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

[Kramerica Industries]

Flaming pile of crap performance from the Lightning tonight, too, in mentioning things that actually are relevant in a playoff discussion thread.

[Unocal]

I've been absent from this thread by usual standards recently because I was gone over the weekend (my siblings had college graduations this weekend).

 

What would be the best SCF matchup of the four teams left?

[The_Admiral]

I don't know, why don't you tell us? You've never lacked for observations regarding how terrible every sports team is to you.

[Sport]

I liked it better when the Penguins were completely incapable of winning a playoff game in overtime.

 

I should've known they'd eventually start winning some of those. 

[Alex Houston]

If Couture can produce a little more and the power play improves a bit, I think the Sharks can sneak one out against Canada's Team. On the other hand, even if they go back to the coast down 0-2, I think the panic and usual doom and gloom should be saved if they gone down 3-0 or 3-1. 

 

Also, from what little I've seen on the ECF, it seems like Tampa can give more fits than I initially realized. 

[worcat]

#RallyBoobs

 

http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/relationships-and-special-occasions/parenting/aisha-sultan/article_903604a5-fb11-5cb3-999a-359464481c3d.html

[Cosmic]

Not sure I buy her surprise at the attention when their kid was already internet famous for taunting Jon Cooper from those exact seats.

[worcat]

Yeah, I don't buy her story. If you don't want the attention then don't put your :censored: out.

 

 

Oh well, Let's Go Boobs!

[The_Admiral]

nothing like a nice pair of boobs on a hot summer day, now who's with me

[tp49]

So if the Blues win it all will they have the boobs etched onto the cup?

[Alex Houston]

I felt kind of belittled and degraded as a female," she said. "I was there to cheer my team on, not to be seen."

 

I tend to sympathize with the feminist crowds who say "this is what I was wearing", but you mean to tell me you didn't notice them floppy sandbags being pretty damn hard to notice? Especially with how focused on appearance many women are?

 

[Cosmic]

Quote

Rothschild asked whether the same kind of attention would have been lavished on a man, even a topless one, sitting in the same seat. 

Let's see, there's:

- Paul MacLean's twin

 

-Green suit guys

 

-Astronaut

 

Those are just off the top of my head.  

 

If you're behind the glass next to the penalty boxes or the benches, you're going to be on TV.  If there's something memorable, like disembodied giant cleavage, people will notice.  I know if I paid the kind of money those seats cost, I'd check it out at least once and see what I looked like on TV.

[ninersdd]

This is uncharted water for the Sharks since they've always been down 2-0 in every single conference final. Nice job to silence the Blues tonight!

[Alex Houston]

17 minutes ago, ninersdd said:

This is uncharted water for the Sharks since they've always been down 2-0 in every single conference final. Nice job to silence the Blues tonight!

 

True. I remember I went out with friends to a beer even thing back in 2011 so I couldn't even see them get their only win last time out. On another note, I was thrilled to see the defensive effort put forward and if we could hold serve at home, I'd have to permit myself to feel real good about those odds. 

[ninersdd]

Milbury with some interesting comments: http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2016/5/17/11697046/mike-milbury-concussions-comment-nbcsn-nhl-sharks-blues-game-2

[rams80]

Fun fact:  The Blues have never won more than 10 playoff games in a single season.

[Kramerica Industries]

If I wasn't a TB fan, I'd say this series is already over.

 

2-1 isn't a problem. That the Penguins have just about twice as many shots on net as the Lightning do, however, is a major problem, and it looks like that dam has just about broken with what happened in the 3rd period tonigh. And until the Lightning are able to figure out how to adjust to the Penguins' aggressive forecheck, and find ways to actually exit the zone with the puck so that the Penguins D's aren't simply re-grouping and starting new zone attacks, this problem will only exacerbate itself some more.

 

The simpler explanation, and the painfully truthful one, is that the Penguins are simply the better team. I just didn't think the discrepancy was this enormous. 

[RyanMcD29]

I don't know what's more surprising.. "Get Ready For This" being used as a goal song in the year 2016 or a team other than the Red Wings making "Get Ready For This" a thing in the year 2016.

 

And yet it's still a huge upgrade over the Casio Keyboard Preset Playlist of "Rock and Roll Part 2", "DUN DUN DUN, DUN DUN DUN", and "DUUNNN DUUNNN DUUN DUUUNNN DUN DUN DUN DUUUNNNN /clap /clap"

[chcarlson23]

I'm by no means a Blues fan, but I've been rooting for them after the Wild got eliminated, (mostly because of Backes and Brodziak) but I'm even a little worried for the Blues the way this is going... Yikes this game is awful for St. Louis. They are outshooting the Sharks though. 

[Cosmic]

The Sharks' arena doesn't have room for the backup goalie to sit on the bench?!?!?!