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I'm gonna choose not to make any predictions. I'll just say that the third period was inexcusable and they better clean their act up before Game 6.

Felt like we had to wait forever to get some playoff OT in Round 1. Now we're getting OT galore, except for the Florida/Boston series, which is trading blowouts

It felt like the Rangers/Devils series last year where the two teams beat each other to a pulp and the only thing on the line was bragging rights because either team would get clobbered against Carolina in the following round.

I saw the game-tying goal go in and I missed overtime. The first time I checked the score after OT started, the Rangers had already won. It's strange how I didn't get that sinking feeling that usually comes with the opponent scoring a late tying goal. This Rangers team is just unbelievable.

Just popped into this thread to say that all the singular name options are horrible and that trend should be killed with fire.

LETS GOOOOOOOOOO What an unbelievable game.

Honoring Vick's legacy by giving his number to another running back

Titans font is worse (Rams too because I hate gradients)

Ottawa, what are you doing??

If the Avs beat the Stars and draw the Oilers in the WCF, I don't see that ending well for Edmonton. Colorado has the high end offensive talent to outgun even McDrai, plus they can play a defensive, grindy-style of game if necessary. I could see that series having a couple wild shootouts, but I mostly see it being more like that game in March where the Avs won in the last second of 3v3 overtime.

Who's your conference final and Cup picks? I'd say FLA/NYR and DAL/EDM NYR over DAL Chalk ass playoffs indeed.

Truly at a loss for words regarding the Leafs. What do you even do at this point? This core just can't get it done. Eight postseasons with this core, one series win.

They changed the name because the history and tradition behind it did not resonate with Tennessee residents at all.

I really hate monchrome, but when it really goes overboard is with designs that have already been oversimplified. It's especially bad with stripeless pants. Monochrome is bad, but these are really bottom of the barrel:

I literally fell asleep watching that game halfway through. Agreed, better team won. Still wish we got a 0-0 multiple OT marathon though.

I think whether they makes many drastic changes will also depend a lot on which stars show up. Nylander had his big game last night, they'll need more from Marner and Matthews (if he plays).

Hey, I've seen this one before

This Leafs/Bruins feels like one of those games where a loss would be a brutal, franchise-altering loss for either team should they lose.

Leafs/Bruins Game 7 at TD Garden. As it was always meant to be.

Isn't half your team gonna be free agents at the end of this season? Seems like this season might be your one big shot. You've solved the scoring and goaltending, this is probably the strongest iteration of these Hurricanes yet. It's gonna be a tough series.

No one. Leave it in the past.

I'm probably gonna repeat this about every Rangers series until the end of time: I expect this one to go 7. There are very few cases where the Rangers have been able to finish an opponent off early.

Ok but did the Jazz leaving New Orleans involve nearly the amount of anger and bitterness that the Oilers leaving Houston did? That's another big part of it to me. Would you consider the Thunder wearing Sonics throwbacks against a future Seattle NBA team or the Nationals wearing Expos throwbacks against a Montreal MLB team to be a respectable tribute?

I am absolutely not from Houston and can't speak for anyone, but I find it extremely hard to believe that the Titans just wanted to do a tribute to the Oilers by choosing to wear the throwbacks against Houston. The closest comparison I have to this situation is the Carolina Hurricanes wearing Whalers throwbacks, which Connecticut residents are pretty much universally pissed about. It really does feel like a shallow cash grab that's disrespectful towards the previous city to me, and I know I'm not alone in that sentiment.