GDT: Stanley Cup playoffs

[Gil Gunderson]

Carolina or New York is our only hope

Carolina sucks. Riddled with injuries too.

 

[Silencio]

No words to describe how huge of a choke job this is from Boston. You have the best regular season in history and you lose to an average team like Florida in the first round?

Terrible.

But also very funny and I'm happy for the Panthers.

After going up 3-1 too

 

[starling]

That should've been us

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

No matter how good a team you have, old legs are going to have a hard time in the NHL these days.

We need to remember that this summer and in UFA season. The kids rule the new NHL.

 

[Wallet Inspector]

No words to describe how huge of a choke job this is from Boston. You have the best regular season in history and you lose to an average team like Florida in the first round?

Terrible.

But also very funny and I'm happy for the Panthers.

Florida isn't really average IMO.

They had a bunch of injuries at the start of the season and couldn't really find reliable goaltending until recently.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Does it even matter if Florida wins another round? This is a giant accomplishment on its own to beat the best team in NHL history down 3-1. Hopefully they give Toronto a run for its money but this has to be satisfying.

 

[SpezDispenser]

Well...holy crap

 

[Nova Stutzlia]

Turning point:

Keith Tkachuk calls the Panthers a bunch of p***ies!

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Florida isn't really average IMO.

They had a bunch of injuries at the start of the season and couldn't really find reliable goaltending until recently.

They're very average for a playoff team imo, and you could see that when we played them this season.

 

[SpezDispenser]

Does it even matter if Florida wins another round? This is a giant accomplishment on its own to beat the best team in NHL history down 3-1. Hopefully they give Toronto a run for its money but this has to be satisfying.

They are gonna be a tough out. Damn.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

They're very average for a playoff team imo, and you could see that when we played them this season.

Pretty much every team in the playoffs this year has looked average. It really is a roll of the dice this time around.

 

[Micklebot]

Whoa, I thought this game was over in the second period?

Never in doubt really...

 

[SpezDispenser]

They're very average for a playoff team imo, and you could see that when we played them this season.

They were, not so much now.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Does it even matter if Florida wins another round? This is a giant accomplishment on its own to beat the best team in NHL history down 3-1. Hopefully they give Toronto a run for its money but this has to be satisfying.

For us? I think that matters a lot.

 

[bicboi64]

Can't stand MTkachuk, but can't stand Marchand either, Boston doesn't need to ever have success as well. Hoping Florida beats down Toronto, starting off with Matty doing something dirty but not illegal.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

They were, not so much now.

I mean obviously they played their hearts out and I give them all the props in the world for this amazing comeback against Boston.

 

[Sun God Nika]

Toronto has a really easy path to a cup finals right now.

This is going to suck as a sens fan in Ottawa. Going to see a lot of blue jerseys, and new leaf fans pop up making it their team. Its the last thing this market needs.

 

[h2]

Pretty bad choke job by the Bruins there.

 

[Larionov]

If I'm the Leafs, I was hoping for a tired looking Boston to bounce one in there. Instead, they have to play a Florida team that is on a roll and feeling very good about themselves...

 

[Senscore]

Well looks like I'm a big Metro Division guy right now

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Our division is so f***ed. Can Tampa and Boston die off already? They failed to do their job.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Toronto has a really easy path to a cup finals right now.

This is going to suck as a sens fan in Ottawa. Going to see a lot of blue jerseys, and new leaf fans pop up making it their team. Its the last thing this market needs.

I don't see it. Florida and one of the Rangers, Devils or Canes is not an "easy" path. Not like Boston looked amazing themselves anyway.

 

[Rodzilla]

Man, Boston’s breakout looked almost as bad as the Senators’

I thought Boston would regress badly this year, they come out and make me look like an idiot, then they have one of the worst collapse ever. Will be interesting to see where they go from here

 

[Sun God Nika]

Man, Boston’s breakout looked almost as bad as the Senators’

I thought Boston would regress badly this year, they come out and make me look like an idiot, then they have one of the worst collapse ever. Will be interesting to see where they go from here

After David Pastrňák hey had no offensive game breakers this year. Pasta was neutralized and it made the Bruins look human.

 

[Larionov]

I feel somewhat vindicated in that all season, I felt like Boston was a bit of a mirage. You looked at their record, then you looked at their roster and you thought, "really?"

I think a significant part of this was Ullmark. He was on a ridiculous heater all year, posting a gaudy save percentage of somewhere around .944, IIRC. That was both unsustainable and far above his career average, and he was overdue for a return to earth. Well, he just landed with a thud. There were other elements, including Bergeron's injury, Lindholm's disappearing act, etc., but Ullmark turning into a pumpkin was a big part of it.