Official NHL playoffs 2012 thread

[sandorski]

Or if they started Schneider from the get go. :ninja:
:whiste:

The PP and Scoring was the main problem.

 

[FallenHero]

I say again, fuck Duncan Keith.

Maybe next time he won't try to take a cheap shot at Keith.

 

[silverpig]

Maybe next time he won't try to take a cheap shot at Keith.

Either way, fuck Duncan Keith.

The Canucks didn't deserve to win any of the first three games, deserved to win 4 with Sedin back, and game 5 was a toss up.

It's BS that you can headshot the team MVP, an Art Ross and Hart trophy winner, and tank his team's playoff run.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

Or if they started Schneider from the get go. :ninja:
:whiste:

Schneider certainly wouldn't have saved them from game 1. Maybe game 2.

 

[Train]

so did the cannucks set the record for quickest playoff exit by a #1 seed?

 

[GoodRevrnd]

so did the cannucks set the record for quickest playoff exit by a #1 seed?

No, the Bruins swept somebody back in the late '30s. :awe:

 

[GoodRevrnd]

UNF

 

[Sephire]

Hamhuis tried to dive and get the penalty call from Lewis after losing the puck which eventually Stoll picked up and scored the goal.

 

[Train]

No, the Bruins swept somebody back in the late '30s. :awe:

I mean in the 1 vs 8 seed era.

 

[SP33Demon]

"To be honest, it doesn't matter if you lose the seventh game of the Final or you lose in five in the first round -- it's devastating," said Daniel Sedin...

lmao at danny boy trying to downplay it.

Great hockey day when the choking diver twins and crybaby crosby are eliminated in the same day. FWIW there are some players I like on both those teams (schneider, malkin) but my enmity for the others override everything.

 

[Jeffg010]

Suck it, James Neal! You just got bitch slapped by the hockey Gods.

And I'll leave this here;

Pittsburgh was the team to beat but they beat themselves. Boston is not looking so hot against Washington. Pittsburgh will back next year just as good and will be the team to beat again.

 

[Blackjack200]

Pittsburgh was the team to beat but they beat themselves. Boston is not looking so hot against Washington. Pittsburgh will back next year just as good and will be the team to beat again.

They need to fix their defense and goaltending - barring that it's just a team with 3 superstars and a top line player (Neal) that can be stopped by effective checking. Staal and Kunitz are garbage.

Any team with Crosby and Malkin though, is never far from top.

 

[silverpig]

Hamhuis tried to dive and get the penalty call from Lewis after losing the puck which eventually Stoll picked up and scored the goal.

He just plain tripped (not a penalty) and then in desperation tried to knock the King player down. I wouldn't call it a dive as it was an accident.

For now I'd like to see the Kings come out of the west, and the Sens out of the east.


Sens
Kings
Flyers
Caps
Yotes


Sidenote: Imagine if the Coyotes, a team owned by the NHL that can't fill their arena even if they give tickets away, win the Stanley Cup. And imagine how the Leafs, a team that makes tons of money and transfers it to other teams, would feel considering that they never even make the bloody playoffs.

 

[silverpig]

lmao at danny boy trying to downplay it.

Great hockey day when the choking diver twins and crybaby crosby are eliminated in the same day. FWIW there are some players I like on both those teams (schneider, malkin) but my enmity for the others override everything.

Actually, now that I live out east, I fully agree. I'd rather they lose in 5 in the first round than lose in 7 in the final. The prospect of staying up until 3 am on a work night for an OT game just sucks.

 

[Jeffg010]

They need to fix their defense and goaltending - barring that it's just a team with 3 superstars and a top line player (Neal) that can be stopped by effective checking. Staal and Kunitz are garbage.

Any team with Crosby and Malkin though, is never far from top.

Staal is garbage? He was Pens best player in the playoffs.

 

[SP33Demon]

Pittsburgh was the team to beat but they beat themselves. Boston is not looking so hot against Washington. Pittsburgh will back next year just as good and will be the team to beat again.

Yes, if the hockey gods decide that Crosby doesn't get concussed again. Hopefully he can stay healthy because we don't want Pens fans saying they weren't at full strength when Philly beats them again.

 

[AMDZen]

They need to fix their defense and goaltending - barring that it's just a team with 3 superstars and a top line player (Neal) that can be stopped by effective checking. Staal and Kunitz are garbage.

Any team with Crosby and Malkin though, is never far from top.

Wow. The jadedness of Pens fans knows no bounds.

You obviously no dick about hockey if you think Staal is garbage

 

[Jeffg010]

Yes, if the hockey gods decide that Crosby doesn't get concussed again. Hopefully he can stay healthy because we don't want Pens fans saying they weren't at full strength when Philly beats them again.

Don't worry I have high hopes for Philly the rest of the playoffs

 

[SP33Demon]

Actually, now that I live out east, I fully agree. I'd rather they lose in 5 in the first round than lose in 7 in the final. The prospect of staying up until 3 am on a work night for an OT game just sucks.

Well, I would have been somewhat excited for Canuck fans if your city had won the Cup last year being that it would have been the city's first. And there's no shame in losing in 7 games in the SCF's, but losing in the first round after winning the President's is the epitome of suckass. It reminds me of the 2010 Caps who I had high hopes for, and then did the same thing - I didn't really follow them until the playoffs the year after.

I would have gladly stayed up late with fingers crossed and been tired at work, that's the fun in just being a hockey fan in general. Just like when the Flyers lost to Chicago in the SCF, I remember the hangovers the next day.

 

[Jeffg010]

Wow. The jadedness of Pens fans knows no bounds.

You obviously no dick about hockey if you think Staal is garbage

My biggest problem with PENs is Paul Martin. He is getting 5 million and he is garbage. I want Hal Gill back

 

[silverpig]

Well, I would have been somewhat excited for Canuck fans if your city had won the Cup last year being that it would have been the city's first. And there's no shame in losing in 7 games in the SCF's, but losing in the first round after winning the President's is the epitome of suckass. It reminds me of the 2010 Caps who I had high hopes for, and then did the same thing - I didn't really follow them until the playoffs the year after.

I would have gladly stayed up late with fingers crossed and been tired at work, that's the fun in just being a hockey fan in general. Just like when the Flyers lost to Chicago in the SCF, I remember the hangovers the next day.

Yeah... although I'm doing 70+ hr weeks right now so it kind of sucks

 

[mugs]

My biggest problem with PENs is Paul Martin. He is getting 5 million and he is garbage.

You're welcome.

Sincerely,
Devils fans

 

[TreyRandom]

BREAKING NEWS: Games 6 and 7 of the NHL Western Conference Quarterfinals between the Phoenix Coyotes and Chicago Blackhawks have been cancelled. Both teams are refusing to take the ice because neither team wants to face the Predators in the next round.

 

[SP33Demon]

Don't worry I have high hopes for Philly the rest of the playoffs

Me too, but then I remember the Brian Boucher reincarnation in goal and then I immediately think of the new bottle of scotch I bought this weekend.

 

[mugs]

BREAKING NEWS: Games 6 and 7 of the NHL Western Conference Quarterfinals between the Phoenix Coyotes and Chicago Blackhawks have been cancelled. Both teams are refusing to take the ice because neither team wants to face the Predators in the next round.

People usually end up regretting saying things like this.