Series Discussion: OOT Playoff series Thread (West: Ducks/Preds, East: Pens/Sens)

[Turning Mangiapanese]

I agree, Sens are the type of team that you can only hate their owners for. Nothing about the team speaks hatred haha.

Well there's Burrows.

But they are a likeable team for sure. Outside of Karlsson, what an unimpressive roster on paper. But first of all every single guy just gets it, and secondly Karlsson really is just that good and can win games by himself.

Credit to Boucher as well. If the Sens win it all it'll look a bit goofy to not have him even in the top3 of Jack Adams candidates.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

The Sens actually remind me a little of the Flames. Play a really good team game.

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

I've been following the Sens pretty close all playoffs. Their games are really exciting because of all the late game heroics. It's hard not to love Pagaeu. But man they are boring to watch most the the time.

 

[Flames Fanatic]

I really like the Sens but I'm surprised they even picked up one against Pittsburgh.That team is so green as far as postseason experience goes, I had New York penciled in over them in my bracket as well.

I dunno about that... before this years playoffs started they had:

Bobby Ryan 30 GP
Erik Karlsson 29 GP
Kyle Turris 27 GP
Derrick Brassard 59 GP
Zack Smith 26 GP
Dion Phanuef 22 GP
Tom Pyatt 26 GP
Chris Kelly 90 GP
Marc Methot 20 GP
Alex Burrows 70 GP
Viktor Stalhberg 43 GP
Tommy Wingels 46 GP
Chris Neil 91 GP
Craig Anderson 27 GP
JP Pageau 20 GP

That's the majority of their roster playing 3-5 series going into this one. That doesn't look very green to me.

Only major players with less are:

Clarke MacArthur 11 GP
Mike Hoffman 6 GP
Mark Stone 8 GP
Ryan Dzingel 0 GP
Cody Ceci 6 GP

 

[Mr Snrub]

I dunno about that... before this years playoffs started they had:

Bobby Ryan 30 GP
Erik Karlsson 29 GP
Kyle Turris 27 GP
Derrick Brassard 59 GP
Zack Smith 26 GP
Dion Phanuef 22 GP
Tom Pyatt 26 GP
Chris Kelly 90 GP
Marc Methot 20 GP
Alex Burrows 70 GP
Viktor Stalhberg 43 GP
Tommy Wingels 46 GP
Chris Neil 91 GP
Craig Anderson 27 GP
JP Pageau 20 GP

That's the majority of their roster playing 3-5 series going into this one. That doesn't look very green to me.

Only major players with less are:

Clarke MacArthur 11 GP
Mike Hoffman 6 GP
Mark Stone 8 GP
Ryan Dzingel 0 GP
Cody Ceci 6 GP

Right, but compare that to New York:

Lundqvist 116 GP
Staal 92 GP
Stepan 85 GP
McDonagh 84 GP
Klein 72 GP
Nash 65 GP
Kreider 65 GP
Zuccarello 48 GP
Miller 28 GP
Fast 27 GP
Hayes 22 GP

...where their core has averaged about ten playoff series each. I won't even bother to do the math for Pittsburgh.

Making the playoffs every other year for a first-round exit vs getting to the conference finals or better every year? Huge difference. Pretty impressive that the Sens are pulling this off.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

Damn Jarnkrok is good. Wish we had him.

 

[DCDM]

Well I guess Rinne was due for a bad game.

 

[Unlimited Chequing]

****. YEAH.

x

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

Forsberg > Gaudreau

 

[Unlimited Chequing]

Forsberg > Gaudreau

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

Haha.

Classic Fleury Meltdown.

 

[Dertell]

now we're at the point where the leading team stops playing.

 

[Calculon]

Senators vs. Predators would be such an ideal final this year

 

[Mobiandi]

Oh man I hope the Sens see this one out in 5

 

[lightstorm]

Flower channeling his inner Elliott, a perfect Flame goalie he would be.

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

Fleury has been the best Pen all playoffs except for 2 games classic one-game HF overreaction

 

[InfinityIggy]

Lol Pens.

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

Fleury has been the best Pen all playoffs except for 2 games classic one-game HF overreaction

He was also the worst Pen all regular season, which people have somehow forgotten since his hot playoff started.

 

[Mobiandi]

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

Scratch that. He hasn't even been bad tonight. Which goal was his fault?

 

[Club]

Come on Sens!

Hoping Brassard snipes one

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

... blowouts are kind of boring, in their own way.

 

[Mr Snrub]

inb4 ppl use the first period of this game as justification all offseason as to why we absolutely cannot sign Fleury and he's an AHL third-liner

 

[Mobiandi]

Fluery was fine that game except for the 4th goal, and even then Hainsey could've done a better job too

 

[Volica]

He was also the worst Pen all regular season, which people have somehow forgotten since his hot playoff started.

Was blown away at proposals on the main boards about the cost of getting Flower being 1st+.
He had a bad regular season, but the talent is certainly there.

He's still on my list of top 4-5 likely attainable goalies for Calgary, but the cost has to be right.