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Aye Doc posted:*tom wilson flies into frame* I am definitely a little afraid Tommy Boy is going to do something horrible out of frustration after the Panthers repeatedly dunk on the Caps.
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Aphrodite posted:There's an aerosolized respiratory pandemic going on. Yeah def. not in Florida.
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Goddamn Barkov is awesome. e: Not GDT, but still true. Chad Sexington fucked around with this message at 02:18 on May 4, 2022 |
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Jamwad Hilder posted:yea the caps played like, the best game they could. And it was still close. They will not be that good the whole series. The Caps have a real shot honestly. A lot depends on how Florida adjusts to Washington playing conservative and trapping the gently caress out of the neutral zone. The Cats didn't get a lot of clean entries or looks and the Caps are clearly capable of being opportunistic in the counterattack. But yeah, not every game is going to start with a 5 on 3 so.
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OldSenileGuy posted:https://twitter.com/ajcastigliaa/status/1521875726433234944?s=21&t=Igv40erZbD0IkLPupwyrLQ If you want to not get called for goalie interference, it's crucial to not interfere with the goalie.
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Caps definitely have the potential to lose this series in 6. Better than I thought!
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Kilometers Davis posted:Hello NHL goons Welcome! Sorry the Caps are making the Panthers less fun to watch than usual.
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The idiot I forgot I missed.
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Cartoon Man posted:Love that Samsonov is playing lights out finally but I had already mentally prepared myself for him to get traded this offseason. gently caress me we may have another year of the Sammy/Vanacek train ride. If it looks like Samsonov is staying and I’m Vanacek’s agent? I’m demanding a trade. It does neither of them any good to remain on the same team. They only seem to have the talent to be a 1A/1B pairing, it's just not totally clear who should be the 1A. I guess I also don't get who is on the other side of that trade. Both goalies are RFA after this season. And even in the best of circumstances, goalies return peanuts. So either you trade one of them for a bag of pucks and move up Fucale or try and get another reclamation project in return? I just don't see the utility in it. Continue to pay them nothing for sub-league-average goaltending and use the money elsewhere.
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He also loses his net constantly. I don't get why the Panthers don't work it behind the net on the PP more to bait him into taking an adventure. edit: Also it's funny that we're talking about Samsonov, who has a .949 SV% in 2+ games when the Caps had 16 SOG total last night. Chad Sexington fucked around with this message at 14:57 on May 10, 2022 |
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MAF has a higher playoff SV% than Vanecek, Vasilevskiy, Quick, Campbell,  , Shesterkin
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Ginette Reno posted:I really haven't been very impressed by anybody in the east. Kinda makes the Pens loss sting even that much more because everyone looks very beatable. Carolina looks like the best of the bunch but they have warts too so far at least with special teams. And not so sure how their goaltending would hold up if they play a team that pushes them more. I thought Tampa and Florida both looked kinda lovely last night and if I didn't know any better I would have called that a regular season game. The pace of play was bad. I think you were spoiled by the gong-show Pens-Rags series. The Caps demonstrated how effective clogging up the neutral zone can be at neutralizing the Panthers' rush game. The Bolts are executing that strategy, albeit more effectively. So unless the Cats break the game wide open somehow, you're not going to see a lot of sustained pressure or rush chances or terribly exciting hockey basically.
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I love watching the highlights for a game and it's literally only goals.
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Kadri play was a good no-call and loving Binnington.
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lazerwolf posted:Cats picked a bad time to suck it up. Now I want the worst timeline in which the Lightning win 3 in a row. Yes, the playoffs are indeed a bad time. The Panthers will not win because they haven't figured out how to get through a clogged neutral zone. And not for nothing the Lightning are doing that whole "peaking at the right time" thing. They've got to start trying some stretch passes or something, I dunno.
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The Dirty Burger posted:https://twitter.com/timandfriends/status/1528564010471378949?s=21&t=JLNs2NX-GLzHq84CrovnUg People gave Girard poo poo for getting boarded because they are morons. This also applies to those who say it's a goalie's fault when he gets decked in the trapezoid.
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Levitate posted:I feel completely unsurprised that Florida turned out to be a paper tiger I think Tampa also might just be really good. Florida outchanced Tampa by a lot. Also the Kadri hat trick is glorious.
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Hand Knit posted:This time the 'LOLSOUTH' would be the Oilers. People might be so psychologically addicted to Oilers failure that there would be a complete unravelling as McDavid dangled through the Lightning again and again. Are you kidding that would make me so happy. SOMEONE has to dangle through the goddamn Lightning.
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West coast hockey is fun as poo poo to watch, but whoever emerges, Tampa is going to suffocate in a boring series.
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whatis posted:I will never cheer for a NYC team unless they're playing a Boston team. Maybe an LA team, but that's kind of a coin flip. It's annoying that Tampa is primed to go to the finals again but they're still the lesser of two evils. I grew up in New Jersey, have an older brother that I dislike who is a Rangers fan, and have personally watched the Rangers eliminate my Capitals from the playoffs three different seasons during their prime. To say that I have no love for the Rangers is an understatement. In terms of narrative, karma/justice, player personalities, entertainment value... The Rangers are the lesser of two evils and it's not even close.
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Eric the Mauve posted:Maybe Sidney Crosby could wedge his stick blade through the eye slot of a goalie's mask on purpose first try, but I guarantee you no one else could. I mean, they probably would have anyway. Even Gretzky last night was like... IDK I think you probably need to try playing defense.
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Kaddish posted:If they gently caress with Vassy there will be riots. What do people in Tampa even have to burn down? St. Pete?
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more like Tampon Bay, mirite fellas? ...hello?
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I think Tampa was just slow and out of sync after a 9-day break. They'll come back and hurt some folks the next game, as is custom.
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Cocaine Bear posted:He had that one semi break in the first after a save at the other end IIRC makar ended that with a nice poke check Yeah that was nice. Gotta be scary as gently caress going 1 on 1 with McD at speed. https://twitter.com/hayyyshayyy/status/1532517038928830473 To Wonderllama's point though, he just had good spacing and kept him to the outside. But gently caress that is fast for backward skating.
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Misanthrope posted:Why did the Islanders trade Toews for two 2nd rounders? He was going to arbitration and they wouldn't have been able to fit him under the cap having to re-sign Barzal and Pulock that year.
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Ginger Beer Belly posted:I don't like posting about posters, but I'm gonna need to see some ID to be convinced that Drunk Panda isn't Kawalimus in Avs fan cosplay. I don't think it's quite so stacked as that, but as much as I am rooting for the Avs at this point, it's hard to see them taking it with Girard and Kadri out and Francouz or a one-eyed Kuemper in net. I do hope it's against the Rangers though, that would be a more fun series to watch.
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DrunkPanda posted:Lightning are completely healthy, besides Point, right? And he's expected back next round I guess it is really a backhanded way of saying the Bolts are going to win, yes.
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Tampa plays boring successful hockey. If you hated the Devils 20 years ago, you are obliged to hate the Lightning now.
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Good Will Hrunting posted:The two best players on the ice by a large margin both play for the Avs, relax Kucherov makes any margin not very large at all.
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Burakovsky is a player who needs a lot of space to use his shot, which is otherwise quite good. This is a lot more apt to happen during the regular season than the playoffs. He's pretty bad at forechecking, board battles and lots of other playoff things. Like this bounce was super, super fortunate in that it give Nichuskin just enough time and Bura just enough space. Hedman gets a stick on that 99 times out of 100, but he had just blocked the shot. https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1537272728427778048 e: I guess you could say a lot of Caps players are also "very reliable regular season players who otherwise stink in the playoffs except that one time." Chad Sexington fucked around with this message at 14:27 on Jun 16, 2022 |
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Yeah having two good teams instead of just one makes it much better. Although I guess we had that in 2019 and I don't remember being overly interested.
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Eric the Mauve posted:lol at wonderllama's trash talk instantly shifting to crying about the refs when the Lightning lose a game. But yes it was definitely a bad call (it clearly was hooking not tripping, jfc get it right refs). They had like 12 shots in the first two periods. Probably shooting would help too. T-Bone posted:Blues/Bruins game 7 was the most watched game in the US since 1994. I mean this was memorable but 
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