There really should be no reason for them to not make it out of their division in the playoffs.
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There really should be no reason for them to not make it out of their division in the playoffs.
ElephantShell
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He's the guy with literal duck feathers glued all over his naked body.
That's what Ducks fans do right?
Amazes me that some of you can follow hockey so closely and yet have little idea what's going on in the West. That said, travelling to the East coast has helped me understand the psychology. Games not finishing until after midnight is fucked and naturally encourages people, and to some extent the media, to not give a shit.
I don't watch a single second of any game where the Habs are in LA or Vancouver or anywheres else in the Pacific time zone. That shit is 11pm here in Atlantic time. Puck drop. So easily 1:30 before the game ends. I get up at 5:30 to start my day. No thanks. Red and imbask at least have an hour advantage over me and Creeper by being on Eastern time.
I hated living in Alberta, BUT, the one thing I did love was catching the Habs games at 5pm right after work.
SmackCrackleNPop
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Has more to do with how busy I've been this year, I've had to watch the majority of Habs games on delay.
That's the one cool thing when I was visiting BC a few years back I was able to catch Leafs games in the afternoon.
Fata1moose
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Alberta has regional blackouts for Hab games?
I have NHL Gamecenter and I still end up "finding" games more often than not, because it's easier and more reliable than going through my VPN
RIP Aces ;_;
Sportsnet is the worst. Why even give people the other channels like Sportsnet East if you are just going to black it out. What is even the purpose??
Edit: couldn't afford GameCentre this year. I guess that's the purpose, make me buy a subscription.
Fata1moose
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I have to induce my own blackout for Avalanche games.
CreeperBlocks
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I can't watch Sportsnet West,Pacific or Ontario when the Leafs,Flames, Oilers or Canucks play. Same thing for TSN3 and 4 for Leafs and Jets Games.
I only have TSN5 for SNES, and Sportsnet East for Habs and the Rest of the TSN channels for the Raptors.
I can't watch any other Canadian teams play. It's really annoying.
Lone_Prodigy
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Man Dallas is such a tire fire. I feel bad for Hamhuis. I bet he thought signing with the top team in the West last season was a no-brainer.
Unhandled Exception
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I'm not convinced the whole roster isn't blackout during every game
Given that he probably chose Dallas since it's some Christian paradise*, and not just because it was such a competitive team, I find it kind of ironic.
*Not necessarily the city but the surrounding area
West Coast stuff is too late to follow the details, for the most part. I know generally who is a dumpster fire and who isn't, but a lot of the minutiae goes out the window the farther west you go. I have no idea what's happening in Anaheim whatsoever, for example, other than that they seem to be doing alright, I guess.
And I think Vancouver is playing a team of junior varsity high school students, I believe.
And yet we're still ahead of teams that are trying to succeed.
Which reminds me: VANCOUVER VS DALLAS, TOMORROW NIGHT
Both teams are so bad at what they do that I wouldn't be surprised if it went to OTAnd yet we're still ahead of teams that are trying to succeed.
Which reminds me: VANCOUVER VS DALLAS, TOMORROW NIGHT
SmackCrackleNPop
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That's bad tanking
bonesmccoy
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I'm a proud BC resident and TV hockey starts around 4pm and ends for me between 7 and 730pm, October through April.
You just described both teams' season
CreeperBlocks
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Shouldn't you be a Canucks fan like The Soc?
They want people to show up to the game.
At least it isn't the Blackhawks again
bonesmccoy
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Good gracious, no. I moved out here from the Toronto-area back in 2000.
Why do I get the feeling the stars are aligning for yet another mammoth Caps playoff collapse? Like, I can see Tampa beating them in Round 1.
Unrelated, but looking at the standings/Montreal's inevitable date with the Rangers....do the Rags just not go to OT/shootout often, or do they just not lose in OT/shootout often? Only 2 loser points in 70 games. Compared to 14 loser points for the Laffs.
Unrelated, but looking at the standings/Montreal's inevitable date with the Rangers....do the Rags just not go to OT/shootout often, or do they just not lose in OT/shootout often? Only 2 loser points in 70 games. Compared to 14 loser points for the Laffs.
ElephantShell
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Um excuse me? They're called Leafs points. Show some respect.
To answer your question the Rangers are 5-0 in OT and 3-2 in the shootout.
Reckheim
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I would absolutely love this, I record games anyways (fuck commercials) so i'd come home around 5:30 and watch the game with out the commercials and then play some video games after.
It's more likely Habs will face Bruins or Tampa. Unless you think Ottawa won't overtake the Habs for first.
SmackCrackleNPop
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Smack is that you?
I'm Asian but yes. Helluva costume, right? Go Gulls!
I feel like with social media, sports stations with a running ticker, etc., you pretty much can't record games anymore and see them without already having the final score spoiled.
Shit, last weekend the GF and I were in Quebec picking up our new pup. Habs played the Rags that Saturday night, and I was bound and determined to PVR it and see it without being spoiled. I didn't go on Facebook, didn't look at TSN, etc. We get home at 2 in the morning on Sunday, and just before we crash out I text my father to say "we made it home, dog is great, etc." What possessed me to text my dad at that time, I'm not sure. He's out cold by like 11pm tops. Strangely, I get response 5 minutes later: "Goodnight. Habs won". Why in the hell he was up at that time, and why in the hell he mentioned hockey, I'll never know. Thanks, dad.
Well it comes down to those 3 Sens/Habs games left, 2 of which are this weekend. But to answer your question yes, I believe the Habs will hold off the Sens to retain the #2 seed in the east and face the Rangers.
I'm very okay with this
Also to be clear here, this would technically be Rangers @ Sabres, despite being played in Queens.
CreeperBlocks
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That's... that's totally fine with me, I rather exorcise the Tampa Bay playoff crap or face Boston again.
I think a Sens and Rangers Match up would be really fun. Both have great goaltending duos in Anderson/ Condon and Lundqvist/ Raanta. Both teams have good depth scoring too.
Lone_Prodigy
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A Ducks-Flames series would come down to goaltending, I think. Elliott has respectable playoff stats while Gibson is unproven. Ducks have the upper hand in experience, though.
Tampa and Boston I feel like could pull off upsets. They've got loads of playoffs experience.
CreeperBlocks
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😉
ZeroGravity
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What I wouldn't give for another playoff matchup against the Habs.
CreeperBlocks
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REVENGE