NHL Thread

[PhillyD 1257]

Funny how you see this in hockey a lot.  I thought the Caps overall outplayed Columbus in games 1 and 2 but lost.  Tonight, I thought Columbus outplayed the Caps and the Caps won.  

[Ogie Ogilthorpe 638]

Jets heading back home up 3-1, still sticking with Jets in 5. It would give some additional time for Perreault and Myers to heal up.

Nice Shut out for Hellebuyck and being named Vezina finalist, but in the end I think Rinne gets it.

[Ogie Ogilthorpe 638]

Having Suter and Parise out for the Wild definitely doesn't hurt either

[heso 2748]

Flower with his second shutout this playoff. Moves to 9th all time. 2 back from 10th all time in playoff wins. 

[EMAWesome 101]

On 4/17/2018 at 7:56 AM, TheFlagship said:

I’ll admit I’m only a casual NHL observer, but why in the hell did EDM trade Taylor Hall? I watched that game last night and he was unreal. 

Im bandwagoning the devils a bit since they have two dudes from Plano. 

My memory might be a bit foggy but I think Edmonton had loaded up on forwards with all the high draft picks they had after being terrible for about ten years.  They had tons of forwards in their system but not much in the way of defensemen.  I can't remember who Hall was traded for but I'm pretty what they saw as a defenseman with a high ceiling was the focal point of what they got in return.

 

BTW why in the hell is there a hockey double header on The Golf Channel tonight?  I get USA not wanting to fuck with Raw or Smackdown but what programming is so precious to them on Wednesday night that they can't put these games over there.

[heso 2748]

4 minutes ago, EMAWesome said:

My memory might be a bit foggy but I think Edmonton had loaded up on forwards with all the high draft picks they had after being terrible for about ten years.  They had tons of forwards in their system but not much in the way of defensemen.  I can't remember who Hall was traded for but I'm pretty what they saw as a defenseman with a high ceiling was the focal point of what they got in return.

 

BTW why in the hell is there a hockey double header on The Golf Channel tonight?  I get USA not wanting to fuck with Raw or Smackdown but what programming is so precious to them on Wednesday night that they can't put these games over there.

Adam Larsson

[Gardner Barnes 1562]

Oh man. L to the motherfucking OL.

 

a hockey wolf shirt

 

 

 

[PittsburghTiger 6137]

Pens with another dominating effort.

[EMAWesome 101]

Or Flyers with another dominated effort.  Toe-may-toe, toe-ma-toe.

[heso 2748]

0-5 on the powerplay and let Philly back into the series. 

[Ogie Ogilthorpe 638]

Jets get a week off, Nashville has to go to game 6. Great night

[Gardner Barnes 1562]

Jets get a week off, Nashville has to go to game 6. Great night

They had no right to win that game anyway. That was a fucking kick

[Gardner Barnes 1562]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/hockey/ct-spt-puddy-seinfield-new-jersey-devils-fan-20180419-story.html

[heso 2748]

On 4/16/2018 at 12:46 AM, eljinca said:

At least I won't waste any more money on round 2 tickets for the caps. Just a pitiful franchise.

Looks like you might get to spend that second round money. 

[heso 2748]

Philly about to riot. 

[heso 2748]

Throwing beer cans on the ice

[PhillyD 1257]

I only saw part of the third period, but Philly's power play looked like dog shit.  Pens gave them every chance in the world before pulling away.

[PittsburghTiger 6137]

That Philly crowd had to be furious. They had anything going their way today. Killing that two-man Philly advantage was the key today because I sure didn't want to see a game 7. 

[eljinca 279]

13 hours ago, heso said:

Looks like you might get to spend that second round money. 

As a caps season ticket holder for the past 10 years, every year is the same cycle of gut-punches. Unfortunately, I'll be out of town if there's a game 7.

[PittsburghTiger 6137]

Sort of how the Flyers played defense late in yesterday's game.

Edited April 23, 2018 by PittsburghTiger

[PhillyD 1257]

Toronto looks to be taking their series to game 7.

 

After going 0-2, I was sure the Caps were done a series earlier than usual.  If they can hold a 2 goal lead for another 9 minutes, they'll face the Penguins without having to play a game 7/

[heso 2748]

Welcome back to the second round, caps. 

[Pig Bellmont 8691]

The Caps haven’t beaten the Pens in the playoffs in like 25 years, so maybe they’re due?

[heso 2748]

14 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:

The Caps haven’t beaten the Pens in the playoffs in like 25 years, so maybe they’re due?

24 years. Pens are 9-1 all time in playoff series. 8 of those 10 series went at least 6 games 

[UDontKnow 10439]

Who isn't thrilled for another Crosby-Ovechkin matchup? 

[PittsburghTiger 6137]

9 hours ago, UDontKnow said:

Who isn't thrilled for another Crosby-Ovechkin matchup? 

My favorite has always been the scarf wearing Penguin. It's always funny when animal mascots wear clothes of some sort.

[UDontKnow 10439]

1 minute ago, PittsburghTiger said:

My favorite has always been the scarf wearing Penguin. It's always funny when animal mascots wear clothes of some sort.

The Penguin on ice skates with a hockey stick did it for me as a kid. That's why as a native Houstonian, I was excited when the Penguins won the Stanley Cup in 1991. I mean as a 7 year old, what is cooler than a Penguin skating around with a hockey stick?

[Guest]

41 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

My favorite has always been the scarf wearing Penguin. It's always funny when animal mascots wear clothes of some sort.

but the gloves seem normal, right... on a bird, no less.

[PittsburghTiger 6137]

1 hour ago, slorch said:

but the gloves seem normal, right... on a bird, no less.

Well, yeah, he's playing hockey. Duh.

[heso 2748]

TOR gonna try to hold a 1 goal lead for the last 20 mins of game 7. 

[heso 2748]

Lasted just over a minute. Tie game. 

[cactusflinthead 27594]

Welp, that should just about do it for Tor. 

[steelcityblue 33]

Caps Pens should get interesting without Malkin tonight

[heso 2748]

3 hours ago, steelcityblue said:

Caps Pens should get interesting without Malkin tonight

No Carl Hagelin either. 

Will be interesting to see which goalie shows up for both teams. Both are capable of stealing games and giving them away. 

[heso 2748]

Exact wrong start for the Pens. That early goal let’s the caps settle in and build confidence. 

[Ogie Ogilthorpe 638]

Just got this update from ESPN: Brad Marchand told by nhl to stop licking players

[PhillyD 1257]

13 minutes ago, Ogie Ogilthorpe said:

Just got this update from ESPN: Brad Marchand told by nhl to stop licking players

NHL office, "Jesus, do we have to spell everything out?"

Edited April 27, 2018 by PhillyD

[PhillyD 1257]

Penguins seem to ALWAYS capitalize on mistakes.

[IPoopOnWhoop 93]

That save was insane

[PhillyD 1257]

Murray just made an incredible save

[PittsburghTiger 6137]

Go Pens!

[PhillyD 1257]

I'm still shaking my head at that Murray save.  

[UDontKnow 10439]

After these many series with the Capitals, I feel secure in saying that Washington DC is the "Pittsburgh South" of ice hockey. Prove me wrong.

[heso 2748]

Massive win with malkin out after being down 2-0. That save was ridiculous. 

[heso 2748]

Holy shit. I turn the draft on for a bit and Vegas scores 3 goals. 

[PittsburghTiger 6137]

That is a HUGE win for the Penguins.

[Ogie Ogilthorpe 638]

Solid win for the jets. Hellebucyk could carry the team if he keeps playing like that. Like Hasek did for the Czechs in the 98 olympics

[Jive Turkey 12567]

Vegas pregame is crazy. 

[cactusflinthead 27594]

An ugly one to win this. Wrong. That was kinda nice.

 

Edit 2. Ain't over yet

Edited April 29, 2018 by cactusflinthead

[Firemans4Horn 17818]

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