2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs

[jersey cubs fan]

Playoffs started tonight, Edmonton just scored their first of what will likely be many goals. 

[Derwood]

Oh, this is what good hockey looks like

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I thought that the dumba hit on pavelski was pretty clean and just unfortunate that Pavelski fell awkwardly and hit his head on the ice. It was the fall that did the sickening damage, not the impact of the hit.

 

Only thing I wish is that they would eventually legislate out the "exploding upward" style of hot.  Dumba comes in low and makes contact with the shoulder, but as soon as contact is made he drives upwards with his legs to explode through the hit.

 

Those kinds of hits are legal, but they add way more force than is needed to separate player from puck and frequently (though not this time) lead to head contact 

 

[Derwood]

The Oilers blew it at the end. They're going to blow it again despite having the best player on the planet. They are truly the Anaheim Angels of hockey

[Old Style]

Let's go Hurricanes.

[stoutdude04]

8 hours ago, Hairyducked Idiot said:

I thought that the dumba hit on pavelski was pretty clean and just unfortunate that Pavelski fell awkwardly and hit his head on the ice. It was the fall that did the sickening damage, not the impact of the hit.

 

Only thing I wish is that they would eventually legislate out the "exploding upward" style of hot.  Dumba comes in low and makes contact with the shoulder, but as soon as contact is made he drives upwards with his legs to explode through the hit.

 

Those kinds of hits are legal, but they add way more force than is needed to separate player from puck and frequently (though not this time) lead to head contact 

 

I thought it was a little late.  That entire series is going to be physical.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

1 hour ago, Derwood said:

The Oilers blew it at the end. They're going to blow it again despite having the best player on the planet. They are truly the Anaheim Angels of hockey

Darnell Nurse had himself a night 

On the tying goal in the closing seconds, he had the guy in front of the net tied up. Pass comes through to the back door and he panics and lunges toward that guy, which is 100% the wrong thing to do.  That guy got the shot off before he had even turned around, he had no chance of influencing that part of the play.  But the guy he left wide open at the top of the crease puts it the rebound.  You have to trust your goalie to make the save and protect him from the rebound.

The ot goal, he got caught in the weirdest no man's land.  I understand the pk formation they were playing requires him to stay loose and not just go one-on-one the shooter in the middle, but there's no way he was supposed to be so far back that his feet were in the blue paint.  Second goalie isn't a position.

 

[17 Seconds]

leafs getting whooped by tb again

[minnesotacubsfan]

10 hours ago, Old Style said:

Let's go Hurricanes.

F-any team that is Chicago or Canadian

[17 Seconds]

nothing like Toronto melting down with stupidity in the playoffs

[Tim]

1 minute ago, 17 Seconds said:

nothing like Toronto melting down with stupidity in the playoffs

Damn. We want Tampa losing as soon as possible

[UMFan83]

50 minutes ago, Tim said:

Damn. We want Tampa losing as soon as possible

Do we? I mean please go ahead and get swept in the next year but the Leafs annual first round flameout is too hilarious. Now I know why neutral fans would randomly cheer against the Cubs before we won the World Series

[Tim]

1 hour ago, UMFan83 said:

Do we? I mean please go ahead and get swept in the next year but the Leafs annual first round flameout is too hilarious. Now I know why neutral fans would randomly cheer against the Cubs before we won the World Series

We have their first and second round draft picks. We want them to lose.

[UMFan83]

2 minutes ago, Tim said:

We have their first and second round draft picks. We want them to lose.

Psh. Still want Toronto to lose lol

[jersey cubs fan]

10 hours ago, Tim said:

Damn. We want Tampa losing as soon as possible

 

7 hours ago, Tim said:

We have their first and second round draft picks. We want them to lose.

 

7 hours ago, UMFan83 said:

Psh. Still want Toronto to lose lol

I’ve fully embraced the “make davidsons job more difficult” mindset here. Tanking shouldn’t be rewarded. It would be great if this shameless nonsense blew up in their face.  Theyll be plenty bad enough next year to pick high and probably the year after that. They’ve got two first rounders each of those years and a slew of 2nds. If losing a couple slots at the back end of the first makes a difference you aren’t any good anyway. 
 

and Toronto losing again is funny. 

[Tim]

7 minutes ago, jersey cubs fan said:

 

 

I’ve fully embraced the “make davidsons job more difficult” mindset here. Tanking shouldn’t be rewarded. It would be great if this shameless nonsense blew up in their face.  Theyll be plenty bad enough next year to pick high and probably the year after that. They’ve got two first rounders each of those years and a slew of 2nds. If losing a couple slots at the back end of the first makes a difference you aren’t any good anyway. 
 

and Toronto losing again is funny. 

I get it. But I would like to be able to actively cheer for the team to win again as soon as possible. Gimme Bedard and all the other good players. 

[Old Style]

13 hours ago, minnesotacubsfan said:

F-any team that is Chicago or Canadian

It's strictly gambling related, my rooting interest.

[jersey cubs fan]

brutal own goal by islanders 

[jersey cubs fan]

11 seconds between goals for wild. 

[Hairyducked Idiot]

And thats two games Darnell Nurse has cost the Oilers by abandoning his man in front of the net to lunge at a puck-carrier he can't get to.

A true No. 1 defenseman is sneaky mandatory to win hockey championships.

[jersey cubs fan]

Edmonton in the process of [expletive] the bed against kings 

[Derwood]

13 hours ago, jersey cubs fan said:

Edmonton in the process of [expletive] the bed against kings 

Guess they just made it to the toilet in time

[17 Seconds]

rangers blowing it

[Transmogrified Tiger]

[Derwood]

Home ice means literally nothing in this opening round