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Barbu

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Posted: May 12 2015 at 12:57

Congrats to the Calgary Flames for a wonderful season.

These guys are fearless competitors.

and the Jack Adams to Bob Hartley!

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Posted: May 12 2015 at 13:05

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Now it's one period at a time : focus and discipline

Tampa will go for the quick knockout tonight, if the CH can resist the first 10 minutes they have a good chance to win this one.

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Posted: May 13 2015 at 08:05

One word : Disappointing

The Habs have abdicated in the first period at 0-0, at 0-1 they were just gone, blank, nobody home.

Can't do, obviously.

This, I don't understand.

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Posted: May 13 2015 at 08:19

Barbu wrote:

One word : Disappointing

The Habs have abdicated in the first period at 0-0, at 0-1 they were just gone, blank, nobody home.

Can't do, obviously.

This, I don't understand.

This is really surprising. I expected Tampa to be at the bottom of the standings this year. The fact that they made it into the WCF and beat the Wings and Habs is stunning, plus not having Callahan; if you told me this at the start of the regular season, I would've told you that you're insane.

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Posted: May 13 2015 at 08:26

^ I'm not really surprised, they have a pretty good team. One of the best offense in the league imo.

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Posted: May 13 2015 at 08:31

But the defense is very sub-par. Unless you're going along with what McTavish said, "I think offense wins hockey games and we're going to be loaded with it." And look how bad they've done because they have nobody on defense. Offense doesn't win a hockey game, a balance of both does, which is something that the Habs have.

Edited by sublime220 - May 13 2015 at 08:32

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Posted: May 13 2015 at 09:24

^ Couldn't disagree more here. The Habs have a very poor offense and their PP have been horrible all year long. They scored only 24 goals in 12 playoffs games and it might be the beginning of the end for coach Therrien...yeah, defense wins championships but if you can't score, forget it.

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Posted: May 13 2015 at 15:04

Barbu wrote:

^ Couldn't disagree more here. The Habs have a very poor offense and their PP have been horrible all year long. They scored only 24 goals in 12 playoffs games and it might be the beginning of the end for coach Therrien...yeah, defense wins championships but if you can't score, forget it.

I can't see Therrien going anywhere. He's not a great coach for sure, but 1) he is getting great regular season results 2) the team just doesn't have a lot of scoring power

It's time to ship out the dead wood, especially pieces that are worth something like Plekanec and Markov. It's time to go with youth. It is working for Ottawa and Tampa. As long as Markov and Pleks are around they will be overused, while Galchenyuk continues to languish on the wing. The only young forward to be given any leash is de la Rose, who is more like a third defenceman, just what they don't need. Get some scorers and teach them the defensive system!

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Posted: May 13 2015 at 15:05

also have to try to trade Desharnais. He just can't handle the playoffs,. He's pretty much invisible except when he falls!

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Posted: May 13 2015 at 16:43

sublime220 wrote:

But the defense is very sub-par. Unless you're going along with what McTavish said, "I think offense wins hockey games and we're going to be loaded with it." And look how bad they've done because they have nobody on defense. Offense doesn't win a hockey game, a balance of both does, which is something that the Habs have.

Tampa may not have the best defense but Bishop has been really good most of the time.

And yes Montreal has struggled to score goals, they need to bring Lafleur out of retirement.

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Posted: May 13 2015 at 22:44

TOO intense this battle was. Thank god the blueshirts came out on top. I definitely underestimated the caps.

But on to Tampa Bay!

Here's hoping the 'Hawks can stop the ducks.

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Posted: May 13 2015 at 22:56

kenethlevine wrote:

also have to try to trade Desharnais. He just can't handle the playoffs,. He's pretty much invisible except when he falls!

Home is where the heart was ever, Keneth.

David belongs here.

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TOO intense this battle was. Thank god the blueshirts came out on top. I definitely underestimated the caps.

But on to Tampa Bay!

Here's hoping the 'Hawks can stop the ducks.

Congrats Phil, that series could have gone either way. Can't see the Rangers/Bolts series going any other way as well, the best teams in the East don't seem to have a lot to chose between them.

Yeah that West final is going to be a monster series, I still can't figure out who i'm going to pick in that one. Crawford seems to be back to himself again or it would be the Ducks for sure. Down to four teams that come from four totally different locations which s cool.

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Posted: May 14 2015 at 06:58

I'm actually kind of happy this is the way that the playoffs are working. I have all four teams in my ESPN bracket. Go Ducks and Lightning.

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Posted: May 14 2015 at 19:17

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Congrats Phil, that series could have gone either way. Can't see the Rangers/Bolts series going any other way as well, the best teams in the East don't seem to have a lot to chose between them.

Thanks.

Yeah...what a tense series. These one goal wins/losses are very nerve-wrecking. TB and the Rangers play a very similar style offensively, so this is going to be one active series...fast and furious. The one thing about them is they seem to be hot/cold...of course they did play better versus the Habs, who I think are a better team than Detroit. So idk...the other thing that worries me is that there are a few rejected ex-Rangers on that team, that I'm sure will be hungry for revenge (especially Callahan, the ex-captain). I do anticipate another 7 game series.

The west...the ducks look good. Very good. Can't count out the Blackhawks of course...but still...I'll say Ducks in 6.

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Posted: May 14 2015 at 19:18

Roland113 wrote:

I'm actually kind of happy this is the way that the playoffs are working. I have all four teams in my ESPN bracket. Go Ducks and Lightning.

Bite your tongue, sir! Wink

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Posted: May 14 2015 at 23:04

chants: ove-rated, ove-rated, ove-rated, ove-rated!
any day that one-trick-pony cheap-shot-artist's season ends is a great day for hockey

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Posted: May 15 2015 at 09:09

Go Blackhawks......

http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=763005

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Posted: May 17 2015 at 10:25

Picking the Ducks and Bolts although both feel like the underdogs to me despite also feeling both series are a coin toss.

Cleared my schedule(yeah like i'm really busy this long weekend) to watch the West final at 3 pm but also the Canada/Russia game is on at 2:45 pm which means a lot of the flipping of the channels. Not a big NBA fan by any means but the Clippers/Rockets game seven is also right around the same time, feast or famine I guess. At least I can watch the Tigers/Cardinals game tonight at 8 pm. A great day for sports.

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Posted: May 17 2015 at 10:27

manofmystery wrote:

chants: ove-rated, ove-rated, ove-rated, ove-rated!
any day that one-trick-pony cheap-shot-artist's season ends is a great day for hockey

Spoken like a true Penguins fan.

Ove and Crosby renew their rivalry today at 3pm

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