Around Hockey XXIII (All Non-Jackets Hockey talk in here)

[CBJWerenski8]

LFG. The upset special. Happily wrong

 

[spintheblackcircle]

I laid $100 on Montreal at 20-1 before the Jets series.

Hey now.

 

[jacketman10]

Congrats to big Josh Anderson.

Hoping for the Islanders tomorrow.

 

[MAHJ71]

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Habs might be too likeable not to root for. It’ll be a tough call.

 

[MoeBartoli]

Hoping for the Islanders to be the Habs’ foe. Two guys I really enjoy watching are Caufield, who is exciting on the rush, and Barzel who I think of as Panarin Lite.

 

[Nanabijou]

LFG. The upset special. Happily wrong

Maybe take a series off for your hot takes. You were way off.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Maybe take a series off for your hot takes. You were way off.

I was way off by saying Vegas in 5? I think that’s a bit harsh. I was right most of the way this playoffs, just not this time or with the habs.

 

[Nanabijou]

Only Tampa can stop this Vegas team. So go Bolts

I don’t think anyone will. But if there is a team to do it, it’s Tampa. And only Tampa

Welp I think I’ve already seen how this series will go. This is a mismatch

True, they’re not dominating in the same fashion they crushed Colorado. But they’re firmly in control of this game. And if you acknowledge that they’re not even playing their best (or close to it) then that doesn’t bode too well for montreal.

Montreal might win one of their home games, but I don’t see this series extending by 5 games.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

so basically what I said, about being off about the habs, and by proxy, the knights.

 

[Cyclones Rock]

Hey now.

You never count your money,
while you're sittin' at the table,

They'll be time enough to count it,
when the games are done

 

[Cyclones Rock]

so basically what I said, about being off about the habs, and by proxy, the knights.

I want to meet the person who really believed that Montreal would be a finalist when these playoffs started.

They earned their spot in the finals and should be congratulated for doing so, but they were an unseeable finalist. They won 24 of 56 games in the regular season. The notion that they were "built for the playoffs" is farcical. They've had a good run (and had a PK which has killed off something like 35 straight penalties) while they caught a brutally poor performing Jets team and a Vegas squad who hit a slump at the wrong time. They also had the good fortune of meeting the terminally choking Leafs in round 1. Fleury's folly at the end of whatever game that was essentially gifted the series to the Habs.

You (and I) were not alone. Only pure long shot players and blindly loyal Habs enthusiasts would have given them a chance to get this far.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

You never count your money,
while you're sittin' at the table,

They'll be time enough to count it,
when the games are done

I spent $600 on concert tickets yesterday, Montreal better win.

 

[EspenK]

An all EDT final. Old people like that!

 

[OldGoaltender]

An all EDT final. Old people like that!

We sure do our only wish is a 6pm puck drop. Think about it, hit the early bird for dinner and in bed by 9. Who could ask for more.

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

I hate that the actual Habs team is kinda likable because I don't like Habs fans.

Go Islanders. I guess.

 

[Viqsi]

I'm just glad Vegas is out because f*** those silver spoon-fed jerkasses who've never had to know suffering.

Otherwise, I'm kind of short on motivations to root for teams at this point.

 

[Halfboard]

We sure do our only wish is a 6pm puck drop. Think about it, hit the early bird for dinner and in bed by 9. Who could ask for more.

A Del Boca Vista dream scenario….

 

[cslebn]

Habs might be too likeable not to root for. It’ll be a tough call.

Not tough at all. Anyone but them for me lol

Mad props to their D for being iron Benn though as they basically only play 4

 

[DarkandStormy]

I'm just glad Vegas is out because f*** those silver spoon-fed jerkasses who've never had to know suffering.

Otherwise, I'm kind of short on motivations to root for teams at this point.

They don't even have to give up a player to Seattle despite having the 2nd-most playoff wins since entering the league.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

I know I’m supposed to hate Vegas and I want to but I think they’re my second choice among the remaining teams, after the Habs.

I've never cared for the Isle, and my appreciation for guys like Beauvillier and Nelson (and Lee) is more than balanced by my feelings for Martin, Clutterbuck and Mayfield.

And I just can’t warm to Tampa for some reason. I pulled for the in the Finals last year but I just don’t like many guys on that team besides Palat and Point and sometimes Hedman.

I talk in this post about every team except the Habs despite saying they were my fave of the remaining 4. So, yay?

 

[spintheblackcircle]

I just want his hair, what great lettuce.

He looks like the sexy older orchestra conductor who romances the young clarinet player

 

[rotsbu]

I want to meet the person who really believed that Montreal would be a finalist when these playoffs started.

They earned their spot in the finals and should be congratulated for doing so, but they were an unseeable finalist. They won 24 of 56 games in the regular season. The notion that they were "built for the playoffs" is farcical. They've had a good run (and had a PK which has killed off something like 35 straight penalties) while they caught a brutally poor performing Jets team and a Vegas squad who hit a slump at the wrong time. They also had the good fortune of meeting the terminally choking Leafs in round 1. Fleury's folly at the end of whatever game that was essentially gifted the series to the Habs.

You (and I) were not alone. Only pure long shot players and blindly loyal Habs enthusiasts would have given them a chance to get this far.

I didn't pick the Habs to go this far either but I think it's remiss to say Vegas hit a slump and not say Carey price may have had a small role to play in that.

 

[cslebn]

They don't even have to give up a player to Seattle despite having the 2nd-most playoff wins since entering the league.

They don't get money from Seattle joining either.

 

[majormajor]

The notion that they were "built for the playoffs" is farcical. They've had a good run (and had a PK which has killed off something like 35 straight penalties) while they caught a brutally poor performing Jets team and a Vegas squad who hit a slump at the wrong time. They also had the good fortune of meeting the terminally choking Leafs in round 1. Fleury's folly at the end of whatever game that was essentially gifted the series to the Habs.

You (and I) were not alone. Only pure long shot players and blindly loyal Habs enthusiasts would have given them a chance to get this far.

That's false. It was noted at several different points in the season, on Canadian broadcasts, that the Habs looked more like a playoff team. Elliotte Friedman has said it multiple times himself. You simply don't hire Edmundson, Chiarot, Perry, and Staal to win you games in the regular season, because they're not going to help you there.

What's genuinely farcical, is to say that they just happened to catch all of these teams slumping, as if the Habs had nothing to do with that. The Knights sure weren't slumping in their prior series, and the Jets looked great vs the Oilers. Good defensive teams make their opponents look inept, it's how it goes. I guess you thought the '95 Devils just happened to catch 4 slumping teams in a row?