass. Output from lesser guys is something teams need to win championships. That's just depth. Kings had more of it. That and hank are why they got to the got to the finals. Wouldn't say other teams didn't get bounces so that's just puck luck. Pens getting knocked out by a lower seeded team and surrendering a 3-1 lead are nothing new. They seem complacent with their division championship banners. And i'd say the bruins didn't smell at all, they just lost to the olympic divi...i mean canadiens
Top scorer in the entire playoffs could have something to do with that. I was almost expecting Lundy to get it, but as a Kings fan and Williams jersey owner, I'm happy with the outcome!
In slow days in hockey...
1.) Penguins spurned by first head coach choice and screwed cause the best guy left is the guy they let go
2.) habs resign markov for THREE years (damn)...not sure what this means in regards to P.K. Subban and his restricted free agency
3.) hartnell traded to cbj for umberger and draft pick...no comment
4.) still no news on kesler / spezza / thornton trade locations (minus the no trade teams thornton and spezza submitted), kind of a big deal because good offensive centers changing teams always significantly changes team dynamics
thoughts?
1.) Penguins spurned by first head coach choice and screwed cause the best guy left is the guy they let go
2.) habs resign markov for THREE years (damn)...not sure what this means in regards to P.K. Subban and his restricted free agency
3.) hartnell traded to cbj for umberger and draft pick...no comment
4.) still no news on kesler / spezza / thornton trade locations (minus the no trade teams thornton and spezza submitted), kind of a big deal because good offensive centers changing teams always significantly changes team dynamics
thoughts?
My thoughts are that it feels good to be a Hurricanes fan watching our former GM destroy another team.