#4471177 - 04/19/19 03:08 PM
Re: NHL Playoffs
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I was shocked to see the Rays and Pens already ousted from the playoffs. can't imagine anyone saw that happening. I try to watch the Bruin's since they're my local team, but they are so up and down and Rask usually ends up killing them by letting in soft goals I just can't bring myself to wasting 2-3 hrs watching them anymore.
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#4471224 - 04/19/19 08:07 PM
Re: NHL Playoffs
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Who are the Rays?
I was pulling for Calgary. Great Reggie Lemelin connection there, Calgary to Boston, and Reg was a fan favorite.
As a Boston native, it's hard to do but I am a hockey fan first, NHL fan close second and Bruins fan an even closer third. I can tell you about Teeder Kennedy, or Jack Darragh, etc.
Here's the thing about Rask. yes he can be streaky and he can lose focus. But when your team allows the other team to outshoot your team by 12 shots each period...then the art of Defense as a Team activity and goals-against as a team stat come into focus. Bs are simply getting weaknesses in defense exposed. Chara can only do so much. McAvoy is still having some growing pains. Cassidy has some luxury on the offensive side but defense is a concern if you ask me, and what's Butch gonna do? Only so many guys on the blueline.
D and goaltending, hand and hand, and the Bs must get stingy or lose. Simple as that. Rask looked really really good at times in game 4. He let in a couple, but some pucks had eyes and one he had no chance on, screen high and low, forget it.
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#4471230 - 04/19/19 08:34 PM
Re: NHL Playoffs
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Tampa's baseball team. TG got a bit mixed up. Loved seeing the Lightning swept. Maybe that's what happens when you clinch so early and aren't playing meaningful games for a month. Maybe some overconfidence, and there's no accounting for Bob. And of course the hated Pens. But my team didn't even make it so I have no room to talk. One thing I did want to mention and never got around to it was Buffalo's historic collapse. There was a thread here in November or thereabouts when Buffalo had the best record in the league. They stunk the rest of the way. It's mind boggling that team can be that good for two months, and then lousy for the rest of the season. It's interesting to me that it can go like that. Sports yeah, but what's the real story? I'm following the playoffs, but not watching.
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#4471242 - 04/19/19 09:27 PM
Re: NHL Playoffs
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I work with a girl who was a classmate of Eichel. He's a local boy.
She said he's a real horse's ass, lol
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#4471259 - 04/19/19 11:20 PM
Re: NHL Playoffs
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Watch out for the Sens next year as it is their year.
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There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
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#4471290 - 04/20/19 03:30 AM
Re: NHL Playoffs
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You know the Bruins fan base is going to be soar about that goal that was allowed. The call could have gone either way. I am glad the league is deciding to let the "ticky tac" contact slide a little on those calls. They just need to be consistent on them now. You are right, Leafs better win game 6 in Toronto.
I am watching Calgary flounder right now. Could the top seed in the West be going down too? The two top seeds out so quickly is crazy.
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#4471298 - 04/20/19 09:06 AM
Re: NHL Playoffs
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Columbus Blue Jackets sweep Tampa Bay Lightning, 4-0 Toronto Maple Leafs lead Boston Bruins, 3-2 New York Islanders sweep Pittsburgh Penguins, 4-0 Washington Capitals tied with Carolina Hurricanes, 2-2 Colorado Avalanche beat Calgary Flames, 4-1 Vegas Golden Knights lead San Jose Sharks, 3-2 Nashville Predators tied with Dallas Stars, 2-2 St. Louis Blues lead Winnipeg Jets, 3-2 The top 2 teams gone and Winnipeg and SJ, on the edge of elimination. Am sure glad not a Leafs fan...so close. Grudgingly will have to cheer for them, gives me the creeps, as they are the only Canadian team left. Yes WT Sens owner is a major problem, be sure.
There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
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#4471355 - 04/21/19 02:11 AM
Re: NHL Playoffs
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Or is it that all of Canada hates the Bruins?
The Dallas Stars are one game away from knocking out the Preds. What is going on ?
I guess the old saying that the regular season means nothing once the playoff starts still rings true.
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#4471361 - 04/21/19 03:13 AM
Re: NHL Playoffs
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Has the bubble burst for the 'Canes? 6-0 for the Caps tonight.
There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
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#4471366 - 04/21/19 05:15 AM
Re: NHL Playoffs
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Or is it that all of Canada hates the Bruins?
The Dallas Stars are one game away from knocking out the Preds. What is going on ?
I guess the old saying that the regular season means nothing once the playoff starts still rings true.
There are a lot of Bruins fans in Canada. I know quite a few. I'm not sure this is good for the NHL or not. Top seeds getting knocked out first round. Home ice is clearly no advantage. It make you wonder what the point is of the 82 game grind.
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#4471376 - 04/21/19 10:28 AM
Re: NHL Playoffs
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Boston is an Original Six (Boston, Toronto, Montreal, New York, Detroit, Chicago). Hard to break those first allegiances..
There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
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#4471399 - 04/21/19 04:45 PM
Re: NHL Playoffs
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Boston is an Original Six (Boston, Toronto, Montreal, New York, Detroit, Chicago). Hard to break those first allegiances.. Yes, and Bobby Orr is still hugely beloved. As an elementary school kid,mid 70's, I use to take out the Bobby Orr book all the time. He was the first superstar I remember. I remember watching him om black and white TV.
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