Guest Stogey24 Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 St.Louis vs Washington in final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs rule Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 I do. Just get in a playoffs pool and you will too... Yeah I know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 St.Louis vs Washington in final. Would be fine by me, a slong as Blues win in the end and not Ovi and crew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCHabnut Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 I'm rooting for San Jose too. First time ever. Big Joe is playing some great hockey right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLassister Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Well... I picked the Preds in 6 games for whatever reason and thought I was cruisin'... Now I feel like they're gonna lose in 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 I'm rooting for San Jose too. First time ever. Big Joe is playing some great hockey right now. Yeah, I hated Jumbo Joe when he was on the Bruins and loved it when Koivu would take him to the woodshed in the playoffs, but he's had a great career and has sort of matured into an all-around excellent player who has a bit of personality, unlike most of the NHL robots. Plus all those years of playoff humiliation mean he's suffered enough. Martin Jones is kind of a cool story too. Plus, San José in general is one of the few NHL teams that I really don't have any resentment towards. so, my mind's made up - GO SAN JOSE!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbhatt Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 The Sharks winning with ease was a combination of them playing well and the Kings clearly not being what they used to be. Lucic clearly hurts LA them more than he helps them out there, and Dustin Brown is a shell of his former self. Add to that a downgraded D corps, Toffoli and Gaborik not producing at all, and Quick not playing his best hockey; they made it easy for the Sharks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 The defence was terrible. Doughty with Scuderi is worse than Emelin with Subban and they relied on that as their first pairing. Sutter played Lucic often with Lecavalier to create the slowest pairing in hockey. I don't remember their captain on the ice once. They laid everything on Kopitar, Gaborik, and Carter and it wasn't enough. I liked Pearson more than Toffoli in that series and that shouldn't happen ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovett's Magnatones Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 The series is kind of a shocker. Who would think SJ could knock out LA ij five games? I'm not sold on this new playoff seeding. CHI/STL and LAK/SJ should be a second round series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 The Sharks winning with ease was a combination of them playing well and the Kings clearly not being what they used to be. Lucic clearly hurts LA them more than he helps them out there, and Dustin Brown is a shell of his former self. Add to that a downgraded D corps, Toffoli and Gaborik not producing at all, and Quick not playing his best hockey; they made it easy for the Sharks. They lost...so must be bad coaching, no? Isnt that how it goes and someone should fire up the Fire Sutter thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovett's Magnatones Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 They lost...so must be bad coaching, no? Isnt that how it goes and someone should fire up the Fire Sutter thread.Well, like MoLG said, he thought putting two of the slowest players in the league together was a good idea, and they were out last year and got dusted in five this year.I can give him and Julien the benefit of the doubt for a couple disappointing seasons; its not like some people on here who are ready to build Therrien a statue because he had a couple 100 point years. I can see it now: "Da Process. Michel Therrien, President's Trophy Runner up 2014-2015" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stogey24 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 They lost...so must be bad coaching, no? Isnt that how it goes and someone should fire up the Fire Sutter thread. There was a Rumour Sutter was going to be fired last year. Apparently the players put garbage cans in front of the dressing room door so he couldn't get in... He may not be back next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 It's probably a bit tough coaching a team of wife-beating drug addicts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs rule Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 It's probably a bit tough coaching a team of wife-beating drug addicts. Would you care to elaborate on that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Would you care to elaborate on that? Oh, it's a cheap shot, really, but that Cup-winning team was riddled with substance abuse and domestic violence issues: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/los-angeles-kings-announce-plans-to-curb-drugs-and-domestic-violence--hockey-044935543.html http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/as-voynov-leaves--la-kings-remain-tone-deaf-on-domestic-violence-061142528.html I don't like 'em, and feel that they're a classic example of a team that benefits from the 'put away the whistles' double-standard of playoff refereeing, but they're done like dinner, so good riddance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 If anything, the Kings are proof you can be drunk, drug addict men of no ethics and still go all the way. Character is nice but it doesn't win games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 It's probably a bit tough coaching a team of wife-beating drug addicts. Sutter just consults with NBA and NFL coaches for that playbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 If anything, the Kings are proof you can be drunk, drug addict men of no ethics and still go all the way. Character is nice but it doesn't win games. Game fixing in euro soccer is common and also a way to win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Sutter just consults with NBA and NFL coaches for that playbook. Wife beating drug addicts is a good way to describe most NHL locker rooms when the Sutters played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Indeed. Of course, societal norms have changed a great deal over the past 30-40 years and those changes are probably reflected in the NHL too. It just seems like the 'frat boy' locker room culture magnifies those ugly tendencies. E.g., the culture of binge-drinking (once commonplace in North America, now increasingly marginalized) seems to have been even more extreme in the NHL. Meanwhile, the culture of macho toughness and violence is probably more like to manifest away from the rink than it is (or was) for Joe Blow on the street. The Kings seem an extreme example. But it's definitely true that in order to WIN you need a mix of personalities, including some SOBs; that's what Ronald Corey, who shipped players out of town whenever they failed to come across as wholesome 'family men,' never understood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs rule Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Indeed. Of course, societal norms have changed a great deal over the past 30-40 years and those changes are probably reflected in the NHL too. It just seems like the 'frat boy' locker room culture magnifies those ugly tendencies. E.g., the culture of binge-drinking (once commonplace in North America, now increasingly marginalized) seems to have been even more extreme in the NHL. Meanwhile, the culture of macho toughness and violence is probably more like to manifest away from the rink than it is (or was) for Joe Blow on the street. The Kings seem an extreme example. But it's definitely true that in order to WIN you need a mix of personalities, including some SOBs; that's what Ronald Corey, who shipped players out of town whenever they failed to come across as wholesome 'family men,' never understood. Does Mark Down Mark? I think not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs rule Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Famous wife beater Bobby Hull. Would you want him on your team. Another famous violence prone individual... Patrick Roy. Apparently everybody wanted him to stay, except Montreal management. Just saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Does Mark Down Mark? I think not. Hard to say. Kassian was a party animal with a track record of NOT delivering on the ice, so I'm not sure we should infer too much from that example. I can't think, off the top of my head, of any other obvious examples where Marky Marc seems to have prioritized wholesome family men per se. We should remember that, unlike Corey, Bergevin had a long, long, and accomplished career as a blood-and-guts NHLer. He knows how teams work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 Minnesota made a valiant effort to come back from a 4 goal third period deficit today to stave off elimination but fell just short. The Habs have the Wild's 2nd rounder this year; their loss locks them in at pick #45 (to go along with 39 in that round). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 St.Louis vs Washington in final. If thats the final, both teams choke and for only the third time in history, the Stanley Cup is not awarded. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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