talisayNon
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just another rangers game. lundqvist stands onhis head, the rest cant score shit lol
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NHL PlayOffs |OT| Keep your hopes up, and your salt on the ice
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TemplaerDude
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Watching the Caps game with fans screaming and giving a shit really makes me hate the fucking assholes who go to Canucks games. You wouldn't even know it was a fucking playoff game in there. Ever.
WonkyPanda
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Is it that bad? Never realized.
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This one leaves a bad taste. This had the feel of a win that we let slip away.
I don't know that this team is capable of coming back from 2 games down.
Zod the Bear
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They're there and loud when the team is doing well. Other times, not as much.
That out of the way, that OT was filthy. Lundqvist was just getting shelled--both teams knew it was just a matter of time.
TemplaerDude
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There was a Go Canucks Go chant from the crowd in game 1 that lasted for about 25 seconds and it was more emotion I've seen from that crowd in over a year.
Coldnoodle
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Future Foundation
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You knlw what the funny thing is? I was joking with a friend, and I mentioned that they might've "peaked too early". I might've been right.
The atmosphere is fine-good in the playoffs. It's the regular season where it's fucking DEAD.
I'm gonna go ahead and call it. Caps are going to win the Stanley Cup.
Yeah, Rogers was super loud last night after Kesler scored his first goal. Before that and after regulation it was pretty quiet though.
I could have sworn they had some kind of taunting chant at one point too. Niemi or something.
talisayNon
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ovie deserves the cup i hope they do end up winning if they beat the rangers
brucewaynegretzky
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Don't read too much into it. Caps crowds typically suck. The majority have no idea what they're cheering for. Astroturf fanbase.
The one piece of hope I refuse to let go of for the Canucks is how fucking amazing Kesler looked last night. He looked like a guy capable of putting the team on his back the same way he did in the Nashville series.
Still expect the Canucks to lose, but if they turn it around it'll be Kesler almost single-handedly, most likely.
Still expect the Canucks to lose, but if they turn it around it'll be Kesler almost single-handedly, most likely.
It's going to be Chicago and Boston in the final.
I can't hear you over the sound of all the salt pouring out of your mouth every time it opens.
The idea of anyone being "afraid" of you is about as hilarious as Karlsson's D coverage last night.
Man the Canucks look bad. Honestly it's like they have not learned anything from the last several years of losses.
I dont know what's wrong with them. So frustrating. I have no faith that they can turn this down at all. I'll watch, but it will be like watching your disappointing son go deeper and deeper into a drug addicted ruinous spiral.
haha so salty.
I dont know what's wrong with them. So frustrating. I have no faith that they can turn this down at all. I'll watch, but it will be like watching your disappointing son go deeper and deeper into a drug addicted ruinous spiral.
haha so salty.
It did? The Rangers didn't even deserve to win today.
They lost the fewest amount of home games in regulation of any team in the NHL.
It's why I'm so pessimistic. I see the BEST case scenario for the Canucks as coming home down 3 games to 1. I'd be shocked if they took both games in SJ.
Sharks lost like 7 at home, 2 in reg
If they sweep the Canucks, they might actually make some big changes in the offseason. This team just can't seem to get it done in the playoffs. Sharks have played very well these first 2 games, and they definitely deserve to be up 2-0. But the Nucks have not helped themselves at all. The sedins are just cardboard cutouts with no emotion.
That's the problem with nearly every Canadian team now, tickets are too expensive.
That's why I love Quebecers, they go overboard sometimes, but at least they're loud, and the emotion comes through. Makes for a grest sports crowd.
Game 3 and 4 in Ottawa should be interesting. There's always a TON of Habs fans there regardless, but with the movement from Habs fans to buy up all the tickets for those games, I wonder if it's within the realm of possibility that Habs fans outnumber Sens fans in Ottawa for those games.
I actually feel like the Canucks deserved to win last night. It was execution that was the problem more than effort. No one can score besides Kesler, and it wasn't for a lack of chances or trying.
I guess they did deserve to be in the game last night. I just wish the Sedins had more emotion.
I don't see them taking the next 2 in San Jose. I'd love to be proven wrong, but I think this series is coming back to Van down 3-1.
Management will make big charges regardless of how they get eliminated in the first round.
I agree with you. I'm expecting either a sweep, or the series to come back at 3-1. I'd love to be proven wrong, though.
Anything could happen. Or away record is abysmal yet somehow we were able to get both wins on the road.
gutter_trash
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even if Habs fans don't outnumber them, they will be louder
Exactly. That's why it is so hard to watch again.
For sure. I'm not saying it's impossible, but when you're prefacing it by saying "anything can happen", you're not in good shape.
Tomorrow is the be all and end all, though. If the Canucks win tomorrow they at least give themselves a chance to get back into the series. If they lose, it's oooooooooover. Stating the obvious, I know.
When you struck us down we became more powerful than you could possibly imagine.
Rangers dominated the first period, other than the Caps' PP at the very end of it. The rest of the game was very even. Also robbed of at least 3 blatant penalties that should have been called (not that this would have made much of a difference on the scoreboard given our PP, but at least they would have broken some Washington momentum). Nash nearly won it with 3 minutes left in the game. Stralman clanged off the post early in the game on a shot that beat Holtby too.
Yeah, Lundqvist "bailed us out" at times, too, especially in the 2nd, but that's how this team wins in general. This was a very winnable game from start to, well, about 2 minutes before the finish.
Could have been, should have been a Rangers win. But most of the blame for why it's not a Rangers win lies mostly with the Rangers, particularly the Rangers' special teams. The Rangers are worse than the Caps on the PP, worse on the PK, worse on 4-on-4, and that's the primary reason why they're down 2-0 in the series.
Things can change, though. Clowe will almost certainly be back in Game 3, and the Rangers are far better in MSG than they are anywhere else. Monday might as well be an elimination game.
McDonagh was apparently near tears talking to the press after the game. Feel bad for him. This loss isn't on him.
Price is 6-0-2 in his last 8 in Ottawa.
I'd love to see a complete Canucks re-haul in the off season just to see the crazy moves the Canucks would make.
:lol :lol
I'd love to see a complete Canucks re-haul in the off season just to see the crazy moves the Canucks would make.
Apparently his last shift before he took the penalty was over 3 mins, that's fucking ridiculous, you can't blame him for that.
Yeah, he was on the ice forever because of the icing and the fact that they couldn't get out of the zone long enough to switch everyone out with the long overtime change. Not at all his fault.
They've been hard to watch for the past 20 years.
Man. How many teams are you cheering for
Have to disagree. Holtby wasn't even tested while Hank kept this from being 4 or 5-0.
Rangers looked totally gassed in OT as well.
Seems like the Rangers got rid of the wrong players and brought the wrong ones in to replace them.
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