Post: #51

Big Rangers fan.

ANA 4-2 over WPG
CHI 4-3 over NSH
CGY 4-3 over VAN
MIN 4-3 over STL
NYR 4-1 over PIT
WSH 4-2 over NYI
OTT 4-3 over MTL
TBL 4-1 over DET

Post: #52

Anaheim in 7
Chicago in 6
Vancouver in 7
St-Louis in 6
New York Rangers in 5
Montreal in 7
Tampa in 5
Washington in 7

Post: #53

(04-14-2015 10:27 AM)MMX2010 Wrote:  Big Rangers fan.

ANA 4-2 over WPG
CHI 4-3 over NSH
CGY 4-3 over VAN
MIN 4-3 over STL
NYR 4-1 over PIT
WSH 4-2 over NYI
OTT 4-3 over MTL
TBL 4-1 over DET

The OTT would be epic! I have a feeling the Hamburglar will cool off in this week off. Carey Price won't let his boys lose to a rookie goalie...

Post: #54

Anaheim in 7
Chicago in 6
Calgary in 7
St Louis in 6
Rangers in 4
Montreal in 6
Tampa in 6
Washington in 7

Post: #55

Patrick Kane cleared to play game 1. Good luck Nashville


http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-d...24554.html
Kings players might really have tuned out D Sutter...


The series I'm most excited for is NYI WAS. Nobody here is picking the Isles! We all remember a few years ago what a Halak led team did to the Caps!

Post: #56

(04-14-2015 10:47 AM)blacknwhitespade Wrote:  Anaheim in 7
Chicago in 6
Calgary in 7
St Louis in 6
Rangers in 4
Montreal in 6
Tampa in 6
Washington in 7

As a big Caps fan who is so used to heartbreak, I'm feeling optimistic about these playoffs. I think we match up good with NYI and Holtby has been hot lately in goal. Our new coach is more defensive-minded which was missing from our last teams. If Ovechkin steps up and plays his regular season game in the playoffs we're dangerous.

I see Anaheim either winning in 6 or 5 games but I'm pulling for WPG. The fans deserve something there after losing their team and taking in the Thrashers with open arms after Atlanta kicked them to the curb like a cheap whore.

Post: #57

(04-14-2015 10:54 AM)komatiite Wrote:  The series I'm most excited for is NYI WAS. Nobody here is picking the Isles! We all remember a few years ago what a Halak led team did to the Caps!

I feel ya but it took a big choke job on our part to get that done after being up 3-1. But i'm with you, should be a good series and can go either way.

Post: #58

Whether or not Patrick Kane is truly 100% ready, I think Chicago can trump Nash with their defense/goaltending and playoff experience. Plus, Nash peaked way back in mid-season.

Winnipeg have been impressive and the Ducks are always shakey in the postseason, so I'm picking this series to go 7.

Minnesota have also been impressive, but St. Louis also have been sharp and are looking pretty hungry.

I've got Calgary as my darkhorse pick to continue their cinderella run and beat Vancouver.

Montreal is looking pretty solid, but Ottawa won't go down without a fight.

New York is looking like a steamroller and Pittsburg have been limping for several weeks.

Tampa Bay should have enough firepower to get past Detroit

Washington and New York Islanders are both solid teams, so I think this will also be a sea-saw affair going to 7.

Post: #59

(04-14-2015 10:45 AM)komatiite Wrote:  The OTT would be epic! I have a feeling the Hamburglar will cool off in this week off. Carey Price won't let his boys lose to a rookie goalie...

MTL gives up so many shots, and Pacioretty is still injured. So I can easily see OTT winning this series.

Post: #60

for my part, i would actually prefer if more people were writing the flames off against the canucks. the flames were the anti-advanced stats, anti-odds underdog all season. it worked well for them and they substantially over-performed in a season of low expectations.

either way though, i'm pretty satisfied with the season. playoffs in a year where everyone wrote them off, even longtime fans like myself, is an achievement. more wins would just be gravy. canucks really should beat them, but that puts a lot of pressure on them.

i was at the game last week against the kings where they clinched the playoff spot. really good atmosphere and the flames celebrated the win rather enthusiastically.

EDIT: a couple of fun gifs from that game (i did not make them, i just like 'em)

1. pass between doughty's legs: https://gfycat.com/ThirstyAromaticHummingbird

2. post empty net goal celebration: https://gfycat.com/JollyDopeyKookaburra

Post: #61

Danny those GIFS are sweet, of course Gaudreau makes the pass thru the legs... Then you see him jumping around like a 12 year old on the empty netter. Haha I love Johnny Hockey

Post: #62

^ the gif author called the second one the "johnny hop".

it's easier to stick the landing like that when you only weigh 155...

Post: #63

Anyone think it would be better if the NHL had the old 1-8 seeding matchups? I just hate to see the Central division super squads like St. Louis and Chicago risking elimination so early, I want those to be conference final type matchups. Here's what it would be:
ANA-CGY
STL-WPG
NAS-MIN
CHI-VAN

NYR-PIT
MTL-OTT
TB-DET
NYI-WAS

Odd how the East worked out the exact same.

Happy Playoff Startup Day!

Post: #64

Vancouver looks totally outmatched by Calgary. I was expecting a tight series but nothing like this.

Crosby looks pissed off, and might single-handedly give the NYR a run for their money. I still see the NYR winning the series.

Ottawa is totally outmatched, even more than I figured they would be.

Nashville should be very nervous.

Washington seems to be pulling their usual shit-the-bed-in-the playoffs strategy, but I expect their coach to make them improve.

Minny is better than I thought.

DET better wake up or they are finished.

Post: #65

Misogynist Jets Fans Including Probably like 7000 Women In Stands Show Their True Colours (Sexism)

Quote:Now, you might be thinking, what's the harm? It's just a little name-calling. But that doesn't consider the damage such a chant could do to the many women and girls who actively follow the league.

By comparing Perry to the female pop singer in a mocking fashion, the Jets fans are attempting to emasculate Perry. It's not in the least bit clever, and it insults women at the same time it attempts to insult Perry. When comparing a man to a woman in such a fashion, it comes with the implication that women are weak in a much more general sense.

As we as a society become more progressive, these kind of behaviors are becoming less and less accepted. That's a good thing. Efforts like the #LikeAGirl campaign and others have taken a more prominent role in combatting such kind of thinking.

I have no interest in allowing the women in my life to be made to feel as though they are weak or less-than.

These are the types of scenarios that make female fans feel unwelcome, despite the fact that women have proven to be a very large segment of sports consumers. A sport like hockey in particular can't be turning fans of any gender off as it looks to continue building a stronger foothold in the United States.

http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on-hock...erry-chant
Edit: Pic of the writer. Highly doubt he has many "Women in his life"


That Jets game was awesome. Too bad the Ducks won, would have loved to seen that place go apeshit in OT!

Post: #66

That guy is the epitome of the White Knight cartoon we always see.

Notice he doesn't complain about anyone saying "Cindy" Crosby mocking the Penguins' player... Because there no fair maiden names Cindy Crosby to be rescued.

Post: #67

The Islanders are taking it all, every other team is just a footnote. We're burning the fucking Coliseum down on the way out.

Post: #68

The best part of last night's game was the fans going completely silent after Kesler's goal and the OT winner.

Also, how can Subban get 5 and a game for a slash, while Byfuglien only gets a two minute for the hit on Perry after his goal?

Post: #69

Lubomir, meet Tom. Tom, this is Lubomir.


https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CDKEMUxWAAASMYe.mp4

Post: #70

Stun, that was a heck of a hit. But here is an even bigger hit:
6 Girl Squad Called The "Pussy Cats Consent Awareness Team" Delivers Crushing Hit To All Red Blooded Males In Calgary

The one second from the left has the gunt to be a great goalie
http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news...sing-women

Quote:Calgary Flames executives Ken King and Brian Burke are asking hockey fans along the Red Mile to stop behaving in an illegal, offensive manner after reports of sexual harassment, violent language and intimidation of women during playoff games.

Quote:Women say they’ve been feeling threatened and unsafe along the Red Mile with fans yelling at them, asking them to take their shirts off, carrying posters that say things like “Show your cans for Monahan.”

YEAHHHHH BABY!

Quote:Stasha Huntingford, who headed up the group Pussy Cats Consent Awareness Team for a demonstration on the Red Mile Thursday to raise awareness, said it was critical the Flames stepped up and spoke out against the harassment.

“They have a lot more power to change things than I do. I’m a woman, I can be dismissed, in the same way that women are blamed for not taking their tops off, it’s a patriarchal society.

Thoughts:
-Fuck you Burke and King for sucking up to this shit
-As a youngster, I still remember some of the first pairs of real blackout drunk sloppy slutty woman titties while walking along the Red Mile 11 years ago. Fond memories.


CONSENT ZONE


"Shirts Off For Kiprusoff!"

Edit- LOL, those girls sign looks like a 3rd grade science fair tri-fold.

Post: #71

^ Nice. I was in Cabo San Lucas watching that final between them and the Tampa Bay Lightning. There were like 3 TV channels we got in the hotel room and somehow one of them was the Stanley cup final in English. I remember my friends getting pissed off that we were gonna be late to the bars cause I would stay in the hotel room watching all those overtime games.

Post: #72

I love watching the teenagers from Calgary mess up all these Vancouver vets game.

These are the stories that make the playoffs. 18 year old Bennett, second ever NHL game is delivering hard.

Fuck yeah, go Calgary. But only on principle, I live in Vancouver.

Post: #73

Amazing game tonight from the Flames. Congrats to them on a very gutsy series with the Canucks. Hoping my Sens can pull off the impossible against Montreal!

Post: #74

The three people who made series-predictions all went 7-for-8.

Time for round two.

NY Rangers 4-2 over Washington.
Tampa Bay 4-2 over Montreal.
Anaheim 4-2 over Calgary.
Minnesota 4-2 over Chicago.

Post: #75

I love how we're playing against Hiller in the playoffs...the same year we got rid of him.

I'll wait for the Hiller chants tonight at The Pond.

Let's Go Ducks !