It would be nice if they played to win and not watched the other team play until they remember the games are worth something now and might want to try.
Post-Game Talk: Canucks def. Preds - 4-3 (OT) (Boeser x3, Lindholm) | I JUST HAD A BABY
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BenningHurtsMySoul
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That was Boeser's best game of the year. Engaged, forechecking and shooting and not just waiting for the puck to get to him.
Silovs play great and relaxed, looked like another game.
The AHL goalies on the sheet in a NHL playoff game, those guys are the future.
The two 3rd period goals maybe showed how to beat the Preds, both goals the Canuck forwards got behind the Pred defence, right in front of the goalie. Zadorov net front worked.
4/5 years ago Demko stepped in and almost stole a series, not just a game. I posted before I figured Silvos and Topolio would end up being the guys. I wonder what's with DeSmith? I don't think it was an injury maybe illness?
Zadorov is sure left alone, nobody gets close, I wonder if he showers?
Lots of respect from the Preds.That sandwich hit Hughes absorbed was a lot more of an impact than it looked, that kind pops a rib/sternum. It definitely winded him.
It is hard to find a description for that game except they won. Very low event hockey.
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I had 4 games yesterday as our playoffs wrapped up. I play in our B and C leagues....Not sure I'll ever do C again. I was asked to join to help out and teach but I'm tired of being hacked with the refs using a "they are learning still" as an excuse for no call. Because they are learning is precisely the reason it needs to be called. Anyways....I missed the game.
I see a lot fo talk about how bad the canucks were and that is likely the case. But the interesting thing in these games is that the Preds aren't creating a lot of scoring chances and lanes are being kept clear for the goaltenders. I watched a few highlight packs and there aren't a huge number of big saves being shown when normally they would be. I look at natural stat trick and the scoring chances are about even.
Either way a win is a win is a win. Third string goaltender in his first playoff game. A dressing room that is likely still battling the flu. Ending this in 5 would be huge so that everyone can recover a bit.
I see a lot fo talk about how bad the canucks were and that is likely the case. But the interesting thing in these games is that the Preds aren't creating a lot of scoring chances and lanes are being kept clear for the goaltenders. I watched a few highlight packs and there aren't a huge number of big saves being shown when normally they would be. I look at natural stat trick and the scoring chances are about even.
Either way a win is a win is a win. Third string goaltender in his first playoff game. A dressing room that is likely still battling the flu. Ending this in 5 would be huge so that everyone can recover a bit.
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Canucks used to do the same thing with Gino. Only works on the power play as he won't be able to get back down the ice in time.
LuckyDay
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I'm worried about that too - broken rib or sternum. Used to love the Malachi Crunch and it's usually a penalty but not this time for some reason.
I hope he's able to play Tuesday.
SopelFanThe3rd
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If the Canucks have what I have then I can see why they'd be sluggish. I feel like death.
Day 4 and I'm still sicker than @LordBacon in the sack.
Day 4 and I'm still sicker than @LordBacon in the sack.
All i care about is winning. Championship teams just win even when playing bad. So I dont care about the process in playoffs but care more about results at this point. Nashville could be "deserving" to win all games in this series but at the end, without results, they wont even get a cookie for all their efforts.
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This is the first time I can recall in quite a while I've watched a winning goal series like ten times. Underrated is Lindholm sniping and showing his old finish around the net. Similarly, his pass to Boeser on the second was real nice poise.
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ChilliBilly
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you can't play through a broken rib or sternum. I was dumb enough to play soccer 20 - 25 years ago with a cracked rib. When I had a broken rib I could not sleep in a bed for 6 weeks, and I had to take 5 months off of hockey. It was horrible. (there is a massive difference between a cracked rib and broken rib) I have cracked them twice when I was much younger, but the broken rib was 10 years ago.
So good story. My wife had said one more injury like that I had to give up hockey. (She had to get up every 2 hours for 4 - 5 days to make sure I took my pain medication) I told the guys at hockey what she said, and one guys response was "so you are one injury away from having to get a new wife?"
Still rocking out to that OT win
but then my x wife and her friend reminded me that was also their best 3:57 of their lives as well
I was truly humbled today
"and her friend."
Nice.
Want to give Blueger a little love. Guy has been the perfect 4C this series. Physical, causing turnovers, solid defensively. Feel he's going to have a couple big goals before we wrap this season up.
BenningHurtsMySoul
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He's been up and down for me. Couple really dumb penalties.
He had an incredible backcheck yesterday (I think it was on ROR) where he knocked his check right off the puck.
SopelFanThe3rd
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Sicker thanks @LordBacon at a truck stop.
I wish Pettersson would play with half the effort Blueger, Suter and Garland play with. These guys are glue guys that do anything it takes to win.
SopelFanThe3rd
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Playoffs are playoffs, the most brutally honest truth.
Luck is the residue of design. Sissons shitting the bed was our luck, but if BB6 didn't score the 3-2 goal, and Hughes didn't completely undress Nyquist turning it into 6 on 4, and the whole team didn't push the line and worked their asses off, that luck would only be salt on a humiliating 3-2 wound.
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ChilliBilly
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okay may be being petty, but watched the highlights for the 3rd time, and there was some remark about this being the 8th time in history a team has come back from a 2 goal deficit in the last 2 minutes and then won. How in the world is scoring at 17:11 in the last 2 minutes.
Not meaning to take anything away from one of the greatest Canucks wins ever.
Not meaning to take anything away from one of the greatest Canucks wins ever.
BenningHurtsMySoul
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I still can't believe that first shot by Boeser off the side of the net didn't bounce out of his reach. Incredible hand-eye to wrap it in while stopping, under a metric ton of pressure, and with zero Preds in the vicinity. Absolutely everything had to go right, and it did.
Also interesting that Saros came a fraction of an inch from stopping it with his stick, which would have made it the undeniable save of the playoffs. And further, Nyquist came all the way back to the crease after being blown out by Hughes, nearly preventing it from crossing the line.
Just goes to show how the smallest details change everything. The sheer amount of good fortune makes me think Papa Boeser provided some divine intervention.
Also interesting that Saros came a fraction of an inch from stopping it with his stick, which would have made it the undeniable save of the playoffs. And further, Nyquist came all the way back to the crease after being blown out by Hughes, nearly preventing it from crossing the line.
Just goes to show how the smallest details change everything. The sheer amount of good fortune makes me think Papa Boeser provided some divine intervention.
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