2019 NHL Playoffs

[brobin 133]

For the lack of a win, we could have been playing Tampa.  ☹️

[tomh009 200]

48 minutes ago, Commandant said:

 

Lightning not canes

 

Duh! You are right ...

 

And three (!) EN goals at the end to finish the Lightning season with a 7-3 loss and a first-round sweep.

 

Now, is that better or worse than how the Sens fans feel?

[BCHabnut 384]

Pacioretty is putting up some points.  So much for cracking under pressure.  Casperetti . Max patioready.  All just nonsense.  

[DON 230]

8 hours ago, BCHabnut said:

Pacioretty is putting up some points.  So much for cracking under pressure.  Casperetti . Max patioready.  All just nonsense.  

4g 10pts in 4gms, not too shabby! I like seeing him do well.

[Chris 76]

Not when he was in a habs uniform. He was a ghost

[The Chicoutimi Cucumber 1545]

8 hours ago, BCHabnut said:

Pacioretty is putting up some points.  So much for cracking under pressure.  Casperetti . Max patioready.  All just nonsense.  

 

100%. 

 

In Montreal, he was expected to drive the offence. Ridiculous. He's not that kind of player.

 

In Vegas, he is playing with better linemates than he ever has in his life and is no longer asked to be the catalyst for the FW unit.

 

He's still the same player, but the expectations and context are different. 

 

Also, he's finally gotten on one of his hot spells during a playoff run. Commandant always said it was a roulette wheel as to whether and when that would happen, and now it has.

[BCHabnut 384]

26 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:

 

100%. 

 

In Montreal, he was expected to drive the offence. Ridiculous. He's not that kind of player.

 

In Vegas, he is playing with better linemates than he ever has in his life and is no longer asked to be the catalyst for the FW unit.

 

He's still the same player, but the expectations and context are different. 

 

Also, he's finally gotten on one of his hot spells during a playoff run. Commandant always said it was a roulette wheel as to whether and when that would happen, and now it has.

Ya this is sort of what I'm pointing out. He hit the streak at the right time this time.

[The Chicoutimi Cucumber 1545]

30 minutes ago, BCHabnut said:

Ya this is sort of what I'm pointing out. He hit the streak at the right time this time.

 

Indeed. 

 

The Habs have had a history over recent decades of asking the wrong players to be true core pieces driving the team. It started with Brisebois, a quality second-pairing guy miscast as a #1 defenceman. Then we asked Kovalev to be the key cog rather tgan a deadly supplementary piece - a crazy thing to ask of a notoriously mercurial player. Next it was relying on a very good, but very streaky, goal-scorer to carry the team in Patches. 

 

What you need from your foundation pieces is consistently strong performance. Not 'hoping they get hot at the right time.' Fans get angry when a guy like Patches doesn't deliver, but they too seldom ask why he is expected to carry the load in the first place.

[Commandant 1648]

20 hours ago, BCHabnut said:

Pacioretty is putting up some points.  So much for cracking under pressure.  Casperetti . Max patioready.  All just nonsense.  

 

Same with Sergei Bobrovsky being bad in the playoffs. 

 

Clutch is a myth.

[DON 230]

Pacioretty career:

0.69pts/gm in playoffs 

0.70pt/gm in reg season

[DON 230]

5-0 for Dallas! I like it!

[huzer 152]

Man, that was an entertaining Flames/Avs game!!

[BCHabnut 384]

McKinnon is the best player by a mile in this series. So dangerous every time he gets the puck. 

[DON 230]

8 hours ago, huzer said:

Man, that was an entertaining Flames/Avs game!!

Great to see them beat Flames, another upset would be neat.

[DON 230]

Will Vegas polish off the Sharks tonight.

 

Guess not!

 

And Blues come from down 2-0 to win 3-2, poor Jets bowing out again?

[dlbalr 1090]

On 4/18/2019 at 9:03 AM, DON said:

Great to see them beat Flames, another upset would be neat.

 

You got your wish.  With all of these contenders going down, who is the favourite to win the Cup at this point?

[Helmethead 106]

Hard to not think what if..

 

Rooting hard for the Islanders. 

 

 

[Trizzak 1214]

Death, taxes, and the Leafs/Bruins playoff series going to 7 games. 

[The Chicoutimi Cucumber 1545]

14 hours ago, Trizzak said:

Death, taxes, and the Leafs/Bruins playoff series going to 7 games. 

 

I'm terrified that history will fail to repeat itself and that the Leafs will advance. Here's hoping they immolate.

[JoeLassister 400]

On 20/04/2019 at 2:19 PM, dlbalr said:

 

You got your wish.  With all of these contenders going down, who is the favourite to win the Cup at this point?

Washington I guess.

[DON 230]

Hate to say Bruins, but.

[lazy26 96]

Maybe the Blues?  They've been unstoppable since January.

[The Chicoutimi Cucumber 1545]

3 hours ago, DON said:

Hate to say Bruins, but.

 

In the battle of Hitler (Leafs) vs Stalin (Bruins), I always choose Stalin. But once this series is over, it's imperative that its winner suffer crushing defeat.

[Helmethead 106]

3 hours ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:

 

In the battle of Hitler (Leafs) vs Stalin (Bruins), I always choose Stalin. But once this series is over, it's imperative that its winner suffer crushing defeat.

 

It’s like picking between your crazy ex and your mother in law

[tomh009 200]

9 hours ago, JoeLassister said:

Washington I guess.

 

Gone now, too.

 

That's three of four division winners taken down by wildcard teams this year. And the Predators have are tied with Dallas midway through game 7 of the remaining wildcard match-up.