NHL Playoffs - SECOND Round

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon May 20, 2013 7:37 pm

Grapes made better points yesterday

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Post by **brian** » Mon May 20, 2013 9:27 pm

Wings may have gotten into the Blackhawks' kitchen with this game today.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue May 21, 2013 7:10 am

Every time I looked up it seemed like one of the Red Wings (usually Ericsson) was knocking Jonathan Toews on his ass. I think he is definitely affected. Refs last night were letting the physical play go, and the Wings defense rolled hard with that style of play.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Tue May 21, 2013 7:45 am

Fuck.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Tue May 21, 2013 1:17 pm

Yeah, that was a fun game to watch. Bickell, in particular, looked like a head case.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed May 22, 2013 6:49 am

Funny Sharks/Kings game last night. Sharks dominated the first half of it and L.A. dominated the second half of it. But, I'll take the win and now we move to a two out of three!

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed May 22, 2013 8:26 am

sancarlos wrote:Funny Sharks/Kings game last night. Sharks dominated the first half of it and L.A. dominated the second half of it. But, I'll take the win and now we move to a two out of three!

I thought something was wrong with my tv. I don't need a colour tv for this series (games played in SJ anyways)

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed May 22, 2013 9:26 pm

Huge win for the Pens!

kranepool · Post by **kranepool** » Thu May 23, 2013 8:10 pm

Pretty sure Moore has been on the ice for every Capitals and Bruins goal this postseason.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Thu May 23, 2013 8:47 pm

Fortunately I can't watch because I'm still at the office, but what the fuck is up with Toews?

Three penalties this period?

kranepool · Post by **kranepool** » Thu May 23, 2013 8:51 pm

Anyone but Jagr. I'm begging you.

kranepool · Post by **kranepool** » Thu May 23, 2013 9:00 pm

The kid!

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Thu May 23, 2013 9:53 pm

Hopefully the Bruins have another 3-1 collapse in them.

Post by **brian** » Thu May 23, 2013 11:03 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote:Fortunately I can't watch because I'm still at the office, but what the fuck is up with Toews?

Three penalties this period?

He arguably could have been called for one or two more. A complete (surprising) lack of composure in a big game.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri May 24, 2013 6:24 am

kranepool wrote:The kid!

That was a pretty nice goal.

kranepool · Post by **kranepool** » Fri May 24, 2013 7:51 am

rass wrote:That was a pretty nice goal.

It's one of those goals that looked easy in real-time, but appeared much more difficult as they slowed it down.

Rush2112 wrote:Hopefully the Bruins have another 3-1 collapse in them.

Amen.

kranepool · Post by **kranepool** » Sat May 25, 2013 6:04 pm

Fuckin' Hamrlik.

Post by **brian** » Sat May 25, 2013 7:23 pm

As of right now there are 6 teams left in the playoffs - the last 5 Stanley Cup winners and San Jose.

Post by **brian** » Sat May 25, 2013 7:57 pm

In Michigan on vacation and get to watch the Wings game on CBC. Good times.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Sat May 25, 2013 8:33 pm

brian wrote:In Michigan on vacation and get to watch the Wings game on CBC. Good times.

Yes Bob Cole is still alive.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue May 28, 2013 12:13 am

Two game sevens in the West, the next two evenings. Should be fun! C'mon Sharks!

ZMan · Post by **ZMan** » Tue May 28, 2013 9:52 am

I hate this fucking team, but I've got to give this one it's due...

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue May 28, 2013 11:57 am

brian wrote:As of right now there are 6 teams left in the playoffs - the last 5 Stanley Cup winners and San Jose.

If Chicago and LA win their home game 7s, it'll be the last 4 champions in the final four. That's probably never happened anywhere.

travzilla · Post by **travzilla** » Tue May 28, 2013 11:00 pm

Kings finish off Sharks. Great series. Anyone still pedaling the "Sharks choke in the playoffs" narrative is just lazy at this point.

SportsDoc · Post by **SportsDoc** » Tue May 28, 2013 11:14 pm

degenerasian wrote:
brian wrote:As of right now there are 6 teams left in the playoffs - the last 5 Stanley Cup winners and San Jose.
If Chicago and LA win their home game 7s, it'll be the last 4 champions in the final four. That's probably never happened anywhere.

Well, right now, the five teams left are the last five Stanley Cup Champions, adding Detroit to your list.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Wed May 29, 2013 9:47 am

Gentlemen, do we have a preferred streaming site at this time? I had previously gone to firstrow.eu, but that is no longer in service. I and a few bleeping Blackhawks fans thank you in advance.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed May 29, 2013 9:56 am

Doesn't NBC Sports stream the games, or is that not an option?

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed May 29, 2013 10:02 am

DSafetyGuy wrote:Gentlemen, do we have a preferred streaming site at this time? I had previously gone to firstrow.eu, but that is no longer in service. I and a few bleeping Blackhawks fans thank you in advance.

livetv.ru streams everything sport on the face of the earth.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Wed May 29, 2013 10:50 am

rass wrote:Doesn't NBC Sports stream the games, or is that not an option?

It worked for me for Game 2 a couple Saturdays ago, because my one of my internet/satellite providers was an option in Las Vegas (I believe it was my internet provider that worked). However, neither are options in Oklahoma City.

degenerasian wrote:livetv.ru streams everything sport on the face of the earth.

Thanks. I'll accept additional selections, as well, just to be safe.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Wed May 29, 2013 11:15 am

As it turns out, it was firstrowsports.eu, which is still up.

Just put me back on ignore.

ZMan · Post by **ZMan** » Wed May 29, 2013 3:53 pm

Surprised no one has mentioned it yet, but Torts was fired today.

I think it was a hasty move. Were this a full season, or had the Rags not made the playoffs, it would make more sense.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed May 29, 2013 4:06 pm

ZMan wrote:Surprised no one has mentioned it yet, but Torts was fired today.

I think it was a hasty move. Were this a full season, or had the Rags not made the playoffs, it would make more sense.

Think the players and management are just tired of his schtick and negativity.
Benching Richards (one of his greatest supporters) was probably the last straw.

I don't have the details but I heard that Lundqvist gave the Rangers an ultimatum in his exit interview (he goes or I go) which probably led to the firing this quickly.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Wed May 29, 2013 4:20 pm

26-18-4 and a first-round win over a division champion didn't get him fired. Vancouver media, even yesterday, have been going on about getting Torts to coach the Canucks.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed May 29, 2013 4:58 pm

travzilla wrote:Kings finish off Sharks. Great series. Anyone still pedaling the "Sharks choke in the playoffs" narrative is just lazy at this point.

Thanks, Trav. I agree. It was a great series. Could've gone the other way, but I can't be too upset (but I am bummed, for sure.)

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed May 29, 2013 4:59 pm

Scottie wrote:26-18-4 and a first-round win over a division champion didn't get him fired. Vancouver media, even yesterday, have been going on about getting Torts to coach the Canucks.

Funny, I was in NYC a few days ago and the local media was batting around Vigneault's name as a possible new Ranger's coach.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed May 29, 2013 9:05 pm

Hawks caught on a change, give up equalizer in the first minute of the third. 1-1; hawks failed to step on their throats when they controlled most of the second.

ETA: Zetterberg, from Nyquist and Cleary. Sorry, I'm not practiced at this.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Wed May 29, 2013 9:20 pm

I'd feel better if the Hawks didn't look so shitty.

Edit: Is Toews even playing?

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Wed May 29, 2013 9:29 pm

Media in Toronto (where there is no vacancy but so what) and Vancouver both now hankering for John Tortorella. But you know why, right? John Tortorella needs to be a coach in a city where hockey is third or fourth fiddle. He's so willing perform ludicrous clown antics that the media in Vancouver would do everything they could on a daily basis to get a completely idiotic sound-byte out of him just for the sake of it. Toronto? Oh, man, the media in Toronto is such a tabloid/scandal rag crew that they'd eat Tortorella alive in a few days and hockey is THE only sport in that town.

Torts should be on the phone with Tom Gaglardi down in Dallas every day reminding him how much he loves, oh let's say, horses, guns, smoked brisket and Canadian oil magnates.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Wed May 29, 2013 9:34 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote:Edit: Is Toews even playing?

He's got about 20-minutes of ice time so far. And he's a -1. With only one shot on goal.

Both of these teams look very tired. And the ice looks awful which is odd to see in Chicago. (Stones concert in there last night certainly didn't help).

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed May 29, 2013 9:36 pm

Oh, this won't be popular

ETA: exactly what did Saad do? Is being a punching bag a 2:00 minor?