Detroit, Montreal, Pittsburgh and Chicago seems like a pretty awesome Stanley Cup march for the Bruins.
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Hard to see anybody in the West beating Chicago. Anaheim (if they get past Dallas) has been real sketchy, Colorado (if they get past Minnesota) has some big injuries and zero experience, LA/SJ are both who knows what you're going to get. Crawford just has to hold the fort.
I may have been known to, er, bitch about the Bruins in years past, but I thank God every day I'm not a Blues fan. What a cocktease of a team to follow.
The Blues thought they were strengthen their team by adding Ryan Miller and Steve Ott.
Big miscalculation IMO.
Big miscalculation IMO.
Miller will jump ship to Anaheim and Ott is a FA. Blues' GM is normally on point, but he swung and missed badly on this one.
Catcher Block said:
What choice did he have? They were considered a piece or so away from a serious run, the piece being the netminder. He went out and got the best one available. Ott had a pretty nice series from my point of view. Miller, predictably, came up small, but would Halak done any better? Doubtful.
I never saw Miller as the savior. They played strong team defense and could win 1-goal games behind either goalie already on the team. They needed a scorer.
Pitt already has a goalie who can play like shit in the playoffs. Why add another?MoGator71 said:
Greg29fan said:
I hope not. I am hoping Washington targets Niskanen and Nikitin with their money instead. I have no problem rolling with Holtby/Grubauer next season.
I don't know...granted going out in the first round is a disappointment, but they drew Chicago. If they regress next season and/or fail to win a round again then I think the heat will be on.MiracleOfO2704 said:
Agreed. With a better d-corps that goalie tandem will be just fine. I wouldn't want to give a goalie the kind of money Miller will command unless he's truly elite, and Miller isn't.ForceAtHome said:
The Blues drew Chicago because they crashed a burned the final 2 weeks of the regular season, losing their final 6 games. No one to blame but themselves.
Yep. That was a reaaallly dirty hit though. Them the guy gets popped for another hit to the head a minute later.
2-0 Stars on a nice pass and shoot by Seguin and Eakin.
2-0 Stars on a nice pass and shoot by Seguin and Eakin.
TheStoryofYourRedRightAnkle said:
I thought it was going to be a clean hit until Roussel turned at the last moment. The hit after that was really dirty, he's lucky he didn't hit him a bit higher. A clear launch.
Andersen needs to save that puck. Nice play, but he had a clean look and it was right at him.
I'll have to rewatch but I thought he had time after Roussel turned to avoid pile driving him into the boards.
edit: rewatched. Agree, Roussel pretty much turned into that.
edit: rewatched. Agree, Roussel pretty much turned into that.
those matching minors they called instead of fighting majors wound up being big. Think I'd take 5 on 4 over 6 on 5 every time
Ed Hillel said:
Especially since they had a couple of solid chances at planting an empty netter.
I was planning on switching over to AMC for the repeat running of Mad Men.
Oh well. Guess I'll just have to settle for MORE PLAYOFF HOCKEY.
Oh well. Guess I'll just have to settle for MORE PLAYOFF HOCKEY.
Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat said:
My assumption is that because of how tense everyone was with play around the net, they didn't want it to escalate into a full-fledged brawl.
That makes sense. I'm not a big fight guy, but I liked that one because it was so spontaneous.mabrowndog said:
Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat said:
I have this suspicion that the officials and teams have been told to eliminate/diminish fighting in the playoffs, when casual fans (who may be turned off by fighting) are more likely to watch.