Post-Game Talk: Playoff discussion Thread Round One: J-E-T-S
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duckhead32686
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Watching the NHL tonight's "breakdown" coverage of the all the series tonight really just frustrated me. they complain about the "lack of experience" we have in our goalies, yet they complement Pavalec on his outstanding play (as of late i might add). As well as completely ignoring that neither jets goalie has any playoff experience. Last time i checked Pavelec was probably the one of the most inconsistent goalie all year and barely took back the #1 job. They also made it sound like Getzlaf and Perry are the only ones on the ducks that like to play the "physical style", or at least thrive it in. I understand that the Jets are a good team but i feel like the ducks are just getting **** on by everyone. I think ducks in 5 or 6. Pavalec will be the determining factor on how long this series goes.
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Nah. This team won't make anything easy. 6-7 games all the way through.
Oh I'm not saying it's going to happen. I'm just dreaming about watching the meltdown in real-time on the main board thread.
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I saw that too. Why, again, are so many experts harping on about lack of experience on the Ducks, a team that has won three straight division titles and have played in two seven game series and one six game series in the past two seasons when the team we're playing hasn't been to the postseason or won anything ever?
You would think they would realize the experience factor is on our side in the opening round.
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Why is everybody taking what the media says so personally? There are only a handful of guys in the media who actually know what they're talking about.
I can see legitimate arguments for why either team could win this series. I think we will prevail because our forwards are flat out better than Winnipeg's and I'm not sold on the jets goaltending but I'm not going to cry about it if someone disagrees with me.
I can see legitimate arguments for why either team could win this series. I think we will prevail because our forwards are flat out better than Winnipeg's and I'm not sold on the jets goaltending but I'm not going to cry about it if someone disagrees with me.
The Midnight Burrito
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Great. You can join DuckJet's quest for personal martyrdom in the MBT. Personally I was a bit shocked at how easily this team has been brushed aside. It's the better team. It should win. That's not to say it will win, or it can't lose, but going in I thought that there was a pretty clear underdog. If the Ducks lose, it'll be because they beat themselves with stupidity and poor coaching, as they so often do.
) we should be able to neutralise Enstrom
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Do you not think half the reason we're being brushed aside is because traditionally BB has been a poor playoff coach and since his arrival we've dominated regular seasons with very little playoff success?
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2 post-seasons is a small sample size and a break here or there and anaheim beats the kings last year
Why people are always saying this? Wild fan, Canucks fan coming in peace etc etc. You dont have to adress that you are someone fan, just type the question.
Going back to the question, when we lose, we lose in style.
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So you've done a complete 180 on your opinion of BB just as you did with your opinion on advanced stats then?
2 seasons here plus 4 seasons in Washington.
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Back to the playoffs being all about "luck"...that's an embarassing statement man.
The Ducks do have a better team. If we lose this series, it's over for Boudreau. I think everyone should realize that going in. You can't lose to Winnipeg after getting bounced by the Kings and keep your job. Not with that playoff track record
JMT21
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Jets STH here....... the main boards were a bit nuts... probably just due to the excitement of our team finally making the playoffs.
The team has improved dramatically since our last meeting but I'm not fully convinced it will be enough to win the series. If Pavelec can maintain his hotstreak (and that's a big IF)... we have a shot.
I highly doubt it will be a sweep. The Ducks might be thrown off by the arena atmosphere and noise in game in 3.
My heart says Jets in 7. My rational hockey sense tells me Ducks in 6.
Should be a great series.
The team has improved dramatically since our last meeting but I'm not fully convinced it will be enough to win the series. If Pavelec can maintain his hotstreak (and that's a big IF)... we have a shot.
I highly doubt it will be a sweep. The Ducks might be thrown off by the arena atmosphere and noise in game in 3.
My heart says Jets in 7. My rational hockey sense tells me Ducks in 6.
Should be a great series.
I agree on Boudreau but it's disrespectful to this team to peg them as underdogs if any of these experts have any type of hockey knowledge. The Jets don't have a playoff record to speak of, if we were playing Chicago or St. Louis or even Minnesota the argument would hold much more weight. The two times the Ducks have been knocked out it was by the Red Wings and the Kings, both teams with a wealth of playoff experience who went on to push the eventual cup winners to seven games and win the cup, respectively. And both of those series were razor thin.
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if the ducks had gotten one break here or there, they could have easily taken that series
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i am not doing a 180 on BB
i just dislike the constant line changing(and the PP)
but by in large he has done a good job here
all the people that want him fired can never come up with a better replacement, besides babcock and guess what he does? constantly juggles his lines.
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I agree.
On paper, the lineup we have is competitive enough to be in the playoffs. It is now up to BB to make the most out of it and win each series with the personnel he has.
my only concern is he is not, or has not demonstrated the ability, to adapt and out coach the visiting team. the LA series was a lucky bounce here or there, and we could have easily been in the WCF. He didnt get the team ready imo, and he was not able to out coach sutter. LA got the lucky bounces when the Ducks had their breakdown in coverage (Game 1 and 6) and the series jumped to LA's favor.
Winnipeg is going to be brutal, just because i think they will try and play a more physical type of game. my concern with the series is injuries. we lose any of the twins or kesler, and its going to be over. if the zebras put on jets jerseys, we're gonna be in trouble regardless. with the way jets fans are already bracing for the WCF, you think they're already a shoe in for the WCF/SCF.
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anaheim have physical players....this is stoners chance to prove himself to all his critics, afterall this is why we allegedly got him, getzlaf/beleskey/maroon/jackman/thompson/kesler are all tough players, so are beauch/despres/stoner/wiz.....anaheim have plenty of toughness on it's roster
Agreed. I generally stay away from the main boards come playoff time. Too much heated discussion and people just look for any excuse to bash Anaheim.
As far as the series goes. Unfortunately I think it will come down to special teams. If our Powerplay clicks and we make them worry about taking penalties, we'll win in 5 IMO. If it doesn't I think it will go 7 games, and we all know our track record for game sevens. The silver lining is that if we do lose, thank god ****ing fat ass will be fired.
The Midnight Burrito
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I think it's more than half the reason. Hell that's the reason I'm skeptical. But that's a reason to pick an upset, not to say the team sucks. This is clearly a good team. A deep team. I thought that was generally accepted. Paper tiger doesn't mean terrible, it means more beatable than is apparent. It means critically flawed, which could very well be true.
So I was surprised and annoyed to read it.
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