Eastern Conference Quarterfinals Gamethread
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Call the Calvert-ry!
And GJGE Letang. Follow the puck a little more and leave the guy you were draped on two seconds earlier.
And GJGE Letang. Follow the puck a little more and leave the guy you were draped on two seconds earlier.
Jokinen was just kind of standing around behind the net watching too. He finally weakly reached for the puck after the 2nd rebound.
Columbus is so much better than Pittsburgh that they were able to come within 16 points of the Pens in the regular season. Last year's Penguins, who had 1.5x as many wins as the Islanders and beat them in the playoffs, were also the inferior team. Got it.
ForceAtHome said:
The sooner you figure out how meaningless the regular season is the better. The Blue Jackets have outplayed Pittsburgh both games. They're bigger, they're faster, they're younger, they're hungrier. They've made Crosby and Malkin pull another disappearing act.
And yes the Islanders outplayed Pittsburgh. The Penguins power play and Nabokov being a sieve were the only reasons they didn't get eliminated.
Greg29fan said:
Having a goalie who couldn't stop the puck in Nabokov is exactly part of the reason the Islanders were a worse team. You overlook all the faults of other teams and pull the woe-is-Pittsburgh act, the most pathetic team in recent NHL history, after every loss. It's old and tired.
Simmonds didn't hit Dorsett hard, but it appeared it put him off balance enough to cause him to trip over his own skates and fly into the boards. He was moving his skates together to stop and it was just bad timing. I doubt anything gets called if he doesn't trip.
RedOctober3829 said:
Yeah Dorsett pretty blatantly flopped there after shoving Giroux post-whistle.
Hallmarks of a Vigneault-coached team.
The Rangers HF board is melting down. Lots of animosity towards everyone and everything. Not a good situation, considering the *Rags* were up 2-0.
Ed Hillel said:
I don't think it's a penalty-worthy dive in the run of play, just something that contributes to post-whistle nonsense and deserves a matching roughing or unsportsmanlike minor
Richards showing exhibit A of "why you don't play point guys for the entire PP" with his sorta-backcheck on Hall. Great save by Henrik
Ginette Reno blows the fucking doors off the joint and before her echoes stop ringing around the arena Bourque's gone and put one past Lindback. Chouette.
These announcers really really like Price. I am almost getting uncomfortable with the ball washing.
Tampa ties it at 1 on the powerplay. CBC announcers whining. Followed by the inevitable Montreal powerplay.
