2025 NHL Playoffs

[ADHB]

Kings are running on fumes. Losing every single battle.

 

[Mr Rogers]

Oilers have to score here. I think they will

 

[AngelDuck]

McDavid is just a freak of nature

 

[Big Fat Rebound]

Have the biggest goofy smile on my face still watching Perry after all these years. He’s been phenomenal

 

[Mr Rogers]

Incredible

 

[AngelDuck]

It’s Perry in front of the net wreaking havoc again that caused that

Guys so good

 

[LePerilsofPerreault]

Get f***ed. Glad I stopped watching Apocalypto once I saw they tied it.

 

[HanSolo]

May Jim Hiller remain with the Kings for the next decade.

 

[Mr Rogers]

Crazy how many big goals in the playoffs Perry has had a front row seat for

 

[Static]

Perry with his fingerprints all over that goal. LA has nothing in the third or OT.

 

[duckaroosky]

Get f***ed. Glad I stopped watching Apocalypto once I saw they tied it.

Apocalypto wasn't violent enough for you? You needed to see the kings get their heart ripped out?

 

[Big Fat Rebound]

May Jim Hiller remain with the Kings for the next decade.

May the trap be forever ingrained in their DNA, even though no Kings coach has run it successfully since Sutter left.

 

[LePerilsofPerreault]

Apocalypto wasn't violent enough for you? You needed to see the kings get their heart ripped out?

I'm desensitized, I needed to see it in real life

 

[Kalv]

Beautiful OT.
Perry still being Kings nightmare makes it even more poetic

 

[Mr Rogers]

I’m in Denver so watching on TNT. Cool to see Bowness on the set

 

[duckaroosky]

I don't care who wins the series as long as it goes 7 with several OT games and they come out too injured to do anything but lose round 2. Maybe a slight edge to an oilers win for Perry and Henrique

 

[Big Fat Rebound]

I’m in Denver so watching on TNT. Cool to see Bowness on the set

You missed an absolute treat of a meltdown then. Fox having the audacity to blame the officiating for that collapse is diabolical homerism

 

[JAHV]

You missed an absolute treat of a meltdown then. Fox having the audacity to blame the officiating for that collapse is diabolical homerism

You listened to Jim Fox...on purpose?!?!?

 

[Terry Yake]

skinner is still skinner and the oilers suck on the road, so i think the kings still end up winning this series

but man, another first round loss would be hilarious

 

[Hamilton Bulldogs]

Perry is such a playoff hero.

 

[JAHV]

Perry is so good at using his body and stick and skates to get the position he wants in front of the net. Doughty is a husk at this point, but Perry's move right before the puck gets sent in front is textbook.

Stick check on Doughty's stick, giving Perry's stick freedom to move and pinning Doughty's to his body.

Before Doughty can lift Perry's stick, Perry body-rolls around both sticks, which now frees up both his stick and his body, and positions him inside and right of Doughty, essentially giving him free access to any pucks that come to that side of the net.

This forces a defender to come down and help when the puck goes in front since Perry would have a ton of leverage on Doughty, and that defender now has to leave one of the top 5 goal-scorers in the world alone to clean up a rebound.

Perry is known for being dirty and grimy in front of the net, and certainly he can be, but this is just good, clean, textbook manipulation of a defender and creation/protection of important space in front of the net.

Suck it, Doughty.

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

Interesting that 2 of the top 3 PPs in the playoffs (LA and TOR) mainly use 5 forward units.

Cronin was ahead of his time. If only we’d hung on to him just a little longer.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

I'm seeing Corey Perry in the middle of winning plays still...it has never sat right with me the way barstool shoved him out the door. He must be doing something right still

 

[Big Fat Rebound]

That Niko Mikkola hit is BAD. Like "suspension-worthy for the rest of the playoffs" bad (depending on how long Florida plays of course).

EDIT: with video. Double-digit games minimum, IMO.

 

[Mr Rogers]

That’s too bad, wanted Tampa to win. Goes to show how close margins are at this stage