NHL Thread

[ACamp1900]

Caps aren't winning shit.

Wasn't it you who was all "Rangers don't lose to Pittsburgh, we own them... easy round one" or some mess last year??

Thanks, now the Caps are all but lifting the Cup.

 

[GBdomer]

Wake me up when the Caps and Hawks are in the finals

Anyone else even going to challenge Chicago in the West? I think the Oilers or Ducks will be their biggest test

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Wake me up when the Caps and Hawks are in the finals

Anyone else even going to challenge Chicago in the West? I think the Oilers or Ducks will be their biggest test

They will be tested each round they make. It's the playoffs. ANYTHING can happen.

 

[ACamp1900]

They will be tested each round they make. It's the playoffs. ANYTHING can happen.

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[ACamp1900]

Wake me up when the Caps and Hawks are in the finals

Anyone else even going to challenge Chicago in the West? I think the Oilers or Ducks will be their biggest test

Preds be like: 'Y'all challenged yet?'

 

[Crazy Balki]

Nashville isn't a good team, but I have never seen a team play as abysmal playoff hockey than the Hawks have in those 2 games. If I went to those 2 games, I'd be asking for a refund. You are arguably the most talented team in hockey with that much experience. PLAY LIKE IT!

 

[ACamp1900]

Idk if they can hold it but Nashville is a pretty good team, they aren't scrubs...

 

[Crazy Balki]

Idk if they can hold it but Nashville is a pretty good team, they aren't scrubs...

The point I'm making is Nash isn't scrubs, but Chicago is playing like scrubs. Nashville isn't as good as Chicago is making them look.

Melrose stated that Rinne has been the best goalie in the playoffs so far, but honestly, it's more because Chicago has done an absolutely terrible job mounting any sort of offensive. The Hawks have had bad playoff series before, but this so far is easily their worst effort.

 

[calvegas04]

Wake me up when the Caps and Hawks are in the finals

Anyone else even going to challenge Chicago in the West? I think the Oilers or Ducks will be their biggest test

lol

 

[BobbyMac]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Who was beat worse at United? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Preds?src=hash">#Preds</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Blackhawks?src=hash">#Blackhawks</a> <a href="https://t.co/uyvF3eOhBR">pic.twitter.com/uyvF3eOhBR</a></p>— Frank The Turtle (@LavysTurtle) <a href="https://twitter.com/LavysTurtle/status/853445007293820929">April 16, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nope not yet. <a href="https://t.co/8HHXe7NTZ9">pic.twitter.com/8HHXe7NTZ9</a></p>— ⓂarcusD²·º (@_MarcusD2_) <a href="https://twitter.com/_MarcusD2_/status/853439525707808768">April 16, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Irishnuke]

My God the Hawks have been playing like crap. Not that I'm liking the results but this is what makes playoff hockey much more exciting than the NBA playoffs.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

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Preds be like: 'Y'all challenged yet?'

Lol. GB is an asshat for that one.

 

[Irishman77]

The only thing as sweet as a Blues win is a Hawks loss. What a glorious start to the playoffs! LGB!!!!!

 

[IrishSteelhead]

LGB!!!!!

You forgot the "T" at the end. Try to be more inclusive next time.

 

[Crazy Balki]

The only thing as sweet as a Blues win is a Hawks loss. What a glorious start to the playoffs! LGB!!!!!

Got it backwards buddy.

 

[ACamp1900]

Even as a Pens fan I'm not sure how I feel about that Werenski play, obviously the incident was an accident but I'm not going to sit here and act like if the shoe had been on the other foot that I'd be okay with that goal... play should have been blown dead.

 

[Crazy Balki]

Well, you know what they say. Nothing like good ol' fashion Southern Home Cookin'.

Easily the worst officiated period I have witnessed. The Hawks played like crap in the first 2 games and deserved to lose. They deserved this one and are being cheated out of it by criminal officiating.

Also, PK Subban is a sack of sh*t, but obviously he's Nashville, can't call a penalty on him.

EDIT: As I stated before, this was a complete cheat fest. I couldn't complain about the first two games, because Chicago just played like crap. They were robbed tonight. Any hope of making the comeback, stolen from under them by officials that should be unemployed by tomorrow.

 

[ACamp1900]

Crazy night of hockey continues w Ducks/Flames.... from a neutral standpoint I give Nashville much more credit than some, they're flat out-playing Chicago.

 

[Crazy Balki]

Crazy night of hockey continues w Ducks/Flames.... from a neutral standpoint I give Nashville much more credit than some, they're flat out-playing Chicago.

I don't give Nashville that much credit. They outplayed Chicago in games 1 and 2, but I'm thoroughly convinced that the Avalanche would've outplayed Chicago in those games the way I saw them play. They were just plain atrocious.

In game 3, no. Chicago legit took it to Nashville and then the officials decided to sit on their whistles in period 3, resulting in over a half-dozen holds, high sticks that were completely missed, not to mention that utterly ridiculous dirty play by Subban. Topped off by the most utterly ridiculous no-call on the 2nd goal when it was blatant goalie interference.

That game was gift-wrapped by beyond porous officiating.

 

[irishog77]

I don't give Nashville that much credit. They outplayed Chicago in games 1 and 2, but I'm thoroughly convinced that the Avalanche would've outplayed Chicago in those games the way I saw them play. They were just plain atrocious.

In game 3, no. Chicago legit took it to Nashville and then the officials decided to sit on their whistles in period 3, resulting in over a half-dozen holds, high sticks that were completely missed, not to mention that utterly ridiculous dirty play by Subban. Topped off by the most utterly ridiculous no-call on the 2nd goal when it was blatant goalie interference.

That game was gift-wrapped by beyond porous officiating.

No

 

[ACamp1900]

That wasn't interference,.... he was clearly out of the crease, I've seen many angles, not one leaves any question. It was the right call. On PK...I assume you're talking the contact on JT on the deflection attempt? If that's 'utterly ridiculously dirty' to you I can only take that two ways.... you don't know hockey, or you're super salty currently... I'll just take the, 'he's pissed' option and leave it at that.

 

[ACamp1900]

Anyway, how are the Flyers doing in their series????

 

[Crazy Balki]

That wasn't interference,.... he was clearly out of the crease, I've seen many angles, not one leaves any question. It was the right call. On PK...I assume you're talking the contact on JT on the deflection attempt? If that's 'utterly ridiculously dirty' to you I can only take that two ways.... you don't know hockey, or you're super salty currently... I'll just take the, 'he's pissed' option and leave it at that.

That doesn't matter.

The goalie interference rule states that goals should be disallowed if “an attacking player initiates intentional or deliberate contact with a goalkeeper, inside or outside of his goal crease.”

Arvidsson initiated contact on Crawford. That's a clear no goal, Q even challenged it and it was denied. Which just shows double incompetence on the refs part, because they failed to get the call right twice.

I'm quite salty and rightfully so after that utter atrocity at the Hawks expense. If the Hawks played like crap again and lost, that's one thing, but Nashville was rewarded despite playing dirty throughout that period.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

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GB better stay away for awhile. He started this whole mess.


Side note:

I expect the Bears to roll around for 4 quarters.

I expect the Sox bullpen to collapse on the rare nights a win is tangible.

I expect the Bulls to mire in mediocrity.

I expect ND to get killed by an awful call or execution during crunch time.

I DO NOT EXPECT Q'S HAWK TEAMS TO FALL FLAT IN THE PLAYOFFS.

 

[Crazy Balki]

GB better stay away for awhile. He started this whole mess.


Side note:

I expect the Bears to roll around for 4 quarters.

I expect the Sox bullpen to collapse on the rare nights a win is tangible.

I expect the Bulls to mire in mediocrity.

I expect ND to get killed by an awful call or execution during crunch time.

I DO NOT EXPECT Q'S HAWK TEAMS TO FALL FLAT IN THE PLAYOFFS.

Yeah, it's really frustrating watching the one team I expect to actually make and play well in the postseason struggle so immensely and the one time they actually deserve to win, get f'd over so blatantly. 0-3 is mostly on them, for playing so terribly, but I can't let that horrific 3rd period of officiating slide. As a former official myself, it was painful to watch.

 

[ACamp1900]

I have no dog in this fight and have rooted for Chicago in the past but there was no intentional contact, Crawford came out of the crease and was the reason for any contact... just sayin.

 

[ACamp1900]

Anyway moving on to some other series, Caps are fortunate to not be in Chicagos position, even tho they've outplayed Toronto for the majority... and I'm surprised by the Ducks 3-0... expected Calgary to hang around in that one...

 

[Wild Bill]

Yeah, it's really frustrating watching the one team I expect to actually make and play well in the postseason struggle so immensely and the one time they actually deserve to win, get f'd over so blatantly. 0-3 is mostly on them, for playing so terribly, but I can't let that horrific 3rd period of officiating slide. As a former official myself, it was painful to watch.

Bad calls are going to happen. They matter less when you actually come to play the first two games of the series.

 

[NDgradstudent]

Anyone else even going to challenge Chicago in the West? I think the Oilers or Ducks will be their biggest test

Oh

 

[ACamp1900]

Lol... beaten by the league, the refs, and oh... yeah by Nashville too,... they had a small hand in it apparently.