OFFICIAL 2014 NHL Playoffs Thread

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri May 16, 2014 9:34 am

mister d wrote:Pittsburgh about to cut off their noses and dump Shero and Bylsma.

Hope the Caps grab Bylsma. I am just impressed by him. On the other hand it really is all about the coaches ability to get effort from Ovi and I have no clue if Bylsma can do that.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri May 16, 2014 10:43 am

mister d wrote:
Gunpowder wrote:Shero should go. Bylsma, however, was the least of their problems, IMO.

The roster really isn't that great outside of the very top.
Eh. This is one of those "I get why they're making a change, but there's more downside than upside" moves. Basically how I thought the Torts firing was last year but we lucked out that Vancouver was cool with a trade.

Would you really feel good if Philadelphia dumped their goon tandem and hired Shero + Bylsma to run the team?

I'd be fine if they hired Shero.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri May 16, 2014 10:54 am

Just the Staal and Goligoski trades alone should build goodwill.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri May 16, 2014 11:32 am

So Bylsma survived? Interesting. Will be awkward with the new GM.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri May 16, 2014 11:35 am

Seems smart to me. You don't want to hire a GM who walks in the door wishing he had Bylsma as a coach, right?

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri May 16, 2014 11:46 am

mister d wrote:Seems smart to me. You don't want to hire a GM who walks in the door wishing he had Bylsma as a coach, right?

does that ever happen? old boys club, every GM has his own friends.

Wherever Shero ends up one day he'll hire Bylsma as coach.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri May 16, 2014 11:51 am

I assume Trotz in Pittsburgh, right?

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri May 16, 2014 11:52 am

I think Trotz goes to Vancouver.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri May 16, 2014 11:54 am

Maybe it'll be Vancouver and Pittsburgh neck and neck in the end?

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri May 16, 2014 12:12 pm

Trotz doesn't have a neck.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri May 16, 2014 12:14 pm

DON'T STEP ON MY JOKES!!!

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri May 16, 2014 12:44 pm

I thought I was playing along.

I'm probably fired now.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Fri May 16, 2014 4:27 pm

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri May 16, 2014 4:47 pm

mister d wrote:Just the Staal and Goligoski trades alone should build goodwill.

And Kunitz for Whitney, getting Dupuis as an add on in the deal for Hossa, whatever magic he pulled to get CAR to pretty much pay for Jokinen to play for the Pens. The draft is more of a crapshoot, but as has been pointed out all over the place this Spring, he has a pretty poor record there, especially drafting forwards. The results 2 of the last 3 years have been below expectations (and you can almost make it 3 for 3 given how they lost to BOS last year), so change was coming. He also re-upped Bylsma last year, and if the owners eventually want the coach out, that is a mark against him, too.

I don't get what happened on the ice this past Fri, Sun and Tue. That's not on Shero, especially after they were up 3-1. I don't know enough to say whether it was the players being outplayed or HCDB getting out coached, and can't parse all of the garbage that came out in the media in the aftermath of the loss. This fucking sucks. I'm disappointed. Go Ducks or Habs.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri May 16, 2014 4:54 pm

I think getting Dupuis was great but re-signing him for 4 years 15 million handcuffed the team in some areas.
Perhaps with some extra cap space, you could have gotten Kesler at the deadline.

Was it just those 3 nights though? If the Pens again lost to Boston in the ECF in the same fashion or in this case even worse losing to Montreal, would it have been the same outcome for Shero?

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri May 16, 2014 5:04 pm

degenerasian wrote:I think getting Dupuis was great but re-signing him for 4 years 15 million handcuffed the team in some areas.
Perhaps with some extra cap space, you could have gotten Kesler at the deadline.

Was it just those 3 nights though? If the Pens again lost to Boston in the ECF in the same fashion or in this case even worse losing to Montreal, would it have been the same outcome for Shero?

Dupes getting hurt this season certainly didn't help at all.

I really don't know what would have been acceptable this season. What actually happened clearly was not.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri May 16, 2014 5:48 pm

Discussion with Mario and Burkle on the Shero move and Bylsma non-move.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri May 16, 2014 7:15 pm

mister d wrote:I assume Trotz in Pittsburgh, right?

Trotz would be a weird fit in Pittsburgh. He's such a defense-first coach. And not only did he never coach a Crosby or Malkin level offensive talent in Nashville - hell, he never even coached a Kunitz or Neal level offensive talent.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Fri May 16, 2014 8:08 pm

Need the Swamp's hive mind on this. I am finally going to travel to see the Hawks, either in Anaheim or LA depending on what happens tonight. I even promised my son I would take him, so I can't come up with an excuse to back out.

I will try to get tickets as soon as they go on sale, but if I can't get them myself, is there a reliable way to get scalped tickets online, without risking paying for tickets that don't actually exist?

Post by **brian** » Fri May 16, 2014 8:34 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote:Need the Swamp's hive mind on this. I am finally going to travel to see the Hawks, either in Anaheim or LA depending on what happens tonight. I even promised my son I would take him, so I can't come up with an excuse to back out.

I will try to get tickets as soon as they go on sale, but if I can't get them myself, is there a reliable way to get scalped tickets online, without risking paying for tickets that don't actually exist?

I've used tiq.iq before & been happy. If I recall they have a guarantee.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Fri May 16, 2014 11:27 pm

brian wrote:
Steve of phpBB wrote:Need the Swamp's hive mind on this. I am finally going to travel to see the Hawks, either in Anaheim or LA depending on what happens tonight. I even promised my son I would take him, so I can't come up with an excuse to back out.

I will try to get tickets as soon as they go on sale, but if I can't get them myself, is there a reliable way to get scalped tickets online, without risking paying for tickets that don't actually exist?
I've used tiq.iq before & been happy. If I recall they have a guarantee.

Thanks. I'm waiting to see when tickets go on sale from the Kings website. With them winning, Games 3 and 4 are my options, over Memorial Day weekend. Much easier to manage than trying to get to Anaheim for this Sunday or Wednesday.

We might end up driving. If the road gets too blurry, I'll be knocking on your door.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat May 17, 2014 12:06 am

Steve, here's another option:

http://m.ticketsnow.com/NHL/EventDetail ... Kings.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://m.ticketsnow.com/NHL/EventDetail ... hawks.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Post by **brian** » Sat May 17, 2014 12:39 am

Steve of phpBB wrote:
brian wrote:
Steve of phpBB wrote:Need the Swamp's hive mind on this. I am finally going to travel to see the Hawks, either in Anaheim or LA depending on what happens tonight. I even promised my son I would take him, so I can't come up with an excuse to back out.

I will try to get tickets as soon as they go on sale, but if I can't get them myself, is there a reliable way to get scalped tickets online, without risking paying for tickets that don't actually exist?
I've used tiq.iq before & been happy. If I recall they have a guarantee.
Thanks. I'm waiting to see when tickets go on sale from the Kings website. With them winning, Games 3 and 4 are my options, over Memorial Day weekend. Much easier to manage than trying to get to Anaheim for this Sunday or Wednesday.

We might end up driving. If the road gets too blurry, I'll be knocking on your door.

Ha! Any time. Lots of extra bedrooms.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sat May 17, 2014 6:42 am

Stubhub

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Sat May 17, 2014 5:56 pm

govmentchedda wrote:Stubhub

I was just checking there, and they have plenty of tickets. They say 2500 tickets for each game I'm looking at.

How does that work - I guess if you pay by credit card, you're pretty sure to get actual tickets?

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sat May 17, 2014 7:01 pm

Yep. It's always worked for me. I prefer to get tix from someone who has digital or etickets, so that you can print out the sheet. I'm pretty sure stubhub does some sort of guarantee as well.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Sat May 17, 2014 8:27 pm

govmentchedda wrote:Yep. It's always worked for me. I prefer to get tix from someone who has digital or etickets, so that you can print out the sheet. I'm pretty sure stubhub does some sort of guarantee as well.

Yep. Just get the print at home tickets and you'll be golden.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Sun May 18, 2014 7:54 am

Awesome. Thanks.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sun May 18, 2014 3:41 pm

Obviously not the playoffs, but that Ovechkin injury looks real bad.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Sun May 18, 2014 5:11 pm

They say he's walking sans-crutches so hopefully he'll be ok by the fall.

kranepool · Post by **kranepool** » Sun May 18, 2014 8:03 pm

He'll be back to 1/0/-3 in no time.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon May 19, 2014 10:40 am

Carey Price out for the rest of the Eastern Final series. Gut-wrenching news for Habs fans. If that doesn't doom them, then Kranepool can blow his goat.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon May 19, 2014 10:53 am

Blues letting Ryan Miller walk. Going with Jake Allen and Brian Elliott next year (good luck with that.)

Sharks mentioned as a possible destination for Miller next season... hmm...

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon May 19, 2014 7:18 pm

I was like "why are the Rangers wearing white at home?", then I was like "why are the fans cheering when Montreal gets a good shot off?", then I was like "why are all the ads in French?"

Then I was like, "why is the Montreal logo in the middle?"

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon May 19, 2014 7:26 pm

Rex are you stuck in 1994?

This series is good now. Has an edge to it.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon May 19, 2014 7:40 pm

I guess the lack of Edith Piaf on the PA before faceoffs threw me off.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu May 22, 2014 9:08 pm

Tonight I stopped loving Brandon Prust. I truly believe he should fuck off, then die, then go to hell.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri May 23, 2014 11:47 am

Fuck Brandon Prust right in the dick.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Sat May 24, 2014 6:59 pm

Trotz to the Capitals all but done.

kranepool · Post by **kranepool** » Sat May 24, 2014 8:41 pm

LOL Briere and his one-cuntsmanship.

(Stepan's injury) seems a little fishy to me. It seems like a game.

Ryan McDonagh is a great defenseman but I've never seen a guy slash this much since Chris Pronger.

I can't wait for game 4.