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Post by folatre on Apr 20, 2019 16:34:46 GMT -5
Oshie is a not elite, but he is a major piece of the puzzle for the Caps and a big game player. That is unfortunate.
Radulov is a beast. Man, it is going to take time to get over the summer of 2017. At least Bergevin gave us all some free advice about the utility of dogs as companions.
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 20, 2019 16:56:18 GMT -5
Rads with 2 goals....Dallas goes home with a 3-2 lead.
We have the wrong Benn....
He easily pushed Ellis out of the play in setting up Radulov's second goal. Half-looked as if Ellis bailed on going for the puck in the first place.
Benn, Seguin, and Rads were ON.
Watson with a brutal pass to the middle in his own zone...right to Dickinson for his 2nd.
Would've been nice for Rinne to make a save there, but the puck was placed just over his extended pad and under the glove.
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Post by franko on Apr 20, 2019 19:39:13 GMT -5
Blues v Jets second period, men v boys
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2019 20:07:47 GMT -5
Jets only have 6 (SIX) shots on goal after two periods. Yikes.
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 20, 2019 20:16:17 GMT -5
3-0. Schwartz with the natural trick....and the 4 most recent Blues' goals.
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Post by blny on Apr 20, 2019 20:59:43 GMT -5
Jets gone. Finished the game with fewer than 20 shots. Unacceptable in an elimination game. Not sure what they're going to do there this summer. That group just doesn't have a killer instinct.
Dallas beating Preds earlier today. They have a chance to close out series in six at home. First round upsets abound.
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Post by Willie Dog on Apr 20, 2019 21:03:08 GMT -5
Jets gone. Finished the game with fewer than 20 shots. Unacceptable in an elimination game. Not sure what they're going to do there this summer. That group just doesn't have a killer instinct. Dallas beating Preds earlier today. They have a chance to close out series in six at home. First round upsets abound. Will Maurice survive? |
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Post by blny on Apr 20, 2019 21:08:57 GMT -5
Jets gone. Finished the game with fewer than 20 shots. Unacceptable in an elimination game. Not sure what they're going to do there this summer. That group just doesn't have a killer instinct. Dallas beating Preds earlier today. They have a chance to close out series in six at home. First round upsets abound. Will Maurice survive? I don't know. Chevy's put together a group that, on paper, is fantastic. They dragged their butts into the post season as a group. Meanwhile, the Blues were last overall in January. Now their in the second round. Binnington deserves a lot of credit for getting them there, but he wasn't otherworldly against the Jets. |
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Post by folatre on Apr 20, 2019 21:12:00 GMT -5
Wow, what in the world was Dougie Hamilton doing on the third Caps goal? No whistle, no icing. But he saw the Russian grizzly was going to drill him into the glass so he just leaves Ovechkin the puck.
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Post by jkr on Apr 20, 2019 21:12:54 GMT -5
Oshie is a not elite, but he is a major piece of the puzzle for the Caps and a big game player. That is unfortunate. Radulov is a beast. Man, it is going to take time to get over the summer of 2017. At least Bergevin gave us all some free advice about the utility of dogs as companions. Lets start a pool. Which ex Hab will win the Cup this Year? Last year it was Eller & Smith-Pelly. This year - Subban, Pacioretty, Radulov? |
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Post by franko on Apr 20, 2019 22:12:10 GMT -5
congrats, 17, for picking CBJ.
I might go 3-8 . . . not a good start . . . but them Blues are looking good to go all the way [I'm pinning things on them].
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Post by Tankdriver on Apr 21, 2019 0:19:05 GMT -5
It's a great playoffs for Bergevin. His philosophy of just making the playoffs is proving right so far. Avs, Blue jackets, Blues and possibly the stars are advancing where most picked them to be out.
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Post by jkr on Apr 21, 2019 5:48:59 GMT -5
Things back to normal in Washington, 6-0 Caps last night.
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Post by blny on Apr 21, 2019 8:27:26 GMT -5
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Post by folatre on Apr 21, 2019 8:27:44 GMT -5
It's a great playoffs for Bergevin. His philosophy of just making the playoffs is proving right so far. Avs, Blue jackets, Blues and possibly the stars are advancing where most picked them to be out. Yeah, the number of upsets both major and mild has been notable this spring. Bergevin is famous for repeating that mantra and he must find it compelling as a general matter of fact, although I am not really sure what the 'anything can happen' phenomenon has to do with Montreal during Bergevin's now longish tenure. Almost half of Bergevin's teams did not make the playoffs. Among those editions of the Habs who made it none of them were even remotely on the bubble (2012-13 won the division and was 2nd in the conference; 2013-14 was third in the division and 4th in the conference; 2014-15 won the division and finished 2nd in the conference; and 2016-17 won in the division). Bergevin's track record in the playoffs is actually pretty poor (three series won in seven years) considering the Habs never snuck in as a wild card and were never participating in the playoffs as worse than the fourth best record in the conference. |
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Post by Skilly on Apr 21, 2019 9:25:49 GMT -5
It's a great playoffs for Bergevin. His philosophy of just making the playoffs is proving right so far. Avs, Blue jackets, Blues and possibly the stars are advancing where most picked them to be out. He says that, but never does anything to help the team get there ... I had a lot of upsets picked this year. I didn't pick Columbus, but I did have Calgary, Pittsburgh, Winnipeg losing ....I also had Toronto winning. I actually have Toronto in the conference Final. I said time and time again, the Habs would do damage if we got there. Another lost opportunity due to inactivity. |
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 21, 2019 10:12:59 GMT -5
Jets lost the series in the third period of Game 5.
Up 2-0 at home, you have to hang on to win that one.
Schwartz's winner with only 15 seconds to go....dagger.
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Why I don't gamble....
4 series done. Zeros across my prediction board.
Only consolation is that 2 of them went to the correct amount of games. Maybe 2 more today in Toronto and Vegas.
In every case, though....the wrong team...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2019 10:31:41 GMT -5
TSN talking about when it was the correct time to use the coach's challenge--this would be a non-issue had the refs made the right call on the ice.
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Post by franko on Apr 21, 2019 13:23:28 GMT -5
====================== Why I don't gamble.... Was going to wait until all series were over before saying the exact same thing. Not even proline. |
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 21, 2019 14:20:51 GMT -5
Nice to see Walter Gretzky in attendance.
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 21, 2019 14:31:40 GMT -5
Chara shot the puck into his own bench and got delay of game.
I can't see how it's possible to go over the glass and still go into the bench...unless by the tiniest of margins considering the angle.
Or are the benches also counted as "out of play"?
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 21, 2019 15:00:54 GMT -5
Huge glove save by Andersen keeps it at 2-1 Bruins.
EDIT: And another one that was going wide...but it was impressive.
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Post by seventeen on Apr 21, 2019 15:21:10 GMT -5
Oshie is a not elite, but he is a major piece of the puzzle for the Caps and a big game player. That is unfortunate. Radulov is a beast. Man, it is going to take time to get over the summer of 2017. At least Bergevin gave us all some free advice about the utility of dogs as companions. Naturally, we won't know how well Radulov 'ages', but this is year 2 of his 5 year contract and it doesn't look like he's slowing down. I thought at the time, if he produced for 4 of the 5 years, it would have been worth it. There are far too many variables to look back and assume this move or that move would have been the right thing to do. For example is we sign Radulov we probably don't finish 28th and get Kotkaniemi. But if Bergevin was truly committed to winning, he'd have signed Rads for $7 for $7.25 (whatever was needed to get close to Dallas' after tax income to Radulov). The truly ridiculous thing is that Bergevin said he didn't want to endanger his CAP, but he ended up with over $7MM in CAP space after signed Alzner. For all the good moves he made since summer 2018, he made some disastrous ones the 2 years before. I guess we can rationalize it by admitting the extra cap space allowed him to sign various marginal depth players. |
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Post by seventeen on Apr 21, 2019 15:23:21 GMT -5
Wow, what in the world was Dougie Hamilton doing on the third Caps goal? No whistle, no icing. But he saw the Russian grizzly was going to drill him into the glass so he just leaves Ovechkin the puck. I wonder if that's why the Bruins and then the Flames moved him on. That was just an unwillingness to take a hit. (Politically correct way of saying something else). Critical goal. I bet the Canes put him on the block this summer. |
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 21, 2019 15:35:17 GMT -5
What a play for the 3-1 goal by Krejci and DeBrusk.
Leafs have only 7 shots almost halfway thru the game.
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Post by seventeen on Apr 21, 2019 15:37:49 GMT -5
congrats, 17, for picking CBJ. I might go 3-8 . . . not a good start . . . but them Blues are looking good to go all the way [I'm pinning things on them]. Even a blind squirrel..... I'm not doing so well in the other series. It's really weird. It seems every team with the fewest points is winning their series. The Isles are an exception but only 3 points separated the two and I really should have allowed for the Johnson / Gudbranson defense. Inexcusable on my part. I wonder if a few guys on the Jets were injured? They just didn't seem as involved as they were last year, yet they had all the necessary parts. Morrissey being hurt right up to the first game was bad. I'm waiting to see if a team really challenges Binnington by getting in his grill, just how well he'll look. He had a fairly easy time against the Jets. Speed seems to be critical. Every series I'm seeing has the team playing faster doing all the winning. The Bruins played faster than TO in their 2 wins and vice versa. The Blues were way faster than the Jets. The Isles faster than Pitts, Dallas is faster than Nashville. The Avs faster than the Flames. It wasn't quite as clear cut in the TAmpa/Columbus series, but Columbus was at least as fast and used their size well. The one exception might be the Caps/Canes. I think the Canes are playing faster, but Washington is playing steady. I wouldn't be surprised if the Canes were ahead 3-2 instead of the other way around. I'm glad Washington's ahead. I simply have too much hate for Carolina and Justin Williams. That clip they showed the other night of Brind'Amour raising the cup, raised my bile. That was one team with a boatload of horseshoes. They finished out of the playoffs the following year. I have this senseless hate for teams that have no hockey background at all eg..southern US teams, namely the ones that Bettman loves and wants to propogate. If global warming wipes them off the map, I'd be raising a drink (assuming the population evacuated on time. I'm not a psychopath, just an annoyed Canadian) |
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Post by seventeen on Apr 21, 2019 15:39:52 GMT -5
It's a great playoffs for Bergevin. His philosophy of just making the playoffs is proving right so far. Avs, Blue jackets, Blues and possibly the stars are advancing where most picked them to be out. We'll wait this out. The Avs, Jackets and Stars all have elite players. St. Louis is iffy. Do you class any of their guys elite? I'm not sure I would. |
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Post by seventeen on Apr 21, 2019 15:46:35 GMT -5
It's a great playoffs for Bergevin. His philosophy of just making the playoffs is proving right so far. Avs, Blue jackets, Blues and possibly the stars are advancing where most picked them to be out. He says that, but never does anything to help the team get there ... I had a lot of upsets picked this year. I didn't pick Columbus, but I did have Calgary, Pittsburgh, Winnipeg losing ....I also had Toronto winning. I actually have Toronto in the conference Final. I said time and time again, the Habs would do damage if we got there. Another lost opportunity due to inactivity. The next round should tell us more. Bergevin's convinced all you have to do is make the playoffs and anything can happy. I'm convinced if you don't have elite talent, you're whistling Dixie. There's a lot of parity this year, which strengthens Bergevin's strategy. As the rounds progress, though, I expect my philosophy to win out. We shall see. |
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 21, 2019 17:10:05 GMT -5
Winning in the playoffs is why the Leafs got Tavares...
Only 1 goal (along with 3 assists) so far.
With a chance to advance at home...scoreless.
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Post by jkr on Apr 21, 2019 17:19:08 GMT -5
Boy is TSN crying after this game. Duthie saying that the Leafs have been the better team all series , bla, bla. Still talking about it at 6:20  Bruins outshot them by a wide margin - 42-24. Marchand with 3 points. |
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