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RC Cola posted:Lol if you think the Lightning with Stamkos and Bishop can beat the Pens with Kessel Took them to seven games, and the Pens had to win 2 out of the final 3 games? Yeah it's a real stretch.
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May 2, 2017 20:29
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RC Cola posted:That sucks about Crosby. I hope he's able to keep playing. How many concussions is that now? 5, or as Methot calls it 4 3/4.
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May 2, 2017 20:32
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Pornographic Memory posted:Nobody's going to put an asterisk next to it except Penguins fans trying to trash talk you I guarantee it. Yeah if this were the final then maybe but if they do win the cup they'll have to win two more series and this will be a footnote at best.
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May 2, 2017 20:34
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Wonderllama posted:Took them to seven games, and the Pens had to win 2 out of the final 3 games? Honestly if it weren't for the offside goal being taken back in game 6 I think the lightning would have won the game and series.
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iospace posted:Are you feeling ok? You seem more optimistic than normal. I stole Kawalimus' pessimism. I am now Kawalimus: Oilers Fan. For as much as I hate the Pens, I really hate seeing Crosby end up with another concussion. He's not even 30 yet and it would suck to see him miss a lot of games and/or be less dominant thanks to yet another concussion.
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RC Cola posted:That sucks about Crosby. I hope he's able to keep playing. How many concussions is that now? 87
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May 2, 2017 20:53
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Matt Zerella posted:Hockey Crank Nice. 
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It's gonna be a hard-fought game tonight, but I feel real good about my Sens!
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I'm not worried at all about losing Crosby and Sheary, they'll just Next Man Up Carter Rowney and... Oskar Sundqvist? So it'll be fine guys
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Slappy Pappy posted:If the Caps somehow come back and win the Stanley Cup there will always be an asterisk next to it (I'll still take it). It really does suck that Crosby's brain will probably be mush in 20 years. No there wouldn't be. A cup is a cup. I bet it's rare that a team doesn't go through another with some sort of injury issue en route to one. It's part of the game. Now if the hit was blatantly dirty or something, maybe. But I didn't see the hit so I don't know.
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Kawalimus posted:No there wouldn't be. A cup is a cup. I bet it's rare that a team doesn't go through another with some sort of injury issue en route to one. It's part of the game. Now if the hit was blatantly dirty or something, maybe. But I didn't see the hit so I don't know. It was bang bang, not intentional at all. Crosby was falling over as the other player (because I'm too lazy to look up how to spell his name, starts with an N and is long) was skating over and Crosby ended up getting the shaft of the stick to the head. In real time, sure, I can understand why they called a major and a game penalty, in slow mo it was clearly unintentional and that's why there's no further punishment. Also, the righteous fury over the star getting hurt in a clean play always tickles my schadenfreude button.
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May 2, 2017 22:08
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It wasn't a clean play, he was still going for a cross check. Just not at the head.
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In news that came as a shock, at least to me, US TV ratings for this year's playoffs are actually up compared to last year. I'd like to think this means NBC/NBCSN will be jacking off over Chicago a little less, but then again I'd like to think a lot of things.
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Wonderllama posted:Took them to seven games, and the Pens had to win 2 out of the final 3 games? The joke was too subtle. In other news a
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Aphrodite posted:It wasn't a clean play, he was still going for a cross check. Just not at the head. This is Sidney "Breaking Someone's Finger is a clean play" Crosby.
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Kawalimus posted:No there wouldn't be. A cup is a cup. I bet it's rare that a team doesn't go through another with some sort of injury issue en route to one. It's part of the game. Now if the hit was blatantly dirty or something, maybe. But I didn't see the hit so I don't know. Ovie slashed Crosby so hard that his 130 flex stick looked like a spaghetti noodle, then Niskanen cross-checked him in the head as he fell. Was it dirty? Playoff hockey, friend. FWIW Niskanen said in the post game presser that he wasn't trying to cross check him "that hard"
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Slappy Pappy posted:If the Caps somehow come back and win the Stanley Cup there will always be an asterisk next to it (I'll still take it). It really does suck that Crosby's brain will probably be mush in 20 years. Nobody puts an asterisk next to the Devils 2000 win because Stevens effectively ended Lindros's career.
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MY NIGGA D-LINK posted:Ovie slashed Crosby so hard that his 130 flex stick looked like a spaghetti noodle, then Niskanen cross-checked him in the head as he fell. Was it dirty? Playoff hockey, friend. as has been covered numerous times already, he was trying to give him a shove which is standard operating procedure for players who are in front of the net and his head rapidly declined into the area niskanen's hands were, which is extremely obvious when you watch the video
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a false posted:as has been covered numerous times already, he was trying to give him a shove which is standard operating procedure for players who are in front of the net and his head rapidly declined into the area niskanen's hands were, which is extremely obvious when you watch the video Well, since I was there and saw it happen, the slash knocked him over, and the cross check that Niskanen himself admitted happened as he was falling. So, sorta?
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Isn't Ovie notorious for using a 70ish pound flex? That's why his stick breaks every 3rd slap shot.
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MY NIGGA D-LINK posted:Well, since I was there and saw it happen, the slash knocked him over, and the cross check that Niskanen himself admitted happened as he was falling. So, sorta? ah yes the incredible clarity of watching from the crowd
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Infidel Castro posted:Nobody puts an asterisk next to the Devils 2000 win because Stevens effectively ended Lindros's career. the Flyers were already well on their way to choking that away anyway also Stevens was always trying to end careers so not an asterisk but a gold star soaked in blood
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MY NIGGA D-LINK posted:Well, since I was there and saw it happen, the slash knocked him over, and the cross check that Niskanen himself admitted happened as he was falling. So, sorta? Oh yeah for sure man
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MY NIGGA D-LINK posted:Well, since I was there and saw it happen, the slash knocked him over, and the cross check that Niskanen himself admitted happened as he was falling. So, sorta?
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I was staring off into space and suddenly remembered the NHL "guardian project." Almost all superheroes had animal empathy as a power.
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MY NIGGA D-LINK posted:Well, since I was there and saw it happen, the slash knocked him over, and the cross check that Niskanen himself admitted happened as he was falling. So, sorta? This is canon
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Kinda wondering why Sullivan keeps giving less ice to the Schultz/Cole pairing than Hal Gill 2.0 (Hainsey) and Dumoulin. Ideally they'd just split Dumo apart from him and pair him with Schultz but it's probably too late for that.Benson Cunningham posted:Isn't Ovie notorious for using a 70ish pound flex? That's why his stick breaks every 3rd slap shot. TrixR4kids fucked around with this message at 23:26 on May 2, 2017 |
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One day I hope that we'll be able to watch hockey games even if we're not at the arena instead of having to listen via radio. Maybe one day we'll even be able to see multiple camera angles and it'd be really swell if they could replay stuff and maybe even slow it down so we can see what happened. Alas we are not that technologically advanced yet and must rely on the word of the upper class who can watch games in person. oh and some people think that dave lozo tweet is real lol
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TrixR4kids posted:Kinda wondering why Sullivan keeps giving less ice to the Schultz/Cole pairing than Hal Gill 2.0 (Hainsey) and Dumoulin. Ideally they'd just split Dumo apart from him and pair him with Schultz but it's probably too late for that. I had a similar thought in the GDT, it's kind of like an infinitely lovely recursive loop or something... "Man, Hainsey and Dumo look slow and poorly positioned out there, they really need to be sheltered... ...but that would mean playing Schultz and Cole more, which wouldn't really help, so I guess we could maybe bump up the icetime for our other pairing... ...poo poo, that means we'd have to put Maatta and Daley out there longer and those two are total fuckin liabilities right now. Sullivan, you fool, put Hainsey and Dumo back out!!!" I haven't looked at any stats, but from the eye test it seems like Maatta and Daley are getting walked and coughing up turnovers on a never-ending basis. Jultz has also regressed back to firmly mediocre levels, though maybe his goal the other night will boost his confidence. None of Hainsey, Dumo or Cole have really stuck out to me as particularly good or bad. I wouldn't mind seeing Ruhwedel or Streit get a look for Game 4
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The Dirty Burger posted:Somewhere in Pittsburgh, Sid is being strapped into the gyro chair once again At the same time, the training staff is desperately trying to restrain Phil Kessel. "No, Phil! It's not that kind of gyro!" But he cannot be stopped.
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Lost Season posted:At the same time, the training staff is desperately trying to restrain Phil Kessel. 
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Benson Cunningham posted:Isn't Ovie notorious for using a 70ish pound flex? That's why his stick breaks every 3rd slap shot.
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Sharks Eat Bear posted:I had a similar thought in the GDT, it's kind of like an infinitely lovely recursive loop or something... The Schultz Cole pairing is the only one (ever so slightly) above 50 cf% when you adjust for score, venue, and zone starts. I'll take them all day over Hainsey/Dumo at this point.
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Levitate posted:One day I hope that we'll be able to watch hockey games even if we're not at the arena instead of having to listen via radio. Maybe one day we'll even be able to see multiple camera angles and it'd be really swell if they could replay stuff and maybe even slow it down so we can see what happened. Listen, generational wealth goon, this contextless video that I watched on my Macbook combined with my magical ability to impose intent to the players is a much better vantage than your undeserved seats along the glass lol
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