GDT: Around the League - Stanley Cup Edition - Round #3 [Final 4]

[3blizzard4]

He's looking to get lucky with the 5 hole.

The way he celebrated that Leaf goal was as if he had just gone through the whole team then deaked out Cambell and roofed it.

 

[fahad203]

What a hit

 

[socko]

I wonder if the Penguins fans think about how they would probably still be playing with Fleury in the net.

 

[Superstar]

LOL...Chiarot took a nice shoulder on the face by Pacioretty.

 

[Superstar]

Oh Tuch...almost!

 

[keonsbitterness]

It's 4-1.

 

[fahad203]

If it wasn't for Price, this would have been 7 -1

 

[socko]

This is looking like a sweeper to me. At least Montreal won't ruin the finals. This series is going to be a joke.

 

[weems]

This is looking like a sweeper to me. At least Montreal won't ruin the finals. This series is going to be a joke.

Montreal has zero chance in this matchup unless Price stands on his head.

Our division really was terrible.

 

[3blizzard4]

That sound you hear is the Habs falling back to earth or better yet, back inside the gutter.

 

[TIGERCOOL]

I don't think a full powered Winnipeg or Toronto team would have looked this overmatched by Vegas. Makes it even harder to stomach pissing that series away despite being down Tavares, Foligno and Muzzin.

That said, Vegas is a great example of good things happening when you persue the puck fearlessly in the offensive zone. Too many of our players glide into the corners tying up the D man... even when we win the puck battle it grinds the pace of our game to a halt.

Hope the Leafs are watching and learning what playing with pace means - its not just foot speed (though that helps and I hope we get faster), but fearless persuit and the puck and the willingness to take a hit to make a play.

 

[Superstar]

Shea Weber in pain on the bench...of course never seen any of that against the Leafs.

 

[TheBigFour]

Still can’t believe that Anderson got a 7 year deal…

 

[mikeyz]

Look at that crowd in Vegas doing the wave.

Meanwhile I can't go to Cosco to buy a pair of jeans. LMFAO.

 

[2 Slick]

God, what a boring series this is gonna be. Montreal is easily the most boring team to watch. Fun watching Vegas make easy work of them though.

 

[keonsbitterness]

Look at that crowd in Vegas doing the wave.

Meanwhile I can't go to Cosco to buy a pair of jeans. LMFAO.

Soon.

Or soonish.

 

[IPS]

Look at that crowd in Vegas doing the wave.

Meanwhile I can't go to Cosco to buy a pair of jeans. LMFAO.

It's for your safety god damnit!

 

[Menzinger]

Still can’t believe that Anderson got a 7 year deal…

Funny thing too is his current playoff drought is pretty much in line with his career so far, he's always underwhelmed offensively in the post season

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

It's only game 1, but you can see how Vegas is playing against the habs D in the offensive zone. Habs like to be glued to the man and not give any time and space, but that means another area is open in their zone.

Quick puck movement and creating open lanes

 

[3blizzard4]

This game wasn't even close. Ice was titled whole game. Vegas manhandled the Habs as expected.

 

[2 Slick]

Vegas is gonna sweep Montreal. Trap won't work on Vegas, they'll dominate and expose Montreal like they did in game one.

Boring game, but worth it to read Montreal fans excuses and whining. SOOOO worth that alone.

 

[IPS]

Funny thing too is his current playoff drought is pretty much in line with his career so far, he's always underwhelmed offensively in the post season

Atleast he's not making $11M.

 

[TimeZone]

That game puts into prospective just how far away from competing we are.

The fact that the slow, lumbering smurfs in white who were just absolutely dominated in every facet of the game defeated us in a 7 game series is just absolutely hilarious.

They absolutely suck, and somehow we suck even more with three times the talent.

 

[wingman75]

That was thoroughly entertaining. The only thing that could have made it better would be more goals for Vegas. Complete domination imo. Habs had a great start, and did generate a couple chances in the the first, but were ghosts in the 2nd and 3rd. Vegas made some quick adjustments and it was no contest from there. Man, Price is good.

Someone mentioned it above, its all about quick puck movements vs the Habs. Looking back at our Leafs, they hold on the the puck for a lifetime. We were 1 shot away from being in this series imo... despite all the doom and gloom. I'll be shocked if the Habs even make the playoffs next season (might be true for us too lol).

I hope the rest of the series goes like this... or evern better for the Knights.

 

[Mess]

I don’t look at the opportunity to get kicked in the ass by the Golden Knights to be a once in a generation opportunity. Our standard was very high coming out of the rebuild and the mission statement was to be in the Tampa Bay class and make short work of the Bruins. Win a Stanley Cup. There is so much work to do and it can be discouraging to think we might take some steps back. But the first step is to be clear headed about where we are as an organization and hope tough and correct decisions are made to get things back on track.

Well then here is some good news for you... Since we were declared the regular season Kings of the North we would actually be playing Tampa Bay this round and we would even have home ice advantage to boot.

That golden opportunity would have prevented us from getting kicked in the ass by Vegas, but rather getting our heads handed to us in a basket, by the defending Stanley Cup champs instead.

So its not as bad as you made it out to be.