2014 Non-Wild Playoff Discussion

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llamapalooza

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Habs-Bruins.

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llamapalooza

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Lest anyone underestimate how big a deal that series is... there are rumors floating around that the Habs acquired Vanek specifically to improve their odds in this matchup. (He has 30 goals in 55 career games vs. Boston. That's a higher GPG than Iginla has against us!)
 

Avder

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I'm not looking forward to Habs-Bruins for one very specific reason.

I'm a mod on the playoffs board :facepalm:
 

Ban Hammered

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I genuinely and truly hate KVLY with all my heart.

Instead of being able to watch the Wings and Bruins game live, I have to watch using internet streams.

Why? Because KVLY is broadcasting the ****ing Bison's spring football game.

Sounds like a smart business decision by KVLY.
 

Avder

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Sounds like a smart business decision by KVLY.

Business wise its probably sound, but it would be nice if they could at least stick the hockey game on one of their subchannels so I could watch it.

One of these years they're gonna show the bison over the Wild and I'm just gonna lose my mind.

I'd love to see the local ratings.
 

melinko

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Blues made a mistake going for Miller. Went for him based on reputation and not actual play.
At best he was playing equal to Halak.
 

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Blues made a mistake going for Miller. Went for him based on reputation and not actual play.
At best he was playing equal to Halak.

They gambled... Sometimes when you gamble, you lose.

I still think Miller is an above-average goalie.
 

melinko

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They gambled... Sometimes when you gamble, you lose.

I still think Miller is an above-average goalie.

I agree that Miller is an above-average goalie but they were gambling for a possible 1-2% increase in performance.

Big name goalies scare me(you can get yourself into a bind quick), so much of a goalies performance is based on the players in front of them.
Its only worth it if your going from someone like Bryzgolov/Theodore to one.
 

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I agree that Miller is an above-average goalie but they were gambling for a possible 1-2% increase in performance.

Big name goalies scare me(you can get yourself into a bind quick), so much of a goalies performance is based on the players in front of them.
Its only worth it if your going from someone like Bryzgolov/Theodore to one.

I'd argue that St. Louis saw Miller as their final missing piece to finally win the Cup. Saying Miller was a minor upgrade in net is easy to see in hindsight. St. Louis couldn't have possibly known how the series against Chicago would go down.

Look at their team make-up: great forwards, impeccable defense... Goaltending.

They have always had shaky goaltending when it really mattered. Looking at what they gave up for Miller, they must have truly thought he was their golden ticket.
 

melinko

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I'd argue that St. Louis saw Miller as their final missing piece to finally win the Cup. Saying Miller was a minor upgrade in net is easy to see in hindsight. St. Louis couldn't have possibly known how the series against Chicago would go down.

Look at their team make-up: great forwards, impeccable defense... Goaltending.

They have always had shaky goaltending when it really mattered. Looking at what they gave up for Miller, they must have truly thought he was their golden ticket.

I'm not even sure the Blues win with Halak.

They had a real Minnesota vibe going where they worked so hard to score but give them up(on quality chances) relatively easy.

I think the issue with both of our teams is we don't have someone who can make it work all on their own. Schwartz looks like he could have the potential to though.
 
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