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ThinkTank posted:Lombardi's getting more creative with ways to get out of those long term contracts. No, he's just looking for ways to cut down on the jersey budget.
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Deltron 3030 posted:Penguins tanking to try to "catch" the Rangers for 1st Wildcard? Don't have to try very hard with the lineup we're running currently. Missing Hagelin, Letang, Malkin, Maatta, Daley, Guentzel, Hainsey. I don't know if there is a team out there that could deal with that and keep winning. For the Hawks that'd be like no Toews, Keith, Seabrook, Panik, Anisimov. Imagine the gongshow that game looks like last night if the Pens are healthy but the Hawks are missing those players. Be pretty much what it was but reversed. Even if the Pens don't win another game though the Rangers have to go at least like 3-1-1 to overtake them. And as banged up as the Pens are they'll probably find a way to squeak out a win or two more. They're not finishing fourth.
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So Calgary lost. Had they won in regulation they'd have clinched. Is that still the case or do they need 2 wins, or....?
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Deltron 3030 posted:Penguins tanking to try to "catch" the Rangers for 1st Wildcard? Not sure they get there even if they lose out. They really have not much to play for at this point other than round 1 home team advantage and they've never cared about that really. Also their injured players, Malkin and Letang, should get miraculously healed for game 1.
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Mar 30, 2017 14:54
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They play the rangers twice, so there's a chance.
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The Little Kielbasa posted:They play the rangers twice, so there's a chance. *Tanner Glass inserted on the 1st line*
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Matt Zerella posted:*Tanner Glass inserted on the 1st line* *Maf inserted into the goal*
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Mar 30, 2017 15:13
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Just turn those two games into an ice dancing competition.
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Ginette Reno posted:*Maf inserted into the goal* Same but Hank.
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"Half our team is dead. We're getting Montreal in the first round"Matt Zerella posted:*Tanner Glass inserted on the 1st line* "NUH-UH, FIRST WILD CARD IS OURS!" Ginette Reno posted:*Maf inserted into the goal* "Oh YEAH?" Matt Zerella posted:Same but Hank. "Come getcha some." I don't care who the CBJ play as long as they win the series. My, how expectations change in the course of six months. "Just don't be too awful" to "If you don't get out of the first round, it's a letdown".
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Mar 30, 2017 15:41
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CBJSprague24 posted:My, how expectations change in the course of six months. "Just don't be too awful" to "If you don't get out of the first round, it's a letdown". Caps fans can learn you a thing or two about raising your expectations.
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Mar 30, 2017 15:45
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I honestly have none for the Rangers so wherever they land they're probably out in the first round. The only reason I want to face the Habs is the games between them this season were very entertaining.
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Mar 30, 2017 15:49
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Personally I'd like the Pens and Jackets to meet in the ECF and the Sharks and Preds play the WCF but that's just me
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El Gallinero Gros posted:So Calgary lost. Had they won in regulation they'd have clinched. Is that still the case or do they need 2 wins, or....? on my phone, and I was last looking at the standings last night, but Calgary only needs 1 point to be assured of playoffs. Everything after that could affect placement. The only team that can catch them are the Kings - and only if they win each remaining game, and Calgary loses each remaining game in regulation.
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CBJSprague24 posted:My, how expectations change in the course of six months. "Just don't be too awful" to "If you don't get out of the first round, it's a letdown". Well the Crew did the opposite the last two years... Went from MLS Cup runner-up to bottom of the barrel. Seize the day!
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Pens also get the CBJ on Tuesday(?), so that could help the tank effort if they really want it.Deltron 3030 posted:Well the Crew did the opposite the last two years... Went from MLS Cup runner-up to bottom of the barrel. You better believe I'm hoping to get all the good out of this season because  .
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Pungry posted:Personally I'd like the Pens and Jackets to meet in the ECF and the Sharks and Preds play the WCF but that's just me Same but Caps not Pens because if this were the case the Pens would win the cup because every time a first time champ has a chance to be crowned, some boring gently caress old guard team wins instead, except that one time the boring gently caress old guard team was the Devils who got beat by the somehow more boring and old Kings
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Mar 30, 2017 16:18
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Teemu Pokemon posted:Same but Caps not Pens because if this were the case the Pens would win the cup because every time a first time champ has a chance to be crowned, some boring gently caress old guard team wins instead, except that one time the boring gently caress old guard team was the Devils who got beat by the somehow more boring and old Kings The 2012 Devils were hardly an "old guard" team in the way that the Pens, Hawks and Kings are these days. quote:I honestly have none for the Rangers so wherever they land they're probably out in the first round. This is the correct approach. Even expecting the Caps to lose in the second round — which just about everybody does — is hubris at this point. Which is not to say that I'm my saving a bonus check for possible conference finals tickets isn't also hubris, I'm just not expecting it to be spent. Chad Sexington fucked around with this message at 16:33 on Mar 30, 2017 |
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Mar 30, 2017 16:27
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Chad Sexington posted:The 2012 Devils were hardly an "old guard" team in the way that the Pens, Hawks and Kings are these days. Yes but that doesn't fit my joke or narrative
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Mar 30, 2017 16:41
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Spotted on reddit: Goddamn Avs, at least pretend to try. If you aren't gonna play for the team at least play for yourself, try to put on a show so you have a job next season.
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Mar 30, 2017 16:49
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Teemu Pokemon posted:Yes but that doesn't fit my joke or narrative But when is it ever true? Like... the Canucks in 2011? Do the Lightning count in 2015? I guess if you expand "had a chance to be crowned" to "gets in the playoffs at all" then sure. Doesn't happen in the Cup very often. Your narrative is dumb. 
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xzzy posted:Spotted on reddit: no way 
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DJExile posted:no way The video: https://streamable.com/vlq83 Guess the avs hosed up a breakway shorthanded, 3 on 1 for the avs turned into a 4 on 1 for the caps.
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xzzy posted:Spotted on reddit: But which guy scored?
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xzzy posted:The video: hahahaha this is incredible
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Chad Sexington posted:But when is it ever true? Like... the Canucks in 2011? Do the Lightning count in 2015? I guess if you expand "had a chance to be crowned" to "gets in the playoffs at all" then sure. Doesn't happen in the Cup very often. Literally last year e: 2015, both ECF teams haven't won in 13 and 22 years respectively but it was the Hawks, again 2014, both ECF teams haven't won since goddamn Clinton was freshly in office, it was the Kings, again Teemu Pokemon fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Mar 30, 2017 |
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Mar 30, 2017 17:00
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Maybe the East should stop letting teams who can't win like New York, New Jersey and Tampa Bay get to the finals then.
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Mar 30, 2017 17:27
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El Gallinero Gros posted:So Calgary lost. Had they won in regulation they'd have clinched. Is that still the case or do they need 2 wins, or....? Flames need just 2 points. Kings max out at 91 points but win the tiebreaker vs. Calgary, necessitating the need for the 2nd point.
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Interestingly, Colorado is the only franchise that is undefeated in Stanley Cup Finals (besides teams that of course, haven't made a final). Even if they stole 2001. e: although if you count their franchise history in the WHA they have a finals loss there, as do all the WHA finalists. There are plenty of teams that have won it in their first appearance: Flyers, Islanders, Devils, Penguins, Avalanche, Tampa. T-Bone fucked around with this message at 18:02 on Mar 30, 2017 |
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Mar 30, 2017 17:54
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I just realized that the Bruins will have to play Washington in round 1 if things stay as is which, like...you might as well not even make the playoffs if that's the case. edit: but on the plus side I could maybe go to a game for more money than I'd like spend
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Jamwad Hilder posted:I just realized that the Bruins will have to play Washington in round 1 if things stay as is which, like...you might as well not even make the playoffs if that's the case. Yeah that would still go to seven games.
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Mar 30, 2017 18:18
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Yeah quick reminder that even last year's trash Flyers team somehow managed to take Washington to 6 games
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Mar 30, 2017 18:26
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As long as Rask was pretty good I think Boston could give them a long series.
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Stretch Marx posted:But which guy scored? they all did
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Aphrodite posted:Maybe the East should stop letting teams who can't win like New York, New Jersey and Tampa Bay get to the finals then. *willfully ignores 2013*
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Furnaceface posted:*willfully ignores 2013* That one doesn't count because Chicago cheated.
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Mar 30, 2017 18:29
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Aphrodite posted:That one doesn't count because Chicago cheated. Sure. 
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Advanced stats say the Bruins are an excellent team who have received some poo poo goaltending and poor shooting luck. I wouldn't be down on their chances, and in fact as a Caps fan I'd rather the Caps play any of the other potential WC2 teams before Boston, including Tampa Bay. I'd count on Ovechkin, Backstrom, and Oshie to be effective against most teams except Boston whose first line is probably the best in the NHL and could realistically shut them down.
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It's more because I like the Bruins and the Capitals and whenever they play each other it's not fun. You'd think it would be because one of my teams is guaranteed to advance, but no. Also I probably like the Bruins slightly more (like a 55/45 split) and they usually lose to the Caps.
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Rask had a below average save percentage but top 10 GAA for most of 2017. (That's bad.)
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