Sure, who doesn't love Game 7s? Unless your team had a 3-2 series lead heading into Game 6 at home and promptly blew it. Excuse me while I go vomit.
LOL at St. Louis, Nashville, and Pittsburgh.
I havent kept up with hockey in a while. Is it football season yet? :)
Plus one for your avatar....
Quote from: TheNorm on April 27, 2015, 11:09:58 PM
Sure, who doesn't love Game 7s? Unless your team had a 3-2 series lead heading into Game 6 at home and promptly blew it. Excuse me while I go vomit.
LOL at St. Louis, Nashville, and Pittsburgh.
I agree with this, especially the LOL's; however, since my team didnt make the playoffs, Id kinda enjoy blowing a two game lead including a game 7....ok, maybe not ;-)
Red Wings Defenseman Nik Kronwall suspended one game for this hit in game 6.
I'm not gonna argue the hit wasn't dirty, because it was-he left his feet and the initial contact point was the head. What I do have issue with, however, is the suspension-especially when a slash by PK Subban that broke a guy's wrist was deemed not worth a suspension...
Or even in the same Game 6 above, where Lightning player Ondrej Palat left his feet to deliver a head hit to the Wings' Luke Glendening (no embedding, only a gif link)
https://gfycat.com/DeliriousPortlyCassowary
Guess what? No penalty, no phone call from the league either. There really is no rhyme or reason to how these suspensions get handed out and it's a damn shame because this really is the greatest league for the greatest sport. All I want is some fucking consistency. If things were consistent, I'd have no problem with this suspension...but they aren't. So fix your shit NHL.
This is the second time in the playoffs that Tampa Bay has gotten away with a missed offsides call...only this time, they won in double OT because of the screwup.
http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/lightning-win-in-second-overtime-on-missed-offside-call-1701676692 (http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/lightning-win-in-second-overtime-on-missed-offside-call-1701676692)
yea, I was hoping for more consistent actions too, but its just not meant to be. LOL @ the habs announcer saying that no wasy is that a fiver. He even noted how PK choked up on his stick to chop the guy.
People just flippin amaze me, and not in the good way, and I mean rarely, if ever.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2464678-the-discovery-channel-just-killed-the-poor-pittsburgh-penguins
Quote from: rollntider on May 14, 2015, 05:01:58 PM
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2464678-the-discovery-channel-just-killed-the-poor-pittsburgh-penguins
;D The Pens might want to contact the local burn center to take...nope, too late for that. They got charred and it was epic.
Bleacher report still around?
I read some time ago there was an effort to improve the schoolyard writing but i wasnt impressed and havent kept up.
Should I?
Quote from: Crewe on May 17, 2015, 01:06:59 AM
Bleacher report still around?
I read some time ago there was an effort to improve the schoolyard writing but i wasnt impressed and havent kept up.
Should I?
Unfortunately yes they are, but as far as articles go that one was pretty basic. All it needed to include was an epic troll job on the Penguins and I'm happy with it. :D
This streak by the Rangers of games decided by one goal is impressive (15 and counting I believe after yesterday's 2-1 win over TB, and dating back to last year's playoffs)...but I don't know how well I'd be handling that as a fan. :o
I seriously couldn't care less who wins between Anaheim and Chicago in the West, and I'm still debating which team and fanbase I despise more in that series. Both of their fanbases are full of bandwagoning prom night dumpster babies, but Corey Perry may give the edge to Anaheim in the douchebaggery category. May they beat the hell out of each other for 7 full games complete with multiple OTs (each game), and be easy pickings for whatever team comes out of the East.
Lol norm, we would so get along!
I dig the Rangers. I like a lot of the players, plus one of the coaches is Scott Arniel who played in Houston when the Aeros returned in the 90's.
He was a fan favorite and having met him, i can say, a darn nice fella, so i wish good things for him.
That said, i like some of TB too, but i just cant get over a team being in TB and worse, being called the Lightning. However they do have kind of a reputable GM.
I echo everything you said about the West
I may be slightly partial to Tampa's GM as well, more than likely from his playing days though (best #19 I've ever seen play). 8)
So as much as I love OT playoff hockey I made it through about two OTs of the Bandwagon Douchebag Fanbase Series (aka WCF), including Shaw's header into the net that was (rightfully) waved off. At the end of that second OT I finally realized there really is a limit to how long I can watch two teams I absolutely loathe play, even with playoff OT involved. With any luck they'll beat the crap out of each other that way for the rest of the series.
Lol that header was epic!
I watched it all, but had to realize i was going to be disapointed no matter what.
Sadly, i like a few of the Hawks, but man, just...cant...do it
A friend of mine put it best: Anaheim's a turd sandwich but rooting for the Hawks would be like rooting for a lobotomy on yourself, so here we are. As much as I'd like this series to go 7 games, I still think one of my favorite moments from last season was seeing crying Hawks bandwagoners after LA beat them in OT of Game 7 in their own house. It was a great feeling and I wouldn't mind seeing that again tonight. I'm such an asshole. :D #chidenfreude
Lol well game 7's are wild!
I love it just for that reason.
Like we said earlier, no matter who, its the East for us.
I think NY matches up better against Chicago and TB v the duckies but thats me.
Kesler v his old mates would be interesting, but im going for NY first
Anaheim's f'ing useless. Go Bolts.
Yea and part of me is really glad cuz i dont like a lot of their guys, especially Getzlaf.
Hawks are obviously a consistently good team, being here so often, but i hope they get the pants beaten off them
Quote from: Crewe on May 31, 2015, 02:25:32 AM
Yea and part of me is really glad cuz i dont like a lot of their guys, especially Getzlaf.
Hawks are obviously a consistently good team, being here so often, but i hope they get the pants beaten off them
Well Mighty Ducks 2 taught us that "ducks fly together"...so now we'll get to see if that included going to the golf course.
You know my feelings on Chicago on their team and their mouthbreathing prom night dumpster baby bandwagon fanbase. Once this series ends (TB in 6) it'll be even more fun to watch the bandwagon have to dump salary.
Lol and yes i enjoy your disdain for the hawks immensely.
Speaking of disdain, i ripped you off the other day;
My Astros lost to the White Sox and i told my buddy how we let that game get away, we shoulda won, especially against those filthy south siders lol
So, theres your credit 😎
Hahaha I love it! Glad to have that kind of impact on people. :D
So a Chicago friend of mine told me-with a straight face-that he considers Corey Crawford an elite goalie. Yeah, if he's an elite goaltender, then I'm an NHL capable goaltender.
Of course, this now begged the question: who is the worst goalie to win the Stanley Cup in the last 30+ years? I know this sounds like bandwagon bashing (and it partially is), but I've gotta say it's Antti Niemi from the 2010 team with a close second to Corey Crawford from the 2013 squad. Crawford does make timely stops every once in a while, but Chicago and Niemi seriously got lucky that Philly had an even crappier pair of netminders.
Quote from: TheNorm on June 09, 2015, 05:09:31 PM
Hahaha I love it! Glad to have that kind of impact on people. :D
So a Chicago friend of mine told me-with a straight face-that he considers Corey Crawford an elite goalie. Yeah, if he's an elite goaltender, then I'm an NHL capable goaltender.
Of course, this now begged the question: who is the worst goalie to win the Stanley Cup in the last 30+ years? I know this sounds like bandwagon bashing (and it partially is), but I've gotta say it's Antti Niemi from the 2010 team with a close second to Corey Crawford from the 2013 squad. Crawford does make timely stops every once in a while, but Chicago and Niemi seriously got lucky that Philly had an even crappier pair of netminders.
I thought you would appreciate that lol
Crawford seems to let in too many easy goals, at least to me. As for Niemi, I don't remember him being horrible, but like you say, maybe in comparison he appeared better.