Stanley Cup Playoffs

[jersey cubs fan]

the regular season ended a while back people and we're already a couple days into round 1.

 

Put your playoff hockey talk in here

[Derwood]

Going to my first ever Stanley Cup playoff game on Sunday. Can't wait

[jersey cubs fan]

Going to my first ever Stanley Cup playoff game on Sunday. Can't wait

pray it ends in regulation

[Derwood]

Going to my first ever Stanley Cup playoff game on Sunday. Can't wait

pray it ends in regulation

 

Good news is its a 6pm start.

 

Bad news is I have to be at work at 5am on Monday

[Derwood]

2 goals in like 75 shots over first two games. FML.

[CubInOK]

There's no way sticking the Edmonton Connor McGods with a 10:45 PM ET start is good for the NHL.

[Derwood]

Well this game is nuts. CBJ up 3-1 after six minutes. What a fun game to be at. This crowd is bonkers

[Brian707]

Well this game is nuts. CBJ up 3-1 after six minutes. What a fun game to be at. This crowd is bonkers

 

 

Damn, was really hoping the Jackets would have won. Crazy game to go to though.

[Derwood]

Well this game is nuts. CBJ up 3-1 after six minutes. What a fun game to be at. This crowd is bonkers

 

 

Damn, was really hoping the Jackets would have won. Crazy game to go to though.

 

Bobrovsky is playing like horsefeathers and the Jackets have no answer for the Crosby line

[biittner77]

Every team I want to win is now trailing in their series except for Edmonton and Toronto.

[philosophizer75]

The Pens are looking like they might have gotten hot at the right time again. I think the Jackets can win 1 here, but I can't see them taking this series much further than 5.

 

Pretty excited about them playing either the Caps or the Leafs in the next round. I'll probably go to one of the games in DC if its Pens-Caps.

[Derwood]

I'm highly annoyed that Marc-Andre Fleury was pushed into action this series and turned into the second coming of Patrick Roy this series.

[philosophizer75]

They rode him to one Stanley Cup forever ago, and Fleury has always struck me as being a guy whose performance issues after that were mental in nature.

 

Maybe having the job thrust upon him was a good thing, didn't have time to psyche himself out.

[17 Seconds]

caps fans have to be numb to hockey by now

[Banedon]

https://twitter.com/davelozo/status/858821722002378753

[UMFan83]

How scared is the NHL of the possibility of Edmonton, Nashville and/or Ottawa making the SCF? 8 of the last 9 SCF have had Chicago, NY, Boston or Pittsburgh involved and the other one was LA vs NYC metro (which had terrible ratings).

[bukie]

How scared is the NHL of the possibility of Edmonton, Nashville and/or Ottawa making the SCF? 8 of the last 9 SCF have had Chicago, NY, Boston or Pittsburgh involved and the other one was LA vs NYC metro (which had terrible ratings).

The NHL is probably thrilled at the potential of Canadian teams in the SCF. They're falling over themselves begging for the scenario.

[biittner77]

How scared is the NHL of the possibility of Edmonton, Nashville and/or Ottawa making the SCF? 8 of the last 9 SCF have had Chicago, NY, Boston or Pittsburgh involved and the other one was LA vs NYC metro (which had terrible ratings).

The NHL is probably thrilled at the potential of Canadian teams in the SCF. They're falling over themselves begging for the scenario.

 

No one in America cares about the NHL playoffs unless it's Chicago. Even then, I wonder if the ratings would be down in wake of the Cubs winning the World Series making what the Hawks have done recently as sort of yesterday's news.

[Derwood]

 

No one in America cares about the NHL playoffs unless it's Chicago. \

 

wait what?

[jersey cubs fan]

How scared is the NHL of the possibility of Edmonton, Nashville and/or Ottawa making the SCF? 8 of the last 9 SCF have had Chicago, NY, Boston or Pittsburgh involved and the other one was LA vs NYC metro (which had terrible ratings).

The NHL is probably thrilled at the potential of Canadian teams in the SCF. They're falling over themselves begging for the scenario.

I would think they'd be thrilled with PIT/NYR vs EDM, and okay with the Ducks but extremely disappointed in any of the other teams. EDM has the allure of the historical franchise with ties to Gretzky, but they aren't going to be happy with Ottawa. Nobody cares a bit about Ottawa.

[UMFan83]

How scared is the NHL of the possibility of Edmonton, Nashville and/or Ottawa making the SCF? 8 of the last 9 SCF have had Chicago, NY, Boston or Pittsburgh involved and the other one was LA vs NYC metro (which had terrible ratings).

The NHL is probably thrilled at the potential of Canadian teams in the SCF. They're falling over themselves begging for the scenario.

I would think they'd be thrilled with PIT/NYR vs EDM, and okay with the Ducks but extremely disappointed in any of the other teams. EDM has the allure of the historical franchise with ties to Gretzky, but they aren't going to be happy with Ottawa. Nobody cares a bit about Ottawa.

 

Edmonton would be ok also because of McDavid. I'm just basing it on the fact that the last time Edmonton and Ottawa participated in the SCF, the numbers were anemic. Granted this was immediately after a crippling lockout, but the numbers make it hard for me to believe that the NHL is begging for Edmonton or Ottawa to make the SCF.

 

Of course I'm only considering the US audience. I'm guessing the Canadian TV audience is much less elastic based on who is actually in the SCF, but I don't know that for a fact.

 

Also, you don't think Washington would get a pretty good audience? DC metro is 6th largest in the country, have a big name star that resonates about as much as anyone in hockey, have a recent tortured history, and a title starved fan base.

[jersey cubs fan]

Also, you don't think Washington would get a pretty good audience? DC metro is 6th largest in the country, have a big name star that resonates about as much as anyone in hockey, have a recent tortured history, and a title starved fan base.

nobody is actually a capitals fan

[jersey cubs fan]

[17 Seconds]

that's pretty crappy. i didn't think there was any way the pens could be stopped before this injury.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Oilers vs Senators plz