OOT Scoreboard 2021-22 Stanley Cup playoffs

[Patrik26]

Lots of Hemming and Hawing from Cooper here.

But yeah...I don't see Point back for Game 5....

Game 6 on the other hand.....who knows?

Highly unlikely for Game 5 IMO. I'd say Game 6 for sure - Tampa will either need to win to keep the series going or they'll want to close it out and not have to go back to NY.

 

[Guttersniped]

Hate to say it, but if Tampa turns over the puck as many times as they did last night the Rangers could win Game 5.

Was working last night and it's almost comical listening to the Tampa broadcast. Espo groans BEFORE the announcer tells you what happens.

It’s always comical listening to the Tampa radio broadcast thanks to the wide variety of noises and exclamations Phil Esposito makes.

 

[glenwo2]

It’s always comical listening to the Tampa radio broadcast thanks to the wide variety of noises and exclamations Phil Esposito makes.

Phil is like this guy :

 

[Emperoreddy]

Game 5 might be a must win for the Rags. I don't think Tampa would be that intimidated at a road Game 7, especially with Point coming back for that game.

Tampa winning with a game 6 in Tampa and a potential Point return could be disastrous.

 

[Bleedred]

I usually don't get all sentimental and ''I miss the old times'' type of stuff, but I was just thinking how much more exciting these playoffs would have been with Doc calling some of these games.

I just found myself thinking that over the last couple of days.

 

[glenwo2]

I usually don't get all sentimental and ''I miss the old times'' type of stuff, but I was just thinking how much more exciting these playoffs would have been with Doc calling some of these games.

I just found myself thinking that over the last couple of days.

I remember his last statement just before signing off for the final time :

Handshake lines close off any Stanley Cup year. We have shown you 16 of these, and 16 teams clustered together for one last picture. Teams, exhausted but victorious. Teams. Perhaps in your own life you have been on a team of people for some time, and then seen it come to an end. If so, you will understand how it is with us as we close our time with the NHL on NBC. One of God's greatest gifts is that of memory. One of mankind's greatest gifts is video. As we have watched this last video with you and now carry away our own memories, we are sad for ourselves, but grateful for your loyalty to this wonderful sport. And also grateful as we say to for this final time - "thank you". Thank you for watching the Stanley Cup playoffs on NBC.

There was also a message following his retirement :

Things change over 50 years, but much of what I love is unchanged from then to now and into the years ahead. I still get chills seeing the Stanley Cup. I especially love when the horn sounds, and one team has won and another team hasn’t, all hostility can dissolve into the timeless great display of sportsmanship – the handshake line.... I leave you with sincere thanks.

 

[devilsblood]

All I know is that the hockey these two teams are playing looks like trash compared to Colorado.

I think there is definitely a "style of play" consideration. Colorado looks better, but you wonder how that holds up if the Rag's try to ugly up the game.

And it wasn't too long ago that Gretzky was bemoaning the lack of D out west.

 

[Bleedred]

I don't trust or take Colorado's goaltending seriously at all. Francouz really made it was too interesting in a few of those games despite a sweeping (literally a sweeping) victory.

If you swapped goalies for at least 3 of those games (including game 4) I'm pretty sure Colorado still wins with Mike Smith and Edmonton still loses with Francouz. Even in his shutout game they played incredible in front of him. That was their best game of the series. Game 3 Francouz let in more bad goals than Smith and I think he faced 13 fewer shots that game than Smith did and he must have faced 15 or 16 fewer shots than Smith did in the game he had the shutout. I'm pretty sure they both had the same identical save percentage of .857% for game 7, but Smith faced more shots and gave up one more goal because of it.

The shot differential in that round was a bigger difference than what goalie was in net, that's for sure.

I take Kuemper seriously, but I don't really trust him not to get hurt again (he has trouble staying healthy) and I wouldn't be shocked if he has to pull himself again for loss of or impaired vision.

With the long layoff, I highly doubt Bednar gets cute and goes ''Well, he won the last round for us, so we're gonna start with Frankie''. If Kuemper isn't starting game 1 then he's totally not healthy.

I even think Ingram in round one for Nashville had a save percentage right in the same area as Colorado's save percentage that series, but David Rittich's 20 minutes of terror was enough to cause a significant difference in team save percentage for the entire 4 game series.

That said, I still like their chances a lot.

 

[My3Sons]

Reading our posts when the Rangers are playing against Tampa reminds me of the Howard Stern haters the marketers described in Private Parts. That’s us it seems.

 

[Nubmer6]

Reading our posts when the Rangers are playing against Tampa reminds me of the Howard Stern haters the marketers described in Private Parts. That’s us it seems.

The schadenfreude is strong in us.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I think there is definitely a "style of play" consideration. Colorado looks better, but you wonder how that holds up if the Rag's try to ugly up the game.

And it wasn't too long ago that Gretzky was bemoaning the lack of D out west.

The Blues play a heavy game and had better success then the rest of the West, but not really that much.

There is a major talent gap, though Kadri being out negates that somewhat

 

[Hisch13r]

The Blues play a heavy game and had better success then the rest of the West, but not really that much.

There is a major talent gap, though Kadri being out negates that somewhat

The Blues also probably have the best top 9 in the league. It’s at the very least the deepest. Just a stupid amount of talent

 

[My3Sons]

The Blues also probably have the best top 9 in the league. It’s at the very least the deepest. Just a stupid amount of talent

Them or Florida maybe?

 

[Hisch13r]

Them or Florida maybe?

Yeah I'd probably give Florida the edge after looking at them both.

 

[Hockey4Life91]

I usually don't get all sentimental and ''I miss the old times'' type of stuff, but I was just thinking how much more exciting these playoffs would have been with Doc calling some of these games.

I just found myself thinking that over the last couple of days.

Replace Doc with Gary Thorne.

 

[Blackjack]

Replace Doc with Gary Thorne.

Was it Thorne yelling "NO! NO!" after Friesen's series clincher in Ottawa?

 

[hacksaw7]

I recall back in 2012 the Rag fans complaining about Doc doing that 2012 series, and how he was wearing a Devils Stanley Cup Champion ring while doing so. They thought he got a little extra too excited when the Devils did something good/scored and downplayed the Rangers positives. Still remember seeing this stuff online and the message boards

 

[Bleedred]

Replace Doc with Gary Thorne.

I don’t mind Thorne, but he’s been out of hockey for so long now (outside of a brief guest fill-in road trip for the Kings in 2017) that I’m just used to not hearing him call hockey games anymore. He’s been mostly out of hockey for 18 years now it’s only been 2 years for Doc.

Was it Thorne yelling "NO! NO!" after Friesen's series clincher in Ottawa?

Yeah that was him.

 

[OmNomNom]

Reading our posts when the Rangers are playing against Tampa reminds me of the Howard Stern haters the marketers described in Private Parts. That’s us it seems.

i'm okay w it lol

i don't think they deserve to have gone this far - i do, however, have a ton of respect for shesterkin

 

[hacksaw7]

Was it Thorne yelling "NO! NO!" after Friesen's series clincher in Ottawa?

And he was a former regular PBP guy for us from, I think 1986 to 1993. I don't get what the "no no no" was based on. The play was clearly onsides, no whistle was blow, the ref pointed goal. Thorne I never felt was an anti Devils guy, but that call was weird

 

[hacksaw7]

Rewatched Game 7 vs Philly 2000 just now. Elias made such a brilliant little play lifting McGillis stick as Arnott's half speed flubbed shot was coming in on net

Stevens pushing Leclair into Brodeur played a factor in the only Flyers goal. Though Leclair established better body position there, Stevens shoved him right into Brodeur and Leclair made sure he made no effort to avoid contact with Marty

Flyers coach Craig Ramsay gave off serious Johnny Ola vibes

Halfway through the 2nd on a Devils PP Boucher makes an amazing save on Niedermayer. A great powerplay setup by NJ. Centering pass from Gomer to Claude in the slot who looks like he's about to shoot, instead passes to a Dev behind the net who finds a creeping in Niedermayer for an open shot

The game itself is more physical in a rugby scrum sort of way, the clutching and obstruction makes it hard to watch at times

The nets being so far up from the end boards just looks so strange and ridiculous. There is so much useless space behind the goals. Putting more space in areas behind and further away from the goal nets is not exactly going to help with opening up the game and making it more watchable.

Home whites and road darks just looks right

Late in the 2nd the Flyers are threatening and Brodeur gets a stoppage. Just as the whistle blows Colin White comes up high with a cross check to Keith Jones face. Doesn't get him with the stick but rather just a glove (stupid, risky and unnecessary at that juncture of the game. Jones throws his head back, spins around, throws his gloves off, throws his stick. flops in a very comical way. It was a pretty hard punch but you can tell Jones oversold it bigtime. This was done in response to Jones coming behind White and trying to kick his skate out from under him a few seconds before

Brodeur had a brilliant, beautiful glove save with 1:17 to go in the 2nd on Simon Gagne. Laser beam wrist shot that looked to be labeled for the corner

 

[njdevils1982]

And he was a former regular PBP guy for us from, I think 1986 to 1993. I don't get what the "no no no" was based on. The play was clearly onsides, no whistle was blow, the ref pointed goal. Thorne I never felt was an anti Devils guy, but that call was weird

he didnt think it was a goal for a second as the goal light didnt turn on...there was no anti-devils intent

 

[hacksaw7]

he didnt think it was a goal for a second as the goal light didnt turn on...there was no anti-devils intent

I see. It's weird though just to go by the goal light in that situation and make a huge assumption because somebody forgot to push a button. Who's even looking at a goal light in that situation? You're looking at the play developing and a what's happening.

 

[glenwo2]

I see. It's weird though just to go by the goal light in that situation and make a huge assumption because somebody forgot to push a button. Who's even looking at a goal light in that situation? You're looking at the play developing and a what's happening.

It was a weird situation all around.

I'm not going to make assumptions on someone based on one weird moment.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Out all night so no dano memes tonight. LETS GO TAMPA.

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