2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs Thread

[TruffleShuffle]

luongo basically took that series back from the kings. for all the talk about how he might have been weak in games 2 and 3 or weak down the stretch, without him playing at his best, the kings probably win this series going away. don't get me wrong, the 'nucks dominated the play, but he made 3 critical saves that basically either kept his team in it or literally saved the game. lots of goalies might be able to make those saves, but he actually did.

 

i didn't think quick played all that well last night either. the goalies were definitely the reason that vancouver won last night; i thought the kings outplayed vancouver overall in that game.

 

meh. in a shock to no one, kings go 0-4 with randy jones on the ice in the playoffs.

 

no idea why you guys claimed him or why he dressed in the playoffs. granted he has the physical tools to be a good d-man, but he just makes so many dumb plays - drop passes in the neutral zone to the other team, being 30 feet away from where he should be in his own zone, pinching on a puck he has no shot at when there's a clear 2-on-1 behind him, etc.

[Drew Doughty]

i get why we claimed him...harrold is a 7th dman/13th forward and i want to say there were concerns about drewiske at the time, but i can't remember when he got claimed exactly. lombardi didn't want to rush anyone into a crappy role. the only problem with him was his usage. he is a 12 minute a night defender. he got, i'm gonna guess, around 18+ minutes on some nights. i think he was 4th in ice-time in game 1, but i haven't seen the numbers for the other 3 games he played.

 

it's really a shame that davis drewiske got hurt early in the season. he was really solid to start the year and had a nice finish to last year. basically the anti-jones. plays safe, makes smart plays at the blue line in the offensive zone, gets the puck out of trouble. after he got hurt, he never found his groove again though. he looked really shaky every time he was on the ice. if he stays healthy all season, we probably don't have to deal with jones in the playoffs.

 

quick, honestly, was pretty bad after game 1. even in game 2...we could have had that in regulation if he didn't blow the first goal for sure, and i think he could have even played the 2nd goal better. he was very good for about 2/3 of the season, but it seemed obvious to everyone watching that he was just run into the ground. murray overused him badly. i guess i don't blame him, getting into the playoffs was the goal this year. i just don't see why he was so opposed to using ersberg. i can only think of one solid game he had after the olympic break. game 1 was pretty much it.

 

eta: i meant to say, the 'nucks dominated the play throughout the series. at 5 on 5, they beat us so badly. goals were like 20-7 at 5 on 5 or some ridiculous stat like that. we actually outplayed them, finally, in game 6. goaltending did cost us though.

[TruffleShuffle]

man, if halak stands on his head one more time, the caps could be out.

 

would be crazy to see an eastern conference semis of pittsburgh versus montreal and philly versus boston.

[TruffleShuffle]

just watched some of the highlights of the caps-habs game. varlamov gave up two bad goals. i don't know if washington can win a cup with that goaltending; getting out of the first round is proving difficult enough.

[bukie]

just watched some of the highlights of the caps-habs game. varlamov gave up two bad goals. i don't know if washington can win a cup with that goaltending; getting out of the first round is proving difficult enough.

Washington has been defensively challenged all year, they've just had the offense to make up for it.

[Drew Doughty]

oddly enough, their defense wasn't a problem tonight. it was purely goaltending. i can't think of one really good scoring chance the habs had, but varlamov did indeed lose that for them. as much as halak stole that, varlamov should have kept them in it early on.

 

if the caps play like that again, though, they'll make it to round 2.

[17 Seconds]

just saw that montreal had 3 diving penalties. lolllll

[kujay]

just saw that montreal had 3 diving penalties. lolllll

 

Their reputation preceeds them.

[TruffleShuffle]

just saw that montreal had 3 diving penalties. lolllll

 

Their reputation preceeds them.

 

this isn't a new thing with them:

[sneakypower]

there's a much much much better Ribiero embellishment, let me see if i can find it

 

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oh my god, the sound effects make it even that much better

[Magnetic Curses]

all of these remind me of dan hamhuis.

[TruffleShuffle]

all of these remind me of dan hamhuis.

 

i really really really hope this isn't referring to the hossa hit.

[Magnetic Curses]

oh get over it, the guy played in the next game, he was absolutely fine.

[TruffleShuffle]

oh get over it, the guy played in the next game, he was absolutely fine.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c82-k7Ce12M

 

if you really think the guy dove into the boards at 90 mph then you're even more deluded than i thought. his body bounced two feet back off the boards.

[Magnetic Curses]

and he was really really hurt, so hurt that he played well in the next game

[TruffleShuffle]

and he was really really hurt, so hurt that he played well in the next game

 

yes because every dirty play ends up with somebody horribly maimed. you must love the NHL's rule of punishing the injury and not the infraction. clearly your eyes are not working so i'll leave this discussion now, unless someone else who's reasonable cares to weigh in.

[17 Seconds]

there's a much much much better Ribiero embellishment, let me see if i can find it

 

edit:

 

oh my god, the sound effects make it even that much better

 

still my favorite dive-

 

[Magnetic Curses]

and he was really really hurt, so hurt that he played well in the next game

 

yes because every dirty play ends up with somebody horribly maimed. you must love the NHL's rule of punishing the injury and not the infraction. clearly your eyes are not working so i'll leave this discussion now, unless someone else who's reasonable cares to weigh in.

 

wow, this means a lot to you, huh?

 

not saying the play wasn't dirty, just that hamhuis wasn't as injured as he let on.

[E.J.]

I was playing around on nhl.com earlier and noticed they have the playoffs streaming online. You can watch the games tonight....for $20. What a deal!

[E.J.]

there's a much much much better Ribiero embellishment, let me see if i can find it

 

edit:

 

oh my god, the sound effects make it even that much better

 

that's awesome.

[TruffleShuffle]

and he was really really hurt, so hurt that he played well in the next game

 

yes because every dirty play ends up with somebody horribly maimed. you must love the NHL's rule of punishing the injury and not the infraction. clearly your eyes are not working so i'll leave this discussion now, unless someone else who's reasonable cares to weigh in.

 

wow, this means a lot to you, huh?

 

not saying the play wasn't dirty, just that hamhuis wasn't as injured as he let on.

 

he went into the boards really fast; at the very least i'm sure the wind was completely knocked out of him. it only means something to me because you're so wrong.

[UMFan83]

I cannot wait for this game tonight.

[17 Seconds]

I cannot wait for this game tonight.

 

should be an insane atmosphere. the phoenix crowds have been pretty good

[NewUserName]

The finally call cussing diving this series and it was against detroit...aaaggghhh

[Magnetic Curses]

and he was really really hurt, so hurt that he played well in the next game

 

yes because every dirty play ends up with somebody horribly maimed. you must love the NHL's rule of punishing the injury and not the infraction. clearly your eyes are not working so i'll leave this discussion now, unless someone else who's reasonable cares to weigh in.

 

wow, this means a lot to you, huh?

 

not saying the play wasn't dirty, just that hamhuis wasn't as injured as he let on.

 

he went into the boards really fast; at the very least i'm sure the wind was completely knocked out of him. it only means something to me because you're so wrong.

 

and it only means something to me because you're so passionate about this. my first post was half-kidding. i just decided to keep it going because it's such a huge issue to you.