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Post by jkr on May 10, 2017 21:25:27 GMT -5
Total defensive shutdown by Pittsburgh. I thought I was frustrated with the Habs...I don't have any words for the Capitals. They had some chances, but could not get anything going during the third period at all. The Caps won the President's Trophy again...they should be able to find a way to break through. That effort was certainly not acceptable for a Game 7 at home. Ovie's playoff futility continues. I'm very angry if I'm a Caps' fan. Cripes...Toronto almost took them to Game 7. Washington has all the pieces. A HOF forward with good support, strong D corps and a top flight goalie. Add in a strong coaching staff. I can't figure out how a team like that has never gone beyond the 2nd round. By the time next season starts Ovechkin will be 32. How much longer can he produce at a high level. |
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Post by seventeen on May 10, 2017 22:55:58 GMT -5
Total defensive shutdown by Pittsburgh. I thought I was frustrated with the Habs...I don't have any words for the Capitals. They had some chances, but could not get anything going during the third period at all. When Fleury makes a save with the shaft of his stick, you know things aren't bouncing for the opposing team. |
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2017 23:42:10 GMT -5
Draisaitl took a pretty nasty slash in the final minute of play there. No call.
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Post by CentreHice on May 11, 2017 8:14:19 GMT -5
Oilers and Leafs.....exceeding expectations this season...and looking up.
Preds in 6.
Pens in 5.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2017 8:25:38 GMT -5
The officiating wasn't in the Oilers' favour in this series. I didn't like that there wasn't goalie interference on Talbot in Game 5 and I didn't like that the slash on Draisaitl went uncalled in the final minute. Not that it took away a scoring chance, since the play was in the neutral zone, but it's incredible what is and isn't called in the playoffs.
I think it was Skilly who said that the NHL is the only league that has different standards for playoff games vs. regular season games. It's hard to argue that.
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Post by Boston_Habs on May 11, 2017 8:44:03 GMT -5
Man, those Caps. Another 2nd round exit to the Pens, another loss at home in Game 7. I thought they would roll after pounding Pittsburgh in Game 6, but there's just something about that group that tightens up when the pressure is on. Fleury made some nice saves, but a getting shutout in that situation is unacceptable.
Still lots of good pieces there, but I'm wondering if now is the time to trade Ovechkin. He's 31 years old with 4 years left at $9.5 million. That's a big contract for anyone to absorb.... but I'd rather have 4 years of Ovie at $9.5 million than 9 years of Weber at $7.8 million.
Weber for Ovechkin?
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2017 8:51:22 GMT -5
It's odd, BH. The Habs have the same issue as the Caps do: unable to score when it matters.
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Post by Willie Dog on May 12, 2017 17:05:42 GMT -5
It's odd, BH. The Habs have the same issue as the Caps do: unable to score when it matters. Maybe the caps should hypnotize OV to think he's playing for team Russia when its the NHL playoffs... |
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Post by CentreHice on May 13, 2017 1:20:32 GMT -5
PK with a nice fake slapper and pass to Neal, whose one-timer wins it in OT.
Preds are on a mission...
I thought they might have wasted their chance when they didn't score on a long 5-on-3 in the third--Anaheim with two "puck over the glass" calls.
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Post by Gogie on May 13, 2017 8:51:31 GMT -5
It's going to be hilarious when PK is playing in the finals and thumbs his nose at the Habs' brass (figuratively). Seems Nashville management has a better idea of how to build a Stanley Cup contender than the Habs' management. "Sigh".
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Post by seventeen on May 13, 2017 11:33:14 GMT -5
PK had a good game last night. He started off Nashville's second goal with a solid zone exit as well. You can still see the bias, however. Kelly Hrudey (who seems to be one of the worst) tried to put the blame for Anaheim's tying goal on PK. Lindholm takes a wrist shot from the point that Rinne saw almost all the way, he misses it and it's Subban's fault?
Wasn't Hrudey also one of the guys promoting PK being a second pairing defenseman? Hrudey's very 'old school' and sometimes it works and other times he needs to take his head out of his donkey.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2017 9:50:13 GMT -5
What a playoff Bobby Ryan's having. Set up Pageau and scored the OT winner.
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Post by blny on May 14, 2017 12:03:18 GMT -5
I had to chuckle last night. The panel was doing everything it could not to call the Senators 'system' the trap. Like trying to avoid a 4 letter word, they danced around it.
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Post by CentreHice on May 15, 2017 22:08:54 GMT -5
Sens with another rope-a-dope...especially in the third. I was expecting them to tie it when they had no choice but to turn up the heat later in the period...such is the way the playoffs have gone for them.
Doing all they can the only way they can.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2017 22:48:57 GMT -5
What a dull game.
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Post by CentreHice on May 16, 2017 22:25:03 GMT -5
Nashville undefeated on home ice in these playoffs.
An exciting 2-1 win.
The Ducks are reminding me a bit of the 2011 Bruins in terms of what's not being called.
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Post by seventeen on May 17, 2017 0:01:27 GMT -5
Crazy what the refs refuse to call.
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Post by blny on May 17, 2017 3:07:38 GMT -5
Ducks remind me of the 07 Ducks. Tackle your way through.
Third period was too late for me on a work night. Watching highlights, I think the disallowed goals were called right. Preds kept coming by the look of things.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on May 17, 2017 7:24:03 GMT -5
The Preds deserved that win. Good effort by the boys in those yellow unis. Heck of a more entertaining series than the Boucher trap-fest. Zzzzz. It is the only way the Sens can play with the Pens, but boy are "Canada's team" the big time weak link of the final four. And for the record, I am not buying into this feeble attempt at Canada's team in this case. Hope they crash and burn.
Go Preds! It is a bit half hearted, but keeps me cheering a bit.
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Post by blny on May 17, 2017 7:57:30 GMT -5
The Preds deserved that win. Good effort by the boys in those yellow unis. Heck of a more entertaining series than the Boucher trap-fest. Zzzzz. It is the only way the Sens can play with the Pens, but boy are "Canada's team" the big time weak link of the final four. And for the record, I am not buying into this feeble attempt at Canada's team in this case. Hope they crash and burn. Go Preds! It is a bit half hearted, but keeps me cheering a bit. I've never bought into the whole "cheer for us cause we're based in Canada" argument. So? I'm not about to find out which team has the most Canadian born players on it, but they all have a contingent. |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on May 17, 2017 8:04:26 GMT -5
The Preds deserved that win. Good effort by the boys in those yellow unis. Heck of a more entertaining series than the Boucher trap-fest. Zzzzz. It is the only way the Sens can play with the Pens, but boy are "Canada's team" the big time weak link of the final four. And for the record, I am not buying into this feeble attempt at Canada's team in this case. Hope they crash and burn. Go Preds! It is a bit half hearted, but keeps me cheering a bit. Did you see PK Subban last night ... I think the only one on Montreal I saw with a similar compete level might have been Brendan Gallagher ... as for the Sens, I grew up in Ottawa but I've never been able to jump on their bandwagon ... I'm actually hoping for a Pittsburgh/Nashville final and, like the PK Subban/Shea Weber trade, it has little to do with hockey ... Cheers. |
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Post by CentreHice on May 17, 2017 11:03:51 GMT -5
The Preds deserved that win. Good effort by the boys in those yellow unis. Heck of a more entertaining series than the Boucher trap-fest. Zzzzz. It is the only way the Sens can play with the Pens, but boy are "Canada's team" the big time weak link of the final four. And for the record, I am not buying into this feeble attempt at Canada's team in this case. Hope they crash and burn. Go Preds! It is a bit half hearted, but keeps me cheering a bit. I've never bought into the whole "cheer for us cause we're based in Canada" argument. So? I'm not about to find out which team has the most Canadian born players on it, but they all have a contingent. Just did a quick espn check of the rosters of the 4 remaining teams. Ottawa has 20 Canadian-born players listed. Pittsburgh is next with 16. Anaheim with 14. Nashville with 12. For me, the nationalistic lines drawn in hockey were erased long ago. The Cold "Ice" War is over.... (Sorry, about the EDIT in your post. I thought I hit QUOTE.....) |
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Post by blny on May 17, 2017 11:18:04 GMT -5
I've never bought into the whole "cheer for us cause we're based in Canada" argument. So? I'm not about to find out which team has the most Canadian born players on it, but they all have a contingent. Just did a quick espn check of the rosters of the 4 remaining teams. Ottawa has 20 Canadian-born players listed. Pittsburgh is next with 16. Anaheim with 14. Nashville with 12. For me, the nationalistic lines drawn in hockey were erased long ago. The Cold "Ice" War is over.... (Sorry, about the EDIT in your post. I thought I hit QUOTE.....) No worries. I'd likely not have noticed.  |
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Post by seventeen on May 17, 2017 12:47:02 GMT -5
I was only able to catch the first period and last 3 minutes of the game. I actually thought Anaheim was playing better than Nashville in the first. Their passes were better and they were transitioning better. Nashville only had one good scoring chance that I saw. Obviously the ice tilted in the 2nd because Nashville's possession stats took off from there. It appears they did indeed deserve the win. It's disappointing to see the Ducks playing that clutch, grab and interfere model. They're a good skating team, but rugby suits their style better than hockey. It's probably Carlyle's fault. Never liked him as a coach. Anyway, here's hoping Nashville gets past them. WE don't need a reversion to that crappy style of hockey used by the Ducks.
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Post by blny on May 17, 2017 13:16:08 GMT -5
I was only able to catch the first period and last 3 minutes of the game. I actually thought Anaheim was playing better than Nashville in the first. Their passes were better and they were transitioning better. Nashville only had one good scoring chance that I saw. Obviously the ice tilted in the 2nd because Nashville's possession stats took off from there. It appears they did indeed deserve the win. It's disappointing to see the Ducks playing that clutch, grab and interfere model. They're a good skating team, but rugby suits their style better than hockey. It's probably Carlyle's fault. Never liked him as a coach. Anyway, here's hoping Nashville gets past them. WE don't need a reversion to that crappy style of hockey used by the Ducks. Ducks definitely had Preds smothered in first. Carlyle has them playing the way they did when he was there before. It's not a blatant trap like Boucher, but combine with their 'tackling techniques' and they can take a team's speed away. |
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Post by CentreHice on May 17, 2017 17:03:03 GMT -5
A true speed-skill-possession team should be able to beat the trap.
But if clutch/grab/interference isn't going to be called, that's on the refs.
And it makes a mockery of the regular season, during which such nonsense IS called--preventing a lot of teams from making the show!
Not only is the double-standard in place during the playoffs for both teams....but one team may get what equates to a triple-standard...a la the 2011 Bruins.
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Post by CentreHice on May 17, 2017 19:33:04 GMT -5
Another Cinderella Pinball goal for the Sens.
Up 2-0 in the first.
Now 3-0...Fleury might get yanked...
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Post by CentreHice on May 17, 2017 19:35:56 GMT -5
Yep...now 4-0.
Fleury gone...
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Post by jkr on May 17, 2017 19:39:11 GMT -5
Yep...now 4-0. Fleury gone... He should be. Goals 1 and 4 were just bad goaltending. |
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Post by CentreHice on May 17, 2017 19:47:02 GMT -5
Yep...now 4-0. Fleury gone... He should be. Goals 1 and 4 were just bad goaltending. I always have the feeling that Fleury's going to break.... Here's Murray's chance to re-live last year's groove. If he keeps it at 4, he might get the next start. Pens got caught early and stayed flat-footed. Sens have had more than their share of Lady Luck thus far. EDIT: Turned it off after 5-0. 5-1 final. Does Murray get the next start? |
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