Playoff Hockey Thread part 2.

[La Cosa Nostra]

Please Pittsburgh or Anaheim win the cup. If I see yet another first time team winning a cup before the Sabres, especially one 22+ years younger I will lose it.

Still think Pittsburgh repeats. And if they do then Crosby is firmly cemented as a top 5 player of all time. Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr, Crosby and then there are several other candidates Howe/Jagr etc etc.

It's a shame Sid had so many injuries, he truly is the best since 99 and 66. And he is still the best in the world, McDavid has a ways to go to best Sidney Crosby, Art Ross or no.

 

[brian_griffin]

Howe never dove.

 

[joshjull]

 

[Club]

Hoping Nashville or Ottawa win the cup. I'd like to see Subban and Johansen win a cup

 

[1972]

Guentzel is a really good hockey player.

 

[Old Navy Goat]

I'm enjoying seeing the Sens stick with their plan and keeping the 3rd forward high. It was amusing seeing 3 spread along the blueline while the 2 forwards outworked the Pens

 

[CrankyJay]

I noticed the Penguins PA plays a lot of rock and heavy metal. I feel we used to too and now whenever I attend a Sabres game it's flooded with a bunch of crappy techno stuff. I'm probably reaching here but maybe we should be playing better music between puck drops and not this crap they play now.

 

[dotcommunism]

I noticed the Penguins PA plays a lot of rock and heavy metal. I feel we used to too and now whenever I attend a Sabres game it's flooded with a bunch of crappy techno stuff. I'm probably reaching here but maybe we should be playing better music between puck drops and not this crap they play now.

They should play 80s new wave music and absolutely nothing else, imo.

 

[Push Dr Tracksuit]

intermission focusing on how tocchet has been coaching Malkin through a real tough game for him, be interesting if he can form a connection with stars as the head coach

 

[ZZamboni]

I hope Nashville or Ottawa win it all. Very entertaining teams.

I'm not gonna whine and cry if they win it before Buffalo.

 

[NotABadPeriod]

I hope Nashville or Ottawa win it all. Very entertaining teams.

I'm not gonna whine and cry if they win it before Buffalo.

Chris Neil would get his name on the Cup if the Sens win.

Would you like to reconsider that statement?

 

[kirby11]

Ryan turns on the jets and roofs it for the W

 

[Chainshot]

Ryan playing well. #2 beat #1 tonight.

 

[Buffaloed]

The sooner the Pens are out, the sooner BH can start poaching their staff.

 

[ZZamboni]

Chris Neil would get his name on the Cup if the Sens win.

Would you like to reconsider that statement?

Good point. Hate that dude.

But I really don't want a recent cup winner either ... decisions decisions

 

[AustonsNostrils]

Wicked backhand by Ryan, the skill level of NHL players today is so high, NHL players now have skill coaches - Botterill mentioned it so I'm hoping we hire one or two full time in house. Development no longer stops when you make the NHL.

Maata looked slow in that chase, he could have dived and tried at least to knock the puck away.

 

[sabremike]

I hope Nashville or Ottawa win it all. Very entertaining teams.

I'm not gonna whine and cry if they win it before Buffalo.

There are plenty of words you can use to describe Ottawa. "Entertaining" is definitely NOT one of them.

 

[Aladyyn]

Chris Neil would get his name on the Cup if the Sens win.

Would you like to reconsider that statement?

Yea but if a team with Mark Stone as their best forward wins the Cup we might never hear a complaint about Reinhart's skating ever again.

Oh who am I kidding.

 

[Rowley Birkin]

I hope Nashville or Ottawa win it all. Very entertaining teams.

I'm not gonna whine and cry if they win it before Buffalo.

Yeah. That is beyond bitter. Whoever wins the cup this year doesn't change anything about the Sabres.

I really like Nashville. Their 'model' is my favourite - I love how they have built their team & how they have made some blockbuster deals to get it done.

 

[joshjull]

Gotta give props to Laviolette. Years ago I used to dump on him as a coach (probably still angry over the whole Hurricanes thing). Boy was I wrong. This is his 3rd different team he's taken to the Conference Finals. He took the other two to the Cup Finals. Won one (Canes) and lost one (Flyers).

 

[joshjull]

Stayed up to watch both game 7's, still woke up at 6 so I could work out before work. Been doing fine until my afternoon coffee. Got my mug, went over to the creamers. Open a creamer, put it in, open second creamer, realize that the on the first creamer, I poured the cream into the garbage, and added the empty plastic cup to my mug. Worth it.

I just saw this.

 

[Doug Prishpreed]

Gotta give props to Laviolette. Years ago I used to dump on him as a coach (probably still angry over the whole Hurricanes thing). Boy was I wrong. This is his 3rd different team he's taken to the Conference Finals. He took the other two to the Cup Finals. Won one (Canes) and lost one (Flyers).

That Flyers team was very entertaining to watch too. He's such a great coach. Each of the teams he's had success with has had a totally different make-up...that team was deep on offense, Nashville is deep at the other end.

 

[sabremike]

And remember who Lavy was first fired by: Mike Millbury. Just think about that the next time you see him making a fool out of himself on national TV.

 

[joshjull]

Adjustment time.

 

[joshjull]

Love these little looks into the tactics and adjustments in game.