Around the NHL 2013-2014 Part II: The Playoff Edition

[Frk It]

what

Agreed with the statement below:

"Which is really just code for "I don't care about them very much, I just watch some of their games and most of their highlights because they have a really good team and I wish the team I rooted for was as good as them."

Was referencing a saying from a viral internet video, but didn't connect in that one apparently lol.

 

[InjuredChoker]

Arthur Staple ‏@StapeNewsday 2 min
Mason says he's out for Game 3. Emery stays in Flyers goal.

 

[InjuredChoker]

Watch as Jon Cooper joins Steven Stamkos' media scrum to lighten the mood and ask a few questions.

 

[ap3x]

Jackets up 2:0 after not even 4 minutes.

 

[14ari13]

Home sweet home. The home teams have won all 11 games.
Jackets led 3-1, but lost the game 4-3.

 

[PullHard]

Lmao Ducks fans crying over the Robidas leg break as "intentional" after years of them defending way scummier and obviously intentional plays is delicious

 

[ArGarBarGar]

Home sweet home. The home teams have won all 11 games.
Jackets led 3-1, but lost the game 4-3.

Huh?

 

[SoupNazi]

 

[Vladdy84]

Horrible.

 

[Crymson]

Fleurybotch gives the Jackets the game-tying goal with 22 seconds left.

I wish the Jackets would lose already so that I wouldn't feel so bad about the Wings missing the 1st WC. Pittsburgh is a vulnerable team.

 

[GoAwayDanCleary]

Fleury... outch.

 

[Crymson]

Yikes. Fleury melted down.

Ugh. Just one more point!

 

[Kronwalled55]

I always hear negative opinions about Goligoski, but I'm usually impressed when I watch him play. Tonight is no different.

Go figure, Nill has Dallas going in the right direction.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Hilarious that they allowed Toews on the PP to slash the stick right out of Pietrangelo's hands right before the sequence that gave them the lead.

 

[Bench]

I always hear negative opinions about Goligoski, but I'm usually impressed when I watch him play. Tonight is no different.

Go figure, Nill has Dallas going in the right direction.

He was pretty awful until this year and even then, he's no saint defensively. It was actually the trade and extension of Goligoski that partly got GM Joe fired down there.

But Goligoski is really finding a lot of success with Seguin. That's been the biggest difference maker for the Stars. That really was a trade that boosted both teams. Boston won with Eriksson and R. Smith and Dallas won with Seguin. Hard to pick a loser in that deal right now.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

I always hear negative opinions about Goligoski, but I'm usually impressed when I watch him play. Tonight is no different.

Go figure, Nill has Dallas going in the right direction.

That is an absolutely dreadful trade, honestly will be up for worst of the decade, Gogo has been fractionally if that better than Niskanen and they added Neal to that deal. Said it was awful at the time and it is only getting worse with time. Gogo seems to have turned it around a little but man will that one go down in an epic bad kind of way by GMJN.

Like the way Dallas has played and what Nill has done there thus far, strong first year for them under him, Holland taught him a lot and he is benefiting from that.

 

[Frk It]

That is an absolutely dreadful trade, honestly will be up for worst of the decade, Gogo has been fractionally if that better than Niskanen and they added Neal to that deal. Said it was awful at the time and it is only getting worse with time. Gogo seems to have turned it around a little but man will that one go down in an epic bad kind of way by GMJN.

Like the way Dallas has played and what Nill has done there thus far, strong first year for them under him, Holland taught him a lot and he is benefiting from that.

Absolute highway robbery.

Have to figure Scott Gomez deal for Ryan McDonagh's up there too

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Absolute highway robbery.

Have to figure Scott Gomez deal for Ryan McDonagh's up there too

The worst part of this deal is even back then Neal looked like a top 6 player. Would his numbers be as high without his linemates in Pittsburgh? I don't know but I hated it at the time, Niskanen's inconsistency helped this deal happen but it was bad.

Trading guys for prospects or draft picks that pan out has always been a little different. Neal and Niskanen were NHL players at the point of that trade along with Gogo. It is like I hate the Robert Lang trade, but it isn't close to as bad as the Oates trade. We knew everything you could about those players, they are NHL commodities and for me that makes a huge difference in evaluating trades, especially when being overly harsh of a trade.

 

[GoAwayDanCleary]

Antoine Roussel is a flipping beast. He was all over the Ducks tonight. Would love for little bert to develop into a player similar to him.

 

[Eastopia]

Antoine Roussel is a flipping beast. He was all over the Ducks tonight. Would love for little bert to develop into a player similar to him.

Yup. Gotta love Perry's response though. 3 minutes left, 2 goals behind, not undoable but your captain is out so you are expected to carry most of the offensive load. What do you do? Why, you start a fight with the pest and get your arse handed to you, of course!

 

[Chance on Chance]

I dont know if its us playing bad combined with the bruins great defense but our series have been the most boring. Games 1 wasnt bad but the series seems like its missing something. No lead changes, a lot of shots from the out side and not enough general hate of each other

 

[Kronwalled55]

I dont know if its us playing bad combined with the bruins great defense but our series have been the most boring. Games 1 wasnt bad but the series seems like its missing something. No lead changes, a lot of shots from the out side and not enough general hate of each other

No late game comebacks and a lack of goals doesn't always equal boring hockey.

I don't blame outside fans for not watching this series compared the others, but this series hasn't that bad to watch other than Game 3.

 

[InjuredChoker]

Erik Erlendsson ‏@erlendssonTBO 2 min
Selke Trophy finalists: Patrice Bergeron, Anze Kopitar and Jonathan Toews #NHL

 

[ricky0034]

 

[JmanWingsFan]

That is amazing.