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NHL Stanley Cup 2017 Finals [OT]- To Catch a Predator
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Calamari41
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They're going to live or die based on what Rinne decides. It's why they can't pull him for game 3.
CreeperBlocks
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PAP is a good player too
I think if they can eliminate scoring for the Penguins in their own goal it'll help Rinne's confidence and maybe not be a total momentum and game killer
Chuck the Bean
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Calamari41
41 > 38
NHL-GAF members like to imitate his style. Many such cases!
Pretty much all playoffs. Nervous anytime him or Hainsey touch the puck.
Chuck the Bean
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It was actually a cheap shot from Gino...
I've felt exactly the same, especially about Maatta.
Fate_Shirou
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I wouldn't feel good until we win 4
game 3 will be a challenge, and I hope the penguins rest well and continue to play better
LETS GO PENGUINS!!!!!!!!!!
So, I think game 1 could have easily gone to Preds.
I think the lack of Johansen is huge. I think scoring own goals isn't helping. But this isn't shaping out to look like any chance for the Preds regardless.
I do recognize that not having Letang is also huge. But I think the Pens are just the veteran team that's been to the dance, know the drill and can handle it. The Preds lacking their top center where depth isn't great is a bigger blow, imo, than the Pens lacking Letang.
Either way, nothing is settled but the debate of O vs D so far...Pens are showing what that depth and confidence does. I doubt RJ being in would change the outcome I feel is inevitable. It would maybe make for a more balanced series though.
I think the lack of Johansen is huge. I think scoring own goals isn't helping. But this isn't shaping out to look like any chance for the Preds regardless.
I do recognize that not having Letang is also huge. But I think the Pens are just the veteran team that's been to the dance, know the drill and can handle it. The Preds lacking their top center where depth isn't great is a bigger blow, imo, than the Pens lacking Letang.
Either way, nothing is settled but the debate of O vs D so far...Pens are showing what that depth and confidence does. I doubt RJ being in would change the outcome I feel is inevitable. It would maybe make for a more balanced series though.
What's funny is that the Pens are doing this with Maatta and Hainsey playing less than stellar defense all playoffs.
Gunstar Ikari
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The original plan was for Gaudreau to play that slot but Colin Wilson got hurt and Lavi decided to reassemble the shit-tastic McLeod-Fiddler-Watson line for...reasons. He's almost certainly gone now, but it's too little, too late.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Hainsey looked like a superstar compared to Maata. Every time there was a turnover or bad pass going straight to Nashville, it was off the stick of Maata.
excelsiorlef
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2 games and the Penguins still haven't been near their best...
Nashville being such a great home team it could easily swing back to Pittsburgh tied 2-2. That said this is the first time they are coming back home in a hole so it'll all be interesting
Nashville being such a great home team it could easily swing back to Pittsburgh tied 2-2. That said this is the first time they are coming back home in a hole so it'll all be interesting
CreeperBlocks
Banned
That's some good company. He basically turned the Penguins playoffs around
Just got home, what a bizarre two games lol. Pens effectively play hockey for about 15 minutes in the last 6 periods and somehow have a 2-0 series lead and have scored 9 goals. Next two games are going to be really interesting to see how Rinne bounces back at home.
Jake n Bake and Murray are something else, and to think that their careers are just really starting now.
Jake n Bake and Murray are something else, and to think that their careers are just really starting now.
SmackCrackleNPop
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Rinne couldn't keep up his pace from the beginning. At least he did much better this game. Above .800!
You're not Meta
astroturfing
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time is a flat circle or something.
just watched the game.. wohoo so awesome. go Pens. and ffs guys learn how to spell Määttä's name, it's NOT Maata. show some respect to the #1 D-man on the #1 hockey team in the world.
PK's got that shine.
Man...that's just the kinda shit you say in the locker room. You want to fight against any sense of feeling or seeming defeated. Kinda seems like it seeped into his media talk. And now the media has two days to play with it
PKs teammates are going to resent him a bit for this
SmackCrackleNPop
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Preds will resent PK, Trade him back to the Habs for Shea Weber
SmackCrackleNPop
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"-at hide and seek in the dark? Because they blend in!"
"Oh hello David. How are-Really? Yes we'll take him back."
"...wait why are you laughing?"
A Serious Man
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Eh, this is a low risk statement. If they lose game 3 they'll be shattered and it'll be hopeless anyway. Might as well put all your chips on Saturday night.
I don't agree at all. There have been other situations where athletes have garunteed wins that have been just what that team Needed to respond to adversity. I think the Predators use this to rally around PK.
astroturfing
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i honestly don't think Nashville can even win one game in this series having just one great player. Forsberg can't carry the team alone unless he starts scoring back to back hattricks again.. which i doubt.
Fate_Shirou
Member
Be patient young one
Also, Patience is not simply the ability to wait...it's how we behave while we're waiting.
*strokes chin*
#BargainbinWasRight
excelsiorlef
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What a weird series.
I'm just as likely to believe you if you told me the Pens are going to sweep or that the series will be tied 2-2 by Game 5.
I'm just as likely to believe you if you told me the Pens are going to sweep or that the series will be tied 2-2 by Game 5.
Well I can tell you it's really fucking weird if you're a Nashville fan. Pens are playing like Stanley Cup champions and the Preds, for the first time in the playoffs are playing like the last seed that barely made it in. Both of these teams are playing like what they truly are.
Nashville hasn't played badly. They played good enough to win game 1 and played good enough to give themselves a shot to win game 2 But then had a three minute stretch where they just completely fell apart.
For me the most disappointing player is probably not Rinne. It's Ryan Ellis who is a solid D man but Guentzel is making him look like he just got called up from the ECHL. 3 of his 4 goals have been while Ellis has been assigned to him.
If they concentrated on scoring instead of trying to bang around they might actually win.
Gunstar Ikari
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I'm sure I'll be over it by Saturday, but right now I'm not sure I even want to watch the rest of this series. It's honestly been kind of embarrassing how the Preds have been losing these games.
I blame this shit on STL and Anaheim. You have to play that way to win a series against both of those teams.
SmackCrackleNPop
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You're welcome, Pittsburgh
I recommend Nashville hitting Pittsburgh more than humans can take. Also concentrate on Crosby as they have no other stars that can make you pay.
Calamari41
41 > 38
So are you guys the same type of team as St Louis and Anaheim, or are you just incapable of adjusting back when facing a brand new dynamic with several days of rest in between?