Official Stanley Cup Playoffs MEGATHREAD!

[DemPGH]

Go Bruins!

And yes, we should not count out the Blackhawks with all the San Jose and L.A. talk. Chicago is still a strong team.

So i went 7 out of 8 first round.
Blackhawks
Kings
Penguins
Habs

Nice job, TexasGurl. I'll only say in this round that I hope you miss at least one of those!

[The Dowager Mod]

Go Bruins!

And yes, we should not count out the Blackhawks with all the San Jose and L.A. talk. Chicago is still a strong team.

So i went 7 out of 8 first round.
Blackhawks
Kings
Penguins
Habs

Nice job, TexasGurl. I'll only say in this round that I hope you miss at least one of those!

That was the hardest one to pick lol.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Hokey's Rangers might be out of gas after tonight.

Momentum is not something that exists in our world.  Last night will have no bearing on what goes does tonight.  To me, we are still the better team and we have Game 7 in our house. 

The Blueshirts will be ready to play and it is my prediction that we will win.

Good luck, dude.  Starting tomorrow and then another back to back Sunday/Monday is going to be brutal.  If we can keep Hank just a shade off his game we should be good.  We'll see.

[MurrayBannerman]

We're gonna repeat. Be prepared.

[Boris]

Let's go Raptors!

Oops, wrong thread.

If you want to cheer for a good hockey team, you should move to the United States! Boston, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and SoCal (lol San Jose) are all fine locales.

[MurrayBannerman]

SJ is basically the Milhouse Van Houten of hockey.

[Hatman 🍁]

Let's go Raptors!

Oops, wrong thread.

If you want to cheer for a good hockey team, you should move to the United States! Boston, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and SoCal (lol San Jose) are all fine locales.

No. I'll happily cheer on the Habs tonight. If LA, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Boston all win, it will be the same four teams as last year, as well as the last four teams to win the cup. Boring!

[MurrayBannerman]

Let's go Raptors!

Oops, wrong thread.

If you want to cheer for a good hockey team, you should move to the United States! Boston, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and SoCal (lol San Jose) are all fine locales.

No. I'll happily cheer on the Habs tonight. If LA, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Boston all win, it will be the same four teams as last year, as well as the last four teams to win the cup. Boring!

As a Hawks fan, I'd generally prefer the Bruins failing to advance, but I'm still confident that we'll be able to exploit them the same way we did last year. It just might be a bit tougher.

[RogueBeaver]

Woot, we won 4-3 in 2nd OT.

[Hatman 🍁]

woooohooo!

[RogueBeaver]

Next game: Saturday 12:30.

[The Dowager Mod]

Really Fleury?

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Really Fleury?

You get used to it, sadly.

[The Dowager Mod]

Holy crap Montreal, nice collapse. lol.

[RogueBeaver]

Merde. But Price & PK can't do it all themselves.

[MurrayBannerman]

When I go to get Starbucks: It's 3-1 Montreal

When I get back: It's 5-3 Boston

Talk about missing all the action.

[DemPGH]

I mean, wow. I knew that Montreal's luck would run out, but yikes. There was no way that the Bruins were going to keep bouncing them off the pipe, the corner of the post and out, off someone's thigh and out, off a skate and out, and so on. Now take it to Montreal!

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

Would've been 8 for 8 in the first round had San Jose not blown a 3-0 lead.  Truly unbelievable that franchise hasn't found it's way into the Final with all these years of great regular season success.  As for the Conference Finals, I have this:

New York Rangers vs. Montreal Canadiens

Chicago Blackhawks vs. Los Angeles Kings

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

I mean, wow. I knew that Montreal's luck would run out, but yikes. There was no way that the Bruins were going to keep bouncing them off the pipe, the corner of the post and out, off someone's thigh and out, off a skate and out, and so on. Now take it to Montreal!

That series is going 7.  I think Montreal will pull it out. 

[Boris]

SoCal hockey is absolutely insane. Has totally overtaken the Battle of Alberta, battle of Ontario (which I guess was never that great), and NYR-NJD.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

SoCal hockey is absolutely insane. Has totally overtaken the Battle of Alberta, battle of Ontario (which I guess was never that great), and NYR-NJD.

Oh stop.  The atmosphere at Kings-Ducks is great an all, but it doesn't even compare to going to Flyers-Penguins, Rangers-Islanders, Rangers-Flyers, etc.

[The Dowager Mod]

SoCal hockey is absolutely insane. Has totally overtaken the Battle of Alberta, battle of Ontario (which I guess was never that great), and NYR-NJD.

Oh stop.  The atmosphere at Kings-Ducks is great an all, but it doesn't even compare to going to Flyers-Penguins, Rangers-Islanders, Rangers-Flyers, etc.

Anaheim has the worst ice in the NHL, you can literally see the puck bounce over the bumps.

[Hatman 🍁]

Wow! I hadn't realized the Sharks blew a 3-0 series lead (I knew the Kings won, but I hadn't paid any attention to it). Just goes to show you how little I care about any hockey in California.

[Badger]

So Fleury comes alive! Who knew? We'll see how well he maintains, however, as consistency has obviously never been his strong point.

Nice to see Crosby come out of his goal slump, though he's always been a playmaker at heart who racks up the assists.

Mildly encouraging, BUT only 15 shots last game?? They've GOT to put more pressure on Lundquist to win this series.

[DemPGH]

Regardless of game 7, that is one mighty heroic effort by the Rangers.

If the Bruins don't win game 6 in Montreal, they should get 7 in Boston. Rask looks back to normal, but what they need to do is jump on Montreal at the outset.