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Don't really care who the Bruins play because every team in this playoffs (in the East anyway) is good enough to beat each other and it wouldn't be a surprise. All I'm really hoping for is for Toronto to lose in the first round again, for all the chicken little articles about the Leafs that get more and more hysterical with every year they fail.
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I'm probably in the minority but I don't think the Panthers are all that scary. Their goaltending is Not Great and there's no guarantee they can outscore their problems in the playoffs against playoff teams. Boston beat them the other night and held them to 20 shots. The Lightning dropped 8 on them a few days before that. One of the stats I've heard bandied around about them is how they've had 28 (?) comeback wins this season which, sure, great job, but that also means you put yourself in a position you had to come back from 28+ times.
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Apr 28, 2022 16:03
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My list feels like basically the opposite. Obviously I would like the Bruins to win but if not them, any team that hasn't won a Cup ever, or has a drought of at least 10+ years, would be fine with me. I don't want any of the Canadian teams to win but Calgary would be the most acceptable to me if one of them did. The one exception to the rule is I'd be ok with Tampa winning their third in a row. I won't be rooting for them, per se, but if they won it again I could acknowledge that it's cool.
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Apr 28, 2022 16:29
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EL BROMANCE posted:I get that take, but I wouldn't use those two games as great examples as the team have gone past that point of having the burning need to score at any cost. The Boston game in particular I don't think anyone on the ice was putting any real effort in, and the individual charts show a team that just wanted to get to the final whistle after a single period. Oh for sure, I get this take too, but it's also true that Boston and Tampa aren't really playing for anything either and still played significantly better.
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Apr 28, 2022 16:31
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There are a couple scenarios tonight where the Bruins can leap the Lightning for 3rd in the Atlantic, which means we'd get Bruins-Leafs again. That has the potential to be very funny but I kind of want the Bruins to stay where they are because I'd rather be on the Metro side of the playoffs. Although Tampa might be thinking the same thing...
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Apr 29, 2022 15:21
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Wonderllama posted:Carolina is a good team; but we smoked them in the playoffs in a rarely competitive series last season so I’d love to see them again for that reason. Also, the bolts just seem to harbor a hatred for Carolina that just doesn’t exist for the leafs (yet?) so it should be more entertaining. I feel like Carolina-Tampa has better potential for a regional (well, semi-regional, I know they're like 500 miles apart) rivalry too. Both teams are good now and will continue to be good for the foreseeable future too.
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Apr 29, 2022 15:31
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it rocks so much that 30 of the NHL's teams are playing tonight and almost none of them are playing their actual NHL roster
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Apr 30, 2022 01:43
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I want to see a '96 Cup Finals rematch (Avs-Panthers) more than I want the Bruins to win
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May 3, 2022 23:43
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kind of upset the capitals won a game. don't ruin this for the panthers you losers. no one wants you to win
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May 4, 2022 03:08
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yea the caps played like, the best game they could. And it was still close. They will not be that good the whole series.
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May 4, 2022 03:25
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the scores in the Boston-Carolina games look more lopsided than the games have actually been, but I still think the Bruins are probably going to lose unless they win both these at home. They've eliminated Carolina in their last two playoff meetups (4-0 and 4-1) so it wouldn't surprise me if there's a mild chip on the Hurricanes' shoulders either. It also doesn't help that McAvoy and Bergeron are the only players who have really showed up so far.
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May 5, 2022 17:45
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I have absolutely zero interest in the Stars-Flames series, but it was nice to see they scored more than 2 goals combined tonight.
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May 8, 2022 05:53
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I feel like the media knows something about Bergeron that everyone else doesn't. It's the last year of his contract, and he's 36, but they all keep talking like he's definitely going to retire. "This could be his last game on home ice" etc. As far as I know he hasn't said anything about retiring so I'm not sure where it all comes from unless he just doesn't want it publicly stated yet that he's definitely retiring.
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May 8, 2022 20:44
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all the players are actors. It's fake. Wake up sheeple.
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May 9, 2022 15:33
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Guess I won't be watching the playoffs anymore now that I know a shadowy cabal is pulling all the strings
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May 9, 2022 16:09
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Can't wait for a few years from now when everyone is saying "I hated Marchand as a player, but he's a great analyst" because I'm like 99% sure that's going to happen.
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May 9, 2022 21:01
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I get being upset about the Capitals performance last night, but on the other hand, they've already won double the number of games I thought they would. And Samsonov looks like the goalie he's been touted to be. Small sample size blah blah blah
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May 10, 2022 12:37
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triple sulk posted:PNC Arena sucks rear end any way I had a nice time at the Hurricanes game I went to, the crowd is good and it can feel small (in a good way), but the stadium is definitely on the older/shittier end of the spectrum and there's absolutely nothing to do around it before or after the game, which is I guess why the fans tailgate.
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May 11, 2022 01:02
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Leafs had to pick up a win so they could lose in game 7
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May 11, 2022 03:39
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based on the way this series has gone, I think Carolina will win game 7 and score at least 5 goals
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May 13, 2022 02:41
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three game sevens on Saturday and I'm going to be in the middle of the woods 
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May 13, 2022 06:29
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I hope Carolina beats the Rangers and I also hope that Penguins fans keep having tantrums
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May 16, 2022 04:42
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Pretty stoked we get two regional rivalry matchups this round in Tampa vs Florida and Calgary vs Edmonton. I hope those series whip rear end and at least one player dies on the ice.
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May 16, 2022 16:33
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Wow this is really going to change how I perceive Calgary
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May 17, 2022 23:35
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why is Tkachuk wearing a UVA jacket
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May 19, 2022 15:27
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Tkachuk wasn't in the best shape by the end of his career and it's been over a decade since he retired. Not surprised he put on some lbs
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May 19, 2022 19:14
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Battle of Florida, 2 thumbs down right now from me
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May 20, 2022 04:34
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Ginette Reno posted:Tampa is boringly effective. They need to try panicking or making turnovers or somethin. it rocks that two of the highest scoring teams in the league arent scoring any goals
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May 20, 2022 05:21
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Maybe some years, but this year Bergeron was the best defensive forward by any metric you want to use (including "the eye test") and it wasn't really even close https://theathletic.com/3249353/202...e-selke-trophy/
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May 20, 2022 15:27
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fits posted:oilers, flames: 2 games, 23 goals big shout out to the oilers and flames for playing games that aren't boring
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May 21, 2022 08:39
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Raleigh is like 100% north eastern ex-pats so making fun of fans for being southern doesnt really work. You should make fun of them for being nerds who couldn't hack it in any real major city in the mid-atlantic.
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May 21, 2022 18:14
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surely Nazem Kadri, who gets suspended for being a shithead every year in the playoffs, did not do anything untoward.
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Chad Sexington posted:I think Tampa also might just be really good. Florida outchanced Tampa by a lot. Yea I agree with this. Tampa's team defense, and especially Vasilevsky, were insanely good against the Panthers. A 49 save shutout against the most offensively talented team in decades is just wild. It was basically what the Caps did against Florida to give them fits, but with a better lineup top to bottom. I was really hoping Florida would go further because high-scoring hockey is a lot more fun than a lot of the grindfests you get in the playoffs. but its easy to see why they lost when the game tightens up. That being said I think at this point I'm rooting for a Carolina or Tampa vs Colorado final. I think either would be a good series and all the outcomes are fine to me. Canada is not allowed to win the Cup, gently caress the Blues, gently caress the Rangers.
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Not rooting for the Oilers and chaos hockey through the Finals and begrudging boring grindfests in the same post. SMH Colorado is averaging 4.5 goals a game
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Colorado games have averaged 6.5 goals/game. I don't want Canada to win a Cup so they're out. I would love an Edmonton vs Colorado WCF though.
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FunOne posted:Tampa has enjoyed a week off to recuperate vs.a rangers team that has played 14 games already this post season. 2011 Boston went to 7 in the first, third, and SCF. They swept the Flyers in the second. Pretty close though. At the time they were the first team to ever win three game sevens en route to a Cup.
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MoaM posted:It honestly sucks that Toronto poo poo the bed that night. Nah. First round loss was funnier.
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mennoknight posted:it's just extremely funny to me that the Oiler faithful, who literally got into the 3rd round thanks to a similar "interpretation of the rule*" are now up in arms that it could happen to them. I don't know why I find it so funny. Yeah it's only an egregious breach of justice and bad interpretation of rules when it doesn't benefit your team
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No it's not lol
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El Gallinero Gros posted:You're right, more like 2/3 Sorry that you're angry that I said something about Marchand once a couple of months ago. I'll try to post in a way that doesn't hurt your feelings from now on.
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