Around The NHL Discussion 2018-2019 - Part IV

[Ranksu]

HAH, 2 goals already för Columbus. Kekäläinen is smiling

 

[ScratchCatFever]

Columbus has eliminated Tampa and there is still 15 minutes left in the 1st.
Big difference between a team that was expected to win and a team that went all in and HAS to win.

 

[Novacain]

Columbus has eliminated Tampa and there is still 15 minutes left in the 1st.
Big difference between a team that was expected to win and a team that went all in and HAS to win.

Stamkos with a “not so fast”

 

[TheDizee]

effort CBJ is giving is the type of effort the Blues need to start displaying

 

[AjaxManifesto]

effort CBJ is giving is the type of effort the Blues need to start displaying

True. But CBJ looked like dog shit the last few games of the regular season. They are playing at an elevated level right now exploiting a confused Lightning team that believed its hype.

The Blues need to play THEIR game and give a damn and they should be okay.

I think part of it is a culture on the team to remain calm and not panic. That’s great, but it can work against them at times and they appear lifeless and cavalier in their play.

 

[The Note]

Both of these games are nuts so far.

 

[Ted Hoffman]

Columbus Blue Jackets d. Tampa Bay Lightning 4 games to 0.

Wow.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

Columbus Blue Jackets d. Tampa Bay Lightning 4 games to 0.

Wow.

They dominated. After falling behind 3-0 in game 1 outscored Bolts 19-5. Did not see that coming.

 

[Captain Creampuff]

That choke by Tampa makes me feel a little better about the 99-00 season.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

Islanders swept Pens. Didn’t see that coming either.

 

[CaliforniaBlues310]

I don’t think a single person on earth picked both Tampa and Pitt being swept in round one. I love the playoffs.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

I don’t think a single person on earth picked both Tampa and Pitt being swept in round one. I love the playoffs.

First time a President trophy winner swept in 1st round since league expanded over 50 years ago.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Columbus...wow. An impressive way to get your franchises first series win too.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

Columbus...wow. An impressive way to get your franchises first series win too.

Crazy. They’d never even won 3 games in series before.

 

[Ranksu]

This Pens crowd today has got to be the quietest playoff crowd I've ever heard. Nothing like in Boston last night.

Well Blues crowd isn't losing it that far away for Pens.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

CBJ vs VGK would be cool.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

I’ll try to find a tweet/video, but did anyone see Panarin in the handshake line when he got to Kucherov? What a diiiiick lmao

Video:

 

[Ranksu]

 

[TheDizee]

"its a mindset of believing"

100% correct

 

[mk80]

Dallas out to a quick 2-0 lead 5 minutes in

 

[Eldon Reid]

Reminds me of the Hitch speech against Chicago. Like 7 f bombs in 21 seconds or something like that.

 

[ScratchCatFever]

Toronto getting beat yet still looks good. Quick on the puck and creating chances, moving up the ice with speed and not getting trapped in their zone for entire shifts and committing senseless icings.

 

[Robb_K]

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Dallas out to a quick 2-0 lead 5 minutes in

It's 4 zip now! Looks like it will be tied up after 4. Another long series.

At least, The Blues, IF they manage to win their series, won't have to face a well-rested team. And the bully on the block, President's Trophy winning Tampa Bay, is already out. So, The Blues might have an "easier road to The Stanley Cup", IF they decide to start working hard, AND they get a lot of lucky breaks, and unexpected help from the refs............and someone high up sells his soul to The Devil.......... and..........

 

[mk80]

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It's 4 zip now! Looks like it will be tied up after 4. Another long series.

At least, The Blues, IF they manage to win their series, won't have to face a well-rested team. And the bully on the block, President's Trophy winning Tampa Bay, is already out. So, The Blues might have an "easier road to The Stanley Cup", IF they decide to start working hard, AND they get a lot of lucky breaks, and unexpected help from the refs............and someone high up sells his soul to The Devil.......... and..........

Columbus, Dallas, Nashville Winnipeg, it all goes to show that no matter the opponent you're always going to have to battle in the playoffs, I think if we can grab the next 2 games to win our series, we can be ready to battle whoever comes out of the NSHvDAL series.

 

[Robb_K]

Columbus, Dallas, Nashville Winnipeg, it all goes to show that no matter the opponent you're always going to have to battle in the playoffs, I think if we can grab the next 2 games to win our series, we can be ready to battle whoever comes out of the NSHvDAL series.

The "Bluesy thing to do" would be to miraculously eek out a lucky 4-3 series win over Winnipeg, and then thinking they must really be good to have beaten Winnipeg, relax over the first 2 home games vs. Dallas, and end up losing both.

Then they panic the rest of the way, desparate, but ineffective, like the last half of last night's game, and lose in a 4-game lopsided sweep, because no matter what mix of players they have, they never seem to learn the lesson that you need to want it so badly that you TRY TO work hard EVERY GAME, and all 60 minutes of each game (e.g. work the hardest you can, given your fatigue).