NHL Thread

[macphisto]

You don’t live here anymore, strat. Why torture yourself with the neverending parade of disappointment that is MN sports?

Spoiler: show

Fleury has been pretty far from lights out. Might as well try something else with the season on the line.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Rough night for Strat.

Winner of Toronto-Tampa wins the East.

SC goes to whoever comes out of the West.

I think Tampa can win the East but i don’t think Toronto can

[elliseamos]

Rough night for Strat.

Winner of Toronto-Tampa wins the East.

SC goes to whoever comes out of the West.

I think Tampa can win the East but i don’t think Toronto can

If this is indeed how it plays out (and it's as good a guess as any) do we here think the league would take another look at how the seeding is created? The Tampa/Toronto series would have been a fun Eastern Con. Final.

[blueviper]

Don’t worry guys. Wild are gonna walk through colorado when we get our chance.

Were you talking this year or some years down the road?

j/k


Let's go Blues!

[Mickey]

Rough night for Strat.

Winner of Toronto-Tampa wins the East.

SC goes to whoever comes out of the West.

I think Tampa can win the East but i don’t think Toronto can

If this is indeed how it plays out (and it's as good a guess as any) do we here think the league would take another look at how the seeding is created? The Tampa/Toronto series would have been a fun Eastern Con. Final.

I dunno, I feel like this goes one way or the other every year. You could also say that next round--Florida-Tampa or Florida-Toronto --should be the EC final, and that something like Florida-NYR ends up a four game sweep. On the other hand, there's still a reasonable chance the WC final is Avalanche-Flames and that seems like the dream matchup. So I think any tinkering could end up with the same problem, just based on how things shake out in the standings and when a team gets hot. I kinda like having divisional play structure the early round matchups.

[E.H. Ruddock]

I hate the hurricanes fans that think they are cool by wearing Hartford whalers jerseys to the games

[elliseamos]

I hate the hurricanes fans that think they are cool by wearing Hartford whalers jerseys to the games

ditto.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Vasilevskiy clutch in game 7

[Mickey]

Vasilevskiy clutch in game 7

I wish they could have played like that in game 5, but that was exactly the kind of game that won Tampa the cup two years in a row. Shutdown, defense first game with timely secondary scoring.

[Mickey]

I like Tampa over Florida next round. The Bob looks vulnerable.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Vasilevskiy clutch in game 7

I wish they could have played like that in game 5, but that was exactly the kind of game that won Tampa the cup two years in a row. Shutdown, defense first game with timely secondary scoring.

Paul was skating fast tonight

[elliseamos]

Ugh. Good luck other teams!

[Mickey]

Vasilevskiy clutch in game 7

I wish they could have played like that in game 5, but that was exactly the kind of game that won Tampa the cup two years in a row. Shutdown, defense first game with timely secondary scoring.

Paul was skating fast tonight

That was such a smart pickup at the deadline, he's been incredible. I hope they resign him, especially since they're going to have lose at least one member of the top six.

[Dev]

I hate the hurricanes fans that think they are cool by wearing Hartford whalers jerseys to the games

Hard disagree

[Dev]

I honestly can't believe the laffs lost again. It seems impossible lol.

[Peeps]

Wow. James goal

[E.H. Ruddock]

Calgary fans are so mellow

[Dev]

Calgary is gonna annihilate Edmonton. I like both teams tho.

[Mickey]

Panthers in 5
Lightning in 7
Hurricanes in 6
Rangers in 6

Avalanche in 5
Wild in 5
Flames in 4
Kings in 6

More confident in my picks for the east than the west, Kings Oilers could probably go either way.

Round Two:

Lightning in 6
Hurricanes in 5
Avalanche in 6
Flames in 6

[Peeps]

i wasnt too confident with the pens winning but after going up 3-1 how can you not.

that was painful