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Western Conference Playoffs - Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 6:05 pm
by mikey
Reaves still sucks.
This **** opinion of yours remains incorrect no matter how many times you post it.
Golden goal of the Campbell Conference Final...
Terrific fourth line player in this league, no question...
Western Conference Playoffs - Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 6:05 pm
by Gaucho
The Jets will probably miss the playoffs next season.
Western Conference Playoffs - Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 6:08 pm
by willeyeam
Vegas hasn't even faced any trouble. They've just steamrolled everyone straight to the final. It's unreal
Western Conference Playoffs - Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 6:09 pm
by Gaucho
The "cast-offs playing with extra motivation" narrative is silly. It didn't seem to help other expansion teams much.
Western Conference Playoffs - Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 6:10 pm
by meow
Calling them cast-offs is beyond stupid.
Western Conference Playoffs - Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 6:13 pm
by willeyeam
Florida's GM should never have a job again
Western Conference Playoffs - Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 6:13 pm
by grunthy
Calling them cast-offs is beyond stupid.
I would call them “average” to “above-average” players that are pissed their team didn’t protect them.
Western Conference Playoffs - Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 6:14 pm
by Gaucho
Calling them cast-offs is beyond stupid.
That too.
Western Conference Playoffs - Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 6:15 pm
by meow
There’s gotta be more to that Florida story. You don’t give up two players of that caliber unless you have your bits between a rock and a hard place.
Western Conference Playoffs - Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 6:17 pm
by nocera
Well, I’ll take Vegas over Tampa or Washington.
Western Conference Playoffs - Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 6:19 pm
by meow
Calling them cast-offs is beyond stupid.
I would call them “average” to “above-average” players that are pissed their team didn’t protect them.
The pissed thing is also beyond stupid. This is all about belief. They got thrown together. Gallant said this is the simple ass way we are going to play and he pushed the snowball down the hill. And here we are.
Western Conference Playoffs - Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 6:19 pm
by mikey
JAM wasn't signed and they didn't want to pay for the 30 goals that he got because they figured he couldn't get that number again...they trusted their judgment and tried to cash out early...this allowed them to move Reilly Smith ($5 million real dollars for the next three or four years I think) coming off of a 15-goal season...so they're thinking they made a bad guess on Smith and they're unwilling to bet on JAM...so they paired them up and sent them away...
They make two-thirds of a top line in the Stanley Cup Final...but...uh...where was I going with this...?
Western Conference Playoffs - Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 6:20 pm
by MalkinIsMyHomeboy
When was the last time a team only had 3 losses in the playoffs going into the finals? It has to be a Red Wings team
My god this is amazing though. They're rolling over teams
Western Conference Playoffs - Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 6:21 pm
by mikey
Kings in 2012? I think they went 12-2 as an 8th seed...
Western Conference Playoffs - Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 6:21 pm
by shoeshine boy
I'm deliriously happy right now.
Western Conference Playoffs - Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 6:26 pm
by nocera
Canada hasn’t had a Cup win in 25 years.
Western Conference Playoffs - Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 6:27 pm
by Dickie Dunn
Canada hasn’t had a Cup win in 25 years.
**** CANADA
Western Conference Playoffs - Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 6:33 pm
by shmenguin
Engelland grows up in Vegas wanting to play in the NHL. Not for Vegas of course. Because why would that happen? Then Becomes the de facto captain of the Vegas expansion team and goes to the finals his first year.
This is a real thing?
Western Conference Playoffs - Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 6:35 pm
by Orlando Penguin
JAM wasn't signed and they didn't want to pay for the 30 goals that he got because they figured he couldn't get that number again...they trusted their judgment and tried to cash out early...this allowed them to move Reilly Smith ($5 million real dollars for the next three or four years I think) coming off of a 15-goal season...so they're thinking they made a bad guess on Smith and they're unwilling to bet on JAM...so they paired them up and sent them away...
They make two-thirds of a top line in the Stanley Cup Final...but...uh...where was I going with this...?
And don't forget the guy that was the coach there was left looking for a taxi outside RBC in Raleigh. And now he's taking pics with the Clarence Campbell Bowl.
Western Conference Playoffs - Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 6:37 pm
by mikey
Yeah, Gallant is terrific. I didn't really know too much about him until he was with Saint John in the Q...he was there for three years and the team lost like 10 games or whatever number there...he was a monster there, he ends up in Florida, makes them relevant (before being unceremoniously dumped) and now he has, what, certainly not a top-3 roster in the conference, right? Is it top-5? In the Cup Final...it's something else.
Western Conference Playoffs - Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 6:50 pm
by shmenguin
I’m still confused about the love that Pittsburgh gives Fleury. I mean, I understand why, but it is stupid.
IMO
I don’t root for him cause he’s such a swell guy.
It’s primarily because of what he went through the last couple years. And yeah he handled it classy, but even if he didn’t, that’s a complicated and difficult way to say goodbye to your hockey bros. He deserves good things for losing his spot to a possibly inferior goalie and then getting sent to Siberia right after.
Go, Fleury. Suck one, meow.
Western Conference Playoffs - Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 6:55 pm
by MalkinIsMyHomeboy
Fleury is one of the most likable guys in all of sports imo. Seems completely genuine and fun.
I absolutely root for him because of that and because of his tenure in Pittsburgh
Western Conference Playoffs - Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 7:13 pm
by Lemon Berry Lobster
$5 says Fleury told Engo to pick up the trophy.
Western Conference Playoffs - Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 7:15 pm
by mikey
No question. He turned and asked him (at least on CBC)...we touched it in '09, '16 and '17...and Fleury is the real captain...he unquestionably made that call...
Western Conference Playoffs - Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 7:45 pm
by Silentom
Go Knights.