Dastardly Jerks
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Her opponent will certainly know how it feels to marry a Russian defenseman.
Mate, I'd be a pretty good stalker if I wasn't so goddamn lazy and stupid.
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NHL Playoffs 2016 |OT| Clear Eyes, Full Salt, Will Lose
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Her opponent will certainly know how it feels to marry a Russian defenseman.
Mate, I'd be a pretty good stalker if I wasn't so goddamn lazy and stupid.
Didn't have a chance to post last night after the games, so my thoughts on the Pens/Rangers game 1
Hate to say it, Rangers deserved a better fate in this one. They came out with a clear game plan and dominated the pens for the majority of the first. Pens looked terrible and not ready to play. They got bailed out by a 3rd string goalie and were lucky not to be down 2 or 3 goals after the opening 10 minutes.
Putting Hank back in after the injury lost the rangers the game. Letting up the goal I think killed a lot of their momentum.
Crosby can score in the playoffs. Rangers are fucked if he puts up points like he has down the regular season stretch.
Pens speed was evident in the later half of the game and was a factor on the rest of their goals.
CONOR FUCKING SHEARY. That kid was visible every time he stepped on the ice, I'm glad Sullivan recognized this and was bumping him up with Sid every now and then. These are the types of adjustments that Blysma would fail to make or even recognize. This resulted in a goal for the pens. He needs more ice time, kid can play.
Looking forward to game 2!
Hate to say it, Rangers deserved a better fate in this one. They came out with a clear game plan and dominated the pens for the majority of the first. Pens looked terrible and not ready to play. They got bailed out by a 3rd string goalie and were lucky not to be down 2 or 3 goals after the opening 10 minutes.
Putting Hank back in after the injury lost the rangers the game. Letting up the goal I think killed a lot of their momentum.
Crosby can score in the playoffs. Rangers are fucked if he puts up points like he has down the regular season stretch.
Pens speed was evident in the later half of the game and was a factor on the rest of their goals.
CONOR FUCKING SHEARY. That kid was visible every time he stepped on the ice, I'm glad Sullivan recognized this and was bumping him up with Sid every now and then. These are the types of adjustments that Blysma would fail to make or even recognize. This resulted in a goal for the pens. He needs more ice time, kid can play.
Looking forward to game 2!
Calamari41
41 > 38
This is the greatest name I've ever heard.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
Hank NOOOOOOOOOO
CreeperBlocks
Banned
There's another scooby Pikma look
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
No real surprises for the FWDs:
Hubey-Barkov-Jagr
Jussi-Bjugstad-Smith
Hudler-Grimaldi-Purcell
Wilson-DMac-Thornton
Edit:
D pairings
Kulikov-Ekblad
Campbell-Gudbranson
Kindl-Petrovic
Luongo in net
Hubey-Barkov-Jagr
Jussi-Bjugstad-Smith
Hudler-Grimaldi-Purcell
Wilson-DMac-Thornton
Edit:
D pairings
Kulikov-Ekblad
Campbell-Gudbranson
Kindl-Petrovic
Luongo in net
Better? Lol
Bumblebeetuna
Member
Mmmmm, Stars playoff hockey. Can't wait.
I was gonna say so... looking grim for the Rags, but hey you got us the last two playoffs.
I'm thinking Pens ride Zatkoff to the 2nd round unless Rangers tighten up and win a game or two.
Fleury and Malkin make their triumphant return for Game 1 of round 2.
Calamari41
41 > 38
Magnus Hellberg did not cross the Bifrost with his golden spear and radiating mask to be swept into defeat by mere ice fowl.
He's cleared but Ruff says it's a game time decision
LETS FIGHT MOTHERFUCKER
SCOOBERT ES UN GILIPOLLAS MARICÓN
I wouldn't say any more so than it already was (it was always a distinct possibility). Raanta's been good for us all year, and he was good again last night. I don't think Hank would have stopped any of the goals Raanta let in last night either. So quite honestly, the possibility of losing Hank for a game or two, or even the series, doesn't really make much of a difference to me in terms of our chances. Certainly not as much as the media thinks it does, anyway. Would I prefer to have Hank in net? Of course. But I know Raanta is more than capable of pulling his weight back there. It's the rest of the team that needs to do the job, and only about half of them were really doing the work last night. And even with just that, we still out played the Penguins for the large majority of the game and just had a few backbreakers go against us. So it's doable. Extremely difficult, but doable.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
I think the Penguins and Rangers series could go up to Game 6 or 7
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
hehehe
ShinRPGamer
Member
I think you need to adjust where you're aiming. Edmonton wasn't even in a playoff spot at any point this year.
As I thought last night, it was Hank who demanded to stay in to finish out the first in order to keep Raanta from entering the game cold.
Hank has some swelling around the eye, but they think it's "not too serious." He's seeing a specialist today, and we'll know tomorrow if he can play on Saturday or not. He will not play if he can't practice tomorrow. Right now they're leaning towards the expectation of Hank playing, with Hellberg being called up as a precaution in case they "get some bad news."
Ryan McDonagh is still day to day but ruled out for Game 2. Meanwhile, AV is considering lineup changes, with the implication seeming to be McIlrath in for Girardi. God I hope he has the balls to make that move.
JT Miller and Tanner Glass were also getting some treatment today but should be fine. JT was shaken up by a blocked shot while Tanner Glass of course tanked a puck to the face.
Hank has some swelling around the eye, but they think it's "not too serious." He's seeing a specialist today, and we'll know tomorrow if he can play on Saturday or not. He will not play if he can't practice tomorrow. Right now they're leaning towards the expectation of Hank playing, with Hellberg being called up as a precaution in case they "get some bad news."
Ryan McDonagh is still day to day but ruled out for Game 2. Meanwhile, AV is considering lineup changes, with the implication seeming to be McIlrath in for Girardi. God I hope he has the balls to make that move.
JT Miller and Tanner Glass were also getting some treatment today but should be fine. JT was shaken up by a blocked shot while Tanner Glass of course tanked a puck to the face.
Damn hillbillies probably don't even know what a carne asada is.
Calamari41
41 > 38
Hey, you can't ask for more salt and then defer when someone tries to deliver!
I bet they don't even put lime in their guacamole, like the Germans.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
Disgruntled St Louis Rams Fans?
FUBAR McDangles
Member
I'll move my OT post over to the off-season thread. In the meantime, fuck the Stars.
I see that Fleury is in full playoff mode!
Fleury hadn't been "bad" in 3 years in the playoffs. Get new jokes, friends.
MultiJhonny
Banned
I have to miss the first game tonight for the Flyers so I won't be throwing salt during the game but I can throw some post game salt
yankeehater
Member
Hopefully the flyers get to be the team to upset the Caps this year.
Is "Defense Meets Offense" the best the NHL marketers could come up with? :lol
Sute(r) of Armour.
Benn it like Beckham...idk.
Why am I doing NHL.com's work for them.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
"The Team That Scores More Goals, Wins"
You're doing the hockey gods work by Kesselifying everything.
If we don't score the first goal shit will get ugly
Fata1moose
Banned
The Wild can't get loser points in the playoffs so they are fucked.
Playoff salt from fans of eliminated teams is the best salt.
I say this as one of the distributors.