(NHL Playoffs) Rite of Spring 2017: can't go on, no, I'll go on

[Still MIGHTY 1,687]

9 minutes ago, OnWis97 said:

The Wild sneak their 44th shot past Allen to send it into OT.

 

Central time zone teams in the West...

 

Wasn't that an 8:45 local start too? Rough.

[OnWis97 2,001]

3 minutes ago, Still MIGHTY said:

 

Wasn't that an 8:45 local start too? Rough.

Something like that.  Just underway in OT at 11:30.

[Brass 1,542]

Parise tied it with what? 23 seconds left?

 

ST. LOUIS BLUES HOCKEY©

[ninersdd 340]

One down!

[Still MIGHTY 1,687]

Well well well well well well well... Party's not so fun when you lose, is it Edmonton?

 

Gotta play the full 60. Looking at you too, St. Louis.

 

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Edmonton loses in OT. Edmundson wins it in OT.

[OnWis97 2,001]

Fortunately for St. Louis, they are playing a Minnesota team.  

[FGM13 659]

The playoffs sure are tiring when your team is in it. Really shoddy effort by the Oilers tonight, Sharks were all over them for most of the game, and while the refs were pretty bad the discipline has to improve or they'll get steamrolled. On to game 2!

[SabresRule7361 301]

1 hour ago, maz said:

Still not counting them out. Maybe if the Pens win Game Two I'll feel more comfortable. There were some stretches of that game where Columbus really carried the play (16-3 in shots after the first? Yeesh.)

 

Fleury isn't one to count out, either. He's backstopped two cup runs (one of which was a winner), after all. If Murray is really hurt and Fleury's the guy this spring, then I hope he's able to prove that those abysmal playoff performances for a while there were mostly due to those teams' total lack of defense.

 

I also wouldn't consider only being without Letang a "wrecked defense". If anything, it's more defensively solid without the turnover/stupid penalty/out of position machine back there.

 

Even without Letang, this isn't exactly a shaky blueline corps after him ala, say, 1996 outside of Zubov.

 

They weren't exactly giving up goals by the bushel.

[SabresRule7361 301]

First 20 minutes, Sharks looked like they were picking off where they left off last June- a step slow against a faster team.

 

And then the old guys turned it around just like that.

[rams80 2,693]

Game 1 of the "You bastards divided by zero series" goes to the Blues.  Yay.

[McCarthy 6,059]

In addition to that poor performance, Donatos delivered an undercooked, overcheesed pizza to my house and I felt sick after eating it.  They're usually my favorite pizza. 

 

 

[maz 129]

9 hours ago, SabresRule7361 said:

 

Even without Letang, this isn't exactly a shaky blueline corps after him ala, say, 1996 outside of Zubov.

 

They weren't exactly giving up goals by the bushel.

I was more referring to a previous poster's comments about a wrecked defense. I'm inclined to agree with you, the Pens have a damn solid defense. Even when their bottom four became the top four, they held it down this year. 

[Brass 1,542]

 

Playoff hockey is back in Edmonton!!

[HedleyLamarr 1,230]

15 hours ago, maz said:

I also wouldn't consider only being without Letang a "wrecked defense". If anything, it's more defensively solid without the turnover/stupid penalty/out of position machine back there.

You're clearly not familiar with Ron Hainsey.....

[Morgo 2,010]

Toronto with the lead 1:35 in

 

[ninersdd 340]

15 minutes ago, Morgo said:

Toronto with the lead 1:35 in

 

Should be 2 now. Kadri didn't touch him.

 

it counts!

[Morgo 2,010]

Now it is 2, wow...

[Bruins 509]

Umm...So much for that.

 

That was ugly

[CS85 4,995]

Blackhawks game 1 strategy:

 

MOD EDIT

Edited April 14 by crashcarson15
I don’t think we need to see animals defecating in an NHL playoff thread.

[mcj882000 354]

Yup, that's what I wanted to see when I opened this thread, thanks for that.