2016 NHL Playoffs, Rite of Spring: "You thought God was an architect"

[AHcreative]

Here we go... Ken Hitchcock's last game as coach of the St. Louis Blues. 

[The_Admiral]

19 minutes ago, HedleyLamarr said:

When Vancouver finally took out the Blackhawks in that 7th game (instead of finishing them off in 4-5...probably the weakest Chicago team since their run started)

 

2011 was a garbage roster but still came to play in that series. If Canuck Kryptonite Dave Bolland had been healthy (he missed most of the series with a concussion), they probably knock Vancouver out in six, garbage roster notwithstanding. 2012's team lost Toews down the stretch and was just a big dud. Other than the '09 Red Wings in season zero of the dynasty, the Coyotes were the only team to knock the Hawks out before Game 7 sudden death.

[infrared41]

OK, Blues, last night on BASS, I officially climbed back aboard the bandwagon of the damned. Try not to embarrass me too much. 

[teddthebucfan]

37 minutes ago, infrared41 said:

OK, Blues, last night on BASS, I officially climbed back aboard the bandwagon of the damned. Try not to embarrass me too much. 

It took all of thirty-six minutes. Congratulations.

[CS85]

Roommate is furious with me because I would rather watch game 7 of this series than Game of Thrones.  I have officially delayed viewing GoT for 2 days, and thus am a terrible friend.

[Cujo]

Trying to figure out if the Blues are more like the Sharks or the Bengals...

[infrared41]

4 minutes ago, CS85 said:

Roommate is furious with me because I would rather watch game 7 of this series than Game of Thrones.  I have officially delayed viewing GoT for 2 days, and thus am a terrible friend.

 

Sounds like your roommate has some messed up priorities. 

[infrared41]

46 minutes ago, teddthebucfan said:

It took all of thirty-six minutes. Congratulations.

 

It ain't over til...oh  it, who am I kidding? It was over before the national anthem ended. 

[ninersdd]

Hopefully the Ducks and Preds try to kill one another in Game 7!

[infrared41]

9 minutes ago, Cujo said:

Trying to figure out if the Blues are more like the Sharks or the Bengals...

 

The Blues are more like the Blues. 

[Still MIGHTY]

Game 7 on Wednesday it is...

 

 

      

 

Go Ducks...

[DDR]

I either need to chug some Maalox or be a lot drunker to handle this. I friggin' love/hate playoff hockey.

[Sport]

Blues - Blackhawks is the Bengals-Steelers of the NHL. The Blues could have a lead, a better team, home crowd. They will find a way to blow it. 

[infrared41]

4 minutes ago, DDR said:

I either need to chug some Maalox or be a lot drunker to handle this. I friggin' love/hate playoff hockey.

 

Yup. It's exquisite misery. 

[CS85]

The Jekkyl/Hyde nature of these Blackhawks tonight doesn't make me feel good about the outcome, but I've been wrong a billion times.  Feel like 3-2 is your final.

[infrared41]

6 minutes ago, McCarthy said:

Blues - Blackhawks is the Bengals-Steelers of the NHL. The Blues could have a lead, a better team, home crowd. They will find a way to blow it. 

 

Pretty much. The Blues taking the lead just makes the inevitable collapse that much worse. If I were a Blues fan, I think I'd prefer just giving up the go ahead goal at 2-2 over losing a 3rd period lead. On BASS, I predicted that the final score in this one would be 5-3 Hawks with the 5th goal being an empty netter. Looks like everything is right on course. 

[Alex Houston]

28 minutes ago, Cujo said:

Trying to figure out if the Blues are more like the Sharks or the Bengals...

 

Bengals. Sharks can actually win a playoff series. 

[Alex Houston]

9 minutes ago, McCarthy said:

Blues - Blackhawks is the Bengals-Steelers of the NHL. The Blues could have a lead, a better team, home crowd. They will find a way to blow it. 

 

Yknow this is a pretty good analogy. 

[hbgoo1975]

What playoff team has the least canadians in their roster? USA will never win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics, but it's likely that hicktowns like Nashville, OR other US Cities will most likely win the Cup. I'm not happy about posting this though.....

[habsfan1]

That double post was nothing less than a divine intervention for the Blues.