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Official 2015 NHL Playoffs Thread

#62
jp58 said:
You'd think the NHL would pick the better officials for the playoffs. Our couldn't decide if they wanted to let the boys play or call penalties. Then blew a handful of calls both ways. Then blew a penalty shot call in OT. Way to go guys.

I'm Proud of the game we played for about 70 minutes. Unfortunately for us, the game was 90 minutes long. You can't take a chunk of time off in the playoffs and expect to win. Hopefully the team that showed up last night and out hit/shot/scored the bewildered Chickenhawks shows back up Friday night.
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What the heck, dude????

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"The first night of the Stanley Cup Playoffs is officially in the books and the best game was probably between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Nashville Predators. The game featured a comeback, double overtime, some crazy saves, back and forth action and all while the crowd was on their feet going crazy from the 3rd period on. What you didn’t know, however, was that Nashville newspaper, The Tennessean, were a little concerned with the hockey knowledge of the fanbase going into the game and took measures to ensure they knew what things like an offside or a penalty was."
 
#63
Reo said:
From the comments I'm reading about the Anaheim/Winnipeg game, I'm glad I didn't stay up late to watch it. I honestly don't think there are two players I dislike more than Perry and Kesler. This is only half to do with being a Kings fan and the other half them being who/what they are. I can appreciate Perry's scoring abilities but everything else about his game is trash.
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I like Perry because he's good. I hate Kesler. IDC if he's good or not. He's a traitor and a coward. Punk
 
#65
ColonelZulu said:
Subban sure gave him an axe chop. A game misconduct?

They may have determined it was intent to injure:
  1. 61.4 Match Penalty – The Referee, at his discretion, may assess a match penalty if, in his judgment, the player attempted to or deliberately injured his opponent by slashing.

So either they wanted to set an early tone in game 1 to prevent it from getting dirty in the series.

But I think they made that call assuming Stone was injured and when he came back they couldn't reverse it. I don't know.
  1. 61.5 Game Misconduct Penalty – Whenever a major penalty is assessed for slashing, a game misconduct penalty must also be imposed.
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You pretty much nailed it. Stone came back but I understand that he didn't play much of 3rd and was ineffective and as it turns out the Sens are reporting that he has a microfracture of the wrist. The refs made the right call and since the game was in Montreal that is very impressive. Subban is lucky the injury wasn't worse or he would be looking at additional discipline. I don't think additional discipline is warranted but I am sure that the refs will be watching Subban closer and will have a lower threshold for calling him on excessive stickwork. The key for Montreal is whether Subban can adjust his play as need be.

I've given Montreal credit this year for adding some grit to their impressive speed and skill and for not embellishing at least in the games I watched against the B's. Subban, like the B's Marchand, needs to live on the line between gritty and dirty to be effective. That play was well into the dirty and he put his team at risk.
 
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At this point, I hate the Tennessean. They have a food critic (who doesn't know anything about sports) and our NASCAR beatwriter doing the hockey articles. They let the hockey writer go back at the beginning of the year, and this is what we've been stuck with. All stinking year. There's a couple team blogs I read and I'll scroll through Twitter once in a while, but I'm done reading our "official" hockey coverage.

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They've got a fanpost there braking down the bad calls as well, but I'll refrain from posting it as it contains some NSFW language.
 
#67
SteveC said:
This thread is turning a bit negative for my taste. There's sarcasm/poking the tiger and then there's just disrespectful.
I'll come back and post again after the Wild win the cup. :cool:
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#68
jp58 said:
At this point, I hate the Tennessean. They have a food critic (who doesn't know anything about sports) and our NASCAR beatwriter doing the hockey articles. They let the hockey writer go back at the beginning of the year, and this is what we've been stuck with. All stinking year. There's a couple team blogs I read and I'll scroll through Twitter once in a while, but I'm done reading our "official" hockey coverage.

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They've got a fanpost there braking down the bad calls as well, but I'll refrain from posting it as it contains some NSFW language.
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You need to move to Canada. That town don't deserve you.
 
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dangnewt said:
You pretty much nailed. Stone came back but I understand that he didn't play much of 3rd and was ineffective and as it turns out the Sens are reporting that he has a microfracture of the wrist. The refs made the right call and since the game was in Montreal that is very impressive. Subban is lucky the injury wasn't worse or he would be looking at additional discipline. I don't think additional discipline is warranted but I am sure that the refs will be watching Subban closer and will have a lower threshold for calling him on excessive stickwork. The key for Montreal is whether Subban can adjust his play as need be.

I've given Montreal credit this year for adding some grit to their impressive speed and skill and for not embellishing at least in the games I watched against the B's. Subban, like the B's Marchand, needs to live on the line between gritty and dirty to be effective. That play was well into the dirty and he put his team at risk.
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Especially since Subban crashed his stick across someone's head in the 1st and it wasn't called. From what I could see, they were going to call it but didn't for some reason. Maybe because it was more of a chop than a slash, and chopping or attempted beheading isn't a penalty in the NHL YET.....
 
#71
Woo Freakin' the freak Hoo!!!!!! Yay Habs!!! I really thought Ottawa was going to pull it off in OT. I'm externally a pessimist, but in my heart an optometrist. I was expecting an Ottawa win and a grueling 7 game war. Now.....break out the brooms....habs are sweeping! After all the crap with Subban and stone diving like a soccer player, it was good to see a tough, hard played game.
BTW...for all the crap about penalties...take a look at some of the highlights against Gallagher. For some reason, the refs will not call a penalty for him. Its ridiculous. The rules should apply to all players. And, for the record, Subban missed more ice time than that stupid soccer player stone.
 
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I still say Markov should be a Norris winner. Its too bad its turned into a scoring contest. Subban would not be nearly the player he is without Markov.....and they say Russians play without emotion..................
My caption for this is: "Love and tolerance"



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#76
Not to take anything away from the Preds play tonight but the Hawks made so many mistakes, mostly on defense, during this game that it was inevitable pucks would end up in the net behind Crawford.

Amazingly, they were only down 3-2 in the 3rd period but chose that moment to have a complete team meltdown.

Awful. Just embarrassing to see them not only fail to execute basic plays, but to watch them get so frustrated that they take bad penalties on cheap shots and on-ice temper tantrums.

Final 6-2 Nashville.

Series tied 1-1.
 
#77
hbarcat said:
Not to take anything away from the Preds play tonight but the Hawks made so many mistakes, mostly on defense, during this game that it was inevitable pucks would end up in the net behind Crawford.

Amazingly, they were only down 3-2 in the 3rd period but chose that moment to have a complete team meltdown.

Awful. Just embarrassing to see them not only fail to execute basic plays, but to watch them get so frustrated that they take bad penalties on cheap shots and on-ice temper tantrums.

Final 6-2 Nashville.

Series tied 1-1.
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Yeah...Chicago completely gave up. It is kind of sad to see this monster team just give up after 3-2. :p Saving it for the Madhouse, I guess!

Oh and Weber is injured and yet they still pulled off a massive victory.
 
#78
Canucks' first playoff win at home since Game 5 against the Bruins in the 2011 SCF. That was a long time ago. My goodness. Hope they can pull off two more wins in the Saddledome amongst an ecstatic crowd.

Brutal end to the game. There is some bad blood going to Calgary. Hope the Canucks can keep disciplined and focus on winning the game instead of exacting revenge on Calgary's goons.

AHEM AHEM COUGH FERLAND AND ENGELLAND. Bunch of cowards. Ferland taking cheap shots at Lack. Little punk.
 
#80
MovingPitchers said:
Canucks' first playoff win at home since Game 5 against the Bruins in the 2011 SCF. That was a long time ago. My goodness. Hope they can pull off two more wins in the Saddledome amongst an ecstatic crowd.

Brutal end to the game. There is some bad blood going to Calgary. Hope the Canucks can keep disciplined and focus on winning the game instead of exacting revenge on Calgary's goons.

AHEM AHEM COUGH FERLAND AND ENGELLAND. Bunch of cowards. Ferland taking cheap shots at Lack. Little punk.
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I saw both teams doing it.
I wouldn't blame either one without blaming the other.


The best thing about game 1 between the Blackhawks & Preds was they replaced Crawford with Darling
The play by play was amusing after that.
 
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